Skool Pricing in 2026: Plans, Fees and What Coaches Pay
As listed in October 2026, Skool pricing comes down to two plans: Hobby at $9 a month, with a 10% + 30¢ fee on every sale, and Pro at $99 a month, with 2.9% + 30¢ per sale (3.9% + 30¢ on charges above $900). Both plans include unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls, so the only real difference between them is the fee. Paying yearly gets two months free. Once a community sells more than about $1,268 a month, Pro is the cheaper plan.
That headline is only part of the bill. Skool processes every payment itself, takes a 30% commission on members its Growth Boost brings in (switched on by default), and leaves out a website, funnels, email automation, intake forms and 1:1 client records, so most coaches pay for other tools beside it. Below you will find every plan and fee, worked costs at three business sizes, the gotchas, and how Skool compares with five alternatives, including Coachful. We make Coachful, so we have kept vendor numbers to what each company publishes and said plainly where Skool is the better fit.
What plans does Skool offer, and what do they cost?
Skool sells two plans, Hobby and Pro, and both carry the same feature list; only the transaction fee changes. These are the plans as listed on Skool's pricing page in October 2026, and each one covers a single community.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing | Limits | Transaction fee (Skool Payments) | Also listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $9/month | $90/year ($7.50/month) | Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls | 10% + 30¢ on every transaction | Custom URL, affiliates |
| Pro | $99/month | $990/year ($82.50/month) | Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls | 2.9% + 30¢ up to $899; 3.9% + 30¢ above $900 | Custom URL, affiliates |
Skool advertises yearly billing as "2 months free!" but does not print the yearly totals on the pricing page. Ten months of the monthly price gives $90 a year for Hobby and $990 for Pro, which matches the yearly amounts recorded in our September 2026 profile of Skool. There is no free plan, and there are no add-ons, usage tiers or seat prices on the page.
One rule shapes the whole bill: each community is a separate subscription. A coach who runs a free community for leads and a paid community for clients pays for two plans, even though "unlimited members" is printed on both.
The free trial is the vaguest part of the page. The plan cards carry "TRY FOR FREE" buttons, but neither the pricing page nor the help center states how long the trial lasts or whether a card is needed. Check the sign-up screen before you start, and put a reminder in your calendar.
What does each Skool plan add?
Neither plan adds features over the other. Hobby and Pro both give you a community feed, a classroom for courses, a calendar for live calls and gamified leaderboards inside one group, plus a custom URL and an affiliate program. What you are choosing is a fee schedule.
Hobby: low monthly price, high fee
Hobby costs $9 a month, or $7.50 a month billed yearly. In exchange, Skool keeps 10% + 30¢ of every transaction. That trade suits a free community where little money changes hands, or a paid group you are testing with a handful of members. Skool's own example: a $9 monthly membership pays out $7.80 on Hobby.
Pro: higher monthly price, card-rate fee
Pro costs $99 a month, or $82.50 a month billed yearly, and drops the fee to 2.9% + 30¢ on transactions up to $899. Charges above $900 pay 3.9% + 30¢. Skool's help center argues that Pro is cheaper than running payments through Stripe for many creators because, it says, Stripe charges an extra 1.5% for international cards and 0.5% for subscriptions. The same $9 membership pays out about $8.44 on Pro.
What neither plan includes
According to our September 2026 profile and Skool's own pages, neither plan includes a website on your own domain, sales funnels, email automation or a public API. There are no 1:1 client records, intake forms, habit tracking or check-ins. Payments run only through Skool Payments. If your coaching business needs any of those, the Skool subscription is the starting cost, not the whole cost. Our Coachful vs Skool comparison lays the features out side by side.
What fees does Skool charge on top of the plan?
Every paid transaction through Skool carries a fee: 10% + 30¢ on Hobby, and 2.9% + 30¢ on Pro (3.9% + 30¢ above $900). Because Skool Payments is the only option and processing happens on Skool's own merchant account, there is no separate processor bill on top. The table shows what that means at common price points.
| Charge to the member | Hobby fee | Hobby payout | Pro fee | Pro payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9 | $1.20 | $7.80 | $0.56 | $8.44 |
| $49 | $5.20 | $43.80 | $1.72 | $47.28 |
| $99 | $10.20 | $88.80 | $3.17 | $95.83 |
| $497 | $50.00 | $447.00 | $14.71 | $482.29 |
| $999 | $100.20 | $898.80 | $39.26 (3.9% tier) | $959.74 |
The $9 and $999 rows match the payout examples in Skool's payments FAQ. The other rows are our arithmetic from the published rates. Card fees exist on every platform because banks charge interchange on each card payment; the question is how much the platform adds on top.
Growth Boost: a 30% commission that is on by default
Growth Boost is the fee most coaches miss. Skool's help center describes it as a program that ranks your group higher in Skool's search results and runs off-site ads for it, with Skool fronting the cost. In return, Skool takes a 30% commission on any paid customer it brings you, on top of the normal transaction fee, and it keeps taking that cut on every recurring charge for as long as the member's subscription stays active.
Worked example: a member who finds your $49 a month group through Growth Boost pays you $32.58 a month on Pro ($49 minus $14.70 commission and $1.72 fee), or $29.10 on Hobby. Members you bring yourself only pay the normal fee. Growth Boost is switched on by default and can be turned off at any time in your group's settings, under Discovery. Whether it is worth keeping depends on how many members you can find on your own.
Payouts, currency and tax
- Your own Stripe account is not an option. Skool says you cannot use an existing Stripe account. It creates a Stripe Express connection only to send payouts to your bank.
- Prices are in US dollars. Every subscription price on Skool is set in USD and members pay in USD. Payouts arrive in your local currency, so a UK coach is paid in pounds.
- Weekly payouts. Your available balance is paid every Wednesday. The first payout goes through checks and can take up to 14 days.
- Skool is the merchant of record. It adds EU value-added tax on top of your price and remits it, and it issues a reverse invoice for each payout. How you record those payouts varies by country, so check with an accountant.
- Charge ceiling. Skool's limit is $100,000 per charge, which matters only for very large one-off programs.
Refunds, add-ons, overages and seats
Skool's transaction fees are non-refundable. Refunds are at the creator's discretion, and Skool says that in most cases it will not refund on a creator's behalf. If you refund a $99 member on Hobby, the $10.20 fee on that charge does not come back. The pricing page lists no paid add-ons, no usage overages and no per-seat charge; the variable costs are transaction fees and, if you leave it on, Growth Boost.
Has Skool pricing changed in 2026?
The list prices have not moved since our September 2026 profile: Hobby is still $9 a month and Pro $99. A few details have shifted. The help center now states that Hobby is 10% + 30¢ and that fees are non-refundable. The "2 months free" headline, which our September profile recorded as the trial offer, now sits on the yearly billing toggle, and the trial length is no longer stated. Skool's Trustpilot score moved from 1.7 (51 reviews) to 1.6 (54 reviews) as seen on October 25, 2026. The payments FAQ we used was last updated on September 29, 2026.
What does a coach actually pay for Skool at three sizes?
In the worked examples below, a coach pays about $87 a month at 15 members, about $254 a month at 60 members and about $1,082 a month for a premium group of 25 clients, before the tools Skool does not include. These are illustrative numbers built from Skool's published rates, not data from real coaches.
Assumptions: every member pays monthly through Skool Payments, nobody came in through Growth Boost, there are no refunds, and the coach pays Skool monthly rather than yearly. For the tools Skool leaves out, we priced one example (Systeme.io, as listed in October 2026) for the website, funnels and email, and left booking, e-signature and client-record tools unpriced because those depend on what you pick.
| Example coach (illustrative) | Monthly sales through Skool | Cheaper plan and Skool cost per month | Same sales on the other plan | Tools still needed beside Skool | Example total before booking and e-signature tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting out: 15 members at $49/month | $735 | Hobby: $87.00 ($9 plan + $73.50 + $4.50 in fees), about 11.8% of sales | Pro: $124.82 | Website, funnels and email (example: Systeme.io Free, $0, 2,000 contacts); booking with calendar sync; e-signature; client notes | $87.00 |
| Growing: 60 members at $79/month | $4,740 | Pro: $254.46 ($99 plan + $137.46 + $18 in fees), about 5.4% of sales | Hobby: $501.00 | Website, funnels and email (example: Systeme.io Startup, $17/month, 5,000 contacts); booking; e-signature; intake forms | $271.46 |
| Premium group: 25 clients at $1,000/month | $25,000 | Pro: $1,081.50 ($99 plan + $975 + $7.50 in fees at the 3.9% tier), about 4.3% of sales | Hobby: $2,516.50 | Website, funnels and email (example: Systeme.io Webinar, $47/month, 10,000 contacts); booking; e-signature; per-client records and check-ins | $1,128.50 |
Three things stand out. First, the switch point: with charges under $900, Hobby costs $9 plus 10% of sales and Pro costs $99 plus 2.9%, so the two meet at about $1,268 a month in sales. Below that, stay on Hobby; above it, Pro is cheaper every month. Second, the premium group pays the 3.9% tier because each charge is above $900, so a high-ticket program costs more per dollar of sales than you might expect. Third, Growth Boost can outweigh everything else: if 20 of the 60 members in the middle row had come through it, the coach would hand over another $474 a month, taking Skool's share from about 5.4% to about 15.4% of sales.
The tools a coach still needs beside Skool
The last column is where the real comparison happens. Skool runs the community, classroom and group calls well, but a coaching business usually also needs:
- A website and sales pages on your own domain. Skool gives you a custom skool.com URL, not a site. See our guide to a coach website builder for what a coaching site needs.
- Funnels and email automation to turn visitors into members and follow up with leads who have not joined yet.
- Booking for discovery calls and 1:1 sessions, with calendar sync and intake questions. Skool's calendar lives inside the group for its live calls. Our page on scheduling software for coaches covers what to look for.
- Coaching agreements with e-signature before the first session. See coaching contracts.
- Per-client records: goals, notes, check-ins and habits for the people you coach individually.
Some coaches fill all of that with one agency CRM instead; our GoHighLevel pricing breakdown shows what that route costs once metered SMS and email usage are added. Others move to one platform that covers the community and the coaching together.
What hidden costs and gotchas come with Skool pricing?
The biggest hidden costs are Growth Boost's 30% commission, the 30¢ fixed fee on low-priced memberships, and the tools Skool leaves out. Here is the full list we would check before committing.
- Growth Boost is on by default. A member Skool finds for you costs 30% of every recurring charge, for as long as they stay. Decide on purpose whether to keep it.
- The fixed 30¢ hits cheap memberships hardest. On a $5 monthly membership, Pro takes about $0.45 (8.9% of the price) and Hobby takes $0.80 (16%).
- High-ticket charges move up a tier. On Pro, anything above $900 pays 3.9% + 30¢ instead of 2.9% + 30¢.
- Fees are non-refundable. Refund a member and you absorb the fee on that charge.
- Every community is its own plan. A free lead community plus a paid client community means two subscriptions.
- You cannot bring your own Stripe account. Processing happens on Skool's merchant account, not one you control. Ask Skool how active subscriptions would move before you build a large paid base there.
- USD pricing, local-currency payouts. Members pay in dollars and you are paid weekly in your own currency, with the first payout taking up to 14 days.
- Limited data export. Our September 2026 profile found that members export to CSV (name, email, join date and membership answers), while posts, direct messages and course progress do not export. Keep master copies of your course videos and files elsewhere.
- Unclear trial terms. Trial length and card requirements are not stated on the pricing page or help FAQ.
- Thin public review footprint. Skool showed 1.6 out of 5 from 54 reviews on Trustpilot on October 25, 2026, and our September 2026 profile found no listing on G2 or Capterra. It is a small sample, so read the reviews themselves before drawing conclusions.
Is Skool worth the price for coaches?
Skool is worth it if your business is a community or membership and most of your income comes from people paying to join it. It is a weaker fit if you sell 1:1 coaching, need per-client check-ins, or want your website, funnels and email in the same place. Here is how that plays out by coach type.
Community and membership coaches
This is Skool's home ground. If you run a paid group with dozens or hundreds of members, a course library and weekly live calls, Skool covers it with a simple, gamified interface, and Pro's 2.9% + 30¢ is close to what a card processor alone would charge. Start on Hobby, move to Pro as sales pass about $1,268 a month, and review Growth Boost every quarter.
Group program and cohort coaches
Skool handles the group space and the classroom. What it does not handle is the structure around a program: weekly goals, daily tasks, habits and check-ins per participant, or an application and agreement before someone joins. Our guides to group coaching software and hosting client masterminds without Skool walk through the alternatives, and the group coaching pricing calculator helps you set a price that survives platform fees.
1:1 life, business and executive coaches
Skool is a poor fit as the main tool. There are no client records, intake forms or check-ins, and coaching agreements need another tool. If most of your income is private coaching, look at platforms built for it, such as Coachful for life coaches or executive coaches, and use a community as an add-on rather than the core.
Fitness and nutrition coaches
Skool has no workout builder, workout logging, nutrition targets or progress photos, so fitness coaches end up running a training app beside it. Coachful's Fitness & Nutrition pack covers those inside the same client app. Either way, coaching is not medical treatment: refer clients with injuries, medical conditions or signs of disordered eating to a licensed clinician.
New coaches testing an offer
Hobby is one of the cheapest ways to open a paid group, at $9 a month. The 10% fee is the price of that low entry point, and on a few hundred dollars of sales it is a fair trade. If you are still working out who you serve, our page for new coaches covers the first offer and the tools that matter early.
How does Skool pricing compare with the alternatives?
We rank by what matters to a coach paying for software: one login for the whole client journey, delivery between sessions, total stack cost, and setup effort.
| Platform | Entry price | Platform fee on sales | Built for | 1:1 booking and client check-ins | Trial or free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachful | Lite: $29/month for up to 5 clients | 0% platform fee; your own Stripe or Razorpay processing only | Coaches running programs, sessions, community, courses and sales in one place | Yes: booking pages with calendar sync, per-client check-ins, habits and goals | A free trial |
| Skool | $9/month Hobby; $99/month Pro | 10% + 30¢ (Hobby); 2.9% or 3.9% + 30¢ (Pro), processing included; 30% on Growth Boost members | Communities with a classroom, calendar and leaderboards | No 1:1 client records, intake forms, habits or check-ins | "Try for free"; length not stated |
| Circle | $89/month billed yearly (Professional) | 2% Professional, 1% Business and Scale, plus Stripe | Community with courses, events, live streams and paid memberships | No 1:1 scheduling or client back office | 14 days, no card required |
| Mighty Networks | $95/month or $79/month yearly (Launch) | 2% Launch, 1% Scale, 0.5% Growth, plus Stripe | Community, courses and events with Mighty-branded member apps | No 1:1 scheduling, invoicing or contracts | 14 days, no card required |
| Kajabi | $179/month or $143/month yearly (Basic) | Kajabi Payments (US) 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic; other processors add 2% on Basic | Courses, community, website, funnels and email for knowledge products | No habit tracking or daily client check-ins | 14 days; card optional |
| Systeme.io | $0 Free plan; $17/month Startup | 0% on all plans; Stripe or PayPal processing | Low-cost funnels, email, courses, community and blog | No native 1:1 scheduling with client records | Free plan, no card required |
Prices are as listed in October 2026. Skool has the lowest sticker price of the community platforms, and on yearly billing its Pro plan is slightly below Circle's entry plan. The gap opens once you add fees and the tools Skool does not include. For a closer look at the two best-known community tools, see Skool vs Circle, or our page on a Skool and Circle alternative for coaches.
1. Coachful: the whole coaching business under one login
Coachful in brief. Coachful is a coaching platform that puts booking, payments, contracts, programs with habits and check-ins, courses, a community, a website with funnels and email, and an AI assistant under one login, with one branded app for clients. It is built for coaches who deliver programs rather than single sessions, solo coaches growing into a small team, and coaches replacing four to six tools. It is not HIPAA-certified, has no PayPal, and is not a course marketplace. To start, open a free trial and ask the team to build your site, funnel or first program through the free white-glove service.
Where Skool stops at the community, Coachful carries on into the work that happens between calls. Clients follow multi-week programs with weekly goals, daily tasks, habits, morning and evening check-ins, goals with progress bars and streaks. The coach sees each client's goals, check-ins, notes, intake answers, payments and sessions on one record, with a status of thriving, active, quiet or at risk.
The community side covers what most coaches use Skool for: a feed, group chat, direct messages, video events, group calls and webinars, with cohort groups created automatically when a client enrolls in a program. Courses support modules, lessons, drip and completion tracking, and they live in the same branded client home as everything else.
Selling and admin are included in your Coachful membership as well. Booking pages handle availability rules, buffers and time zones, with two-way Google, Apple and Outlook calendar sync and built-in video or auto-created Zoom, Meet and Teams links. Coaching agreements with e-signature go out before the first call. The section-based website builder includes a blog, custom domain and 30 designed homepage templates, and funnels and email sequences sit beside it, so every item in the tools column of the cost table above is covered by the same subscription.
Payments run through your own Stripe Connect or Razorpay account, which means the billing relationship with your clients sits in an account you control. Coachful has charged a 0% platform fee on sales since August 2026, so the only deduction is your processor's fee, and an invoice is generated for every transaction.
Pricing is a flat monthly plan rather than a share of revenue: lower plans cap the number of clients, Pro is unlimited, team plans add coach seats, and monthly plans cancel in one click. 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. For a coach with around 15 active clients, the relevant plan is Solo: $49/month for up to 20 clients, and the cheapest plan with unlimited clients is Pro: $99/month with unlimited clients.
This short walkthrough shows how a multi-week program is built and delivered to clients:
Why Coachful stands out: a free white-glove service. On every plan, you can open Create and choose "We'll build it for you", describe what you need (a website, funnel, sales page, program, course outline, email sequence, lead quiz or something else), and attach up to 8 reference links and 10 files such as logos, photos and brand guides. The Coachful team then builds it inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours. Nothing gets invented: no fake credentials, testimonials or prices, and gaps are left for you to fill. One recent build: a somatic coach leaving Kajabi had the homepage and About page rebuilt and the contact form connected. Another: a business mentor for beauty professionals got a 12-week mentorship sales page, a start-up-guide funnel and rewritten follow-up emails. The service does not cover filming videos, logo design or ad management. Read more about the white-glove build service.
What Coachful does not do matters too. It is not HIPAA-certified and offers no BAA, so it is not for clinical record-keeping or insurance billing. There is no PayPal and no permanent free plan. Garmin, Fitbit, Whoop and Oura do not sync, and there are no stock exercise videos. It is not a marketplace, so unlike Skool's discovery it will not send you members; you bring your own audience. Clients, programs and content are imported for you during onboarding.
2. Circle: a deeper community platform with a percentage fee
Circle is a community platform with courses, events, live streams and paid memberships. As listed in October 2026, the Professional plan costs $89 a month billed yearly, with 3 admins and 10 moderators; Business is $199 a month and Scale $419 a month, both billed yearly. Circle takes 2% of payments on Professional and 1% on Business and Scale, plus Stripe processing. There is a 14-day free trial with no card required. Branded mobile apps are only on the custom-priced Circle Plus, and there is no 1:1 scheduling or client back office. Circle showed 4.1 out of 5 from 129 reviews on Trustpilot on October 25, 2026.
Pick it over Coachful if your business is a large community with many moderators and spaces, and you do not deliver 1:1 coaching or structured programs.
3. Mighty Networks: community and livestreams with branded apps on top tiers
Mighty Networks combines community, courses and events, with members using Mighty-branded apps. The Launch plan is $95 a month, or $79 a month billed yearly, with 3 hosts and 20 hours a month of livestreaming for up to 100 attendees. Scale is $215 a month ($179 yearly) and Growth is $354 a month billed yearly. Mighty takes 2% of sales on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth, plus Stripe processing. The 14-day trial needs no card and includes Growth features. There is no 1:1 scheduling, invoicing or contracts, and your own branded apps require the custom-priced Mighty Pro.
Pick it over Coachful if livestreamed events for a large membership are the core of what you sell and you do not need per-client coaching tools.
4. Kajabi: courses, website and email at a higher entry price
Kajabi bundles courses, community, website, funnels and email for selling knowledge products. Basic is $179 a month ($143 yearly) with 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 community and no AI credits; Growth is $249 ($199 yearly) and Pro $499 ($399 yearly). Kajabi Payments in the US charges 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, and using another processor adds a 2% Kajabi fee on Basic. The trial runs 14 days, with a card optional. There is no habit tracking or daily client check-in; coaching is sold as products and communities rather than per-client plans. Our Kajabi pricing guide goes through every tier.
Pick it over Coachful if most of your income comes from courses and digital products sold to thousands of contacts, and coaching is a side line.
5. Systeme.io: the cheapest funnels and email, with basic community
Systeme.io is a low-cost marketing suite with funnels, email, courses, a community, a blog and an affiliate program. The Free plan covers 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course and a custom domain, and it never expires. Startup is $17 a month, Webinar $47 and Unlimited $97. There are no Systeme.io transaction fees on any plan; you pay Stripe or PayPal processing only. Our September 2026 profile found no native 1:1 scheduling with client records and no branded mobile app, and the community and course features are basic. It showed 4.9 out of 5 from 8,696 reviews on Trustpilot on October 25, 2026.
Pick it over Coachful if your budget is close to zero and what you mainly need is funnels and email, with coaching delivered elsewhere.
How can you save money on Skool?
The biggest savings come from picking the right plan for your sales, paying yearly once you are settled, and deciding deliberately about Growth Boost. In order of impact:
- Match the plan to your sales. Stay on Hobby until monthly sales pass about $1,268, then switch to Pro. If you pay yearly, the switch point drops to about $1,056 a month, because the yearly plans cost $7.50 and $82.50 a month.
- Pay yearly once the community is working. Two months free saves $18 a year on Hobby and $198 on Pro. Do it after the first few months, not on day one.
- Review Growth Boost. If you already have an audience, turning it off keeps the 30% commission in your pocket. If Skool's discovery brings members you would not otherwise reach, keep it and price with that cut in mind.
- Run one community, not several. Both plans include unlimited courses, so one community with separate courses costs one subscription instead of two or three.
- Avoid tiny price points. The fixed 30¢ takes a big share of a $5 membership. Fewer, larger charges keep more of each sale.
- Set your launch price carefully. Skool grandfathers existing members at the price they joined on, so an underpriced launch stays underpriced for those members. Our guides to early-bird pricing for group coaching and alumni mastermind continuity pricing help here.
- Count the whole stack. Add up Skool, its fees and every tool beside it each quarter. If the total keeps growing, compare it with an all-in-one coaching software platform.
- Track it as a business expense. Software subscriptions and platform fees are normally business costs. The IRS overview of deducting business expenses explains the US basics; rules vary by country, so check with an accountant.
Skool pricing FAQ
How much does Skool cost per month?
Skool costs $9 a month on Hobby or $99 a month on Pro, as listed in October 2026. Yearly billing gives two months free, which works out to $7.50 and $82.50 a month. Each community needs its own plan, and transaction fees come on top.
Does Skool have a free plan or a free trial?
There is no free plan. The pricing page shows "Try for free" buttons, but neither the page nor the help center states the trial length or whether a card is required. Check the sign-up screen and set a reminder before the trial ends.
What is the difference between Skool Hobby and Pro?
The feature list is identical: unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls, a custom URL and affiliates. The difference is the fee, 10% + 30¢ per transaction on Hobby versus 2.9% + 30¢ on Pro (3.9% + 30¢ above $900). Pro becomes the cheaper plan once you sell more than about $1,268 a month.
Does Skool take a percentage of my sales?
Yes, on both plans. Hobby keeps 10% + 30¢ and Pro keeps 2.9% + 30¢ (3.9% above $900) of every transaction, and those fees are non-refundable. Members found through Growth Boost cost an extra 30% commission on every recurring charge.
Can I use my own Stripe account with Skool?
No. Skool's help center says you cannot use an existing Stripe account; Skool creates a Stripe Express connection only to send payouts, and processing happens on Skool's merchant account. Payouts arrive every Wednesday in your local currency.
What is Skool Growth Boost and how much does it cost?
Growth Boost puts your group higher in Skool's search results and lets Skool run off-site ads for it at its own cost. If it brings you a paying member, Skool takes 30% of that member's charges, plus the normal fee, for as long as the subscription is active. It is on by default and can be turned off in your group's Discovery settings.
Is Skool cheaper than Circle, Mighty Networks or Kajabi?
Hobby at $9 a month undercuts all three on sticker price. Pro at $99 a month sits close to Mighty Networks Launch ($95) and Circle Professional ($89 a month billed yearly, against Skool's $82.50 yearly), and well below Kajabi Basic ($179). Fees and the tools Skool leaves out can change the answer, so compare the full monthly total, not the plan price.
Does Skool pricing include a website, email marketing or booking?
No. Skool does not include a website on your own domain, funnels, email automation, intake forms or 1:1 client records, and its calendar is built around the group's live calls. Most coaches pay for at least one more tool for those jobs.
What is Coachful's free white-glove service?
On every plan, Coachful's team will build a website, funnel, sales page, program, course outline, email sequence or similar inside your own account, usually within about 24 hours. You describe what you want and attach up to 8 links and 10 files, and nothing is invented: gaps are left for you to fill. It does not include filming videos, logo design or ad management.
Can I export my data if I leave Skool?
Our September 2026 profile found that members export to CSV with name, email, join date and membership answers, but posts, direct messages and course progress do not export. Keep master copies of your course videos and documents outside Skool so a move never depends on the platform.
