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Makerkit
A production SaaS starter kit for Next.js and Supabase.
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why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $299/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Coding agents generate boilerplate faster than you can buy it. Anthropic, March 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? paid only
- 2 replacements listed, all paid.
- What the call is worth $3,588/yr
- $299/mo at the entry paid tier — $3,588 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked missing: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- March 1, 2025
- List price
- $299/mo
- Per year
- $3,588
The backstory
Makerkit is the more thorough end of the boilerplate market: multi-tenancy, billing, roles, tests, all maintained. Boilerplates are precisely what agents are best at emitting, so the surviving argument is that someone keeps this one updated and correct while your generated version rots.