GenerateSaaS vs MakerKit

GenerateSaaS and MakerKit, compared line by line on Pricing & licence, Tech stack, Billing features, Core features, Marketing & growth, Operations, AI, Tooling & updates.

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Both are deep kits; the split is the backend. MakerKit is built around Supabase, GenerateSaaS around its own Postgres stack.

Choose GenerateSaaS ifThat is us
- Included: You sell credits and want the balances shipped, not documented
- Included: An audit log in the kit beats buying Supamode beside it
- Included: You send broadcast announcements and site banners
Choose MakerKit if
- Included: Supabase Auth and RLS policies are the backend you want
- Included: You want an Expo app wired to Supabase
- Included: You want plugins installed by one command

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Feature	GenerateSaaS	MakerKit	supastarter	TurboStarter	IndieKit	ShipFast	Open SaaS
Starting price	$249 one-time	$349 one-time	$299 one-time	$249 one-time	$79 one-time	$199, from $299	$0
Pricing & licence
Pricing model	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, lifetime updates	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time; updates from All-in	Included: Free, MIT
Projects per licence	Included: Unlimited, per seat	Included: Unlimited, per kit	Included: Unlimited, per framework	Included: Unlimited, one seat each	Not available	Included: Unlimited	Included: Unlimited, MIT
Client work	Partial: Agency tier to deliver source	Partial: Team tier; client buys a licence	Included: Allowed, no client licence	Included: Unlimited clients, no source	Not available	Not available	Included: Allowed, MIT
White-label	Partial: Agency tier	Not available	Partial: Agency tier	Not available: Notices must stay in code	Not available	Not available: Notices must stay	Included: Allowed, keep the notice
Refund policy	Not available: All sales final	Not available: No refunds, stated	Not available	Not available: None once access redeemed	Partial: 3 days, before access shared	Not available: No refunds, stated	Not available
Verdict	MakerKit costs $100 more to start and licenses each stack separately, so Supabase and Drizzle are two purchases. GenerateSaaS licenses per seat across everything it ships.
Tech stack
Frameworks	Included: Next.js 16.3	Included: Next.js 16.3, React Router 8, TanStack	Included: Next.js 16.3, Nuxt, TanStack	Included: Next.js 16.3, Expo, WXT	Included: Next.js 16, React 19	Included: Next.js, either router	Included: Wasp 0.25, React 19, Node
Database	Included: Postgres, Neon, Supabase	Included: Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma 7	Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite	Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite	Included: Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale	Included: MongoDB, Supabase Postgres	Included: Prisma 5.19, Postgres
Authentication	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Supabase Auth, Better Auth	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, OTP, 2FA	Included: Better Auth, Google, magic links	Partial: Google login, magic links	Included: Wasp auth, email, OAuth
Verdict	MakerKit gives you Supabase Auth with RLS-native code and a choice of three ORM stacks. GenerateSaaS gives you Better Auth on Postgres, Neon or Supabase.
Billing features
Payments	Included: Stripe, Polar	Included: Three on Supabase kits, two elsewhere	Included: Five providers, one API	Included: Four web, two store providers	Included: Six providers documented	Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy	Included: Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy
Subscriptions	Included: Month, year, lifetime	Included: Flat, per-seat, metered, one-off	Included: Plans, seat-based pricing	Included: Plans, trials, per-seat, metered	Included: Plans, one-time, LTD campaigns	Included: Stripe subscriptions	Included: Plans, customer portal
Usage credits	Included: Balances, grants, optional top-up	Partial: Build-it guide	Partial: Metered usage, no balance	Partial: Core guide, AI Kit example	Included: Balances, grants, expiry, top-up	Not available	Partial: Counter, one-off top-up
Finance dashboard	Included: Revenue, vendor cost, margin	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Verdict	MakerKit's docs show how to BUILD credits; GenerateSaaS ships balances, grants and top-ups as code. One is a guide, the other is a feature.
Core features
Organizations	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Included: Organizations, RBAC, invites	Partial: Separate B2B kit and licence	Not available	Not available
Admin panel	Included: Eight admin tabs	Included: Users, organizations, RBAC, metrics	Included: Users, organizations, bans	Included: Users, organizations, customers	Included: Super admin dashboard	Not available	Included: Users, analytics, messages
Admin login as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Included: Impersonate from admin	Included: Admin acts as user	Not available	Not available
Onboarding	Included: Profile, first org, welcome drip	Partial: Recipe, build yourself	Included: Multi-step, org, avatar	Partial: Empty slots, build-it recipe	Not available	Not available	Not available
Notifications	Included: In-app bell, email	Partial: Realtime, Supabase kits	Included: Notification centre, preferences	Partial: Expo push, no web centre	Not available	Not available	Not available
File storage	Included: S3-compatible, local disk	Included: S3, filesystem, Supabase Storage	Included: S3, R2, Supabase, UploadThing	Included: S3-compatible, presigned uploads	Included: S3	Not available	Included: AWS S3, presigned URLs
Multiple languages	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: i18next, switcher, three apps	Partial: Recipe: marketing, auth, email	Not available	Not available
Legal pages	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Included: Terms, privacy, cookies	Included: Terms, privacy, i18n	Partial: Three pages, shipped empty	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Partial: ChatGPT prompts	Not available
Marketing & growth
Email	Included: SMTP, SES, Resend	Included: Resend, SMTP	Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer	Included: Resend, Postmark, Plunk, Mailgun	Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more	Included: Resend, Mailgun	Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP
Newsletter	Included: Listmonk, Resend sync	Partial: Signup form, no provider	Partial: Signup section, no provider	Partial: Homepage section, waitlist page	Not available	Not available	Not available
Blog	Included: Categories, tags, RSS	Included: Blog in every kit	Included: MDX blog	Included: MDX per locale, tags	Included: Blog posts, SEO	Included: Authors, categories, schema	Included: Astro Starlight, Markdown
SEO tools	Included: OG images, JSON-LD, sitemap	Partial: Sitemap, robots, metadata	Included: Meta tags, sitemap	Included: Meta helper, sitemap, robots	Included: Sitemap, metadata, Search Console	Included: Tags, sitemap, schema	Included: Meta tags, JSON-LD, llms.txt
Analytics	Included: Eight providers	Included: GA, PostHog, Umami, Meshes	Included: Eight providers	Included: Eight providers, consent-gated	Partial: PostHog built in, three by recipe	Partial: DataFast script, pasted	Included: Plausible, Google
Support chat	Included: Crisp, Chatwoot	Not available	Not available	Not available	Included: Crisp	Included: Crisp, one config key	Not available
Affiliate tracking	Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Cookie consent	Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies	Included: Banner, consent hook	Included: Consent banner	Included: c15t banner, regional packs	Included: Consent gate before PostHog	Not available	Included: Consent modal
Operations
Audit log	Included: With an admin viewer	Not available: Supamode, sold separately	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
User API keys	Included: Per-key rate limits	Not available	Not available	Partial: Recipe, not shipped	Not available	Not available	Not available
SMS	Included: Broadcast SMS, Twilio, SNS	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Error reporting	Included: Sentry, PostHog	Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger	Included: Sentry	Included: Sentry, PostHog	Included: Sentry	Partial: Error and 404 pages	Not available
Rate limiting	Included: Per-route, per-key	Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits	Not available	Partial: AI Kit middleware only	Not available	Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed	Not available
Background jobs	Included: Inngest	Not available	Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase	Included: Trigger.dev, QStash, Inngest, Workflows	Included: Inngest, n8n	Not available	Included: Wasp Jobs, cron
Deploy targets	Included: Docker, Vercel, Fly, Railway, more	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, VPS	Included: Vercel, Docker, Fly, Railway, VPS	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, Fly	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Sherpa	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render	Included: Fly.io, Railway, manual
Verdict	GenerateSaaS ships an audit log with an admin viewer. MakerKit sells that separately as Supamode, which is a second product and a second price.
AI
AI assistant	Included: Chat, files, web search	Partial: Teams tier, separate templates	Included: Chatbot, history, streaming	Partial: Core chat, AI Kit templates	Not available: Build-it guide, Inngest or n8n	Not available	Partial: OpenAI demo app
User-supplied AI keys	Included: Users add provider keys	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
MCP server	Included: For your app's users	Included: Kit, CLI servers	Not available: Agent Skills, no MCP	Included: Docs MCP for coding agents	Not available	Not available	Not available
Tooling & updates
Project setup CLI	Included: generatesaas init	Included: @makerkit/cli new	Included: npx supastarter new	Included: turbostarter new	Included: npx indiekit@latest	Not available	Included: wasp new -t saas
Version updates	Included: CLI update, AI merges	Included: CLI update, git merge	Partial: Updates included, manual merge	Included: CLI runs git merge	Partial: Git remote, manual merge	Partial: Updates included, All-in only	Not available: Docs advise against updating
End-to-end tests	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright on three platforms	Not available	Not available	Partial: Playwright, no unit tests
Desktop app	Partial: Electron app, Pro tier	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Mobile app	Partial: Expo, iOS and Android, Pro tier	Partial: Expo plugin, Supabase only	Not available: Listed as work in progress	Included: Expo, iOS and Android	Not available	Not available	Not available
Verdict	Both answer mobile with Expo: MakerKit's is a plugin for its Supabase kit, GenerateSaaS's is an app for iOS and Android on its own backend, from the Pro tier. GenerateSaaS adds an Electron desktop app, which MakerKit's docs do not show.

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The trade-offs

What each one gets right

GenerateSaaS
That is us
A Next.js 16 boilerplate for team SaaS, billed by subscription or by credits.
Organizations, roles and invitations ship as code. Credit balances carry plan grants and top-ups, user API keys come with per-key rate limits, and the audit log has an admin viewer over it. From the Pro tier, an Electron desktop app and an Expo app for iOS and Android ship on the same backend.
The licence is per developer seat - one, five, or unlimited - and caps no projects: every tier covers unlimited private and commercial work, client projects included. Handing a client the source, white-labelling and open-source projects need the Agency tier. All sales are final.
Solo $249
Pro $499
Agency $1,999
Strengths
Included: Credit balances, grants and top-ups
Included: Audit log with an admin viewer
Included: User API keys with rate limits
Included: CLI generates and merges updates
Included: Finance dashboard: revenue, cost, margin
Trade-offs
Not available: Next.js only, no Nuxt or TanStack
Not available: Desktop and mobile apps need the $499 Pro tier
Not available: Postgres only, no MySQL or SQLite
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MakerKit
Three kits built around Supabase, with Drizzle and Prisma variants and a plugin catalogue.
Drizzle and Prisma variants sit beside the Supabase kit, each a separate product at the same price. Plugins such as testimonials, feedback, roadmap and waitlist install by one CLI command, and four error providers are wired, SigNoz and Honeybadger among them.
Client work needs the Teams tier, and every client who receives the source code must hold their own licence. Their licence states plainly that refunds are not offered.
Pro $349
Teams $649
Strengths
Included: Supabase Auth with RLS-native code
Included: Expo mobile plugin, Supabase kit
Included: Plugins installed by one CLI command
Included: Four error providers, SigNoz included
Included: Two MCP servers for coding agents
Trade-offs
Not available: Each stack is a separate licence
Not available: A licence per client project
Not available: Credits are a guide, not code
Not available: No audit log or user API keys
Not available: No broadcast SMS or announcements
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FAQ

GenerateSaaS vs MakerKit, answered

Short answers to the questions people actually ask.

Does GenerateSaaS support credit-based billing?

Yes. Credit balances, plan grants and optional top-up purchases ship as code, with a finance dashboard showing revenue against vendor cost.

Can I use GenerateSaaS with Nuxt or TanStack Start?

No. It is a Next.js 16 boilerplate. A Nuxt frontend shipped until v2.4.1 and was retired in v3.0.0, so no other framework kit exists. If your app is not Next.js, supastarter is the closer fit.

Does GenerateSaaS ship a mobile app?

Yes, on Pro and Agency. An Expo app for iOS and Android runs against the same backend as the web app, with sign-in, AI chat, push notifications, organizations, settings and billing already wired. Solo does not include it.

Does one MakerKit licence cover every kit?

No. Each stack is licensed separately at the same price, and their FAQ says a freelancer needs a licence for each client project.

Does MakerKit ship credit-based billing?

Not as code. Its documentation shows how to build credits on top of the billing it ships, so the schema and the deduction logic are yours to write.

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