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Outseta handles membership billing, logins, CRM, email, and support in one tool. Skool is a focused on a community, courses, and events.

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How Outseta and Skool compare

Outseta is the quiet workhorse behind many paid memberships and small SaaS products. Subscription billing, authentication and gated content, a CRM, email marketing, and a support desk come together so a founder can add a paying membership to any site they already have. It is well designed, honest, and built by people who use it.

Skool does one thing with unusual discipline: a paid community with a feed, a classroom, a calendar, and gamification that keeps members coming back. The pricing is plain, the app is quick, and Discovery can send you members you did not have to find yourself. If your work is a group people join and show up to every week, Skool is shaped for that.

Where they are different

Choose Outseta when you sell a subscription and need billing, logins, CRM, and support in one place behind your own site.

Choose Skool when the membership is the product, and a feed, courses, and leaderboards are how you deliver it.

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What's on Outseta and Skool

A check means that capability is available. Outseta and Skool are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Not included
  • Email on your domain
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Not included
  • Marketing emails
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Included
  • Messaging Center
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Not included

Team

  • Admin users
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Included
  • Per-admin permissions
    Outseta: Included
    Skool: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Outseta or Skool, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Outseta or Skool may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Outseta vs Skool pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Outseta

    Current plans and prices

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  • Skool

    Current plans and prices

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Cardel: An alternative to
Outseta and Skool

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

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Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Outseta or Skool?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Outseta or Skool when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Outseta and Skool are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Outseta or Skool?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Outseta or Skool for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Outseta and Skool?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Outseta and Skool set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Outseta or Skool to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.

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