CoreMVP vs TurboStarter
Compare CoreMVP and TurboStarter on licenses, web and mobile stacks, team access, billing, and deployment.
Choose CoreMVP when you want a Next.js and Supabase application with Organizations, Projects, and a documented path from payment to access. Choose TurboStarter Core when its shared web, Expo mobile, and browser extension foundation or its broader billing models match your product. TurboStarter also sells separate AI and Edge kits, so compare the specific kit you intend to use.
CoreMVP is our premium Next.js template. We checked the public product and documentation sources on October 30, 2026. TurboStarter descriptions below come from those sources, not an audit of its private repository.
Compare the practical decisions
| Decision | CoreMVP | TurboStarter Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Solo $99 for one builder; Team $299 for up to five, paid once. | Core advertised at $249, with $349 also shown; one-time license, one seat per individual under its EULA. |
| Application | Next.js with an embedded Hono API, Supabase Auth, Postgres and Drizzle. | Next.js, Hono, Better Auth, Postgres and Drizzle, with Expo mobile and browser extension apps sharing a backend. |
| Collaboration | Personal and shared Organizations, invitations, roles and Projects. | Organizations, invitations, roles and per-seat billing. |
| Billing | Stripe or Polar; lifetime and subscription access. | Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo, with documented one-time, subscription, metered, per-seat and credit models. |
| Other kits | CoreMVP is the premium Next.js template. | AI Kit and Edge Kit are distinct; Edge uses TanStack Start and Cloudflare, not the Core web stack. |
Prices are advertised USD amounts at the check date and may change; confirm taxes, the applicable offer and license at checkout. TurboStarter's All-in-One bundle includes Core, AI and Edge and was advertised at $549, with $649 also shown, on its pricing page.
Decide which applications you need to maintain
TurboStarter Core's web documentation describes a monorepo with a Next.js web app, shared API, Expo mobile app and browser extension. If your product must reach all three, that structure offers a common foundation for those clients. Check the platform-specific documentation and the integrations your app needs; a shared backend does not remove mobile store, provider or deployment setup.
CoreMVP's architecture keeps its Hono API inside the Next.js application and uses Supabase Auth for identity. If your first product is a web application using that stack, you can follow its documented route, service and data boundaries when adding your product. The deployment guide shows the hosted path; you configure the accounts and environment for your own app.
TurboStarter's kit selector says Edge is a separate TanStack Start and Cloudflare application. Its listed differences include no included Organizations or per-seat billing. Do not assume a Core capability is also present in Edge, or that buying one standalone kit gives you every other kit.
Trace team work and billing
Both CoreMVP and TurboStarter Core document organization membership and roles. CoreMVP starts a user in a Personal Organization and includes shared Organizations and Projects. Its Projects guide shows how owners, admins and members work with an organization-scoped resource. That gives you an inspectable example for adding collaboration without designing the whole ownership model from scratch. Your own resources still need their own access checks.
TurboStarter Core's feature documentation lists organization billing, per-seat billing, metered usage and credits as well as one-time and recurring payments. Those are useful reasons to investigate it if your pricing depends on usage or team size. Its Stripe guide explains product, webhook and portal configuration.
CoreMVP's billing guides cover Stripe or Polar, lifetime purchases and subscriptions, including stored access after verified payment events. A checkout return alone does not grant access. This connects payment, onboarding and protected content into a path you can configure and verify. For either product, check the payment lifecycle and authorization against your own offers before launch.
Check seats and client handoff
CoreMVP Solo covers one builder and Team covers up to five. Its terms allow commercial and client applications; a client receiving reusable source needs its own license. The purchase includes lifetime template updates and a bounded commitment for critical security fixes within seven days; see pricing for the current terms.
TurboStarter's EULA requires a separate seat for each person accessing the software, including employees and contractors. It permits unlimited client projects but requires clients receiving the software or its source to hold their own license. Compare the cost for the actual people who need access, not only the advertised starting price. Hosting and provider costs are separate for both products.
We recommend CoreMVP when its Next.js/Supabase stack and collaboration and access journeys match the web product you want to ship. TurboStarter Core deserves a close look when shared mobile or extension clients, usage billing, or its other documented features are requirements. Inspect the relevant kit and test the critical user journey before committing your product to either foundation.