Licence terms
6 criteriaThe same criteria for both, with the page each figure came from and the day it was read.
| Criterion | ShipFast | MakerKit |
|---|---|---|
| ASSERTED, WHAT EACH VENDOR PUBLISHES ABOUT ITS OWN PRODUCT | ||
| Cheapest licence | $199 (Starter)Listed at $299 struck through to $199, under a running discount: "$100 off for the first 8400 customers".shipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | $349 (Pro)"Pro, A B2B SaaS Starter Kit for individual developers. $349 /lifetime".makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| Team licence | Not publishedThe tiers on offer are Starter, All-in and a ShipFast + CodeFast bundle. None is described as a team or multi-seat licence.shipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | $649 (Teams)"Teams, A B2B SaaS Starter Kit for teams of developers or companies. $649 /lifetime".makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| Seats on the entry licence | Not publishedshipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | 1"Access to 1 user (only you)" on Pro; Teams is "Up to 5 collaborators".makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| Projects you may ship | Unlimited"Pay once. Build unlimited projects!"shipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | Unlimited"Unlimited Projects" on both tiers; "Build unlimited applications".makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| Updates | Lifetime updatesListed on both tiers. The All-in tier also carries the line "Updated 6 months ago".shipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | Continuous, lifetime licence"Continuous updates" and "Lifetime license" on both tiers; "One-time payment, no subscriptions".makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| Stacks offered | Next.js; MongoDB or Supabase"NextJS boilerplate … Stripe / Lemon Squeezy … MongoDB / Supabase … Google Oauth & Magic Links".shipfa.st, read 2026-09-18 | Supabase, Drizzle or Prisma"Choose your Stack … Supabase … Drizzle … Prisma", on Next.js 16, React Router 8 and TanStack Start.makerkit.dev/pricing, read 2026-09-18 |
| WHEN EACH ONE IS THE RIGHT ANSWER | ||
| Pick it when | You want the cheapest way into a working Next.js SaaS and you want it today. ShipFast is the lowest entry price of the three at $199, it is explicitly "Pay once. Build unlimited projects!", and it bundles the things that eat a first weekend, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, Mailgun, Google OAuth and magic links, and a set of ChatGPT prompts for terms and privacy. | You are building B2B and you know it, teams, organisations, roles, a super admin. MakerKit is the only one of the three whose feature table names Organizations/Teams and Super Admin as shipped features, and it is the only one offering a choice of three data layers (Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma) at the same price rather than one opinionated stack. |
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What this index measured
19 rowsThe upper band is each vendor's own claim about its product; the lower band is what the published method computed.
| Row |  ShipFastRead, not run | |
|---|---|---|
| ASSERTED, WHAT EACH VENDOR PUBLISHES ABOUT ITS OWN PRODUCT | ||
| Price | $199-$648 | $349-$649 one-time |
| Licence | Proprietary (vendor licence) | Proprietary (vendor licence) |
| Built on | Next.js, React, MongoDB, Stripe, Mailgun | Next.js, React, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Stripe, Turborepo |
| Documentation | Site, 57 pages | Site, 15 pages |
| Support | Private Discord community | Private Discord community |
| Authentication | Claimedvendor page "sign-up", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "authentication", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Social / OAuth login | Claimedvendor page "oauth", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "social login", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Teams & organisations | Claimedvendor page "team", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "team", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Roles & permissions | not claimed | Claimedvendor page "role", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Payments & billing | Claimedvendor page "stripe", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "stripe", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Transactional email | Claimedvendor page "transactional email", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "transactional email", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Admin panel | not claimed | Claimedvendor page "admin panel", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Internationalisation | not claimed | Claimedvendor page "internationalization", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| Test suite | not claimed | Claimedvendor page "end-to-end tests", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| CI pipeline | not claimed | not claimed |
| Background jobs | not claimed | not claimed |
| Webhook handling | Claimedvendor page "webhook", https://shipfa.st/ | not claimed |
| Blog / content | Claimedvendor page "blog", https://shipfa.st/ | Claimedvendor page "blog", https://makerkit.dev/ |
| File uploads | not claimed | not claimed |
| MEASURED, COMPUTED HERE FROM THE PUBLISHED METHOD | ||
| Maintenance, max 30 | not measurable | not measurable |
| Completeness, max 25 | 12.5 | 17.9 |
| Transparency, max 20 | 11 | 11 |
| Documentation, max 15 | 15 | 11 |
| Support, max 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 48.5 | 49.9 |
| Points measurable at all | 70 | 70 |
What people ask about this
4ShipFast vs MakerKit, cheapest licence?
ShipFast: $199 (Starter). Listed at $299 struck through to $199, under a running discount: "$100 off for the first 8400 customers". MakerKit: $349 (Pro). "Pro, A B2B SaaS Starter Kit for individual developers. $349 /lifetime". Read from shipfa.st and makerkit.dev on 2026-09-18.
ShipFast vs MakerKit, team licence?
ShipFast does not state it on shipfa.st. The tiers on offer are Starter, All-in and a ShipFast + CodeFast bundle. None is described as a team or multi-seat licence. MakerKit: $649 (Teams). "Teams, A B2B SaaS Starter Kit for teams of developers or companies. $649 /lifetime". Read from shipfa.st and makerkit.dev on 2026-09-18.
ShipFast vs MakerKit, seats on the entry licence?
ShipFast does not state it on shipfa.st. MakerKit: 1. "Access to 1 user (only you)" on Pro; Teams is "Up to 5 collaborators". Read from shipfa.st and makerkit.dev on 2026-09-18. Seats on the entry licence here means how many developers may hold the repository under the cheapest tier, which is the term most often discovered after purchase.
When should I pick ShipFast, and when MakerKit?
ShipFast, You want the cheapest way into a working Next.js SaaS and you want it today. ShipFast is the lowest entry price of the three at $199, it is explicitly "Pay once. Build unlimited projects!", and it bundles the things that eat a first weekend, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, Mailgun, Google OAuth and magic links, and a set of ChatGPT prompts for terms and privacy. MakerKit, You are building B2B and you know it, teams, organisations, roles, a super admin. MakerKit is the only one of the three whose feature table names Organizations/Teams and Super Admin as shipped features, and it is the only one offering a choice of three data layers (Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma) at the same price rather than one opinionated stack.