Baremetrics vs ChartMogul

Baremetrics and ChartMogul both track subscription metrics like MRR, churn, and forecasting, but they differ in structure: ChartMogul offers a genuine free…

Best for Baremetrics: SaaS teams that want built-in tools to actively act on churn — Payment Recovery for failed-charge recovery and Cancellation Insights for automated retention campaigns — and are past the point of needing a free plan.
Best for ChartMogul: Early-stage or smaller SaaS companies under $10K MRR that want to start on a real free plan, plus teams that want a built-in lightweight CRM with two-way sync rather than integrating a separate CRM tool.

At a Glance

 BaremetricsChartMogul
Primary categoryAnalyticsAnalytics
RatingNot documentedNot documented
Pricing modelFree trial + paid plansFreemium (tiered, scales with MRR/ARR)
Starting price$108/month (billed annually)Free (up to $10K MRR)
Free planNot documentedYes
Free trialYesYes
PlatformsWebWeb
Team collaborationNot documentedNot documented
AI featuresNot documentedNot documented
Public APIYesYes

Key Differences

Free plan availability

Baremetrics: No permanent free plan; only a free trial is offered before paid billing starts at $75/month.

ChartMogul: A permanent free plan is available for businesses up to $10K MRR / $120K ARR, including 28+... core analytics features, one billing connection, 5 team dashboards, and basic CRM (1 seat).

Very small or pre-revenue SaaS companies can use ChartMogul indefinitely at no cost, while Baremetrics requires converting to a paid plan after the trial.

Built-in CRM

Baremetrics: No CRM feature is documented for Baremetrics.

ChartMogul: ChartMogul includes a lightweight CRM with two-way sync on higher plans (and one-way HubSpot sync on Starter).

Teams wanting to manage customer records alongside revenue metrics have a documented built-in option only with ChartMogul.

Failed-payment and cancellation automation

Baremetrics: Payment Recovery manages failed charges to reduce delinquent churn (paid add-on, $129/month), and Cancellation Insights identifies why customers cancel and automates retention campaigns (also a $129/month add-on).

ChartMogul: No equivalent payment-recovery or cancellation-automation feature is documented.

Baremetrics is the only one of the two that documents active tooling to recover failed payments and automate win-back campaigns, though it costs extra.

Multi-billing-system consolidation as core positioning

Baremetrics: Baremetrics integrates directly with Stripe, Braintree, Recurly, Chargebee, Paddle, and app stores, but the entry Launch plan is limited to a single integration.

ChartMogul: ChartMogul's core feature is consolidating multiple billing systems (Stripe, Chargebee, App Store Connect, among others) into one dashboard, with the free plan supporting one connection and higher plans adding more billing sources.

Both connect to similar billing systems, but ChartMogul markets consolidation across systems as its central use case, while Baremetrics documents a per-plan cap on integrations even on paid tiers.

Enterprise pricing ceiling

Baremetrics: The published Scale plan tops out at $1,152/month for $3.6M+ ARR.

ChartMogul: The Enterprise tier starts at $19,900/year for companies over $10M ARR with unlimited ARR, 15 billing sources, and 8 push destinations.

ChartMogul documents a higher, named Enterprise tier explicitly built for companies beyond $10M ARR, while Baremetrics' published pricing caps out at a lower ARR band ($3.6M+) without a named unlimited-ARR tier.

Feature-by-Feature

Analytics Core

FeatureBaremetricsChartMogul
MRR/ARR/churn trackingAvailableAvailable
Cohort analysisNot documentedAvailable
Financial forecastingAvailableNot documented
Benchmarking against peer companiesAvailableNot documented

Revenue Operations

FeatureBaremetricsChartMogul
Failed-payment/dunning recoveryLimitedNot documented
Built-in CRMNot documentedAvailable
Multi-currency revenue trackingNot documentedAvailable
Workflow automation from subscription eventsNot documentedAvailable

Pricing & Plans

FeatureBaremetricsChartMogul
Permanent free planUnavailableAvailable
Entry paid plan priceAvailableAvailable
Named billing system integrationsAvailableAvailable
Enterprise-tier pricingAvailableAvailable

Pricing Compared

Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.

Baremetrics

Starter — $108/month billed annually

ChartMogul

Free — $0/month monthly
Starter — $59-$699/month monthly or annual (scales with ARR)
Pro — $99-$1,199/month monthly or annual (scales with ARR)
Enterprise — From $19,900/year annual

Pros & Cons

Baremetrics

Pros

  • Automatic, always-current SaaS metrics without manual spreadsheet work
  • Direct integrations with major billing and payment platforms
  • Built-in churn recovery tools (Recover, Cancellation Insights) can directly recoup revenue
  • Free trial available before committing to a paid plan

Cons

  • Pricing scales with tracked revenue, which can get costly for larger SaaS businesses
  • Primarily useful for subscription/recurring-revenue businesses, less relevant for one-time purchase models
  • Advanced features may require higher-tier plans

ChartMogul

Pros

  • Unifies billing data from multiple systems into one accurate metrics view
  • Deep library of pre-built, SaaS-specific metric definitions
  • Free tier available for early-stage startups under $10K MRR
  • Strong CRM and data warehouse integration ecosystem

Cons

  • Pricing scales with ARR and can get expensive as a company grows
  • Built specifically for subscription/SaaS billing, not general-purpose BI
  • Some advanced features (multi-billing-system view, warehouse push) require Pro or Enterprise
  • Additional CRM seats are billed separately from the base plan

Use Cases

Choose Baremetrics: SaaS teams that want built-in tools to actively act on churn — Payment Recovery for failed-charge recovery and Cancellation Insights for automated retention campaigns — and are past the point of needing a free plan.
Choose ChartMogul: Early-stage or smaller SaaS companies under $10K MRR that want to start on a real free plan, plus teams that want a built-in lightweight CRM with two-way sync rather than integrating a separate CRM tool.
Need both: Finance/RevOps teams at larger SaaS companies with billing spread across many systems that ChartMogul consolidates (including App Store Connect and multiple billing sources) may also run Baremetrics for its documented Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights automation, since ChartMogul's facts don't document an equivalent dunning/retention-campaign feature.

Baremetrics

  • SaaS revenue metrics tracking — Founders and finance teams monitoring MRR, churn, and LTV without manual reporting.
  • Reducing involuntary churn — Automatically recovering revenue lost to failed payment retries.

ChartMogul

  • Board and investor reporting — Give founders and finance teams accurate, auto-calculated MRR/ARR figures for board decks and investor updates.
  • Unifying multi-platform billing data — Consolidate revenue data from multiple billing systems into one reconciled dashboard.
  • Churn and cohort analysis — Identify retention trends and churn drivers across customer cohorts and segments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Baremetrics have a free plan?

No, but a free trial is available before subscribing to a paid plan.

Does ChartMogul have a free plan?

Yes, it's free for companies up to $10K MRR / $120K ARR with core analytics features.

What does the Baremetrics Launch plan include?

It costs $75/month for businesses up to $360K ARR and includes 28+ subscription metrics, trial insights, and one billing integration.

What billing systems does ChartMogul connect to?

Stripe, Chargebee, and App Store Connect, among others, depending on plan.

Are Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights included in Baremetrics' base plan?

No, they are paid add-ons at $129/month each.

Is there a ChartMogul Enterprise plan?

Yes, priced from $19,900/year for companies over $10M ARR, billed annually.

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