Side-by-side roundup
Best ShipFast alternatives, compared
Five SaaS boilerplates teams move to when ShipFast stops fitting, with prices and what each adds.
- Teams that outgrew a single-tenant kit$249 one-time
GenerateSaaSTop pickThat is us - Teams moving off Next.js as well as off ShipFast$299 one-time
supastarter - Teams staying on Supabase after ShipFast$349 one-time
MakerKit - Solo builders billing usage in credits$79 one-time
IndieKit - Builders who will adopt Wasp and pay nothing$0
Open SaaS
Why teams look beyond ShipFast
- Not available: Organizations, roles and invitations are in neither its docs nor its pages
- Not available: No admin panel or audit log anywhere in its docs
- Not available: One language only, with no language switcher
- Not available: No credits, broadcast SMS, announcements or site banners
- Not available: Starter drops Discord, the discounts and updates
At a glance
Every option, side by side
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| Feature |  ShipFast | GenerateSaaS | supastarter | MakerKit | IndieKit | Open SaaS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & licence | ||||||
| Pricing model | Included: One-time; updates from All-in | Included: One-time, updates included | Included: One-time, updates included | Included: One-time, updates included | Included: One-time, updates included | Included: Free, MIT |
| Projects per licence | Included: Unlimited | Included: Unlimited, per seat | Included: Unlimited, per framework | Included: Unlimited, per kit | Not available | Included: Unlimited, MIT |
| Client work | Not available | Partial: Agency tier to deliver source | Included: Allowed, no client licence | Partial: Team tier; client buys a licence | Not available | Included: Allowed, MIT |
| White-label | Not available: Notices must stay | Partial: Agency tier | Partial: Agency tier | Not available | Not available | Included: Allowed, keep the notice |
| Refund policy | Not available: No refunds, stated | Not available: All sales final | Not available | Not available: No refunds, stated | Partial: 3 days, before access shared | Not available |
| Tech stack | ||||||
| Frameworks | Included: Next.js, either router | Included: Next.js 16.3 | Included: Next.js 16.3, Nuxt, TanStack | Included: Next.js 16.3, React Router 8, TanStack | Included: Next.js 16, React 19 | Included: Wasp 0.25, React 19, Node |
| Database | Included: MongoDB, Supabase Postgres | Included: Postgres, Neon, Supabase | Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite | Included: Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma 7 | Included: Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale | Included: Prisma 5.19, Postgres |
| Authentication | Partial: Google login, magic links | Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA | Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA | Included: Supabase Auth, Better Auth | Included: Better Auth, Google, magic links | Included: Wasp auth, email, OAuth |
| Billing features | ||||||
| Payments | Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy | Included: Stripe, Polar | Included: Five providers, one API | Included: Three on Supabase kits, two elsewhere | Included: Six providers documented | Included: Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy |
| Subscriptions | Included: Stripe subscriptions | Included: Month, year, lifetime | Included: Plans, seat-based pricing | Included: Flat, per-seat, metered, one-off | Included: Plans, one-time, LTD campaigns | Included: Plans, customer portal |
| Usage credits | Not available | Included: Balances, grants, optional top-up | Partial: Metered usage, no balance | Partial: Build-it guide | Included: Balances, grants, expiry, top-up | Partial: Counter, one-off top-up |
| Finance dashboard | Not available | Included: Revenue, vendor cost, margin | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Core features | ||||||
| Organizations | Not available | Included: Organizations, roles, invites | Included: Organizations, roles, invites | Included: Organizations, roles, invites | Partial: Separate B2B kit and licence | Not available |
| Admin panel | Not available | Included: Eight admin tabs | Included: Users, organizations, bans | Included: Users, organizations, RBAC, metrics | Included: Super admin dashboard | Included: Users, analytics, messages |
| Admin login as user | Not available | Included: Admin acts as user | Included: Admin acts as user | Included: Admin acts as user | Included: Admin acts as user | Not available |
| Onboarding | Not available | Included: Profile, first org, welcome drip | Included: Multi-step, org, avatar | Partial: Recipe, build yourself | Not available | Not available |
| Notifications | Not available | Included: In-app bell, email | Included: Notification centre, preferences | Partial: Realtime, Supabase kits | Not available | Not available |
| File storage | Not available | Included: S3-compatible, local disk | Included: S3, R2, Supabase, UploadThing | Included: S3, filesystem, Supabase Storage | Included: S3 | Included: AWS S3, presigned URLs |
| Multiple languages | Not available | Included: Locales, language switcher | Included: Locales, language switcher | Included: Locales, language switcher | Partial: Recipe: marketing, auth, email | Not available |
| Legal pages | Partial: ChatGPT prompts | Included: Terms, privacy pages | Included: Terms, privacy, i18n | Included: Terms, privacy, cookies | Included: Terms, privacy pages | Not available |
| Marketing & growth | ||||||
| Included: Resend, Mailgun | Included: SMTP, SES, Resend | Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer | Included: Resend, SMTP | Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more | Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP | |
| Newsletter | Not available | Included: Listmonk, Resend sync | Partial: Signup section, no provider | Partial: Signup form, no provider | Not available | Not available |
| Blog | Included: Authors, categories, schema | Included: Categories, tags, RSS | Included: MDX blog | Included: Blog in every kit | Included: Blog posts, SEO | Included: Astro Starlight, Markdown |
| SEO tools | Included: Tags, sitemap, schema | Included: OG images, JSON-LD, sitemap | Included: Meta tags, sitemap | Partial: Sitemap, robots, metadata | Included: Sitemap, metadata, Search Console | Included: Meta tags, JSON-LD, llms.txt |
| Analytics | Partial: DataFast script, pasted | Included: Eight providers | Included: Eight providers | Included: GA, PostHog, Umami, Meshes | Partial: PostHog built in, three by recipe | Included: Plausible, Google |
| Support chat | Included: Crisp, one config key | Included: Crisp, Chatwoot | Not available | Not available | Included: Crisp | Not available |
| Affiliate tracking | Not available | Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Cookie consent | Not available | Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies | Included: Consent banner | Included: Banner, consent hook | Included: Consent gate before PostHog | Included: Consent modal |
| Operations | ||||||
| Audit log | Not available | Included: With an admin viewer | Not available | Not available: Supamode, sold separately | Not available | Not available |
| User API keys | Not available | Included: Per-key rate limits | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| SMS | Not available | Included: Broadcast SMS, Twilio, SNS | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Error reporting | Partial: Error and 404 pages | Included: Sentry, PostHog | Included: Sentry | Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger | Included: Sentry | Not available |
| Rate limiting | Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed | Included: Per-route, per-key | Not available | Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits | Not available | Not available |
| Background jobs | Not available | Included: Inngest | Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase | Not available | Included: Inngest, n8n | Included: Wasp Jobs, cron |
| Deploy targets | Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render | Included: Docker, Vercel, Fly, Railway, more | Included: Vercel, Docker, Fly, Railway, VPS | Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, VPS | Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Sherpa | Included: Fly.io, Railway, manual |
| AI | ||||||
| AI assistant | Not available | Included: Chat, files, web search | Included: Chatbot, history, streaming | Partial: Teams tier, separate templates | Not available: Build-it guide, Inngest or n8n | Partial: OpenAI demo app |
| User-supplied AI keys | Not available | Included: Users add provider keys | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| MCP server | Not available | Included: For your app's users | Not available: Agent Skills, no MCP | Included: Kit, CLI servers | Not available | Not available |
| Tooling & updates | ||||||
| Project setup CLI | Not available | Included: generatesaas init | Included: npx supastarter new | Included: @makerkit/cli new | Included: npx indiekit@latest | Included: wasp new -t saas |
| Version updates | Partial: Updates included, All-in only | Included: CLI update, AI merges | Partial: Updates included, manual merge | Included: CLI update, git merge | Partial: Git remote, manual merge | Not available: Docs advise against updating |
| End-to-end tests | Not available | Included: Playwright, pre-configured | Included: Playwright, pre-configured | Included: Playwright, pre-configured | Not available | Partial: Playwright, no unit tests |
| Desktop app | Not available | Included: Electron app | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Mobile app | Not available | Not available | Not available: Listed as work in progress | Partial: Expo plugin, Supabase only | Not available | Not available |
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The ranking
Every alternative, reviewed
GenerateSaaS
That is us$249 one-timeTeams that outgrew a single-tenant kit
A Next.js kit with organizations, an admin panel and credits, from $249 one-time. The closest fit when ShipFast's single-tenant shape is what you outgrew.
Why people pick it
- Included: Organizations, roles and invitations
- Included: Eight admin tabs with impersonation
- Included: Credit balances with plan grants
- Included: An audit log with an admin viewer
- Included: Locales and a language switcher
The trade-off vs ShipFast
- Not available: Costs $50 more than ShipFast's entry price
- Not available: TypeScript only, with no JavaScript option
- Not available: No MongoDB, unlike ShipFast
- Not available: No Pages Router, only the App Router
- Not available: One framework, where ShipFast is also one
- Compare with supastarter
- Compare with MakerKit
- Compare with IndieKit
- Compare with ShipFast
- Compare with Open SaaS
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Bottom line: GenerateSaaS is the best ShipFast alternative for a team that needs organizations and an admin panel.
supastarter
$299 one-timeTeams moving off Next.js as well as off ShipFast
One kit for Next.js, Nuxt or TanStack Start, from $299 one-time per framework. The move when leaving ShipFast also means leaving Next.js.
Why people pick it
- Included: Nuxt and TanStack Start, not only Next.js
- Included: MySQL and SQLite as well as Postgres
- Included: Five payment providers behind one API
- Included: Organizations, roles and invitations
- Included: 22 Agent Skills for coding agents
The trade-off vs ShipFast
- Not available: Costs $100 more than ShipFast's entry price
- Not available: One licence covers one framework only
- Not available: Metered usage, but no credit balances
- Not available: No audit log or user API keys in its docs
- Not available: No rate limiting in its docs
- Compare with GenerateSaaS
- Compare with MakerKit
- Compare with IndieKit
- Compare with ShipFast
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Bottom line: supastarter is the best ShipFast alternative for a team whose next app is not Next.js.
MakerKit
$349 one-timeTeams staying on Supabase after ShipFast
Three kits, Supabase-native, Drizzle or Prisma 7, from $349 one-time per stack. The move when Supabase is the part you are keeping.
Why people pick it
- Included: Supabase Auth with RLS-native code
- Included: Organizations, roles and RBAC metrics
- Included: An Expo mobile plugin for the Supabase kit
- Included: Fourteen plugins installed by one command
- Included: Two MCP servers for coding agents
The trade-off vs ShipFast
- Not available: The highest entry price here, at $349
- Not available: Each stack is a separate licence, at the same price
- Not available: A freelancer needs a licence per client, per their FAQ
- Not available: Credits are a build-it guide, not shipped code
- Not available: No audit log or user API keys in its docs
- Compare with GenerateSaaS
- Compare with supastarter
- Compare with IndieKit
- Compare with ShipFast
- See the best MakerKit alternatives
Bottom line: MakerKit is the best ShipFast alternative for a team that wants Supabase Auth and RLS-native code.
IndieKit
$79 one-timeSolo builders billing usage in credits
A Next.js kit at $79 one-time with a complete credits system, sold beside a separate multi-tenant edition. The move that costs less than ShipFast and still adds an admin panel.
Why people pick it
- Included: Credit balances, grants, expiry and top-ups
- Included: Six payment providers documented
- Included: A super admin dashboard that can act as a user
- Included: A three-day refund window
- Included: Locales by recipe, where ShipFast ships one language
The trade-off vs ShipFast
- Not available: Organizations are a separate B2B kit at $119
- Not available: No audit log or user API keys in its docs
- Not available: Updates are a git remote you merge by hand
- Not available: No JavaScript or Pages Router option
- Not available: No MongoDB, unlike ShipFast
- Compare with GenerateSaaS
- Compare with supastarter
- Compare with MakerKit
- Compare with ShipFast
- See the best IndieKit alternatives
Bottom line: IndieKit is the best ShipFast alternative for a solo builder who bills in credits and wants an admin panel.
Open SaaS
$0Builders who will adopt Wasp and pay nothing
A free, MIT-licensed template on the Wasp framework, with Stripe, an admin dashboard and S3 uploads. The move when the admin panel matters and the price should be nothing.
Why people pick it
- Included: Free and MIT, with no paid tier
- Included: An admin dashboard: users, analytics, messages
- Included: Unlimited projects, client work and white-label
- Included: Wasp jobs and cron, with AWS S3 uploads
- Included: Stripe, Polar and Lemon Squeezy
The trade-off vs ShipFast
- Not available: Requires the Wasp framework and its CLI
- Not available: No organizations or teams documented
- Not available: Their own update guide advises against updating
- Not available: No 2FA, locales or rate limiting
- Not available: No MongoDB and no Pages Router, unlike ShipFast
Bottom line: Open SaaS is the best ShipFast alternative for a builder who wants an admin panel and will adopt Wasp.
FAQ
ShipFast alternatives, answered
Short answers to the questions people actually ask.
What is the best ShipFast alternative?
It depends what you outgrew. GenerateSaaS adds organizations and an admin panel, supastarter adds frameworks, MakerKit is Supabase-native, and IndieKit adds credits at $79.
Does ShipFast support multi-tenant organizations?
ShipFast's docs and public pages name no organizations, roles or invitations. GenerateSaaS, supastarter and MakerKit all document them; IndieKit sells them as a separate B2B kit, and Open SaaS documents none.
Which ShipFast alternative is cheapest?
Open SaaS, which is free under MIT. The cheapest paid one is IndieKit at $79, below ShipFast's own $199 shown off a $299 list.
Does ShipFast have an admin panel or an audit log?
Neither appears in its docs or on its public pages. GenerateSaaS documents both; supastarter, MakerKit, IndieKit and Open SaaS each document an admin panel but no audit log.
Can I ship in more than one language with ShipFast?
Its docs and pages name no locales or language switcher. GenerateSaaS, supastarter and MakerKit document both; IndieKit adds locales by recipe, and Open SaaS documents none.
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