From prototype to real SaaS.Wire the business layer.
Starter Free helps you validate UX and ship production-shaped screens fast. Upgrade to PRO when you want the critical wiring handled: auth, billing, backend foundations, and deployment guidance.
PRO is not public yet. This page defines the offer. Delivery progress lives on /roadmap.
PRO does not exist to add random complexity. It exists to remove the most expensive part of shipping a real SaaS: authentication, billing, backend contracts, and launch readiness. Starter Free proves the product surface. PRO upgrades the operational layer underneath.
The upgrade path
Free helps you validate and ship screens. PRO reduces the time and risk of wiring the business layer.
Use real routes, layouts, auth screens, CRUD surfaces, settings, billing entrypoints, and admin UI to validate your product structure before touching backend infrastructure.
Upgrade when auth, billing, backend contracts, and launch readiness become the bottleneck. PRO exists to remove glue code, repeated setup, and production uncertainty.
What PRO unlocks
Not more UI for the sake of UI. The wiring that turns a product-shaped starter into a real SaaS foundation.
Keep the auth UX from Starter Free, but replace placeholders with a production-ready auth foundation.
- • Provider wiring
- • Sessions + protected routes
- • Role groundwork / RBAC direction
- • Auth flows beyond placeholders
Why it matters: Auth is the first production blocker in most SaaS projects. It needs to feel integrated, not bolted on.
Turn your billing surfaces into actual monetization flows with a production-minded subscription engine.
- • Stripe Checkout foundations
- • Billing portal integration
- • Subscription state handling
- • Webhook and plan sync direction
Why it matters: Billing is the shortest path from product to revenue, and one of the most painful layers to wire cleanly.
Move from mock sources to a structure that supports SaaS data modeling, contracts, and future scalability.
- • Backend-aligned foundations
- • Production-minded data contracts
- • Organization / membership groundwork
- • Cleaner path away from local mocks
Why it matters: Without backend foundations, the UI remains credible but incomplete. This is where the product becomes operational.
Launch with more confidence using environment, release, and production-readiness guidance.
- • Environment setup direction
- • Operational checklist
- • Safer launch workflow
- • Less trial-and-error before go-live
Why it matters: A product is not launched when the UI is ready. It’s launched when setup, wiring, and operations stop breaking confidence.
Free vs PRO
Same product direction. Different level of wiring.
| Capability | Free (today) | PRO (coming) |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | Screens + UX states | Providers + sessions + protected routes |
| Billing | Billing UI + mocked entrypoints | Stripe-ready monetization flows |
| Data layer | Mock sources | Production-minded contracts and foundations |
| Organizations | Single-org UI surface | Multi-tenant direction and org foundations |
| Deployment | Local-first exploration | Launch guidance + production checklist |
| Outcome | Validate UX and ship screens | Reduce time-to-revenue |
The product promise is stable: Free validates the product surface. PRO wires the business layer.
Shipping plan
PRO ships in phases so each release creates value before the full bundle exists.
Roadmap tracks delivery order. This page defines the strategic destination.
Pricing direction
Premium pricing aligned with time saved, setup avoided, and faster monetization.
Premium SaaS patterns built on top of the UI baseline.
- • Advanced product patterns
- • Higher-signal premium blocks
- • Designed for builders who already have wiring
The wired upgrade path for builders who want business-critical foundations handled.
- • Auth direction
- • Billing direction
- • Backend + deploy foundations
The long-term premium offer: Starter PRO + future UI PRO + future drops.
- • Best strategic value
- • Designed as the anchor offer
- • Made for long-term builders
- • Includes future UI PRO and drops
FAQ
Short answers to the questions that block upgrades.
Not yet. Starter Free is available now. PRO is a defined offer with a phased delivery path.
Because the offer must be clear before the build is complete. This page defines the promise, pricing direction, and upgrade path.
Yes, but you will wire auth, billing, data, and operational setup yourself. Free is ideal when you want speed and flexibility first.
The UI direction stays consistent. What changes is the depth of wiring: auth, billing, backend foundations, and launch guidance.
The intent is progressive adoption. Keep the screens and UX contracts, then move to a stronger business layer underneath.
Use the migration guide at /docs/saas-starter/upgrade-to-pro for technical framing, and this page for the product offer.
Start with Free. Upgrade when wiring becomes the bottleneck.
Use Starter Free to validate your SaaS UX now. Join PRO if you want a faster path to auth, billing, backend foundations, and launch-ready structure.
Offer page first. Delivery phased. Direction stays consistent.