How to add usage-based billing to your Claude Code app
Add real-time usage-based billing to your Claude Code app in one MCP-driven session. Connect Credyt, ship per-call charges and a top-up flow this afternoon.
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Guides, architecture deep-dives, and platform comparisons for AI founders and engineers building monetization infrastructure.
Best usage-based billing software in 2026 (compared)
Updated June 2026. Compare seven usage-based billing platforms on pricing, wallets, real-time vs invoice architecture, and AI fit.
Billing platform comparisons
5 best Stripe alternatives for usage-based billing in 2026
Orb, Metronome, Lago, and Credyt: the best Stripe alternatives for usage-based billing in 2026, split by real-time vs invoice-based architecture.
Billing platform comparisons
PSP integration patterns for AI billing systems
Five PSP integration patterns shape how AI billing platforms fit with existing payment setups. Compare trade-offs and pick the pattern that fits your stack.
Engineering
What is metered billing?
Metered billing charges customers for measured usage, not flat fees. See how metering works, five pricing models, and which platforms fit your product.
Usage-based billing guides
How to connect a PSP to your AI billing system
Connect your PSP to an AI billing system via a push model: your PSP processes top-ups, your backend creates a balance adjustment. See the 5 steps and pitfalls.
Engineering
Credyt vs Lago
Lago is open-source usage billing with paid premium features; Credyt is real-time wallet billing with a portal included. Build vs buy, compared.
Billing platform comparisons
Credyt vs Stigg
Stigg controls access and monetization across your billing system; Credyt adds margin observability and ships with Claude Code and Lovable. Compare fit.
Billing platform comparisons
How to implement consumption based pricing
Consumption based pricing requires more than code. Covers billing architecture trade-offs, the observability step most teams skip, and how to launch or migrate.
Usage-based billing guides
What is usage-based billing?
Usage-based billing charges by actual consumption, not flat fees. How it works, the five pricing models, and why AI products need a different approach.
Usage-based billing guides
Stripe metered billing issues for AI products (and fixes)
Four places where fraud and revenue leakage hit AI products using Stripe metered billing. Practical fixes from Radar to prepaid wallets.
Usage-based billing guides
How Stripe's usage-based billing actually works (with code)
How Stripe usage-based billing works: object chain, meter events, webhooks, and code. Plus where it breaks for AI products and what to use instead.
Usage-based billing guides
Rapid pricing iteration: why early-stage products have pricing advantages (and when they fade)
Early-stage founders see a small customer base as a limitation. For pricing, fewer customers is an advantage that gets harder to keep as you grow.
AI monetization insights
Why AI companies need real-time economic control
AI products incur costs in real time, but most billing only records what happened. Why economic control and billing are separate problems.
AI monetization insights
On MPP, wallets, and what agents actually need
Stripe and Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol is deliberately narrow. What it doesn't solve: wallet management, balance tracking, and margin observability.
AI monetization insights
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