The Baremetrics alternative that's free under $200k ARR –  with nothing tier-gated

Track MRR, ARR, LTV, ARPA, churn rates, and all essential subscription metrics. Both platforms cover the fundamentals you need.

Ask questions in plain English and get instant answers, right inside GrowPanel –  just ask "Why did churn spike last week?" Baremetrics offers an MCP server, but you have to wire it into a desktop AI client yourself (e.g. Claude Desktop) –  you can't use it from claude.ai in the browser or ChatGPT online, and there's no assistant built into the product itself.

Understand why customers cancel. Baremetrics' Cancellation Insights actively surveys churning customers for a reason –  a richer, collected data set, sold as a +$129/mo add-on. GrowPanel reads the cancellation reason already recorded in your billing data (Stripe et al) and breaks churn down by it, included on every plan.

Integrate with your CRM and pull data via REST API. Build custom dashboards or sync customer data with your other tools. Baremetrics' analytics API is limited to its Scale plan ($1,152/mo); GrowPanel's REST API is available on every plan.

Break down any metric by plan, region, channel, or custom attributes. Understand what's driving changes in your numbers. Both platforms do this well –  note that Baremetrics reserves unlimited segmentation for its Growth plan ($255/mo) and up.

Support for 130+ currencies and all timezones. Switch between reporting currencies instantly and see metrics in your preferred currency.

Both platforms are usable on a phone –  dashboards and reports work on mobile web. Neither currently ships a dedicated native mobile app.

Track one-time payments, refunds, and processing fees alongside your subscription revenue. Get the complete financial picture.

Project the cash you'll actually collect, period by period. Baremetrics offers integrated revenue and cashflow forecasting through Forecast+, which syncs with Stripe and your accounting tool. GrowPanel takes a subscription-level approach: every active subscription is walked forward on its own billing schedule, so annual renewals land as real spikes on the date they bill, with optional adjustments for payment delays and payments that never get collected. Both are built in and automatic.

Switch between multiple accounts without logging out. Perfect for VCs, agencies, or founders managing multiple SaaS products. Baremetrics offers an account selector for this too.

Group cohort analysis by plan, region, channel, or any custom attribute. Understand how retention differs across customer segments. Baremetrics' Customer Insights maps cohorts across attributes too (unlimited segmentation on Growth+).

See how much of your revenue depends on your top customers, and identify concentration risk before it becomes a problem. Baremetrics surfaces revenue by segment and customer in Customer Insights; GrowPanel has a dedicated top-customer concentration report.

Two different things. Baremetrics sells an active dunning product –  Recover retries failed cards and chases customers over email and SMS (a +$129/mo add-on). GrowPanel doesn't send recovery messages; the retries run through your billing provider (Stripe et al). What GrowPanel gives you is the analytics –  failed-payment volume, recovery rates, and the involuntary churn it causes –  included on every plan.

Track customer lifetime value alongside average customer lifetime in months. Understand not just how much customers are worth, but how long they typically stay, broken down by plan, market, or any dimension.

Visualize your metrics geographically. See MRR, trials, conversions, and other metrics on an interactive world map. Baremetrics offers geographic breakdowns in Customer Insights; GrowPanel plots them on an interactive world map.

Build and share your own dashboards from any chart, KPI, or note. Baremetrics reserves custom dashboards for its Growth plan ($255/mo) and up; GrowPanel includes them on every plan, including free.

Set a growth target and track your pace against it. Baremetrics puts goal tracking on its Growth plan ($255/mo) and up; GrowPanel's growth goal is on every plan, including free.

Get MRR movements (new, upgrade, churn) posted to Slack, Teams, or a webhook. Baremetrics reserves Slack for its Growth plan ($255/mo) and up; GrowPanel includes it on every plan, including free.

Connect more than one billing source (e.g. several Stripe accounts) into one view. At Baremetrics this requires the Scale plan ($1,152/mo). GrowPanel supports multiple sources from its Startup plan –  well below Baremetrics' Scale tier. (The free plan connects one source.)