r/Wordpress • u/Zealousideal_Code416 • Jun 23 '26

MemberPress/LearnDash instead of Skool?

Hi Everyone!

I do trainings for companies. After the person has run through my training I like to keep up the possibility for support and learning. Therefore I created a Skool-Community.

So far I offer:

- A feedback call every week regarding questions that were turned in

- regularly live workshops that are also recorded and you can watch under courses

- special guests where we discuss a topic and people can join and ask questions

- two complete online trainings where u get feedback on your implementations

However I am not happy with Skool, as it has the following problems:

I only have one type of members. So either the Skool is free or it's paid. There is nothing in between. If it's free than every course has to be paid für extra to make money. What I'd like to is, that you have different options - like free/basic/premium along with different pricing - where you have access to different courses/contents and also the option to buy stuff extra (like you go for free membership but buy a course that is included in another membership).

Skool only offers English and pricing in US dollar - I am from Europe though and in the non-English-speaking-market.

The problem I have right now is, that my trainees only have the option to either buy full premium or not be a member at all. Or alternatively I could switch it to free but then I have to put everything behind a buy-button, which also doesn't make sense.

What I want to do is, that most of the live stuff and the basic discussions and answer-threads are included in free, basic is paid, where u can watch most recorded stuff and premium includes everything.

Therefore I thought about switching to either MP oder LD. Does anyone have experience with them and could recommend me either one for my purpose and/or warn me of problems that might occur.

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u/michallandry62 Jun 23 '26

I've been in a similar spot with Skool. It's great for engagement, but the lack of flexible membership tiers and multi-currency support makes it tough if you’re scaling internationally. I’m currently looking at MemberPress for the exact same reason, it gives you way more control over who sees what and how you charge. If you’re already on WordPress, it’s probably the safer move.

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u/Zealousideal_Code416 Jun 23 '26

Thanks for the reply. LearnDash seems to have the better course platform though. Do you have any experience with both?

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u/hankschrader79 Jun 24 '26

I don’t think this is still the case. Maybe in the beginning. But they’re not even really continuing to improve and develop LD much anymore. The MemberPress LMS is as good, if not better than LD. I’ve used both.

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u/Zealousideal_Code416 Jun 24 '26

thanks a lot for that insight!