When Skool is the better choice
You like the gamified, highly guided approach, want zero setup worries, and it's fine that your community looks like Skool. Then Skool is fast and coherent.
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Pukalani vs Skool
Community and courses under your brand — without a cut of your revenue.
Skool is deliberately simple and strong on gamification. Entry is cheap, but on the Hobby plan it costs you 10% of your revenue. Pukalani takes no transaction fee, hosts in Germany, and lets you decide on design, domain and products yourself.
An honest comparison
Compared honestly. Including where we're (not yet) the answer.
We only compare what we can back up — with sources and a date. Where we're weaker, it says so right here.
| Criterion | Pukalani | Circle | Skool | Mighty Networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price per month | free | $89 (Professional) | $9 (Hobby) | $79 (Launch) |
| Transaction fee | none | 2% | 10% (Hobby) · 2.9% (Pro) | 2% |
| Hosting / company base | Germany | USA | USA | USA |
| Courses incl. paid access | yes (early access) | yes | yes | yes |
| Blocks can be switched off individually | yes | suite | suite | suite |
| Blocks embeddable in your own website | yes (discussions, events) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Native mobile apps with push | no | yes | yes | yes |
“n/a” means: we couldn't verify it properly — so we don't claim anything. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Sources:CircleSkoolMighty Networks
You want native iOS/Android apps with push, or a community with 50,000 members and enterprise SSO? Then the big suites are (still) the better choice. For everyone who wants to start lean, fair and privacy-close, we're the right way.
When Pukalani fits
Your community should look and be named like YOU, your revenue stays fully yours, and privacy isn't just a checkbox. Plus you want to embed discussions or events into your existing website.
Start your community – free
No risk, no minimum term, data export included.