Software · head to head
Baremetrics vs Chartio
The short version
- Only Baremetrics has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Baremetrics priced on the revenue it measures, so the bill rises with your ARR rather than with usage: $75 a month up to $360K ARR, $255 to $3.6M and $1,152 above that; Chartio chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide
- They diverge on capability: Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Chartio covers Visual Query Builder.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Baremetrics and Chartio actually diverge.
| Attribute | Baremetrics | Chartio |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | On request |
| Pricing model | subscription | Unknown |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, Api | Web |
| Founded | 2013 | 2010 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Baremetrics
- Revenue Metrics
- Forecasting
- Benchmarking
- Cancellation Insights
- Email Reports
- Stripe
- Braintree
- Recurly
Only in Chartio
- Visual Query Builder
- Interactive Dashboards
- Data Blending
- Collaboration
- Embedding
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Redshift
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Baremetrics
- Subscription metrics and MRR reporting from Stripe and similar billing systemsnot Chartio
- Churn and retention analysisnot Chartio
- Failed payment recovery through the add-onnot Chartio
- Cancellation surveys to understand why customers leavenot Chartio
Chartio
- Drag and drop chart building over SQL databasesnot Baremetrics
- Shared business dashboards for non-technical teamsnot Baremetrics
- Exploring warehouse data without writing SQLnot Baremetrics
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Baremetrics
- Priced on the revenue it measures, so the bill rises with your ARR rather than with usage: $75 a month up to $360K ARR, $255 to $3.6M and $1,152 above that
- Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are separate add-ons at $129 a month each
- The advertised prices assume annual billing with a discount of up to 35 percent
- There is no free tier, only a trial
Chartio
- Chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide
- No pricing, signup or product access remains; the site's copyright notice stops at 2021
- Existing customers were required to migrate their dashboards to another tool rather than being moved to an Atlassian successor product
Pricing, plan by plan
Baremetrics
Free- Metrics$50/month
- Revenue Metrics
- Customer Profiles
- Slack Integration
- Recover$50/month
- Failed Payment Recovery
- Dunning Management
- Analytics
Chartio
On request- DiscontinuedFree
- Service ended March 2022
Which should you pick?
Choose Baremetrics if
- You need revenue metrics.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want forecasting.
Questions people ask
- Is Baremetrics or Chartio better?
- Neither clearly leads. Baremetrics starts at Free and Chartio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Baremetrics or Chartio?
- Baremetrics has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Baremetrics and On request for Chartio.
- Does Baremetrics or Chartio run on more platforms?
- Baremetrics runs on Web, Api. Chartio runs on Web.
- Can I use Baremetrics for free?
- Yes. Baremetrics has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Chartio starts at On request.
- What is Baremetrics best used for?
- Baremetrics is most often used for subscription metrics and mrr reporting from stripe and similar billing systems, churn and retention analysis, failed payment recovery through the add-on, cancellation surveys to understand why customers leave. Of those, subscription metrics and mrr reporting from stripe and similar billing systems and churn and retention analysis are not what Chartio is typically brought in for.
- What can Baremetrics do that Chartio cannot?
- Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Forecasting, Benchmarking, Cancellation Insights. Chartio covers Visual Query Builder, Interactive Dashboards, Data Blending, Collaboration. Both handle Web support.