MakerKit alternatives
7 SaaS kits compared with MakerKit on price, license, framework and features.
About MakerKit
MakerKit (Next.js, free, paid from $349) - Multi-stack SaaS starter family with a genuinely usable free tier. Best for: A small team committing to a multi-tenant B2B product for the long haul, who will get their money back from the monorepo structure, test setup and RBAC rather than from launching this weekend.
The usual reason to look elsewhere: you do client or agency work - the Pro license bars it outright, and Team License client work still requires each client to hold their own license. Open-sourcing your build is barred too.
| Kit | Framework | Price | Stars | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MakerKit | Next.js | Free, paid from $349 | 465 | A small team committing to a multi-tenant B2B product for the long haul, who will get their money back from the monorepo structure, test setup and RBAC rather than from launching this weekend. |
| IndieKit | Next.js | Free, paid from $79 | 26 | A solopreneur or first-time founder building a SaaS with Next.js who wants shadcn/ui and Pro's multi-tenant, billing layer, and most of the features you need already built. |
| supastarter | Next.js | $299 one-time | - | A solo founder or small team building a multi-tenant B2B SaaS in TypeScript who wants orgs, billing, and i18n working on day one and will build inside the kit's architecture, not around it. |
| Achromatic | Next.js | $180 one-time | - | A solo founder or small team shipping one Next.js SaaS that needs orgs, Stripe billing and a credit-gated AI feature, without paying four figures for a starter kit. |
| Next.js SaaS Starter | Next.js | Free | 16,088 | Teams that want to read and own every line of their SaaS foundation instead of adopting a paid kit's abstractions, and don't mind upgrading Next.js versions themselves. |
| SaaSBold | Next.js | Free, paid from $149 | 182 | Solo founders shipping a single-tenant B2C or prosumer app who want a polished UI, a real admin panel, and a choice of Stripe, Paddle or LemonSqueezy for a $149 one-time fee. |
| MkSaaS | Next.js | $139 one-time | - | Solo builders shipping an AI-flavored SaaS who want billing, auth, i18n and an admin panel already wired together instead of assembled from scratch. |
| Next Forge | Next.js | Free | 7,670 | Teams that want a production-grade Turborepo monorepo reference architecture (separate web/app/api/docs apps) rather than a single-app starter. |
IndieKit
Next.js · Free, paid from $79 · 26 stars
Best for: A solopreneur or first-time founder building a SaaS with Next.js who wants shadcn/ui and Pro's multi-tenant, billing layer, and most of the features you need already built.
Compared with MakerKit
- Free, paid from $79 - cheaper than MakerKit (free, paid from $349).
- Lists background jobs, which MakerKit doesn't.
- Doesn't list end-to-end tests, which MakerKit has.
You specifically need a Turborepo monorepo setup - IndieKit ships as a single Next.js app, not a monorepo, as of this review.
supastarter
Next.js · $299 one-time
Best for: A solo founder or small team building a multi-tenant B2B SaaS in TypeScript who wants orgs, billing, and i18n working on day one and will build inside the kit's architecture, not around it.
Compared with MakerKit
- $299 one-time - cheaper than MakerKit (free, paid from $349).
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike MakerKit.
- Lists AI chat and background jobs, which MakerKit doesn't.
- Doesn't list end-to-end tests, which MakerKit has.
You want to read the source before paying, or you might switch frameworks later - the repo is private until purchase and each license covers exactly one framework version.
Achromatic
Next.js · $180 one-time
Best for: A solo founder or small team shipping one Next.js SaaS that needs orgs, Stripe billing and a credit-gated AI feature, without paying four figures for a starter kit.
Compared with MakerKit
- $180 one-time - cheaper than MakerKit (free, paid from $349).
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike MakerKit.
- Lists AI chat, which MakerKit doesn't.
- Doesn't list i18n, which MakerKit has.
You need i18n or a monorepo holding several apps - neither ships here, and with the source private you can't check the fit before you buy.
Next.js SaaS Starter
Next.js · Free · 16,088 stars
Best for: Teams that want to read and own every line of their SaaS foundation instead of adopting a paid kit's abstractions, and don't mind upgrading Next.js versions themselves.
Compared with MakerKit
- Free, where MakerKit is free, paid from $349.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, i18n, an admin dashboard and a blog/CMS, which MakerKit has.
You need multi-tenancy beyond owner/member roles, i18n, transactional email or a test suite out of the box, because this ships none of them and you will be building each one yourself.
SaaSBold
Next.js · Free, paid from $149 · 182 stars
Best for: Solo founders shipping a single-tenant B2C or prosumer app who want a polished UI, a real admin panel, and a choice of Stripe, Paddle or LemonSqueezy for a $149 one-time fee.
Compared with MakerKit
- Free, paid from $149 - cheaper than MakerKit (free, paid from $349).
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations and end-to-end tests, which MakerKit has.
You are building B2B SaaS with teams, workspaces or per-organization billing — there is no multi-tenancy here, and you would be retrofitting it into someone else's schema.
MkSaaS
Next.js · $139 one-time
Best for: Solo builders shipping an AI-flavored SaaS who want billing, auth, i18n and an admin panel already wired together instead of assembled from scratch.
Compared with MakerKit
- $139 one-time - cheaper than MakerKit (free, paid from $349).
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike MakerKit.
- Lists AI chat, which MakerKit doesn't.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and end-to-end tests, which MakerKit has.
You want to read the code before paying, or need a proven support and community track record - the repos are private and independent discussion of it is nearly nonexistent.
Next Forge
Next.js · Free · 7,670 stars
Best for: Teams that want a production-grade Turborepo monorepo reference architecture (separate web/app/api/docs apps) rather than a single-app starter.
Compared with MakerKit
- Free, where MakerKit is free, paid from $349.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and built-in payments, which MakerKit has.
You want a single simple app, not a monorepo - the Turborepo structure is real overhead if you don't need multiple apps sharing packages.
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