Next.js boilerplate pricing in 2026: what you actually pay
By Muhammad Akbar·July 28, 2026
The Next.js boilerplate market has expanded significantly in 2026. Here's what every major option costs and what you get:
Free options
- ixartz SaaS-Boilerplate: Free (MIT). 7,300 GitHub stars. Includes auth via Clerk, multi-tenancy, i18n, landing page. Paid Pro version ($99) adds Stripe, dark mode.
- Wasp (Open SaaS): Free (MIT). 14,000 GitHub stars. Full-stack framework with built-in SaaS starter. Background jobs via PgBoss.
- Create T3 App: Free (MIT). Industry-standard starter with tRPC, NextAuth, Prisma. No payments, no admin panel: you build everything.
$49-$79 range
- CheapStack: $49 (SaaS Starter) to $79 (Pro Bundle, 8 kits). Polar.sh payments, Drizzle ORM, NextAuth v5. Includes landing page templates and admin dashboard.
$199-$349 range
- ShipFast: $199-$249. MongoDB, Stripe/LemonSqueezy. Landing page sold separately. Largest community (5,000+ Discord). Maker of the Year 2023.
- MakerKit: $349-$649. Multi-tenancy, MCP server for AI agents, 400+ pages documentation. Stripe, Polar.sh. Figma UI kit included.
- Supastarter: €349-€1,499. 5 payment processors. E2E tests, notifications, file uploads, background jobs. 1,452 customers.
What you get at each tier
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The sweet spot for most indie developers is the $49-$79 range: enough features to ship, low enough to afford.
About the author: Muhammad Akbar builds affordable developer tools at CheapStack and writes about bootstrapping products on realistic budgets.