Caliper UI vs shadcnblocks
How Caliper UI and shadcnblocks differ on price, updates, scope and refunds, and which one fits your project. Checked November 2026.
The short answer
Both are one-time purchases that install with the shadcn CLI and put the source in your repo. shadcnblocks is the bigger catalogue, with thousands of marketing and app blocks and lifetime updates. Caliper UI is smaller and aimed at product UI: complete screens and app templates whose states are designed in. Choose shadcnblocks for landing pages at volume, and Caliper UI for the inside of a SaaS product.
Side by side
shadcnblocks facts come from its own pricing page, read in November 2026. Caliper UI is ours, so weigh that column accordingly.
| shadcnblocks | Caliper UI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Pro $149, Premium $299, Elite $399, each once for one person | $199 once for one developer, $499 once for up to 10 |
| Updates | Lifetime | 1 year included, then $79 a year if you want more; your version keeps working |
| Scope | 2,697+ blocks and 2,241+ components; 22 templates on Premium and Elite | 116 free parts, 602 Pro parts and blocks, 43 screens, 8 app templates |
| Focus | Marketing and app blocks at volume | Product screens with loading, empty and error states designed in |
| Built on | shadcn/ui with Radix or Base UI | Its own parts: Radix for overlays, plain React and CSS elsewhere |
| Install | shadcn CLI and the shadcn MCP | npx shadcn@latest add @caliper/button and its own MCP server |
| Figma | Figma kit on Premium and Elite | None |
| Other frameworks | Vue on a separate site | React only |
| Refunds | Generally not offered | Full refund within 14 days |
| Source | shadcnblocks pricing | Pricing |
When shadcnblocks is the better choice
You build many marketing sites, you want a Figma kit, you want lifetime updates in the base price, or you need Vue. It also builds directly on shadcn/ui, so it matches a project that already uses it closely.
When Caliper UI is the better choice
You are building the product itself: dashboards, billing, settings, data grids, schedulers and AI interfaces that should look like one system. You want to try parts before paying, since 116 are free under MIT, and you want a refund window.
Questions
Can I use shadcnblocks and Caliper UI together?
Yes. Both install with the shadcn CLI into `components/ui/`. A part with the same file name replaces the one you have, and the CLI asks before overwriting.
Which has more blocks?
shadcnblocks, by a wide margin. Caliper UI has 602 Pro parts and blocks, and puts its effort into screens and states rather than count.
Which includes lifetime updates?
shadcnblocks includes lifetime updates. Caliper UI includes 1 year; after that the version you have keeps working, and renewing is $79 a year.