Thread by @yoheinakajima

1/ Been looking at building an LP portal using #NoCode.

Looked at a dozen tools, closely at 3 (@StackerHQ, @webflow/@MemberstackApp, and @softr_io).

Thought it'd be helpful to share my process 👇

2/ For context, we run our fund on @airtable - we have every person, org, startup, LP, perk providers, all in one base.

So when I looked at these tools, I filtered for companies w strong Airtable integration. The two that stood out were Stacker and Softr.

3/ I kept Webflow in there because it's so flexible.

A bit annoying to have to use Memberstack for memberships, but found enough tutorials this wasn't a concern.

Pricing for what I need on Webflow + Memberstack is $61/mo.

4/ Ah, but then the data. I'll have to sync data from Airtable to Webflow.

I've used @parabolahq for piping data (and love it), but that adds another $80/mo. (now we're up to $141/mo).

Webflow is also maybe too flexible. It let's me do things I shouldn't be distracted with...

5/ Let's jump to @StackerHQ. I've been playing w this since last Summer.

It's an incredibly powerful tool for spinning up an internal tool that sits on top of Airtable. You connect and boom, you have a CRUD app w membership.

6/ They handle permissions very well tool.

Perfect for onboarding interns or associates to help w data, if you don't want to give them access to the whole Airtable base (eg. LPs)

7/ I had already drafted up an internal CRM on Stacker, but currently I manage all of our data so we're not actively using this until we grow our team.

I'm already familiar w the tool, so let's see if it works for LP portal.

8/ As I start mocking up our LP portal, I realize it's not that customizable.

Specifically, I can't create new "pages". Every page is tied to data. I can't run my public website on this - though it's not a requirement.

9/ Pricing for Stacker is $149/mo for what I need, and that's only up to 10 users. Another $12/mo for each additional user.

At this point, I'm starting to think I'll set up a founder portal too. This could get real costly.

10/ So I decided to try @softr_io. Last night.

I ended up on it for 2 hours.

It was "just right". Much more customizable than Stacker, but won't let me do stupid things like Webflow.

11/ In 1.5 hours, I had remade our public website (untapped.vc - it's simple), with log-in functionality, and our entire outbound pipeline w filters, directly form Airtable.

Pricing? $65/mo what I need all in, up to 10k members.

12/ I set aside a couple of hours to jam out on this - so unless there's a hiccup - @softr_io is what we'll be using for ver 1 of our LP and founder portals.

13/ TL;DR - No Code membership app builder analysis:

- Full customization? @webflow/@MemberstackApp
- Quick web app for many users? @softr_io
- Internal tool w permissions? @StackerHQ

Note: Lots of other great tools out there aside from this.

Hope this was helpful!

14/ Should I live tweet my build session tomorrow?

Quick correction! I was wrong about Stacker pricing.

It's unlimited for external users. The user numbers I was counting were only for internal.

They're going thru a huge update now, check it out: blog.stackerhq.com/announcing-the…