paymentervsprometheus
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| paymenter | prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 68/100 | 90/100 |
| Rank in category | #3 of 13 in Billing | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 2 811 | 66 856 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +500 | +644 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 14 | 16 |
| Latest release | v1.5.9 · 2 Oct 2026 | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | PHP | Go |
Which one should you pick?
prometheus scores 90/100 against 68/100 for paymenter, so it is the safer default.
prometheus ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 14 for paymenter.
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