SaaS Pegasus alternatives
7 SaaS kits compared with SaaS Pegasus on price, license, framework and features.
About SaaS Pegasus
SaaS Pegasus (Django, free, paid from $649) - Mature Django SaaS boilerplate with teams, Stripe billing, and AI building blocks. Best for: Django teams building a real multi-tenant SaaS who want auth, billing, and background jobs handled, and are fine picking React or HTMX for the frontend.
The usual reason to look elsewhere: you want a JS-first framework instead of Django, or you need teams and billing but can't spend $649 - the free edition leaves those out.
| Kit | Framework | Price | Stars | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SaaS Pegasus | Django | Free, paid from $649 | 177 | Django teams building a real multi-tenant SaaS who want auth, billing, and background jobs handled, and are fine picking React or HTMX for the frontend. |
| Apptension SaaS Boilerplate | Django | Free | 3,026 | Teams that want a completely free, actively-starred Django+React SaaS foundation with GraphQL, real-time features, and enterprise SSO already wired in. |
| YaSaas | Django | Free | 125 | Solo developers or small teams building a data-monetization SaaS around Django's own admin and permissions who want a free, inspectable starting point. |
| SlimSaaS | Django | $169 one-time | - | Django developers who want a lean, opinionated starter with theming options and a one-time price under $200, rather than a sprawling feature-maximalist kit. |
| SaaS Hammer | Django | $299 one-time | - | Django developers who want the option to ship a mostly server-rendered Hotwire app now and keep a React/Next.js path open later, without switching kits. |
| Carrot Seed | Django | Free | - | Teams building web, mobile, and desktop clients from one codebase who want a German software agency's starter as the foundation. |
| 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. |
Apptension SaaS Boilerplate
Django · Free · 3,026 stars
Best for: Teams that want a completely free, actively-starred Django+React SaaS foundation with GraphQL, real-time features, and enterprise SSO already wired in.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- Free, where SaaS Pegasus is free, paid from $649.
- Doesn't list teams/organizations, i18n, an admin dashboard and AI chat, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You want a simpler REST-only stack, or you're not prepared to run and maintain a GraphQL/Apollo layer alongside Django.
YaSaas
Django · Free · 125 stars
Best for: Solo developers or small teams building a data-monetization SaaS around Django's own admin and permissions who want a free, inspectable starting point.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- Free, where SaaS Pegasus is free, paid from $649.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and built-in payments, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You need multi-tenancy, teams, or a maintained/supported product - this is a small, single-maintainer open-source project with no visible commercial support.
SlimSaaS
Django · $169 one-time
Best for: Django developers who want a lean, opinionated starter with theming options and a one-time price under $200, rather than a sprawling feature-maximalist kit.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- $169 one-time - cheaper than SaaS Pegasus (free, paid from $649).
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike SaaS Pegasus.
- Lists a blog/CMS, which SaaS Pegasus doesn't.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and subscriptions, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You need multi-tenancy/teams or want to inspect the source before buying - no public repo was found, and there's no mention of organization/team support.
SaaS Hammer
Django · $299 one-time
Best for: Django developers who want the option to ship a mostly server-rendered Hotwire app now and keep a React/Next.js path open later, without switching kits.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- $299 one-time - cheaper than SaaS Pegasus (free, paid from $649).
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike SaaS Pegasus.
- Lists a blog/CMS, which SaaS Pegasus doesn't.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and subscriptions, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You've already committed to a pure React/Next.js frontend and don't need the Hotwire option - simpler Django+React-only kits may fit better.
Carrot Seed
Django · Free
Best for: Teams building web, mobile, and desktop clients from one codebase who want a German software agency's starter as the foundation.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- Free, where SaaS Pegasus is free, paid from $649.
- Closed source - you can't read the code before buying, unlike SaaS Pegasus.
- Doesn't list multi-tenancy, teams/organizations, role-based access and built-in payments, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You want pricing clarity before you start - the vendor's own price and license fields disagree, and that wasn't resolved for this listing.
MakerKit
Next.js · Free, paid from $349 · 465 stars
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.
Compared with SaaS Pegasus
- Free, paid from $349 - cheaper than SaaS Pegasus (free, paid from $649).
- Built on Next.js rather than Django.
- Lists a blog/CMS and end-to-end tests, which SaaS Pegasus doesn't.
- Doesn't list AI chat and background jobs, which SaaS Pegasus has.
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.
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 SaaS Pegasus
- Free, paid from $79 - cheaper than SaaS Pegasus (free, paid from $649).
- Built on Next.js rather than Django.
- Lists a blog/CMS, which SaaS Pegasus doesn't.
- Doesn't list AI chat, which SaaS Pegasus has.
You specifically need a Turborepo monorepo setup - IndieKit ships as a single Next.js app, not a monorepo, as of this review.
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