Baremetrics alternative
A Baremetrics alternative that stays cheap as you grow
Baremetrics is one of the most established subscription analytics products, and it has real depth: forecasting tools, dunning recovery, cancellation insights, and a dozen integrations. It's also priced for that depth — plans start at $75/month and step up with your ARR band, with the popular add-ons at $129/month each.
Gleam Revenue takes the opposite bet: do the core job — accurate Stripe MRR, a churn feed, a forecast, and a daily email digest — extremely well, at a flat $29–$99/month that doesn't rise with your revenue. Here's the honest comparison.
Last updated: July 19, 2026 · Competitor facts verified against their public pages
Feature comparison
| Gleam Revenue | Baremetrics | |
|---|---|---|
| MRR / ARR tracking | Yes — from Stripe Price data, never invoice totals | Yes |
| Churn feed with cancellation reasons | Yes — included on every plan | Cancellation Insights is a +$129/mo add-on |
| Daily plain-English email digest | Yes — every paid plan | Automated email reports |
| Month-end MRR forecast | Yes — with confidence level | Yes — plus scenario planning on Scale |
| Dunning / failed-payment recovery | No — Gleam is read-only by design | Yes — Recover add-on (+$129/mo) |
| Integrations beyond Stripe | No — Stripe only, by design | Yes — Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly, app stores, Shopify and more |
| Read-only guarantee | Yes — zero-write contract enforced by automated tests | Recover requires write access to charge cards; analytics is read-based |
| Mobile-first dashboard | Yes | Desktop-oriented web app |
Pricing comparison
| Gleam Revenue | Baremetrics | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | $29/mo (Starter) | $75/mo (Launch, up to $360K ARR) |
| Mid tier | $59/mo (Pro) | $255/mo (Growth, $360K–3.6M ARR) |
| Top tier | $99/mo (Team, unlimited Stripe accounts) | $1,152/mo (Scale, $3.6M+ ARR) |
| Pricing model | Flat — never scales with revenue | Banded by ARR |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card | Yes |
Baremetrics discounts annual billing by 35%, which narrows the gap meaningfully if you pay yearly.
The structural difference: Baremetrics' price grows with your ARR band, and its two best-known capabilities (Recover and Cancellation Insights) are paid add-ons. Gleam's price is flat, and churn detail is included.
Pricing verified July 2026 against baremetrics.com/pricing.
Where Baremetrics is the better pick:
- You want dunning built in — Recover actively retries failed payments and emails customers, which read-only Gleam deliberately doesn't do.
- You bill through more than Stripe (app stores, Shopify, Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly).
- You want scenario planning, budgeting, and an analytics API at the high end.
- You want a decade-old product with a large ecosystem of guides and templates.
Where Gleam is the better fit:
- You're Stripe-only and want the core metrics job done accurately for $29–$99 flat instead of $75–$1,152 banded by ARR.
- You want cancellation reasons in the box, not as a $129/month add-on.
- You want a daily digest that reads like a note from your CFO, not another dashboard to remember to check.
- You want a guarantee that your analytics tool can never touch your billing: Gleam's zero-write contract is enforced by automated tests.
What the Gleam dashboard looks like
The mock below mirrors the real dashboard. The full interactive version — chart, churn feed, per-product breakdown, and a sample customer drill-in — is on the product tour, no signup required.
// Monday, March 30 · good morning
MRR / ARR
$8,340
↑ $89 from yesterday
Churn MRR
−$149
2 customers this month
Month forecast
$8,580
↑ 2.9% vs last month
Active subs
47
+2 this week
Churn Rate
2.1%
30-day rate · ↓ 0.3% vs last month
Recent churn
Frequently asked questions
How much cheaper is Gleam than Baremetrics?
At entry level, Gleam Starter is $29/month vs Baremetrics Launch at $75/month (as of July 2026). The gap widens as you grow: Baremetrics moves to $255 and then $1,152 per month as your ARR crosses its bands, while Gleam stays $29–$99 flat regardless of revenue.
Does Gleam have dunning like Baremetrics Recover?
No, and that's deliberate. Recover needs write access to your billing to retry charges and email customers. Gleam operates under a strict read-only, zero-write contract with your Stripe account — it will never charge, modify, or email your customers. For dunning, Stripe's own Smart Retries covers the basics for free.
Can I see why customers cancelled without an add-on?
Yes. Gleam's churn feed and customer drill-in show the cancellation reason and comment your customer gave Stripe at cancellation, on every plan. In Baremetrics, Cancellation Insights is a separate $129/month add-on.
Does Gleam support App Store or Shopify revenue?
No — Gleam is deliberately Stripe-only. If a meaningful share of your recurring revenue comes through Apple, Google, or Shopify, Baremetrics or ChartMogul will serve you better.
Can I try Gleam alongside Baremetrics?
Yes. Connecting is a two-minute read-only OAuth with a 14-day free trial and no credit card, so you can run both and compare the MRR numbers against your Stripe dashboard before deciding.
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