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Hi HN, I’m one of the co-founders of Commet. We built this because we were tired of the eventual consistency and “webhook hell' of traditional billing wrappers
by TeamCommet1 8mo ago
Hi HN, I’m one of the co-founders of Commet.
We built this because we were tired of the eventual consistency and “webhook hell' of traditional billing wrappers when trying to implement real-time usage tracking for AI tokens and seats.
The Core Idea: We provide a deterministic billing engine designed for complex models like metered usage, credits, and seat-based pricing, acting as a single source of truth for your app’s permissions. Beyond the logic, we also act as the Merchant of Record (MoR), taking on the global tax liability (VAT/GST) and compliance so you can offload the entire billing and tax infrastructure.
Tech Stack: Next.js, Go, and PostgreSQL. We focused heavily on idempotency and sub-100ms event ingestion.
We have a sandbox at sandbox.commet.co where you can test the API/SDK without an account. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the architecture, especially regarding how we handle multi-jurisdiction tax logic.
Happy to answer any questions!