Metronome acquired by Stripe
Stripe completed its acquisition of usage-based billing infrastructure company Metronome on 2026-01-14 (announced 2025-12-02), positioning Metronome as Stripe's metering-and-monetization-infrastructure layer. Deal terms were not officially disclosed; trade press reported ~$1B (unconfirmed). Metronome continues to operate its own free Starter and sales-quoted Custom plans.
Metronome operates as an independent usage-based billing infrastructure company.
Metronome operates as part of Stripe; pricing page banner reads "Metronome is now part of Stripe."
Stripe completed the Metronome acquisition (Stripe newsroom, 2026-01-14). The 2026-01-08 pricing snapshot still showed the 'signed a definitive agreement to join Stripe' banner and the contact-form layout — no tier families, no rates.