MemberSpace Review | Pricing, Features & Recent Experience

TL;DR: MemberSpace Review | Is It Worth Using For Memberships (2026)
MemberSpace adds paid memberships, courses, and a members-only content area to a website you already own, whether it runs on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, or another builder. Setup takes minutes, the checkout is flexible, and the support team is excellent. The trade-off is depth. The community, course, and email tools cover the basics without going too deep.

Pricing: Starter $39/mo plus 5% per sale, Growth $99/mo plus 2% per sale, both billed annually. Starter offer: Now $24/mo billed annually (38% off)
Free trial: 7-day free trial on Starter

Standout features:
– Paywalls for pages on almost any website builder
– Spaces for premium content, courses, and community discussions
– Subscriptions, payment plans, trials, Apple Pay, and Google Pay
– Abandoned-signup reminders and failed-payment recovery on every plan

Use MemberSpace when: You love your current website and want to sell access to content on it.
Skip MemberSpace when: You run on WordPress (pick MemberPress), need a deep community (pick Mighty Networks), or want email marketing built in (pick Podia).

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Plenty of creators spend months making a website they love, only to find that they can’t sell memberships or courses on it.

But what if you could add a paywall to your website and create a dedicated members area irrespective of the platform you’ve built it on? It can be Squarespace, WordPress, Wix, or any custom site.

MemberSpace lets you do exactly that.

The tool plugs into your existing website and turns chosen pages into members-only content, with checkout, member accounts, courses, and a simple community on top. I’ve tested it against the main membership site platforms, and it suits one kind of creator far better than the rest.

In this MemberSpace review, I cover what the platform does well, what it costs, how each feature holds up in daily use, and who should pick something else.

MemberSpace Product Snapshot (2026)

Here’s the short version of what MemberSpace offers and who it fits, based on the platform as of October 2026.

	MemberSpace
What it is	A membership tool that adds paywalls, member accounts, and checkout to an existing website
Works with	Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Webflow, Showit, Notion, Weebly, Carrd, Duda, and custom sites
Competes with	MemberPress, Podia, Kajabi, Patreon, and the built-in member areas in Wix and Squarespace
Best for	Creators, coaches, and small businesses who want to keep their current website
Starting price	$39/mo billed annually on Starter, plus 5% per sale. Now $24/mo billed annually (38% off)
Free trial	7-day free trial on Starter
What you can sell	Subscriptions, one-time access, payment plans, courses, and premium content libraries
Core features	Page paywalls, Spaces, courses, community posts, checkout, revenue recovery, member emails
Key limitations	Stripe only, a basic community, thin course tools, no email automation, transaction fees on every plan
Not for	WordPress sites, community-first businesses, and course creators who need quizzes or certificates

MemberSpace earns its price when your website already does the marketing and you need a clean way to charge for access. When you need the platform itself to engage, teach, or market, you’ll outgrow it quickly.

What Is MemberSpace?

MemberSpace is a membership software service that adds a members-only section to your website. Instead of moving your content to a new platform, you add a small piece of code or a plugin, pick the pages to protect, and create membership plans.

Visitors sign up and pay through a MemberSpace checkout window, and members log in to see content their plan includes.

The platform has grown well beyond a simple paywall.

MemberSpace now organizes content into Spaces, which can hold a premium content library, a course, or a community where members post and comment. Members get a What’s New feed, bookmarks, and search, and they reach everything through a MemberSpace button on your site.

Mighty Networks and Kajabi ask you to build your business inside their platform. MemberSpace takes the opposite approach and keeps your website at the center. The choice explains both its biggest strength and most of its limits.

Main Features in MemberSpace

Here are the features that matter most for creators selling access to their content.

• Page paywalls: Protect any page on your existing site and choose which plans can open it.
• Spaces: Group premium content, courses, and discussions into clear areas members can find.
• Courses: Sell modules and lessons with drip release and new-lesson alerts.
• Community Spaces: Give members a private place to post, comment, and react on your own site.
• Flexible checkout: Charge subscriptions, one-time fees, payment plans, and signup fees, with Apple Pay and Google Pay.
• Revenue recovery: Win back abandoned signups and failed payments without lifting a finger.
• Member Messages: Email all members or a plan from the dashboard, with a custom welcome email for each plan.
• Multiple websites: Run up to three sites with one shared member account on Growth.
• Human support: Get help from real people by email or Zoom, plus weekly live support sessions.

Who Is MemberSpace For, and Who Is It Not For?

MemberSpace serves a narrow group of creators best. Here’s where I draw the line.

MemberSpace is for	MemberSpace is not for
Creators who built a website on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or Showit and want to keep it	WordPress site owners, who get more control and lower fees from MemberPress
Content libraries, such as video classes, recipes, templates, or a paid newsletter archive	Community-first businesses that need events, chat, DMs, and a mobile app
Coaches and teachers adding a members-only area next to their existing services	Course creators who need quizzes, certificates, or assignments
Small businesses that want simple setup and responsive human support	Marketers who rely on email sequences, funnels, and upsells
Membership sites with modest revenue, where flexible checkout matters more than advanced tools	High-revenue memberships, where a percentage fee costs more than a flat-fee platform

If your website already brings in traffic and you’re happy with it, MemberSpace is the fastest and least disruptive way to start charging. If you’re starting from scratch, an all-in-one platform will usually give you more for the same money.

MemberSpace Pricing and Free Trial

MemberSpace has two self-serve plans and a Custom plan for larger businesses. All self-serve plans include unlimited members and membership tiers, community, courses, premium content, the full checkout, revenue recovery, and human support. The differences come down to Spaces, websites, the API, and the transaction fee.

MemberSpace pricing plans:

MemberSpace features by plan:

The 7-day free trial covers Starter only. Use it to connect your site, protect two or three pages, and run a test purchase with a coupon. A week is enough to see whether the member experience fits your website.

Watch the transaction fee closely. MemberSpace takes 5% of each sale on Starter and 2% on Growth, and Stripe charges its own processing fee on top. At the regular Starter price, Growth becomes the cheaper plan once you pass about $2,000 a month in sales. At the current Starter offer, the break-even point moves to about $2,500 a month.

I recommend Starter for anyone launching a first membership, and Growth once sales pass that break-even point or you need more than five Spaces. To test your numbers, run them through my course revenue calculator, and use my guide to membership site pricing to set your price.

MemberSpace Features | What Can You Do With This Platform?

Feature lists make most membership tools look alike. The real test is how creators and members use each tool week after week.

Let’s a take a quick look at the core features in Memberspace.

Feature	Description	Limitations
Page paywalls	Protects pages on your existing site by plan	Depends on your website builder and its plan
Spaces and premium content	Content libraries with bookmarks, search, and alerts	Five Spaces on Starter
Courses	Modules, lessons, drip release, and new-lesson alerts	No quizzes, certificates, or assignments listed
Community Spaces	Member posts, comments, reactions, and follows	No DMs, events, livestreams, or mobile app
Payments and checkout	Subscriptions, payment plans, trials, coupons, Apple Pay, Google Pay	Stripe only, no PayPal
Revenue recovery	Abandoned-signup reminders, failed-payment retries, cancellation offers	Works only on MemberSpace checkouts
Member Messages	Email blasts and welcome emails for each plan	No sequences, automation, or lead emails
Member management	Import, export, approvals, Google login, unlimited admins	Basic reporting
Integrations and API	Zapier, Rewardful affiliates, Admin API in beta	API and AI insights only on Growth

Let’s discuss them in more detail now.

Feature #1: Page Paywalls on Your Existing Website

Content protection is the reason MemberSpace exists. Hosts list the pages to protect, choose which plans can open each one, and MemberSpace handles the login wall. A cooking teacher on Squarespace can keep her blog public, lock her recipe videos for paying members, and put her advanced classes behind a higher tier.

For creators with a working website, nothing else on the market makes this as easy. Setup takes minutes, and your design, SEO, and blog stay exactly where they are. MemberSpace also blocks account sharing, which protects revenue on content-heavy sites.

On the downside, your website builder sets the limits. Some builders need a paid plan to add custom code, and the member experience runs through a MemberSpace window rather than pages you fully design. Check your builder’s requirements in the MemberSpace help docs before you commit.

Feature #2: Spaces and Premium Content

Spaces group your members-only content into areas such as a video library, a resource vault, or a monthly masterclass archive. Members see only the Spaces their plan includes, and they can bookmark items, search, and follow a What’s New feed for fresh content.

Spaces turn a set of locked pages into something that feels like a product. A photographer selling presets and tutorials, for example, can sort them by topic and alert members when new ones arrive. The Starter plan allows five Spaces, which suits most first memberships, and Growth removes the cap.

Don’t expect a full content design tool. Spaces organize content cleanly, but they won’t replace a polished course player or a custom-built members area.

Feature #3: Courses

MemberSpace lets you sell courses built from modules and lessons, with drip release on a schedule and alerts when new lessons go live. Members can comment on lessons when you turn comments on, which adds a light layer of discussion.

For a short video course or a lesson series inside a membership, the course tools work fine. I wouldn’t run a serious training program here. I didn’t find quizzes, certificates, or assignments in MemberSpace’s feature list, and those matter when learners need practice and proof of completion. I run six live courses on Thinkific and use LearnWorlds for Leading Learning courses, and both go much deeper. My list of the best online course platforms covers stronger options.

Feature #4: Community Spaces

Community Spaces give members a private discussion area on your website. Members can read and write posts when you allow it, comment, react, follow threads, and build a short profile. Admins control who can comment and can block members or remove comments.

Community matters more than ever. AI has made information cheap, so members increasingly pay for each other and for a host with real experience. A discussion area next to your content gives members a reason to return, which helps retention.

Still, this is a basic forum. MemberSpace has no direct messages, events, livestreams, member matching, or mobile app. If the conversation is the product, a dedicated tool from my list of online community platforms will serve you much better, and my Mighty Networks review shows what deep community tools look like.

Feature #5: Payments and Checkout

MemberSpace handles checkout better than most tools in its class, with several product types sold from one dashboard.

• Subscriptions: Monthly or annual plans with custom billing dates, proration on upgrades, and price changes for new or current members.
• One-time access: A single payment for lifetime access or access that expires on a set date.
• Payment plans: Split a higher price into several payments to make it easier to buy.
• Free trials and signup fees: Set a different trial or setup fee for each plan.
• Coupons: Create discounts for launches, partners, or win-back offers.

Members can pay in several currencies and use Apple Pay or Google Pay, and MemberSpace collects taxes and sends invoices. Few platforms at this price offer as much control.

Payments run through Stripe only, so members can’t use PayPal, and you can’t sell in countries Stripe doesn’t support. MemberSpace also lacks order bumps and upsell pages, so sales funnels need another tool.

Feature #6: Revenue Recovery and Retention

All plans include reminders for abandoned signups by email and popup, automatic retries for failed payments, and recovery emails when a card fails. Members who try to cancel can see a coupon or an extended trial, and members who try to open higher-tier content get an upgrade prompt.

Failed payments quietly cost membership sites a share of their revenue each month, so automatic recovery matters more than most flashy features. I like that MemberSpace includes it on Starter rather than saving it for a higher tier. My guide on promoting a membership site covers the other side of growth.

Feature #7: Member Messages and Email

Member Messages lets you send email blasts and newsletters to members from the MemberSpace dashboard, and each plan can have its own welcome email. For announcing new content or a live session, that covers what most small memberships need.

Treat it as member communication, not email marketing. Member Messages can’t build sequences, automate onboarding beyond the welcome email, or reach leads who haven’t joined. Reviewers on Capterra also mention limited customization for notification emails. Most creators should pair MemberSpace with Kit or another tool from my guide to email marketing platforms, connected through Zapier.

Feature #8: Member Management and Analytics

MemberSpace lets you import and export members, approve new members manually or automatically, send private invites, and add unlimited admins. Members can sign up with Google, and the analytics show revenue, member activity, and content engagement.

The admin tools cover daily work well, and unlimited admins help when a virtual assistant manages the site. Reporting stays basic, a point Capterra reviewers raise often, so export the data if you want deeper analysis.

Feature #9: Integrations, API, and Multiple Websites

On the integration side, Zapier connects MemberSpace to email, CRM, and other tools, and Rewardful adds an affiliate program. The Growth plan adds an Admin API in beta, connects up to three websites with one shared member account, and lists AI insights through an MCP server as coming soon.

For most creators, Zapier covers the gaps. Agencies and businesses running several brands will value the multi-site setup on Growth. Native integrations stay limited compared with all-in-one platforms, so plan on Zapier for anything beyond the basics.

MemberSpace Alternatives

Here’s how the main alternatives compare with MemberSpace in daily use.

Platform	Where it’s better	Where MemberSpace is better
MemberPress	Deeper control on WordPress, more payment options, and 0% fees on higher plans	Works on any website builder, with easier setup and human support
Podia	Built-in email marketing, digital downloads, and a website builder	Keeps your existing website and offers more checkout options
Kajabi	Email automation, funnels, and stronger courses with no transaction fees	Lower starting price and no need to move your website
Mighty Networks	Deep community, events, livestreams, and native mobile apps	Lives on your own site, with simpler setup and lower cost
Circle	Community structure, workflows, and live events	Keeps members on your website and costs less to start
Thinkific	Course delivery, quizzes, certificates, and a full course player	Protects existing website pages and keeps membership setup easier
Patreon	Built-in audience discovery and an app fans already use	Lower fees on Growth and members stay on your own brand

Wix and Squarespace also include their own member areas. They work for simple paywalls, but MemberSpace offers more checkout control and revenue recovery. For full breakdowns of each option, see my guide to the best membership site platforms.

MemberSpace Pros and Cons

These are the pros and cons that show up once you run a membership on MemberSpace.

Pros	Cons
Adds a paywall to your current site without a rebuild	The member area runs in a MemberSpace window you can’t fully design
Setup takes minutes on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, and similar builders	Some builders require a paid plan before you can add MemberSpace
Payment plans, trials, coupons, Apple Pay, and Google Pay on every plan	Stripe only, with no PayPal
Abandoned-signup and failed-payment recovery included from Starter	A 5% fee on Starter adds up as sales grow
Spaces make content easy to browse, search, and bookmark	Five Spaces on Starter can feel tight for larger libraries
Community Spaces add discussion next to your content	No DMs, events, livestreams, or mobile app
Member Messages handles announcements and welcome emails	No email sequences or marketing to leads
Fast, friendly human support by email or Zoom	Reporting and course tools stay basic

MemberSpace Use Cases

MemberSpace fits some businesses much better than others. Here are the use cases where it earns its price.

Video and Content Libraries

Fitness instructors, cooking teachers, and artists with a library of classes are the ideal fit. Spaces organize the videos, drip release adds new content on a schedule, and alerts bring members back. My list of membership site ideas covers more models like this.

Coaches Adding a Members Area

Coaches who already sell services from a Squarespace or Showit site can add a paid resource area or group program without changing their site. Payment plans help with higher-priced programs, and a Community Space gives clients a place to share wins.

Paid Newsletters and Premium Articles

Writers who publish on their own website can lock premium articles or an archive behind a subscription, while public posts keep bringing in search traffic. Writers keep the SEO value on their own domain instead of a third-party platform.

Small Professional Groups

Small associations and professional groups can protect member resources, collect dues as subscriptions, and approve each new member manually. For small associations, staff capacity is usually the real constraint, and MemberSpace asks little of a small team.

Where It Fits Poorly

Community-first businesses, serious course programs, and email-driven launches all push past what MemberSpace offers. Those businesses will spend less time on workarounds with Mighty Networks, Thinkific, or Kajabi. My collection of membership site examples shows how different models choose different tools.

Is MemberSpace Worth It?

Overall I recommend MemberSpace for creators, coaches, and small businesses who already have a website they like and want to sell access to content on it. MemberSpace is easier to set up than any rival, its checkout and revenue recovery tools beat most platforms at this price, and the support team helps when something breaks.

Pick another platform if you run on WordPress, if community is your main product, if your courses need assessments, or if email funnels drive your sales.

For those jobs, MemberPress, Mighty Networks, Thinkific, and Kajabi each do better. Start the 7-day free trial, protect a few real pages, and run a test purchase before you decide.

Before you choose, compare the real cost of each option with my course revenue calculator and my other free creator tools. If the model is new to you, start with my guide to becoming an edupreneur.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Here are answers to the questions creators ask me most often about MemberSpace.

What is MemberSpace used for?

Creators use MemberSpace to turn an existing website into a membership site. The tool protects chosen pages, handles signups and payments, and adds Spaces for premium content, courses, and community discussions. Creators on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, and similar builders use it to charge for access without moving their site.

How much does MemberSpace cost?

MemberSpace has two self-serve plans, Starter and Growth, billed annually, plus a Custom plan for larger businesses. Starter charges a 5% transaction fee and Growth charges 2%, on top of Stripe processing fees. Growth also adds unlimited Spaces, three websites, and Admin API access in beta.

Does MemberSpace have a free trial?

Yes. MemberSpace offers a 7-day free trial on the Starter plan. Use it to connect your website, protect a few pages, and run a test purchase with a coupon. The Growth plan has no free trial, so most creators test on Starter and upgrade once sales grow.

Does MemberSpace work with Squarespace and Wix?

Yes. MemberSpace works with Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Webflow, Showit, Notion, Weebly, Carrd, Duda, and custom websites. Some builders require a paid plan that allows custom code before you can install it, so check your builder’s requirements in the MemberSpace help docs before you sign up.

Can you build a community with MemberSpace?

Yes, but only a basic one. Community Spaces let members post, comment, react, and follow threads on your website. MemberSpace has no direct messages, events, livestreams, or mobile app, so community-first businesses should choose a dedicated platform like Mighty Networks or Circle instead.

Is MemberSpace better than MemberPress?

MemberSpace is better for creators on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, and other builders, since it installs in minutes and includes human support. For WordPress sites, MemberPress is better, with deeper control, more payment options, and no transaction fees on its higher plans. In most cases, your website platform decides the choice.

Jeff Cobb, Founder of Learning Revolution

Jeff Cobb is an expert in online education and the business of adult lifelong learning. Over the past 20+ years he has built a thriving career based on that expertise – as an entrepreneur, a consultant, an author, and a speaker. Learning Revolution is a place where Jeff curates tips, insights, and resources to help you build a thriving expertise-based business. Learn more about Jeff Cobb here.