Skillshare is an online learning community for students and professionals who want to build skills through collaborative, project-based learning. Its team-focused offering gives organizations tailored learning paths and courses across areas such as creative arts, design, entrepreneurship, and technology to support employee development.

What company sizes and industries is Skillshare the best fit for?

Skillshare’s strongest fit is with small businesses, particularly those using learning to build creative, design, and marketing skills. Positive reviewer profiles also include mid-market organizations and education-focused workplaces.

Company size: Small businesses are the most represented segment, with mid-market organizations also present.
Creative and design: Graphic design and design are prominent areas.
Marketing: Marketing and advertising are represented among users.
Education and e-learning: Education-related organizations also appear among positive users.

What features or capabilities could make Skillshare even more useful?

Skillshare could be more useful with deeper course options and a more consistent learning experience, alongside improvements that make it easier to choose and complete classes.

Broader, deeper course coverage: Expand advanced and technical instruction, and offer more courses that cover a subject in depth.
Clearer course selection: Provide more detailed course outlines and stronger ways to compare course quality before enrolling.
More complete mobile access: Bring features such as class projects and learning resources more fully into the mobile experience.
More flexible access and pricing: Add options such as more free content or additional subscription choices.
Stronger learner interaction: Improve opportunities for students to connect and share work with one another.

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Verified User in Publishing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/31/2019

"Great Service & Best Educational Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

SkillShare is one of the great educational platforms for learning which we have ever seen in our life. Its learning process, experienced instructors, and affordable pricing model are accessible to everyone. I love the user interface of the website as well. If you practically think about the process of learning business. We also share video courses with our employees, and they have learned many topics through Skillshare like HTML, GIF Creation, Adobe Photoshop, and many more software, including programming skills they learn during their free time. I'm very much impressed with SkillShare, and I love to continue our future work with SkillShare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

They should add more payment methods like Bitcoin / Crypto payment. If they allow crypto payments, then more people can join from different countries. They can be more educated within it. Otherwise, there's nothing I don't like about the platform; in my opinion, it's perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Yes, we are already recommending to many of our business connections and our employees to learn from SkillShare for improving their skills and mindset in programming, designing & self-development. We have great business connections around the globe with our client base. We'll surely consider recommending them for SkillShare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're solving our business problems, including finance and quantitative trading mathematics in our finance business. Our clients' problems are also being solved with some of the courses in the finance section of SkillShare. We thrive to share more & more clients to solve their own business problems in the future for further business improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

George B.

Trainer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/27/2019

"Worst customer experience ever"

0/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I wish I could tell you what I love best about their website, too bad they canceled my account after charging me for a one-year Premium Subscription and I didn't get to use their shitty platform too much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

Their customer experience.

It seems like only incompetent outsourced indians look after their customers and this hurts their trust a lot. No answer in more than 30 days and I've tried to contact them everywhere - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email - and no real human tried to contact me back.

If their customer experience had been a ship, it would have been Titanic. Total failure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Watch out for unexpected credit card charges. They will surprise-charge you somehow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I tried using it for personal development, but it's hard to watch tutorials when your account is cancelled for no reason. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SocialXpand C.

Ceo

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/25/2019

"Great Online Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

Skillshare is providing opportunities for online learning. This is the best way for online education to help me & all students. one of the best way to learn more & more skill by Skillshare. Skillshare has classes on all types of topics, but my favorites are the design ones. I also enjoy ... Here are some of the classes that I have liked the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

There is nothing bad in skillshare everything is perfect. Such as great one online platform to learn & explore those things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

I am sharing this site to many friends because there are many topics to help us. skillshare is also help in complex problem to solve in fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am searching for a design course after that I have learned how to create gif animation by Skillshare. Skillshare's Users Are Solving the Company's Problems ... sharing, giving, teaching users may end up solving some difficult problems for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/29/2019

"Very helpful information"

5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I like that I'm able to learn more about things I'm already doing as well as new information in fields I'm not as familiar with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

I have nothing I dislike about Skillshare; it's been very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michaela P.

Remote eLearning Instructional Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/4/2018

"Great website to learn anything!"

5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I love Skillshare for its variety of classes they offer. You can learn anything from knitting, to cooking, writing, logo design, analytics, photography, and so on. The platform has thousands of classes on any topic you can think of. The classes are taught by business owners, freelancers, and people loving what they teach about which is a nice change when you compare it to classes at your school where some teachers seem like they don't really care about the topic they teach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

I'd like to see the bad classes removed, but there are not too many of these. Most people make quite good classes. I'd say that most of them are even above average. You can't really go wrong for the money you pay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

You can't find a cheaper solution with the amount of classes Skillshare offers. They run promotions all the time and you can get 3 months for free or $0.99 and after that pay around $10/month - it's even cheaper when you prepay for the whole year. Most of the classes are taught very well by professionals in the industry. The classes are short and tackle particular skills. You can't go wrong with trying out Skillshare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skillshare is a platform that provides very inexpensive education. The classes are usually short and you learn specific skills. Every class should include a project where you immediately put your new skills to work. You can get feedback from your classmates and the teacher as well. You can even win prizes sometimes. It's a great community that offers help from others in addition to the skills you learn by watching the videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kate P.

Grants Coordinator

Performing Arts

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/26/2018

"Massive Streaming Issues"

0/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I love the concept and have found a few classes I like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

The platform seems to have streaming issues. Both the website and the Android app take forever to load and frequently stall. I've tried on several devices, so it's not a device or browser issue, and I can watch Netflix and YouTube with no issues or stall at all, so it isn't my internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

I think it's marvelous if they'd fix their user experience, but as it is, I most certainly will not be buying a full membership when my trial period is up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am so excited to learn new skills to use at work and in hobbies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/25/2017

"Skills for creatives"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I like the wide variety of courses that are available in many different areas that support creatives in business. The fact that you can take courses on digitizing watercolor painting alongside how to structure your business is really handy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

It can be difficult to know what the course actually entails - the syllabus doesn't seem to be very detailed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

I would recommend doing a free month/signing up for a monthly plan until you know that you'll get value out of an annual membership. There are a lot of courses to sift through, which can be great, but it's helpful to have a good understanding of what you actually need to learn before jumping in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a fun way to see things that are popular that you may not have thought "I need to know this" and shows you what people are interested in. This helps to tailor other content and ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 11/13/2017

"Great website to build your skills"

4/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

I love the teachers who have put their experience/expertise in a specific subject into a video format. I also love how the lessons are broken up so you can jump back to rewatch a video for references or come back and complete the lesson later on. I also enjoyed how there were emails that showed recommended courses! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

Being a student I was not a fan of the pricing of the product. It does cost $100 for the subscription up front, but I think it would be better to have a type of monthly subscription plan to help ease the financial burden of a student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Take advantage of the different types of videos. You never know if some of those skills can come in handy later on. I definitely loved the photography video lectures! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are a lot of videos that are introductory, which can help build a foundation for a specific area. As well as multiple other videos to help build up your soft skills, such as leadership and organizational. I find that it's sometimes hard to really pinpoint what you need help with when it comes to soft skills and having video references are great for people who don't know exactly how to start to improve those skills or who don't have the opportunity to work on them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/26/2017

"Skillshare is a solid way to teach and learn on an e-platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

Whether you're using Skillshare as a platform to teach or as a learner, it is an easy to navigate and utilize tool. It offers a variety of classes that can be used in the classroom or to learn yourself. It also offers the ability for you to upload your own classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

It can be a little tricky to navigate all the classes that are offered. There could be a better set up for organizing/categorizing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

If you're looking to create a flipped classroom type course, this can be a really effective tool, but only users can access your classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

This allows for flipping the classroom in a very effective way. It let me create individualized learning and allowed me to continue learning skills to share within my own classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/16/2017

"Pricey, but quality on-the-go learning"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Skillshare?

Skillshare has done an amazing job providing a very wide variety of tech and non-tech centered courses. The quality and range of content is exactly what I was looking for. They also run very good marketing campaigns, allowing new users to use a one month free trial before subscribing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

There is no discount for students, and there is no structure that allows you to subscribe at different price points. If you don't want to pay $99 for the unlimited plan, there is no cheaper option (although they do offer some free abbreviated courses). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Use the free trial to try before you commit to the full price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skillshare has allowed me to learn how to better my illustration skills, and helped me learn new skills in Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.