Stack recipes
Pick the route that matches what you're building.
A SaaS with logins and payments
SaaS MVP (login + payments + database)
Start in Lovable so login, database and hosting come built in, charge with Stripe from day one, then export to GitHub and move onto Claude Code + Supabase + Vercel once real customers depend on it.
- 01 Day one0–10 (you + testers) $25.87/mo
- 02 First users~100 +20.00 $45.87/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 +40.00 $85.87/mo
An AI app on top of an LLM API
AI wrapper app (LLM API + usage billing)
Claude Code builds a Next.js app that calls a cheap Claude model through the API. Supabase stores users and usage counts, and Stripe charges for plans or credits. Your main variable cost is tokens, so pick the model carefully.
- 01 Day one0–10 (you + testers) $21.10/mo
- 02 First users~100 +24.27 $45.37/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 +85.50 $130.87/mo
A landing page + waitlist
Landing page + waitlist
Generate the page with Lovable's free plan, sync to GitHub, host free on Cloudflare Pages on your own domain, and collect sign-ups with a beehiiv embed form. Costs basically the domain until you pass 2,500 subscribers.
- 01 Day one0 sign-ups $0.87/mo
- 02 First users~100 sign-ups ±0.00 $0.87/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 sign-ups ±0.00 $0.87/mo
A browser game with a leaderboard
Indie web game prototype (browser game + leaderboard)
Claude Code writes a Phaser (free, open source) game that ships as static files on Cloudflare Pages. Add a Supabase leaderboard once people are playing, and go to Supabase Pro when the community is real.
- 01 Day oneyou + friends $20.87/mo
- 02 First users~100 players ±0.00 $20.87/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 players +25.00 $45.87/mo
An internal tool or dashboard
Internal tool / dashboard
Build it in Lovable with built-in login and database, limited to your team. When it becomes business-critical, export it and run it on Supabase Pro + Vercel Pro with backups and proper access control.
- 01 Day onejust you $25.00/mo
- 02 First users~100 coworkers ±0.00 $25.00/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 employees +60.00 $85.00/mo
A mobile app (iOS / Android)
Mobile app MVP (Expo / React Native)
Claude Code writes an Expo app on a Supabase backend. Expo EAS builds and updates it, and you pay the store fees. Start free on EAS and move to Starter when over-the-air updates or build volume grow.
- 01 Day oneyou + TestFlight testers $28.25/mo
- 02 First users~100 ±0.00 $28.25/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 +44.00 $72.25/mo
A directory or content site
Directory / content site
An Astro static site whose listings live in JSON/YAML files that a coding agent edits. Free hosting on Cloudflare Pages, a beehiiv newsletter for the audience, PostHog for analytics. Almost no running cost until the newsletter passes 2,500 subscribers.
- 01 Day one0 readers $21.74/mo
- 02 First users~100 subscribers ±0.00 $21.74/mo
- 03 Scale~1,000 subscribers ±0.00 $21.74/mo