Your sign-up form fires. Supabase Auth provisions the user, sends a magic link, and writes a row to your Postgres database — all in 180 milliseconds. Next.js middleware checks the session token, reads their org permissions from row-level security policies, and renders their dashboard with server components pulling live data from Postgres. Stripe webhooks listen for payment events and update subscription status in real time. That's your SaaS spine: authentication, team management, billing, and real-time UI updates — deployed to Vercel's edge network so your app loads under 200ms from Sydney to Stockholm. No server provisioning, no Redis cluster, no Kubernetes YAML. You skip the DevOps team entirely. Supabase gives you managed Postgres with built-in auth (OAuth, SSO, magic links) and real-time listeners. Next.js App Router handles access control in middleware and serves static marketing pages via ISR while app routes stay dynamic. Stripe Connect or Billing handles recurring revenue — we've wired both 300+ times. The cost: $50–$200/month in infrastructure until you hit 50K users. The risk if you don't: your offshore team ships a monolithic Rails app that costs $4K/month to host and takes 6 seconds to load on mobile, bleeding trial users before they ever see your dashboard.
Où les projets échouent
Ce que nous construisons
Build auth flows with magic links, OAuth, and SSO that provision users in under 200ms
Wire Stripe webhooks to sync subscription status, trial expirations, and failed payments automatically
Architect multi-tenant data models with RLS policies or schema-per-tenant isolation for compliance
Deploy real-time dashboards that push live updates without polling or managing WebSocket servers
Ship your app to Vercel's edge network for sub-200ms load times in 30+ global regions
Create admin panels with user management, MRR tracking, and audit logs as protected Next.js routes
Notre processus
Product & Data Modeling
Auth, Billing & Infra Setup
Core Feature Build
Polish, Performance & QA
Launch & Handoff
Questions fréquentes
How much does a SaaS MVP cost with your stack?
Most MVPs land between $25K and $60K depending on the number of user roles, billing complexity, and third-party integrations. A single-plan product with basic auth and Stripe checkout sits closer to $25K. Multi-tenant apps with SAML SSO, metered billing, and admin panels push toward $60K-$80K. Enterprise platforms with compliance requirements, audit logs, and complex permissioning can run $100K-$200K. We'll give you a fixed-price quote after the scoping call — no hourly surprises.
Why Next.js + Supabase instead of Rails or Django?
Three reasons: speed, cost, and iteration velocity. Next.js on Vercel gives you edge deployment with zero server management — your TTFB stays under 200ms globally without configuring a single load balancer. Supabase gives you Postgres, auth, real-time, and storage in one managed service that costs $25/month at launch. And because both your frontend and API routes live in one Next.js repo, a single full-stack developer can ship features that would require separate frontend, backend, and DevOps roles on Rails. You move faster with fewer people.
What does your team look like on a typical project?
A typical SaaS build runs with 2-3 people: a senior full-stack engineer who owns the Next.js app and Supabase integration, a product engineer who handles UI components and user flows, and a technical lead who reviews architecture decisions, manages Stripe webhook logic, and handles the deploy pipeline. For larger projects we'll add a dedicated designer or a second backend engineer. You'll have a shared Slack channel and weekly demos on staging.
Can you handle multi-tenant architecture?
Yes, it's one of the things we build most often. We've shipped both patterns: shared-database with Supabase RLS policies isolating tenant data at the row level, and schema-per-tenant for clients with strict compliance needs (healthcare, finance). RLS is our default recommendation because it's simpler to maintain and Supabase makes the policies declarative. We'll advise on the right model based on your data sensitivity, tenant count, and regulatory requirements.
What about ongoing hosting and infrastructure costs?
That's one of the biggest wins of this stack. At launch, most SaaS products run on Supabase's Pro plan ($25/month) and Vercel's Pro plan ($20/month). Add Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction and Resend for transactional emails at $20/month. You're looking at under $100/month in total infrastructure until you hit thousands of active users. Compare that to a Rails or Java app on AWS that easily costs $500-$2,000/month before you have a single paying customer.
Do you handle Stripe billing edge cases?
We handle all of them — and there are more than most founders expect. Failed payment retries, subscription pauses, proration on mid-cycle upgrades, coupon/discount codes, tax calculation via Stripe Tax, invoice PDFs, dunning email sequences, and webhook idempotency. We've integrated Stripe Billing on 200+ projects, so we know exactly which webhook events to listen for and how to keep your local database in sync when Stripe processes events out of order. You'll get a billing system that doesn't leak revenue.
What happens after launch — do you offer maintenance?
Every project includes a 30-day post-launch support window for bug fixes and deployment issues at no extra charge. After that, we offer monthly retainers starting at $3K/month for ongoing feature development, performance monitoring, dependency updates, and Supabase/Vercel config management. About 60% of our SaaS clients stay on a retainer because they'd rather keep the team that built the product than onboard new developers.
Can we bring our own design or do you handle UI?
Both work. If you've got Figma files from your own designer, we'll implement them pixel-perfect using Tailwind CSS and Radix UI primitives. If you need design, our product designers will create a component-based design system in Figma before we write any code — typically 1-2 weeks for a full SaaS app. Either way, you'll end up with a consistent UI built on reusable components that your team can extend after handoff.
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