How much does AI Academy cost?

AI Academy charges $97 per month on Skool, read 1 Nov 2026. An annual option is listed at $873. That is cheaper than 9% of the other priced ai and automation listings here.

How many members does AI Academy have?

AI Academy lists 628 members, read 1 Nov 2026.

How has AI Academy's membership changed?

From 671 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 628 on 1 Nov 2026: down 43, or 6%.

How does AI Academy compare with other ai and automation communities?

At $97 a month, AI Academy sits above the $27 median of the 215 priced ai and automation listings here. The niche median is 590 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.

What else does AI Academy's seller list?

The same seller has 1 other listing we track: AI Community.

What do you get inside AI Academy?

AI Academy publishes 207 course modules, 17 courses, 814 posts, 2 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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AI Academy (skool.com/theaiacademy): review

AI Academy publishes 207 course modules on Skool. It charges $97 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined AI Academy, and nothing below is a verdict.

AI Academy is a Skool community that teaches AI to owners of accounting firms, billed as "The AI playbook for CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers."^[1] It is aimed at people who have never written a prompt, and the group was created in March 2025.^[1] It is run by Mark Wickersham FCA, a Chartered Accountant, and its free training operates under The AI Community name.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Members: 628
Published price: $97; per month
Members, last 29 days: -25; 2 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Size rank in niche: #298; of 629 sellers listed in ai and automation, by published members
Price rank in niche: #20; of 217 priced in AI and automation listed here, highest first
Annual option: $873; per year
Niche: AI and automation; 672 listed here
Created: 12 Mar 2025; Skool publishes this date
Readings: 27; since 24 Aug 2026

About AI Academy

Members get prompt library software and 12 step-by-step courses covering ChatGPT, Claude, prompt engineering, NotebookLM, vibe coding, automation, advisory, and privacy and security.^[1] A newer course deals with cutting bookkeeping time and spotting review errors before sign-off, and Wickersham runs monthly live workshops.^[1] A free five-chapter eBook on the AI tools that matter for accountants and bookkeepers points readers to a free community and video training.^[2] A free three-hour live session scheduled for August 2026 covered building a client dashboard, a simple firm app and advisory insight with AI across ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot, with the paid AI Academy mentioned near the end.^[3]

Wickersham also runs the Value Pricing Academy, which he founded to help accountants and bookkeepers avoid the mistakes he made after starting his accounting firm in 1996.^[4] That academy is organised in three levels: Foundations, Growth and Mastery.^[4] His YouTube channel covers value pricing, advisory services, AI tools and marketing for accountants and bookkeepers.^[5] In June 2026 he appeared on episode 153 of The Modern CPA Success Show, hosted by Tom Wadelton, to discuss cash flow, value pricing and how to start with agentic AI.^[6]

Sources

Skool listing: skool.com/theaiacademy, as collected 24 Sept 2026
Official website: ebook.the-ai-community.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
Official website: register.the-ai-community.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
Official website: valuepricingacademy.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCOVYQamvkiM8_aCGw6nQ7xg, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
Press: anderscpa.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes

NicheAI and automationNicheSoftware and techFormatSoftware or indicator

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules

207

Courses

Posts, all time

814

People running it

Counts published by AI Academy on its own page, read on 13 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by mark-wickersham-1857.

How we knowSourced & dated

Observed on 1 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 619892cda4b1.

Observable monthly ceiling

$97

monthly price

628

published members

$60,916

theoretical ceiling per month

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 ai and automation niche

Percentile among the other 671 ai and automation listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size53rd

smallestlargest

Price · further right is cheaper9th

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Held at $97 per month for every week we have tracked it, since August 2026.

Present in every one of the 10 weeks recorded since August 2026, with no week missing.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 628 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere: 11,900 at its largest11,900 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded: 24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere: Website YouTube

Tracked over time

Member change

-7-1.1%over 4 days-25-3.8%over 29 days

Price change

Unchanged at every reading

27 observations over 69 days.

Member count

Monthly price

Observation log

Observation log
Observed	Members	Change	Price	Ceiling / month
1 Nov 2026	628	-7	$97 per month	$60,916
28 Oct 2026	635	+1	$97 per month	$61,595
27 Oct 2026	634	+2	$97 per month	$61,498
24 Oct 2026	632	0	$97 per month	$61,304
23 Oct 2026	632	+1	$97 per month	$61,304
22 Oct 2026	631	0	$97 per month	$61,207
20 Oct 2026	631	0	$97 per month	$61,207
19 Oct 2026	631	-2	$97 per month	$61,207
18 Oct 2026	633	-6	$97 per month	$61,401
16 Oct 2026	639	-3	$97 per month	$61,983
14 Oct 2026	642	0	$97 per month	$62,274
12 Oct 2026	642	-3	$97 per month	$62,274
10 Oct 2026	645	0	$97 per month	$62,565
9 Oct 2026	645	0	$97 per month	$62,565
8 Oct 2026	645	-2	$97 per month	$62,565
6 Oct 2026	647	-1	$97 per month	$62,759
5 Oct 2026	648	-2	$97 per month	$62,856
4 Oct 2026	650	-3	$97 per month	$63,050
2 Oct 2026	653	-3	$97 per month	$63,341
1 Oct 2026	656	0	$97 per month	$63,632
30 Sept 2026	656	+1	$97 per month	$63,632
24 Sept 2026	655	-18	$97 per month	$63,535
14 Sept 2026	673	+16	$97 per month	$65,281
7 Sept 2026	657	0	$97 per month	$63,729
7 Sept 2026	657	-4	$97 per month	$63,729
1 Sept 2026	661	-10	$97 per month	$64,117
24 Aug 2026	671		$97 per month	$65,087
Average per week, last 29 days2 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026		-6
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 1 Nov 2026		-4

Common questions about AI Academy

What is AI Academy?: AI Academy is a Skool community that teaches AI to owners of accounting firms, billed as "The AI playbook for CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers." It is aimed at people who have never written a prompt, and the group was created in March 2025.
How much does AI Academy cost?: AI Academy charges $97 per month on Skool, read 1 Nov 2026. An annual option is listed at $873. That is cheaper than 9% of the other priced ai and automation listings here.
How many members does AI Academy have?: AI Academy lists 628 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
How has AI Academy's membership changed?: From 671 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 628 on 1 Nov 2026: down 43, or 6%.
How does AI Academy compare with other ai and automation communities?: At $97 a month, AI Academy sits above the $27 median of the 215 priced ai and automation listings here. The niche median is 590 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What else does AI Academy's seller list?: The same seller has 1 other listing we track: AI Community.
What do you get inside AI Academy?: AI Academy publishes 207 course modules, 17 courses, 814 posts, 2 admins. Communities with the most course content.