Which is better: supastack or supastarter?
It depends on the surfaces and platform depth your product needs. supastarter is the stronger pick for a web-only product, especially on Nuxt, with a mature codebase, Hono/oRPC typed API, notification center, Prisma or Drizzle, and a long track record. supastack is the better foundation for B2B or AI products that need mobile and desktop clients alongside web, workspace API keys, signed webhooks, an audit log, encrypted BYOK AI budgets, eight payment providers plus RevenueCat, and a 144-file test suite, at a lower entry price.
TL;DR
Both are serious, agent-ready monorepos on Better Auth with organizations, five-plus payment providers and TypeScript end to end. The difference is breadth versus depth on the web: supastarter is a polished web-only product sold in Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack Start editions starting at $349; supastack ships Next.js, TanStack Start, Expo mobile and Tauri desktop in one repo from $149, and goes deeper on the platform side.
- Pick supastack if the product needs mobile or desktop clients alongside web, workspace API keys, signed webhooks and an audit log for customers, encrypted BYOK AI budgets, eight payment providers plus RevenueCat, or a lower entry price.
- Pick supastarter for a web-only SaaS, especially on Nuxt, if you want a Prisma or Drizzle choice, a Hono/oRPC typed API, an in-app notification center, or the most established kit in this niche.
At a glance
| supastack | supastarter | |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | Monorepo: web, mobile, desktop, shared packages | pnpm monorepo: apps + shared packages |
| Web | Next.js 16.3 or TanStack Start | Next.js, Nuxt or TanStack Start |
| Mobile / desktop | Expo (iOS + Android), Tauri desktop | No |
| Auth | Better Auth: email OTP, password, magic link, OAuth, 2FA, passkeys, admin impersonation and bans; Auth.js option | Better Auth: password, passkeys, magic link, OAuth, 2FA, super admin |
| Team workspaces | Personal + organization workspaces, invites, owner/admin/member roles | Organizations, invites, roles, seat billing |
| Billing | 8 web providers + RevenueCat | Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem, Dodo |
| Developer platform | Workspace API keys, signed outbound webhooks, audit log | Typed API (Hono/oRPC) + OpenAPI |
| AI | Provider router, encrypted BYOK keys, per-workspace usage budgets, model price catalog | AI workflows module, chatbot example |
| Background jobs | Trigger.dev (enqueue / status / cancel + cron) | Trigger.dev, QStash cron |
| ORM | Drizzle ORM + PostgreSQL, RLS policies included | Prisma or Drizzle |
| Blog / docs | CMS + docs site | MDX blog + Fumadocs docs |
| Notifications | Announcements, notifications | In-app notification center |
| Languages | en, de, es, fr | i18n: translations + translatable mails |
| Deploy | Vercel, Docker, self-host | Vercel, serverless, Docker |
| Test files in repo | 144 | Playwright E2E configured |
Where supastack is stronger
Four client surfaces in one repo, Next.js 16, TanStack Start, Expo mobile and a signed Tauri desktop app share auth, billing and API. supastarter is web-only, and you pick one framework edition.
A developer platform, workspace API keys, signed outbound webhooks, an audit log and OpenAPI ship as product features your customers can use, not just an internal typed API.
AI with cost control, encrypted per-workspace BYOK keys and usage budgets against a price catalog; supastarter's AI module is a chatbot workflow to extend.
Billing reach, eight web providers plus RevenueCat for the mobile stores, behind an idempotent webhook ledger. supastarter covers five providers on the web.
Test depth and price, 144 test files with a credential-free local verify gate, starting at $149, under half of supastarter's $349 Solo tier.
Where supastarter is stronger
A Nuxt edition, the only kit here with a real Vue/Nuxt codebase; supastack's second web surface is TanStack Start on React.
ORM choice, Prisma or Drizzle for the data layer; supastack is Drizzle-only.
In-app notifications, a notification center with preferences ships; supastack covers announcements and transactional notifications instead.
Track record, 1,500+ developers, a long changelog and many public customer products make it the most established kit in this niche.
Who should pick which
| You are building | Pick |
|---|---|
| Web SaaS on Nuxt (Vue) | supastarter |
| Web product on Prisma or a Hono/oRPC API | supastarter |
| B2B SaaS with teams, API keys and customer webhooks | supastack |
| Product with a mobile or desktop app | supastack |
| AI product needing per-workspace BYOK budgets | supastack |
| Multi-provider billing incl. RevenueCat on mobile | supastack |
Verdict
supastarter remains the safer pick for a web-only product, especially a Nuxt one, and its longevity shows. supastack wins when the product needs more than a web app: mobile and desktop clients, customer-facing integrations, AI cost control, and a larger test suite, at a lower entry price.
Comparison based on supastack source code and supastarter's public site and docs as of November 2026. Check each project's docs before you buy.