Skillshare Pricing: How Much Does It Cost? (2024)

In this article, we talk all things Skillshare costs, pricing and everything in between. If you’ve spent anytime browsing the Skillshare homepage, you’ll have noticed that you won’t be able to find any information about its costs and subscription plans.

The only way to access the platform is by clicking on the “Get Started for Free” button and from there you’ll be able to sign up to Skillshare. I’m sure that still leaves you with a bunch of unanswered questions like; How much is Skillshare? Do I have to sign up for one year? What’s its refund policy?

That’s where we step in, I myself have signed up for a Skillshare membership, taken a bunch of classes and know how its subscription plan works. If you have the time, please read on as I explain in detail about Skillshare costs, memberships, refund policy and more.

Table Summary Of Skillshare Costs

To sum up Skillshare costs, when you first sign up you’ll get a 1-month free trial. It offers a monthly subscription plan for $29 USD or an annual plan for $99 USD. If you decide within 14 days of your free trial that you no longer want to continue, your subscription plan, you won’t be charged anything. If you decide to cancel your membership plan, it won’t be renewed at the end of your monthly or annual billing cycle.

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What's Included in a Skillshare Membership?

So, you are probably asking yourself, what do I actually get with the Skillshare Premium membership?

Firstly, you’ll get unlimited access to all of Skillshare classes, that’s a whooping 35,000+ classes covering a wide range of creative topics from Animation, Graphic Design, Photography and much more.

On top of that, you’ll also be able to enjoy the following with Skillshare Premium;

The Skillshare premium membership gives you exclusive discounts on your favorite creative services like Adobe and Squarespace starting at $14 USD a month when you subscribe to the annual plan.

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Skillshare Teams Plan

Like most elearning platforms, Skillshare offers a plan for businesses and teams, which gives unlimited access to its 35,000+ classes. The plan is designed for a team or business of any size and each user will have a personalized experience.

The Skillshare For Teams Package is designed to help you and your team build hard and soft creative skills, if your team grows, you can add users to your account, plus you can reassign seats if someone in your team leaves. Skillshare for Teams costs $159 USD per user, per year that is billed annually, there is no monthly option.

The Skillshare for Teams also includes:

• Unlimited access to 35,000+ classes
• Easy-to-use admin capabilities
• A personalized experience for each user
• Casting, offline, and mobile capabilities
• Detailed reporting and analytics

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Organizations like Vice, Virgin TV or Staples are clients of Skillshare and provide their employees with access to this platform.

Corporate Gift Cards

If you like the idea of giving your employees something a little different, then the Skillshare corporate gift card maybe the answer. The corporate gift card has a minimum of 25 members and is designed to be a short-term skillshare membership. Not only can they be customized, but they are easy to set up and can be redeemed at anytime of year.

You will need to Contact Sales and specify what you are looking for, and they will be in touch with a customized pricing plan. Skillshare is generously offering a 40% discount on its gift cards, and you can get in touch here to find out more.

Skillshare Corporate Gift Cards

Skillshare Chroma Courses

Skillshare has recently introduced four-week, immersive small group courses called ChromaCourse. The idea of it is to give of small group of learners access to exclusive content from expert teachers with live Q&As that are personalized feedback on your assignments.

Anyone can enroll on a Chroma Course, you don’t need to be a Skillshare member. All you need is access to Slack and Zoom, so you can participate in the live sessions. New Chroma Courses are launched each month and if you find the course you would like to join is full, there is the option to join the waiting list. You can purchase a Chroma Course with a debit or credit card, and then you will receive confirmation of purchase in your email.

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Payment Methods & Currencies

Skillshare accepts credit or debit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) plus PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and SEPA are all available.

Skillshare is available in many currencies, which you can pay for with an annual subscription in your local currency. Check out the table below to see the prices for the most popular currencies.

Scholarships

Skillshare offers a selection of Scholarships that give eligible applicants a discount or access to a Skillshare membership for one year. It is currently offering a selection of scholarships from 50% off a one-year membership for College and University students to furloughed workers in the UK.

The application process seems really straightforward. All you need is your name, email and explaining why you are eligible for the Scholarship

Skillshare Scholarships

Financial Aid

There are a couple of ways in which Skillshare makes the resources available to those with financial needs:

• Every student that has a valid .edu email address will have a 50% discounton the Skillshare Premium cost.
• The One for One Skillsharepolicy means that for each premium subscriber they donate a free membership to those in need of financial help.

To apply for a Skillshare scholarship, you’ll need to follow these steps:

1. Create a free Skillshare account
2. Submit the scholarship form and explain how you will use what you’ll learn at Skillshare. Submit a summary of your financial situation.
3. Wait for the Skillshare confirmation
4. If approved, enjoy access to Skillshare for 1 year for free

If you’d like to help someone with limited financial resources by giving them access to Skillshare, you can become a benefactor to sponsor students.

Skillshare Costs: Last Thoughts

Alright, we’ve reviewed Skillshare costs, and we’ve seen that:

1. It’s reasonably priced for the content you have access to
2. The Skillshare prices and plans are easy to digest

This popular platform is focused on improving or learning new (creative) skills and if you are an individual you get to try out the free trial before committing to the annual premium membership. The premium membership plan costs $99 USD annually and gives you full access to the 35,000+ classes, the community and offline viewing. I leave you here with Skillshare’s strengths and weaknesses as a summary of the platform to decide if it’s right for you.

Skillshare Pros

Skillshare Cons

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Please leave a comment below if you have any questions, and I’ll do my best to help you out.

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