What to Use Instead of Achromatic (2026)
The 43 kits below all overlap with Achromatic in stack (NextJS, Supabase and Prisma) or feature set. They are ranked by how much they overlap, not by popularity or price, so the top entries are the most direct substitutes.
Why Switch from Achromatic?
The usual reasons people look past Achromatic: the price doesn't fit the budget, the stack doesn't match what they already know, or a specific integration they need is missing. All three are legitimate. A boilerplate only saves time when its decisions match your requirements, and Achromatic's decisions won't match everyone's.
How This List Is Ranked
Each alternative is scored on two factors: how many technologies it shares with Achromatic and how many of the same integrations it includes. Shared stack weighs heavier, because switching frameworks costs more than adding an integration. The score determines the order below; we do not accept payment for ranking positions.
Price Comparison
Achromatic has a free tier. Among the 43 alternatives: 6 offer a free tier (Nexty.dev and TemplateAI). The median paid kit across the whole catalog costs $129. Treat price as a tiebreaker rather than a primary criterion; the cost difference between two kits is small against the cost of picking one that fights your requirements.
43 Alternatives to Achromatic
| Boilerplate | Price | Analytics | Auth | Database | Payments | Responsive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achromatic (current) | Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| supastarter | $349–$1499 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agentic Boilerplate | $99 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| MakerKit | $299–$599 | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Nexty.dev | Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| AnotherWrapper | $127–$157 | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| TurboStarter | $299–$499 | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
| LaunchFast | $99–$249 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| SaasCore | $149 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| ShipFast | $129–$149 | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| DirectoryFast | $147–$847 | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
NextJS 
Nuxt 
React 
Tailwind 
Drizzle 
Agentic Boilerplate
TypeScript 
MakerKit
Remix 
Nexty.dev
AnotherWrapper
Supabase 
TurboStarter
Expo 
Plasmo 
Astro 
SvelteKit 
Firebase 
Neon 
SaasCore
ShipFast
NextAuth 
Resend 
Lemon Squeezy 
DirectoryFast
Prisma 
Supastack
ShipAhead
Vue 
Shipped.club
Supaboost
staarter.dev
Vercel 
LaunchToday
SaasRock
NextBase
Dirstarter
NextNative
DaisyUI 
WaitlistEasy
PostgreSQL 
ShipThatApp
SwiftUI 
RevenueCat 
AIO - React Native & Next Template
Native Express
ShipKit
NodeJS 
The Swift Kit
Flask 
StoreKit 
easystarter
SQLite 
Paralect Ship
MongoDB 
SwiftyLaunch
GraphQL 
PocketStarter
Pocketbase 
Stripe 
NativeLaunch
Sentry 
FastPocket
Super SaaS
Divjoy
Sanity 
SwiftShip
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best alternatives to Achromatic?
By stack and feature overlap: supastarter, Agentic Boilerplate and MakerKit. The full ranked list is on this page; the ranking weighs shared technologies heavier than shared integrations.
Is there a free alternative to Achromatic?
Nexty.dev and TemplateAI have a free tier. The usual trade-off applies: free kits tend to have fewer included integrations and less frequent maintenance, so check the commit history before committing your project to one.
What's cheaper than Achromatic?
Nothing beats free. Achromatic already has a free tier; alternatives compete on what they include, not on price.
How does Achromatic compare to its alternatives?
No kit on this list strictly dominates another; they make different trade-offs around NextJS and Supabase. Match each one against your actual requirements list rather than comparing them in the abstract.
Which Achromatic alternative has the most features?
supastarter and Agentic Boilerplate have the highest overlap with Achromatic. Raw feature count is listed per kit above; note that overlap with your requirements matters more than the total.