# Memberstack review (2026): is it worth $25 a month, billed yearly?

> Logins, payments and gated content for Webflow sites

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Memberstack adds member accounts, Stripe payments and gated pages to a Webflow site without custom code. Its pricing page lists logins with SSO, social and passwordless options, a member database, and branded email. Plans are priced by member count and a percentage transaction fee on top of Stripe's fees.

- **Category:** Courses & Communities
- **Made by:** Memberstack Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.memberstack.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you sell a lot: 4%, 2% or 0.9% transaction fees apply on lower tiers on top of Stripe's.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Memberstack is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $25 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly), plus a 4% transaction fee.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Unlimited free trial: try every feature, and pay only once you launch and accept members.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $25 per month for up to 1,000 members, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) | 4% transaction fee plus standard Stripe fees. |
| Professional | $39 per month for up to 5,000 members, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | 2% transaction fee plus standard Stripe fees. |
| Business | $79 per month for 10,000+ members, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly) | 0.9% transaction fee plus standard Stripe fees. |
| Established | $399 per month for 10,000+ members, billed yearly ($499 billed monthly) | No transaction fee, only standard Stripe processing fees. |

Read from https://www.memberstack.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Memberstack before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows each plan about 20% cheaper when billed yearly, for example $79 against $99 a month on Business. Source: https://www.memberstack.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Member logins:** Email, social, passwordless and custom SSO sign-in, listed on every plan.
- **Stripe payments:** Subscriptions, one-time payments and trials through Stripe, with the processing fee paid on top of the plan.
- **Content gating:** Make pages members-only without writing code, based on a member's plan or role.
- **Member data:** Profiles, roles and custom fields stored per member, working as a lightweight member CRM.
- **Branded email:** Branded transactional emails and email campaigns are listed on every plan.
- **Same features, falling fee:** The vendor says every tier has the same features; the transaction fee drops as the tier rises.

## Good for

- Webflow builders who need logins and paid access
- Sites that want member features without a developer

## Worth knowing

- The pricing page frames the product around Webflow sites and Stripe payments.
- Transaction fees of 4%, 2% or 0.9% apply on lower tiers, on top of Stripe's fees.
- Tiers are set by member count, with the cheapest plan stopping at 1,000 members.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Memberstack adds logins, Stripe payments and gated content to Webflow sites. Plans start at $25 a month billed yearly, but a 4% fee applies on lower tiers, and the cheapest plan stops at 1,000 members.

- **Value for money: B.** $25 a month billed yearly is inside the cheapest quarter of courses and communities tools ($29), plus a 4% transaction fee on top of Stripe's fees.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** An unlimited free trial: you can try every feature and pay once you launch and accept members. No free plan beyond that.
- **Features: C.** Logins, Stripe payments, content gating, member data and branded email. The page frames the product around Webflow and Stripe.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You wire logins and gating into your own site.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with Webflow and Stripe as the named connections.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Memberstack'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

- Memberstack's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 14 of the 41 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 11.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 35 of 41) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 6 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 7 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.** To replace Memberstack you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $300 a year.

- You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Webflow, Stripe

**Tags:** No-code, Community, Marketing automation, Email campaigns

## Alternatives

- [Outseta](https://toolgpa.com/tools/outseta): Memberships, billing, CRM, email and help desk in one platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberstack-vs-outseta)
- [MemberSpace](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberspace): Add memberships and gated content to a site you already have. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberspace-vs-memberstack)
- [MemberPress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberpress): WordPress plugin for paid memberships, courses and communities. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memberpress-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/memberstack-vs-paid-memberships-pro)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.memberstack.com/pricing

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