Pricing Philosophy
Why we price this way.
€49 per course. €19/month for all tracks. €299 for the credential program. Scholarship at checkout — no proof required. Here’s why we landed here.
Pricing is a values statement
Every price you set says something about who you think your student is and what you think they deserve. We’re building for chronically ill people — many on disability income, benefits, or highly variable earnings. We can’t build something that serves them and then price them out of it.
The right price is the one that doesn’t require someone to choose between community and medication.
Why membership instead of one-time
We used to sell individual tracks at €299 each. It felt clean — pay once, yours forever. But in practice it created friction at exactly the wrong moment: when someone is new, uncertain, and not sure if this is the right place for them.
Membership at €19/month lets you come in, see what’s here, and decide. You’re not committing hundreds of euros to something you haven’t experienced yet. And if life intervenes — a flare, a hospital stay, a crash month — you cancel, you come back, nothing is lost.
Why €19
We looked at what people on disability income can actually spend on education. We looked at what makes a platform feel serious rather than disposable. We looked at our costs. €19 is the number where access is real and the platform stays alive.
For context: a single Udemy course runs €50–€150. A BCPA patient advocate certification costs $425 just to sit the exam. €19/month for everything is not charity. It’s what you get when a platform strips away every cost it doesn’t need.
Why the first month is free
Because we think you should experience the platform before you decide. Not a free trial with a countdown clock. One real month — full access, no watermarks, no feature restrictions — so you can see whether this is your place.
Use code FREEMONTH at spooniversity.org/join.
Why we don’t require proof
We used to ask people to apply and explain their financial situation. That’s a barrier in itself. It requires composing an email to strangers. It introduces shame into a transaction that should have none. It presumes that someone has to justify their need.
We don’t do that anymore. If €19 is a real barrier, email hello@spooniversity.org. We’ll sort it. We trust you to know your situation.
What Patient.Pro is and why it’s separate
Patient.Pro is the credential program — formal recognition, the kind of qualification that appears on a CV and LinkedIn and makes people take you seriously. It’s application-based. It has a one-time fee of €199. It’s completely separate from membership — you don’t need to be a member to apply.
We kept it separate because not everyone wants a credential. Some people just want to learn. Both are valid. The membership is for learning. Patient.Pro is for people ready to turn that learning into something publicly recognised.
The full price grid
This will evolve
We’re early. We don’t know yet what the community needs that we haven’t built yet. The price may change as we understand the real costs and the real capacity of the people we serve.
What won’t change: the commitment to pricing that doesn’t punish people for being ill.