SchoolMaker review (2026): is it worth $29 a month?
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SchoolMaker report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for a coach selling a course with community and AI coaches
SchoolMaker is a course platform with milestones, a community, coaching sessions and AI coaches. Lite at $29 a month keeps a SchoolMaker badge, is capped at 100 members and is only open to new customers, and a real business lands on Starter at $99.
Who SchoolMaker is for
- Fits if you coach in steps and want a community inside the same product
- Works for course makers who want AI coaches for their students
Who SchoolMaker is not for
- Tight if you grow, because plans cap members from 100 to 5,000 and above that you contact the vendor
- Skip it if you want no badge on the cheapest plan, as Lite keeps a SchoolMaker badge
- Watch out: Lite is only open to new customers
- Watch out: extra member packs come only with Business, and the page offers annual billing but the monthly price is the one recorded here
Why SchoolMaker gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLite is $29 a month, inside the cheaper quarter, but it has a badge, 100 members and is for new customers only. Starter is $99, Pro $165 and Business $249.
- CFree plan and trial14-day free trial. No free plan, and the listing does not say a card is needed.
- CFeaturesSteps and milestones, community, live sessions, AI coaches, checkout, referrals, an API and webhooks. Members and courses are capped on every plan.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build the school and its steps yourself.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with 8 integrations and an API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SchoolMaker's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/schoolmaker#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/schoolmaker.svg" alt="SchoolMaker: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where SchoolMaker stands among course and community platforms
SchoolMaker's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 14 of the 41 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 6 of 41) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 7 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 42 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. SchoolMaker’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 41, level with 25
- CFree plan and trialAbove 13 of 41, level with 21
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 41, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 4 of 41, level with 34
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 41, level with 34
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 39 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep SchoolMaker, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace SchoolMaker you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $348 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, Zapier and Make among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: coaches and live sessions. No app builder makes those.
What this rests on. SchoolMaker’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is SchoolMaker?
SchoolMaker is a course platform where lessons are organized as steps and milestones, with a built-in community, live sessions, coaching and testimonial collection. Plans are priced by member count and charge no transaction fee. Connected AI coaches can answer students from course content.
Worth knowing
- Plans cap members (100 to 5,000) and courses; above 5,000 members the vendor asks you to contact it.
- The Lite plan keeps a SchoolMaker badge on and is only open to new customers.
- The page offers annual billing with a stated saving, but the monthly price is the one recorded here.
- Business is the only plan that includes extra member packs.
Key features
- Steps and milestones
- Courses are built as step-by-step journeys with milestones that students work through.
- Built-in community
- A community space for students inside the school, on every plan.
- Live sessions and coaching
- Consultations, live sessions and coaching, with Zoom or Google Meet links.
- AI coaches
- AI coaches that answer from course content: 10 on Lite, up to 30 on Business.
- Checkout and referrals
- Native checkout through Stripe, with no transaction fee from SchoolMaker.
- API, MCP and webhooks
- API, MCP server and webhooks on every plan, plus Zapier and Make.
SchoolMaker pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, SchoolMaker is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $29 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $29per month for up to 100 members, billed monthly | 1 course, 1 owner account, 100 GB storage and a SchoolMaker badge that stays on. Only for new customers. |
| Starter | $99per month for up to 500 members, billed monthly | 15 courses, 5 team accounts, unlimited storage and free migration. |
| Pro | $165per month for up to 2,500 members, billed monthly | 30 courses, 10 team accounts, priority support and free migration. |
| Business | $249per month for up to 5,000 members, billed monthly | Unlimited courses and team accounts, extra member packs, priority support and free migration. |
Read from schoolmaker.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SchoolMaker before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing saving
The page lists a saving with annual billing: $120 a year on Lite, $240 on Starter, $408 on Pro and $600 on Business.
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Common questions
Does SchoolMaker have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. SchoolMaker is listed for Web.
Does SchoolMaker have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. SchoolMaker is listed for Web.
Is SchoolMaker open source?
SchoolMaker is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does SchoolMaker have an API?
Yes. SchoolMaker offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.