Build an AI SaaS with Next.js: Streaming, Credits, and Cost Control

Tags: ai,saas,nextjs,openai,webdev

Description: Patterns for AI features in a SaaS: streaming responses, usage-based credits, rate limiting, per-request cost tracking, and how a boilerplate accelerates shipping an AI product.

Build an AI SaaS with Next.js: Streaming, Credits, and Cost Control

Building an AI SaaS is easy; making it profitable and scalable is incredibly hard.

Every week, a new AI wrapper hits Product Hunt. They look great, but behind the scenes, many are silently bleeding money. They treat API calls like standard database queries, ignoring the massive, variable costs of LLM tokens.…