ShipFast, MakerKit, Supastarter — all great. But one runs on Cloudflare at $5/month and is included free with BID.
Solo founders who want the Cloudflare ecosystem — $5/month total, everything included
Solo founders prioritizing speed. Fastest path to a deployed B2C SaaS.
B2B SaaS with team management, multi-tenancy, and role-based access. Best for complex products.
Flexible foundation. Clean code, multi-framework support (Next.js + Nuxt). Good for extension-heavy projects.
All four are Next.js 16. The differences are in infrastructure, pricing, and licensing.
| CF SaaS Starter | ShipFast | MakerKit | Supastarter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free with BID ($79) | $199 | $299-599 | $349 |
| Infra cost | $5/month | $20-50/month | $25-75/month | $25-75/month |
| Stack | Next.js + Cloudflare Workers | Next.js + Vercel | Next.js + Vercel | Next.js + Vercel |
| Database | D1 (SQLite) | MongoDB / Supabase | Supabase / Drizzle + better-auth | Supabase / Prisma |
| Storage | R2 (10GB free) | Bring your own | Supabase Storage | Supabase Storage |
| Auth | better-auth | NextAuth / Clerk | better-auth / NextAuth | NextAuth / Lucia |
| Payments | Stripe | Stripe / Lemon Squeezy | Stripe | Stripe / Lemon Squeezy |
| CF Email Routing | Mailgun / Resend | Resend | Resend | |
| License | MIT | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Boilerplate price + 12 months of infrastructure. The gap widens every year.
You want the Cloudflare ecosystem. $5/month total. D1 instead of MongoDB, R2 for storage, Queues for background jobs, Email Routing for transactional emails. No separate accounts, no surprise bills. Included free with BID — you also get 100+ validated business ideas.
Speed is everything and you're already comfortable on Vercel + MongoDB. ShipFast has a larger community, more tutorials, and is the most popular solo-founder boilerplate for a reason. $199 one-time.
You're building B2B SaaS with team management, multi-tenancy, RBAC, and organization features. MakerKit is the most feature-complete for complex products. $299-599 one-time.
You want clean, flexible code with multi-framework support (Next.js + Nuxt). Good for developers who want control over every component choice. $349 one-time.
$79 gets you the CF SaaS Starter + 100+ validated business ideas. $5/month runs it all on Cloudflare.