Fabric Forge review
Fabric Forge has grown 24% between 6 Sept 2026 and 1 Nov 2026, by its published member count. It charges $9 a month.
A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Fabric Forge, and nothing below is a verdict.
Fabric Forge is a Skool learning community that is free to join, with paid tiers inside, for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, created in November 2025.[1] It is run by Aleksi Partanen, a Microsoft Fabric MVP and data architect who publishes Fabric tutorials on YouTube and calls Fabric Forge a learning hub.[2][3]
How we measure · Report an error or ask for removal
- Members
- 10,158
- Published price
- $9
- per month
- Members, last 29 days
- +689
- 3 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
- Rank by members
- #191
- of 6,077 sellers listed here
- Size rank in niche
- #18
- of 340 sellers listed in software and tech, by published members
- Price rank in niche
- #75
- of 100 priced in Software and tech listed here, highest first
- Check the Course score
- 97
- A+, exceptional
- Niche
- Software and tech
- 353 listed here
- Created
- 8 Nov 2025
- Skool publishes this date
- Readings
- 12
- since 6 Sept 2026
About Fabric Forge
The curriculum spans data engineering, Power BI, databases and AI workloads, taught through structured lectures, hands-on exercises and real-world tutorials.[1] Lessons focus on practical, job-relevant skills learned by doing.[1] Members can ask questions, share progress and get support from other learners.[1] Four named experts hold weekly calls: Partanen, fellow Microsoft Fabric MVP Heini Ilmarinen, Teemu Multanen (MCT and data engineering) and Anton Jääskeläinen (Power BI and analytics engineering).[1]
Partanen is also a co-founder of CertiAce, a CertiAce Oy product that sells exam-style practice questions, timed mock exams and case studies for major Microsoft exams.[3][4] As of September 2026, CertiAce Pro cost $19.90 a month or $199 a year, with cancellation at any time.[5] Partanen's link page also points to a Microsoft Fabric Discord server that is free to join.[3] The YouTube channel, titled Aleksi Partanen - Master Microsoft Fabric, notes that some of its links may be affiliate links.[6]
Sources
- Skool listing: skool.com/fabricforge, as collected 27 Sept 2026
- Other: buymeacoffee.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- Other: linktr.ee/aleksipartanen, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- Other: certiace.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- Other: certiace.com/pricing, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UChwXzyfZXD9cD7WSRS6flsA, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.
Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.
What is inside
Counts published by Fabric Forge on its own page, read on 3 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by aleksi.
This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.
Against the software and tech niche
Percentile among the other 352 software and tech listings here, each seller counted once for size.
Ahead of 97% of the 13,576 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Fabric Forge published itself.
- Size 53% of the scoreahead of 98%
- Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 83%
- Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 35%
An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.
Net member count up 24% between our first reading, on 6 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 1 Nov 2026.
Run this community?
Evidence and signals
Listed on 10,158 members.
Evidence: measured.
- Following elsewhere
- 36,100 at its largest36,100 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
- First recorded
- 6 September 2026our first reading, not its launch
- Elsewhere
- YouTube
Tracked over time
12 observations over 57 days.
Observation log
| Observed | Members | Change | Price | Ceiling / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | 10,158 | +10 | $9 per month | $91,422 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 10,148 | +101 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 10,047 | +205 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 9,842 | +90 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 9,752 | +27 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 9,725 | +47 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 9,678 | +65 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 9,613 | +66 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 9,547 | +78 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 9,469 | +525 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated |
| 27 Sept 2026 | 8,944 | +726 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 6 Sept 2026 | 8,218 | Free + paid tiers | Not calculated | |
| Average per week, last 29 days3 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026 | +166 | |||
| Average per week, since first reading6 Sept 2026 to 1 Nov 2026 | +238 | |||
Milestones observed
| Members | Crossing | Between readings |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | Passed | 22 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026 |
Seller’s followers on other platforms
| Read, about monthly | YouTube | TikTok |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 36,100+900 | |
| 6 Sept 2026 | 35,200 |
Course content readings
| Observed | Posts | Modules | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2026 | 573+12 | 291+2 | 13 |
| 27 Sept 2026 | 561+39 | 289+8 | 13 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | 522 | 281 | 13 |
| Added per week6 Sept 2026 to 3 Oct 2026 | +13 | +2.6 | 0 |
Common questions about Fabric Forge
- What is Fabric Forge?
- Fabric Forge is a Skool learning community that is free to join, with paid tiers inside, for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, created in November 2025.
- How much does Fabric Forge cost?
- Fabric Forge charges $9 per month on Skool, read 1 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 75% of the other priced software and tech listings here.
- How many members does Fabric Forge have?
- Fabric Forge lists 10,158 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
- How has Fabric Forge's membership changed?
- From 8,218 members on 6 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 10,158 on 1 Nov 2026: up 1,940, or 24%.
- How does Fabric Forge compare with other software and tech communities?
- At $9 a month, Fabric Forge sits below the $29 median of the 99 priced software and tech listings here. The niche median is 595 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
- What do you get inside Fabric Forge?
- Fabric Forge publishes 291 course modules, 13 courses, 573 posts, 4 admins. Communities with the most course content.
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