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Maatos vs Skool: which is the better choice for course creators?

Looking for a platform to build your online academy? Skool is built mainly around communities with a course attached. Maatos is designed from the ground up for selling and delivering courses — with your own website and all the payment methods your customers want.

The key features and capabilities

What is Maatos?

  • An all-in-one platform for online courses
  • Comprehensive tools for e-learning, your own website, and communicating with your students.
  • Suited to a long-term solution
  • Built for entrepreneurs, coaches and trainers who want to serve their customers in their own language.

What is Skool?

  • An English-language platform with basic e-learning and community functionality
  • An accessible course environment with options for interaction
  • Suited to a basic solution.
  • Aimed at an international audience, with English-language payment methods and support.

E-learning features: everything you need to share your knowledge

With Maatos you can add unlimited lessons and students at no extra cost. You decide how to structure your course — with modules, chapters, videos, quizzes and downloads. Certificates are generated automatically in your own design. With Skool you’re tied to a single community environment, a limited course structure, and you pay transaction fees.

Maatos advantages over Skool

  • ✅ Unlimited courses, lessons and students
  • ✅ 0% transaction fees (Skool: 3%)
  • ✅ Drip-feed, certificates and multilingual support
  • ✅ Flexible access: per course or bundle

Automations: less manual work, more time for your business

With Maatos you can automate almost everything: from email triggers based on a student’s progress to automatic invoices in your own branding. You connect easily with your email marketing tool and have an API for custom work.
Skool has basic notifications, but no advanced automation or integrations.

Maatos advantages over Skool

  • ✅ Fully automated access on payment
  • ✅ Automatic emails, invoices and triggers
  • ✅ Integrations with Mailchimp, Brevo, ActiveCampaign and more
  • ✅ An API for integrations and custom work

Your own website & branding: entirely your style, on your own domain

With Maatos you don’t just build your academy — you build your whole website, fully in your branding and on your own domain. Add unlimited pages and blog posts, optimise for SEO, and expand with a webshop or forms.

You decide how everything looks: from colours and fonts to your logo, invoices and even the sender address on your emails. With Skool you always work within their standard environment, with limited customisation and without full control over how your brand feels.

Maatos advantages over Skool

  • ✅ Your own domain name and fully white-label
  • ✅ Unlimited pages, blogs and multilingual options
  • ✅ Full control over colours, typography and logo
  • ✅ Branding in your emails and invoices too
  • ✅ Webshop and form integration available

We help you wherever we can

Setting up your own website

With Maatos you get a site that's entirely your own, where you sell your courses. That means everything stays under your control. We're glad to help you build your site, in your own branding and with everything properly integrated.

Support that has your back

We have friendly support ready for you. From practical how-to videos to our support desk, we're happy to help you move forward.

The differences at a glance
E-learning features
Unlimited lessons per course
Unlimited students
Unlimited video uploads
Cost per user
None
3% transaction fee
Your own course structure (modules / chapters / lessons)
Generate certificates automatically
Access configurable per course or bundle
Drip-feed content
Multilingual courses
Downloadable files & extra materials
Quizzes and tests
Automations
Automatic signup confirmations
Integration with external email marketing tools
Automatic invoice sending
Automated access on payment
Payment methods for students
iDEAL
Bancontact
Credit card
PayPal
SEPA Direct Debit
One-time payment and subscriptions
Your own website options
Own domain name
Unlimited pages
Blog functionality
SEO optimisation
Webshop integration
Multilingual website
Branding
Your own logo and house style
Customise colours and fonts
Fully white-label
Your own email sender address
User experience
User-friendly dashboard for students
Mobile-friendly / responsive
Community feature
Course overview on your own site
Support in your own language
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Ready to choose Maatos as your alternative to Skool?

Are you a coach, trainer or entrepreneur who wants to sell online courses? Maatos gives you a personal approach and experience at accessible prices. 

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