# MemberSpace review (2026): is it worth $39 a month, billed yearly? > Add memberships and gated content to a site you already have Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. MemberSpace turns an existing website into a members-only one, with paid or free tiers, protected pages, files and videos, and forums, courses or newsletters on top. It installs on site builders such as Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow and Wix. Pricing is a flat monthly fee plus a percentage of each sale. - **Category:** Courses & Communities - **Made by:** MemberSpace (since 2015) - **Website:** https://www.memberspace.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have steady sales: Starter takes 5% of every sale. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, MemberSpace is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $39 per month, billed annually, plus a 5% fee on sales. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $39 per month, billed annually | 5% MemberSpace fee on each sale on top of Stripe's fees; unlimited members and tiers, 5 member spaces, 1 website connection. | | Growth | $99 per month, billed annually | 2% fee on each sale; unlimited spaces, 3 website connections, admin API access and ChatGPT or Claude connection. | Read from https://www.memberspace.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MemberSpace before buying. ## Key features - **Membership on any site:** Installs on an existing site and locks pages, files or videos behind a member login. - **Free and paid tiers:** Sells one-time, payment-plan and recurring access, with free trials of any length. - **Spaces for members:** Offers community forums, content libraries, courses, newsletters, coaching areas and directories to members. - **Member migration:** Imports members from another platform at no charge. - **Analytics and automations:** Reports revenue and activity and sends automatic emails. - **Admin API and AI connection:** Growth adds API access and a way to connect a ChatGPT or Claude account to analyze member data. ## Good for - Site owners who want memberships without moving to a new website platform - Creators selling a mix of content, courses and a community from one login ## Worth knowing - The Starter plan takes a 5% fee on every sale and allows one website connection. - API access and the AI connection are on the $99 Growth plan only. - The pricing page shows annual rates; a monthly option is offered but its price was not shown in the page text. - It runs on top of another site, so the site builder is a separate cost. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. MemberSpace adds memberships and gated content to a site you already run, such as Squarespace, WordPress or Webflow. The $39 Starter plan takes a 5% fee on every sale, and the API sits on the $99 Growth plan. - **Value for money: C.** $39 a month billed yearly plus a 5% fee on sales, against a $49 middle for courses and communities tools. Growth is $99. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A 7-day free trial on any plan, but the page doesn't say whether a card is needed. A 30-day money-back guarantee follows. - **Features: C.** Membership on any site, free and paid tiers, member spaces, migration and automations. The listing's gap: Starter allows one website connection and API access is on Growth. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You add a snippet to your site and set up plans and gated pages. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Stripe, Zapier, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow and Wix connections and an admin API on Growth. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MemberSpace's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among course and community platforms - MemberSpace's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 9 of the 41 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 6 of 41) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 5). - Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 13 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/courses-communities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of MemberSpace you could make: online courses and paid newsletters. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 28 of the 41 other course and community platforms grade higher. It costs $468 a year. - You could make: Online courses and paid newsletters: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Zapier and Squarespace among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, Zapier, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, Wix **Tags:** Community, Online courses, Paid newsletters, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [Outseta](https://toolgpa.com/tools/outseta): Memberships, billing, CRM, email and help desk in one platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberspace-vs-outseta) - [Memberstack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberstack): Logins, payments and gated content for Webflow sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberspace-vs-memberstack) - [Paid Memberships Pro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/paid-memberships-pro): Open-source WordPress membership plugin with managed hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberspace-vs-paid-memberships-pro) - [Circle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/circle): Community platform with courses, events, payments and branded apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/circle-vs-memberspace) - [Kajabi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kajabi): All-in-one platform for selling courses, coaching and communities. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kajabi-vs-memberspace) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.memberspace.com/pricing/ - https://www.memberspace.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberspace Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).