The Dodo Digest: BillingSDK Launch + Usage-Based Billing Beta

Hello from Dodo Payments,

Two weeks feels like a long time with everything we’ve been shipping lately. 😅
If you want real-time updates, follow me or Dodo Payments on socials. Otherwise, here’s the latest:

Billing SDK on Product Hunt

We’ve launched our open-source component platform, BillingSDK.
It’s a modern collection of billing and subscription management components built with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, fast, flexible, and ready to drop into your Next.js or React apps. Built on shadcn/ui primitives for seamless design and integration.

Your support could help us climb to #1.

 Usage-Based Billing (BETA)

We’ve rolled out Usage-Based Billing in Dodo Payments.
It lets you charge customers by actual consumption, perfect for SaaS, APIs, cloud tools, and especially AI products.
I’ll share more use cases soon, but you can dive straight into the docs here: Usage-Based Billing.

Off-topic

I asked on Twitter: “What side project are we building this weekend?”
The replies blew me away.
Side projects today look like production-ready startups. With AI tools, solo builders can now ship in days what used to take teams and budgets. The definition of a “side project” is changing, and anyone can join in.

What side project are you building?

Changelog - v1.52.4: 

• Usage-Based Billing: Bill precisely by usage. Define meters, ingest events, and convert into charges with flexible aggregation, filtering, and analytics.
  
  

• 100% Discounts for Subscriptions: Support comp periods, sponsorships, or promos with full discount handling.
  
  

• Minor Improvements:
  Refund Receipt API is now public.
  Checkout session IDs added to Payment API + webhooks for better correlation.

Check out the complete Documentation here: https://docs.dodopayments.com/changelog/v1.52.4

That’s it for this edition.
See you in two weeks with more updates.

Until next time,

Rishabh Goel
Co-Founder & CEO
Dodo Payments