Ship faster. Charge sooner.
Starter Free helps you validate product shape. Starter Pro gives you real authentication, real Stripe billing, and a production-ready SaaS foundation without rebuilding the same business layer again.
Starter Free
Best when you want to validate UX, explore product direction, and move quickly before paying for business wiring.
Starter Pro
Best when you already know the real bottleneck is auth, billing, protected app foundations, and getting to monetization faster.
Do not overcomplicate the first buying decision
This page should not make buyers think too hard. Starter Free is the entry point. Starter Pro is the primary paid offer.
Start free when you are still shaping the product
Use Starter Free when speed of exploration matters more than business wiring. It is the right entry point for early product decisions.
Buy Starter Pro when auth and billing become the bottleneck
Once product direction is clear, the cost of rebuilding auth and billing yourself usually exceeds the price of the upgrade.
Use the paid layer when you want to launch sooner
Starter Pro is designed to reduce repeated setup work so you can focus on product logic, onboarding, and growth.
The first paid offer should feel like leverage, not complexity
Starter Pro wins when the buyer immediately understands what they are paying to avoid: repeated setup, fragile wiring, and weeks lost before launch.
Starter Pro
A production-ready SaaS foundation for developers who want real authentication, real billing, protected app architecture, and a shorter path to launch.
- Email and password authentication
- Google and GitHub OAuth
- Email verification and reset password
- Connected accounts and provider safety flows
- Stripe Checkout integration
- Billing portal flow
- Subscription-ready billing architecture
- Webhook synchronization with Prisma
- Protected app and plan gating foundations
- Commercial access to Starter Pro
Buy Starter Pro
The shortest path from product-shaped starter to a monetizable SaaS baseline.
Best for
Indie hackers, freelancers, and technical founders who want to stop rebuilding the same auth and billing foundations before charging customers.
Why it converts
It saves time where the time loss is most expensive: authentication, billing, security-sensitive flows, and protected product structure.
Starter Free helps you explore. Starter Pro helps you launch.
That difference should be obvious before the user even reaches the comparison table.
Starter Free
Use it to validate UX, explore routes, test screens, and shape the product surface without committing to business wiring yet.
Starter Pro
Use it when you want real auth, real Stripe billing, stronger protected architecture, and less launch uncertainty.
Compare the only levels that matter right now
Avoid presenting too many premium choices too early. Compare the real decision: stay free or buy Starter Pro.
| Feature | Starter Free | Starter Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Landing and app surfaces | Included | Included |
| Auth screens and UX | Included | Included + wired |
| Real auth providers and sessions | No | Included |
| Real Stripe billing | No | Included |
| Webhook and billing sync | No | Included |
| Protected app architecture | Partial | Production-shaped |
| Best use case | Validate product shape | Launch faster |
Remove buying friction before it appears
A pricing page should answer the objections that stop the click.
Starter Pro. It is the main commercial offer and the shortest path from a product-shaped starter to a real monetizable SaaS baseline.
Start with Free when you are still exploring product shape. Buy Starter Pro directly when you already know auth, billing, and protected app foundations are work you do not want to rebuild yourself.
Because the first pricing page should reduce buying friction, not create more choices. Starter Pro is the clearest first paid decision.
Yes. It is designed to become the base of a real SaaS, not a demo repo or a UI-only showcase.
Yes. Starter Pro removes repeated foundation work so you can focus on your actual product logic, domain workflows, onboarding, and growth.
The governing scope is defined by the relevant product page, checkout flow, and the PyColors legal pages such as /license and /terms.
Start with Free or buy the upgrade that gets you to revenue faster.
Keep the choice simple. Explore with Starter Free. Buy Starter Pro when you want the business layer handled and the path to launch shortened.
Legal scope and usage terms are governed by /license and /terms.