Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example

Re:Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example by echelon on Sunday August 25, 2024 @07:46PM (#41352572)

> The article is correct that calculating MRR is difficult and requires access to your billing data.

Then Stripe should provide the metric as an API and precalculate it. (They already have as it powers their dashboards, it's just inaccessible via API access.)

It's extremely frustrating that external metrics dashboards report MRR as significantly higher than it actually is.

It makes me distrust and dislike Stripe that such a core figure is absent in their API. There should be zero excuse for not providing it. It's a ridiculous omission.

I've spent too much time trying to solve this and it disappoints me.

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Re:Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example by peterldowns on Sunday August 25, 2024 @07:48PM (#41352582)

I don’t disagree with you.

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Re:Stripe Data vs. Open‐Source Alternatives: A MRR Example by saadatq on Monday August 26, 2024 @02:13PM (#41359993)

A counterpoint, from someone who’s worked on SaaS billing /MRR reporting for 10+ years - it’s usually more complicated than just exposing an API endpoint for precalculated MRR by month. Most analysis requires drilling into dimensions of MRR growth - by cohort, by billing period, etc - and so while Stripe exposing an API for MRR could be helpful, it won’t cover most of the cases for proper financial analysis for a SaaS business. There’s also the complication of how MRR is computed across companies and domains - it’s not a GAAP metric and no standardized definitions.

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