Boilerplate guides

Comparisons and buying advice written from the same reviewed listings as the rest of the directory.

• How to choose a SaaS boilerplate: 7 questions to answer before you buy

  A practical checklist for picking a SaaS starter kit: tenancy, source access, license terms, hosting lock-in, architecture weight, maintenance and billing.

  Updated 9 Oct 2026

• ShipFast alternatives: Next.js SaaS kits compared (2026)

  Free and paid alternatives to ShipFast for Next.js SaaS - when to pick MakerKit, supastarter, Achromatic, SaaSBold, Open SaaS or Vercel's free starter.

  Updated 9 Oct 2026

• Free SaaS boilerplates worth building on, by framework (2026)

  The free and open-source SaaS starters we'd actually build on in Next.js, SvelteKit, Laravel, Rails, Django, Go and FastAPI - and what each leaves out.

  Updated 9 Oct 2026