Orb
Orb is a revenue design platform that helps companies, particularly those in the AI and usage-based billing space, automate billing, execute pricing strategies, and gr…
Our verdict
Who it's for
Turn pricing complexity into precision performance with a unified revenue design platform.
Who should look elsewhere
Pricing is custom, requiring direct contact with sales.
Pros
- +Automates manual billing work, saving time and resources.
- +Enables rapid iteration and optimization of pricing strategies.
- +Provides transparency and trust for customers regarding their spend.
- +Supports complex and hybrid pricing models, including usage-based and AI monetization.
- +Integrates with existing finance, CRM, and tax tools for a seamless workflow.
Cons
- −Pricing is custom, requiring direct contact with sales.
- −May have a learning curve for teams adopting a new "revenue design" approach.
- −Focuses heavily on usage-based and AI pricing, which might be overkill for simpler business models.
Key features
- ✓Real-time event ingestion (250K+ events/second)
- ✓Custom SQL metrics for defining billable metrics
- ✓Real-time alerts for usage and cost thresholds
- ✓Hybrid and usage-based billing models (usage, fixed fees, per-seat)
- ✓Pricing versions and migrations for efficient price changes
- ✓Orb Invoicing for automated payment collection, dunning, and invoice delivery
- ✓Threshold billing to prevent fraud and nonpayment
- ✓Accounting and invoicing integrations (Quickbooks, Stripe)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | — | month | Real-time event ingestion; Real-time alerting; Hybrid and usage-based billing |
| Advanced | — | month | Everything in Core; Data warehouse sync; Salesforce integration |
| Enterprise | — | month | Everything in Advanced; Enterprise-grade SLAs; Dedicated support |