Feder and ProfitWell Metrics: keep ProfitWell Metrics, check the numbers you run on.
No, Feder is not a replacement for ProfitWell Metrics. Keep ProfitWell Metrics. Feder does a different job beside it: it reads what your connected apps recorded and compares each number with your own history, so you know when one cannot be trusted.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to ProfitWell Metrics?
No. ProfitWell Metrics is subscription analytics from Paddle, with revenue and retention reporting for subscription and SaaS companies. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have ProfitWell Metrics?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep ProfitWell Metrics for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does ProfitWell Metrics do better?
ProfitWell Metrics puts subscriptions, one-time charges, refunds and platform fees in one view.
In Paddle's words:
Registers subscriptions, one-time charges, refunds, and platform fees in one unified view.
ProfitWell Metrics | Paddle Developer Docs, read 2026-11-12.ProfitWell Metrics groups customers by the month they signed up, so retention can be followed over the long term.
In Paddle's words:
Track cohorts by signup month to measure long term retention and plan stickiness.
ProfitWell Metrics | Paddle Developer Docs, read 2026-11-12.ProfitWell Metrics works with Stripe, Chargebee, Paddle and many other payment and billing tools.
In Paddle's words:
ProfitWell Metrics integrates with Stripe, Chargebee, and many other payment and billing tools, including Paddle.
Subscription Analytics Software | Get Metrics For Free | Paddle, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with ProfitWell Metrics's numbers?
Paddle's docs say ProfitWell Metrics builds its dashboards and reports every few hours, so the newest billing changes can take a few hours to show.
In Paddle's words:
ProfitWell Metrics generates dashboards and reports of your data every 3-6 hours
ProfitWell Metrics | Paddle Developer Docs, read 2026-11-12.ProfitWell Metrics counts a customer as churned when their paid period ends, not when they cancel, so churn can show later than the cancellation and differ from tools that count it at cancel.
In Paddle's words:
Paddle counts a customer as "churned" when their paid period ends instead of the moment they click cancel.
ProfitWell Metrics | Paddle Developer Docs, read 2026-11-12.Paddle explains that a move to an annual plan counts as an upgrade even when monthly revenue goes down, because the customer brings more total value, so upgrade counts can differ from monthly revenue changes.
In Paddle's words:
Paddle still counts a customer switching to an annual plan as an upgrade
ProfitWell Metrics | Paddle Developer Docs, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with ProfitWell Metrics?
- Feder has no connection to ProfitWell Metrics today, so it reads nothing from it.
- The two can run side by side: ProfitWell Metrics keeps doing its job, and Feder checks the numbers your other tools record against your own history.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in a connected app.
What should I ask about my ProfitWell Metrics setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace ProfitWell Metrics?
- No. Keep ProfitWell Metrics. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into ProfitWell Metrics?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about ProfitWell Metrics on this page comes from Paddle's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-05-11. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.