Quick Comparison

ChartMogulBaremetrics
Best For Early-stage SaaS founders and teams that want deep cohort analysis and, at scale, direct data-warehouse export.SaaS teams that want to act on churn directly — recovering failed payments and surveying cancellations — not just report the metrics.
Pricing Free tier available (up to $10K MRR) / $59/mo starting14-day free trial / $75/mo starting (MRR-based, scales with revenue)
Winner Our Pick

Tool Breakdown

Overall Winner
C

ChartMogul

ChartMogul's free plan for any SaaS business under $10K MRR, combined with the deepest cohort-analysis toolkit of the two, makes it the better default for most early-stage SaaS founders — upgrade to Baremetrics only if its built-in dunning recovery and churn surveys are worth paying for from day one.

What it does well
  • Free plan covers any SaaS business under $10K MRR (about $120K ARR) with lead/trial/billing data unification and customer segmentation, at no cost
  • Cohort analysis segments by signup month, plan, geography, and custom attributes in any combination — the deepest of the two platforms
  • Pro tier pushes metrics data directly into Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, S3, or Azure for teams building their own reporting on top
Watch out for
  • No built-in dunning/failed-payment recovery or churn-survey tooling — it reports the numbers but doesn't act on them the way Baremetrics does
  • Enterprise tier jumps sharply to $19,900/yr for companies above $10M ARR, a steep step up from the $99/mo Pro tier
  • No public affiliate/referral program found — evaluate directly rather than expecting a commission-based partner signup
Best For Early-stage SaaS founders and teams that want deep cohort analysis and, at scale, direct data-warehouse export.
Pricing Free tier available (up to $10K MRR) / $59/mo starting
B

Baremetrics

Baremetrics is a subscription-analytics platform that pairs MRR, churn, and cohort dashboards with built-in tools to recover failed payments and understand why customers cancel.

What it does well
  • Bundles failed-payment recovery (dunning) and cancellation-reason surveys alongside core MRR/churn/cohort dashboards, rather than requiring a separate tool
  • Runs a genuine self-serve affiliate program: 20% recurring commission for 12 months with a 60-day cookie window
  • MRR-based pricing scales with the business, so early-stage plans stay proportionally cheaper than a flat enterprise rate
Watch out for
  • No permanent free tier — only a 14-day trial, versus ChartMogul's free plan for businesses under $10K MRR
  • Entry-level Launch plan pricing (around $75/mo) is noticeably higher than ChartMogul's $59/mo Starter tier for a comparable early stage
  • Cohort segmentation is less granular than ChartMogul's, which supports combining signup month, plan, geography, and custom attributes together
Best For SaaS teams that want to act on churn directly — recovering failed payments and surveying cancellations — not just report the metrics.
Pricing 14-day free trial / $75/mo starting (MRR-based, scales with revenue)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does ChartMogul or Baremetrics have a free plan? +

ChartMogul does: its Free plan covers any SaaS business under $10K MRR (roughly $120K ARR) with core metrics, data unification, and segmentation, at no cost. Baremetrics has no permanent free tier — only a 14-day free trial, after which pricing starts around $75/mo and scales with your MRR.

Which tool actually helps recover revenue from churn, not just report it? +

Baremetrics. It bundles failed-payment recovery (dunning) and cancellation-reason surveys directly into the platform, so you can act on churn as it happens rather than exporting numbers to fix it elsewhere. ChartMogul focuses on reporting and analysis — its Pro tier's data-warehouse export is built for teams that want to build their own recovery tooling on top instead.

Can I use either tool's data in my own data warehouse? +

Only ChartMogul offers this directly: its Pro tier pushes metrics data into Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, S3, or Azure. Baremetrics surfaces data through its API and a Zapier integration instead, which works for lighter integrations but isn't a native warehouse push.