ShipFast alternatives: Next.js SaaS kits compared (2026)
By Charanjit Singh · Updated 9 Oct 2026
TL;DR
- ShipFast suits a solo founder shipping a first paid SaaS who wants auth, Stripe and email pre-connected.
- For B2B with organizations and roles, look at MakerKit or supastarter.
- To read the code before paying, start with Vercel's free Next.js SaaS Starter, Open SaaS, or MakerKit's free tier.
- For a single-tenant B2C app with an admin panel and several payment providers, SaaSBold is the closest like-for-like.
Disclosure: Top Boilerplates is run by the maker of IndieKit, which appears in this guide. It is described from the same listing record as every other kit here and isn't ranked first.
ShipFast is a closed-source Next.js SaaS kit from indie hacker Marc Lou, built for solo founders who want auth, Stripe and email wired together so they can launch quickly. It does that job. People look elsewhere for a few recurring reasons: they want to read the code before paying (the repository is private and there are no refunds once access is granted), they're building a B2B product that needs organizations and roles, they prefer shadcn/ui over daisyUI, or they don't want to pay at all. Here's where each of those leads.
| Kit | Framework | Price | Stars | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShipFast | Next.js | $199 one-time | - | A solo founder shipping their first paid Next.js SaaS who wants auth, Stripe, and email already connected and is happy to pay to skip that setup. |
| MakerKit | Next.js | Free, paid from $349 | 454 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Open SaaS | React | Free | - | Developers who want a fully open-source, no-vendor-lock-in SaaS starter with payments and an admin dashboard already wired up. |
If you're building B2B with teams
MakerKit
Next.js · Free, paid from $349 · 454 stars
MakerKit is built for a small team committing to a multi-tenant B2B product for the long haul. The monorepo structure, test setup and role-based access control pay off over months rather than over a launch weekend.
Two things to check first: the free tier is genuinely usable, so you can evaluate the codebase before paying, and the Pro license bars client and agency work and open-sourcing your build.
supastarter
Next.js · $299 one-time
supastarter targets the same multi-tenant B2B buyer, with organizations, billing and i18n working on day one and an unusually wide choice of databases, ORMs, payment providers and hosts.
It rewards building inside its architecture rather than around it. The repo is private until purchase and each license covers one framework version, so it's a poor fit if you might switch frameworks later.
Achromatic
Next.js · $180 one-time
Achromatic sits between the two price tiers: organizations, Stripe billing with credits for metered AI features, and an admin panel, without a four-figure price. It doesn't ship i18n or a multi-app monorepo, and the source is private before purchase.
If you're building a single-tenant B2C or prosumer app
SaaSBold
Next.js · Free, paid from $149 · 182 stars
SaaSBold is the closest like-for-like swap: a polished UI, a real admin panel, and a choice of Stripe, Paddle or Lemon Squeezy, aimed at solo founders shipping a single-tenant app.
There's no multi-tenancy, so if you later need teams or per-organization billing you'd be retrofitting it into someone else's schema.
MkSaaS
Next.js · $139 one-time
MkSaaS bundles billing, auth, i18n and an admin panel for an AI-flavoured SaaS. The repos are private and independent discussion of it is still thin, so weigh the live demo heavily.
IndieKit
Next.js · Free, paid from $79 · 26 stars
IndieKit has an MIT-licensed free tier and a closed-source paid Pro that adds multi-tenancy and the billing layer, on shadcn/ui. It ships as a single Next.js app rather than a Turborepo monorepo.
If you'd rather not pay
Next.js SaaS Starter
Next.js · Free · 16,088 stars
Vercel's official starter is one of the most-starred free options and one of the easiest codebase to read end to end, which makes it a good fit if you want to own every line instead of adopting a kit's abstractions.
It deliberately ships little: no multi-tenancy beyond owner/member roles, no i18n, no transactional email and no test suite. Budget time to build those yourself.
Open SaaS
React · Free
Open SaaS is free and open-source with auth, payments and an admin dashboard already wired. The catch is the Wasp framework layer underneath React and Node - it isn't a plain Next.js codebase, so expect some learning.
How to decide
- Need organizations, roles and per-org billing: MakerKit or supastarter.
- Need metered or credit-based billing for AI features at a mid-range price: Achromatic.
- Single-tenant app, want ShipFast's scope with a different UI or more payment providers: SaaSBold.
- Want to read and own the code with no license fee: Next.js SaaS Starter or Open SaaS.
Still undecided? Our guide to choosing a SaaS boilerplate covers the questions that matter more than feature lists, and the full Next.js boilerplates list has every kit we track.