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How EventCatalog Makes Money

Open-source documentation tool for event-driven architecture.

How did EventCatalog monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

EventCatalog monetizes primarily through recurring subscription payments for paid tiers aimed at teams and enterprises, while the core product remains open source and free. The product offers most features for free, but users must pay for additional features or licenses beyond the open source core.

Revenue sources

2 sources · grouped by how EventCatalog makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “Last year, Event Catalog was kind of growing. And I get more customers, more users, and things started to become bottlenecks, right? I started to become bottleneck in terms of sales and contracts, whatever else, and the tooling and the features and everything else. So I was thinking to myself, he...”
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    “Feb 8, 2026 Growth Why I Spent All My Time Chasing New Customers and What I Learned When Renewals Hit What happens when you focus all your energy on acquisition and forget the people already paying you.”
    medium
    “The product is open source at its core with paid tiers for teams and enterprises. Getting from free tool to $28K MRR has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I've done.”
    high

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 1 mention
    “So how can you simplify it? Well, number one, will people pay for the product? That's something you got to understand and test. Number two, what's the simple way to get there is like, okay, well, here's the license key. Here is something I can give you for the product. And the way event catalog w...”
    high

How 1,917 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — EventCatalog’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    55% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    29%
  • Physical products
    28%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    24% ◀
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    16%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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