ProfitWell alternatives

Updated 2026-08-04

ProfitWell Metrics is free, has no revenue cap, and produces accurate subscription metrics. On price alone nothing beats it, and any comparison page claiming otherwise is selling something.

So the question is what you're trading.

What "free" actually costs

ProfitWell is owned by Paddle, a billing and merchant-of-record company. Metrics is free because it is an excellent funnel: a tool that knows your MRR, churn rate, customer count and growth trajectory is well positioned to sell you billing and retention services.

That is a legitimate business model, and for many founders the trade is obviously worth it. But it is a trade, and it has two edges:

A third party has complete visibility into your business. Revenue, customers, growth rate, churn.
The product's roadmap serves Paddle's strategy, not necessarily yours.

When people look elsewhere

Data sensitivity. Some founders will not put their full revenue picture on someone else's server, particularly a company that also sells billing services. More on this in revenue tracking without handing over your data.

Non-Stripe revenue. If a large share of your money arrives via the App Store, Gumroad or PayPal, subscription-analytics tools built around Stripe leave you reconciling by hand anyway.

You want an app. ProfitWell is a web dashboard.

The alternatives

Tool	Price	Note
ChartMogul	Free under $10k MRR	Better charts, same hosted trade-off
Baremetrics	~$129/mo	Dunning and forecasting; expensive
MRR.io	Low monthly	Simple, hosted
FRGMNT	$49.99/yr	Native iOS, 5 platforms, no backend

Why FRGMNT is architecturally different

Not "cheaper" — it's more expensive than free. The difference is structural:

FRGMNT has no backend database. Read-only keys live in your device Keychain and are used to call Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad and PayPal directly from your phone. No FRGMNT server ever sees your revenue, because no FRGMNT server exists. There is no account to create and nothing to breach.

That is the entire pitch against a free hosted tool: you are paying $49.99 a year to be the only party who knows your numbers, and to have five platforms in one figure instead of one.

What you give up: ProfitWell's churn analytics and benchmarking are more capable. FRGMNT does True MRR, today's cash, a live ledger and sale alerts.

Honest summary

If free matters most and you are comfortable with a hosted tool, use ProfitWell. It is a good product at an unbeatable price.

Consider FRGMNT if you sell across several platforms, or if "who else can see my revenue?" is a question you actually care about.

Frequently asked

Is ProfitWell Metrics still free?

Yes, free with no revenue cap. It is owned by Paddle and functions partly as a funnel into Paddle's paid billing and retention products.

Why look for a ProfitWell alternative if it's free?

Usually one of three reasons: you don't want your revenue data on a third party's servers, your revenue isn't Stripe-shaped, or you want a native app rather than a web dashboard.

What's the catch with free analytics tools?

You are giving a company complete visibility into your revenue, customers and growth rate. That is a fair trade for many people and an unacceptable one for others. It is worth making the choice deliberately.