Hey HN,
I kept seeing the same question asked over and over in startup communities:
"What tech stack should I use for my SaaS?" The answers were always
scattered, opinionated, and never accounted for budget or team size.
So I built appstackbuilder.com — you tell it your monthly budget, app type,
team size, and skill level, and it recommends a full stack (auth, database,
hosting, payments, analytics, etc.) with actual pricing for each tool.
A few things that make it different from generic advice:
- It accounts for team size when calculating costs (e.g. Clerk charges per
user, Linear charges per seat — most stack guides ignore this)
- You can toggle "no-code only" if you're a non-technical founder
- It shows you 2–3 alternatives per category, not just one option
- You can export the full stack as a PDF or share a link
- It's completely free, no account required
Under the hood: Next.js, Supabase, and Gemini for the recommendations.
The tool database has ~80+ tools across categories with real pricing data
I manually verified.
What I'm still figuring out:
- How to keep pricing data fresh as tools change plans frequently
- Whether to add a "stack score" based on community usage data
- If the no-code recommendations are actually good (I'm a developer,
so I'd love feedback from non-technical founders specifically)
Would love brutal feedback, especially if the recommendations feel off
for your use case.
mt18•1h ago
rupatiwari25•1h ago