The best Stripe reporting tools for startups in 2026
For a monthly investor update or board PDF from Stripe data, ReportWise is the quickest route: export your Stripe payments (or connect Stripe) and get a branded PDF with revenue, growth and customers, first report free. For ongoing subscription metrics such as MRR, churn and LTV, use a dedicated analytics tool like ChartMogul, Baremetrics or ProfitWell Metrics.
Last reviewed
Startups usually need two things from their Stripe data: a dashboard to watch subscription health, and a clean report to send investors each month. Few tools do both well.
Here's how the main options compare. We make ReportWise and have tried to describe the others fairly.
1. ReportWise
Best for: Monthly investor updates and board PDFs
Turns a Stripe payments export into a designed PDF report with revenue, growth, new customers, refunds and net revenue, plus charts and a written summary. You can also connect Stripe directly and schedule reports by email.
Pricing: First report free. Then one-time packs: 5 reports for $5, 15 for $12, 40 for $30. Credits never expire and no subscription is needed; agencies can choose Pro at $19/month.
- Investor-ready PDF in about a minute
- Works from a CSV in your browser, or via a direct Stripe connection
- Combine with Shopify, PayPal or bank data in the same report format
- No subscription needed
- Not a live subscription-metrics dashboard
- MRR, churn and cohort analysis are better served by the tools below
2. Stripe Dashboard reports
Best for: Accounting reconciliation at no extra cost
Stripe's built-in balance, payout reconciliation and revenue reports, with CSV export. Accurate and free, but aimed at finance rather than presentation.
Pricing: Included with Stripe.
- Free and authoritative
- Good for reconciliation and accounting
- No designed PDF or narrative
- Limited subscription analytics
3. Stripe Sigma
Best for: Teams comfortable writing SQL
Lets you query all your Stripe data with SQL and schedule queries. Extremely flexible if someone on the team writes SQL.
Pricing: Paid Stripe add-on, priced by usage.
- Any question you can express in SQL
- Scheduled queries
- Needs SQL skills
- Output is data, not a report
4. ChartMogul
Best for: Subscription analytics (MRR, churn, cohorts)
A subscription analytics platform that connects to Stripe and calculates MRR, ARR, churn, LTV and cohort retention.
Pricing: Free plan for early-stage companies; paid plans scale with revenue.
- Strong SaaS metrics and cohorts
- Free plan for early-stage startups
- Dashboard, not a monthly PDF
- Subscription businesses only
5. Baremetrics
Best for: SaaS founders who want metrics plus forecasting
Subscription metrics, forecasting and dunning tools built on top of Stripe and other billing systems.
Pricing: Paid plans priced by revenue, with a free trial.
- Clear SaaS dashboards
- Forecasting and churn tools
- Paid from the start
- Not built for one-off monthly PDFs
6. ProfitWell Metrics (Paddle)
Best for: Free subscription metrics
Free subscription analytics from Paddle that connects to Stripe for MRR, churn and retention reporting.
Pricing: Free.
- Free
- Solid core subscription metrics
- Dashboard only
- Fewer customisation options than paid tools
Prices are from each tool’s public listing and change often. Check the listing for current pricing.
Which tool should a startup pick?
Many startups end up with two: a free or low-cost metrics dashboard for the team, and a simple way to produce the monthly investor update. If your business isn't subscription-based (one-off payments, marketplaces, services), skip the SaaS analytics tools and use Stripe's own reports plus ReportWise.
- Sending investors a monthly update: ReportWise
- Watching MRR and churn: ChartMogul or ProfitWell Metrics (free), Baremetrics (paid)
- Ad-hoc analysis with SQL: Stripe Sigma
- Reconciling payouts for your accountant: Stripe's built-in reports