🆚 BuddyBoss vs. Skool

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

WordPress plugin
Membership management software solution

About

BuddyBoss is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create your own online community with activity feeds, social groups, private messaging, and powerful admin and moderation tools. It is a fork of the BuddyPress and bbPress plugins.

Skool is an all-in-one online community platform that enables creators, coaches, and educators to build private or public groups, deliver structured courses, and monetize expertise through memberships.

It provides discussion forums, course modules with video and resources, paid subscriptions and one-time purchases, event scheduling, and engagement gamification with points and leaderboards.

Headquarters

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
El Segundo, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Pro$99
Pro & Theme$299
Free version ❌
Hobby
$9/month
Transaction fee10%
Pro
$99/month
Transaction fee2.9%

Categories

WordPress Plugins › Rank #133
Membership Management › Rank #10
Membership Management › Rank #19
Online Courses › Rank #9
Subscriptions › Rank #26

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The BuddyBoss WordPress plugin is 7 times more popular than Skool.
Total websites

Market share

Membership Management

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

BuddyBoss is more popular than Skool in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
France
Italy
Spain
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

BuddyBoss is more popular than Skool in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Sports
Health
Recreation/Hobbies
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#21,988
#37,250
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Rank
#107,077
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See also

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