COMPARE / MAKERKIT VS SUPASTARTER
MakerKit vs supastarter
Both are one-time-payment kits aimed at AI coding agents. MakerKit is cheaper to enter, ships an MCP server and has a dashboard demo plus a free Lite starter; supastarter sells Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack Start under one license, supports more payment providers and has a live demo.
Last updated: November 2026
Disclosure: useDeploy is our product, so we are not a neutral party. Competitor facts come from their own public pages.
MakerKit and supastarter are the two names that come up together for team-ready Next.js SaaS kits. This page compares them on what their own sites say as of November 2026, and ends with an honest note on where useDeploy fits if neither does.
MakerKit vs supastarter, dimension by dimension
| Dimension | MakerKit | supastarter |
|---|---|---|
| Price (as of November 2026) | Pro $299 (1 user), Teams $599 (up to 5 collaborators); one-time, per stack | Solo $349 (1 seat), Startup $799 (5 seats), Agency $1,499 (10 seats); one-time |
| Framework & stack | Next.js on three stacks: Supabase, Drizzle + Better Auth, or Prisma 7 + Better Auth; one license covers one stack | Next.js, Nuxt or TanStack Start, picked at checkout |
| Payment providers | Stripe (checkout, webhooks, portal) and Polar — no MercadoPago | Lemon Squeezy, Stripe, Polar, Creem and Dodo Payments — no MercadoPago |
| Teams / multi-tenancy | Core pitch: secure multi-tenancy and team accounts | Organizations and i18n are among its core feature tabs |
| AI-agent positioning | Core positioning: AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md hierarchy, its own MCP server and agent skills | High: the headline targets coding agents; AGENTS.md and Agent Skills; no MCP mentioned |
| License & updates | Unlimited projects; continuous updates for the life of the license on the purchased stack. Each client needs its own license (Teams for client work) | Seat-based tiers with lifetime updates. The marketing reserves unlimited client projects for Agency, although the license text allows multiple clients |
| Try before you buy | A dashboard demo, plus MakerKit Lite: a free, MIT-licensed open-source starter | Live demo at demo.supastarter.dev |
| Refund | Generally none once access is redeemed | Not stated on its homepage, FAQ or license page |
Prices read from: MakerKit · supastarter
Who each one is for
The deciding questions are the framework, how many people need the code, and how much you want to try first. For a five-person team the entry prices are MakerKit Teams $599 and supastarter Startup $799.
- MakerKit: you are on Next.js, want an MCP server and agent skills, want a free Lite starter to try, or want the lower entry price ($299 against $349).
- supastarter: you need Nuxt or TanStack Start, want Creem, Dodo or Lemon Squeezy built in, or want a live demo before paying.
- Either one: your team needs organizations, lifetime updates and a one-time price instead of a subscription.
How each one pitches itself
Their own homepage headlines, verbatim, as captured in November 2026. Marketing lines, not a verdict.
MakerKit vs supastarter — FAQ
Which is cheaper, MakerKit or supastarter?+
Which supports more payment providers?+
Can I try either before paying?+
Does either support MercadoPago?+
And if neither fits?
Neither kit lists MercadoPago, and the cheapest entry of either is $299. useDeploy is a TypeScript SaaS boilerplate (Next.js and Express on Bun, Prisma, BetterAuth) with multi-tenancy, RBAC and ESLint-enforced architecture layers, sold as a one-time $99 Founder or $199 Lifetime license with a 14-day refund. Polar billing is complete. MercadoPago takes one-time payments through Checkout Pro. Subscriptions are not available yet, and the Stripe adapter is a scaffold that does not charge yet. It is also younger: the community is smaller, so if you need Nuxt, a mobile app or a more established ecosystem, one of the kits above (TurboStarter for mobile) fits better.
Disclosure: useDeploy is our product, so we are not a neutral party. Competitor facts come from their own public pages.
| Price | Founder $99 or Lifetime $199, one-time payment (no subscription) |
|---|---|
| License | Full source, commercial use, unlimited projects. Founder is a frozen snapshot; Lifetime includes every future release. |
| Stack | Next.js frontend, Express API, Bun runtime, Prisma, BetterAuth |
| Auth | BetterAuth: sessions, 2FA, magic links, password reset |
| Multi-tenancy and RBAC | Organizations with members, invitations, roles and permissions |
| Payments | Polar: full billing (checkout, customer portal, webhooks, plan sync). MercadoPago: Checkout Pro one-time payments with signed webhooks; subscriptions are not supported yet. Stripe: adapter scaffold, not charging yet. |
| Guardrails for AI agents | ESLint-enforced architecture layers, Claude Code hooks and an AGENTS.md |
| Refund | 14 days |
| Try it: free account | Sign up free and explore the dashboard: organizations, roles, billing, audit log. You buy the license from inside. https://usedeploy.dev/register |
| Docs | Documentation in English, with Spanish and Portuguese translations of the main guides |
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