AlternativesZapier and Make
Zapier, Make and Membership MCP.
Zapier and Make connect MemberPress to your other apps, so something that happens on your site sets off steps somewhere else. Membership MCP lets the AI you already use do the membership work in a conversation. They do different jobs, and you can use both.
How they fit together
- Zapier and Make run workflows you set up once. When something happens in MemberPress, such as a new member or a completed payment, the workflow carries out the next steps for you (Zapier's MemberPress page, Make's MemberPress app docs, read November 2, 2026). Zapier lists MemberPress integrations with apps such as Mailchimp and Google Sheets.
- Zapier MCP also lets an AI app run Zapier's MemberPress actions, and its pricing page gives one MCP tool call as two tasks in an example rate card (Zapier MCP for MemberPress, Zapier pricing, read November 2, 2026).
- Membership MCP is built only for MemberPress: 60+ tools for members, plans, subscriptions, payments, coupons and access rules, plus the MemberPress add-ons when they're active. You ask in a plain sentence, riskier changes wait for your approval in your AI app, and every action is logged on your site (Tools reference).
- Use both. A step that should run on its own every time, such as a new member going onto your email list, suits Zapier or Make. Finding a member, fixing a plan or checking this month's refunds by asking suits Membership MCP.
Side by side
Zapier's and Make's columns come from their own pages, read on November 2, 2026.
| Membership MCP | Zapier | Make | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A hosted MCP server, meaning a connection your AI app reaches over the web with nothing to install on your computer, and a free WordPress plugin. Built only for MemberPress: 60+ tools | An automation service. Zapier says two-step Zaps have one trigger and one action, and multi-step Zaps have one trigger that prompts multiple actions, across more than 9,000 apps (Zapier pricing) | An automation service (Make's MemberPress app docs) |
| MemberPress work | Members, plans, subscriptions, payments, coupons and access rules, plus the MemberPress add-ons when they're active, and posts and pages | Triggers such as Transaction Completed, Transaction Refunded, Subscription Expired and Member Deleted. Actions such as Create Member, Update Member, Create Transaction and Delete Subscription (Zapier's MemberPress page) | Modules that watch for events such as a completed sign-up, a refund or a failed payment, and modules that create, get, search, update or delete members, memberships, subscriptions, transactions and coupons, plus Cancel a Subscription (Make's MemberPress app docs). Its page says its text is AI-generated from MemberPress docs, so check it |
| What you need | MemberPress (Lite or paid), WordPress 6.5 or newer, PHP 8.0 or newer, and a public https address | A Zapier account (Zapier pricing) | Check its MemberPress app docs (Make's MemberPress app docs) |
| Using it from your AI | Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code. You choose Read only, Content or Full access when you connect. Nothing is picked for you. Riskier changes, such as refunds, cancellations, deletes and going live, show a preview and wait for your approval in your AI app. Posts and pages are saved as drafts. | Zapier MCP offers its MemberPress actions over MCP (Zapier MCP for MemberPress) | Its MemberPress app docs don't say (Make's MemberPress app docs) |
| How it's priced | Free with MemberPress, 50 actions a day. Plus $19 a month, 250 actions a day. Power $49 a month, 1,000 actions a day. | As of November 2, 2026: Free, 100 tasks a month; Professional from $19.99 a month and Team from $69 a month, billed yearly. Zapier defines a task as a unit of work Zapier completes for you; triggers don't use tasks. Zaps, AI steps and MCP share one pool, and its rate-card example counts one MCP tool call as two tasks, with current rates on its rates page (Zapier pricing) | We couldn't read Make's pricing page, so we don't quote it. Check Make pricing |
The units differ. Membership MCP counts actions a day; Zapier counts tasks a month. A Zapier action, a Make module and a Membership MCP tool are each sized differently, so their counts don't line up.
MemberPress says its REST API and webhooks, which it describes as being for custom code and services such as Zapier, come with its Developer Tools add-on, available with a MemberPress Scale license (Developer Tools add-on, read November 2, 2026). Membership MCP works with MemberPress Lite or any paid license.
Where these facts come from
- zapier.com/apps/memberpress: its MemberPress triggers and actions, and workflow examples. Read November 2, 2026.
- zapier.com/mcp/memberpress: its MemberPress actions over MCP. Read November 2, 2026.
- zapier.com/pricing: plans and their billed-yearly prices, its Zap, task and trigger wording, the shared task pool, the two-tasks MCP example, and more than 9,000 apps. Read November 2, 2026.
- apps.make.com/memberpress: Make's MemberPress modules. Make says this page's text is AI-generated from MemberPress docs and may contain mistakes. Read November 2, 2026.
- Make's MemberPress listing and Make pricing: these pages turned our reader away, so nothing here comes from them. Check them yourself.
- memberpress.com Developer Tools add-on: the REST API and webhooks, and the Scale license. Read November 2, 2026.
- Membership MCP: Tools reference, Safety and approvals, Connect your site and Pricing.
Let your AI do the membership work.
Free with MemberPress. Keep your workflows, and ask for the rest.
Connect once, on your own site. Then just ask.