Circle vs. Skool
Skool limits your growth—Circle empowers it. According to 13,000+ real customers, Circle outperforms Skool in these four areas:
Circle lets you sell multiple products within one community
Circle provides hundreds of ways to engage your members
Circle puts your brand front and center with complete customization
Circle launches hundreds of new highly requested features each year
If you’re a professional creator (or aspire to be) and want full customizability, control, and no ceiling on your growth — then Circle is the better option.
Scaling your business is easier on Circle
Skool limits you to selling just one product, putting a ceiling on your earnings and growth.
With Circle, you can offer multiple products—a proven strategy for successful communities that includes courses, memberships, coaching, and more.
Spaces for courses, content, and discussions
Offer multiple products and membership tiers
Discounts, coupons, free trials
Native workflow automations
AI-powered transcriptions and content generator
Circle offers more ways to keep your members active and engaged
Skool’s missing basic engagement features like live events and group messaging. And Skool’s gamification feature is limited compared to Circle’s, since you can only offer automated rewards on Circle.
With Circle, you have hundreds of ways to provide content that engages your audience, built right into the platform so you don’t have to pay for additional tools.
Gamification
Group DMs
Event live-streaming
Voice memos
Quizzes
Your brand comes first on Circle, but not on Skool
On Skool, all communities look more or less the same, which makes it hard for your brand to stand out.
On Circle, you can bring your community vision to life with in-depth customization. You’re in the driver’s seat.
Community analytics
Full customization and branding
Personalized, segmented member journeys
You own your domain, data, and content
Advanced moderation features
So, if you care about…
Full customization over your community
Building a funnel inside your community
Hosting live events
Automating manual tasks
Useful new features every month
Membership tiers and upsell opportunities
Authentically engaging your members
Crafting immersive learning experiences
Having full ownership and control
Facilitating meaningful connections
…all in one platform
Then Circle is the best place for you to build, engage, monetize, and scale your business.
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What people are saying about Circle
The BEST course+community platform for creators
Circle allowed me to completely customize the member experience to help me stay engaged with my students. PLUS, I consolidated my tech stack so I no longer need to juggle a zillion tools to serve my audience with my various offers.
Justin Moore
Founder
Creator Wizard
Creator Wizard
Excellent platform, amazing customer service!
Circle is exactly what I was looking for in a community platform - not tied to social media, lots of control of aesthetics, etc. Also, their customer service is top-notch.
LS
Leyla S.
Architectural Designer
A Comprehensive, Flexible, and User-friendly Community Platform
What sets Circle apart from other community platforms is its incredibly versatile framework. Whether you're fostering a lively community, sharing informative content, or conducting interactive courses, Circle allows you to have it all in one place.
Pam Barnhill
Founder
Homeschool Better Together
Homeschool Better Together
Smooth migration to a powerful community + courses platform
Circle provides an incredible amount of customization for your community and courses. You can design a member experience that isn't overwhelming, confusing, or generic. I've tried several membership and course platforms, and Circle has been by far the best.
Jaymi Heimbuch
Founder
Conservation Visuals
Conservation Visuals
My ideal platform for my community and courses
The team at Circle has been fantastic to work with. They're responsive and helpful. The tools are simple to use and work like they seem like they shoud. I also love how quickly Circle is adding more of the features that will help make my community stronger!
Ricky Kesler
President & Co-Founder
Income School
Income School
The BEST course+community platform for creators
Circle allowed me to completely customize the member experience to help me stay engaged with my students. PLUS, I consolidated my tech stack so I no longer need to juggle a zillion tools to serve my audience with my various offers.
Justin Moore
Founder
Creator Wizard
Creator Wizard
Excellent platform, amazing customer service!
Circle is exactly what I was looking for in a community platform - not tied to social media, lots of control of aesthetics, etc. Also, their customer service is top-notch.
LS
Leyla S.
Architectural Designer
A Comprehensive, Flexible, and User-friendly Community Platform
What sets Circle apart from other community platforms is its incredibly versatile framework. Whether you're fostering a lively community, sharing informative content, or conducting interactive courses, Circle allows you to have it all in one place.
Pam Barnhill
Founder
Homeschool Better Together
Homeschool Better Together
Smooth migration to a powerful community + courses platform
Circle provides an incredible amount of customization for your community and courses. You can design a member experience that isn't overwhelming, confusing, or generic. I've tried several membership and course platforms, and Circle has been by far the best.
Jaymi Heimbuch
Founder
Conservation Visuals
Conservation Visuals
My ideal platform for my community and courses
The team at Circle has been fantastic to work with. They're responsive and helpful. The tools are simple to use and work like they seem like they shoud. I also love how quickly Circle is adding more of the features that will help make my community stronger!
Ricky Kesler
President & Co-Founder
Income School
Income School
Already on Skool and ready to switch?
It’s easier than ever with Circle’s stress-free concierge migration service.
1
Tell us your needs.
Fill out our migration request form to tell us more about your existing setup and your migration needs so we can make your switch to Circle seamless.
2
Walk through the migration process.
We’ll reach out to discuss your needs, confirm what we can offer, and give you an estimated timeline.
3
Sit back and relax!
Our team will do the heavy lifting for you. We’ll keep you posted throughout the entire process and let you know as soon as we’re done.
Why pros switch to Circle and don’t look back
“We recently made the switch from Skool to Circle for our online community, and it has been an incredible transformation. Circle offers a far more robust set of features, and its customizability is a standout, especially for our needs in running an online educational course and fostering networking among our members.”
Chief Marketing Officer, Hamza Invests
“We’ve made over $3M on Circle over the last 2 years. It supported our live cohorts, self-paced courses, virtual summits, a subscription-based membership, and soon, our first in-person summit in LA.
This is the power of a true ‘all-in-one’ platform.”
Founder, Forte Labs
“Skool was a great student experience, but we would have to have several accounts for each offering that we want to provide.
Our offering is a pathway and our clients need to visualize the pathway. We can do that with Circle by restricting access to space groups.”
Implementor & Coach, Restoration Advisers
