Allow users to store data in member area

Hello everyone,

here’s what I’m trying to achieve (MVP version):

  • User logs into their account
  • User types text and clicks “save”
  • Text is saved in user account and can be accessed by user again later
  • User can type and save as much texts as they like

I should not be able to see the stored texts, which is why I think I cannot work with the “create cms item” option in webflow, since I would see those items in my backend. Also, the number here is fairly limited.

I was looking at memberstack, but from what I understand, they only offer a 3rd party service to create gated content, right? Users cannot have their own databases?

Which service or method could I use to achieve what I’m trying?
Any help would be appreciated :pray:

IMHO Webflow is not the tool for your project and you should be looking at other tools. There may be some nocode application development tools that meet your requirements, which you can research. The other option is traditional development. Good luck with your project.

As Jeff said, WF has no support for this type of feature natively. You’ll have to decide what approach works for you depending on budget, tech skill, security needs, and data storage requirements ( images, text, etc. ).

Memberstack does offer some simple user-based storage. IIRC it’s effectively a JS object, you’d need to read up on it to determine byte limits, and the mechanics of storage and retrieval. It’s not a database.

If you need better security and flexibility the most popular route is to integrate Xano and possibly Wized to built a dashboard and user-specific datastore.

Hey guys, sorry for the late reply, I didn’t receive notifications about new comments. Hm too bad, I was hoping I could work something out with Webflow but I already felt like my chances are low. Thanks anyways and I’ll look into the options!