Skool Free Trial 2026: How the 14 Days Really Work

Skool gives every new group a 14-day free trial on both plans, the $9 Hobby and the $99 Pro. No coupon code exists or is needed. You pick a plan when you create the group, and day 15 is when the first charge lands.

The one date that matters is day 13. Skool refunds nothing once a subscription bills, so the decision deadline sits before conversion, not after. Canceling takes four clicks and costs $0 inside the window.

• Length: 14 days, identical on Hobby and Pro.
• Features: the full plan, including payments, courses, and events.
• Billing: converts automatically on day 15, then auto-renews until canceled.
• Exit: cancel anytime; Skool saves the group for later reactivation.

What the Skool Trial Includes

The trial is the full product, not a limited tier. You get unlimited members, courses, video hosting, events, gamification, and Skool’s native payments from minute one. The only differences between trialing Hobby and trialing Pro are the plan features themselves, like the 10% versus 2.9% transaction fee and the custom URL.

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The full group dashboard runs during the trial, including the community feed, courses, calendar, and member payments.

How to Start the Trial

Starting a group takes a few minutes on skool.com and the 14-day clock starts at creation. Membership accounts are free forever; the trial applies to hosting your own group. Pick the plan you would genuinely pay for, because the fee structure you trial is the one that converts on day 15.

1. Create a free Skool account at skool.com.
2. Create your group and pick Hobby ($9/mo) or Pro ($99/mo).
3. Build and invite members through the free 14 days.
4. Keep it (day 15 bills automatically) or cancel by day 13 to pay $0.

When Skool First Charges You

Day 15 is the first billing day. Per Skool’s payment terms, subscriptions auto-renew for successive terms of the same length until the owner cancels. Monthly plans renew at $9 or $99; the yearly option renews at $90 or $990. Once a charge runs, it is non-refundable, trial conversions included.

No Skool Coupon Codes Exist (Save This Way Instead)

Skool has never run public coupon codes, and any page promising a Skool promo code is padding. Two legitimate discounts exist: the 14-day trial itself and yearly billing, which prices Hobby at an effective $7.50 and Pro at $82 per month, two months free against monthly billing.

Before committing to either plan, the Skool pricing breakdown runs the Hobby-versus-Pro fee math, including the $1,268 monthly revenue point where the $99 plan becomes the cheaper one.

How to Cancel Before the Trial Bills

Cancel by day 13 and the trial costs $0. The flow is Settings, then Billing, then Manage subscription, then Cancel subscription, and it takes under two minutes. Your group stays open through day 14, and Skool saves everything so you can reactivate later without rebuilding.

Member cancellations, refund rules, and account deletion work differently; the full Skool cancellation guide walks through each path with the official policy wording.

Hobby or Pro for Your Trial?

Trial the plan you would actually pay for. Hobby at $9 fits free groups and paid offers under $1,268 in monthly member billing. Pro at $99 fits communities past that point, because its 2.9% fee beats Hobby’s 10% once volume shows up. Switching plans later is allowed, so nothing is permanent.

• Trial Hobby if: you are validating your first paid offer or running a free community.
• Trial Pro if: you are migrating an audience that already pays you $1,268+ a month.