Skool Pricing: $9 Hobby vs $99 Pro, and the Fee
Skool costs $9 a month on Hobby or $99 a month on Pro, dropping to $7.50 and $82 a month on yearly billing, which Skool prices as two months free. Both plans include unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls.
The plans are almost identical on features. What separates them is the transaction fee: 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro. That single number is the whole pricing decision.
Skool plans at a glance
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly (per month) | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $9 | $7.50 | 10% |
| Pro | $99 | $82 | 2.9% |
Both plans include unlimited members, unlimited courses, unlimited videos, unlimited live calls, a custom URL and affiliates.
Hobby
$9 a month, or $7.50 billed yearly. Everything Skool does, with a 10% cut of every payment your community takes.
For a free community, Hobby is the correct plan and there is nothing to think about. Nine dollars a month for unlimited members and courses is the cheapest serious community platform on the market.
Pro
$99 a month, or $82 billed yearly. The same feature set with the transaction fee cut to 2.9%.
Pro is not a feature upgrade. It is a rate buy-down, and it pays for itself at a specific revenue level.
The number that decides your plan
The two plans cost the same at one point. Hobby is $9 plus 10% of revenue. Pro is $99 plus 2.9%. Setting those equal:
$90 of plan difference divided by the 7.1% fee difference is about $1,268 a month in payments.
Below roughly $1,268 a month of member payments, Hobby is cheaper. Above it, Pro is. At $3,000 a month, Hobby costs $309 and Pro costs $186. At $10,000 a month, Hobby costs $1,009 and Pro costs $389.
A community with 30 members at $50 a month is at $1,500, which is already past the line.
What the pricing page glosses over
Hobby is the expensive plan for anyone charging money. The $9 headline is the cheapest number on the page and the most expensive plan for a paid community past about $1,268 a month. Most people who upgrade have been overpaying for a while before they do the arithmetic.
“2 months free” is the yearly discount, and it is real. Yearly billing works out to $90 and $984 a year, quoted as $7.50 and $82 a month. That is a straight 17% saving with no other strings.
The feature lists are identical. Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls, custom URL and affiliates appear on both cards. There is no capability locked behind Pro, which is unusual and worth knowing before you upgrade expecting more.
The transaction fee is on top of card processing. Skool’s percentage is its own cut. Whatever the underlying payment processor charges is separate.
There is no team seat concept in the pricing. Neither plan lists admin or moderator limits, so the price does not scale with the people helping you run the community.
Is Skool free?
There is no permanently free plan. Skool runs a free trial on both tiers, and Hobby at $9 a month is the cheapest ongoing option. A free community on Hobby pays nothing beyond the $9, because the 10% fee only applies to payments you actually take.
When Skool isn’t the whole answer
Skool is deliberately minimal and that is the point. Community, classroom, calendar, one price, no feature matrix to study. For a coach or creator running a paid community it is hard to argue with.
The gap opens up outside the platform. A member emails instead of posting. Somebody wants a one-to-one call and the group calendar does not handle it. A prospect replies to your launch email with three questions and it sits there for two days. Skool runs the room. It does not run your inbox.
Carly does that part. Zapier-style workflows are free, so a rule like “when someone books a discovery call, send the prep note and add them to the follow-up list” costs nothing to run. Booking pages and connected calendars are unlimited, which is the difference between a coach with one call link and a coach with a link per offer. The AI agent that reads the thread, drafts the reply and books the call starts at $35 a month. Carly connects to thousands of apps, so the community platform and the calendar stop being separate jobs.
FAQ
How much does Skool cost? $9 a month on Hobby and $99 a month on Pro, or $7.50 and $82 a month billed yearly.
What is the Skool transaction fee? 10% of payments on Hobby and 2.9% on Pro. It applies only to money your community actually collects.
When is Skool Pro worth it? Above roughly $1,268 a month in member payments, where the 7.1 point fee saving covers the $90 monthly plan difference.
Does Skool have a free plan? No permanent free plan. Skool offers a free trial, and Hobby at $9 a month is the cheapest ongoing tier.
Does Skool limit members? No. Both plans advertise unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls.
What is the difference between Skool Hobby and Pro? Only the transaction fee, 10% against 2.9%. The feature lists on the two plans are the same.
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