Skool Fee Calculator
Skool's pricing page shows $9 and $99. What you actually pay depends on how much your members pay you, because most of the cost is the fee on every payment. Enter your own numbers and the table updates as you type.
| Platform | Cheapest plan for you | Fees and processing | Monthly total | Share of revenue |
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How the calculator works
It adds up three things for each platform: the plan price, the platform's own cut of each payment, and card processing. Every rate below comes from the vendor's own pricing page or help center, checked on November 10, 2026.
- Skool Hobby: $9 a month, plus 10% and 30 cents on every payment, with processing included.
- Skool Pro: $99 a month, plus 2.9% and 30 cents on every payment, with processing included. Payments of $900 or more are charged 3.9% and 30 cents.
- Systeme.io: no platform fee on any plan. The calculator picks the cheapest plan for your member count, treating each member as one contact: Free up to 2,000 contacts, Startup ($17) up to 5,000, Webinar ($47) up to 10,000, then Unlimited ($97). You pay Stripe's 2.9% and 30 cents.
- Kajabi: annual prices of $143, $199 and $399 a month, with contact limits of 2,500, 25,000 and 100,000. Card rates are 2.9%, 2.8% or 2.7% plus 30 cents, plus 0.7% on subscription payments.
- Circle: annual prices of $89, $199 and $419 a month, taking 2%, 1% and 1%. On top of that you pay Stripe's 2.9% and 30 cents, plus Stripe Billing's 0.7% on subscriptions.
- Mighty Networks: $79, $179 and $354 a month, taking 2%, 1% and 0.5%. On top of that you pay Stripe's 2.9% and 30 cents.
For Circle, Kajabi and Mighty Networks the calculator picks whichever plan is cheapest at your revenue. Where a range appears, the higher number adds Stripe's 0.7% subscription billing fee, which may or may not apply depending on how the platform bills your members.
What it leaves out
Taxes, refunds, chargebacks, currency conversion and international card surcharges. It also assumes every member pays once a month, and it doesn't count members Skool sends you through Discovery. If you switch on Growth boost, Skool keeps 30% to 70% of revenue from those members, which I explain in my Skool review.
Plan prices are the monthly cost on annual billing where the vendor shows it that way. Contact limits on Systeme.io and Kajabi count everyone on your list, not only paying members, so if your list is much bigger than your community you may need a higher plan than the one shown.
Questions people ask
How much does Skool take from each payment?
On the $9 Hobby plan, 10% plus 30 cents per payment. On the $99 Pro plan, 2.9% plus 30 cents, or 3.9% plus 30 cents on payments of $900 or more. Card processing is included in both.
When does Skool Pro become cheaper than Hobby?
At about $1,270 a month in member payments. Pro costs $90 more a month but takes 7.1% less of each payment, so above that point the lower fee more than covers the higher plan price.
Is Skool cheaper than Kajabi or Circle?
It depends on your revenue. In my example of 100 members paying $50 a month, Skool Pro costs about $274 a month, Kajabi about $353 and Circle about $399. Systeme.io comes out cheaper than all of them because it takes no platform fee.
Does the calculator include taxes or refunds?
No. It covers plan prices, platform fees and card processing only. Taxes, refunds, chargebacks and international card surcharges vary too much between businesses to include.
Which plan should you pick?
If the calculator says Hobby, start there and come back when your revenue grows. The switch to Pro happens at about $1,270 a month in member payments, and from then on every extra dollar makes Pro look better.
If a different platform comes out cheaper, cost is only half the decision. I compare what each one does and doesn't do in my Skool alternatives roundup, and head to head in Skool vs Kajabi, Skool vs Circle and Skool vs Systeme.io.