How to use Make instead of Whalesync for one-way Airtable to Memberstack sync? Answered

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Steve Suderman

I see Whalesync most recommended for syncing Airtable and Memberstack. However, it's very expensive -- at least for the use case I have for a non-profit who only has 300 members. (The Canadian exchange rate makes cost worse). This client does not need bi-directional syncing. They have existing workflows built around Airtable and want to keep their membership managed there. So basically I just need to pull data in from Airtable into Memberstack -- never the other way. Given that Make is cheaper, would it work for this use case? Anything I should be aware of?

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  • Comment author
    A J

    Hey Steve Suderman, members can be managed (i.e. accounts, profiles) in Memberstack and if you want to have a dedicated database to store more information about the member, say in Airtable, you can make use of Make / Zapier to push information from Memberstack or directly from a form in Webflow to Airtable. It should definitely be possible.

    You can explore their pricing pages and see if you have any other use-case that you want to take care of and if those platforms fit your expectation.

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    Steve Suderman

    Thanks AJ. Because orgs struggle with change, they do not want to manage members in memberstack at all. I am hoping to basically make memberstack invisible. They will continue to use their Airtable for membership management.

    I think my use case has very low requirements from Memberstack. I don't have a website yet - I'm still building it. My needs are:
    • Single membership tier only
    • The organization already manages members in Airtable
    • They use Jotform and Square for payments
    • They want to keep their current processes unchanged
    • I just need a way to password-protect members-only content (possibly on a subdomain). But they want more than just a single password -- so I figure Memberstack might be the thing.
    Not sure if I am explaining it well. Let me know if this makes sense.
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  • Comment author
    A J

    Steve Suderman in order to use the Memberstack's gated content feature, the users should log in to the site and the members must be authenticated via Memberstack. i.e. Memberstack will have to check if the logged in user has access to the relevant content based on their plan etc., so members should be in Memberstack and users will have to login via password / passwordless / social auth etc. Are you planning on implementing this on the site?

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  • Comment author
    Steve Suderman

    That makes sense. If we sync their airtable to memberstack users that should work right? Their name and email are sent from airtable to memberstack. Then they create an account in memberstack with that email. And if their membership expires in the airtable, and we sync the airtable to memberstack, then their memberstack account could be automatically downgraded?

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  • Comment author
    A J

    Yes, you can achieve this by incorporating automation via Make / Zapier to have a sync between airtable and Memberstack.

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