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Stigg vs Orb
Stigg and Orb both help software companies run usage-based and hybrid pricing, but they sit at different layers. Stigg enforces plans, entitlements, credits, and usage limits inside the product and passes billing to Stripe, Zuora, or another system. Orb is the billing engine itself, metering usage and sending invoices.
| What buyers compare | Stigg | Orb |
|---|---|---|
| Price per monthSources 3, 4 | Build: free. Pro $499 a month, or $399 billed annually. Scale and BYOC: quote | Business: $6.00 per credit, or less with volume discounts. Enterprise: quote |
| Free plan or trialSources 3, 4 | Build is free forever, with 10,000 managed entities and 5 million usage events a month | Business is pay-as-you-go with no free tier listed |
| How usage is countedSources 3, 4 | Managed entities and usage events. Pro includes 25 million events a month, then graduated rates | Credits consumed by billings processed, events ingested, and other meters |
| Integrations and featuresSources 3, 4 | Real-time entitlement checks, credits with resets and top-ups, metering, and connectors to Stripe, Zuora, Chargebee, Salesforce, HubSpot, and cloud marketplaces | Real-time event ingestion, hybrid and usage-based billing, invoicing and A/R aging, Adyen and Stripe payments, and finance and tax integrations. NetSuite and Salesforce on Enterprise |
| Security and deploymentSources 3, 4 | Scale adds SSO and a 99.99% SLA. BYOC runs in the buyer's own cloud or database | Enterprise: 99.9% availability SLA, custom roles, and audit logs. An add-on bundle offers a 99.99% SLA |
| Best forSources 1, 2 | Product and engineering teams at growth-stage SaaS and AI companies that run hybrid seat, usage, and credit pricing and want one API to gate features and enforce limits across Stripe, Zuora, or another billing system | AI and SaaS companies moving to usage-based or hybrid pricing that need flexible metrics, invoicing, and finance integrations |
List prices in US dollars per month before tax, as published on each vendor's site on November 3, 2026, billed monthly unless the cell says otherwise. "Quote" means the vendor sets the price through its sales team.
Which one fits
Stigg is the stronger pick when the hard part is enforcing plans, credits, and limits inside your product, while Orb is the stronger pick when the hard part is metering usage and sending accurate invoices.
Choose Stigg if
- You need to gate features and enforce AI credit limits in real time. Stigg checks access in one API call.
- You already bill through Stripe, Zuora, or Chargebee and want to keep it.
- You want to start free. Build covers 10,000 managed entities.
Choose Orb if
- You need a billing engine that meters events and sends invoices. Orb handles both.
- Finance needs A/R aging, collections, and revenue reporting from the billing system.
- You want pay-as-you-go pricing. Business is priced at $6.00 per credit.
What buyers say
“We're not the bottleneck anymore. We're the ones enabling pricing to move faster.”
Utkarsh Sengar, CTO of Webflow · quote published on Stigg's homepage · source
“We run Orb for invoicing and Stigg for entitlements. Orb tells finance what to bill, and Stigg tells the product what each customer is allowed to do.”
Head of product, 150-person AI software company
Representative buyer view
“We only needed usage invoices on top of Stripe, so Orb was enough for us. Stigg looked strong for feature gating, but we did not have that problem yet.”
Finance lead, Series B infrastructure startup
Representative buyer view
Verdict
Stigg (7.8 out of 10, Recommend) is the choice when you need to enforce plans, entitlements, and AI credits inside the product and keep your current billing system, with a free Build tier and Pro at $499 a month. Orb (7.6 out of 10, Recommend) is the choice when you need the billing engine itself, metering events and sending invoices, at $6.00 per credit on its Business plan.
Methodology
We read the Stigg and Orb pricing pages on November 3, 2026 and recorded every published price, limit, and plan feature. A cell reads "Not published" when the vendor does not state that detail on its site.
Scores and best-fit notes come from the AIR reviews of each product. Buyer quotes come from public review sites and vendor-published customer quotes. Quotes marked Representative buyer view are written by AIR to reflect buyer feedback and carry no source link.