A comparison between North Metric and SaaSGrid (now Grid). SaaSGrid's AI Analyst answers when you prompt it. North Metric's ten agents fire on signals and deliver findings before you ask.

## What this page covers
Proactive detection vs reactive AI, plus the honest list of where SaaSGrid is the better choice.

## Proactive vs reactive
- SaaSGrid — connect 6+ sources (Salesforce, NetSuite, HubSpot, Stripe, QuickBooks, more). Ask AI Analyst a question, get a chart back. You drive the questioning.
- North Metric — connect Stripe. Open the daily briefing every morning. Ten agents have already scored every customer, ranked every risk, and named the day's actions in dollars. No prompt required.

## Pricing
- SaaSGrid — custom pricing, targeted at $1M+ ARR with a finance team
- North Metric Pro — $79/mo flat

## Where North Metric wins
- Daily briefing automatically generated (no prompt needed)
- Ten proactive agents (3 on Pro, 10 on Scale)
- Findings priced in dollars per customer
- 14-day Pro trial with the 12.6% MRR guarantee
- Built for solo founders and lean teams under $1M ARR

## Where SaaSGrid still wins
- Multi-department reporting — finance, RevOps, sales, CS, investors all in one source of truth across CRM, billing, ERP, and spreadsheets. 150+ metrics.
- CRM + ERP reconciliation — Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite, Sage Intacct alongside Stripe; new feature pushes data back to CRM. North Metric is Stripe-only.
- Enterprise scale — targets $1M–$50M+ ARR with a finance team. Investor-ready reporting, expense + headcount metrics included.
- AI Analyst — reactive chart-building from natural-language prompts for teams that already know what to ask.

## Audience fit
SaaSGrid targets $1M–$50M+ ARR finance and RevOps teams. North Metric targets $96K–$900K ARR solo founders and lean teams on Stripe.

For pricing, see /pricing. For agent specifics, see /ai-agents.