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Refract vs Substrat

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Refract compared with Substrat
Detail Refract Substrat
What it doesProduction-grade TypeScript boilerplate with billing, auth, and scalable architecture built in A runtime-enforced substrate for building vertical B2B SaaS
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inPT ES
Pricing modelPaid Not given
PricingNot given Not given
Key features
  • Billing engine with subscriptions, usage billing, pricing tiers, and multi-currency support
  • Stripe billing integration with idempotent webhook reconciliation
  • Role-based access control and multi-tenancy built in
  • BullMQ and AWS SQS queue adapters
  • Swappable provider adapters across full stack
  • GraphQL API with end-to-end code generation
  • Local Docker development parity with production
  • Observability with structured logging and metrics
  • Cursor rules and AI-ready documentation for code agents
  • Work order engine with state machine and append-only reporting
  • Invoicing engine with immutable export basis
  • Booking engine with capacity allocation and double-booking prevention
  • Protocol/checklist engine with sign and immutability
  • Absence ledger engine with append-only balance tracking
  • Metering engine for billable usage tracking
  • Single-use invite engine with secure identifier handling
  • Runtime enforcement of permissions and isolation
  • GDPR compliance enforced at runtime
  • Pull request previews with production scope forking
What makes it different
  • Designed for SaaS that pivots—modular architecture with stable contracts so changing pricing, billing providers, or infrastructure requires config changes, not rewrites
  • One-time purchase with lifetime usage rights; you own the code forever with no runtime licensing checks
  • Built by founder with 15 years of SaaS experience, including Billing Tech Lead at Loom through Atlassian acquisition
  • Powers the website you're reading—not a packaged side project; every abstraction earned its place the hard way
  • Guarantees instead of conventions: runtime enforcement prevents data leaks and permission errors by design, not developer discipline
  • Domain engines own invariants, not vocabulary: reusable logic without tight coupling to specific business requirements
  • Self-hostable vertical on pure SQLite with no platform dependency
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)3 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)30
Citation Flow (Majestic)1722
Referring domains (Majestic)142

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