Make money online · 32 reviewed, ranked
Best Make money online courses and communities
Every AcademyGems listing tagged Make money online, ranked with real member counts, pricing, and sourced verdicts, not marketing copy.
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AI Automation Agency HubFirst look
Skool · Liam OttleyFree (paid Accelerator upsell)Verified July 2026
Liam Ottley's free Skool community teaching the "AI automation agency" model, building automations with tools like n8n, Make.com and Voiceflow and selling them to businesses. One of the largest communities on Skool (≈331k members), with a deep free course library and weekly live Q&As. Best for beginners exploring the AAA path for free; skip it if you dislike upsell-driven communities.
≈331k members≈331k membersRead review → - 02
AI Automation SocietyFirst look
Nate Herk's community for building AI automations with n8n and, increasingly, Claude Code, calling itself the largest global AI automation community (≈420k members). The free tier offers 100+ importable n8n templates, drop-in Claude Code skills, a 7-day build challenge with a certification, and full GitHub repos to clone; a paid "Plus" tier adds courses, an n8n masterclass, weekly live calls and tech support. Best for hands-on n8n/Claude Code builders; skip it if you use neither tool.
≈420k members (free tier)≈420k members (free tier)Read review → - 03
The AI App AcademyFirst look
Chris Ashby's small, transparent paid community, now operating on Skool as "AI App Builders", built around a Claude Code Crash Course and a 'BuilderOS' system to build and launch a product fast, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Rebranded and re-priced since AcademyGems's last check: now $9/month (down from $59/month). Best for vibe coders wanting a tight, tool-specific build path; skip it if you want a large peer network.
≈330 members (small)≈330 members (small)Read review → - 04
AI Captains AcademyFirst look
Jordan Urbs' paid Skool community for solo business builders who are not developers: a sequenced curriculum that starts at the terminal and ends with agents, automations and a knowledge base that run your business, plus two live calls a week and feedback on your actual work. $83/month or $497/year with a 7-day free trial, around 95 members. Best if you want order and feedback instead of another tutorial pile; skip it if you want a huge peer network or a free option.
≈95 members≈95 membersRead review → - 05
The AI AdvantageFirst look
Founded by Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi and Igor Pogany, The AI Advantage is a large public Skool community (≈126k members) pitched at everyday people and businesses around three pillars: Clarity (curated tools and prompts), Confidence (applying AI to your work) and Connection (a peer community). Free to join, with a paid AI Advantage Club upsell. Best for non-technical beginners; skip it if you want hands-on technical depth.
≈126k members≈126k membersRead review → - 06
AI Automation (A-Z)First look
Albert Shiney's Skool community (≈164.8k members), one of the largest of its kind, built around a 7-day challenge that takes a beginner from zero to a first AI automation agency client, with daily software giveaways and a newer optional 1:1 mentorship add-on. It is $7/month after a 7-day free trial, and the page states the price becomes $50/month for new members once it passes 165,000. Funnels toward an external paid tool (Buildmyagent). Best for beginners wanting a fast, cheap challenge; skip it if you want tool-specific depth instead.
≈164.8k members≈164.8k membersRead review → - 07
AI Money LabFirst look
Julian Goldie's free Skool community (≈85k members) focused on making money with AI: 50+ free AI tools, 200+ ChatGPT SEO prompts, 1,000+ n8n workflows, and member case studies (including a reported $10,000+ ChatGPT earner), with daily free trainings. Funnels toward the paid AI Profit Boardroom. Best for SEO/content marketers who like self-directing through a big resource library; skip it if you want structure over volume.
≈85k members≈85k membersRead review → - 08
Claude Code ClubFirst look
Duncan Rogoff's paid community billed as the #1 place to learn Claude Code: a step-by-step beginner roadmap, ready-to-use templates and prompts, and active builders, aimed at turning anyone who can type into a builder. Currently $9/month, but that is about to end: the community states the rate goes to $69/month at 8,500 members and it sat at roughly 8,490 on 1 September 2026. Best for beginners wanting a cheap, guided start; skip it if you want a large peer network or already ship software.
≈8.5k members≈8.5k membersRead review → - 09
Automatable FreeFirst look
Jono Catliff's free Skool community (≈22.8k members): 100+ plug-and-play automation blueprints from his 140k-subscriber YouTube channel, covering Claude Code builds, n8n, Make and GoHighLevel, each with an optional walkthrough. A free home base, with a paid Automatable community upsell. Best for self-paced builders who want real blueprints to clone; skip it if you want structured, sequential teaching.
≈22.8k members≈22.8k membersRead review → - 10
AI Make Money (AI Launch Kit)First look
Jens Dietrich's free Skool community (AI Launch Kit, ≈8.5k members) for builders: 555 validated AI product ideas, six focused courses on idea validation, building, launching and getting customers, and a builder feed. Aimed at creating AI SaaS, agents and products for recurring revenue. Free for now, with a future price noted around $55. Best for product-minded builders who want a validated idea bank; skip it if you want a long track record or a large peer network.
≈8.5k members≈8.5k membersRead review → - 11
AI Automations by JackFirst look
Jack Roberts' paid Skool community for building and selling AI automations, built around a 'Claude Code 0 to Hero' course, 110+ blueprints, the 'Hermes OS' system, daily live calls and unlimited tech support. Now $87/month, rising to $97. Best for agency builders who will use the daily calls; skip it if you are price-sensitive or just exploring.
≈3.8k members≈3.8k membersRead review → - 12
AI Profit BoardroomFirst look
The paid upgrade from Julian Goldie's free AI Money Lab: the Agent OS Profit System, done-for-you custom automations, daily Q&As, four weekly live coaching calls, and unlimited tech support. $59/month (promo price, normally $71), with a 7-day refund and a 30-day ROI guarantee. Best for people who have outgrown the free tier and will use the coaching; skip it if you have not tried AI Money Lab first.
≈4k members≈4k membersRead review → - 13
Agentic LabsFirst look
Leon van Zyl's paid Skool community for agentic and vibe coding: a continuously updated Agentic Coding Masterclass, weekly Lab Challenges posted on Mondays, and weekly live Q&As and deep dives across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, n8n, OpenAI and Gemini. $29/month, around 655 members. Notable for what it does not do: no income claims, no scarcity pricing, no upsell ladder. Best for people who want to learn agentic coding properly; skip it if you want a large peer network.
≈655 members≈655 membersRead review → - 14
Maker School: AI AutomationFirst look
Nick Saraev's paid Skool community for building an AI automation business: 218 videos and guides, end-to-end courses, 50-plus templates and scripts, three lead-generation methods, daily Q&A answered with custom video, weekly group calls and a job board, across Claude Code, Codex and n8n. $184/month with a stated "first paying AI client in 90 days or your money back" guarantee, around 2,200 members. Best for people going all-in on an automation business; skip it if the price is a stretch.
≈2.2k members≈2.2k membersRead review → - 15
AI Lab ProFirst look
Mark Mars' $9/month Skool community aimed at shipping a micro-SaaS with Claude Code: zero-to-shipped training, coding challenges, a launch playbook, customer-acquisition material, weekly build logs and 20-plus AI courses on agents and automation, with a free trial. Around 298 members. The topic fit is excellent, but the founder's public track record is the weakest AcademyGems has checked in this category, and the headline revenue figures are unverifiable.
≈298 members≈298 membersRead review → - 16
HylioxFirst look
A $39/month Skool community of around 917 members teaching a full workflow for building websites with AI, including premium workflows and motion design, with no coding or design experience required. The marketing is clean and carries no income claims. The problem is provenance: AcademyGems could not verify the founder's real identity, the company site says "Est. 2026", and the portfolio pieces are unattributed.
≈917 members≈917 membersRead review → - 17
Claude for Content AutomationFirst look
Karim Karaki's $9/month Skool community applying Claude Code to content production: environment setup, AI image and video generation, content automation systems, multi-platform scheduling across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, viral video recreation, advanced prompting and a beginner-to-client roadmap. Around 567 members, with the price set to jump to $49 at 570. The subject is a genuine gap in this list; the founder has no public teaching record and the pricing counter is three members from triggering.
≈567 members≈567 membersRead review → - 18
AI SEO MasteryFirst look
Caleb Ulku's $27/month Skool community for modern, AI-assisted SEO: a frequently updated course, AI prompts and SOPs, monthly live calls and a private network of freelancers and agency owners, with a 7-day risk-free trial. Around 3,200 members, plus a $197/month Pro tier. The teaching record is real and substantial, but the "featured in Forbes" claim could not be verified and the agency behind the "7-figure" framing is never named.
≈3.2k members≈3.2k membersRead review → - 19
AI Experts ClubFirst look
Alicia Lyttle's $47/month Skool community for practical, non-technical AI: live calls every other week, on-demand training and a 24/7 community, covering how to choose AI tools, creating books and images with AI, AI music and AI agents, with a free trial. Around 5,000 members. The founder has the most independently verifiable public record on this list, including a real TEDx talk and an operating company, though the awards stack is self-published.
≈5k members≈5k membersRead review → - 20
The Complete AI Guide: Learn ChatGPT, Claude & Generative AIFirst look
Udemy · Julian Melanson & Benza MamanList ~$100+ · often ~$15 on saleVerified September 2026
A bestselling generative-AI bootcamp covering ChatGPT and Claude fundamentals, prompt engineering, productivity, marketing with AI and AI voice tools. A 2026 update added 20+ hours, 200+ lessons and downloadable resources.
4.5/5★★★★★63,322on Udemy4.5/5★★★★★63,322on UdemyRead review → - 21
ChatGPT & Midjourney: 23 Ways of Earning Money with AIFirst look
A ~7-hour course teaching 23 income strategies using ChatGPT and Midjourney, freelancing on Fiverr/Upwork, selling AI art, publishing eBooks, and running print-on-demand stores. Beginner-oriented with case studies.
4.6/5★★★★★2,180on Udemy4.6/5★★★★★2,180on UdemyRead review → - 22
Coursera (Coursera Plus)First look
CourseraPlus ≈$59/mo or ≈$399/yrVerified July 2026
A subscription giving access to 10,000+ courses, including AI, ML, generative AI and prompt engineering, from universities and companies like Stanford, Google, IBM and DeepLearning.AI, with certificates included and a 7-day free trial. Costs roughly $59/mo or $399/yr; best for learners who want a recognised credential and will finish more than one course, skip it if you only need a single course or want mentor-graded projects.
10,000+ courses10,000+ coursesRead review → - 23
Zero To MasteryFirst look
Zero To Mastery≈$299/yr (~$25/mo) · $1,299 lifetimeVerified September 2026
A subscription academy founded by Andrei Neagoie bundling roughly 170 project-based courses, around 45 of them AI, data or Python, under one membership. The AI track is deeper and more technical than the homepage suggests (a 32-hour Prompt Engineering Bootcamp, a 20-hour RAG bootcamp, an agents bootcamp on CrewAI/LangGraph/MCP), every AI course was last updated September 2026, and it is taught by specialists rather than by Neagoie himself. $25/mo billed annually or $1,299 lifetime; best for career-changers who write code, skip it if you want non-technical AI training.
4.9/5★★★★★883on Trustpilot4.9/5★★★★★883on TrustpilotRead review → - 24
AI Automation VaultFirst look
Jack Roberts' free Skool community (≈34.9k members): a resource vault for Claude Code, Claude Cowork and AntiGravity, and the free front door to his paid AI Automations by Jack room. Best for grabbing current tooling resources at no cost; skip it if you want a sequenced curriculum, because 3 courses across 21 modules is thin for its size.
≈34.9k members≈34.9k membersRead review → - 25
AI Workshop LiteFirst look
A free Skool community (≈53.7k members) positioned as the beginner on-ramp to the paid AI Workshop: starter templates, plug-and-play workflows, prompt packs and build instructions across 6 courses and 85 modules. Unusually active for a free room at 4,150 posts and 10 admins. Best for absolute beginners who want company; skip it if you already build.
≈53.7k members≈53.7k membersRead review → - 26
Maker ZeroFirst look
Nick Saraev's free Skool community (≈20.9k members): 10 courses across 94 modules on Claude Code, Codex, AI agents and automation, plus scrapers, proposal generators and 90-plus prebuilt systems. The free tier below Maker School, and unusually substantial for one. Best for a free, structured Claude Code start; skip it if you want live coaching, which is the paid room.
≈20.9k members≈20.9k membersRead review → - 27
ZeroOne SystemsFirst look
Lewis Jackson's Skool community (≈14.5k members) with 26 courses across 509 modules, the largest curriculum AcademyGems has catalogued on the platform. Free to join, with a paid VIP tier offering a 60-day 'build your first agent or get triple your money back as credit' guarantee. Best for self-directed builders; read the guarantee terms closely before paying.
≈14.5k members≈14.5k membersRead review → - 28
Women Build AIFirst look
Sabrina Ramonov's free Skool community (≈6.2k members) for women building AI apps, automations and services: 35 courses across 133 modules, 20-plus free workshops a month, and 5,680 posts from 6,182 members, the highest activity-per-member ratio AcademyGems found on Skool. Founder's 377k-subscriber YouTube channel is verified.
≈6.2k members≈6.2k membersRead review → - 29
CC Strategic AIFirst look
A Skool community (≈3.3k members) teaching business owners Claude Code, with 14 courses across 179 modules. Skool quotes $47/month to join while the landing page advertises a different three-tier structure (free Standard, $97/mo Premium, $1,997/yr VIP), so confirm what you are actually buying at checkout before you pay.
≈3.3k members≈3.3k membersRead review → - 30
The AI Engineer Course 2026: Complete AI Engineer BootcampFirst look
365 Careers' 30-hour AI engineering bootcamp on Udemy: 445 lectures across 77 sections taking you from Python basics through NLP, Transformers, LLMs, LangChain, Hugging Face and APIs. 4.5 from 24,848 ratings and 196,506 students, updated August 2026. Best as a structured beginner-to-employable path; skip it if you already code.
4.5/5★★★★★24,848on Udemy4.5/5★★★★★24,848on UdemyRead review → - 31
Practical AI for Work (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot)First look
A 3-hour, 41-lecture Udemy course teaching AI at work with no coding required: prompt engineering, document and data analysis, and no-code automation with ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and n8n. 4.6 from 2,060 ratings and 10,035 students, updated June 2026. The clearest non-technical AI course AcademyGems has found.
4.6/5★★★★★2,060on Udemy4.6/5★★★★★2,060on UdemyRead review → - 32
Claude Code AcademyFirst look
Marko Sudar's Skool community (≈1.4k members): free to join, with Academy Premium at $69/month covering 7 courses across 123 modules, a 550-plus prompt Vault and a weekly live call. Real curriculum depth, but the sales page totals its own components at $11,500 and its scarcity threshold has already been passed. Best if you will use the Vault; skip it if you have not exhausted free Claude Code rooms first.
≈1.4k members≈1.4k membersRead review →
Guides on Make money online
Is the AI Automation Agency Hub Worth It? (2026 Look)
Liam Ottley's AI Automation Agency Hub is free and huge, with a deep course library. Here is the honest case for joining, and the upsell to watch for.
How to Vet an AI Course or Skool Community Before You Pay: A 10-Point Checklist (2026)
A free, evergreen checklist for judging any AI course, vibe coding program, or Skool community before you spend a dollar. Ten quick tests that separate real teaching from hype.
How to Make Money With AI in 2026: 7 Real Paths (and What to Learn First)
Seven realistic ways to make money with AI in 2026, from automation agencies and freelancing to building apps and getting an AI engineering job. What each one pays, who it suits, and the exact skill to learn first.