Sooper vs SkoolNo monthly fee, paid on your own Stripe account

Sooper has no monthly fee. You pay 8% of what you sell plus Stripe's standard processing, and nothing at all in a month you do not earn. Skool charges $9 a month on Hobby with a 10% + 30c transaction fee, or $99 a month on Pro with 2.9% + 30c, after a 14-day trial and whether or not your group earns. Sooper costs less than Skool Pro until you earn roughly $1,240 a month, and you never pay for a quiet month. Skool also takes 30% of what members pay if they found you through Skool's own discovery, unless you switch Growth Boost off. Sooper never takes a cut like that.

Straight to your own Stripe account. Every payment is charged directly on your account and Stripe pays it out to your bank on its normal schedule, so the customer relationship and the payment history are yours. Skool is the merchant of record: it collects the payments itself, you cannot connect your own Stripe account, and payouts run weekly on Wednesday, with initial funds taking 8 to 14 days.

Yes. On Sooper you price in USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, CAD or AUD and members pay in that currency, so a European audience sees a clean euro price. Skool prices every group in USD. VAT and sales tax run through Stripe Tax on your own account once you switch it on.

Yes. Organise posts and videos into ordered collections in exactly the order you want, gate them by tier or sell them on their own. Members see what they have already watched and videos resume where they stopped, in up to 1440p. For live sessions, members book a slot with you, including recurring group sessions with seat limits and Google Meet or Zoom links sent automatically.

Members talk in group chat channels gated by tier, reply in threaded comments under every post, and message you and your co-creators directly with attachments and voice notes. Your posts stay front and centre instead of sinking down a feed. Group chat channels are not in Skool's help center.

Yes, and this is where Sooper goes further than Skool. Digital products, individual posts, pay what you want, coupons, per-tier pricing and bookable sessions with seat limits, approval and Google Meet or Zoom links all share one checkout with your memberships. Skool monetises group access and courses; a standalone product shop, individual post sales, coupons and bookings are not in its help center.

Yes, and we do the heavy lifting with you. Our white-glove migration helps you move your members, content and tiers over from Skool. We switch on batch upload for your community so your whole back catalogue of posts and videos lands in one go, instead of one upload at a time. Export your member list from the Members tab in Skool and invite them in. Because Skool bills as merchant of record, members start a fresh subscription on Sooper. Run both side by side while people move over, and offer a coupon to make switching an easy yes.

You talk to the people who build Sooper. Questions go straight to our team, not a bot or a ticket queue, and we stay with you from your first post to your first thousand members.