MakerKit vs IndieKit

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

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MakerKit wins for team products: organizations and RBAC are in the $349 kit, where IndieKit's teams are a $119 second kit.

Choose MakerKit if
- Included: You need organizations and roles without a second purchase
- Included: You want Supabase Auth with RLS-native code
- Included: You want rate limiting and four error providers wired
Choose IndieKit if
- Included: You bill in credit balances rather than building them
- Included: You want the lowest paid entry price
- Included: You want a refund window rather than none

GenerateSaaS is the alternative to bothThat is us$249 one-time

Included: GenerateSaaS ships both at $249: the credit balances MakerKit only documents as a guide and the organizations IndieKit sells as a $119 second kit.
Included: Neither ships an audit log in the kit - MakerKit sells Supamode and IndieKit's docs name none - where GenerateSaaS ships one with an admin viewer.
Included: Updates are a CLI command that merges them for you, where IndieKit's are a git remote you merge by hand.

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Feature	MakerKit	IndieKit	GenerateSaaS	supastarter	ShipFast	Open SaaS
Starting price	$349 one-time	$79 one-time	$249 one-time	$299 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, updates included	Included: One-time; updates from All-in	Included: Free, MIT
Projects per licence	Included: Unlimited, per kit	Not available	Included: Unlimited, per seat	Included: Unlimited, per framework	Included: Unlimited	Included: Unlimited, MIT
Client work	Partial: Team tier; client buys a licence	Not available	Partial: Agency tier to deliver source	Included: Allowed, no client licence	Not available	Included: Allowed, MIT
White-label	Not available	Not available	Partial: Agency tier	Partial: Agency tier	Not available: Notices must stay	Included: Allowed, keep the notice
Refund policy	Not available: No refunds, stated	Partial: 3 days, before access shared	Not available: All sales final	Not available	Not available: No refunds, stated	Not available
Verdict	IndieKit starts at $79 with a three-day refund window before access is shared. MakerKit is $349 per stack and states plainly that refunds are not offered.
Tech stack
Frameworks	Included: Next.js 16.3, React Router 8, TanStack	Included: Next.js 16, React 19	Included: Next.js 16.3	Included: Next.js 16.3, Nuxt, TanStack	Included: Next.js, either router	Included: Wasp 0.25, React 19, Node
Database	Included: Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma 7	Included: Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale	Included: Postgres, Neon, Supabase	Included: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite	Included: MongoDB, Supabase Postgres	Included: Prisma 5.19, Postgres
Authentication	Included: Supabase Auth, Better Auth	Included: Better Auth, Google, magic links	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Included: Better Auth, passkeys, 2FA	Partial: Google login, magic links	Included: Wasp auth, email, OAuth
Verdict	Both are Next.js. MakerKit adds React Router and TanStack kits, and is built around Supabase with RLS-native code.
Billing features
Payments	Included: Three on Supabase kits, two elsewhere	Included: Six providers documented	Included: Stripe, Polar	Included: Five providers, one API	Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy	Included: Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy
Subscriptions	Included: Flat, per-seat, metered, one-off	Included: Plans, one-time, LTD campaigns	Included: Month, year, lifetime	Included: Plans, seat-based pricing	Included: Stripe subscriptions	Included: Plans, customer portal
Usage credits	Partial: Build-it guide	Included: Balances, grants, expiry, top-up	Included: Balances, grants, optional top-up	Partial: Metered usage, no balance	Not available	Partial: Counter, one-off top-up
Finance dashboard	Not available	Not available	Included: Revenue, vendor cost, margin	Not available	Not available	Not available
Verdict	IndieKit ships credit balances with grants, expiry and top-ups. MakerKit's credits are a guide showing you how to build them on top of the billing it ships.
Core features
Organizations	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Partial: Separate B2B kit and licence	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Included: Organizations, roles, invites	Not available	Not available
Admin panel	Included: Users, organizations, RBAC, metrics	Included: Super admin dashboard	Included: Eight admin tabs	Included: Users, organizations, bans	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: Admin acts as user	Not available	Not available
Onboarding	Partial: Recipe, build yourself	Not available	Included: Profile, first org, welcome drip	Included: Multi-step, org, avatar	Not available	Not available
Notifications	Partial: Realtime, Supabase kits	Not available	Included: In-app bell, email	Included: Notification centre, preferences	Not available	Not available
File storage	Included: S3, filesystem, Supabase Storage	Included: S3	Included: S3-compatible, local disk	Included: S3, R2, Supabase, UploadThing	Not available	Included: AWS S3, presigned URLs
Multiple languages	Included: Locales, language switcher	Partial: Recipe: marketing, auth, email	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Not available	Not available
Legal pages	Included: Terms, privacy, cookies	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Included: Terms, privacy, i18n	Partial: ChatGPT prompts	Not available
Verdict	MakerKit ships organizations, roles and invitations. IndieKit's teams are a separate B2B kit at $119, or $169 for the Full Kit bundling both.
Marketing & growth
Email	Included: Resend, SMTP	Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more	Included: SMTP, SES, Resend	Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer	Included: Resend, Mailgun	Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP
Newsletter	Partial: Signup form, no provider	Not available	Included: Listmonk, Resend sync	Partial: Signup section, no provider	Not available	Not available
Blog	Included: Blog in every kit	Included: Blog posts, SEO	Included: Categories, tags, RSS	Included: MDX blog	Included: Authors, categories, schema	Included: Astro Starlight, Markdown
SEO tools	Partial: Sitemap, robots, metadata	Included: Sitemap, metadata, Search Console	Included: OG images, JSON-LD, sitemap	Included: Meta tags, sitemap	Included: Tags, sitemap, schema	Included: Meta tags, JSON-LD, llms.txt
Analytics	Included: GA, PostHog, Umami, Meshes	Partial: PostHog built in, three by recipe	Included: Eight providers	Included: Eight providers	Partial: DataFast script, pasted	Included: Plausible, Google
Support chat	Not available	Included: Crisp	Included: Crisp, Chatwoot	Not available	Included: Crisp, one config key	Not available
Affiliate tracking	Not available	Not available	Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit	Not available	Not available	Not available
Cookie consent	Included: Banner, consent hook	Included: Consent gate before PostHog	Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies	Included: Consent banner	Not available	Included: Consent modal
Operations
Audit log	Not available: Supamode, sold separately	Not available	Included: With an admin viewer	Not available	Not available	Not available
User API keys	Not available	Not available	Included: Per-key rate limits	Not available	Not available	Not available
SMS	Not available	Not available	Included: Broadcast SMS, Twilio, SNS	Not available	Not available	Not available
Error reporting	Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger	Included: Sentry	Included: Sentry, PostHog	Included: Sentry	Partial: Error and 404 pages	Not available
Rate limiting	Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits	Not available	Included: Per-route, per-key	Not available	Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed	Not available
Background jobs	Not available	Included: Inngest, n8n	Included: Inngest	Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase	Not available	Included: Wasp Jobs, cron
Deploy targets	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, VPS	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Sherpa	Included: Docker, Vercel, Fly, Railway, more	Included: Vercel, Docker, Fly, Railway, VPS	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render	Included: Fly.io, Railway, manual
Verdict	MakerKit wires four error providers and rate limiting. IndieKit wires Sentry, and its docs name no rate limiting.
AI
AI assistant	Partial: Teams tier, separate templates	Not available: Build-it guide, Inngest or n8n	Included: Chat, files, web search	Included: Chatbot, history, streaming	Not available	Partial: OpenAI demo app
User-supplied AI keys	Not available	Not available	Included: Users add provider keys	Not available	Not available	Not available
MCP server	Included: Kit, CLI servers	Not available	Included: For your app's users	Not available: Agent Skills, no MCP	Not available	Not available
Tooling & updates
Project setup CLI	Included: @makerkit/cli new	Included: npx indiekit@latest	Included: generatesaas init	Included: npx supastarter new	Not available	Included: wasp new -t saas
Version updates	Included: CLI update, git merge	Partial: Git remote, manual merge	Included: CLI update, AI merges	Partial: Updates included, manual merge	Partial: Updates included, All-in only	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	Not available	Not available	Included: Electron app	Not available	Not available	Not available
Mobile app	Partial: Expo plugin, Supabase only	Not available	Not available	Not available: Listed as work in progress	Not available	Not available
Verdict	MakerKit updates through its CLI. IndieKit's updates are a git remote you merge by hand.

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The trade-offs

What each one gets right

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. Thirteen plugins install by one 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: Fourteen plugins installed by one 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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IndieKit
A low-cost Next.js kit with a full credits system, sold separately from its multi-tenant edition.
Credit balances, grants on signup and plan change, expiry, top-up purchase and admin adjustment ship as code, across five of its six payment providers.
The multi-tenant edition is a separate repository on a separate B2B licence: $119 on its own, or $169 for the Full Kit bundling both, against $79 for the base kit. Refunds run three days, and only before you have shared access.
Indie Kit $79
Multi-Tenant Kit $119
Full Kit $169
Strengths
Included: Credit balances, grants and expiry
Included: Six payment providers documented
Included: The lowest paid entry price, $79
Included: A three-day refund window
Included: npx indiekit@latest scaffolds it
Trade-offs
Not available: Organizations are a separate kit and licence
Not available: No audit log or user API keys in its docs
Not available: Updates are a git pull you merge by hand
Not available: No rate limiting, broadcast SMS or notifications
Not available: Teams are a second kit at $119, or $169 for both
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FAQ

MakerKit vs IndieKit, answered

Short answers to the questions people actually ask.

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.

Does IndieKit support credit-based billing?

Yes, and completely: balances, grants on signup and plan change, expiry, top-up purchases and admin adjustment are all documented. It is the only kit here besides ours that ships credits rather than a guide to building them.

Does IndieKit support teams and organizations?

Through a separate product. Their docs describe the multi-tenant kit as a separate boilerplate needing its own B2B licence and repository: $119 on its own, or $169 for the Full Kit bundling both against $79 for the base kit.

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