Classentra vs Skool: pick the right tool for your business
Skool is a paid community with a courses tab. Classentra is a teaching platform with a community tab. Educator is $39/mo to Skool Pro's $99/mo — less than half the subscription, and more teaching.
Side by side
Where each platform wins
Native live video sessions
- Classentra
- Built in (LiveKit)
- Skool
- Embed Zoom only
Stripe Connect to your account
- Classentra
- Direct to your account
- Skool
- Via Skool's merchant (Hobby 10% + 30¢; Pro 2.9% + 30¢)
Community feed
- Classentra
- Yes
- Skool
- Core feature
Discoverability feed
- Classentra
- Course directory (basic)
- Skool
- Mature Skool feed
Gamification (points / levels)
- Classentra
- Yes (points, streaks, leaderboards)
- Skool
- Yes
Mobile app
- Classentra
- PWA
- Skool
- Native iOS + Android
Multi-instructor org
- Classentra
- Yes (org tenant)
- Skool
- Workarounds only
Attendance, grades, assignments
- Classentra
- Yes
- Skool
- No
Pricing
- Classentra
- $0–$149 / mo + 6–9% + 30¢ all-in
- Skool
- Hobby $9 / mo + 10% + 30¢ · Pro $99 / mo + 2.9% + 30¢
Free tier
- Classentra
- Free with 9% + 30¢ all-in, no sales cap
- Skool
- 14-day trial only
When to switch
Three reasons teachers move from Skool
You teach, you don't run a community
Skool optimises for community signal. Classentra optimises for teaching infrastructure: live video, attendance, grades, assignments. Keep your community on Classentra's feed and add the teaching layer Skool doesn't ship.
Keep more of your revenue
Studio at $149 / mo routes payments straight to your own Stripe account at one all-in fee — card fees included. On Skool, every sale runs through Skool's merchant: 10% + 30¢ on Hobby, 2.9% + 30¢ on Pro (3.9% + 30¢ above $900 per transaction).
No more Zoom round-trips
Sessions run natively on Classentra. Students don't leave the platform, attendance is captured automatically, recordings save to the course.
Side-by-side pricing
What you'll pay each month
Classentra Free
- Price
- $0 / mo
- Live sessions
- Yes (your Zoom/Meet)
- Stripe txn fee
- 9% + 30¢ all-in
- Sales cap
- None
Classentra Educator
- Price
- $39 / mo
- Live sessions
- Yes
- Stripe txn fee
- 7% + 30¢ all-in
- Sales cap
- None
Classentra Studio
- Price
- $149 / mo
- Multi-instructor
- Yes
- Stripe txn fee
- 6% + 30¢ all-in
- Sales cap
- None
Skool (Hobby / Pro)
- Price
- $9 / mo (Hobby) · $99 / mo (Pro)
- Live sessions
- No (Zoom)
- Free plan
- 14-day trial
- Transaction fee
- 10% + 30¢ (Hobby) · 2.9% + 30¢ (Pro)
Move your Skool community to Classentra
Use the self-serve Skool importer — upload your export, posts become announcements, members get magic-link invites — or let us do it white-glove.
Run both during transition. No commitment.
Pricing sourced from publicly available pricing pages as of July 25, 2026. Estimates shown for enterprise-priced products. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Classentra is not affiliated with or endorsed by any named vendor.