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What is UniBee and what problems does it solve for SaaS businesses?
UniBee is an open-source, gateway-agnostic subscription billing platform that unifies subscriptions, real-time usage metering, and multiple payment gateways. It provides automated invoicing and analytics to automate and scale recurring revenue for SaaS businesses.
Does UniBee support usage metering and usage-based billing?
Yes. UniBee offers real-time usage metering to support usage-based billing, tiered pricing, and other flexible pricing options, enabling accurate charges based on how customers use your product.
Does UniBee support multiple payment gateways?
Yes. UniBee is gateway-agnostic and can integrate with multiple payment gateways, allowing you to use your preferred processor and avoid vendor lock-in. Examples include Stripe and PayPal, among others via integrations.
What deployment options does UniBee offer?
UniBee provides two main deployment models:
- Open Source (Self-Hosted): The core billing engine is free to use, with the option to add advanced features or custom capabilities through our engineering team. This option offers full ownership and no vendor lock-in.
- Cloud (Fully Managed): A production-ready, managed deployment with enterprise-grade availability and security, zero maintenance, high availability, automatic updates, and security/compliance assurances.
What pricing models can UniBee support?
UniBee supports a range of pricing models to fit complex SaaS needs:
- One-time purchases
- Recurring billing
- Usage-based billing
- Tiered pricing
- Promotions & trial periods
- Flexible billing frequency (bill daily, weekly, monthly, annually, with optional future-start scheduling)
How does the onboarding and data migration process work?
A typical onboarding flow includes:
- A short alignment call to review billing setup, usage metrics, tax rules, gateways, invoicing logic, and reporting needs.
- A forward-deployed UniBee engineer joins your team to guide architecture, API integration, data structure, and best practices.
- Integration & data migration, completed in 1–2 weeks, including gateway connections, plan configuration, importing customers/subscriptions, and migrating invoice history and usage. Go-live with monitoring and revenue analytics on day one.
What integrations are available with UniBee?
UniBee offers 25+ integrations, including QuickBooks, PayPal, Stripe, Zapier, TaxJar, Payssion, Twilio Segment, Changelly, and more. You can also access thousands of additional integrations via Zapier.
What is the difference between subscription billing and recurring billing?
Recurring billing is the core function of charging customers on a repeating schedule. A subscription billing platform like UniBee goes beyond by managing complex subscription logic, customer self-service portals, multiple pricing models (including usage-based and tiered pricing), and advanced revenue analytics for growth.
What does the Open Source edition include, and how does it differ from the Cloud edition?
Open Source: Provides the core billing engine for free, with the option to add advanced features or custom capabilities through our engineering team. It emphasizes full ownership, no vendor lock-in, a transparent codebase, and customizable billing logic.
Cloud: A fully managed, production-ready service with enterprise-grade availability and security, zero maintenance, high availability, automatic updates, and compliance. Our team can extend Open Source deployments with additional functionality, integrations, or production-ready enhancements.
Where can I learn more or get started with UniBee?
You can explore Documentation, Blog, Glossary, FAQ, and API Reference, or connect with the UniBee Community. For direct engagement, you can Book a Demo or contact us.
