Simulacrum

20 templates · 4 databases · $149

Production Next.js apps in minutes, not months

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

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

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$149 one-time · Unlimited projects · All 20 templates

TypeScript-first · Node 18+

Built on the stack you already want to ship on

Twenty templates, twenty 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

$149

one-time

~1 minute to scaffold

  • Auth (better-auth, OAuth, magic link, RBAC)
  • 4 database adapters (Supabase, Drizzle, Prisma, PostgreSQL)
  • Stripe payments pre-wired
  • Admin dashboard with real DB-backed analytics
  • i18n (8 languages, RTL support)
  • Playwright E2E test suites
  • Resend + React Email templates
  • 20 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.

Supply chain security matters

We treat distribution integrity as part of the product. CLI and template packages are published from automation you can inspect, with signed GitHub releases and npm provenance where supported, so you can verify what you install and reduce exposure to tampering, dependency confusion, and malicious dependency injection. Pair that with pinned, reviewed dependencies in every scaffold and routine updates when upstream advisories land.

  • 20 Template Types

    E-commerce, SaaS, blog, portfolio, docs, corporate, landing, telehealth, marketplace, LMS, and 10 more

  • 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

  • 4 Payment Providers

    Stripe, 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

Starter

Build your project. Full stack for side projects and solo devs.

$149once

Get Starter
  • All 20 templates
  • Drizzle database adapter (PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc.)
  • Credentials + 1 OAuth provider (Google or GitHub)
  • Stripe or Lemon Squeezy (pick one)
  • Resend email · dark mode · responsive · SEO
  • 1 seat · lifetime CLI updates

Pro

Ship for clients. Everything a freelancer or startup needs.

$299once

Choose Pro
  • Everything in Starter
  • All 4 DB adapters (Drizzle, Prisma, Supabase, PostgreSQL)
  • All auth providers + 2FA
  • Admin dashboards · RBAC · i18n (8 languages)
  • WCAG 2.2 AA conformant (CPACC-tested, screen reader verified)
  • Observability connectors (Sentry, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, OTel, LogRocket)
  • 80+ industry sub-variants · Playwright E2E
  • Template-specific schemas + seed data
  • 5 seats · no watermark

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.