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SkoolvsTeachable

Skool is a focused on a community, courses, and events. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

How Skool and Teachable compare

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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

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

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Skool and Teachable

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

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included
  • Custom domain
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included

Public content

  • Shop pages
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Skool: Not included
    Teachable: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Skool: Included
    Teachable: Included

Team

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

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

Skool vs Teachable pricing

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

  • Skool

    Current plans and prices

    See what Skool charges on their pricing page.

  • Teachable

    Current plans and prices

    See what Teachable charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Skool and Teachable

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.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Skool or Teachable?

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

  • Can I use Cardel with Skool or Teachable?

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

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

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

  • How do I switch from Skool or Teachable 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.