GenerateSaaS vs Open SaaS

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Feature	GenerateSaaS	Open SaaS	supastarter	MakerKit	IndieKit	ShipFast
Starting price	$249 one-time	$0	$299 one-time	$349 one-time	$79 one-time	$199, from $299
Pricing & licence
Pricing model	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: Free, MIT	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time; updates from All-in
Projects per licence	Included: Unlimited, per seat	Included: Unlimited, MIT	Included: Unlimited, per framework	Included: Unlimited, per kit	Not available	Included: Unlimited
Client work	Partial: Agency tier to deliver source	Included: Allowed, MIT	Included: Allowed, no client licence	Partial: Team tier; client buys a licence	Not available	Not available
White-label	Partial: Agency tier	Included: Allowed, keep the notice	Partial: Agency tier	Not available	Not available	Not available: Notices must stay
Refund policy	Not available: All sales final	Not available	Not available	Not available: No refunds, stated	Partial: 3 days, before access shared	Not available: No refunds, stated
Verdict	Open SaaS is MIT and free, which no paid licence beats on price. What you give up is stated below rather than in the price.
Tech stack
Frameworks	Included: Next.js 16.3	Included: Wasp 0.25, React 19, Node	Included: Next.js 16.3, Nuxt, TanStack	Included: Next.js 16.3, React Router 8, TanStack	Included: Next.js 16, React 19	Included: Next.js, either router
Database	Included: Postgres, Neon, Supabase	Included: Prisma 5.19, Postgres	Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite	Included: Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma 7	Included: Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale	Included: MongoDB, Supabase Postgres
Authentication	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Wasp auth, email, OAuth	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Supabase Auth, Better Auth	Included: Better Auth, Google, magic links	Partial: Google login, magic links
Verdict	Open SaaS is built on Wasp, its own framework, rather than on Next.js directly. That is a different thing to learn and a different thing to leave.
Billing features
Payments	Included: Stripe, Polar	Included: Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy	Included: Five providers, one API	Included: Three on Supabase kits, two elsewhere	Included: Six providers documented	Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy
Subscriptions	Included: Month, year, lifetime	Included: Plans, customer portal	Included: Plans, seat-based pricing	Included: Flat, per-seat, metered, one-off	Included: Plans, one-time, LTD campaigns	Included: Stripe subscriptions
Usage credits	Included: Balances, grants, optional top-up	Partial: Counter, one-off top-up	Partial: Metered usage, no balance	Partial: Build-it guide	Included: Balances, grants, expiry, top-up	Not available
Finance dashboard	Included: Revenue, vendor cost, margin	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Core features
Organizations	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Not available	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Partial: Separate B2B kit and licence	Not available
Admin panel	Included: Eight admin tabs	Included: Users, analytics, messages	Included: Users, organizations, bans	Included: Users, organizations, RBAC, metrics	Included: Super admin dashboard	Not available
Admin login as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Not available	Included: Admin acts as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Included: Admin acts as user	Not available
Onboarding	Included: Profile, first org, welcome drip	Not available	Included: Multi-step, org, avatar	Partial: Recipe, build yourself	Not available	Not available
Notifications	Included: In-app bell, email	Not available	Included: Notification centre, preferences	Partial: Realtime, Supabase kits	Not available	Not available
File storage	Included: S3-compatible, local disk	Included: AWS S3, presigned URLs	Included: S3, R2, Supabase, UploadThing	Included: S3, filesystem, Supabase Storage	Included: S3	Not available
Multiple languages	Included: Locales, language switcher	Not available	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Partial: Recipe: marketing, auth, email	Not available
Legal pages	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Not available	Included: Terms, privacy, i18n	Included: Terms, privacy, cookies	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Partial: ChatGPT prompts
Verdict	Open SaaS's docs show no organizations, no 2FA and no i18n. GenerateSaaS ships all three, which is most of what the $249 buys.
Marketing & growth
Email	Included: SMTP, SES, Resend	Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP	Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer	Included: Resend, SMTP	Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more	Included: Resend, Mailgun
Newsletter	Included: Listmonk, Resend sync	Not available	Partial: Signup section, no provider	Partial: Signup form, no provider	Not available	Not available
Blog	Included: Categories, tags, RSS	Included: Astro Starlight, Markdown	Included: MDX blog	Included: Blog in every kit	Included: Blog posts, SEO	Included: Authors, categories, schema
SEO tools	Included: OG images, JSON-LD, sitemap	Included: Meta tags, JSON-LD, llms.txt	Included: Meta tags, sitemap	Partial: Sitemap, robots, metadata	Included: Sitemap, metadata, Search Console	Included: Tags, sitemap, schema
Analytics	Included: Eight providers	Included: Plausible, Google	Included: Eight providers	Included: GA, PostHog, Umami, Meshes	Partial: PostHog built in, three by recipe	Partial: DataFast script, pasted
Support chat	Included: Crisp, Chatwoot	Not available	Not available	Not available	Included: Crisp	Included: Crisp, one config key
Affiliate tracking	Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Cookie consent	Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies	Included: Consent modal	Included: Consent banner	Included: Banner, consent hook	Included: Consent gate before PostHog	Not available
Operations
Audit log	Included: With an admin viewer	Not available	Not available	Not available: Supamode, sold separately	Not available	Not available
User API keys	Included: Per-key rate limits	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
SMS	Included: Broadcast SMS, Twilio, SNS	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Error reporting	Included: Sentry, PostHog	Not available	Included: Sentry	Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger	Included: Sentry	Partial: Error and 404 pages
Rate limiting	Included: Per-route, per-key	Not available	Not available	Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits	Not available	Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed
Background jobs	Included: Inngest	Included: Wasp Jobs, cron	Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase	Not available	Included: Inngest, n8n	Not available
Deploy targets	Included: Docker, Vercel, Fly, Railway, more	Included: Fly.io, Railway, manual	Included: Vercel, Docker, Fly, Railway, VPS	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, VPS	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Sherpa	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render
AI
AI assistant	Included: Chat, files, web search	Partial: OpenAI demo app	Included: Chatbot, history, streaming	Partial: Teams tier, separate templates	Not available: Build-it guide, Inngest or n8n	Not available
User-supplied AI keys	Included: Users add provider keys	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
MCP server	Included: For your app's users	Not available	Not available: Agent Skills, no MCP	Included: Kit, CLI servers	Not available	Not available
Tooling & updates
Project setup CLI	Included: generatesaas init	Included: wasp new -t saas	Included: npx supastarter new	Included: @makerkit/cli new	Included: npx indiekit@latest	Not available
Version updates	Included: CLI update, AI merges	Not available: Docs advise against updating	Partial: Updates included, manual merge	Included: CLI update, git merge	Partial: Git remote, manual merge	Partial: Updates included, All-in only
End-to-end tests	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Partial: Playwright, no unit tests	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Not available	Not available
Desktop app	Included: Electron app	Not available	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
Verdict	Open SaaS's own update guide advises against pulling template changes into a project you have changed. GenerateSaaS's CLI is built to do exactly that.

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  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.

  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: No Expo or React Native app
  • Not available: Postgres only, no MySQL or SQLite

  • Docs
  • Live demo
  • Changelog
  • Pricing

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  Open SaaS

  $0

  A free, MIT-licensed SaaS template built on the Wasp full-stack framework.

  Wasp is a framework of its own, not a Next.js codebase. Auth, routes and background jobs are declared in a main.wasp file, and its compiler generates the React client and Node server around your own code.

  MIT allows unlimited projects, client work and white-label, provided the notice travels with the code. Their docs show no organizations, no 2FA and no i18n, and their own update guide advises against merging template changes.

  

  Strengths

  • Included: Stripe, Polar and Lemon Squeezy
  • Included: Admin dashboard: users, analytics, messages
  • Included: AWS S3 uploads and cron jobs
  • Included: MIT licensed, no paid tier
  • Included: 21 documentation pages, plus an llms.txt

  Trade-offs

  • Not available: Requires the Wasp framework and CLI
  • Not available: No organizations or teams documented
  • Not available: Their docs advise against updating
  • Not available: No 2FA, i18n or rate limiting
  • Not available: No unit tests; no CI workflow in the generated project

  • Docs
  • Live demo
  • Changelog

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