Best Laravel SaaS Boilerplates 2026: Larafast, SaaSykit and More

Laravel's official starters — Spark, Wave, Jetstream — cover the enterprise use case well. But a newer class of indie-built Laravel SaaS starters has emerged, targeting developers who want a faster path to launching a SaaS product without the complexity of the official ecosystem.

This guide covers Larafast and SaaSykit — the two most complete indie-built Laravel SaaS starters in 2026 — plus the free options worth considering.

TL;DR

Larafast ($169) is the most battle-tested indie Laravel SaaS starter — supports both TALL (Tailwind + Alpine + Livewire) and VILT (Vue + Inertia + Laravel + Tailwind) stacks, FilamentPHP admin, and three payment providers. SaaSykit ($179) matches it on features and adds built-in SaaS metrics (MRR, churn, ARPU) in the admin panel. Both beat building from scratch by weeks. If you want free, Laravel Jetstream with Livewire is the official starting point — you wire billing yourself.

Key Takeaways

• Larafast supports TALL and VILT stack choices — pick based on your Vue vs Livewire preference
• SaaSykit has the most complete billing support: Stripe, Paddle, and Lemon Squeezy out of the box
• Both use FilamentPHP for the admin panel — the dominant Laravel admin framework in 2026
• Neither boilerplate requires ongoing license fees — pay once, unlimited projects
• The existing Laravel Spark and Wave reviews cover the official ecosystem; this guide focuses on the indie starter tier
• PHP developer advantage: Laravel starters tend to be 40–50% cheaper than Next.js equivalents for equivalent features

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Why Laravel SaaS in 2026?

Laravel remains one of the most complete SaaS development platforms available. The ecosystem additions since 2023 make it competitive with any stack:

• Pulse — real-time application monitoring (system resources, slow queries, slow jobs)
• Reverb — first-party WebSocket server (finally, native real-time)
• Volt — single-file Livewire components (Svelte-style syntax in PHP)
• Folio — file-based routing (Next.js-style, for Blade)
• Prism — AI toolkit for LLM integrations

For PHP developers, the question isn't "Laravel or Next.js?" It's "which Laravel SaaS starter saves the most time?"

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Larafast — TALL + VILT Dual Stack

Price: $169 (lifetime, unlimited projects) | Stack choice: TALL or VILT

Larafast is the leading indie-built Laravel SaaS starter, trusted by 5,000+ developers. The key differentiator vs competitors: you choose your frontend stack at purchase — TALL (Tailwind + Alpine.js + Laravel + Livewire) or VILT (Vue.js + Inertia.js + Laravel + Tailwind).

TALL vs VILT: Which Stack?

TALL Stack (Tailwind + Alpine.js + Livewire + Laravel)
├── Full-stack PHP — minimal JavaScript
├── Livewire handles interactivity via PHP components
├── Alpine.js for small JS behaviors (modals, dropdowns)
├── No build step complexity beyond Vite for assets
└── Best for: PHP-first developers who want minimal JS context switching

VILT Stack (Vue.js + Inertia.js + Laravel + Tailwind)
├── Vue handles the frontend; Inertia bridges to Laravel backend
├── SPA-like UX without a separate API
├── Vue 3 Composition API + TypeScript
├── More JavaScript expertise required
└── Best for: developers comfortable with Vue who want SPA UX

What's Included

✓ Authentication (email/password, Google, GitHub, Twitter, Facebook)
✓ Stripe + LemonSqueezy + Paddle billing
✓ Subscription management (create, upgrade, cancel, pause)
✓ FilamentPHP admin panel
✓ User management (admin)
✓ Blog (CRUD with SEO meta)
✓ SEO tools (sitemap, meta tags)
✓ Landing page
✓ Dark mode
✓ Localization (multi-language)
✓ AWS S3 file storage
✓ AI integration (OpenAI)
✓ Slack community + documentation

Auth Setup (TALL Stack)

// Larafast uses Laravel Fortify under the hood
// config/fortify.php — already configured

// Social auth via Laravel Socialite
// config/services.php
'google' => [
    'client_id' => env('GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID'),
    'client_secret' => env('GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET'),
    'redirect' => '/auth/google/callback',
],

Stripe Billing Setup

// Larafast uses Laravel Cashier for Stripe
// Already configured — just set your env vars

// .env
STRIPE_KEY=pk_test_...
STRIPE_SECRET=sk_test_...
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_...

// Subscriptions in your controller
use Laravel\Cashier\Billable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Billable;
}

// Create a checkout session
$checkout = $user->newSubscription('default', $priceId)
    ->trialDays(14)
    ->checkout([
        'success_url' => route('dashboard'),
        'cancel_url' => route('pricing'),
    ]);

return redirect($checkout->url);

FilamentPHP Admin

Larafast's admin panel is built with FilamentPHP — the most popular Laravel admin framework in 2026. FilamentPHP v3 gives you:

Admin Panel features in Larafast:
✓ User management (list, view, edit, suspend)
✓ Subscription management (view, cancel, refund)
✓ Blog post management
✓ Application settings
✓ Resource management (FilamentPHP CRUD resources)

// Creating a custom FilamentPHP resource
php artisan make:filament-resource Product

// Generates: app/Filament/Resources/ProductResource.php
// Includes: list, create, edit, view pages
// With table, form, and infolist definitions

Larafast Verdict

At $169 with TALL + VILT stack choice, FilamentPHP admin, three payment providers, and active maintenance, Larafast is the highest-value Laravel SaaS starter for indie developers. The dual-stack option is unique — no other Laravel starter lets you choose your frontend at purchase.

Best for: PHP developers who know what stack they prefer and want to ship fast.

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SaaSykit — TALL Stack with SaaS Metrics

Price: $179 (lifetime, unlimited projects) | Stack: TALL (Livewire + AlpineJS + Tailwind)

SaaSykit is a TALL-stack-only Laravel SaaS starter with one standout feature: built-in SaaS business metrics in the admin panel. Out of the box, you can view MRR, churn rate, ARPU, trial conversion rates, and subscriber graphs — the same metrics you'd pay $49/month for in Baremetrics.

SaaS Metrics in the Admin

SaaSykit Admin Panel Metrics:
├── Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)
│   ├── New MRR (new subscribers this month)
│   ├── Expansion MRR (upgrades)
│   ├── Churned MRR (cancelled subscriptions)
│   └── Net MRR (total trend)
├── Churn Rate (% cancelled per month)
├── Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)
├── Trial-to-Paid Conversion Rate
└── Active Subscribers over time

This is genuinely useful from day one — you see your SaaS health without connecting Stripe to a third-party analytics tool.

What's Included

✓ SvelteKit 2 + Livewire 3 + Alpine.js + Tailwind
✓ Authentication (email, social: Google, Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn)
✓ Stripe + Paddle + Lemon Squeezy payments
✓ Subscription management (plans, upgrades, trials)
✓ One-time purchase support (not just subscriptions)
✓ FilamentPHP admin with SaaS metrics dashboard
✓ Team management (organizations, invites, roles)
✓ Feature flags per plan (gating features by subscription)
✓ Localization (multi-language)
✓ API (token-based)
✓ Landing page
✓ Blog
✓ Dark mode
✓ Slack + docs

One-Time Purchases + Subscriptions

SaaSykit supports both billing models:

// Subscription product
$product = Product::create([
    'name' => 'Pro Plan',
    'price' => 29.00,
    'billing_type' => 'recurring',
    'billing_period' => 'monthly',
]);

// One-time purchase
$product = Product::create([
    'name' => 'Lifetime Access',
    'price' => 299.00,
    'billing_type' => 'one_time',
]);

Most Laravel SaaS starters only support subscription billing. SaaSykit's one-time purchase support makes it the better choice for indie hackers selling lifetime licenses.

Feature Flags Per Plan

// Define features per plan in config
// config/plans.php
'features' => [
    'free' => ['basic_exports', 'api_access'],
    'pro' => ['basic_exports', 'api_access', 'advanced_analytics', 'team_members'],
    'enterprise' => ['*'], // All features
],

// Gate features in Blade
@if(auth()->user()->hasFeature('advanced_analytics'))
    <x-analytics-dashboard />
@else
    <x-upgrade-prompt feature="advanced_analytics" />
@endif

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Free Options: Laravel Jetstream

Laravel Jetstream is the official Laravel application starter kit — free, maintained by the Laravel core team, and updated with every Laravel release.

# Install with Livewire stack
composer require laravel/jetstream
php artisan jetstream:install livewire

# Or with Inertia (Vue)
php artisan jetstream:install inertia

What Jetstream includes: Authentication (email + 2FA + sessions), team management, profile photos, API tokens (Sanctum), basic dashboard.

What Jetstream omits: Billing, admin panel, landing page, blog, SEO tools, email templates. You wire these yourself.

The math: Jetstream is free but adding Cashier (billing), FilamentPHP (admin), and a landing page takes 20–40 hours. At any hourly rate above $5, Larafast or SaaSykit pays for itself on the first project.

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Comparison Table

	Larafast	SaaSykit	Jetstream
Price	$169	$179	Free
Stack	TALL or VILT	TALL	Livewire or Inertia
Payments	Stripe, Lemon, Paddle	Stripe, Paddle, Lemon	Manual
Admin	FilamentPHP	FilamentPHP + metrics	✗
SaaS metrics	✗	✓ (MRR, churn, ARPU)	✗
Teams	✓	✓	✓
One-time purchase	✓	✓	✗
Blog	✓	✓	✗
Landing page	✓	✓	Minimal
AI integration	✓ (OpenAI)	✓	✗
Localization	✓	✓	✗
Setup time	2–4 hours	2–4 hours	1–2 days (to full parity)

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Decision Guide

Choose Larafast if: You want dual-stack flexibility (TALL or VILT) and have Vue.js developers who prefer Inertia.js over Livewire. The AI integration and AWS storage setup is more turnkey.

Choose SaaSykit if: SaaS metrics in the admin panel matter to you — tracking MRR and churn from day one without a third-party service is genuinely valuable. Also the better choice if you're selling lifetime licenses (one-time purchase support is first-class).

Choose Jetstream if: Budget is a hard constraint and you're comfortable spending a week wiring billing, admin, and frontend from official packages.

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Community-Maintained Free Starters

Beyond Jetstream, two community starters are worth knowing:

Tenancy for Laravel — The most complete free Laravel multi-tenancy package. Not a full SaaS starter, but if you need database-per-tenant or schema-per-tenant isolation in Laravel, Tenancy is the foundation. Used by dozens of Laravel SaaS apps in production.

Laravel Volt — Laravel's single-file Livewire component format. Not a boilerplate itself, but if you're building the TALL stack from scratch, Volt reduces boilerplate dramatically. A single file contains the PHP class and the Blade template, similar to Vue's single-file components.

The honest free option assessment: Free Laravel starters save money but cost time. Larafast ($169) or SaaSykit ($179) both include FilamentPHP admin, multi-payment billing, and a landing page that would take a junior developer 40–80 hours to wire from free components. The boilerplate pays for itself on the first project for any developer billing at $5+/hour.

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PHP in 2026: The Ecosystem Advantage

Laravel's ecosystem advantages over Node.js SaaS starters are worth naming:

Deployment simplicity: A Laravel app deploys to a single server (shared hosting, VPS, Laravel Forge) with php artisan serve. No build pipeline, no serverless cold starts, no edge network configuration required. A $6/month Hetzner VPS runs a production Laravel SaaS handling thousands of daily users.

Queue workers: Laravel Horizon handles background jobs, queues, and workers with a beautiful monitoring dashboard — out of the box, no third-party service required. The Node.js equivalent (Trigger.dev, Inngest) requires external services.

Real-time: Laravel Reverb is now first-party WebSocket support. Broadcasting events to connected clients in real-time with zero external infrastructure.

For PHP developers building SaaS in 2026, the ecosystem has never been more complete.

Browse all Laravel boilerplates on StarterPick. Also see the full Laravel starter comparison covering Spark, Wave, and the official starter ecosystem.