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Creator of https://www.saaspegasus.com/ https://www.saaspegasus.com/ here. I'd be thrilled to have you as a customer, and very happy to answer any questions yo
by czue 5y ago
Creator of https://www.saaspegasus.com/ https://www.saaspegasus.com/ here.
I'd be thrilled to have you as a customer, and very happy to answer any questions you have about the Pegasus product, community, etc.
Almost all of the popular boilerplates mentioned here have been created by individuals who are passionate about their frameworks (in my case Django) and have significant experience building products on top of them (in my case 10+ years). Many of us - including myself - are now full time on our products. So you're getting hundreds of hours of work "done for you", plus a steady stream of updates for the cost of what would typically amount to a few hours of our time as a freelancer. But I guess you're already sold on the idea of a boilerplate.
Anyway... my point is, you can't really go wrong as long as you pick one that's backed by someone who is a) experienced, and b) committed. And that's true of myself, Kyle (Gravity), Gabe (DivJoy), Andrew (Bullet Train), Chris (Jumpstart), etc.
You said you're open to the language, but in all honesty I'd say that's the most important decision criteria. Django and Rails and to some extent Laravel are comparable - mature frameworks with lots of batteries included, mostly server-render HTML by default. JavaScript is its own separate beast with a more fractured ecosystem, but tighter integration with the front end. I'm obviously biased towards Python because it's a wonderful language to work with and has a great community and third-party package ecosystem. But honestly, any of these are great choices and will help you launch your first product way faster.
Good luck!
- davidkell 5y ago+1 for SaaS Pegasus. In particular, Cory has done a wonderful job in introducing a more pragmatic approach to Javascript with Django [0]. Plus he's built a strong Slack community and is always around to support and listen to any feedback. We re-built our SaaS product using this boilerplate and wrote about the experience [1]. TL;DR: would recommend! [0] https://www.saaspegasus.com/guides/modern-javascript-for-django-developers/ https://www.saaspegasus.com/guides/modern-javascript-for-dja... [1] https://davidkell.substack.com/p/davids-opinionated-guide-for-building https://davidkell.substack.com/p/davids-opinionated-guide-fo...
- pohall 5y ago+1 for saaspegasus.com as well - especially if you're looking to use django. i was looking for stripe integration and chart functionality, and really needed python as it was pretty much the only language i knew. i would say its pretty easy to use, and the examples have helped me learn React functionality. good community that provides a lot of help, and cory (creator) is very responsive when i have needed help. i don't have any experience with the other products mentioned here, so can't be of help there. i would guess you want to figure out your language first, before deciding which template to go with. to consider: Stripe integration can be a little complicated to tackle on your own, so if that's a big part of what you are trying to do, i would recommend using a template. not much money and billing is probably not something you want to mess up.
- gogi5 5y agoAnother happy customer of SaaS Pegasus! Got me up and running quick and features are constantly being added.