# Charge for usage without headaches

Usage-based billing made easy

#### Built for next-gen companies

1M events/sec  
Lago matches your event volume

99.9% historical uptime  
Guaranteed SLAs for enterprise customers

$829M of invoices issued monthly*  
Battle-tested platform, built for accuracy  
*based on total requests to Lago API in October 2025

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###### Turn raw usage data into accurate invoices

Lago ingests raw usage data and converts it into charges. Aggregate events in real time to ensure your billing doesn’t miss a beat.

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###### Bill usage at any scale

Bill as many products as you want and ingest up to 1M events per second.

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###### Adapt pricing on the fly

Both non-engineers and engineers can update usage charges via API or Lago’s no-code UI.

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###### Bill for usage your way

Lago supports consumption-based billing, prepaid credits, usage allowances and any other usage-based model.

### Usage-based billing is easy now

Everything you need to bill for usage.

Define billable metrics. Define metrics you’ll charge for. Charge for them directly, include an allowance or use them for credit consumption.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/docs/guide/billable-metrics/create-billable-metrics)

Ingest usage. Charge for credits, tokens, compute hours, API calls, outcomes or anything else.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/docs/api-reference/events/usage)

Create hybrid plans. Combine usage-based with subscription models.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/docs/guide/plans/overview)

Customize with overrides. Customize terms like pricing, usage budgets and more for enterprise customers.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/docs/guide/subscriptions/assign-plan#overriding-a-plan)

### Resources

Billing is mission-critical. Lago is engineered for the realities of high-volume enterprises.

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**Read documentation.** \  
Learn how to send usage-based events\  
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Explore](https://getlago.com/docs/api-reference/events/usage)

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**Watch demo.** \  
Discover how to see customers' usage in Lago\  
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Explore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIHGnBlFB6o&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv)

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**Usage-based pricing playbook.** \  
How to implement usage-based pricing\  
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Explore](https://getlago.com/playbook)

### Empower all teams with usage data

##### Engineering

Build billing without the headaches.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/solutions/teams/engineering)

##### Product

Ship complex pricing and new packaging faster.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/solutions/teams/product)

##### Finance

Billing for all motions, products and geographies.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/solutions/teams/finance)

##### Operations

One source of truth for all billing data.

[Explore](https://getlago.com/solutions/teams/operations)

### Built for companies with sophisticated needs

Enterprise AI Finance IoT/Telco

Lago has been able to follow the pace of our releases and has allowed us to focus on what we do best.

— Timothée Lacroix, CTO, Mistral AI

[Read full story](https://getlago.com/blog/mistral-billing)

### Lago solves complex billing.