Best Next.js SaaS Boilerplate 2026

TL;DR

The best Next.js SaaS boilerplate in 2026 depends on what you're building:

ShipFast ($199) — ship an MVP in a weekend; best community, no multi-tenancy
Makerkit ($299+) — plugin architecture, cleanest code, i18n baked in
Supastarter ($299) — most features, deep Supabase integration, multi-tenant ready
T3 Stack (free) — best TypeScript foundation if you'll build features yourself
Bedrock ($395+) — enterprise compliance, SOC 2 patterns, Docker/K8s support

If you're a solo founder launching a B2C product, ShipFast. Building B2B with teams and organizations, Supastarter. Obsessing over code quality, Makerkit.

Feature Matrix

Boilerplate	Price	Auth	Billing	Multi-tenancy	Admin	i18n
T3 Stack	Free	NextAuth	DIY	❌	❌	❌
ShipFast	$199	NextAuth/Supabase	Stripe + LS	❌	❌	❌
Makerkit	$299+	Auth.js/Supabase	Stripe + LS	✅	✅	✅
Supastarter	$299	Supabase Auth	Stripe + LS + 3 more	✅	✅	✅
Bedrock	$395+	Custom	Stripe	✅	✅	⚠️

Why Next.js App Router Is Now the Default

Next.js App Router with React Server Components has become the default architecture for SaaS in 2026. Every serious boilerplate has migrated to it. What used to be a decision is now baseline assumption — the real choice is which boilerplate uses it best.

App Router matters for SaaS for two concrete reasons. First, server components eliminate client-side data fetching waterfalls: your dashboard can load all its data in a single server render rather than mounting components that each fire their own API requests. Second, route handlers replace the old API routes pattern with a cleaner model for backend logic that runs at the edge.

All five boilerplates below use App Router. The quality of their RSC usage varies significantly — some have migrated the structure but still use client-side fetching internally.

T3 Stack — Best Free Foundation

Price: Free (MIT) | Stars: 26K+ | Created by: Theo Browne et al.

T3 Stack is the gold standard for TypeScript full-stack architecture. The core premise: your database schema (Prisma), server logic (tRPC), and client-side data fetching should all share a single type system with no manual sync.

When you define a tRPC router procedure, that type flows automatically to the React component consuming it. Rename a column in Prisma, and the TypeScript error surfaces immediately in the component that queries it — before you run the app.

// server/routers/post.ts
export const postRouter = router({
  list: protectedProcedure
    .input(z.object({ limit: z.number().min(1).max(100) }))
    .query(({ input, ctx }) =>
      ctx.db.post.findMany({
        where: { authorId: ctx.session.user.id },
        take: input.limit,
        orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
      })
    ),
});

The limit: T3 is a foundation, not a product. Auth is NextAuth.js (now Auth.js), billing is completely DIY, and there's no admin panel. For developers who want full control over every architectural decision, this is ideal. For founders who want to launch this month, it's weeks of additional work.

The create-t3-turbo extension adds a Turborepo monorepo structure with Expo React Native support sharing the same tRPC API — see the T3 Turbo review for details.

Choose T3 Stack if: You want the best TypeScript DX and you'll build billing, admin, and multi-tenancy yourself.

ShipFast — Best for Speed

Price: $199 (Starter) / $299 (All-in) | Created by: Marc Lou

Marc Lou ships SaaS products with ShipFast himself — 12+ products at last count. That means the template is shaped by real shipping pain, not hypothetical developer needs. The result is the leanest path from empty repo to live product.

ShipFast covers the weekend launch checklist: NextAuth with Google/GitHub OAuth pre-configured, Stripe and LemonSqueezy (you pick at setup), Resend/Mailgun for transactional email, MDX blog, SEO helpers (sitemap, robots, structured data), and a landing page with all the sections a SaaS needs: hero, features, pricing, testimonials, FAQ.

The community is the largest in the boilerplate market — 7,500+ Discord members. When you hit a deployment problem at 11pm before your ProductHunt launch, someone has seen it before.

// ShipFast checkout — clean and direct:
export const createCheckoutSession = async ({
  priceId,
  userId,
  successUrl,
}: { priceId: string; userId: string; successUrl: string }) => {
  const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
    mode: 'subscription',
    line_items: [{ price: priceId, quantity: 1 }],
    success_url: successUrl,
    client_reference_id: userId,
  });
  return session.url;
};

Limitations: no multi-tenancy (single user per account), no admin dashboard, no i18n. ShipFast optimizes hard for launch speed and accepts that B2B features are someone else's problem.

Choose ShipFast if: B2C product, solo founder, speed to launch is your primary constraint.

Makerkit — Best Architecture

Price: $299 (Core) + $99–199/plugin | Created by: Giancarlo Buomprisco

Makerkit's plugin architecture is what makes it different. Features are isolated into independent packages: the teams plugin, the CMS plugin, the blog plugin, the roadmap plugin. Each is a self-contained monorepo package with its own database schema additions, routes, and UI components. You install what you need.

The practical implication: upgrading Makerkit means upgrading core and plugins independently. Your customizations live in your own packages, not mixed into framework code. This is rare discipline that pays off over a 12–24 month product lifecycle.

The core already includes multi-tenancy (organization model), RBAC (owner/admin/member), i18n via next-intl, admin panel, and billing via Stripe or LemonSqueezy. Supabase Auth handles authentication with correct @supabase/ssr patterns.

// Makerkit plugin pattern — self-contained feature package:
// packages/plugins/roadmap/src/routes/page.tsx
import { getOrganizationRoadmap } from '../lib/server/roadmap';

export default async function RoadmapPage({ params }) {
  const items = await getOrganizationRoadmap(params.organization);
  return <RoadmapUI items={items} />;
}
// ↑ The entire roadmap feature lives in this plugin package
// — add it, remove it, no changes to core application code

The per-plugin pricing model means a fully-featured setup costs $500–700 (core + 2–3 plugins), but you only pay for what you use.

Choose Makerkit if: Plugin architecture, i18n, and long-term code maintainability matter to your team.

Supastarter — Best Feature Set

Price: $299 (Next.js) / $349 (Next.js + Nuxt) | Created by: Jan Hesters

Supastarter is the most feature-complete commercial boilerplate. The Supabase integration is the deepest in the market: Row Level Security policies pre-written for every table, storage buckets configured, realtime notifications wired through Supabase Realtime.

Billing breadth is unique — Stripe, Paddle, LemonSqueezy, Polar, and Chargebee in a single unified abstraction layer. Most boilerplates support one or two.

-- Supastarter RLS policies — pre-written for all tables:
CREATE POLICY "members can read org data"
ON organization_data FOR SELECT
USING (
  organization_id IN (
    SELECT organization_id FROM memberships
    WHERE user_id = auth.uid()
  )
);
-- ↑ This policy is already written for you, across every table

Internationalization includes RTL language support (Arabic, Hebrew) — not just text direction, but full layout mirroring. i18n is via next-intl with 7+ languages pre-configured.

The multi-tenancy model is the most complete: organization creation, member invitations, role-based permissions (granular, not just admin/member), per-seat billing integrated with Stripe, and a waitlist feature for pre-launch email collection.

Supastarter is also the only commercial boilerplate with a Nuxt 3 version — relevant for teams already in the Vue ecosystem who want these features without switching frameworks.

Choose Supastarter if: B2B SaaS, multi-tenancy, deep Supabase integration, or team uses Nuxt.

Bedrock — Best for Enterprise

Price: $395 (Core) / $695 (Teams) / $995 (Enterprise) | Created by: Prolific Labs

Bedrock targets B2B SaaS selling to regulated industries. SOC 2 compliance patterns are the standout feature: structured audit logging with request correlation IDs, retention policies in the schema, an admin UI for browsing audit events, and RBAC with resource-level permissions.

The RBAC model is meaningfully more granular than competitor boilerplates: roles defined at organization scope, permissions typed per resource category, middleware enforcement across every API route. When a Fortune 500 security team audits your application, you have answers.

Docker and Kubernetes support is first-class: production Dockerfile, Helm chart, health check endpoints designed for readiness probes. Bedrock is designed for regulated deployment environments where Vercel isn't available.

Choose Bedrock if: You're selling to enterprise customers requiring SOC 2, RBAC, and audit logs.

Architecture: Single App vs. Monorepo

Approach	Examples	When to Use
Single Next.js app	ShipFast	Solo projects, B2C, fast customization
Turborepo monorepo	Makerkit, Supastarter, Bedrock	Multiple apps, shared packages, team scaling
T3 monorepo	create-t3-turbo	Web + mobile (Expo) with shared tRPC API

Single app wins for shipping fast with minimal cognitive overhead. Turborepo wins when you'll add a marketing site, docs site, or native app sharing business logic.

Authentication Compared

All five support email + password and major OAuth providers (Google, GitHub). The differences:

T3 Stack / ShipFast: Auth.js v5 (formerly NextAuth) — well-documented, handles 90% of use cases, limited beyond basic sessions
Makerkit: Supabase Auth via @supabase/ssr — correct SSR patterns, isolated in plugin-ready abstraction
Supastarter: Supabase Auth — email, magic link, OAuth, OTP, full RLS integration
Bedrock: Custom auth with device tracking, suspicious login detection, session management

For a deep-dive on auth library tradeoffs, see Auth.js vs Clerk vs Better Auth for SaaS.

Pricing Reality Check

Boilerplate	Entry Price	Full-Featured Price	Multi-tenancy Included
T3 Stack	Free	+ weeks of dev time	Build yourself
ShipFast	$199	$299	Build yourself (~2 weeks)
Makerkit	$299	~$500–700 with plugins	✅ (in core)
Supastarter	$299	$299 flat	✅ (in core)
Bedrock	$395	$695–995	✅ (in core)

The true cost of ShipFast or T3 Stack for a B2B product includes several developer-weeks of multi-tenancy implementation. Supastarter at $299 often wins on total cost.

Decision Framework

Solo founder, B2C, ship this weekend → ShipFast ($199)

B2B SaaS, organizations, per-seat billing → Supastarter ($299)

Team project, unclear feature requirements → Makerkit ($299+)

TypeScript learning or prototyping → T3 Stack (free)

Enterprise product, compliance requirements → Bedrock ($395+)

For detailed profiles, compare all options in the StarterPick Next.js boilerplate directory. See the ShipFast review and Supastarter review for deeper analysis before buying.

The SaaS Boilerplate Matrix (Free PDF)