--- source_url: "https://www.aibilling.dev/providers/orb" title: "Orb — Pricing, Features, Pros and Cons (2026) | AI Billing" mirrored_at: 2026-09-02T01:03:28.343Z host: www.aibilling.dev cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/www.aibilling.dev/providers/orb" --- > **Original source:** https://www.aibilling.dev/providers/orb [Providers](https://www.aibilling.dev/providers)/Orb ![Orb logo](https://www.aibilling.dev/_next/image?url=%2Flogos%2Forb.jpeg&w=96&q=75&dpl=dpl_CjdQjCzXzezVBa7BRDEmAAb42pDK) Enterprise usage-based billing with SQL-defined metrics, pricing simulation, and deep finance integrations. Invoice-basedPricing SimulationMulti-PSPBilling PortalEnterprise Last verified: April 2026 * * * ## Good fit if... - →AI and infrastructure companies with complex multi-dimensional pricing that needs SQL-defined metrics and pricing simulation before rollout - →Teams with enterprise contract requirements — commitments, multi-year deals, backdating, and high-volume event processing - →Finance teams that need deep ERP integration, revenue recognition, and AR aging in the same billing platform - →Companies running hybrid GTM (sales-led and product-led) that want one billing platform for both motions - →Teams already managing invoice-based billing that want to add usage metering without replacing their invoicing workflow * * * ## Pricing Model Enterprise; pricing not publicly disclosed Free tier No Starting price Contact sales (estimated ~$720/month at small scale based on previously public pricing) Revenue % None Per customer Not publicly available Per event Not publicly available Seat fees Not publicly available Transparency Opaque ### Canonical scenario — 100 customers, $2K MRR, 100K events, 5 seats Line item Cost Platform fee ~$720 (based on previously public pricing; Orb no longer publishes rates) Per customer $0 Seat fees Not publicly available Event fees $0 Revenue % $0 Payment processing Pass-through Total / month ~$720 (estimate; current rates require sales) Orb does not publish pricing. The ~$720/month platform fee estimate is based on previously public pricing captured by third-party analysis before Orb removed its public pricing page. Current rates may differ; Orb's $25M Series B (September 2024) and ongoing product expansion may have affected pricing. Payment processing fees are charged by the connected PSP at pass-through rates. A sales conversation is required for current pricing. * * * ## Technical profile Dimension Value Billing model Invoice Usage authorization Post-usage Threshold invoicing can trigger mid-cycle but remains post-consumption. Agentic Payment Methods (launched 2026) introduce new AI-agent payment flows but are not a pre-usage wallet authorization primitive. Usage tracking Real-time metering + periodic invoice Wallet architecture Add-on Sophisticated credit pools are a documented feature. They operate inside an invoice-based billing system: credits reduce invoice totals rather than being debited atomically per usage event. Multi-asset support USD-with-labels Payment processing Integrated PSP agnostic Partial Customer portal Hosted portal Pre-authenticated hosted portal shows usage and invoices. No self-service wallet top-up or real-time balance management is available to end customers. Auto top-up Platform-configured Platform (merchant) sets top-up thresholds on behalf of customers. End customers have no self-service threshold control. Integration model Replaces stack Profitability analytics Aggregate Open source No License Proprietary Deployment Cloud only Enterprise contracts Full support Pricing models Per-unit, Tiered, Volume, Subscription, Hybrid (subscription + usage), Prepaid credits / wallet, Seat-based, Dimensional, Custom / SQL-defined * * * ## Strengths - +Pricing simulation — retrospective testing of pricing model changes against historical usage before deployment, reducing migration risk - +Custom SQL metrics for complex aggregation logic, supporting multi-dimensional billing (region, model, tier, customer segment) without bespoke pipelines - +High-throughput hosted rollups architecture designed to process millions of events per second with backfill support for late data - +Deep finance integrations — NetSuite, Salesforce, data warehouses, and ASC 606 revenue recognition alongside detailed invoice management - +Multi-year enterprise contracts with commitments, backdating, amendments, and multi-product deals - +Agentic payment support for AI agents executing payments on behalf of end users, launched in 2026 ## Limitations - −Post-usage invoicing model — usage accumulates and is billed at cycle end; threshold invoicing triggers mid-cycle but is still post-consumption - −Pricing not publicly available — enterprise-level pricing requires a sales conversation with no published starting figure - −No real-time pre-authorization primitive — there is no documented way to query wallet state and block an action before it runs - −Auto top-up is platform-configured — end customers cannot set their own top-up threshold or amount via self-service - −Implementation overhead — setting up metering, pricing models, and invoice workflows requires engineering resources and billing expertise - −Credit portal is read-only — customers view usage and invoices but cannot perform self-service top-ups or manage wallet balances * * * ## Not ideal for - ×Products needing real-time wallet pre-authorization before individual usage events are incurred - ×Teams with monthly billing budgets under a few thousand dollars; enterprise pricing requires a sales conversation - ×Early-stage teams that need quick implementation; Orb's SQL metrics and pricing model setup requires dedicated billing engineering time - ×Products requiring customer-controlled self-service top-up with real-time visible wallet balances * * * ## Similar providers * * * ## Company Founded 2021 Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA Funding Series B; $25M Series B (September 2024, Mayfield lead). Total raised ~$44M. * * * ## Sources