COMPARE
Every honest comparison,
including where we lose.
Side-by-side breakdowns against the boilerplates you are actually choosing between. Every page carries a section on when the other one is the better buy — because a comparison that never concedes anything is an advert.
Head to head
Feature by feature against each competitor, on the seven dimensions that decide it: architecture, auth, billing, tenancy, AI-readiness, docs and price.
UseDeploy vs ShipFast
ShipFast ships you faster; UseDeploy ships you an architecture you will not rebuild. If you never need multi-tenancy, tests, or RBAC, stay on ShipFast — otherwise, here is the honest comparison.
UseDeploy vs MakerKit
MakerKit is the most battle-tested option and owns B2B multi-tenancy; UseDeploy trades some of that maturity for zero vendor lock-in, native MercadoPago, and compiler-enforced DDD.
UseDeploy vs supastarter
supastarter is the closest alternative and out-markets UseDeploy on breadth; UseDeploy wins on enforced (not just documented) architecture, native MercadoPago, and Bun + Express depth.
UseDeploy vs create-t3-app
create-t3-app is the free typesafe scaffold everyone starts with; UseDeploy is what you reach for when you do not want to hand-build auth, billing, and tenancy on top of it.
Looking for an alternative
You already know the incumbent and you are shopping for a replacement. These pages start from what you would be leaving behind.
A ShipFast alternative built to outlast the launch
Outgrew ShipFast and need multi-tenancy, RBAC, tests, or MercadoPago? Here is the honest case for — and against — switching to UseDeploy, as of July 2026.
A MakerKit alternative without the vendor lock-in
Love MakerKit's tenancy but not the Supabase/Firebase lock-in or the learning curve? Here is how UseDeploy compares, honestly, as of July 2026.
A supastarter alternative with enforced DDD + MercadoPago
supastarter is excellent; if you want compiler-enforced architecture and native MercadoPago over multi-framework breadth, here is the honest comparison, as of July 2026.