Growth Path
SaasForgeKit Lite is not a limited trial. It is a production-ready foundation you can launch with today. Pro adds the capabilities you need when your product, team, or customers demand more.
Quick Answer
No. Start with Lite to validate your product with real auth, billing, and tenancy. Upgrade to Pro when you need workspace collaboration, seat-based pricing, or multi-database tenant isolation.
Each stage maps to a real product milestone. You decide when (and if) each capability becomes necessary.
Stage 1: Validate
Lite (Free)Use Lite to build and launch your product with real auth, billing, and tenancy. Focus on validating the product idea, not on infrastructure.
Stage 2: Grow
ProWhen customers need to invite teammates, assign roles, and collaborate within workspace boundaries, Pro provides the complete collaboration layer.
Upgrade trigger: your customers ask for team accounts or multi-user access.
Stage 3: Monetize per seat
ProSeat-based pricing ties revenue directly to workspace usage. Pro handles quantity syncing as team members are added or removed.
Upgrade trigger: you want to charge per seat or need granular plan limits.
Stage 4: Isolate
ProWhen enterprise customers, compliance requirements, or data isolation policies demand it, switch to multi-database tenancy without rewriting your application.
Upgrade trigger: enterprise deals require data isolation or you hit compliance requirements.
Stage 5: Scale
ProWith Pro capabilities fully deployed, your SaaS is ready for the operational complexity of a growing customer base: multi-tenant, team-aware, seat-billed, and admin-managed.
Both editions share the same core. Pro extends Lite with capabilities for team-based, multi-tenant SaaS products.
| Capability | Lite | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication + 2FA | ||
| Social login (Google, GitHub) | ||
| Stripe billing (Cashier) | ||
| Single-database tenancy | ||
| Admin panel | ||
| Laravel 12 + React 19 + TypeScript | ||
| Multi-database tenancy | — | |
| Workspaces and team invites | — | |
| Role-based workspace access | — | |
| Seat-based pricing | — | |
| Free tier and plan limit controls | — | |
| Lifetime updates |
No. Lite is a fully functional, production-ready Laravel SaaS starter kit released under the MIT license. It includes auth, tenancy, billing, and admin tooling. It is not time-limited or feature-gated as a trial.
Pro extends Lite with additional capabilities. The upgrade is designed as an incremental addition, not a migration or rewrite. Purchase Pro, integrate the additional modules, and configure the features you need.
Yes. This is the recommended path. Start with single-database mode for speed and simplicity. When compliance, enterprise deals, or data isolation requirements appear, enable multi-database tenancy in Pro.
Buy Pro and start with it. There is no requirement to begin with Lite first. Pro includes everything in Lite plus the advanced capabilities.
Whether you begin with Lite or go straight to Pro, SaasForgeKit gives you a production-ready Laravel SaaS foundation so you can focus on what makes your product different.