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SaaS architecture guide

Find the best tech stack for your SaaS.

Pick your budget, product complexity, and audience to compare Nextjs vs Next.js and get a practical database and deployment recommendation.

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Describe the SaaS

Recommendation

Choose Next.js

It gives you marketing pages, app routes, API routes, auth callbacks, and server-rendered SEO content in one codebase.

Stack

Next.js SaaS stack

Database

PostgreSQL

Deployment

Deploy Next.js on Vercel with managed Postgres, Stripe webhooks, email, analytics, and error monitoring.

Architecture guide

Public site

Use Next.js pages for landing pages, pricing, docs, and SEO content.

App core

Next.js App Router, React, Tailwind CSS with account, billing, onboarding, and dashboard routes grouped by product workflow.

API layer

Next.js route handlers for simple APIs, dedicated Node workers when background jobs grow

Data layer

PostgreSQL as the primary store. Add object storage for uploads and Redis once you have async jobs.

Revenue layer

Stripe Checkout, customer portal, webhook verification, and subscription status synced into your database.

Nextjs vs Next.js notes

Better for SEO pages, pricing pages, server rendering, and full-stack SaaS routes.

Can feel heavier than Nextjs if you only need a private dashboard MVP.

Works best when you keep server actions, route handlers, and background jobs clearly separated.

Database choice

Use PostgreSQL as the default SaaS database because subscriptions, teams, roles, invoices, and analytics usually become relational.

Pick Nextjs instead if this is a private internal dashboard, budget is very tight, and SEO is not important yet.