Mighty Networks vs Skool
We give Mighty Networks and Skool the same GPA: 2.4 out of 4.0. Mighty Networks grades higher on features. Skool grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mighty Networks
Community platform with courses, livestreams and paid memberships
Skool
Community platform with courses, events and paid memberships
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAMighty NetworksFair | 2.4GPASkoolFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against its alternatives, community platforms. Launch is $79 a month billed yearly ($950 a year) plus Mighty's 2%, $40 on $2,000 of sales: $119 a month. Cheaper than Circle ($129) and Heartbeat ($140), dearer than Skool Pro ($82.50). | BGraded against its alternatives, community platforms. Pro is $99 a month, $82.50 with yearly billing's 2 months free, and its 2.9% + 30 cents is card processing; Hobby's 10% would add $200 on $2,000 of sales. $82.50 beats Mighty ($119), Circle ($129) and Heartbeat ($140). |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. The 14-day trial runs on the Growth plan with no card needed, so you try features Launch doesn't have. | CNo free plan. There's a 14-day trial of either plan, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card. Skool's payment policy gives no refunds on its fees after that. |
| Features | BSpaces, feeds and chat, cohort and self-paced courses with quizzes, certificates and SCORM, native livestreams, member matching, gamification and payments in hundreds of currencies. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the job. | CA feed, chat, a classroom of courses, a calendar, unlimited live calls on Skool itself, points and levels, payments with EU VAT and a discovery directory. It does the community job fully, but it's a smaller kit: no email, landing pages or quizzes in the listing. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. The AI Cohost drafts a landing page, branding and a starter template, which helps, but there's still a community to shape. | C3.84 from 782 App Store ratings, just inside the C band. Starting a group looks simple, with a feed, a classroom and a calendar and nothing to wire up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android. Zapier, Kit, Google Analytics, MCP and the API (5,000 requests a month) start on Scale. No desktop app, which an A needs. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, so members can join from anywhere. Integrations are thin, though: Zapier only, and only on Pro. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | memberships with livestreams and cohort courses | a paid community with courses inside |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Mighty Networks and Skool. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mighty Networks starts at $79 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Skool starts at $9 a month and scores 2.3.
Mighty Networks scores higher, and starts $70 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other course and community platforms on the chart, 2 score higher than Mighty Networks for less, and none scores higher than Skool for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Mighty Networks starts at $79 per month, billed annually ($950 a year). Skool starts at $9 per month, billed monthly.
- Mighty Networks also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Mighty Networks | Skool | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $79 per month, billed annually ($950 a year) | $9 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on the Growth plan, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of either plan |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mighty Networks | Skool.com, Inc. |
| Price read from | mightynetworks.com | skool.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Mighty Networks
- Hosts running a paid membership with courses and live events
- Communities whose members mostly join from their phones
- Brands that want their own app with a managed launch team
Skool
- Creators building a paid community around a topic, with courses inside
- Coaches running group programs with live calls
- Owners who want members to find them through Skool's own directory
Worth knowing
Mighty Networks
- Mighty takes 2% of each sale on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth and Mighty Pro.
- The pricing page gives annual-billing prices and says annual billing gives 2 months free; monthly-billing figures are not shown.
- Zapier, Kit, Google Analytics, affiliate integrations and API access need Scale or higher.
- Apps under your own brand are only in Mighty Pro, which is priced through sales.
Skool
- Hobby keeps 10% plus 30 cents of every sale. Payments go through Skool only; your own Stripe account cannot be connected.
- Growth Boost is on by default and takes 30% of recurring charges from members Skool brings in; it can be turned off.
- A custom URL, the affiliate program and the Zapier integration need the Pro plan.
- Skool's payment policy gives no refunds on its subscription fees.
Key features
Mighty Networks
- Spaces, feeds and chat
- Private groups and cohorts, activity feeds, questions and polls, chat spaces with threads, and online or in-person events.
- Courses
- On-demand, cohort-based and live courses and challenges, with quizzes, drip schedules, badges and certificates, and SCORM content.
- Livestreams
- Native livestreaming: 20 hours a month and 100 viewers per stream on Launch, up to 50 hours and 3,000 viewers on Mighty Pro.
- Member profiles and gamification
- A People Explorer that matches members, private messages and voice notes, a referral program, streaks, points and leaderboards.
- Payments
- Subscriptions, one-time prices, installments, tiers, free trials and promo codes, charged in hundreds of currencies.
- AI Cohost
- Starts each network from one question, drafting marketing copy, a landing page, a logo, brand imagery and a community template.
Skool
- Community feed and chat
- A discussion feed organized by categories, with group rules, moderation tools, membership questions and member chat.
- Classroom
- Courses inside the group, which can be included in a membership, sold as one-time purchases, or unlocked as members reach a level.
- Calendar and live calls
- A group calendar of events and unlimited live calls hosted on Skool itself, from the browser or the mobile app.
- Points, levels and leaderboards
- Members earn a point for each like their posts and comments get, and climb levels and leaderboards; owners can lock courses until a level.
- Payments and payouts
- Monthly, annual, freemium or one-time pricing. Skool processes cards, adds and remits EU VAT, and pays out weekly in local currency.
- Discovery and Growth Boost
- Groups can appear in Skool's discovery search. Growth Boost promotes a group and runs ads for it in exchange for a cut of members it brings.
Plans
Mighty Networks
Launch$79
per month, billed annually ($950 a year)
Unlimited members and spaces, courses, events, 3 hosts, 10 moderators, 20 streaming hours a month. Mighty takes a 2% transaction fee.
Scale$179
per month, billed annually ($2,150 a year)
Adds Zapier, Kit and Google Analytics, 5,000 API requests a month and MCP, more automations, 5 hosts. 1% transaction fee.
Growth$354
per month, billed annually ($4,250 a year)
Advanced automations, SSO, email white-labeling, growth expert sessions, priority support, migration help, 10 hosts. 0.5% fee.
Mighty ProCustom
Your own branded iOS and Android apps, full community management services, advanced data reports and custom storage. 0.5% fee.
Skool
Hobby$9
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls. Skool keeps 10% plus 30 cents of each sale. No custom URL, affiliates or Zapier.
Pro$99
per month, billed monthly
Adds a custom URL, affiliates and Zapier. Fees fall to 2.9% plus 30 cents a sale up to $899, and 3.9% plus 30 cents above $900.
Ways to pay less
Mighty Networks
- Annual discount
2 months free with annual billing
Mighty Networks' pricing page says annual billing gives 2 months free: Launch is $950 a year, Scale $2,150 and Growth $4,250.
Skool
- Annual discount
2 months free with yearly billing
Skool's pricing page has a monthly and yearly switch and says yearly billing gives 2 months free.
