Skool Pricing 2026: $9 Hobby vs $99 Pro Costs

Skool costs $9/month on Hobby or $99/month on Pro, per community. Both plans advertise unlimited members, courses, videos, and live calls. Payment fees are separate: Hobby is 10% plus $0.30 per transaction; Skool's current FAQ says Pro is 2.9% plus $0.30 up to $899 and 3.9% plus $0.30 above $900, without resolving exactly $900. Yearly billing advertises two months free. Verified against official Skool pages on 28 September 2026.

Skool's headline pricing stays simple because it does not charge by member count. The plan choice still matters for transaction rates and documented Pro-only business tools.

This page answers what Skool charges an owner. If you want what a member pays to join somebody else's room, we measured every published price in Skool Discovery in Skool community cost, and what you should charge is covered in how to price a Skool community.

What headline capacity does $99/month include?

The $99/month Pro plan includes the platform's core community and course capacity:

• Community feed: the discussion space, like a private forum
• Classroom: host unlimited courses, videos, PDFs, and resources
• Calendar: schedule live calls, events, and coaching sessions
• Gamification: points, levels, and leaderboards built in
• Unlimited members: the price doesn't change as you grow
• Payment processing: charge for membership directly inside Skool

Skool's pricing page lists the same headline capacity bullets on both plans, including a custom URL and affiliates. The Help Center is more specific: member affiliates and Skool Webinar are documented as Pro-only, as are AutoDM, onboarding and cancellation video, Zapier, Google Ads, Links, instant approval, and Webhook plugins. The two first-party surfaces conflict on some labels, so confirm any plan-critical capability inside your admin settings before buying.

Is there a cheaper Skool plan?

Yes. The $9/month Hobby plan is aimed at people testing the waters. It keeps the same advertised headline capacity for members, courses, videos, and live calls, but official Help Center documentation identifies meaningful Pro-only business and automation capabilities.

The other trade-off is the transaction fee. Hobby charges 10% plus $0.30. Pro uses two documented percentage bands plus $0.30. Under monthly billing and the lower Pro band, the percentage comparison breaks even at $1,267.61 when the same transactions are compared. High-ticket charges and annual billing change the result; use the Hobby versus Pro guide for the formulas.

What is the transaction fee on each plan?

Skool charges 10% plus $0.30 on Hobby. Its current Payments FAQ says Pro is 2.9% plus $0.30 up to $899 and 3.9% plus $0.30 above $900. The fee structure is a major plan difference, but Pro-only tools can also decide the choice.

Two details the headline rates leave out come from Skool's Payments FAQ. Every transaction carries a fixed 30 cents, and the Pro rate is tiered. The FAQ says 2.9% plus 30c up to $899 and 3.9% plus 30c above $900. It does not state the rate for exactly $900, so this guide does not guess. Hobby is 10% plus 30c at any transaction size. The full working is in how much Skool takes.

An all-in monthly total depends on the number of transactions and whether individual Pro charges sit in the lower or higher band. The fixed 30-cent amount cancels in a plan comparison only when both plans are being compared across the same transactions. See the complete assumptions in our Skool Hobby vs Pro plan guide.

If your community is free, the transaction fee never applies and the Hobby plan is simply $9 a month.

How does Skool's price compare to the alternatives?

The honest answer is that platform cost depends on the plan, payment volume, transaction size, country, payment method, tax handling, and tools you need. Skool's fixed owner subscription and unlimited headline capacity make one part predictable, but transaction and optional acquisition costs still move with revenue.

Competitor prices change too often to maintain safely inside a broad Skool-cost answer. The current side-by-side decision pages are Skool vs Circle, Skool vs Kajabi, and the full list of Skool alternatives.

What you give up is customization. Skool is opinionated and minimal by design. If you want a heavily branded, configurable platform, you'll feel the constraints. If you want to launch fast and not think about software, that constraint is the feature.

For a deeper fit check, see is Skool worth it for coaches.

What does Skool cost in total?

Separate four lines in the total-cost model: the $9 or $99 owner subscription, the fee on each member payment, an optional 30% recurring Growth Boost commission when Skool attributes the customer, and VAT or sales tax that Skool may add at checkout as merchant of record. Transaction fees are non-refundable. Skool charges members in USD and pays creators through Stripe Express; supported non-US payouts settle in local currency under the current rollout.

Growth Boost is conditional acquisition cost, not the ordinary payment fee. Read the current Growth Boost explanation before adding it to forecasts, and use the fee guide for payout, refund, and tax boundaries.

Does Skool take a cut of your revenue?

For customers you acquire yourself, Skool deducts the applicable payment fee rather than an additional platform revenue-share override. Growth Boost is the exception: Skool's current documentation describes a separate 30% recurring commission for customers it attributes to that program.

The owner subscription stays fixed, but payment cost depends on transaction count and ticket band. Skool's FAQ says the Pro rate steps to 3.9% plus $0.30 above $900 and leaves exactly $900 unresolved. See the full payment flow in how much does Skool take.

Is Skool worth $99/month?

It can be when the lower transaction rate or a Pro-only capability is worth more than the extra subscription cost. For someone with no paid members yet, Hobby usually has the lower direct cost while they get their first members. Use your actual payment sizes, transaction count and required tools rather than treating either plan as universally better.

The platform cost is almost never the thing that decides whether a Skool community succeeds. Activity and retention decide that.

FAQ

How much does Skool cost per month?

Skool costs $9/month on Hobby or $99/month on Pro, per community. Both advertise unlimited members, courses, videos, and live calls. Pro also has documented business and automation features that Hobby does not. Payment fees are separate, and yearly billing advertises two months free.

What is the Skool transaction fee?

Hobby is 10% plus $0.30 per transaction. Skool's FAQ says Pro is 2.9% plus $0.30 up to $899 and 3.9% plus $0.30 above $900; exactly $900 is not resolved in the current wording. A free community has no member-payment fees.

Does Skool charge per member?

No. Both current plan cards advertise unlimited members, so the owner subscription does not rise merely because member count rises.

Is there a free version of Skool?

Skool doesn't offer a permanently free plan to run your own community, but the $9/month Hobby plan with a free trial makes testing nearly free. Many free Skool communities exist, like Goosify, that you can join at no cost, separate from the cost of running your own.

Does Skool take a percentage of my revenue?

For self-acquired customers, Skool applies the payment fee rather than another platform revenue-share override. Growth Boost can add a separate 30% recurring commission when Skool attributes the customer.

Is Skool cheaper than Kajabi or Circle?

It depends on scale and the full fee stack. Compare current first-party prices, processing charges, feature limits, country and the extra tools you would need. The dedicated comparison pages are maintained for that decision.

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Updated 28 September 2026. Pricing, fee boundaries, merchant-of-record handling, and Pro-only capability notes were checked against official Skool pricing and Help Center pages. The exact $900 fee boundary and conflicting Custom URL/Affiliates labels remain unresolved first-party presentation issues.