Gumroad takes 10% plus 50¢ of every direct sale. MemberSpace sells your memberships, courses and downloads on your own website for less, with real people helping you every week.
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$350 million
earned by customers using MemberSpace
Entrepreneurs, creators and businesses manage paid communities, courses and content on their own websites with MemberSpace.
4.7 / 5 on G2 4.9 / 5 on Capterra 4.8 / 5 on Trustpilot Gumroad makes it easy to start selling. But when creators look for a Gumroad alternative, it's usually about fees, payouts and getting help.
With Gumroad Gumroad takes 10% + $0.50 of each direct sale, with card processing charged on top.
MemberSpace MemberSpace Growth takes 2%, with no per-sale charge. See pricing.
With Gumroad Trustpilot reviewers describe payouts held back, delayed for weeks, or accounts suspended near payout time.
MemberSpace Payments run through your own Stripe account, which you connect when you set up MemberSpace.
With Gumroad Reviewers often call Gumroad's support replies slow or unhelpful.
MemberSpace Get email and 1:1 Zoom help from our team, plus free weekly Live Support Hours.
Based on public Gumroad reviews on Trustpilot, gumroad.com/pricing and Gumroad's help center, checked October 2026.
Any website works. Free for 7 days.
More than downloads
Community forums
Members post, comment and get to know each other without ever leaving your site. Every conversation builds your brand and your website, not a third‑party platform.
Your brand
Your membership sits inside the website you've already designed. Members join in one click, pay in one tap, and come back to your site every time.
Both help you sell to your audience. Here's where the costs are different.
| Feature | MemberSpace | Gumroad |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan price | From $39/mo (billed annually) | None |
| Fee on each direct sale | 5% Starter, 2% Growth | 10% + $0.50 |
| Lower fees as you grow | 2% on Growth, down to 1% on custom plans | 5% + $0.50 after $20,000 in a month |
| Card processing | Stripe processing on top | 2.9% + $0.30 on top |
Gumroad details from gumroad.com/pricing and Gumroad's help center article on fees, checked October 2026.
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No monthly fee sounds cheap until 10% and 50¢ leave with every payment. Here's a year at the same income.
MemberSpace Starter
$1,068 /year
Gumroad
$1,500 /year
Save $432 a year compared with Gumroad
MemberSpace Growth
$1,908 /year
Gumroad
$4,200 /year
Save $2,292 a year compared with Gumroad
Prices from each company's pricing page and help center in October 2026; MemberSpace billed annually. Both before card processing (Gumroad lists 2.9% + $0.30 on top). Gumroad sales through its Discover marketplace carry a 30% fee instead.
Sell digital downloads like you do today, then add courses, a content library, newsletters and coaching, all from one dashboard and all on your own website.
Online courses
Build courses however you like. Members get new-lesson alerts and can search and bookmark anything.
Online courses
Content library
Lesson plans, videos, downloads and more, with search, bookmarks and new-content alerts built in.
Content library
Sell online courses your way, with new-lesson alerts, search and bookmarks for members.
Online coursesPut a paywall around your blog or newsletter, and email members with built‑in Member Messages.
Paid newslettersSell coaching programs and client-only resources straight from your own website.
Sell coachingProtect downloads like ebooks, templates and worksheets so only members can get them.
Digital downloadsAny website works. Free for 7 days.
Human support and growth help
Switching platforms is a big decision, so you shouldn't have to figure it out alone. Every MemberSpace plan comes with real human help, plus weekly sessions to grow your membership business.
Our team moves your members over for free, so you can switch without starting from scratch.
Fill in the spreadsheet our support team sends you.
Keep members' current billing dates, or start fresh cycles.
Each member gets an invite to activate their membership.
Give your members one place to learn, talk and belong: your website.
Try for freeAny website works. Free for 7 days.
