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Baremetrics vs Restate

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Baremetrics

Business Intelligence

Subscription analytics for SaaS

From
$75/month
Free plan
No
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Restate

Developer Tools

Durable execution engine in Rust with a free tier and low-latency workflows

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
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The short version

  • Restate has a free plan, then $300/mo; Baremetrics starts at $75/mo.
  • Only Baremetrics lists revenue Metrics; only Restate lists durable execution.
  • Where Baremetrics falls short: payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are separate add-ons at $129 a month each.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Baremetrics and Restate actually diverge.

Attributes where Baremetrics and Restate differ
AttributeBaremetricsRestate
Starting price$75/monthFree
Pricing modelSubscriptionPer month by durable action count
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, APILinux, macOS, Web
CategoryBusiness IntelligenceDeveloper Tools

Not yet recorded: founded for Restate.

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 Restate

  • Durable execution
  • Virtual objects
  • Single binary runtime
  • Multi-language SDKs
  • Workflows and sagas
  • Restate Cloud

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 Restate
  • Churn and retention analysisnot Restate
  • Failed payment recovery through the add-onnot Restate
  • Cancellation surveys to understand why customers leavenot Restate

Restate

  • Payment or order flows where a crash between two external API calls must not double-charge or lose the ordernot Baremetrics
  • AI agent loops that call tools over minutes or hours and must survive a deployment mid-runnot Baremetrics
  • Replacing hand-rolled retry, idempotency key and outbox code across a set of microservicesnot Baremetrics
  • A small team that wants durable workflows without operating a Temporal cluster and its databasenot 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

Restate

  • The runtime is under a Business Source Licence rather than an open source licence, so building a competing managed offering on it is prohibited and some procurement functions will reject it on licence grounds alone
  • Restate Cloud jumps from a free fifty thousand actions straight to 300 US dollars a month for twenty million, so a workload sitting at a few hundred thousand actions pays enterprise-shaped money for hobby-shaped volume
  • It is a young project against Temporal’s established base, so hiring engineers who already know it is unrealistic and the answer to most questions is in the docs rather than on Stack Overflow
  • The programming model requires structuring code around durable handlers and virtual objects, which is a genuine rewrite for existing services rather than a library you add
  • The single-binary simplicity that makes small deployments cheap also means fewer operational knobs at very large scale than a system designed as separable components

Pricing, plan by plan

Baremetrics

$75/month
  • Launch$75/mo
    • Target $0-360K ARR
    • Single integration
    • Core analytics features
  • Growth$255/mo
    • Target $360K-$3.6M ARR
    • Two integrations
    • Advanced features
  • Scale$1,152/mo
    • Target $3.6M+ ARR
    • Unlimited integrations
    • Enterprise features

Restate

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Fifty thousand durable actions per month
    • No credit card required
    • Community support
  • Starter$300/mo
    • Twenty million actions per month
    • Two hundred actions per second, bursting to one thousand
    • Twenty GB storage
  • Pro$1,000/mo
    • Fifty million actions per month
    • Five hundred actions per second, bursting to two thousand
    • Fifty GB storage
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Negotiated volume
    • Twenty-four seven P0 support
    • 99.99 per cent SLA

Which should you pick?

Choose Baremetrics if

  • You need revenue metrics.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want forecasting.
Baremetrics review

Choose Restate if

  • You need durable execution.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, macOS, Web.
  • You also want virtual objects.
Restate review

Questions people ask

Is Baremetrics or Restate better?
Neither clearly leads. Baremetrics starts at $75/month and Restate at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Baremetrics or Restate?
Restate has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $75/month for Baremetrics and Free for Restate.
Does Baremetrics or Restate run on more platforms?
Baremetrics runs on Web, API. Restate runs on Linux, macOS, Web.
Can I use Restate for free?
Yes. Restate has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Baremetrics starts at $75/month.
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 Restate is typically brought in for.
What can Baremetrics do that Restate cannot?
Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Forecasting, Benchmarking, Cancellation Insights. Restate covers Durable execution, Virtual objects, Single binary runtime, Multi-language SDKs.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Baremetrics: How much does Baremetrics' Launch plan cost per month?

Baremetrics' Launch plan starts at $75 per month with annual billing, or $49 per month with annual prepayment (35% discount when paying yearly).

Source
Restate: Is Restate open source?

The SDKs are MIT. The runtime is under a Business Source Licence, which permits self-hosting but not offering it as a competing service.

Baremetrics: What is the difference between Baremetrics plans?

Launch includes one integration and core analytics; Growth ($255/month) adds a second integration and advanced dashboards; Scale ($1,152/month) includes unlimited integrations and enterprise features.

Source
Restate: How does it compare with Temporal?

Same problem, different shape: one Rust binary with embedded storage instead of a server plus database plus workers, and lower per-step latency.

Baremetrics: What add-ons are available in Baremetrics?

Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are available as add-ons at $129 per month each to automate failed payment recovery and churn reduction.

Source
Restate: Is there a free tier?

Yes, fifty thousand durable actions a month on Restate Cloud with no card required.

Baremetrics: Is there a free trial for Baremetrics?

Yes, Baremetrics offers a free trial available for new users to test the platform before committing to a paid plan.

Source
Restate: Which languages are supported?

TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Go, Python and Rust.

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