Most 'best boilerplate' lists are written by the vendor selling #1. This one states its bias up front: we make Kickrepo, and we still rank competitors above us where they genuinely win. Every price and fact below was verified against vendor sites on 13 September 2026 — boilerplate pricing changes often, so re-check before you buy.
| Kit | Price | AI context files | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kickrepo Core | $99 one-time | AGENTS.md + Cursor + Windsurf | Indie hackers shipping with AI tools |
| ShipFast | $199 one-time | .cursorrules only | Solo founders who value community |
| Supastarter | $349 one-time | AGENTS.md + Cursor + Windsurf | Teams needing enterprise features day one |
| MakerKit | $349 / $649 one-time | AGENTS.md + rules | Multi-tenant SaaS with i18n |
| VibeReady | $99–$249 one-time | AGENTS.md + 14 rules + gates + skills | Maximum AI enforcement, GCP shops |
| Open SaaS (Wasp) | Free (MIT) | AGENTS.md | Budget builds happy to learn Wasp |
1. Kickrepo Core — best for AI-first indie builders
- $99 one-time, lifetime updates. Next.js SaaS scaffolding: auth, payments, email, landing page, docs.
- AGENTS.md, .cursorrules and .windsurfrules written against the kit's own patterns, so Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf are productive from the first prompt.
- Structured as a kit library: the same AI-ready treatment is coming to more app shapes, so your second product doesn't need a new toolchain decision.
2. ShipFast — best community and launch playbook
- $199 one-time. The best-known kit in the space, with 6,000+ reported launches and a 5,000+ member Discord.
- Choice of MongoDB or Supabase, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, JS or TS variants.
- Honest limitation: no AGENTS.md or Windsurf rules, no multi-tenancy, i18n or tests, and the last major release was February 2026. Buy it for the community, not cutting-edge AI integration.
3. Supastarter — best feature completeness
- $349 one-time (solo). Better Auth with passkeys and 2FA, five payment providers, full multi-tenancy with seat billing, i18n, admin UI, Playwright E2E tests.
- AGENTS.md plus Cursor and Windsurf rules included; continuous changelog velocity.
- Steep learning curve — you pay for and maintain a lot of machinery. Overkill for a first product, a bargain for a team product.
4. MakerKit — best for multi-tenant SaaS
- $349 Pro / $649 Teams, $99 per extra seat, with a free MIT 'Lite' tier as a starter.
- Organizations, super-admin, i18n across three stack variants (Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma), AGENTS.md included.
- Complex architecture; the seat pricing adds up for larger teams, and the free Lite tier covers basic marketing-site needs.
5. VibeReady — best AI enforcement
- $99 framework-only or $249 full kit. AGENTS.md plus 14 scoped context rules, pre-merge quality gates, 23 agent skills and 10 subagents.
- AI-native product surface: chat with 300+ models via OpenRouter, RAG knowledge base, usage dashboard.
- Google Cloud + Terraform workflow rather than Vercel; single kit; perpetual discounting. If enforcement is your #1 priority, it leads today.
6. Open SaaS by Wasp — best free option
- Free, MIT, 14,000+ GitHub stars. Five auth providers, three payment processors, admin dashboard, E2E tests, AGENTS.md and a Claude Code plugin.
- Catch: it's built on Wasp, a niche framework — a learning curve if your team (and its AI assistants) know plain React/Next.js.
- Genuinely the strongest free anchor in the market; try it before paying for anything.