How to track MRR from Stripe without Baremetrics

Summary

You can track MRR from Stripe with a weekly export and a simple spreadsheet. Normalize annual plans, skip one-time charges, and compare week over week.

You do not need a $300/month dashboard to know your MRR. Most solo founders can track it from Stripe with a simple weekly habit. Here is a routine that scales to about 20–30 customers before it gets painful.

Option A: Stripe export + spreadsheet

  1. Each Monday, export active subscriptions from Stripe (or copy from the Subscriptions list).
  2. Convert annual plans to monthly (price ÷ 12).
  3. Sum the column. That is MRR.
  4. Compare to last week. Note new, upgraded, downgraded, and canceled accounts.

Option B: Stripe Dashboard shortcuts

Stripe Billing reports show recurring revenue trends if you use Stripe Billing. Check that the report uses the same rules as your spreadsheet (annual normalization, refunds). One source of truth beats two that disagree.

Option C: Light automation

Tools like FlarePath sync Stripe read-only and flag what changed in a weekly Guide. Use this when the spreadsheet is always a week behind or you keep skipping the review.

Five-step weekly routine

  1. Record starting MRR.
  2. List new paying customers and their monthly amount.
  3. List churned customers and lost MRR.
  4. Note upgrades and downgrades.
  5. Compute ending MRR and net change.

Full formulas: how to calculate MRR. Pair with churn once MRR is stable week to week.