courses.gg vs Skool.
We respect what Skool built. But their pricing is per community — run three and you’re paying three times. We charge once and give you unlimited everything, even on the free plan.
Pick your comparison
Free vs Skool Hobby · Pro vs Skool Core — every fee, every feature.
- Monthly price
- $0 forever
- Communities
- Unlimited
- Courses
- Unlimited
- Members
- Unlimited
- Platform / transaction fee
- 5% on paid transactions
- AI Course Builder
- Go Live video (built-in)
- Stripe & PayPal payments
- Community chat & feed
- Marketing suite
- Monthly price
- $9/mo
- Communities
- 1
- Courses
- Unlimited
- Members
- Unlimited
- Platform / transaction fee
- 10% on paid transactions
- AI Course Builder
- Go Live video (built-in)
- Stripe & PayPal payments
- Community chat & feed
- Marketing suite
Skool pricing sourced from skool.com/pricing. Accurate at time of publishing.
Three differences that change the math
One price, unlimited communities
Skool charges $99/mo per community. Run five and that's $495 a month — just to keep the lights on. We charge once and you get unlimited communities inside that one plan, Free or Pro.
Half the fee on the free plan
Skool Hobby takes 10% of every paid transaction. Our free plan takes 5%. On $10,000/mo in sales, that's $500 more in your pocket every month — before you've paid for a plan.
Pro includes the whole marketing stack
Skool Core is $99/mo per community — forever. courses.gg Pro is $497 for year 1 ($42/mo effective), then $149/mo each additional year, always for unlimited communities plus 22+ AI marketing apps — landing pages, email, funnels, and more.
Credit where it’s due
Skool is a solid product and a real community. This page isn’t about tearing them down — it’s about being honest that if you plan to run more than one community (or want a marketing suite bundled in), the numbers stop working in their favor pretty quickly.
Start where Skool ends.
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