Case Study: PayPal achieves scalable complex billing with Lago

PayPal processes 1M+ events per second with Lago

PayPal, a global fintech leader, needed to implement a complex embedded billing system for the merchants on its platform without undertaking a multi-year development project. They chose Lago, an open-source billing platform, to avoid building and maintaining this infrastructure from scratch while meeting their stringent requirements for scale and security.

By implementing Lago's self-hosted, open-source solution, PayPal gained a production-grade billing infrastructure capable of processing over a million events per second. Lago provided the necessary compliance, multi-currency support, and architectural flexibility, allowing PayPal to customize the code while keeping sensitive data within its own security perimeter. This partnership provided PayPal with strategic control, eliminated vendor lock-in, and enabled them to launch the new billing offering in months rather than years.

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