Skool keeps every community on skool.com, in Skool's look. MemberSpace puts your community, courses and memberships on the website you already have, designed your way.
Any website works. Free for 7 days.
$350 million
earned by customers using MemberSpace
Entrepreneurs, creators and businesses manage paid communities, courses and content on their own websites with MemberSpace.
4.7 / 5 on G2 4.9 / 5 on Capterra 4.8 / 5 on Trustpilot Skool makes a community quick to start. But when people look for a Skool alternative, it's usually about owning their brand.
With Skool Reviewers say you can add a logo and banner, but colors, fonts and layout stay Skool's.
MemberSpace Your community lives inside your own site design, built with the website builder you already love.
With Skool Communities sit on skool.com, next to a marketplace of other people's communities.
MemberSpace Members join and talk on your own website. See community.
With Skool Skool's $9 Hobby plan takes a 10% transaction fee on what members pay.
MemberSpace MemberSpace Starter takes 5%, and Growth takes 2%. See pricing.
With Skool Reviewers mention no quizzes or certificates, and few integrations.
MemberSpace Sell courses, a content library, newsletters, coaching and gated files, all from one dashboard.
Based on public Skool reviews and skool.com/pricing, checked October 2026.
Any website works. Free for 7 days.
Community first
Community forums
Members post, comment and get to know each other without ever leaving your site. Every conversation builds your brand and your website, not a third‑party platform.
Your brand
Your membership sits inside the website you've already designed. Members join in one click, pay in one tap, and come back to your site every time.
Both help you run a paid community. Here's where they're different.
| Feature | MemberSpace | Skool |
|---|---|---|
| Where your community lives | On your own website | On skool.com |
| Your own colors, fonts and layout | Logo and banner only | |
| Posts, comments and reactions | ||
| Transaction fee on the starter plan | 5% | 10% |
| Courses, library, newsletters and downloads | Courses |
Skool details from skool.com/pricing and public reviews, checked October 2026.
Any website works. Free for 7 days.
A $9 plan sounds cheap until 10% of every payment goes with it. Here's a year at the same membership income.
MemberSpace Starter
$1,668 /year
Skool Hobby
$2,508 /year
Save $840 a year compared with Skool
Prices from each company's pricing page in October 2026; MemberSpace billed annually. Skool's fees are as listed on its pricing page and may include payment processing; MemberSpace totals are before Stripe processing.
Skool is built around one community feed. MemberSpace gives you the flexibility to sell community, courses, content and coaching, all on your own website.
Online courses
Build courses however you like. Members get new-lesson alerts and can search and bookmark anything.
Online courses
Content library
Lesson plans, videos, downloads and more, with search, bookmarks and new-content alerts built in.
Content library
Sell online courses your way, with new-lesson alerts, search and bookmarks for members.
Online coursesPut a paywall around your blog or newsletter, and email members with built‑in Member Messages.
Paid newslettersSell coaching programs and client-only resources straight from your own website.
Sell coachingProtect downloads like ebooks, templates and worksheets so only members can get them.
Digital downloadsAny website works. Free for 7 days.
Human support and growth help
Switching platforms is a big decision, so you shouldn't have to figure it out alone. Every MemberSpace plan comes with real human help, plus weekly sessions to grow your membership business.
Our team moves your members over for free, so you can switch without starting from scratch.
Fill in the spreadsheet our support team sends you.
Keep members' current billing dates, or start fresh cycles.
Each member gets an invite to activate their membership.
Give your members one place to learn, talk and belong: your website.
Try for freeAny website works. Free for 7 days.
