Dharmendra Jagodana
Founder of BuildBase. Builds the platform and the six products that run on it.
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Best metered-billing tools for AI products, sorted by what the meter actually counts
Metronome, Orb, Lago and Stripe Billing compared for AI products on what the billing unit actually is: a token, a credit, or an event nobody dimensioned for AI.
Best SaaS starter for solo founders: boilerplate you own, or platform you call
Every "best SaaS starter" roundup compares boilerplates against each other. Here is when a fork-and-own kit is the right pick for a solo founder, and when a hosted SDK is.
Best multi-tenant backend, sorted by who maintains the isolation policy
Multi-tenant backend options compared by who keeps tenant isolation correct after launch - a row-level security policy you write, or a workspace model that ships it.
Best auth for B2B SaaS, sorted by whether you need SSO yet
Best auth for B2B SaaS compared by the question that actually decides it: do you need enterprise SSO this quarter, or organizations and roles first.
Best usage-based billing tools, sorted by what happens at the limit
Usage-based billing tools compared by what actually differs now: real-time enforcement versus invoice-only metering, not the charge-model checklist.
Buy vs build for SaaS infrastructure
Buy-vs-build calculators price one module at a time. The real decision compounds across every module a SaaS needs, and the tipping point is not where most posts put it.
The maintenance cost AI code does not show you
AI can scaffold your auth and billing in a weekend. What it costs to maintain after is the number nobody prices - here is the year-two math.
Charge per seat in Next.js, and handle the moment seats run out
Per-seat billing in Next.js: read seat state, gate the invite button, and branch on why invites are blocked. The three block reasons need three different answers.
Database-per-tenant vs shared schema: the decision is about migrations, not isolation
Shared schema, schema-per-tenant or database-per-tenant. Everyone frames it as isolation versus cost. The real fork is how many times you run every migration.
Entitlements are not feature flags, even when the same component renders both
A flag says the code is ready. An entitlement says this customer paid. Same boolean at the render site, different owner, lifecycle and failure mode.
Quotas are not credits: which one your plan actually needs
A quota resets on a fixed cycle and belongs to the plan. A credit is a balance the customer bought. Pick by who absorbs the spike.
The hidden revenue tax of billing platforms
Some billing platforms charge a percentage of revenue instead of a flat fee. Here is the crossover math showing when that costs more than a flat plan, and how to run it with your own numbers.