Kartib vs Baremetrics
Baremetrics is the original SaaS metrics dashboard. It connects to Stripe and gives you beautiful charts for MRR, churn, LTV, and more. If you are a pure SaaS company on Stripe, Baremetrics is genuinely good at what it does. But it only does one thing, for one type of business, through one payment processor. Here is the full comparison.
| Feature | Kartib | Baremetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Works beyond SaaS Baremetrics is designed exclusively for subscription/SaaS businesses. Kartib supports SaaS, ecommerce, agencies, marketplace sellers, and creators. | Yes | No |
| SaaS metrics (MRR, ARR, churn, LTV) Both calculate core SaaS metrics. Baremetrics has deeper subscription analytics (expansion MRR, contraction MRR, movement breakdowns). Kartib computes MRR, ARR, churn, LTV, and CAC. | Yes | Yes |
| Works beyond Stripe Baremetrics primarily works with Stripe (also supports Braintree, Recurly, App Store Connect, Play Store). Kartib integrates with Stripe, Shopify, Razorpay, Meta Ads, and Google Ads. | Yes | No |
| Dunning & failed payment recovery Baremetrics Recover automatically retries failed charges and sends recovery emails. Unique feature not available in Kartib. | No | Yes |
| Cancellation insights Baremetrics offers cancellation surveys and churn analysis. Kartib does not have a dedicated cancellation insight feature. | No | Yes |
| Cash flow forecasting Both offer forecasting. Kartib does 12-month AI-powered forecasting across all revenue types. Baremetrics forecasts MRR-based SaaS revenue. | Yes | Yes |
| P&L statement Kartib generates full P&L with 17 expense categories and multi-currency support. Baremetrics shows revenue metrics but not a full profit and loss statement. | Yes | No |
| Invoicing & accounts receivable Create invoices, track AR, aging reports, auto-reconciliation. Not available in Baremetrics. | Yes | No |
| Tax estimation Indian GST, income tax estimation, international tax rates. Not in Baremetrics. | Yes | No |
| Investor tools & cap table Pipeline tracking, investor updates, cap table management, SAFE tracking. Not in Baremetrics. | Yes | No |
| OKRs, team management, operations Full operations suite: OKRs, milestones, roadmap, risk register, hiring, org chart. None of this exists in Baremetrics. | Yes | No |
| AI assistant Kartib has a full AI layer (NVIDIA Nemotron 49B) with daily briefs, 6 specialized agents, and receipt scanning. Baremetrics does not have an AI assistant. | Yes | No |
| Free plan Kartib: free forever, full product. Baremetrics: starts at $108/mo for up to $10K MRR, scales up with revenue. | Yes | No |
The Bottom Line
Baremetrics does one thing well: it connects to Stripe and shows you SaaS subscription metrics with clean visualizations. Their Recover feature for failed payment dunning is genuinely useful and not something most competitors offer. If you need deep MRR movement analysis (expansion, contraction, reactivation breakdowns), Baremetrics is thorough.
But Baremetrics is limited by design. It is SaaS-only. It is primarily Stripe-only. It does not do invoicing, P&L, tax estimation, cash flow forecasting beyond MRR projections, investor management, OKRs, or any operational tools. And it starts at $108/mo, scaling up as your MRR grows — which means it gets more expensive precisely when you need to be careful about costs.
Kartib is a full operating system. It includes SaaS metrics plus everything else a founder needs — for free. If you are a pure SaaS company that wants deep subscription analytics and failed payment recovery, Baremetrics is worth considering for that specific use case. For everything else, Kartib covers it.
SaaS metrics plus everything else. $108+/mo less than Baremetrics.
Kartib gives you MRR, ARR, churn, and LTV — plus P&L, forecasting, invoicing, tax estimation, and 35 more modules. Free.
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