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Orb

Usage-based billing and revenue platform for high-volume AI/software — event metering, price modeling and automated invoicing.

API keyPaid🟡 agent: manual only
Visit site → human signup required Docs
CategoryPayments & billing
TypeAPI service
Authapi-key
PricingPaid
Agent signup🟡 manual only
SDKsPython, TypeScript, Go, Java, REST

Pricing: Sales-led, no public pricing (historically ~$720/mo platform fee); stress-tested to 250k+ events/sec

🟡 Agents: manual only

Manual — signup needs a human (card, verification, or sales).

Enterprise/sales-led onboarding; API keys issued after a sales conversation. Launched Agentic Payment Methods in 2026.

Orb — Usage-based billing and revenue platform for high-volume AI/software — event metering, price modeling and automated invoicing.
Website: https://www.withorb.com
Docs: https://docs.withorb.com
Agent signup: manual only — Enterprise/sales-led onboarding; API keys issued after a sales conversation. Launched Agentic Payment Methods in 2026.
Auth: api-key
Pricing: paid — Sales-led, no public pricing (historically ~$720/mo platform fee); stress-tested to 250k+ events/sec
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/orb.json

Machine record: /api/tools/orb.json

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Orb FAQ

What is Orb?

Orb is Usage-based billing and revenue platform for high-volume AI/software — event metering, price modeling and automated invoicing. It's in the Payments & billing category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Orb free?

Orb is a paid product. Sales-led, no public pricing (historically ~$720/mo platform fee); stress-tested to 250k+ events/sec.

Can an AI agent sign up for Orb automatically?

Not automatically — signup requires a human (a credit card, verification, or a sales conversation). Enterprise/sales-led onboarding; API keys issued after a sales conversation. Launched Agentic Payment Methods in 2026..

Does Orb have an MCP server?

Orb does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Orb open source?

Orb is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Orb support?

Orb offers Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, REST.

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