OpenMeter
Open-Source Usage Metering for AI and Infrastructure
Overview
OpenMeter is an open-source platform focused on solving the usage metering problem at scale. It is designed to be a reliable and real-time source of truth for usage data, which can then be fed into billing systems, analytics tools, or used for operational monitoring. It is built for developers and DevOps teams.
✨ Key Features
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Real-time, event-based metering
- Built for high-throughput and low-latency
- Idempotent event ingestion
- Flexible usage aggregation
- Integration with billing and data platforms
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Open-source and built on open standards (OpenTelemetry)
- Focused purely on being the best-in-class metering solution
- Designed for extreme performance and reliability
Unique Value: Provides a reliable and scalable open-source foundation for usage metering, giving companies full control and ownership of their most critical data.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Accurately metering millions of API calls per day
- Providing real-time usage data for customer-facing dashboards
- Building a usage-based billing system on an open-source stack
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Companies looking for an all-in-one billing and metering solution
- Teams without the engineering capability to manage a self-hosted service
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a more powerful and specialized metering engine than the built-in metering of all-in-one billing platforms.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Cloud tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Open source is free. Cloud version has a free tier.
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