Platform · course membership
Memberstack
Auth, payments and gated content for no-code and custom sites
The verdict
Memberstack adds user accounts, login and payments to sites built in tools like Webflow or hand-coded front ends. It targets builders who want membership logic without a backend.
What it is
Memberstack provides authentication, subscription billing and content gating as a layer you attach to an existing front end, most commonly a Webflow or custom site. It removes the need to build auth and payment infrastructure, but it assumes the builder is comfortable wiring attributes and gates in code or a design tool. It is closer to a developer-leaning component than a turnkey course platform.
Strengths
- Drops authentication and subscription billing onto an existing front end without building a backend
- Works well as the membership layer for Webflow and custom sites where design lives elsewhere
- Member attributes and gated content rules are flexible enough for paywalls, tiers and free trials
Trade-offs
- Provides no built-in course player or community, so those must be built or bolted on separately
- Setup expects comfort with attributes, custom code or a design tool, which excludes pure beginners
- Out of the box it has no email marketing or AI tooling; everything beyond auth and billing is integrated
Best for
Adding gated members-only areas and subscriptions to a Webflow or custom-coded site
Not for
Non-technical creators who want a ready-made course or community product out of the box
Pricing
Free/limited tier plus paid plans scaling by members and features (roughly from the mid-double digits per month upward); transaction/processing via Stripe.
Free
Free$0
- dev/testing
- limited members
Launch
$49/mo
- live members
- core gating
Grow
$99/mo
- higher limits
- more apps
What people build with it
Frequently asked
- Does Memberstack have built-in AI?
- No. Memberstack handles authentication, billing and gating; any AI writing or automation comes from connected tools.
- What does Memberstack actually do?
- It adds user login, subscription payments and content gating to a site you design in Webflow or custom code.
- Can I send marketing emails from Memberstack?
- Not directly. You connect an email platform such as Kit or Mailchimp and pass member data to it.
- Is Memberstack good for non-coders?
- Partly. No-code builders can use it, but it expects comfort with attributes and a design tool, so true beginners may struggle.
- Does Memberstack include a course player?
- No. It gates content but does not provide a lesson player or community, so those are built or integrated separately.