Next SaaS StartervsSaaS Starter Kit

Both are free and open source, but Next SaaS Starter (by Lee Robinson) and SaaS Starter Kit (by BoxyHQ) solve different problems. Next SaaS Starter provides authentication, Stripe billing, and a dashboard — the minimum viable SaaS foundation. SaaS Starter Kit provides team management, SAML SSO, directory sync (SCIM), audit logs, and webhook management — enterprise-grade features for B2B products.

The technical stacks differ too. Next SaaS Starter uses Prisma with PostgreSQL and has a simpler codebase that's easier to understand and modify. SaaS Starter Kit uses Prisma as well but adds Jackson (BoxyHQ's open source SAML library), which introduces additional concepts around enterprise identity management.

For a startup building a product that will eventually sell to enterprises, starting with SaaS Starter Kit makes strategic sense — you'll have SSO and SCIM ready when your first enterprise customer asks for it. For consumer products, developer tools, or indie projects, Next SaaS Starter's simplicity means less code to maintain and faster iteration.

Choose Next SaaS Starter if you're building consumer SaaS, want the simplest possible foundation, and don't anticipate enterprise auth requirements. Choose SaaS Starter Kit if your go-to-market includes enterprise sales and you need SSO, SCIM, and team management built into your architecture from the start.