Usage-based billing software
Turn product usage into revenue
Launch and scale flexible pricing models without building or maintaining billing infrastructure. Maxio includes everything you need to meter, ingest usage events, bill users, process payments, and recognize usage revenue—backed by powerful reporting and analytics tailored for B2B SaaS growth.
Launch usage-based pricing
Create pricing aligned with your business model— support consumption-based, flat fee, volumetric and tiered discounting, overages, and credit burndowns.
Ingest raw usage data in real-time
Meter and aggregate product usage events as they happen for accurate billing and timely insights.
Consolidate revenue operations
Unify metering, billing, tax, payments, collections, and revenue recognition in one platform with bi-directional syncs to popular CRMs and GLs.
Guided onboarding
Expert-led implementation and onboarding ensures you are set up to scale effectively, minimizing the risks of in-house or point solutions.
Pricing and discounting models
Support for multiple usage-based pricing models
Charge a set price per-unit consumed (API Calls, GB of data, etc.), ensuring costs align directly with value delivered.
Reward growing accounts with lower per-unit prices once they pass usage thresholds, encouraging loyalty and retention.
Charge a single, predetermined amount regardless of how much the customer uses. Perfect for hybrid pricing strategies.
Define clear usage tiers where costs increment at specific thresholds, providing a predictable path as customers scale up.
Adjust pricing automatically as usage scales—perfect for data-intensive SaaS, AI, or cybersecurity tools.
Let customers pre-purchase usage credits and deduct from a balance as they use your product.
Improve cash flow and predictability by selling subscription and usage packages in advance.
Use cases
A billing solution for any business type
- Dynamic usage-based billing with value metrics like tokens, API calls, or custom attributes to align pricing with customer needs.
- Automate invoicing, renewals, and dunning workflows, freeing your team to focus on growth.
- Gain actionable analytics on ARR, NRR, and other key metrics to optimize revenue and make informed decisions.
- Support subscription-based, usage-based, tiered, or hybrid pricing with ease, while adapting to customer needs with upsells and usage-based options.
- Automate collections with customizable dunning rules and enable fast, accurate reconciliation through real-time data syncing.
- Handle multi-currency billing, tax compliance, and cross-border transactions effortlessly to support international growth.
- Automate invoicing for ramp deals, CPI increases, and custom pricing with ease
- Gain real-time insights into GRR, NRR, CLV, and ARR to drive smarter decisions.
- Implement developer-friendly billing for API calls, seats, and nodes without straining resources.
- Easily set up subscription, usage-based, tiered, or hybrid pricing to adapt to any customer or market need.
- Automate invoicing, payment retries, and collections to reduce errors, speed up cash flow, and minimize revenue loss.
- Handle multi-currency transactions, tax compliance, and real-time reconciliation to support global scalability and accurate reporting.
Ready for AI Complexity
Designed to tackle the most complex billing challenges AI companies face, Maxio offers the flexible tools you need to scale efficiently and go to market quickly.
“When we were evaluating and comparing other tools to Maxio, we ultimately felt like Maxio’s maturity and the additional features that will help us grow into the tool were worth the slightly higher cost. The ROI on eliminating manual processes, accurate financials, and peace of mind is well worth it.”
Bronson Yoder
Assistant Controller
Built for B2B SaaS
Maxio empowers SaaS businesses of all sizes to streamline billing, optimize operations, and focus on growth.
“With Maxio, we are able to test different pricing models just by talking to customers and proposing different plans. We could see what made sense, what was too high, what was too cheap, and what really resonated with our customers.”
Bethany Stachenfeld
Co-founder and CEO
Simplify Cybersecurity Billing
Maxio is designed to address the unique billing complexities cybersecurity companies face.
“Being someone who uses upwards of around 10 different systems per day, Maxio is definitely one of my favorites to use and the one I prefer using the most.”
Ryan Young
Global Order Management Team Lead
Simplify Subscriptions, Scale Faster
Maxio helps SaaS businesses simplify subscription billing, streamline operations, and focus on scaling growth.
“Ever since implementing Maxio, our ability to collect on outstanding invoices just has improved significantly. The amount of time it takes to collect on those invoices has dropped, and it saves our collections team so much time, energy and stress”
Gabrielle Lucero
Revenue Manager
Streamlined SaaS billing processes
Usage-based billing without the manual bottlenecks
Eliminate tedious, manual tasks and ensure every invoice reflects real-time product usage. Maxio automates the entire usage-based billing cycle, letting your team focus on growth instead of wrestling with manual billing tasks.
Adjust pricing without sacrificing product development
Quickly configure or modify pricing models—like flat-rate, tiered, or volumetric—directly within Maxio’s platform. Roll out new pricing strategies on the fly without diverting engineering resources or slowing product innovation.
Manage invoices and modify payment options
Handle invoicing, payment methods, and upgrades seamlessly. Give customers more control over their subscription plans while maintaining unified oversight through a single, intuitive billing solution.
Features
Scale faster with a flexible usage-based billing platform
Launch, optimize, and scale usage-based pricing in minutes. Maxio’s usage-based billing, finance, and SaaS reporting tools integrate seamlessly with your CRM and general ledger—so you can grow without operational bottlenecks.
Metering and rating
Data aggregation
Metering
Rating
Real-time event streaming
Up to 100K events per second
Pricing and billing
Invoicing
Sales tax
Multi-currency
Multiple price-points per product
Billing portal
Support for subscription and usage-based models
Prepaid usage
Credit burndowns
Term contracts
Subscription management
Self-service signup pages
Upgrades
Downgrades
Prorations
Subscription migrations
Trials
CRM integrations
Metric and financial reporting
SaaS metric reporting
GAAP/IFRS-compliant financial reporting
Automated reconciliations
GL integrations
ERP integrations
Over 20 payment gateways to choose from
How it works
1. Setup plans and pricing
Define any pricing model (from credit burndowns to tiered discounting) and create your dream product catalog with Maxio. If you can build it, we can bill it.
2. Stream or upload your usage data
Connect via API to send real-time or pre-aggregated usage events—anything you might want to monetize now or in the future. Focus on rapid product development rather than building or maintaining billing infrastructure.
3. Let Maxio do the math
Maxio automatically meters and invoices customers based on your configured pricing and packaging. No extra integrations—just accurate, automated billing based on actual usage.
4. Optimize your pricing
Use built-in analytics and backtesting to fine-tune your revenue strategy. Quickly assess how changes to pricing tiers, credit allocations, or bundling will impact revenue. Then, roll out pricing changes without re-coding anything.
Integrate all your critical systems
CRM Integrations
Sync customer data with Hubspot or Salesforce so Sales can manage sales orders and customer relationships where they’re comfortable.
Financial Platforms
Connect NetSuite, Quickbooks, or Xero for real-time insights and faster month-end closes. Automate reconciliations and unify revenue data in your general ledger.
Zapier and Other Connectors
Automate workflows across your entire tech stack, ensuring every team—from Sales to Customer Success—has up-to-date data in their preferred systems.
Usage-based billing software FAQs
Usage-based billing software automates how businesses charge customers based on actual consumption, rather than a flat subscription fee. It meters usage data in real time—like API calls or storage used—and translates it into invoices. This flexible billing system helps SaaS companies align revenue with the value delivered, allowing them to scale pricing models alongside customer growth.
Usage-based pricing models let you bill customers precisely for what they use, increasing transparency and reducing churn. By tying costs to consumption, SaaS businesses can optimize revenue, support varied business models, and provide a fair, value-driven billing cycle. This approach also encourages upselling and retention, as customers only pay for actual usage.
Look for a system that supports multiple pricing models (flat-rate, tiered, volumetric), real-time metering of usage data, automated invoicing, integrations with CRMs and ERPs, and robust revenue recognition tools. Additionally, a strong analytics component and customizable workflows ensure your billing solution can adapt to evolving business needs and pricing strategies.
Billing software can track critical SaaS metrics like monthly recurring revenue (MRR), customer usage patterns, churn rates, and cohort trends. Real-time dashboards give finance teams visibility into revenue streams, while analytics and reporting tools help forecast future demand, optimize pricing, and identify growth opportunities.
Popular platforms include Maxio, Stripe Billing, Chargebee, and Metronome. The best choice depends on your specific needs—like complex billing cycles, multi-currency support, or deep CRM integrations. Look for a solution that offers flexible pricing structures, API-driven workflows, and detailed reporting to avoid the headache of switching platforms later.
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See how Maxio’s unified billing solution empowers you to launch, automate, and optimize usage-based pricing—all in one platform.