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Heartbeatvs
Memberstack
Heartbeat is a friendly home for a small paid community with chat, events, and courses. Memberstack adds logins, gated content, and Stripe subscriptions to no-code sites.
How Heartbeat and Memberstack compare
Heartbeat is a friendly place to start a paid community without a big budget. For $49 a month you get channels, threads, chat, voice rooms, DMs, unlimited courses and events, a custom domain, checkout pages, five automation workflows, and Pulse, an AI that actually sets up channels, offers, and pages for you. Grow adds unlimited workflows, DM rules, an affiliate program, and white-label email; Scale adds a branded app. For a founder with a small group who wants courses and calls next to the conversation, Heartbeat covers a lot for the price.
Memberstack gives no-code sites real members. Signup and login, gated pages, member profiles, Stripe plans and one-time payments, and a clean API drop into Webflow and other builders in an afternoon. For a designer turning a site into a members-only product, it is the least painful route.
Where they are different
Heartbeat
- Heartbeat's landing page is the door to a private space.
- Heartbeat emails members through workflows and a weekly digest.
- Heartbeat's events sync to members' calendars.
- Heartbeat charges 5% to 1.25% on payments.
Memberstack
- Memberstack needs a site to attach to.
- Memberstack bills plans.
- Memberstack stores members and can email them.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Choose Memberstack when you already build in Webflow and need members and subscriptions on it.
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What's on Heartbeat and Memberstack
A check means that capability is available. Heartbeat and Memberstack are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Not included
- Custom domainHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Not included
Audience and email
- AudienceHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Included
- Marketing emailsHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Included
Team
- Admin usersHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Included
- AI AssistantHeartbeat: IncludedMemberstack: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Heartbeat or Memberstack, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Heartbeat or Memberstack may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Heartbeat vs Memberstack pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
See what Heartbeat charges on their pricing page.
Memberstack
Current plans and prices
See what Memberstack charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Heartbeat and Memberstack
You don't pay until you publish.
Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.
Common questions
Is Cardel an alternative to Heartbeat or Memberstack?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Heartbeat or Memberstack when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Heartbeat and Memberstack are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Heartbeat or Memberstack?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Heartbeat or Memberstack for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Heartbeat and Memberstack?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Heartbeat and Memberstack set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Heartbeat or Memberstack to Cardel?
Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.