A ProfitWell Metrics alternative with the evidence attached
ProfitWell Metrics is free, belongs to Paddle, and gives subscription companies dashboards and benchmarks. sumwerk is for teams that have to explain their numbers, to finance, to a board, to themselves, and want to work with the customers behind them.
What this page says about ProfitWell Metrics comes from their own public pages, read on September 21, 2026 and listed below. Something out of date? Tell us and we correct it.
Start free Free during early access. Read-only Stripe key, runs next to what you use today.
The short answer
Choose sumwerk if
- You need to show where a number comes from, down to the Stripe invoice or event
- A reported month should not change without a note
- You want at-risk rules, tasks, notes, automations and an API next to the metrics
- You prefer a vendor that is not also a payment company
Choose ProfitWell Metrics if
- Free is the requirement
- You want benchmarks against other subscription companies
- You bill through Paddle, Chargebee, Braintree, Zuora or Recurly
sumwerk and ProfitWell Metrics, side by side
| sumwerk | ProfitWell Metrics | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing systems | Stripe | Stripe, Chargebee, Braintree, Zuora, Recurly, Paddle |
| Owner | Independent, made in Germany | Paddle |
| Evidence per movement | Each movement names its cause and the Stripe invoice or event ids | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Check against Stripe | After every sync, shown on the overview | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Closed months and restatements | Yes | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Benchmarks | No | Yes, against other subscription companies |
| Segmentation | By plan, billing interval, owner, tag, country or any attribute you send | Yes |
| At-risk customers | Payments, cancellations and rules of your own | Engagement signals and activity-based alerts |
| Notes, tasks, sequences | Yes | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Price | Free during early access | Free |
“Not stated” means we did not find it on the pages we read; it does not mean the product cannot do it.
Where ProfitWell Metrics is stronger
- It is free, with no limit stated.
- Benchmarks from a very large number of subscription companies. sumwerk has none.
- More billing systems.
What sumwerk does differently
You can check it
Free dashboards are fine until somebody asks why the number differs from Stripe. sumwerk answers that per customer: the rule that applied, the invoice or event behind it, and a daily check against Stripe's own invoices.
History that does not move quietly
A month closes a few days after it ends. If late data or a merge changes it afterwards, there is a restatement with a date and a reason, and the account owners get a mail.
Work happens here too
Owners, notes, call logs, tasks, email sequences and automations live with the revenue, so the person who sees a risk can act on it in the same place.
Questions
- Why pay for metrics when ProfitWell is free?
- If dashboards are all you need, you may not have to. Teams come to sumwerk when numbers have to be explained and defended, or when they want the customer work in the same place.
- Can both run at once?
- Yes. sumwerk reads Stripe with a restricted, read-only key and touches nothing else.
Sources, read on September 21, 2026
- ProfitWell Metrics https://www.paddle.com/profitwell-metrics
ProfitWell Metrics is a name of its owner, used here to describe their product. sumwerk is not affiliated with them.