🆚 Coursera vs. Skool

Type

Online course platform
Membership management software

About

Coursera is a global platform for online learning and career development offering learners access to courses, professional certificates, specializations, and fully online bachelor's and master's degrees from leading universities and companies.

It partners with over 300 institutions, offers more than 10,000 courses including 50+ degree programs, and lets users audit many courses for free.

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

Mountain View, California, United States
El Segundo, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️ No graded assignments or certificates
Coursera Plus $239/year
Coursera for Teams $319/user/year
Free version ❌
Hobby
$9/month
Transaction fee 10%
Pro
$99/month
Transaction fee 2.9%

Categories

Online Courses › Rank #12
Online Courses › Rank #5
Membership Management › Rank #14
Subscriptions › Rank #17

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Skool membership management software is 4 times more popular than Coursera.
Total websites

Market share

Online Courses

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Skool is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Spain, while Coursera is more popular in Russia, Poland, and Vietnam.
United States
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
France
Netherlands
Taiwan
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Skool is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, business, and blogs and wiki, while Coursera is more commonly used on education and reference sites.
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Real Estate
Health
Sports
Technical Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#117,807
#121,873
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Name
Rank
#107,077
#141,569
#141,787
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See also

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