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A curator's take on the three open-source auth picks for a Next.js SaaS in 2026 (Better Auth, Auth.js, Supabase Auth), and the one axis that decides which shelf you pull from.
React-Admin is the most popular open-source React admin framework, but is it the right admin panel for a Next.js SaaS in 2026? A ShipGarden curator's hands-on take on the free MIT core, the Enterprise Edition paywall, and where Refine or AdminJS fit better.
Serverless Postgres is four different bets in 2026, not one. A ShipGarden curator's source-checked guide to Neon, Supabase, Xata, and Nile for a Next.js SaaS: branching, real pricing, multi-tenancy, and where each one loses.
Sentry vs GlitchTip vs Highlight for error monitoring in a Next.js SaaS in 2026: the license fork, what each costs to self-host, and honest where-each-loses.
Meilisearch, Typesense, and Elasticsearch for search in a Next.js SaaS in 2026: where the engine runs, the license ceiling, and honest where-each-loses, with real repos and costs.
Refine, React-Admin, and AdminJS are the three open-source ways to add an admin panel to a Next.js SaaS in 2026. We compare architecture, deploy path, real cost, and where each one loses.
Payload, Strapi, and Directus for a Next.js SaaS content layer in 2026: Next.js-native vs standalone, schema-first vs database-first, and the license ceiling that decides the tie.
Drizzle, Prisma, and Kysely for the data layer of a Next.js SaaS in 2026: why they are not the same category, real repos and costs, and honest where-each-loses.
Polar, Lemon Squeezy, and Paddle for merchant-of-record billing on a Next.js SaaS in 2026: real fees, the open-source pick, the Stripe angle, and honest where-each-loses.
Qdrant, Weaviate, and Chroma are the three open-source vector databases you can actually self-host. We compare embedded versus server, self-host cost, license, managed pricing, and when pgvector wins.
Clerk, Auth0, and WorkOS for a Next.js SaaS in 2026: real free tiers, per-user versus per-connection pricing, enterprise SSO cost, and when open-source auth wins.
Medusa, Saleor, and Vendure for open-source headless commerce on Next.js in 2026: language, license, real managed pricing, honest 'where it loses', and how to pick.
