Comparison
Agentic Academy is Simon Scrapes' paid Skool community: $77/month, about 1,400 members, a library of ready-made agentic systems built on Claude Code, 20+ hours of step-by-step training, and same-day 1-1 support from Claude Code coaches. Agent-J+ is $147/month, 40+ members, and runs on a different engine: 5 instructor-led live sessions every week where operators build automations for their own businesses, with a 90-day money-back build guarantee. Both are Claude Code-centred, so the real comparison is systems you install versus builds you learn to run.
Last updated: 31 July 2026
Side by side
| Feature | Agentic Academy | Agent-J+ |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Paid Skool community around ready-made Claude Code agentic systems | Live AI automation programme for business operators |
| Run by | Simon Scrapes | John Peslar, Alex Yao, Balázs Turán |
| Price | $77/month (listed to rise to $89/month at 1.5k members) | $147/month, or $98/month billed annually |
| Members | ~1,400 (July 2026) | 40+ |
| Delivery | Ready-made systems (Agentic OS, Team OS, Memory), 20+ hours of step-by-step training, a Claude Code course from zero to advanced | 5 instructor-led live sessions per week + 4-module curriculum with build homework |
| Support | Same-day 1-1 tech support from Claude Code coaches, 3 bookable call hours per day, Mon-Fri | Three named instructors, live and by DM |
| Extras | New systems added weekly | Build guides, Claude skills, workflow JSONs |
| Guarantee | Not advertised on the about page | 90-day money-back build guarantee |
Prices, member count, and inclusions come from the Agentic Academy about and plans pages on Skool, checked on 31 July 2026. Skool member counts are rounded and move constantly.
The honest read
Price, ready-made systems, and support volume. $77/month is nearly half our monthly rate. The published offer is unusually concrete: named systems you can deploy (Agentic OS, Team OS, Memory), 20+ hours of training to build your own from scratch, and same-day 1-1 support from Claude Code coaches with 3 bookable call hours a day, Mon-Fri. New systems land weekly. If you want working machinery on day one at a low price, that is a real offer, and the Claude Code focus is genuinely current.
A fixed weekly build calendar and a guarantee. Five scheduled instructor-led group sessions every week (co-working, live builds, prompting masterclasses, Claude Code deep-dives) mean your automation gets built at a set time with an instructor present. The 4-module curriculum ends every module with a real build as homework, so what you deploy is something you understand and can change when your business changes. And the 90-day guarantee puts money on the outcome: show up, build, or get your money back.
Pick Agentic Academy if you want deployable Claude Code systems at the lowest price, with generous bookable support and a growing library. Pick Agent-J+ if you run a business and want its automations built this quarter in a fixed weekly rhythm, by you, with instructors in the room and a guarantee behind it. Both are honest products; they optimise for different buyers.
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5 live sessions a week. Three named instructors. 90-day money-back guarantee.
Billed $1,176/year. Save $588 vs. monthly.
Or pay $147/month with no commitment
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