Memberstack vs Outseta vs Beag: Which in 2026?

The Memberstack vs Outseta decision comes up whenever someone wants to charge for access to a site without building a backend: gated content, a paid tool, a members-only community, a static SaaS frontend. Both bolt authentication and Stripe payments onto a site you’ve already built. They just disagree about scope — Memberstack wants to be your membership layer, Outseta wants to be your entire business back office. And full disclosure up front: we make Beag, a third option in this space, so this post puts all three side by side and is honest about where each one wins.

Pricing Compared (July 2026)

	Memberstack	Outseta	Beag
Entry price	$29/mo (Basic)	$47/mo (Founder)	$19/mo
Transaction fee	4% on Basic, 2% Pro, 0.9% Business	2% Founder, 1% above	None
Member/contact limit	1,000 (Basic) → 10,000+ (Business, $99/mo)	1,000 contacts (Founder) → 50,000 ($497/mo)	No per-member pricing
Free tier	Free until you launch (test mode)	Free trial	Trial, then paid
What’s bundled	Auth + payments + gating	Auth + payments + CRM + email + help desk	Auth + Stripe payment links + gating
Target user	Webflow / no-code sites	Founders who want one tool for everything	Developers with static/AI-generated sites

Pricing as of July 2026, from each vendor’s public pricing page. All three sit on top of Stripe, whose standard 2.9% + 30¢ processing fee applies regardless.

The line that matters most is the transaction fee, because it scales with revenue while the subscription doesn’t. At $1,000 MRR:

• Memberstack Basic: $29 + 4% = $69/mo
• Outseta Founder: $47 + 2% = $67/mo
• Beag: $19/mo flat — payments run through your own Stripe account, so there’s no platform percentage

At $5,000 MRR the gap widens: Memberstack Professional ($49 + 2%) is $149/mo, Outseta Start-up ($87 + 1%) is $137/mo, Beag is still $19. To be fair, both Memberstack and Outseta reduce fees on higher tiers (Memberstack’s $499/mo Established plan drops to zero fees), and their percentages buy real functionality — but if you’re fee-averse, this is the structural difference. It’s the same reasoning as choosing Stripe over a merchant of record, which we cover in Stripe vs Paddle vs Lemon Squeezy.

What Each Tool Actually Is

Memberstack is the established membership layer for no-code sites, Webflow above all. You design your site in Webflow, add Memberstack’s attributes to elements, and it handles signup, login, gated pages, and Stripe billing. It ships pre-built UI components, social logins, and (as of 2026) even custom SSO on all paid plans. Pricing is per-member: 1,000 members on Basic ($29/mo), 5,000 on Professional ($49/mo), 10,000+ on Business ($99/mo). It’s free to build with — you pay when you launch.

Outseta is deliberately more than a membership tool: auth, subscription billing, a CRM, email marketing, and a help desk in one product, with unlimited team seats. For a solo founder it can genuinely replace four subscriptions (membership tool + CRM + email tool + support widget). The flip side is you’re adopting its whole worldview — and its contact-based pricing counts everyone in the CRM, not just paying members. Founder is $47/mo (or $37 billed annually) for 1,000 contacts with a 2% fee; Start-up at $87/mo raises that to 5,000 contacts at 1%.

Beag is the developer-shaped version of the same idea, built for static and AI-generated sites (v0, Cursor, Claude-built frontends). You connect your own Stripe account, create plans in the dashboard — Beag generates a Stripe payment link for each — and paste one script tag before </head> on pages you want to protect. Beag generates the login and renewal pages; only active subscribers get through. No CRM, no email tool, no attribute system: auth plus payments, $19/mo (pricing).

When Each One Is the Right Choice

Pick Memberstack if…

• You’re on Webflow. The integration depth there is unmatched — attributes, templates, a big community of Webflow developers who know it.
• You want polished pre-built auth UI and member profiles without touching code.
• Your member count is modest and predictable, so per-member tiers won’t surprise you.
• You’re OK trading a transaction percentage early on for a mature, well-documented platform.

Pick Outseta if…

• You want one tool for the whole business — billing, CRM, email sequences, and support tickets in one dashboard genuinely simplifies a solo operation.
• You’d otherwise be paying separately for a CRM and email marketing anyway; $47–87/mo replacing three tools is decent math.
• You value things like no per-seat pricing for teammates.
• A 1–2% transaction fee is acceptable for how much operational software you get back.

Pick Beag if…

• You built the site with code (or AI) and just want to charge for it — a static Astro/Next export, a vibe-coded app, plain HTML on a CDN.
• You want your Stripe account and 100% of your revenue minus Stripe’s own fees — no platform percentage.
• You don’t need a CRM, email campaigns, or member-count tiers — just “paying users get in, others don’t.”
• You want the cheapest fixed cost while validating: $19/mo, five-minute setup per the framework guides.

And where Beag honestly loses: Memberstack is better inside Webflow, Outseta is better if you want the all-in-one back office, and neither-of-the-above applies if you need enterprise auth (SSO mandates, compliance) — that’s Auth0/Clerk territory, a different product category. If you’re comparing developer auth platforms instead of membership tools, start with our Auth0 alternative and Supabase Auth alternative breakdowns.

FAQ

Is Memberstack or Outseta cheaper?

At the entry level they land surprisingly close once fees are counted: at $1,000 MRR, Memberstack Basic costs about $69/mo all-in ($29 + 4%) versus Outseta Founder at about $67/mo ($47 + 2%), as of July 2026. As revenue grows, plan upgrades change the math — compare your expected MRR against Memberstack’s fee ladder (4% → 2% → 0.9% → 0%) and Outseta’s (2% → 1%). Beag, with no transaction fee, is $19/mo at any revenue.

Do Memberstack and Outseta work with my own Stripe account?

Memberstack connects to your Stripe account and charges its platform fee on top. Outseta also processes through Stripe with its 1–2% fee added. Beag likewise uses your own connected Stripe account but adds no percentage — you pay only Stripe’s standard 2.9% + 30¢.

Can I use Memberstack outside Webflow?

Yes — Memberstack has a JavaScript package and works with React and other stacks — but Webflow is clearly its center of gravity, and that’s where the templates, tutorials, and community live. If you’re writing code anyway, a developer-first tool (Beag for static sites, or Clerk if you have a React backend) usually fits the workflow better.

Does Beag include a CRM or email marketing like Outseta?

No. Beag deliberately does two things: authentication and Stripe subscription payments for sites without a backend. If you want built-in CRM, email campaigns, and a help desk, Outseta is the tool designed around that. Beag users typically pair it with whatever email tool they already use.