Comparison

Last verified July 2026

Baremetrics alternatives that don't sync on a 2-hour clock

The short answer

For Stripe-only SaaS that wants live numbers and real mobile apps, Mowt is the strongest Baremetrics alternative at $79/month. If you consolidate several billing systems, ChartMogul (free under $120K ARR) fits better. If you just want free dashboards, ProfitWell Metrics still costs nothing.

The reasons people search this

Why teams move on from Baremetrics.

01

The data refreshes every 2 hours, not in real time

Baremetrics markets real-time analytics, but its own help center states that data syncs on a 2-hour cycle. If a big customer churns at 9am, your dashboard can show them as active until 11. Teams that reconcile against the Stripe dashboard notice the gap quickly, and it's the single most common reason people go looking elsewhere.

02

Pricing climbs steeply as you grow

The Launch plan is $75/month up to $360K ARR, Growth is $255/month to $3.6M ARR, and Scale runs $1,152/month (as of July 2026). Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights each add another $129/month. A growth-stage company using both add-ons pays over $500/month before hitting $1M ARR.

03

Data accuracy complaints keep surfacing in reviews

Capterra reviewers report inconsistent metrics and duplicate entries when combining multiple payment sources, and one reviewer described account data being deleted accidentally. The sample is small (3 Capterra reviews against 98 on G2, where Baremetrics scores 4.6), but the complaints cluster around the same theme: numbers that need support tickets to fix.

04

Development slowed after the private-equity acquisition

Xenon Partners bought Baremetrics for $4M in November 2020, and founder Josh Pigford wrote openly about the sale. Since then, Hacker News commenters who switched away cite a slow visible roadmap. That's attributed opinion, not fact, but it matches the product's pace of change since 2021.

05

Mobile means iOS only

There's a native Baremetrics iPhone app (iOS 15+), but no Android app on the Play Store as of June 2026. If half your team carries Android phones, half your team checks metrics on a laptop.

What Baremetrics still does well

Baremetrics remains one of the most complete tools in this category. It tracks 28+ metrics in one clean dashboard, supports Stripe, Braintree, Recurly and Chargebee, and its Recover add-on does real dunning work that most young rivals (Mowt included) haven't shipped yet.

G2 reviewers rate it 4.6/5 across 98 reviews and consistently praise the UI and support. It pioneered public startup dashboards, and plenty of teams have run on it happily for years.

At a glance

The Baremetrics alternatives, side by side.

Prices are published rates as of July 2026. They change; check each vendor before you commit.

Tool	Best for	Starting price	Free tier	Data freshness	Mobile apps
Mowt	Stripe-only SaaS, realtime + mobile	$79/mo (to $15k MRR)	7-day trial, no card	Realtime (Stripe webhooks)	iOS & Android, full parity
ChartMogul	Multi-source billing, cohorts	$59/mo (Starter, scales with ARR)	Free under $120K ARR	~10-min processing window	iOS & Android (Android limited)
ProfitWell Metrics	Free dashboards, benchmarking	Free	Everything free	Batch, up to ~90-min delay	iOS & Android apps
Putler	Mixed SaaS + eCommerce channels	$20/mo (to $10K MRR)	14-day trial	15-30 min lag on payments	Web only
Baremetrics	Broad suite with dunning add-on	$75/mo (to $360K ARR)	Trial available	2-hour sync cycle	iOS only

The field, in detail

Each alternative, honestly.

ChartMogul

Best for multi-source billing and deep cohorts

ChartMogul is the depth pick: the strongest cohort analysis in the category and 25+ billing integrations, free until you pass $120K ARR.

ChartMogul consolidates Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly, PayPal and a long tail of other billing sources into one normalized revenue view. Its cohort analysis and segmentation go deeper than anything else here, and the free Launch tier (up to $120K ARR) is the most generous entry point in the market.

It isn't instant, though. ChartMogul's help docs describe Stripe as real-time with a 10-minute processing window, while Braintree and HubSpot sync hourly and PayPal every 3 hours. Reviewers on G2 and Capterra (4.7/5, 44 reviews) praise the UI but mention sync discrepancies against their billing system, and some long-time customers describe repeated price rises.

ProfitWell Metrics (by Paddle)

Best free option

ProfitWell Metrics is still completely free, which no one else here matches, and its benchmarking data draws on 30,000+ subscription companies.

Paddle bought ProfitWell for $200M in May 2022 and keeps the Metrics product free as a funnel into its paid billing and retention tools. For a $0 dashboard covering MRR, churn and LTV, it remains the default answer.

The trade-offs show up in the details: Paddle's own help docs say manual and API changes can take up to 90 minutes to appear, Capterra reviewers describe the interface as essentially unchanged for years, and mobile push notifications have a reputation for silence when a payment fails.

Putler

Best for mixed SaaS and eCommerce revenue

Putler covers PayPal, Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce and marketplaces in one place, from $20/month, and has run bootstrapped since 2007.

If your revenue mixes subscriptions with one-off eCommerce sales across several channels, Putler consolidates 17+ sources and adds RFM customer segmentation on top. Capterra reviewers rate it 4.8/5 across 32 reviews and like the 5-minute setup.

It's an eCommerce tool first. Reviewers say SaaS metrics are not its strongest feature, payments take 15-30 minutes to appear, and there's no mobile app; several reviewers describe the mobile browser experience as rough.

Mowt

Best for realtime Stripe metrics with real mobile apps

Our product

Mowt is our product, so grade this entry accordingly: it exists specifically to fix the two gaps this page keeps hitting, sync lag and mobile.

Mowt subscribes to Stripe webhooks, so an upgrade, cancellation or failed payment shows up in seconds, not on the next 2-hour cycle. The iOS and Android apps carry every feature the web dashboard has: full churn, LTV, cohort and forecast views, not a read-only summary.

Setup is a read-only Stripe OAuth that backfills your history in minutes, and 500+ founders currently track over $1B in revenue on it.

What Mowt doesn't do: anything outside Stripe. There's no Paddle, Chargebee or multi-source support, and dunning plus churn-busting tools are coming soon rather than shipped, so Baremetrics Recover has no Mowt equivalent today. We're also younger, with a smaller review footprint than the tools above; the honest way to evaluate us is to run the 7-day trial next to your Stripe dashboard and check the numbers match.

The other side

When Baremetrics is actually the better choice.

Stick with Baremetrics if you depend on Recover for dunning or its cancellation-insights surveys; those are real, shipped features that Mowt hasn't matched yet. It's also the safer pick if you bill through Braintree or Recurly alongside Stripe and want one supplier for everything. A 2-hour sync genuinely doesn't matter for a monthly board review; it matters for operators who watch revenue daily.

Before you switch

Migration notes.

Every tool here rebuilds metrics from your full Stripe history, so you lose nothing by connecting a second tool in parallel. Run both for a week and diff the numbers.
Expect small MRR differences between tools: they normalize annual plans, discounts, proration and refunds differently. Check each vendor's MRR definition against our glossary entry before deciding whose number is "wrong".
Export your Baremetrics data (CSV) before cancelling if you rely on historical annotations or notes; raw revenue history re-imports from Stripe, but annotations do not.
If you use Recover, line up a replacement dunning flow before switching; failed-payment recovery gaps cost real money in the transition month.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Baremetrics alternative in 2026?

For Stripe-native SaaS wanting realtime data and full mobile apps, Mowt (from $79/month). For multi-source billing and deep cohorts, ChartMogul (free under $120K ARR). For a free dashboard, ProfitWell Metrics. Match the tool to the gap that made you search.

Is Baremetrics really real-time?

No. Baremetrics' own help center describes a 2-hour data sync cycle, so events can take up to 2 hours to appear on your dashboard. Tools built on Stripe webhooks, like Mowt, reflect subscription changes in seconds.

What is the best free Baremetrics alternative?

ProfitWell Metrics (owned by Paddle since 2022) is still fully free and covers MRR, churn, LTV and benchmarking. ChartMogul is also free under $120K ARR. Both update in batches rather than live, which is the main thing you give up.

Does Baremetrics have an Android app?

Not as of June 2026. Baremetrics offers a native iOS app (iOS 15+) but nothing on the Play Store. Among Stripe analytics tools, Mowt ships both iOS and Android apps with full feature parity; ChartMogul has both but its Android app trails iOS on features.

How much does Baremetrics cost compared to Mowt?

Baremetrics starts at $75/month up to $360K ARR, with dunning and cancellation add-ons at $129/month each (July 2026). Mowt starts at $79/month up to $15k MRR and scales by MRR tier; see pricing. At similar revenue the base prices are close; the differences are freshness, mobile and add-ons.

Who owns Baremetrics now?

Private equity firm Xenon Partners, which acquired Baremetrics from founder Josh Pigford for $4M in November 2020. The product remains active, though some former users on Hacker News attribute its slower visible roadmap to the change in ownership.

Can I run Mowt and Baremetrics at the same time?

Yes. Both connect to Stripe read-only, so nothing conflicts. Running them in parallel during a trial is the recommended way to compare their MRR and churn numbers against your Stripe dashboard before you commit either way.

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