12 Best Membership Platforms for Christian Coaches (2026)

The best membership platforms for Christian coaches do more than lock videos behind a paywall. A faith-based membership usually mixes weekly teaching, Scripture-anchored reflection, a small-group rhythm, prayer or gratitude check-ins and the occasional one-to-one call, so the deciding question is simple: which tool carries a member from the first free devotional to their third renewal without you stitching four apps together?

Our pick is Coachful, because it puts the storefront, subscriptions, courses, daily check-ins, habits, cohort groups, booking and the client app behind one login. We make Coachful, so we have been careful below to say what it does not do and when one of the other eleven tools is the better call. Prices for every other vendor are as listed in October 2026 unless a section says otherwise.

If you are still deciding whether to build a coaching practice around your faith, start with how to become a Christian life coach and the overview of Christian life coach certification. For the general category, our parent guide to membership platforms for coaches covers fees and delivery for every kind of coach.

What does a Christian coach's membership journey look like, stage by stage?

It runs through four stages: attract, enroll, deliver and retain. Each stage asks something different of the software, and most platforms are strong in one or two of them.

Attract: give first, in your own voice

Many Christian coaches find members through a church talk, a podcast, a small-group study or a free resource such as a seven-day devotional on rest or a prayer journal PDF. The platform needs a website you control, a lead-magnet page that delivers the download, and email follow-up that sounds like you rather than a sales sequence. A link-in-bio page matters if Instagram is where your teaching lives.

Enroll: be clear about what coaching is

Enrollment is where faith-based coaching needs extra care. Prospective members often arrive expecting something close to pastoral counseling or therapy. A good enrollment step includes a short discovery call, intake questions about goals and how they would like faith woven into the work, and a coaching agreement that states the scope. Coaching is not therapy, pastoral counseling or spiritual direction for crisis. The ICF Code of Ethics asks coaches to be clear about the nature and limits of coaching, and the agreement is the right place to do it. Payment should handle monthly memberships, payment plans and scholarship coupons for members in ministry or tight seasons.

Deliver: daily rhythm, not just weekly content

This is where most membership tools fall short for this niche. A Christian membership rarely succeeds on video lessons alone. Members want a morning prompt (a verse, a question, a gratitude line), a habit to track such as daily Scripture reading or a Sabbath practice, a weekly lesson, a small group to process it with, and a live call to pray and debrief. The platform needs courses with drip, daily check-ins, habits, cohort groups and group calls in one place, ideally in an app members actually open.

Retain: seasons, groups and graceful pauses

Retention in faith-based work follows the church calendar and life seasons. Advent and Lent journeys, a new-year rhythm-of-life program, alumni small groups and a fair pause policy for members going through a move or a new baby keep people around. Software needs to show you who has gone quiet, make it easy to launch a seasonal journey to existing members and support pauses without cancelling. Our guide to membership pause policies covers the rules side.

A scope line worth repeating. Coaching supports growth toward goals; it does not diagnose or treat depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction or abuse. When a member describes symptoms like these, refer them to a licensed counselor and, where relevant, their pastor. In the US, anyone in crisis can call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Wikipedia's entry on pastoral counseling is a useful primer on where that separate discipline begins.

Which platforms cover each stage of the journey?

Only an all-in-one coaching platform covers all four stages natively; course and community tools usually cover deliver and part of retain. We ranked on one line of criteria: one login for the whole client journey, between-session delivery (check-ins, habits, groups), total stack cost, and setup effort, including Coachful's free white-glove build.

How did we choose these 12 platforms?

We started from the journey above and asked which tools Christian coaches actually use to run a paid membership: course platforms, community platforms, coaching back offices and creator storefronts. We kept tools that can sell a recurring membership and deliver content, then ranked them on the criteria line. We did not test these products hands-on; we compared what each vendor documents on its pricing and feature pages and what public reviewers report. Prices are vendor list prices as shown in October 2026, except where a section notes that the vendor's page could not be checked today. Kajabi, Mighty Networks, Circle, Podia, Thinkific, Skool and Stan Store data was verified on October 25, 2026; Practice Better and Teachable pricing pages were checked on October 27, 2026.

1. Coachful: which platform runs the whole membership in one place?

Coachful is a coaching platform that covers the full membership journey in one subscription: website and funnels to attract, booking, agreements and Stripe checkout to enroll, programs, courses, check-ins, habits and groups to deliver, and community plus client status to retain. It is built for coaches who deliver programs rather than one-off sessions, which is how most Christian memberships work. Coaches log in once; members get one branded app.

Delivering a weekly rhythm members keep

Programs in Coachful run for as many weeks as you set, with weekly goals, daily tasks, habits, morning and evening check-ins, goals with progress bars and streaks. For a faith-based membership that means a Monday lesson, a daily verse-and-question task, a "read today's passage" habit, a morning check-in asking what the member is praying about, and an evening check-in on gratitude. Members see it all in their branded home and app.

Check-ins are built as coaching flows, so you can write one Welcome flow for new members, a Morning Check-in for the daily prompt and a weekly reflection. The responses land on each member's record next to their goals, habits, notes and intake answers.

This short walkthrough shows how check-ins are set up and what members see:

Small groups that form themselves

When a member enrolls in a program, Coachful creates the cohort group automatically, which suits a small-group model where each intake of eight to twelve people studies together. Around that you get a community feed, group chat, direct messages, video events, group calls and webinars. A Thursday evening prayer call can be a recurring group session in the same calendar as your one-to-one calls. See group coaching software for how cohorts are structured.

Courses, devotionals and the storefront

Courses support modules, lessons, drip release and completion tracking, so a 40-day Lent journey can release one lesson a day. Downloads, videos, books, events and bundles sit in the same library, and bundles let you sell a "devotional plus small group" tier. Payments run through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account with subscriptions, payment plans, coupons (useful for scholarships), order bumps, refunds, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with a 0% Coachful platform fee; only processing fees apply. If you are designing tiers, read how to structure a multi-tier coaching membership.

Enrollment, scope and records

Booking pages ask intake questions, coaching agreements with e-signature go out before the first call and are stored on the client record, which is where your scope statement on coaching versus counseling belongs (see coaching contracts). Client status (thriving, active, quiet or at risk) shows who has drifted before they cancel. If you are working toward an ICF credential, Coachful counts coaching hours and distinct clients against ACC, PCC and MCC thresholds and exports a log with paid and pro bono hours, which matters for coaches who serve some ministry clients free (more at ICF hour tracking).

Michelle, the built-in AI assistant, works from your live practice data: it can draft a program outline, write the welcome email sequence, summarize recorded sessions and brief you before a call. Questions and planning are included in your Coachful membership; confirmed builds use AI credits. It drafts; you supply the theology and the voice.

Why Coachful stands out: a free white-glove service. From Create, the "We'll build it for you" card lets you describe what you want and attach up to 8 reference links and 10 files such as your logo, photos, sermon notes or existing devotional copy. The Coachful team builds it inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours: a website, a lead-magnet funnel for a free devotional, a sales page for your membership, the program structure, a course outline and written material, or an email sequence. Nothing is invented, so no fake testimonials or credentials; gaps are left for you. It does not cover recording videos, logo design or ad management. One recent build: a leadership coach with a Squarespace renewal days away got one clean homepage with a repeated "talk with me" button. More at the free white-glove service.

Where Coachful is the wrong fit

It is not HIPAA-certified, so licensed Christian counselors keeping clinical records should look elsewhere. There is no PayPal and no permanent free plan, though a free trial exists. The client app ships under the Coachful listing with your branding, not your own App Store account. It is not a course marketplace, and affiliate payouts are recorded manually. Current plans: (Lite: $29/month for up to 5 clients; Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients; Pro: $99/month with unlimited clients; Studio: $199/month with unlimited clients). Lower plans cap client numbers; Pro is unlimited. Read more on the page for spiritual and faith-based coaches.

2. Kajabi: is the all-in-one course giant worth its price?

Kajabi is a polished course, community, website, funnel and email platform, and it suits Christian coaches whose membership is mainly a teaching library: a recorded Bible-study series, a devotional course, a podcast funnel.

Where Kajabi earns its place

Basic costs $179/mo ($143/mo billed annually) for 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 community and 1 website. Growth is $249/mo ($199 annual) with 50 products and 25,000 contacts; Pro is $499/mo ($399 annual). Kajabi Payments in the US charges 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, falling slightly on higher plans; other processors (excluding PayPal) add a 0.5% to 2% Kajabi fee. A 14-day trial is documented in its help center, and a card is optional. Trustpilot shows 3.4 from 2,347 reviews.

What it leaves out for this niche

Kajabi has no habit tracking or daily client check-ins. Coaching is modelled as products and communities rather than per-member plans, so a "read today's passage" habit or a morning prayer prompt lives in email or a separate app. The Basic plan includes 0 AI credits and caps you at 5 products, which a coach selling a membership, a Lent course, an Advent course and a small-group tier can hit in the first year. For the course-only angle, compare our list of course platforms for Christian coaches.

Pick it over Coachful if your membership is a large recorded library sold to thousands of contacts, you rarely run one-to-one calls, and you want Kajabi's ecosystem of templates and third-party experts.

3. Mighty Networks: does a community-first app suit church-style small groups?

Mighty Networks puts community first, with courses, events and livestreams attached. It fits a Christian coach whose membership feels like an online fellowship: discussion threads on the week's passage, member introductions, live worship-and-teaching sessions.

Plans and the fee on sales

Launch is $95/mo ($79/mo annual) with 3 hosts, 200 GB storage and 20 hours a month of livestreaming for up to 100 attendees. Scale is $215/mo ($179 annual) with 30 livestream hours for 200 attendees. Growth is listed at $354/mo billed annually; Mighty Pro is custom. Mighty takes a platform fee of 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth, plus Stripe processing. The trial is 14 days with no card. Trustpilot: 3.3 from 219 reviews.

Gaps a coach will notice

There is no one-to-one scheduling, invoicing or contracts, and no per-member habits, check-ins or private coaching plans. Members use Mighty-branded apps; your own branded app requires custom-priced Mighty Pro. If your offer includes one-to-one spiritual-growth coaching alongside the community, you will need a separate booking and agreement tool. Our list of community platforms for Christian coaches goes deeper on this category.

Pick it over Coachful if the community itself is the product, you expect hundreds of members talking to each other more than to you, and livestream hours matter more than private coaching plans.

4. Circle: how does it handle a paid fellowship with courses?

Circle is a community platform with spaces, courses, events, live streams and paid memberships. For a Christian coach it works well as the home of a structured fellowship: one space per small group, one for prayer requests, one for each course.

The numbers

Professional is $89/mo billed annually with 3 admins and 2,500 AI credits a month; Business is $199/mo annual; Scale is $419/mo annual; Circle Plus is custom. Monthly prices were not shown on the plan data we checked. Circle charges 2% on Professional, 1% on Business and Scale, and 0.5% on Circle Plus, plus Stripe. There is a 14-day trial with no card. Trustpilot: 4.1 from 129 reviews.

Why it ranks below the all-in-one

Circle has no one-to-one scheduling or client back office, and no per-member habits, check-ins or coaching plans. Branded mobile apps come only with custom-priced Circle Plus. Prayer-request spaces can carry sensitive personal information, so set clear guidelines about what members post in shared spaces versus private messages.

Pick it over Coachful if you want granular community spaces and moderation for a large fellowship, and you already handle one-to-one coaching in another tool you are happy with.

5. Podia: can a simple storefront carry a faith-based membership?

Podia is a straightforward storefront for courses, downloads, webinars, coaching sessions and a community. It suits a Christian coach starting small: a free prayer journal, a paid devotional course and a modest community, without much setup.

What you pay

Mover is $49/mo ($42 annual) with 50 products and 100 email subscribers included, plus a 5% Podia transaction fee. Shaker is $99/mo ($84 annual) with 500 email subscribers and 0% fee; Earthquaker is $179/mo ($150 annual) with 1,000 subscribers. Processing through Stripe or PayPal applies on top. The trial is 14 days with no card. Trustpilot: 4.1 from 153 reviews.

Limits to plan around

The email allowances are small. A devotional lead magnet that brings in 600 subscribers already outgrows Shaker. Older profile data notes no mobile app and no native video calls, and there are no member habits, check-ins or per-member plans. Podia is easy to start on and harder to grow a daily-rhythm membership on.

Pick it over Coachful if you want PayPal checkout, sell mostly downloadable studies and courses, and do not need daily check-ins or habit tracking.

6. Paperbell: is a coaching back office enough for memberships?

Paperbell is a coaching business tool for packages: booking, payments, contracts and a simple website. Christian coaches who mainly sell one-to-one packages and add a small group program will find it tidy.

Price, with a caveat

Paperbell's pricing page blocked our check today, so we cannot confirm current pricing first-hand. Its last verified listing, on October 17, 2026, was $97/month or $970/year per coach with unlimited clients and a 0% platform fee (Stripe and PayPal processing apply), plus a free option for a coach's first client. Check the page before buying.

Where memberships get awkward

Paperbell supports packages with content, digital downloads, group programs and e-signed contracts tied to purchase, which covers the enroll stage well. Delivery is thinner: no habit tracking or daily check-ins, no structured multi-week daily-task programs, and no standalone mobile app (mobile browser only). It allows one service provider per account, and its FAQ states it is not HIPAA compliant.

Pick it over Coachful if your offer is mostly one-to-one packages paid by PayPal, the membership is a small add-on, and you want the simplest possible back office.

7. Teachable: who should choose a course school with memberships?

Teachable sells online courses, digital downloads, memberships and coaching products, with iOS and Android student apps on every plan. For a Christian coach with a growing catalog of studies, it is a mature school that members can open on their phones.

Plans checked today

From Teachable's pricing page on October 27, 2026: Starter is $39/mo ($29 annual) with 5 products and a 7.5% transaction fee; Builder is $89/mo ($69 annual) with 10 products and 0% fee; Growth is $189/mo ($139 annual) with 50 products, certificates and branding removal. Each plan lists a 7-day free trial and a 30-day guarantee. Memberships, drip content, quizzes, coupons, order bumps and built-in email marketing appear in its feature comparison.

The trade-offs

That 7.5% fee on Starter is steep for a recurring membership; at 50 members paying $30 a month, it is $112.50 a month to Teachable on top of the plan, as an example. There is no daily check-in or habit layer, and the pricing page does not list a community feature, so small groups typically run elsewhere. Coaching is a product type rather than a client record with notes and agreements.

Pick it over Coachful if your membership is mainly a course catalog, mobile student apps for course viewing are the priority, and you are fine running groups and one-to-one calls in other tools.

8. Practice Better: when does a clinical-grade tool make sense?

Practice Better calls itself an all-in-one EHR, and it is built for practitioners: health coaches, nutritionists and mental health professionals. It belongs on this list for one group in particular: Christian coaches who are also licensed counselors and need HIPAA-compliant records alongside a membership.

Plans as listed today

Its pricing page on October 27, 2026 lists a free Sprout plan for 3 clients; Starter at $35/mo monthly ($25 annual) for 10 clients; Professional at $69/mo ($59 annual) for 300 clients with fixed-date programs and group messaging; Plus at $99/mo ($89 annual) for unlimited clients with evergreen and self-paced programs, portal branding and SMS reminders; and Team at $155/mo ($145 annual) for two practitioners. The Team plan has a 30-day trial; other paid plans have 14 days.

What a faith-based coach gives up

There is no website builder, funnel or lead-magnet tooling, so the attract stage happens elsewhere. Portal branding starts on Plus. Journaling, programs, courses and group sessions are strong for client care, but the community and storefront side of a membership (bundles, a public sales page, upsells) is limited compared with tools built for selling. If you are not a licensed clinician, much of the EHR depth is unused.

Pick it over Coachful if you hold a counseling license, keep clinical notes and need HIPAA compliance; Coachful is not HIPAA-certified and does not offer a BAA.

9. Thinkific: a fit for structured Bible-study courses?

Thinkific is a course platform with communities, memberships and webinar products. A coach running a structured, certificate-style study (say, a 12-week discipleship course for small-group leaders) gets a dependable learning environment.

Pricing after the August increase

Start is $109/mo ($82 annual) with 10,000 current students and 1 community; Grow is $219/mo ($164 annual); Expand is $499/mo ($374 annual); Plus is custom. Prices rose about 10% on August 13, 2026. A 30-day trial applies to self-serve plans. Thinkific Payments carries no extra transaction fee; third-party gateways add a per-plan gateway fee. Its pricing page may show euro prices depending on your location. Trustpilot: 1.8 from 868 reviews.

What is missing

Older profile data says one-to-one scheduling relies on external booking links. There are no member habits, daily check-ins or per-member plans. The branded mobile app is a $199/mo add-on, which more than doubles the Start plan cost if your members expect an app.

Pick it over Coachful if you are building a formal course academy with many instructors or certificates and the membership is primarily learning, not coaching.

10. Skool: does a gamified group work for faith communities?

Skool combines a community feed, a classroom and a calendar in one group, with leaderboards that reward participation. Some Christian coaches like it for a simple, focused "one group, one feed" membership.

Cost and how Skool takes its cut

Hobby is $9/mo ($7.50 annual) with 10% + 30¢ on every transaction. Pro is $99/mo ($82.50 annual) with 2.9% + 30¢ up to $899 and 3.9% + 30¢ above $900. Fees are non-refundable and payouts happen weekly. Payments only run through Skool Payments. Trial terms were not stated on the pricing page when checked. Trustpilot: 1.6 from 54 reviews.

Why it ranks tenth

There is no custom-domain website, funnels, email automation or public API, and no one-to-one client records, intake forms, habits or check-ins. Leaderboards are a matter of taste: some coaches find that ranking members by points sits uneasily with a membership about grace and rest, while others find it motivating. Decide before you build.

Pick it over Coachful if you want the lowest possible entry cost for a single online group, already have an email list elsewhere and are comfortable with Skool's payment terms.

11. Systeme.io: can a free funnel builder start your membership?

Systeme.io is a French all-in-one marketing tool with funnels, email, courses, a basic community, a blog and affiliates. It is the budget route for a Christian coach who wants to launch a devotional funnel and a first course without paying much.

Last verified pricing

We could not re-check Systeme.io's pricing page today. Its listing as recorded in September 2026: a free plan with 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels and 1 course; Startup at $17/mo; Webinar at $47/mo; and Unlimited at $97/mo, with a 0% platform fee. Confirm before you commit.

The ceiling you will hit

There are no contracts, no member habits or check-ins, and the community is basic. Live sessions run through Zoom links. Reviewers describe the page builder as less flexible than premium tools. There is no member app. Contact exports are emailed as a link that expires after 3 days, so plan your exit before you need it.

Pick it over Coachful if your budget is close to zero, your first goal is building an email list from a free devotional, and member delivery can stay simple for now.

12. Stan Store: good for selling from Instagram?

Stan Store is a link-in-bio storefront for digital products, courses, memberships and paid calls. Christian coaches who teach on Instagram or TikTok use it to sell a prayer journal or a short course straight from their profile.

Price list

Creator is $29/mo ($25 annual); Creator Pro is $99/mo ($79 annual). Stan charges 0% on sales, with Stripe or PayPal processing. There is a 14-day trial, and the first month is charged when it ends. Email marketing, upsells, discount codes and affiliates are only on Creator Pro. Trustpilot: 4.7 from 2,205 reviews.

Not a membership home

Stan Store has no contracts, invoices or client records and is not a CRM. There are no programs with member tasks, habits or check-ins, and no team seats advertised. It is a strong front door and a weak living room.

Pick it over Coachful if nearly all your sales come from a social profile, your products are mostly downloads and short courses, and you do not run ongoing groups.

Which features matter most for a Christian membership?

Daily check-ins, habits and automatic cohort groups are the features that separate a coaching membership from a content subscription. This matrix shows who has them natively.

How would a Christian coach set up a membership in Coachful?

Here is one way to build a "Rooted" membership, as an example: a monthly subscription with a daily rhythm, a weekly lesson and a small group.

1. Request the build. Use the free white-glove card and describe the site, a free "7 Days of Rest" devotional funnel and the membership sales page. Attach your logo, photos and devotional text.
2. Write the agreement. Add a coaching agreement stating that coaching is not counseling or therapy, how faith is integrated, and when you will refer. It goes out for e-signature before the first call.
3. Build the program. Create a 12-week program: a weekly goal, a daily Scripture task, a "read today's passage" habit, a morning check-in ("What are you bringing to God today?") and an evening gratitude check-in.
4. Add the course. Load weekly teaching videos into a course with drip release, plus a downloadable prayer journal.
5. Open the group. Enrollment creates the cohort group automatically; schedule a recurring Thursday group call for prayer and discussion.
6. Set the price. Create a monthly subscription and a scholarship coupon. To set the price, estimate your hours per member per month, multiply by your hourly target, then compare with what your audience pays for similar programs.
7. Watch status. Each week, look for members marked quiet or at risk and send a personal note before renewal.

For a blank-page starting point, the models in coaching membership models help you choose between a content library, a cohort and a hybrid.

What does an all-in-one stack cost compared with an assembled one?

An assembled stack usually costs more per month than one platform and adds a second login for members. The recipes below use list prices; transaction fees are noted separately because they grow with revenue.

None of the assembled stacks above include daily check-ins or habit tracking, and each requires a separate login for members. Paperbell figures use its last verified listing.

Cost at 5, 15 and 40 members

Prices are monthly list prices in USD except where marked annual; processing fees are extra on every tool. Remember to add the tools each option is missing, such as a booking app, a contract tool or a habit tracker.

How do you move an existing membership without losing members?

Move in a quiet season, keep billing running until the new platform is ready, and tell members exactly what will change. A few specifics for faith-based memberships:

• Avoid Advent, Lent and January. These are often your busiest enrollment windows. Migrate in late summer or after Easter.
• Export everything first. Member lists, course videos, devotional PDFs and any prayer-request archives. Treat prayer requests as sensitive: do not move them into a public space.
• Map subscriptions carefully. Stripe subscriptions do not always transfer between platforms. Plan whether members re-subscribe or you migrate payment data, and offer a short grace period.
• Re-send the agreement. A fresh e-signed agreement on the new platform is a natural point to restate your coaching scope.
• Keep the small group together. Move each cohort at once, so no group is split across two apps.
• Use the help on offer. In Coachful, clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding, and the white-glove team can rebuild your site and funnels.

Our step-by-step guide on switching coaching platforms without disrupting clients covers announcement emails and timelines.

Which mistakes do Christian coaches make when choosing a membership platform?

• Buying a course tool for a coaching offer. If members need daily prompts and a small group, a video library alone will see engagement fade after the first month.
• Skipping the scope conversation. Without an agreement that separates coaching from counseling, members may bring crises you are not trained to handle.
• Ignoring percentage fees. A 2% to 10% platform cut feels small at launch and large at 100 members.
• Splitting members across apps. Each extra login loses some members; keep content, group and check-ins together.
• Forgetting scholarships. Many faith-based coaches want to serve people in ministry or hardship; make sure the platform supports coupons or a lower tier.

What is the verdict?

For most Christian coaches, Coachful is the best membership platform because it covers attract, enroll, deliver and retain in one login, including the daily check-ins, habits and automatic small groups that make a faith-based membership feel alive. The free white-glove build takes care of most of the setup work. Choose Kajabi or Teachable for a large recorded teaching library, Mighty Networks or Circle when the fellowship itself is the product, Practice Better if you are a licensed counselor who needs HIPAA, and Stan Store or Systeme.io for a low-cost start.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best membership platform for a Christian coach?

For coaches who deliver programs with daily rhythm and small groups, Coachful is the strongest fit because it combines courses, check-ins, habits, cohort groups, booking and payments in one app. If your membership is purely a course library, Kajabi or Teachable are reasonable alternatives.

Is Coachful's white-glove build really free?

Yes. The white-glove build service is free on every plan. You describe what you need (a website, a devotional funnel, a membership sales page, a program or an email sequence), attach references and files, and the team builds it inside your account, usually within about 24 hours. It does not include recording videos, logo design or ad management.

Can I use a membership platform for Christian counseling?

Only if it supports clinical record-keeping and, in the US, HIPAA. Coachful is not HIPAA-certified, so it suits coaching, not counseling. Licensed counselors should look at a tool like Practice Better, which lists HIPAA compliance.

How do I run small groups inside a membership?

Use a platform that creates groups per program or cohort, with group chat and scheduled group calls. In Coachful, enrolling members in a program creates the cohort group automatically, and recurring group calls sit in the same calendar as your one-to-one sessions.

Which platforms support daily devotional prompts?

Coachful handles them as morning and evening check-ins and daily program tasks. Most course and community tools (Kajabi, Circle, Skool, Thinkific) do not have native daily check-ins, so coaches send prompts by email or post them in a feed.

Can I offer scholarships or a reduced rate for people in ministry?

Most platforms support coupons. Coachful, Teachable, Systeme.io and Stan Store Creator Pro all list coupons, order bumps or discount codes; Stan Store keeps them to the higher plan. A separate lower-priced tier is another option.

Do any of these platforms accept PayPal?

Podia, Paperbell, Stan Store and Systeme.io list PayPal. Coachful does not support PayPal; it uses Stripe or Razorpay, including Apple Pay and Google Pay.

How should I price a Christian coaching membership?

Start from how much of your time each member uses monthly (group calls, check-in replies, content), set an hourly target, and work out a monthly price. Then compare it with similar offers your audience already pays for and adjust. Tiered pricing with a lower content-only tier helps more people join.

Can I track ICF hours from my membership?

Coachful counts coaching hours and distinct clients against ACC, PCC and MCC thresholds and exports an ICF coaching log with paid and pro bono hours. Course and community tools generally do not track coaching hours. See coaching platforms for ICF coaches.

How do I start with Coachful?

Begin a free trial, then use the free white-glove build to set up your site, funnel and membership program. Prices for each plan are on the plans page.