Plask vs TrustMRR vs Baremetrics
Public proof, SaaS subscription metrics, or a private P&L across several products? What each tool is for, where each wins, and when to use two.
By Torstein · · 4 min read
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These three tools get compared because they all show revenue from your payment provider. They are built for different jobs, and picking the wrong one means paying for features you don't use or missing the one you need. Here is the honest version, including where Plask is the wrong choice.
Competitor details below come from their own public pages on the date shown. Check them again before you decide, because pricing changes.
The one-line version#
- TrustMRR is for showing the world your verified revenue, and for buying or selling a startup.
- Baremetrics is for running one subscription business on deep subscription metrics.
- Plask is for a private P&L across several apps and sites, with costs and ad spend, and a weekly answer to which one needs you.
At a glance#
| TrustMRR | Baremetrics | Plask | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main job | Public verified revenue, marketplace | SaaS subscription metrics | Private P&L across products |
| Price | Free to list | From $75/mo | Free for 1 product, Pro $5/mo |
| Public by default | Yes | No | No, opt-in per product |
| Costs and ad spend | Not verified | Not the focus | Yes, per product |
| Several products in one view | Founder profile | Per business | Yes, the core view |
| Google Play | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
TrustMRR: public proof and a marketplace#
TrustMRR describes itself as "a verified startup revenue database and acquisition marketplace". Revenue is verified by syncing with your payment provider "using a read-only API key", across a long list of providers including Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Paddle, RevenueCat, Superwall and the App Store. Listing is free; selling through its marketplace costs a listing plan from $29 plus "a 3% marketplace fee, plus Escrow.com fees". You get a public founder profile and a live badge you can embed (TrustMRR FAQ).
Where TrustMRR wins: if you want strangers, customers or buyers to trust your revenue, it is the place for that today, and it has the audience. If you might sell a product, its marketplace is built for exactly that.
Where it doesn't fit: it is about revenue, in public. Ad spend and costs aren't part of what it verifies, and it isn't built to tell you, privately, which product is losing money after ads. Google Play isn't in its list of supported sources.
Baremetrics: deep metrics for one SaaS#
Baremetrics prices by revenue: Launch at $75 a month up to $360K ARR with a single integration, Growth at $255 a month with two, and Scale above that. Benchmarks are included from Growth. Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are add-ons at $129 a month each. It lists integrations for the Apple App Store and Google Play as well as payment providers (Baremetrics pricing).
Where Baremetrics wins: if you run one subscription business with real revenue and you want to dig into churn, cancellations and failed-payment recovery, it does far more there than Plask. Plask does not do dunning or cancellation surveys.
Where it doesn't fit: the Launch plan covers one integration, so a mix of Stripe and app stores needs Growth at $255 a month, and the entry price is more than many indie products make in a month. Ad spend and fixed costs aren't its focus.
Plask: a private P&L across everything you run#
Plask connects Stripe, RevenueCat, App Store Connect, Google Play and GA4, and you add ad spend and fixed costs by hand or through an MCP assistant. Each product gets revenue in, costs out and profit left, without counting a sale twice when RevenueCat and a store both report it. Every Monday you get up to three Focus cards on which product needs you. It's private by default; an opt-in public board opens once 25 makers list a product, and even then profit is only ever shown as a streak of profitable months, never as an amount. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Creem are in beta and count only in your private P&L.
Where Plask wins: several products, a mix of apps and web, some ad spend, and a limited number of hours. That's who it's for.
Where it doesn't fit: if you need public proof for a buyer today, use TrustMRR; Plask's board isn't open yet. If you need deep subscription analytics for one large SaaS, use Baremetrics or your subscription platform's own charts.
Using two together#
These don't exclude each other. A setup that makes sense for many indie makers:
- TrustMRR for the products you want to show publicly or might sell.
- Plask for the private side: what each product earns after ads and costs, and where to spend the next hour.
Both only read your revenue data, so connecting the same provider to both doesn't change anything in your account.