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Crevio vs Skool: A community, or the whole business

Skool is excellent at one thing, a paid community with courses and a calendar that people actually use. Crevio builds the whole business around your offer, with your own website, every kind of product, and AI that runs the email and follow-up.

Last updated September 2026

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Crevio

Crevio is an AI platform that builds and runs an online business. It builds your website on your own domain, sells courses, memberships, downloads, and bookings, and its AI bots run the email and follow-up, with approvals you choose for spending and sending. Choose Crevio when a community is one part of the business, not all of it.

  • 3,000+ integrations
  • Payments built in
  • Free plan

Skool

Skool is a community platform that puts a discussion feed, a course classroom, a calendar, and points and levels in one group, with paid memberships and a Discovery directory. Choose Skool when a paid community is the whole product.

Crevio and Skool, side by side

What it isCrevioAn AI platform that builds and runs an online business.SkoolA community platform with courses, a calendar, and gamification.
Your siteCrevioA full website and store on your own domain on paid plans.SkoolA group page at skool.com/yourname. No website builder or custom domain.
What you can sellCrevioCourses, memberships, downloads, bookings, paid Discord or Telegram communities, and services.SkoolGroup memberships, freemium and tiers, and one-time course purchases.
Fee on salesCrevio5% on the free plan, 2.5% on Pro, and 1% on Business, plus Stripe's processing.Skool10% + 30¢ on Hobby, or 2.9% + 30¢ on Pro, processing included.
Where the money goesCrevioStraight to your own Stripe account, in the currencies Stripe supports.SkoolPaid out weekly through a Stripe account Skool creates. Prices are in US dollars.
Email marketingCrevioBroadcasts and automated sequences, written and sent by the AI.SkoolTurn a post into an email to all members. No sequences or segments.
AICrevioBots that run the marketing, follow up with customers, and run scheduled work.SkoolNo AI features. Pro includes an automatic welcome message.
PricingCrevioFree plan. Pro is $20/mo and Business $50/mo.SkoolHobby $9/mo and Pro $99/mo, with a 14-day trial.

Your own site, not just a group page.

On Skool, your business lives at skool.com/yourname, next to every other group. That's convenient, and it's hard to build a brand that's recognizably yours.

Crevio builds your own website on your own domain, with a home page, product pages, a blog, and a link-in-bio page. The community is one part of it, next to courses, downloads, and bookings.

Build my site for a $49/month founders community, a $299 course, and paid strategy calls.

Creviofinished the work in Crevio

Crevio
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Bootstrap Circle

Site · live at bootstrapcircle.com

Community
$49/mo, private Discord access on payment
Course
$299, or 3 × $105
Strategy calls
$250, booked on your calendar
Blog
3 starter posts drafted

Site live · welcome email waiting for your approval

Email that grows the business.

Skool can turn a post into an email to all your members. Sequences for new signups, follow-ups for people who didn't buy, and segments aren't part of it.

Crevio's email is built for selling. The AI writes and sends welcome sequences, launch emails, and follow-ups to people who left checkout, once you approve them.

Send new free signups a 4-email sequence that ends with an invite to the paid community.

Creviofinished the work in Crevio

Crevio

Welcome sequence · Bootstrap Circle

Signup form live on every page

Day 0: Your first-customer checklist

Day 2: How Dana got to $10k a month

Day 5: The pricing mistake we all make

Day 7: Join Bootstrap Circle

Sequence waiting for your approval

Lower fees without the $99 plan.

On Skool's $9 Hobby plan, each sale costs 10% + 30¢. Getting under 3% takes the $99 Pro plan.

Crevio has a free plan at 5%, Pro at $20 a month with a 2.5% fee, and Business at $50 with 1%, and payments go to your own Stripe account.

What did the community earn last month after fees?

Creviofinished the work in Stripe

Stripe

August, after fees

Pro plan

60 members at $49

Membership revenue$2,940.00
Crevio transaction fee (2.5%)-$73.50
Stripe processing-$103.26
Total$2,763.24
Paid out to your own Stripe account
The honest take

Where Skool is the stronger pick

No tool wins every comparison. Skool is a strong product, and for some people it is the better fit. Here is where we would point you to it.

Engagement is the product

Points, levels, leaderboards, and courses that unlock as members participate. It's proven at keeping communities active.

Members from Discovery

Skool's Discovery directory can bring you paying members, and it only takes 30% on the members it brings.

Tax and video included

Skool is the merchant of record for VAT and sales tax, and it includes unlimited video hosting, live calls, and webinars on Pro.

Pricing at a glance

Free to start. Pay as the business grows.

Crevio

Free to start

  • Starter$0/mo · 5% transaction fee
  • Pro$20/mo · 2.5% transaction fee
  • Business$50/mo · 1% transaction fee

Paid plans include monthly credits for AI work. Top-ups cost $0.02 per credit. Transaction fees are on top of Stripe's own processing fees.

Skool

From $9/mo

Hobby is $9/mo with a 10% + 30¢ fee per sale. Pro is $99/mo with 2.9% + 30¢, and 3.9% above $899. Yearly billing gives 2 months free.

When to choose Skool vs Crevio

Choose Crevio if

  • You want your own website and domain
  • You sell more than a community, like courses, downloads, or calls
  • You want email sequences and follow-ups run by AI
  • You want lower fees without a $99 plan

Choose Skool if

  • A paid community is your whole business
  • You want gamification to keep members engaged
  • You want members from Skool's Discovery directory
  • You want VAT and sales tax handled for you

The short version

Skool is the default for paid communities right now, and for good reason. The feed, courses, calendar, and gamification all live in one group, and members actually show up.

Crevio is built for the business around the community. It builds your own website, sells every kind of product, runs email sequences and follow-ups with AI, and pays into your own Stripe account, with lower fees than Skool's Hobby plan.

Which one should you pick?

If your paid community is the whole product and engagement is what matters most, pick Skool. If the community is one part of a wider business, with courses, downloads, calls, and a brand of your own, pick Crevio.

Questions people ask before choosing

Yes. Crevio can sell access to a paid Discord or Telegram community and grant it as soon as payment clears, alongside courses, memberships, and bookings.

No. Crevio doesn't have points, levels, or leaderboards. If gamified engagement is central to your community, Skool is the better fit.

Skool groups live at skool.com/yourname, and there's no website builder. Crevio builds a full site on your own domain on Pro and Business.

Yes. The Starter plan is free with a 5% transaction fee. Pro is $20 a month with a 2.5% fee and Business is $50 a month with a 1% fee.

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