Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to My First SaaS: As a Beginner (It Was Not Easy)
After a month of diving into Next.js for the first time, I built a cool app that helps SaaS founders connect with users, tweak their offerings, and boost revenue. You can easily add feedback forms to your website to gather and analyze customer feedback whenever you want. It has a 30-second setup, requires no coding, and is compatible with WordPress, etc. Tell me, guys, what do you think, knowing I'm just a beginner?
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My First SaaS: As a Beginner (It Was Not Easy) launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Open SaaS 2.0▲438I launched Open SaaS about a year and a half ago and surprisingly it’s become one of the most popular free SaaS boilerplate starters on github (https://github.com/wasp/open-saas). After 2 years of work total, I’m pleased to launch what I’m calling “Open SaaS v2.0”. Here’s a breakdown of all the features and updates I’ve made to it over time: * New Big, Shiny Things for v2.0 * - Complete redesign with Shadcn UI for a modern and consistent look (themeability coming soon...). - Script that autogenerates an LLM-friendly version of the documentation…
2025 · opensaas.sh · its alternatives →
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Promptly is my first SaaS Project. I built it because I wanted to refine my dev skills and also to have a central place to store my prompts for GPT, Midjourney, and other AI platform and systems. Would love some feedback on the website itself, as well as advice on how I should go about the marketing
2023 · promptly.host · its alternatives →
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As a product manager I've used different feedback tools and almost never liked the design and experience of the widget. And pricing of some existing tools is just way too high, at least for indie makers or small businesses ($35 for 100 responses...). That's why I've launched Freddy Feedback (today!). You can find it on www.freddyfeedback.com. Curious to hear your feedback (very meta ;-)).
2020 · its alternatives →
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2024 · ryzekit.com · its alternatives →
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A Next.js SaaS starter kit for busy developers, indie makers and startups. Includes all the necessary functionality for a successful startup. Save around ~200 hours of development time. Built with clean code and a great developer experience in mind.
2024 · nextjet.dev · its alternatives →
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Ship your SaaS in days, Next.js 14 + Supabase + Stripe.
2025 · abhimanyu857.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Nexty▲22The Next.js SaaS boilerplate market is saturated, but there's still room if you solve real developer pain points. I believe I've done exactly that – 70+ customers in just 90 days proves there's genuine demand for what Nexty offers. Hi, I'm Jude Wei, a software engineer obsessed with understanding what developers actually need. 90 days ago, I started building what I thought would be just another personal Next.js template. But as features evolved, I realized I was creating something that could genuinely help fellow developers ship faster. That's when Nexty.dev was born. Thanks to incredible…
2025 · nexty.dev · its alternatives →
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SuperFast▲19Think launching a SaaS takes months? Not anymore. Meet SuperFast — the all-in-one Next.js boilerplate that cuts 90% of the setup time so you can go from idea to live product in days. No more wasting time on setup. SuperFast comes with everything you need: - Authentication - Payments - Database integration - Auto-generated legal docs powered by AI The problem? Most builders get stuck setting things up. The solution? SuperFast handles the boring parts so you can focus on building, launching, and earning fast. Why wait? Start shipping your SaaS today, not someday. Let’s build smarter.
2025 · superfa.st · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm Aydin, a 13-year-old developer and indie maker looking to improve the world with my small startups. Recently, I built 2 micro SaaS projects. I spent days & weeks coding features, always telling myself that after coding one more feature I was for sure to get traction. This never happened. The reason: I never launched. With IndieReq, you can launch your startup fast and get real user feedback so you know exactly what features to ship and improve. All you have to do is sign up for free, create a feedback board, and share the public link with your users. It's that easy! If you've…
2025 · indiereq.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I just launched Formless Feedback, a tiny script you can drop into your site that lets users leave feedback instantly — no forms, no login, no friction. It captures the user’s message, the page they were on, device type, and sends it all to your dashboard. Perfect for MVPs, early SaaS, or debugging UX issues. https://formlessfeedback.com Built solo with Next.js, Supabase, Clerk, Stripe, and SendGrid. Happy to answer anything!
2025 · formlessfeedback.com · its alternatives →
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I'm tired of seeing founders building stuff for months and years that nobody would ever pay for. They just don't see it, like most other founders learn to do. Business validation = making money, and nothing else really. If you really wanna make money this year, I can help you do it.
2025 · validatedsaas.com · its alternatives →
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Hi there, So a buddy a couple of days ago came up with the idea for a new SaaS product regarding gpt and image generation. We did a quick MVP that barely works, it breaks almost 50% of the time but we still wanted to validate the idea before going all in. We have almost 1k followers on Twitter together. Did a quick post describing the idea with a stripe link in the comments with a 5$ value, no landing page, and no shipped product. In exchange, the buyers become beta users. Around 30 mins later we got our first sale next 30 mins another 5$ and so on. Do we consider the idea validated? The…
2023 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, After I finished my thesis on feedback management for SaaS at the end of last year, I thought it was time to do something hands-on that topic. Since I like the idea of such feedback tools, that lets you collaborate with users to find solutions together - instead of having a separated feedback from each user - this became my starting point. I also like the approach of the chat widgets as they make it easy for users to get in touch with the people behind the app. So I tried to combine these two approaches with sleekplan.com. Here are some of the main features: * Collect & discuss…
2020 · its alternatives →
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It's called learnfrom.co, a platform for creating, hosting and selling online courses. I started building it because I wanted to solve a problem I had with existing course platforms. I kept running into things I wanted to change, so I started building them myself. The problem: I wasn't really a software engineer. Instead, I started using AI to build the product. I'd describe what I wanted, let it write the code, test it, fix things when they broke, and repeat. That somehow turned into a real product. LearnFrom is now used by 100+ creators and businesses, with real students and real payments…
Aug 2026 · learnfrom.co · its alternatives →
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orignally shared this on startup school... i thought id' share it here. i'm using a `nocode communication tool` (a web-based interface... a single browser tab!) for all of these things: 1. landing page — the landing page is the product and i wanted for folks to feel "transported" right into the app without having to walk through a shitty b2b marketing-style content. this is akin to my experience back in the `BBS` days of the mid-90's where you were immediately into the app, community, and tool. no terms of service, no privacy policy. just pure, immediate value. 2. building community — we…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, When I was learning to code I was always intrigued to see the guys on twitter making money with a SaaS. I always wondered how to make them and after a few months I developed my own. I wanted to share a Boilerplate for any new devs who are wondering how to start their own SaaS or wonder how things work. Boilerplate comes with Auth, Payments, UI and all the good stuff. Ali
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m a solopreneur and have been in the SaaS space for the past 3 years. My last 3 startups failed, and a common challenge in all of them was figuring out how to reach my audience. Recently I started with cold outreach (its a struggle, since I dont have much experience with marketing). I am finding leads mainly using exa.ai websets (web vector search, extremelly good for multiple use cases, recommend checking them out) and then sending them through smartlead. I ran the campaign for the past 30 days and 12-15% emails always bounced. This wasted my email credits & chances of reaching…
2025 · verifyemailai.com · its alternatives →
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Ship your Next.js SaaS in days, not months
Mar 2026 · siteforge.cloud · its alternatives →
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I am a software engineer working alone on a passion project, a website that helps you stay organized easily and efficiently. Headspace.io is a webmail, notepad, task list and calendar, all rolled into on. The basic premise is that any data in Headspace can be "tagged" and then all relevant information for a particular tag can be displayed in one screen. This is a pre-beta build and I'm hoping to get some early feedback from the wise and generous HN folks. Would you pay a small monthly fee ($5 maybe) for a service like this? http://app.headspace.io/ (This is pre-production so…
2013 · its alternatives →
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