GenerateSaaS vs ShipFast

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Feature	GenerateSaaS	ShipFast	supastarter	MakerKit	IndieKit	Open SaaS
Starting price	$249 one-time	$199, from $299	$299 one-time	$349 one-time	$79 one-time	$0
Pricing & licence
Pricing model	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time; updates from All-in	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: One-time, updates included	Included: Free, MIT
Projects per licence	Included: Unlimited, per seat	Included: Unlimited	Included: Unlimited, per framework	Included: Unlimited, per kit	Not available	Included: Unlimited, MIT
Client work	Partial: Agency tier to deliver source	Not available	Included: Allowed, no client licence	Partial: Team tier; client buys a licence	Not available	Included: Allowed, MIT
White-label	Partial: Agency tier	Not available: Notices must stay	Partial: Agency tier	Not available	Not available	Included: Allowed, keep the notice
Refund policy	Not available: All sales final	Not available: No refunds, stated	Not available	Not available: No refunds, stated	Partial: 3 days, before access shared	Not available
Verdict	ShipFast is the cheapest entry here at $199, discounted from a $299 list, and both are one-time. Updates differ: ours are lifetime on every tier, where ShipFast's Starter drops them. Neither refunds: ShipFast's terms and ours both say so plainly.
Tech stack
Frameworks	Included: Next.js 16.3	Included: Next.js, either router	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: Postgres, Neon, Supabase	Included: MongoDB, Supabase Postgres	Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite	Included: Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma 7	Included: Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale	Included: Prisma 5.19, Postgres
Authentication	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Partial: Google login, magic links	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Supabase Auth, Better Auth	Included: Better Auth, Google, magic links	Included: Wasp auth, email, OAuth
Verdict	ShipFast still supports JavaScript and the Pages Router, and stores documents in MongoDB. GenerateSaaS is TypeScript and Postgres, and assumes the App Router.
Billing features
Payments	Included: Stripe, Polar	Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy	Included: Five providers, one API	Included: Three on Supabase kits, two elsewhere	Included: Six providers documented	Included: Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy
Subscriptions	Included: Month, year, lifetime	Included: Stripe subscriptions	Included: Plans, seat-based pricing	Included: Flat, per-seat, metered, one-off	Included: Plans, one-time, LTD campaigns	Included: Plans, customer portal
Usage credits	Included: Balances, grants, optional top-up	Not available	Partial: Metered usage, no balance	Partial: Build-it guide	Included: Balances, grants, expiry, top-up	Partial: Counter, one-off top-up
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	Not available	Included: Users, organizations, bans	Included: Users, organizations, RBAC, metrics	Included: Super admin dashboard	Included: Users, analytics, messages
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	Not available	Included: S3, R2, Supabase, UploadThing	Included: S3, filesystem, Supabase Storage	Included: S3	Included: AWS S3, presigned URLs
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	Partial: ChatGPT prompts	Included: Terms, privacy, i18n	Included: Terms, privacy, cookies	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Not available
Verdict	ShipFast's docs name no organizations, no admin panel and no language switcher. If more than one person will ever share an account, that is the whole answer.
Marketing & growth
Email	Included: SMTP, SES, Resend	Included: Resend, Mailgun	Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer	Included: Resend, SMTP	Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more	Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP
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: Authors, categories, schema	Included: MDX blog	Included: Blog in every kit	Included: Blog posts, SEO	Included: Astro Starlight, Markdown
SEO tools	Included: OG images, JSON-LD, sitemap	Included: Tags, sitemap, schema	Included: Meta tags, sitemap	Partial: Sitemap, robots, metadata	Included: Sitemap, metadata, Search Console	Included: Meta tags, JSON-LD, llms.txt
Analytics	Included: Eight providers	Partial: DataFast script, pasted	Included: Eight providers	Included: GA, PostHog, Umami, Meshes	Partial: PostHog built in, three by recipe	Included: Plausible, Google
Support chat	Included: Crisp, Chatwoot	Included: Crisp, one config key	Not available	Not available	Included: Crisp	Not available
Affiliate tracking	Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Cookie consent	Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies	Not available	Included: Consent banner	Included: Banner, consent hook	Included: Consent gate before PostHog	Included: Consent modal
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	Partial: Error and 404 pages	Included: Sentry	Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger	Included: Sentry	Not available
Rate limiting	Included: Per-route, per-key	Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed	Not available	Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits	Not available	Not available
Background jobs	Included: Inngest	Not available	Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase	Not available	Included: Inngest, n8n	Included: Wasp Jobs, cron
Deploy targets	Included: Docker, Vercel, Fly, Railway, more	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render	Included: Vercel, Docker, Fly, Railway, VPS	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, VPS	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Sherpa	Included: Fly.io, Railway, manual
AI
AI assistant	Included: Chat, files, web search	Not available	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	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	Not available	Included: npx supastarter new	Included: @makerkit/cli new	Included: npx indiekit@latest	Included: wasp new -t saas
Version updates	Included: CLI update, AI merges	Partial: Updates included, All-in only	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	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Not available	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Not available	Partial: Playwright, no unit tests
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	GenerateSaaS merges later versions into a project you have already edited. ShipFast includes updates on its All-in tier and publishes no changelog to read them from.

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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
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  ShipFast

  A compact single-tenant Next.js starter, sold for unlimited projects at the lowest entry price.

  JavaScript and the Pages Router are supported beside TypeScript, and documents may live in MongoDB rather than Postgres. Twenty-seven marketing components and a blog ship with it.

  Its docs name no organizations, no admin panel and no language switcher. Access cannot be refunded once granted, their licence keeps copyright and trademark notices in the code, and updates are announced only in a newsletter archive that has been silent since 2024.

  • Starter $199
  • All-in $249
  • Bundle $299

  

  Strengths

  • Included: The lowest entry price here
  • Included: JavaScript and the Pages Router
  • Included: MongoDB or Supabase Postgres
  • Included: 27 marketing components, a blog
  • Included: Crisp support chat, one key

  Trade-offs

  • Not available: No organizations, roles or invitations
  • Not available: No admin panel or audit log
  • Not available: One language, no language switcher
  • Not available: No credits, broadcast SMS or announcements
  • Not available: Starter drops Discord, updates and discounts

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