SaaS Starter Stack
A curated list of free and affordable tools for building a SaaS.
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Table of Contents
- Guide
- Interviews
- Tools
- Code
- Boilerplate Starter Kits
- Databases
- Hosting
- Subscriptions & Payments
- Knowledge Base & Help Center
- Live Chat
- Chatbots
- Social Media Management
- Blogging
- Link Shortening
- Media Processing & CDNs
- Website Analytics
- User Feedback
- Website Monitoring
- SMS Notifications
- Push Notifications
- Affiliates
- E-mail Notifications
- Event Scheduling
- Authentification and User Management
- CRM
- Form Builders
- Website Builders
- Contribute
Guide
This guide is aimed at guiding you through the whole journey of building your own startup based on my learnings of growing my own startup Pallyy.
- Introduction - Backstory and what you'll learn.
- Saving a Buffer - Go all-in, or as a side project?
Interviews
Learn even more from reading interviews from SaaS founders with at least $500 MRR. Coming soon. To submit an interview, read the guidelines.
- Talknotes - AI note taking app by Nico Jeannen doing $3.5K MRR.
- Gliglish - Learn languages with AI by Fabien Snauwaert doing $8K MRR.
- Plausible - Website analytics by Marko Sarik and Uku doing over $100K MRR.
- PDFai - Chat with PDF tool by Damon Chen doing over $50K MRR.
- Publer - Social scheduling platform by Ervin Kalemi doing $170K MRR.
- Simple Analytics - Privacy-friendly analytics doing $30K MRR.
Tools
Code
- Astro - The web framework for content-driven websites.
- Nuxt - The intuitive Vue framework.
- Next.js - The React Framework for the Web
- Remix - Focused on web standards and modern web app UX
- Sveltekit - Web development, streamlined.
Boilerplate Starter Kits
- BoxyHQ - Enterprise ready, open source, and powered by SAML Jackson.
- Just Launch It - Sveltekit boilerplate.
- LaraFast - Laravel boilerplate with ready-to-go components.
- LaunchFast - Astro, Next.js, and SvelteKit boilerplates for.
- Nextless.js - Next.js Boilerplate with Auth, Multi-tenancy & Team, etc.
- SaaS Pegasus - The premier SaaS boilerplate for Python and Django.
- ShipFast - NextJS boilerplate.
- Shipped.club - NextJS Startup Boilerplate with Chrome Extension.
- Ionstarter - Ionic starter templates to launch apps.
- RapidLaunch - Nuxt.js boilerplate.
- Supastarter - Production-ready SaaS starter kit for Next.js 14 and Nuxt 3.
- React Native Boilerplate - Mobile SaaS Boilerplate to launch on iOS and Android.
- DevToDollars - Open-source Flutter boilerplate.
- Shipixen - Next.js boilerplates with an MDX blog, TypeScript and Shadcn UI
Databases
- Appwrite - Open-source backend-as-a-service platform for databases.
- MongoDB - Developer data platform (NoSQL).
- Pocketbase - Open Source backend in 1 file.
- Prisma - Simple db interactions via the ORM, + connection pooling & edge caching, + type-safe db events
- Supabase - Open Source Firebase Alternative
Hosting
- Render - Build, deploy, and scale your apps.
- Vercel - Build, scale, and secure a faster, personalized web.
- Railway - Instant Deployments, Effortless Scale
- Netlify - Connect everything. Build anything.
- Zeabur - Deploy painlessly and scale infinitely.
- Hetzner - Low-cost dedicated server for self-hosting.
- Coolify - Open-source Vercel and Netlify alternative.
Subscriptions and Payments
- Stripe - Financial infrastructure for the internet.
- Lemon Squeezy - Payments, tax & subscriptions.
- Paddle - The complete payments, tax, and subscriptions solution.
Knowledge Base and Help Center
- HelpKit - Turn Notion into a Help Center / Documentation Site.
- Bliberoo - Help center, internal wiki or API documetation.
Live Chat
- Crisp - All-in-one business messaging platform.
- Intercom - AI customer service solution.
- JustReply - Customer support tool for teams using Slack.
- Tawk - Free Live Chat, Ticketing, Knowledge Base & CRM.
Chatbots
- Mevo - Chatbot builder with AI and rule-based options.
Social Media Management
- Pallyy - Scheduling platform for brands and agencies.
- Buffer- Grow your audience on social and beyond.
- StoryChief - Content Marketing Platform for marketing teams.
Blogging
- Blogkit - Blogging starter kits for Next.js with WordPress, Directus, Contentlayer & MDX.
- BlogPro - Notion to Blog for startups.
- Docs to Markdown Pro - Publish Google Docs as Markdown to GitHub/GitLab.
- Docs to WP Pro - Publish SEO-optimized WordPress posts from Google Docs.
- Quotion - Apple Notes to Blog in minutes, built-in web analytics, SEO-ready.
Link Shortening
Media Processing and Content Delivery Networks
- Transloadit - Receive, transform, or deliver any file.
- ImageKit - Real-time image and video optimizations, transformations.
Website Analytics
- Beam - Google Analytics alternative.
- Fathom - Excellent Google Analytics Alternative
- Penkle - EU Based privacy focused analytics.
- Pirsch - Cookie-free and Privacy-friendly Web Analytics.
- Plausible - Privacy first analytics.
- Simple - EU Based compliancy focused.
- Umami - Empowering insights, Preserving privacy.
- Usermaven - Free, privacy-friendly website analytics and product insights.
Website Monitoring
- DataDog - See inside any stack, any app, at any scale, anywhere.
- OpenStatus - The open-source website & API monitoring platform.
- Sentry - Fully integrated, multi-environment performance monitoring & error tracking.
User Feedback
- Canny - Capture product feedback.
- featureOS - Organize product feedback and analyze with AI.
- Supahub - Collect feedback & announce product updates.
SMS Notifications
- Notilify - Send marketing, transactional, notifications, and more.
- Twilio - Industry leading customer management platform.
Push Notifications
- NotifStation - Send push notifications.
Affiliates
- PromoteKit - Affiliate software for Stripe.
- Rewardful - Set up affiliate and customer referral programs for Stripe.
- Tolt - Affiliate software for Paddle, Stripe and Chargebee.
Email Notifications
- Resend - Email for developers.
- Mailgun - Email service providing API, SMTP.
- Plunk - The Email Platform for SaaS.
- Postmark - Developer friendly Email Delivery Service.
Event Scheduling
- Cal.com - Scheduling Infrastructure for Everyone.
Authentification and User Management
- BoxyHQ - Open source security building blocks for developers.
- Clerk - The most comprehensive User Management Platform
CRM
- Wobaka - Refreshingly simple CRM and email automation
Form Builders
- Tally - The simplest free online form builder.
- Youform - Create waitlist forms, surveys and more for free.
Website Builders
- Versoly - The fastest way to build your pixel perfect website for free.
Contribute
Contributions are always welcome! Please read the contribution guidelines first.