🆚 Hotmart vs. Skool

Type

E-commerce platform
Membership management software

About

Hotmart is an all-in-one e-commerce platform for selling digital and physical products online, with a strong focus on e-learning and online course distribution.

It provides built-in payment processing in multiple currencies, subscription and membership management, tools for hosting and delivering video courses through its Hotmart Video Player service, and an affiliate marketplace connecting creators with promoters.

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

Belo Horizonte, Brazil
El Segundo, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Microtransaction Fee
(for sales below $15/€15/£15/10 BRL)
9.9% + $€£0.10/20% BRL
Transaction Fee
(for sales above $15/€15/£15/10 BRL)
9.9% + $€£0.50/1 BRL
Hotmart Video Player Activation Fee$1.49/€1.49/2.49 BRL per sale
Free version ❌
Hobby
$9/month
Transaction fee10%
Pro
$99/month
Transaction fee2.9%

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #110
Online Courses › Rank #6
Online Courses › Rank #8
Subscriptions › Rank #17
Subscriptions › Rank #20
Membership Management › Rank #17

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Hotmart e-commerce platform is 1.3 times more popular than Skool.
Total websites

Market share

Online Courses
Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Hotmart is more popular in Brazil, Portugal, and Spain, while Skool is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Canada.
Brazil
United States
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Australia
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Hotmart is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, and health, while Skool is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, business, and Internet services sites.
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Health
Online Shopping
Travel
Software/Hardware
Major Global Religions

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#127,110
#229,879
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Name
Rank
#107,077
#141,569
#141,787
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See also

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