Simulacrum

7 templates · 4 databases · $269.99

Production Next.js apps in minutes, not months

One CLI command. Seven templates. Auth, RBAC, dashboards, i18n, and your choice of Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma, or PostgreSQL.

See what you get ↓

Product dashboard, billing hooks, team management, and subscription analytics

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$269.99 one-time · Unlimited projects · All 7 templates

TypeScript-first · Node 18+

Built on the stack you already want to ship on

Seven templates, seven products

Tab through each vertical and preview the shape of the generated app.

localhost:3000
Pages
12
Components
10
Admin dashboard
MRR
Default stack
Supabase · better-auth (Google + GitHub + Magic Link) · Stripe
RBAC roles
Super Admin, Owner, Admin, Member, Viewer
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What you’d pay to build this yourself

Hiring, website builders, and paid tooling versus one Simulacrum purchase.

Hire a developer

Market rates; sources where cited.

  • Freelancer (project)

    $2,000–$50,000+

    WebFX 2026

  • Agency project

    $5,000–$100,000+

    Clutch.co avg $66,499

  • Timeline

    2–6 months

  • Ongoing maintenance

    $500–$5,000/mo

Use a website builder

  • Wix (ecommerce)

    $29/mo + design time

  • Squarespace

    $23–$99/mo + design time

  • Shopify

    $39–$399/mo + design time

  • WordPress

    $25–$70/mo managed Business+ or hosting + plugins

You still assemble flows yourself or hire help. Limited customization and vendor lock-in versus owning the codebase.

Paid packages & plugins

Typical commercial tiers on top of a DIY stack (usage varies).

  • Figma (Professional / org)

    $12–$45/editor/mo design + handoff

  • Datadog

    $15–$100+/mo APM, logs, RUM

  • Grafana Cloud

    $0–$200+/mo after free tier

  • i18n platforms (Lokalise, Phrase, Crowdin)

    $120–$500+/mo 8 locales at scale

  • Sentry (Team)

    $26+/mo error tracking

With Simulacrum

$269.99

one-time

~1 minute to scaffold

  • Auth (better-auth, OAuth, magic link, RBAC)
  • 4 database adapters (Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma, PostgreSQL)
  • Stripe + Lemon Squeezy payments pre-wired
  • Admin dashboard with real DB-backed analytics
  • i18n (8 languages, RTL support)
  • Playwright E2E test suites
  • Resend + React Email templates
  • 7 template types (not just SaaS)
  • Light + dark theme

No monthly fees. No vendor lock-in. Code is yours forever with life-long updates.

Everything in every scaffold

Twenty production capabilities teams expect before they ship.

  • 7 Template Types

    E-commerce, SaaS, blog, portfolio, docs, corporate, landing page

  • 4 Database Adapters

    Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma, PostgreSQL -- toggle in config

  • better-auth

    OAuth, magic link, credentials, 2FA, passkeys, session management

  • RBAC

    Template-specific roles and permissions with middleware enforcement

  • 5 Payment Providers

    Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem, and Dodo -- aligned with modern stacks

  • React Email

    Transactional email templates with Resend, Postmark, or Nodemailer

  • i18n (8 Languages)

    English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic + RTL

  • Admin Dashboards

    Template-specific analytics with Recharts, not generic admin stubs

  • Playwright E2E

    Pre-written test suites per template, CI-ready

  • AI Agent Ready

    AGENTS.md, .cursorrules, optimized for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex

  • TypeScript Strict

    Full type safety, zero `any`, Zod validation on all forms

  • Dark Mode

    CSS variable theme system, light/dark toggle, system preference detection

  • S3 Storage

    AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO, Supabase Storage

  • Background Tasks

    trigger.dev, Upstash QStash, or BullMQ for async jobs

  • Analytics

    Plausible, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, PostHog, Umami, Vercel Analytics

  • Monitoring

    Sentry integration for error tracking and performance

  • SEO Optimized

    Meta tags, Open Graph, JSON-LD, sitemap, robots.txt

  • Docker Ready

    Dockerfile + docker-compose for self-hosting

  • CI/CD

    GitHub Actions workflows for test, lint, deploy

  • Multi-tenancy

    Organizations with member invitations, role-based access (Startup+ tier)

Simple pricing. Lifetime leverage.

Pick the tier that matches seats, templates, and compliance needs.

Free

Try the workflow and ship a portfolio site.

$0

Start free
  • Portfolio template
  • SQLite, basic credentials auth
  • Watermark in generated code
  • No admin dashboard, RBAC, or i18n
Most popular

Solo

Full stack for indie hackers and solo founders.

$269.99once

  • All 7 templates · unlimited projects
  • 4 database adapters · better-auth (OAuth + magic + credentials)
  • RBAC · i18n (8 languages) · admin dashboards
  • Stripe & Lemon Squeezy · Resend email
  • Playwright E2E · light & dark themes
  • 1 seat · lifetime updates included

Startup

Teams that need org features and ops packaging.

$499once

  • Everything in Solo
  • Up to 5 seats · multi-tenancy
  • White-label rights · priority support
  • GitHub Actions CI · Docker & Compose

Agency

Maximum leverage for client delivery at scale.

$999once

  • Everything in Startup
  • Up to 10 seats · SSO in generated apps
  • Audit logging · advanced analytics dashboards
  • Figma file · 1:1 onboarding call

Licensing and activation are managed through the CLI with secure validation. Details may vary by release -- see documentation when you purchase.

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about licensing, ownership, and how we compare to other starters.

You get the right to use the Simulacrum CLI at that tier’s feature level — full templates, database adapters, auth and RBAC, i18n, admin dashboards, and integrations as documented for your tier — plus lifetime updates to the CLI and shipped templates on paid tiers. Generated code is yours to modify and deploy.

Ready to generate your next flagship Next.js app?

Join builders who treat scaffolding as infrastructure. Pick a tier, activate your license, and let Simulacrum carry the boring parts -- so your roadmap shows product milestones, not integration spikes.