Finance

Orb

Usage-based billing infrastructure for modern SaaS

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★4.6ratingPricing · PaidHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelOrb · Finance
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Orb does

Orb is a usage-based billing and revenue design platform for software companies. Named features include usage metering with backdating and backfilling, price modeling and simulations, seats and licenses, credit pools, prepaid credits, and hybrid pricing. Spend controls, an experience kit, and invoicing are also listed. Finance workflows include AI contract ingest, automated collections, and revenue recognition, with a NetSuite integration. The page states alignment with ASC 606 and names enterprise, cloud infrastructure, and agentic AI companies as target segments. Orb pricing is on a separate pricing page.

How Orb compares with its closest alternatives

1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; Orb does not. All 5 offer an API, as Orb does. Orb offers a web app. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, all 4 offer a web app. Orb was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2022, 4 of them earlier. Orb is based in San Francisco, United States; 3 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in France.

Market position · Finance

How Orb compares in Finance

Orb has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 392 live Finance tools on FalcoScan. Across Finance, the average opportunity score is 68.5 and the average saturation score 34.9. FalcoScan rates Orb's own market position as open. 76 of the 392 operating Finance tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 6 shutdowns in the category.

Orb compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
OrbFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
LagoFounded 2022 · Paris, FranceModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Stripe BillingFounded 2012 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWeb, APIRising
Modern TreasuryFounded 2018 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Heron DataFounded 2020HighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Plaid AIFounded 2013 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Finance.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Orb exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Usage MeteringPricing Automation
Industry Verticals
SaasTechnology
Tagged

Orb shows up when builders search for these

usage-billingmetereddeveloper-firstrevenue-recognitionapi
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Alternatives to Orb

Products still running that do the same job, from the finance market and related ones, closest match first.

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Lago

Open-source metered billing infrastructure for modern companies

★ 4.6Opportunity Moderate
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Stripe Billing

Flexible subscription and billing infrastructure from Stripe

★ 4.6Opportunity Moderate
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Modern Treasury

Programmable money movement for tech companies

★ 4.6Opportunity High
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Heron Data

AI financial data enrichment and transaction categorization

★ 4.5Opportunity High
Paid
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Plaid AI

Financial data connectivity platform

★ 4.5Opportunity High
Paid
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Finch API

Universal HR and payroll data API

★ 4.3Opportunity Moderate
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Questions

Orb: common questions

Is Orb free?

No. Orb is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Orb?

The closest alternatives to Orb that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Lago, Stripe Billing, Modern Treasury, Heron Data, and Plaid AI.

Is Orb still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Orb as operating at withorb.com.

Where is Orb based?

Orb is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Orb have an API?

Yes. Orb offers an API.

Who is Orb for?

Orb is built for saas companies, developers, and billing engineers.

How do I sign in to Orb?

Sign in on Orb's own website, withorb.com. FalcoScan reviews Orb but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Orb directly.

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