ShipFast vs TurboStarter

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

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TurboStarter is the pick for anything beyond one person and one platform; ShipFast stays the cheapest way to put a single-tenant Next.js app online.

Choose ShipFast if
- Included: $199 and a weekend is the whole plan
- Included: You are keeping JavaScript, or the Pages Router, as it is
- Included: MongoDB holds the data and Crisp handles support
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Choose TurboStarter if
- Included: Users belong to organizations with roles
- Included: You will ship to the App Store or the Chrome Web Store
- Included: Auth needs passkeys, 2FA and OTP, not only Google and magic links

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

Included: The organizations ShipFast lacks and the credit balances TurboStarter only describes both ship in GenerateSaaS at $249.
Included: GenerateSaaS keeps an audit log with a viewer in the admin panel and rate-limits user API keys per key; ShipFast has no admin panel and TurboStarter documents no audit log.
Included: Every GenerateSaaS tier gets updates merged by the CLI; ShipFast's Starter drops updates entirely and TurboStarter's CLI leaves the conflicts to you.

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Feature	ShipFast	TurboStarter	GenerateSaaS	supastarter	MakerKit	IndieKit	Open SaaS
Starting price	$199, from $299	$249 one-time	$249 one-time	$299 one-time	$349 one-time	$79 one-time	$0
Pricing & licence
Pricing model	Included: One-time; updates from All-in	Included: One-time, lifetime updates	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, one seat each	Included: Unlimited, per seat	Included: Unlimited, per framework	Included: Unlimited, per kit	Not available	Included: Unlimited, MIT
Client work	Not available	Included: Unlimited clients, no source	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	Not available: Notices must stay in code	Partial: Agency tier	Partial: Agency tier	Not available	Not available	Included: Allowed, keep the notice
Refund policy	Not available: No refunds, stated	Not available: None once access redeemed	Not available: All sales final	Not available	Not available: No refunds, stated	Partial: 3 days, before access shared	Not available
Verdict	ShipFast sells at $199 off a $299 list and includes updates only from All-in; TurboStarter is $249 with lifetime updates for every buyer. Both keep copyright notices in the code and both refuse refunds after access.
Tech stack
Frameworks	Included: Next.js, either router	Included: Next.js 16.3, Expo, WXT	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, MySQL, SQLite	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, OTP, 2FA	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
Verdict	ShipFast supports JavaScript, the Pages Router and MongoDB. TurboStarter is TypeScript on the App Router over Drizzle, and its licence also covers an Expo app and a browser extension.
Billing features
Payments	Included: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy	Included: Four web, two store providers	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: Plans, trials, per-seat, metered	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	Partial: Core guide, AI Kit example	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	Not available	Included: Revenue, vendor cost, margin	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Core features
Organizations	Not available	Included: Organizations, RBAC, invites	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: Users, organizations, customers	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: Impersonate from admin	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	Partial: Empty slots, build-it recipe	Included: Profile, first org, welcome drip	Included: Multi-step, org, avatar	Partial: Recipe, build yourself	Not available	Not available
Notifications	Not available	Partial: Expo push, no web centre	Included: In-app bell, email	Included: Notification centre, preferences	Partial: Realtime, Supabase kits	Not available	Not available
File storage	Not available	Included: S3-compatible, presigned uploads	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: i18next, switcher, three apps	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Included: Locales, language switcher	Partial: Recipe: marketing, auth, email	Not available
Legal pages	Partial: ChatGPT prompts	Partial: Three pages, shipped empty	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Included: Terms, privacy, i18n	Included: Terms, privacy, cookies	Included: Terms, privacy pages	Not available
Verdict	Organizations, an admin panel, impersonation and a language switcher all ship in TurboStarter. ShipFast documents not one of the four.
Marketing & growth
Email	Included: Resend, Mailgun	Included: Resend, Postmark, Plunk, Mailgun	Included: SMTP, SES, Resend	Included: Resend, Postmark, Nodemailer	Included: Resend, SMTP	Included: Resend, SES, Mailgun, more	Included: SendGrid, Mailgun, SMTP
Newsletter	Not available	Partial: Homepage section, waitlist page	Included: Listmonk, Resend sync	Partial: Signup section, no provider	Partial: Signup form, no provider	Not available	Not available
Blog	Included: Authors, categories, schema	Included: MDX per locale, tags	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: Meta helper, sitemap, robots	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, consent-gated	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	Not available	Included: Crisp, Chatwoot	Not available	Not available	Included: Crisp	Not available
Affiliate tracking	Not available	Not available	Included: Refgrow, Affonso, PromoteKit	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Cookie consent	Not available	Included: c15t banner, regional packs	Included: GDPR banner, four legal policies	Included: Consent banner	Included: Banner, consent hook	Included: Consent gate before PostHog	Included: Consent modal
Verdict	ShipFast pastes a DataFast script and ships Crisp chat and 27 marketing components. TurboStarter wires eight analytics providers behind a c15t consent banner and documents no support chat.
Operations
Audit log	Not available	Not available	Included: With an admin viewer	Not available	Not available: Supamode, sold separately	Not available	Not available
User API keys	Not available	Partial: Recipe, not shipped	Included: Per-key rate limits	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
SMS	Not available	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, PostHog	Included: Sentry	Included: Sentry, SigNoz, PostHog, Honeybadger	Included: Sentry	Not available
Rate limiting	Partial: Upstash tutorial, self-installed	Partial: AI Kit middleware only	Included: Per-route, per-key	Not available	Included: Drizzle, Prisma kits	Not available	Not available
Background jobs	Not available	Included: Trigger.dev, QStash, Inngest, Workflows	Included: Inngest	Included: trigger.dev, QStash, Queuebase	Not available	Included: Inngest, n8n	Included: Wasp Jobs, cron
Deploy targets	Included: Vercel, Netlify, Render	Included: Vercel, Cloudflare, Docker, Fly	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	Partial: Core chat, AI Kit templates	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	Not available	Included: Users add provider keys	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
MCP server	Not available	Included: Docs MCP for coding agents	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: turbostarter new	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 runs git merge	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 on three platforms	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Included: Playwright, pre-configured	Not available	Partial: Playwright, no unit tests
Desktop app	Not available	Not available	Partial: Electron app, Pro tier	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Mobile app	Not available	Included: Expo, iOS and Android	Partial: Expo, iOS and Android, Pro tier	Not available: Listed as work in progress	Partial: Expo plugin, Supabase only	Not available	Not available

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The trade-offs

What each one gets right

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
- Docs
- Pricing
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TurboStarter
A Next.js, Expo and WXT kit shipping a web app, a mobile app and a browser extension from one codebase.
One licence covers three targets: a Next.js web app, an Expo app for iOS and Android and a WXT browser extension, sharing auth, billing, organizations and i18n. Billing runs on Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo on the web and RevenueCat and Superwall in the app stores, with subscription, one-time, per-seat and metered variants.
Every developer needs a named seat and only one seat tier exists. The EULA keeps copyright notices in the code, permits unlimited client projects as long as the client never receives the source, and lets either side end the licence on thirty days' notice. Refunds are not offered once access is redeemed.
Core Kit $249
All-in-One $399
Strengths
Included: Web, mobile and browser extension in one licence
Included: Expo app included at $249
Included: Four background-job runners documented
Included: Nine deploy guides and five app stores
Included: A CLI update command runs the merge
Trade-offs
Not available: A seat per developer, no team tier
Not available: Core ships no credits ledger
Not available: Neither an audit log nor shipped API keys
Not available: Rate limiting and persisted chat sit in the $399 bundle
Not available: Legal pages ship empty
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FAQ

ShipFast vs TurboStarter, answered

Short answers to the questions people actually ask.

Does ShipFast support multi-tenant organizations?

Its documentation and public pages name no organizations, roles or invitations. Treat it as a single-tenant starter, where each account is one user.

Why is ShipFast cheaper than the others?

It covers less. There is no admin panel, audit log, credits billing or language switcher, so a team app needs work the other three ship as code.

Is the mobile app part of the $249 TurboStarter tier?

Yes. The Core Kit is one licence covering the Next.js web app, the Expo app for iOS and Android and the WXT browser extension; no higher tier is needed for mobile.

Can TurboStarter bill in credits?

Metered usage ships as a billing variant. A prepaid balance does not: their credits page says the Core Kit ships no ledger, top-up flow or renewal policy, and the working deduction middleware is in the AI Kit inside the $399 bundle.

What does the TurboStarter All-in-One bundle add?

The AI Kit, a second repository with persisted chat, model selection, RAG, image generation, voice and a credits example. Their docs say to port its features across rather than merge the two repositories.

How many developer seats does a TurboStarter licence cover?

One. Their EULA assigns each seat to a named individual, contractors included, and only one seat tier is sold, so a team buys a licence per developer.

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