What each one costs
TrialValid Starter is $29 a month for accounts under $10,000 of monthly recurring revenue, starting with a 14-day trial for $1; larger bands follow your revenue: Growth is $95 a month, Scale $295, Pro $595 and Max $995, and Enterprise from $1,995 a month. Memberstack: Basic is $29 a month ($25 billed yearly) for up to 1,000 members, plus a 4% transaction fee on member sign-up payments and standard Stripe fees (read 2026-10-19, see the pricing table below).
| At a glance | Memberstack |
|---|---|
| What it is | A membership platform that provides user accounts, social logins, gated pages, Stripe payments, a member database and email campaigns for websites, with pricing based on member count and a transaction fee. |
| Who it suits | Founders, designers and agencies who build membership or gated-content sites and want accounts and payments without writing the backend. |
| Starting price | Basic is $29 a month ($25 billed yearly) for up to 1,000 members, plus a 4% transaction fee on member sign-up payments and standard Stripe fees |
| Free tier | Every feature can be tried on a test site for an unlimited time with no credit card, and you pay once the site goes live. |
| Date checked | 2026-10-19 |
Memberstack pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $29 per month, $25 per month billed yearly | Up to 1,000 members, 4% transaction fee plus Stripe fees | vendor page |
| Professional | $49 per month, $39 per month billed yearly | Up to 5,000 members, 2% transaction fee plus Stripe fees | vendor page |
| Business | $99 per month, $79 per month billed yearly | 10,000 or more members, 0.9% transaction fee plus Stripe fees | vendor page |
| Established | $499 per month, $399 per month billed yearly | 10,000 or more members, no transaction fee, Stripe fees still apply | vendor page |
The Memberstack prices above come from www.memberstack.com, read on 2026-10-19. Memberstack can change them at any time.
What Memberstack is
A membership platform that provides user accounts, social logins, gated pages, Stripe payments, a member database and email campaigns for websites, with pricing based on member count and a transaction fee.
Feature comparison
| Capability | TrialValid | Memberstack | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card hold at sign-up before a trial starts | yes | not stated | none |
| Trial subscription created in your own Stripe account | yes | not stated | none |
| Capture before the trial ends with retries | yes | not stated | none |
| Exact agreement text stored with time, IP and terms version | yes | not stated | none |
| Statement descriptor rules | yes | not stated | none |
| Automatic recovery emails after a failed charge | no | not stated | none |
| User accounts, logins and gated pages for a website | no | yes | source |
| Stripe subscriptions, one-time payments and trials | different approach | yes | source |
Where TrialValid and Memberstack overlap
The two meet at checkout. Memberstack supplies member accounts, gated pages and Stripe-based plans for a website, and its product list names trials as a payment type. TrialValid is narrower and sits wholly on the billing side: a card hold before the trial, a capture after it with retries, agreement text and first-touch attribution per signup. Sites that need accounts and gating would start with Memberstack, and sellers who already bill in their own Stripe account could add TrialValid for the trial.
When to pick which
Pick Memberstack when
- You are building a membership or gated site and want logins and Stripe payments in one product.
- You like pricing by member count, where the transaction fee falls from 4% on Basic to none on Established.
- You want to build on a test site for as long as you wish before paying.
Pick TrialValid when
- You need a card held before the trial starts and captured when it ends.
- Subscriptions should belong to your own Stripe account.
- You want agreement wording stored with every signup, along with the time and the terms version.
- You want to know which first touch led to each trial.
Sourced facts
| Fact | Read on | Source |
|---|---|---|
| All features can be tried on a test site for as long as you like with no credit card, and payment starts when the site accepts real members. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Basic costs $29 a month or $25 a month billed yearly and covers up to 1,000 members. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Professional costs $49 a month or $39 billed yearly and covers up to 5,000 members. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Business costs $99 a month or $79 billed yearly, and Established costs $499 a month or $399 billed yearly. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| The transaction fee is 4% on Basic, 2% on Professional, 0.9% on Business and none on Established, on top of Stripe processing fees. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| A transaction is counted when a member pays to sign up through Memberstack, and sites with only free members pay no transaction fee. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| The member limit counts live free and paying members and leaves out test mode members. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| An email is sent at 90% of the member limit, and Basic and Professional accounts are moved up a tier automatically at 100%. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Memberstack uses Stripe to process payments and for payouts, with earnings sent to the bank through Stripe. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Every plan lists social logins, Stripe payments, custom SSO, branded emails and email campaigns. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| Discount programs listed include 50% off for non-profits and a startup plan at $249 a month ($199 billed yearly) for companies that raised under $1M. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
| The product list on the page includes Stripe subscriptions, one-time payments and trials under payments and billing. | 2026-10-19 | vendor page |
Questions
Does Memberstack list trials?
Its product list names trials under payments and billing, and every feature can be tried on a test site with no card. A card hold before a customer trial is not described.
What do Memberstack plans cost?
Basic is $29 a month, Professional $49, Business $99 and Established $499, with lower prices on yearly billing.
What is the Memberstack transaction fee?
It is 4% on Basic, 2% on Professional, 0.9% on Business and none on Established, plus Stripe processing fees.
Do free members count toward the limit?
Live free and paying members count toward the limit, while test mode members do not.
Is it safe to run both?
Both touch payments in Stripe, so check how each account connects before combining them.
What we could not verify
- Whether Memberstack can hold a card before a trial: trials are listed, but the mechanics are not.
- Whose Stripe account owns the subscriptions: the page does not say.