OpenMeter
Open-Source Usage Metering for AI and Infrastructure
Overview
OpenMeter is an open-source project focused purely on the metering problem. It's designed to be a highly scalable and reliable way to collect, aggregate, and query usage data from any system. It's particularly well-suited for AI applications and infrastructure services where usage events are frequent and complex. It integrates with billing systems to power monetization.
✨ Key Features
- Open Source
- Real-time Usage Metering
- Built for High-Throughput
- Idempotent Event Collection
- Flexible Aggregations
- Self-hostable
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Hyper-focused on the metering problem, aiming to be best-in-class
- Built on modern, scalable data technologies (Kafka, Flink)
- Completely open-source and community-driven
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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