Compare · 2026
Glow vs Baremetrics
Baremetrics is a mature subscription-analytics tool: MRR, churn, LTV, forecasts and failed-payment recovery. Glow is for founders who run several products and want profit, not just MRR: revenue next to AI, hosting and SaaS costs, for each product, on their phone.
From baremetrics.com/pricing, checked October 2026. Prices change; check theirs before you buy.
Side by side
| Baremetrics | Glow | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue sources | Stripe, plus other billing sources | Stripe (one or several accounts) |
| One view per product | Per billing account; segments by plan | Yes: a product tree with channels under each product |
| Costs: hosting, SaaS, cards, bank | No | Ramp card spend, Cloudflare and AI bills; keep-or-cancel for unused SaaS |
| AI spend by model and key | No | Yes: OpenRouter and Cloudflare, per key and product, against revenue |
| SEO and analytics joined to revenue | No | Search Console, GA4 and PostHog joined to Stripe: clicks → signups → $ |
| Explains what changed | Email reports, goals and benchmarks | AI caption on every chart, daily briefing, “Glow found” nuggets with proof |
| Agents that act on the numbers | No | Daily agents grounded in your numbers; dispatch to Claude Code or Devin |
| Phone app | Web-first | Phone-first (iOS, Android), with web |
| Setup | Connect Stripe (OAuth) | Read-only keys, about a minute per source |
| Price | From $75 a month, rising with ARR | Solo $19, Pro $49, Studio $99 a month |
Which one should you pick?
Pick Baremetrics if
- You run one SaaS and need investor-grade subscription metrics, cohorts and forecasts.
- Failed payments are a real leak and you want dunning built in (Recover).
- Your board or investors already ask for Baremetrics dashboards.
Pick Glow if
- You run two or more products and want each one’s profit, not one blended MRR.
- Your AI and hosting bill is a real share of revenue and you want it per product.
- You want a daily read on the phone, not another browser tab.
- You want SEO, analytics and agents in the same place as the money.
Or use both. Plenty of founders keep Baremetrics for subscription analytics and add Glow for costs, AI spend and the daily briefing. Glow only needs a read-only Stripe key, so the two never conflict.
Baremetrics vs ChartMogul, briefly
Both are subscription analytics for SaaS. ChartMogul is free up to $10K MRR and has leaned into an AI chat on its iOS app; Baremetrics starts at $75 a month and bundles forecasting and failed-payment recovery. Neither shows costs or AI spend. If you’re choosing between them for one SaaS, start with ChartMogul’s free tier; if you run several products and care about profit, look at Glow. Glow vs ChartMogul.
Related
Glow vs Baremetrics: questions
Is Glow a Baremetrics alternative?
For founders with several products, yes: Glow shows MRR and revenue per product, plus what each product costs to run. If you need deep subscription analytics (cohorts, forecasts, dunning) for a single SaaS, Baremetrics is still the specialist.
Does Glow do dunning or failed-payment recovery?
No. Glow is read-only by design: it never charges, refunds or emails your customers. It can flag a rise in failed payments in the daily briefing.
Which is cheaper?
Glow is $19 to $99 a month regardless of revenue. Baremetrics starts at $75 and is priced by ARR, so it costs more as you grow.
See your company lit up.
Join the beta. Connect Stripe and one AI key, and see every product’s money in, money out and AI bill in about a minute.
- Read-only keys
- Never shown again
- 2FA + Face ID
- 7-day trial