Common Questions
FAQ — The Boardroom vs Skool & Circle.
Does The Boardroom replace Skool completely?
For most service providers and community builders, yes. The Boardroom has discussion threads, courses, events, live chat, member directory, tiered access — Skool’s full feature set. The one thing it doesn’t have is Skool’s cross-community discovery feature (where members of one Skool community can find another). That’s by design: your community lives on your domain, in your control, not in Skool’s marketplace.
Does The Boardroom replace Circle completely?
For 90% of Circle use cases, yes. Circle has more specialized features for very large communities (live streaming infrastructure, advanced moderation tools at enterprise scale). For most coaches, consultants, course creators, and service providers — The Boardroom does what they need at a fraction of the lifetime cost. If you’re running a $10K+/month community SaaS at scale, Circle may be the better tool. If you’re running a community as part of a service business, The Boardroom wins on every dimension.
How does the cost actually compare?
Skool is $99/month flat. Over 5 years, that’s $5,940 you never get back. Circle starts at $99/month and scales — many community owners end up paying $200–$400+/month within a year, putting them at $12,000–$24,000+ over 5 years. The Boardroom is included in Mogul X OS Pick 3 ($3,333 lifetime) or Full Suite ($5,555 lifetime). After year 3, you’ve already saved more than the entire purchase price.
Can I migrate my Skool or Circle community to The Boardroom?
Yes. Both Skool and Circle let you export member lists. Member migration into The Boardroom is straightforward via WordPress’s user import. Discussion content is harder to migrate (threading varies platform to platform), but most builders use migration as a fresh start — keep the members, leave the noise. The $699 Full Setup add-on includes migration assistance.
Will my members notice the difference?
Most won’t. The Boardroom has a clean, modern community UI — discussion threads, member profiles, events calendar, course player. The biggest difference is your URL: instead of yourname.skool.com, it’s yoursite.com/community. Members will appreciate it feeling like a part of your brand, not a Skool sub-page.
What about Skool’s cross-community discovery? Don’t I need that?
Honest take: cross-community discovery is great for new community owners trying to find members. Once you have an audience, you don’t need Skool to advertise your community — your audience is your audience. And the tradeoff: in Skool, you’re not just paying $99/month — you’re also helping Skool grow its marketplace, which competes with you. With The Boardroom, every member is yours alone.
What if I want to integrate community with my CRM or course platform?
This is where The Boardroom shines. Because it’s part of Mogul X OS, it’s already integrated with everything else: your client portal (Project Portal), your CRM (Command Center X), your relationship intelligence (Mogul X Pulse), your referral program (Referral Circle). A community member who’s also a client gets seen as one person across all your tools — something neither Skool nor Circle can offer because they’re standalone.