Best Laravel Starter Kits & SaaS Boilerplates for 2026

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TL;DR verdict

There is no source-backed “best Laravel boilerplate” for every SaaS. Use conditional criteria: current Laravel version, frontend model, billing providers, tenancy, admin needs, license, update entitlement, support, and deployment. The approved sources provide no comparative ranking dataset.

For a Laravel 13 application, the current official starter-kit documentation is the safest framework baseline: React 19 with Inertia 3 or Livewire 4. Add Laravel Spark when its self-contained billing portal and Stripe/Paddle model fit. Consider Wave when its documented all-in-one surface and MIT repository license fit. Compare Larafast and SaaSykit as commercial starters against their exact current offers. Use Filament 5 as an admin layer when its server-driven panels, tables, forms, actions, notifications, and widgets match the product.

Key Takeaways

Laravel 13's official starters include React 19 with Inertia 3 and a Livewire 4 option.
The Spark commercial license is Spark $99 per project or $199 for unlimited deployed projects, with one year of updates. Its portal supports Stripe and Paddle.
Wave's checked repository was not archived and reported a 2026-07-31 push. That is availability only, not proof of support or production readiness. The repository API identified Wave MIT.
Larafast $199 promotional price: the checked Laravel 13 Livewire and Vue variants listed a $299 reference price and a $199 AUTUMNSALES promotional price. The page uses dollar signs and a Lemon Squeezy checkout route but gives no currency code or promotion end date, so recheck the code, currency, final total, and duration at checkout. SaaSykit had several current offers, so name the SaaSykit edition.
Product claims below remain source-specific. A Spark billing feature is not automatically a Wave, Larafast, SaaSykit, or Filament feature.
No reproducible benchmark receipt supports the old traffic, throughput, implementation-time, or hosting-capacity numbers. Measure the target application.

At-a-glance table

Values were accessed 2026-08-22.

Option	Verified current surface	Checked commercial or license signal	Best-fit question
Laravel 13 starter kits	React 19 with Inertia 3; Livewire 4 option	Follow the exact package/project terms selected	Which frontend model will the team maintain?
Laravel Spark	Self-contained billing portal, subscriptions, invoices, plan changes, per-seat billing, Stripe and Paddle	$99 per deployed project or $199 unlimited, one year of updates	Do you need Spark's billing interface rather than a full application starter?
Wave	Auth, billing, roles, notifications, content, API, admin, themes, and plugins listed by the project	Repository API reported MIT	Does the documented all-in-one surface fit the product, and will you own its architecture?
Larafast	Laravel 13 Livewire and Vue variants on the current page	$299 reference; $199 with AUTUMNSALES on the checked page; dollar-denominated display and Lemon Squeezy checkout route, with currency code and end date not exposed	Does the current edition fit the desired Laravel and frontend model?
SaaSykit	Multi-tenancy and five payment-provider integrations on the checked page	Current offers included $239, $269, and a displayed $299 sale tier	Which exact edition, rights, and update terms are being purchased?
Filament 5	Server-driven panels, tables, forms, actions, notifications, and widgets	License terms were not frozen in this packet	Do you need an admin layer, not a complete SaaS starter?

JetShip and Streamline remain outside this current matrix because the approved packet does not contain exact current first-party source records for their claims. That omission is safer than carrying forward stale prices or features.

Start with the frontend model

The current Laravel 13 documentation changes the comparison. Do not use older Jetstream/Breeze shorthand as though it were the present official matrix. The checked official options include React 19 with Inertia 3 and Livewire 4. The rest of this guide keeps source-specific capabilities tied to the product that documents them.

Choose from the interface your team wants to own:

React with Inertia: Laravel owns routing and server data; React renders the client component tree.
Livewire: Laravel and PHP own the server-driven component model, with browser updates coordinated by Livewire.
Blade or another server-rendered path: appropriate when the product needs little client-side state.

This decision affects component ownership, validation, navigation, testing, and hiring. It is more durable than a starter's screenshot.

The shortlist, in the existing comparison order

Laravel Spark

Spark is a billing product, not a complete application boilerplate. The documented Spark billing portal is isolated from the application's frontend. The current pages describe subscriptions, payment-method changes, plan changes, invoices, per-seat billing, and support for Stripe and Paddle.

Spark also documents application-configured plans, trials, eligibility, and project limits. Those examples are not vendor limits. Your application defines its plans; Spark does not establish generic visitor, queue, concurrency, or hosting thresholds.

The checked commercial terms were $99 for one deployed project or $199 for unlimited projects, each with one year of updates. Confirm the current terms at purchase.

Building a Laravel SaaS? Review Laravel Spark when its self-contained Stripe/Paddle billing portal matches your application's billing model. Pair it with the Laravel 13 starter interface your team will maintain.

Wave

Wave's project documentation lists authentication, billing, roles, notifications, content, an API, admin tools, themes, and plugins. Its repository record was not archived and reported a 2026-07-31 push when retrieved. That proves the repository and source were available on the access date; it does not prove every feature is maintained or production-ready for your application.

The official repository API identified an MIT license. Inspect the actual code, migrations, authorization checks, and update path before adopting it. The Wave product page is useful for orientation, while the repository remains the license and code evidence used here.

Larafast

Larafast's hydrated page listed the Laravel 13 Livewire and Vue variants at a $299 reference price and a $199 AUTUMNSALES promotional price. It uses dollar signs and routes purchases through Lemon Squeezy, but the product payload exposes neither a three-letter currency code nor a promotion end date. Treat the offer as temporary: confirm the code still applies, the checkout currency and final total, and the current duration immediately before purchase or publication. Also validate the frontend choice, billing providers, migrations, tests, deployment path, project-use rights, and update entitlement.

The approved sources do not support the old $149 price, broad performance claims, or a cross-product developer-experience ranking.

SaaSykit

SaaSykit's checked page documents multi-tenancy and five payment-provider integrations. It also displayed multiple offers, including $239, $269, and a $299 sale tier. Name the exact edition in any purchase decision; “SaaSykit $199” is not current evidence.

If Filament is important, evaluate the actual integration against Filament 5's documented server-driven panels, tables, forms, actions, notifications, and widgets. Do not treat Filament as proof that a starter automatically generates every admin workflow your product needs.

See SaaSykit for the current edition and terms.

Filament 5

Filament is an admin interface layer rather than a full billing-and-tenancy starter. It can be a strong fit when the product needs server-driven internal panels, tables, forms, actions, notifications, and widgets. The product team still owns the authorization model, tenant scoping, audit behavior, and application-specific workflows.

Billing and license boundaries

Product price, software license, project-use rights, and update entitlement are separate records.

Spark: commercial license; $99 per deployed project or $199 unlimited; one year of updates on the checked page.
Wave: repository API reported MIT.
Larafast: the checked Livewire and Vue variants showed a $299 reference price and $199 with AUTUMNSALES; the page did not expose a currency code or end date, so checkout and promotion terms require revalidation. SaaSykit: current offers are recorded. This packet does not freeze broad license labels for either product.
Laravel starters and Filament: do not infer a license from “free,” source availability, or prior guide wording without the exact current license record.

Prices and plan names change. Recheck every commercial source immediately before purchase or publication.

Deployment and operating cost

Spark, Forge, and Vapor source availability was confirmed on 2026-08-22, but the approved packet does not freeze a universal monthly total. The Wave repository not archived signal is similarly limited to access-time availability. Deployment cost depends on the provider, server shape, region, database, cache, storage, traffic, queues, and support plan.

Do not reuse the old Forge, Vapor, VPS, traffic, queue-throughput, concurrent-user, or monthly-active-user figures. They lack a reproducible benchmark receipt with versions, hardware, workload, deployment configuration, and raw output. Measure the target application on the target infrastructure.

Methodology

This comparison uses the exact first-party sources approved in the Wave v2-02 packet. We keep the existing product order, bind features to the product that documents them, separate price from license, and remove unsupported rankings and benchmarks. Source reachability and repository activity are access-time availability signals only.

Best fit cards

Choose Laravel 13's official starter path if

You want the smallest documented framework baseline and are prepared to assemble billing, admin, tenancy, and product workflows deliberately.

Choose Spark if

Its isolated billing portal, Stripe/Paddle support, invoices, plan changes, and per-seat model fit the application. Do not expect it to supply the rest of the product.

Choose Wave if

You want to audit and own an MIT repository with a broad documented SaaS surface. Treat repository activity as a maintenance signal, not a guarantee.

Choose Larafast or SaaSykit if

The exact current edition reduces implementation work you already know you need. Review code access, project-use rights, update entitlement, framework versions, tests, and deployment before purchasing.

Add Filament if

You need its admin interfaces and are willing to implement product-specific authorization, tenancy, and workflows around them.

Affiliate and data disclosure

StarterPick does not use a private benchmark or comparative ranking dataset for this guide. The outbound product links are editorial references in this refresh; no product is ranked from an affiliate payout. Verify current prices, license terms, and disclosures on the vendor's own checkout before purchase.

Source notes

Sources accessed 2026-08-22:

Browse the Laravel boilerplate directory.
Review Laravel Spark.
Compare Laravel React, Inertia, Livewire, Spark, and Wave.
Read the Laravel Livewire and Inertia boilerplates guide.
Compare Larafast and SaaSykit.
Read the Wave Laravel review.
Match the starter to a B2B SaaS billing model.
Compare the broader SaaS starter-kit market.
Get new comparisons through the StarterPick newsletter.

Shortlist: use the documented fit criteria above, then inspect the exact source and purchase terms. Spark, SaaSykit, and Wave solve different parts of a Laravel SaaS; they are not interchangeable rankings.

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