Skool
Skool is a community platform that puts a discussion feed, courses and live calls in one group for creators, coaches and educators who charge for access.
Updated October 2026
Overview: What is Skool?
Hobby is $9 a month with a 10% fee on member payments, and Pro is $99 a month with a 2.9% fee (checked October 2026).
Each Skool group has three tabs: Community, Classroom and Calendar. Members earn a point for every like on their posts and comments, level up at fixed thresholds and appear on a leaderboard. Admins can lock a course until a member reaches a level or pays for a tier. Groups can also be listed in Skool's public directory, where anyone can find and join them.
Fit: Ideal customer profile.
Creators, coaches and educators who already have an audience and want to sell access to a community with courses and live calls. It isn't built for B2B sales enablement or customer onboarding, and teams that need branded spaces, email sequences or CRM data should look at Hivebrite or a course platform with marketing tools.
- Paid communities with courses
- Group coaching with weekly calls
Capabilities
Key features.
01
Discussion feed with categories, polls, files and pinned posts
02
Classroom courses locked by payment tier or member level
03
Points, levels and leaderboards based on likes
04
Native live calls with screen sharing and recording
05
Calendar events shown in each member's time zone
06
Member profiles, a member map and one-to-one chat
07
Revenue dashboard with MRR, churn and retention cohorts
Usage
How to use Skool.
Create a group, pick free or paid access, and set up categories for the feed. Add courses in the Classroom with modules, videos and PDFs, and schedule live calls or recurring events in the Calendar. Members join on the web or through the Skool app. Zapier and webhooks pass new members and posts to other tools, since there's no built-in email marketing or CRM.
Cost
Pricing.
$9/ month
Yearly billing gives two months free (checked October 2026). The transaction fee covers card processing, so Pro works out cheaper once a group takes in roughly $1,250 a month. Payments above $900 on Pro carry a 3.9% fee.
Hobby
$9.00
- Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls
- 10% plus 30 cents per member payment
- One admin
Pro
$99.00
- 2.9% plus 30 cents per payment up to $899
- Unlimited admins, plugins and a custom URL
- Webinars for up to 10,000 attendees
- Option to hide suggested communities
At a glance
Quick facts.
- Stack position
- Enablement
- Category
- Enablement
- Best for
- Paid communities with courses, Group coaching with weekly calls
- Pricing
- From $9/month
Subcategories
- Community Building Platforms
Questions
Frequently asked.
How much does Skool cost?
Hobby is $9 a month and Pro is $99 a month, each with a 14-day free trial (checked October 2026). Skool also takes 10% plus 30 cents of each member payment on Hobby and 2.9% plus 30 cents on Pro.
How do points and levels work on Skool?
A member gets one point each time someone likes their post or comment. Points move them up levels, for example level 2 at 5 points and level 4 at 65. Levels count per group, and admins can open a course only to members at a chosen level.
Can I run live calls on Skool?
Yes. Live calls run inside Skool with screen sharing and recording, and events appear in each member's local time. Pro adds webinars for up to 10,000 attendees.
Does Skool integrate with other tools?
Zapier and webhooks cover new members and posts, and Skool connects to Google and Meta Ads for retargeting. An API has been in beta since late 2025. There's no native email marketing or CRM connection.
What are Skool's limits?
Branding stops at an icon and cover image, and members use the generic Skool app. The Classroom has no quizzes or certificates. Email to members is limited to sharing new posts, at most once every 72 hours, so nurture sequences need another tool.
What are the alternatives to Skool?
Hivebrite builds branded communities for organizations. Podia and Kartra sell courses alongside email and funnels, while Thinkific and Teachable are course platforms with more structure for lessons.
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