The account provisioning problem nobody talks about
AI coding tools let you build an MVP in a weekend. But before you write a single line of code, you lose an entire day signing up for services. We built Stacked to eliminate that dead zone.
The setup tax
You have an idea. You fire up Cursor, or Claude Code, or Lovable. You can go from zero to a working app in hours now. The bottleneck isn't code anymore.
The bottleneck is everything around the code.
Before you can deploy, you need a GitHub repo. Before you can ship, you need Vercel or Netlify. Before you can store data, you need Supabase or Planetscale. Before you can accept payments, Stripe. Before you can send emails, Resend or Postmark. Before you can track anything, analytics. Before you can reach users, social accounts. Before all of that, a domain and DNS.
We timed it. For a typical launch-ready product, account provisioning takes 6-8 hours. Not building. Not designing. Just signing up for services, configuring them, connecting billing, setting up DNS records, and verifying email domains.
09:00 Create GitHub org + repo
09:20 Sign up for Vercel, connect GitHub
09:45 Create Supabase project, configure auth
10:30 Register domain, point DNS
11:15 Set up Stripe account, verify identity
12:00 Lunch (still haven't written code)
13:00 Set up Resend, verify domain
13:30 Google Workspace for business email
14:30 Analytics, social accounts, Product Hunt
16:00 Finally ready to build something
# 7 hours of setup. Zero lines of product code.
If you've shipped more than one product, you've felt this. The second time is worse, because you know exactly how tedious it is. By the third time, you're questioning your life choices.
Why not just do it yourself?
You can. Most people do. But here's the math:
- Your time: 6-8 hours of monotonous setup work
- Error rate: Misconfigurations you'll debug later (DNS propagation, CORS, webhook URLs)
- Opportunity cost: A full day you could spend building, talking to users, or shipping
The alternative used to be hiring a VA. That costs $200-500+, takes 1-2 weeks, has no SLA, and you're trusting a stranger with your credentials over email.
What Stacked does
You tell us what you're building. You pick the accounts you need (or grab a bundle). You pay. Within 48 hours, everything is provisioned, configured, and delivered to your vault.
AI handles what it can. Automated provisioning for accounts that support API-based creation. Instant, consistent, no human error.
Humans handle what it can't. Some services require manual identity verification, phone calls, or approval flows. Our provisioners handle those within the same 48-hour window.
Credentials are delivered securely. Everything goes into a 1Password vault. We don't retain access after delivery. You own everything from day one.
Who this is for
Stacked is built for the people who can ship an app in a weekend but still lose a day to setup:
- Solo founders and indie hackers spinning up new products
- AI-first builders using Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt, v0
- Small teams who want consistent infrastructure across projects
- Agencies launching client projects on tight timelines
What's next
Right now, Stacked is a human-powered service with AI assistance. The long-term vision is an MCP server at mcp.stacked.help that lets AI agents call provision_account() against prepaid credits. Your AI coding assistant could provision its own infrastructure.
But we're starting with the thing that works today: you need accounts, we set them up, you get back to building.
Skip the setup day
Three bundles. 48-hour delivery. Credentials in your vault.
Get stacked →Pricing
- Dev Stack — $149 — GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Resend
- Launch Stack — $299 — Dev + Stripe, Analytics, Domain
- Full Stack — $599 — Everything + Social, Support, Legal
- Custom — Pick exactly what you need
Questions? Reach out at hello@stacked.help.