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Skool
Community plus courses plus gamification, at one flat price.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the education job, so this one still earns its $99/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Free AI tutoring competes directly with paid cohort courses. OpenAI, February 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Whop.
- What the call is worth $1,188/yr
- $99/mo at the entry paid tier — $1,188 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- February 1, 2025
- List price
- $99/mo
- Per year
- $1,188
The backstory
Skool's growth was a marketing phenomenon as much as a product one, and its retention comes from leaderboards, streaks and a group of people who all paid to be in the same room. A model will teach you the material for free; it will not give you the social pressure that makes you finish.
Escape hatches
C 
Circle More customisable and brandable.
circle.so open_in_new W 
Whop Better checkout and discovery.
whop.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.