Show HN: Hardcount – Self-hosted usage billing for AI products

Category: infrastructure

Tags: billing, usage-based-pricing, ai-infrastructure, self-hosted, stripe, postgres

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 9, Utility: 6)

Hardcount is a self-hosted usage billing system for AI products that prices per model and token type, supports prepaid credit, and generates invoices with Stripe charging. It differentiates from Stripe Billing and Lago by offering a free MIT-licensed edition with per-customer margin reporting and test clocks for safe billing experimentation.

Target audience: backend developers, devops, AI product teams, SaaS operators

Repository: https://github.com/gethardcount/hardcount · Go · MIT · 6 stars

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