Find the Best SaaS Boilerplate
for Your Next Project

A SaaS boilerplate is a pre-built codebase with auth, billing, database, and email already wired up — so you skip weeks of setup and ship faster. Learn more →

Building authentication, Stripe integration, email systems, and multi-tenancy from scratch typically takes 2-6 weeks. A SaaS boilerplate compresses that to a day or less. Beyond time savings, you get battle-tested implementations that avoid common security mistakes. For indie developers and small teams, the speed advantage often determines whether a product ships at all.

A production-ready SaaS boilerplate should include: user authentication (sign up, login, password reset, OAuth), subscription billing via Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, a database ORM with schema migrations, transactional email, SEO basics, and a clean deployment setup. The best ones also include a landing page, admin dashboard, and API rate limiting out of the box.

Yes. Several open-source SaaS boilerplates are available for free on GitHub, including options built on Next.js, Laravel, and Django. We maintain a curated list of the best ones at github.com/EinGuterWaran/awesome-opensource-boilerplates. Free boilerplates are a good starting point, though paid options often come with more complete feature sets, ongoing maintenance, and support. Use the price filter on BoilerplateHub to browse free-only options.

Paid SaaS boilerplates typically range from $49 to $300 for a one-time license. Most include lifetime updates. Given that a developer's time costs far more than the license fee, even a $200 boilerplate pays for itself the moment it saves you a week of setup work. Some popular options like ShipFast and LaunchFast sit in the $150-$250 range.

The most popular Next.js SaaS boilerplates are ShipFast, Shipped, and LaunchFast. They include Next.js App Router, NextAuth or Clerk for authentication, Stripe for billing, and Tailwind CSS for styling. The right choice depends on your preferred database (Prisma vs Drizzle), email provider, and whether you need a blog or landing page included. Browse the Next.js filter on BoilerplateHub to compare all options side by side.

A template is typically a UI-only starting point with placeholder content and styling. A boilerplate is a fully functional codebase with working backend integrations — authentication, payments, email, and database. When people say 'SaaS boilerplate' they mean you can take the code, add your product logic, and deploy something real. Templates require you to wire up all the backend yourself.

Yes. Some boilerplates target cross-platform mobile development using React Native or Expo, giving you shared code between web and mobile with the same auth and billing integrations. Others are web-only. Filter by 'React Native' or 'Expo' on BoilerplateHub to find mobile-ready options.

The best SaaS boilerplates in 2026 depend on your stack. For Next.js, ShipFast and LaunchFast are the most popular choices. For Laravel, Larafast and SaaSykit lead the pack. For SvelteKit, SvelteStarter and SaaSKit are strong options. For Django, SaaS Pegasus has been the most mature and actively maintained. For mobile (React Native / Expo), ShipReactNative and ExpoBoilerplate are well-regarded. BoilerplateHub lists and compares all of these with live pricing and feature breakdowns.

Start with your tech stack — choosing a SaaS boilerplate built on a framework you already know will save the most time. Then check: (1) Is it actively maintained? Look for GitHub commits in the last 90 days. (2) Does it include the features you need — particularly auth, Stripe, and email? (3) Is there documentation and a support channel? (4) Does the license allow commercial use without per-seat fees? BoilerplateHub lets you filter by framework and features so you can compare SaaS boilerplates side by side.

For most founders and developers, yes. A paid SaaS boilerplate saves 2-6 weeks of setup work. At a typical developer rate of $100/hour, that is $8,000-$24,000 of saved time for a one-time purchase of $49-$300. The best SaaS boilerplates also come with ongoing updates as frameworks evolve, which is especially valuable for Next.js and Laravel projects where major versions ship regularly.

Most paid SaaS boilerplates include Stripe integration out of the box. Popular options with Stripe built in include ShipFast, LaunchFast, Shipped, SaaSykit, Larafast, and SaaS Pegasus. Some also support Lemon Squeezy or Paddle as Stripe alternatives. Use the Stripe filter on BoilerplateHub to see all SaaS boilerplates with payment processing included.