Kajabi Alternatives: 8 Platforms Compared by What They Replace

Kajabi's case is simple and it is a good one: run courses, email, funnels, community, and checkout from one login, on one bill.

Many of its reviewers stay for exactly that, and some of them pay less for Kajabi than they used to pay for the separate tools it replaced.

What gets less attention is what that one bill is measured in. Kajabi sizes every plan by your contact list, not by your sales or your students.

When the list outgrows the plan, the account follows a fixed path: a warning, an email, 30 days to act, and then a lock.

So choosing a Kajabi alternative comes down to two questions. How fast is your list growing, and which parts of the all-in-one do you actually use? This guide compares eight platforms on both: what each one replaces, what each plan caps, and what it costs.

TL;DR

• Kajabi has three published plans: Basic at $179/month, Growth at $249/month, and Pro at $499/month, or $143, $199, and $399 a month billed annually. Each plan includes 2,500, 25,000, or 100,000 contacts.
• Go past your plan's contact limit and Kajabi gives you 30 days to remove contacts or upgrade. After that, the account is locked except for the pages you need to upgrade. Your students are not affected.
• Leaving takes planning. Contact exports are capped at your plan's contact limit, a full course backup is not possible, and you cannot downgrade while you are over the lower plan's limits.
• The eight alternatives split by what you want to keep. Kartra, Podia, and systeme.io replace most of the all-in-one. Thinkific, Teachable, and LearnWorlds are course-first. Circle is community-first. Trainn is built for SaaS teams training customers on their product.

What Went Into This Guide

To make this an objective, useful guide to Kajabi alternatives, the Trainn team researched every platform in depth and leaned on real user experience rather than vendor claims. Here is the approach we took:

• We examined each platform's features and how it positions itself, cross-referencing G2, Capterra, and Trustpilot instead of trusting any single source.
• We read verified reviews and community discussion closely, both what users praise and what they struggle with, and kept every reviewer's role and company size intact.
• We read Kajabi's own pricing page, its 2025 pricing update, and its help center articles on contact limits, exports, downgrades, and cancellation, and quoted them directly.
• We drew on conversations with customer education and customer success leaders at B2B SaaS companies about how they weigh an all-in-one creator platform against a dedicated customer academy.
• We checked every price, rating, and company fact against primary sources, including each vendor's pricing page.

Kajabi Alternatives at a Glance: How They Compare

Most people leaving Kajabi want to keep at least one thing it does, usually email. The table shows what each entry plan caps and whether email marketing is built in.

Three of these platforms, Kartra, Podia, and systeme.io, price on contacts or email subscribers the way Kajabi does. The others price on students, learners, products, or admins, so a growing email list does not change the plan you need.

What Kajabi Costs in 2026

Kajabi publishes three plans. Each one caps contacts and products, and the cap you hit first usually decides your plan.

A few rules on the pricing page change the real number:

• Products are counted one by one. Each course, coaching program, podcast, and newsletter is a product. All downloads together count as one, and the community does not count.
• Extra contacts are sold in blocks. The pricing page says contacts "come in blocks of 25,000 for $125 a month, at any size."
• Payment processors cost more outside Kajabi Payments. Kajabi Payments charges 2.9%, 2.8%, or 2.7% plus $0.30 per US card transaction, by plan. Using a third-party gateway adds a Kajabi fee of 2% on Basic, 1% on Growth, and 0.5% on Pro. PayPal is excluded from that fee.
• The trial length is not stated. Every plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.

The 2026 repricing for existing customers

In 2025, Kajabi announced new prices across its plans.

For customers already on Kajabi, its pricing update says: "For existing Heroes, new pricing takes effect on January 13, 2026." It adds: "Starting January 13, 2026, legacy plans will be priced the same as our new plans."

The same update raised the price of an extra 5,000 contacts from $20 to $25. Founder and Beta plans were not affected.

Kajabi's help center is direct about what renewal looks like after that: "Kajabi does not offer price locks or renewal discounts to offset price increases."

That is why price shows up across Kajabi's reviews. One Trustpilot reviewer in the US wrote in September 2026: "I'm on a legacy Pro plan, for which I now pay $4,788 per year."

What Happens When Your List Outgrows Your Kajabi Plan

On Kajabi, list growth rather than course sales is usually what forces a plan decision. Every fact in this section comes from Kajabi's own help center and pricing page.

The path from limit to lock

Kajabi's help article on contact usage limits sets out what happens, step by step.

1. At 90% of your plan's contacts, an in-app banner appears.
2. At 100%, Kajabi sends an email and keeps the banner up.
3. You then have 30 days. "You will be given 30 days to update or remove your contacts before your account is locked."
4. After the grace period, the account is locked. You "will be unable to access your account and will be required to upgrade to a higher plan or reach out to our support team to help you delete contacts."
5. Only one part of the account stays open. "During this time you will be able to log into your account but only to use the Account Settings pages to upgrade."

One line in the same article matters as much as the lock: "Your customers' user experience will not change." Your students keep learning. You lose access to the rest of the account, from the course editor to email and pages, until you upgrade or remove contacts.

The article does not define what counts as a contact, so check your contact count against your plan before a launch or a lead magnet adds a few thousand names.

What a growing list costs on Kajabi

Here is the monthly price at different list sizes, using only Kajabi's published plan prices and its published rate of $125 a month for each extra block of 25,000 contacts.

Two patterns stand out.

Between 25,001 and 50,000 contacts, Growth with one contact block costs less than Pro, unless you need Pro's unlimited products or extra websites. And the price steps happen at list sizes, so a free lead magnet can move your bill before it moves your revenue.

What leaving looks like

If you do decide to move, Kajabi's help center sets the terms.

• Contact exports are capped. "Your contact export is limited to the contacts limit of your Kajabi Plan." If you are over the limit, export before the grace period ends, and expect the file to stop at your plan's cap.
• There is no full course backup. Kajabi's cancellation article says that "while a full backup of courses isn't possible, individual lesson videos can be manually downloaded." Anything beyond the videos, such as lesson text and quizzes, has to be moved by hand or rebuilt.
• You cannot downgrade your way out. "You cannot downgrade your current plan to a lower plan if your current plan usage exceeds the new plan limits."
• Data does not wait forever. After cancellation, "any customer data may be deleted 90 days after your account termination."

None of this is unusual for a hosted platform. But it means the best time to choose an alternative is before the list hits 90%, not after the lock.

What Kajabi Users Praise, and What Sends Them Looking

Kajabi's reviews agree on what it does well. They also agree, across platforms, on what pushes people to look elsewhere.

What users praise. The all-in-one is the main reason people choose Kajabi and the main reason they stay. In the 50 Capterra reviews we read, 23 praised having everything in one place and 20 praised ease of use.

Ibrahim A., an admin in marketing and advertising, put it simply on Capterra in April 2026: "I didn't have to deal with multiple tools, which is a big plus." For some businesses, that consolidation is cheaper, not just simpler:

1. Price, and the repricing of legacy plans

Price is the most common complaint, and it appears on every review platform.

Price or cost came up critically in 19 of the 50 Capterra reviews we read. "Expensive" is among the top dislike themes in G2's review summary, and price came up in recent Trustpilot reviews as well.

On r/kajabi, a thread titled "Anyone else looking to get off Kajabi because of the price increases?" asked what people had switched to.

The original poster wanted courses, email, funnels, scheduling, and CRM "without having to duct-tape 6 tools together." One reply captured both sides of the trade:

2. Support that is harder to reach

Support is the second recurring theme. "Poor customer support" is the most mentioned dislike in G2's review summary for Kajabi, and Kajabi's customer service score on Capterra is 4.1 out of 5, below its overall 4.4.

In the recent Trustpilot reviews we read, support drew six negative reviews and five positive ones. Three of the negative reviews were specifically about AI-first support. Experiences vary, but the pattern is consistent enough to ask about before you commit to any platform.

3. Paying for breadth while individual tools stay basic

The third theme is the flip side of the all-in-one. Some reviewers pay for features they do not use, while the tools they do use feel less complete than a dedicated product.

A business owner reviewing on Capterra in February 2026 gave Kajabi five stars and still wrote: "The email marketing is very basic and the shopping cart doesn't have all the features that I'd like."

"Lack of customization" sits among G2's top dislike themes too, and a handful of recent Trustpilot reviewers raised email deliverability.

Which Parts of Kajabi Each Alternative Replaces

The r/kajabi thread above framed the real choice. You can replace all of Kajabi with another all-in-one, or replace only the part you use most and connect the rest. This table shows what each alternative covers natively, from each vendor's own pricing and feature pages.

If email is what you rely on most, Kartra, Podia, and systeme.io keep it in the same product.

If courses are the core and email can live in a separate tool, Thinkific, Teachable, and LearnWorlds give you a stronger course platform. If the community is the product, Circle starts there.

The 8 Best Kajabi Alternatives

Each platform below is built for a different job. Start from the one that matches what you are building, and what you would keep from Kajabi.

1. Trainn: Best for SaaS teams training customers on their product

Trainn is an AI-powered product video and guide creation platform with a customer academy built on top.

Its AI video agent reads a screen recording as a workflow rather than a sequence of frames, then generates a narrated video, a step-by-step guide with annotated screenshots, and an interactive walkthrough from that single recording.

Kajabi is built to market and sell knowledge products to an audience. Trainn is built for a different kind of course: teaching customers how to use your software, where the lesson is a product workflow and the product changes every release.

The same platform delivers that training through Academy courses, a branded Knowledge Hub, or in-app tutorials, and reports on who completed what.

Best for: B2B SaaS customer education, customer success, and onboarding teams training customers and partners on their product.

Key features

• One recording, three formats: A single screen recording becomes a narrated video, a step-by-step guide with annotated screenshots, and an interactive walkthrough.
• Clip-by-clip editor: Every click becomes its own clip with its own voiceover. When a screen changes, you replace that one clip and republish, and the update appears everywhere the video is embedded.
• Trainn MCP: Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Notion and the assistant drafts an onboarding course from your library, then flags and revises stale lessons from your release notes. Everything arrives as a draft you review.
• No-code Academy: A branded academy live in about seven days, with courses, role-based learning paths, AI-built quizzes, discussion forums, and shareable certificates. 25+ language auto-translate, SSO/SAML, GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2 Type 2.
• Learner data where accounts are managed: Individual progress and course drop-off points, with learner analytics and Salesforce and HubSpot integration.

Strengths

• Writers who have never edited video can produce the lessons. At ServiceNow, technical writers record procedural demos and Trainn turns them into narrated, on-brand videos. Production time fell from about 10 days to 5, and output tripled.
• The bill follows learners who show up, not names on a list. The academy is priced as a flat fee against a monthly active learner tier, so customers who are registered but never log in do not add to the cost.
• A product release does not mean rebuilding the course. You replace only the clip that changed. Posist pushes an updated video live in about ten minutes after a feature ships, for 12,000 customers.
• One library serves three places customers learn. A video published once appears in the academy, the Knowledge Hub, and the in-app tutorial, with no re-upload between systems.

Limitations

• No email marketing or funnels. Trainn sends course notifications and reminders, but newsletters, sequences, and sales funnels stay in your marketing tools.
• Built for product training, not a course business. Courses can sit behind a Stripe paywall, but Kartra or Podia fit better if marketing and selling courses is the core of your business.
• Content comes in but does not go out. Trainn imports SCORM; there is no SCORM or xAPI export.

Pricing

Trainn's pricing starts at $19/month on the Creator plan, and the academy starts on Scale.

• Creator, $19/month: video and guide creation.
• Launch, $2,400/year: creation and sharing, with multilingual voiceovers, embeds, and collections.
• Scale, on quote: the Academy, Knowledge Hub, and in-app tutorials, priced as a flat fee against a monthly active learner tier rather than per seat or per contact.
• Enterprise, on quote: higher learner limits, advanced security, and webhooks.

Trainn MCP is included on every plan. Launch, Scale, and Enterprise come with a 14-day free trial, no credit card, and you can run a real academy with real learners during it.

Ratings: 4.6/5 on G2 from 88 reviews

ServiceNow's 15-person multimedia team supports more than 200 technical writers. It tested tools on people with no video background first, and Trainn is the one they could use:

Verdict: Choose Trainn when the course you need teaches customers your own software, and keeping it accurate after every release matters as much as launching it.

2. Kartra: Best for keeping an all-in-one with funnels and email at the center

Kartra is an all-in-one marketing platform with funnels, landing pages, email automation, checkouts, and membership sites with courses. Of the platforms here, it covers the most of what Kajabi covers in one product.

Best for: Creators and coaches whose business runs on funnels and email sequences, and who want to keep everything in one tool.

Key features

• Landing pages and sales funnels
• Email automation with unlimited emails on every plan
• Membership sites and courses
• Checkouts that connect to Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, or Authorize.net
• Affiliate management and automations from the Growth plan

Strengths

• The closest like-for-like replacement. Courses, email, pages, funnels, and checkout all live in one account, so a business built on funnels can move without adding new tools.
• No lock at the contact limit. Kartra's pricing page says "We never restrict the number of leads that can be added to your account." Instead of locking, it moves you up a plan.
• No platform cut of sales above the entry plan. Starter, Growth, and Professional carry 0% transaction fees.
• A 14-day free trial, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Limitations

• It is still priced by contacts. "If you reach the maximum number of leads for your plan, you will be automatically upgraded to the next tier," with "a mid-cycle reconciliation fee for this upgrade."
• The entry plan is narrow. Essentials allows 500 contacts, 1 course or membership, 5 landing pages, and a 5% transaction fee.
• Community is part of membership sites. Discussion runs through comment-section forums rather than a standalone community product.

Pricing

Kartra's pricing starts at $59/month, or $52/month billed annually.

• Essentials, $52/month annually ($59 monthly): 500 contacts, 1 membership or course, 5% transaction fee.
• Starter, $99/month annually ($119 monthly): 2,500 contacts, unlimited memberships and courses, 0% transaction fee.
• Growth, $189/month annually ($229 monthly): 12,500 contacts, affiliates, and automations.
• Professional, $429/month annually ($549 monthly): 25,000 contacts and everything in Growth.

At 2,500 contacts, Kartra Starter is $99 a month billed annually against $143 for Kajabi Basic. The gap narrows as the list grows, because Kartra's Growth plan includes 12,500 contacts where Kajabi's includes 25,000.

Ratings: 3.9/5 on G2 from 62 reviews

Verdict: Choose Kartra if you want to keep a single all-in-one built around funnels and email. Trade-off: the bill still grows with your contact list.

3. Thinkific: Best for a course-first platform that doesn't price on your list

Thinkific is a course platform for creators and education businesses, with email automation, landing pages, and communities built in, and a tier built for selling to organizations.

Best for: Course businesses whose courses are the main product, and who want to sell to individuals and companies from the same platform.

Key features

• Unlimited published courses on every plan
• Email automation with pre-built sequences
• Landing pages for courses, bundles, and memberships
• Communities, with one included on Start
• Bulk enrollment, imports, and B2B sales with invoicing from the Grow plan

Strengths

• Plans cap students and admins, not your email list. Start includes up to 10,000 current students, which Thinkific defines as learners who still have unexpired access to a course.
• No course cap on any plan. A growing catalog never forces an upgrade, which matters if you sell many small courses.
• Ease of use is its strongest review theme. "Extremely easy to use" leads G2's list of praised themes with 92 mentions.
• A 30-day free trial on the self-serve plans.

Limitations

• Business features sit on the top tier. Single sign-on and SCORM, the standard format for packaged e-learning courses, are on the quoted Plus tier.
• Customization draws criticism. "Limited customization" is one of G2's top three dislike themes, with 39 mentions.
• Bulk email to students is not on Start. Email automation is on every plan, but bulk emails start on a higher plan.

Pricing

Thinkific's pricing starts at $109/month, or $82/month billed annually.

• Start, $82/month annually ($109 monthly): unlimited courses, 2 administrators, up to 10,000 current students.
• Grow, $164/month annually ($219 monthly): 6 administrators, bulk enrollment and imports, and B2B sales with invoicing.
• Expand, $374/month annually ($499 monthly): 15 administrators and higher bandwidth.
• Plus, on quote: single sign-on, SCORM, and custom student limits.

Ratings: 4.4/5 on G2 from 427 reviews

Verdict: Choose Thinkific if courses are your business and you want pricing that ignores the size of your list. Trade-off: SSO and SCORM sit behind a quote.

4. Podia: Best for a simpler all-in-one on a lean budget

Podia is an all-in-one for selling courses, digital downloads, memberships, and coaching, with a website, email marketing, and community built in. It covers most of the same ground as Kajabi with fewer settings to manage.

Best for: Solo creators and small teams selling a mix of courses and digital products to a modest email list.

Key features

• Courses, downloads, coaching, and memberships
• Newsletters, welcome sequences, and automations
• Landing pages and a website
• Community spaces and group chats
• Free migration of existing products

Strengths

• Room for a large catalog on the entry plan. Mover allows 50 products, and Earthquaker removes the cap, so a growing catalog rarely forces an upgrade.
• Everything in one place for a small business. Maria E., a founder reviewing on G2 in August 2026, wrote: "I like how all my online business needs are being met at once in one place."
• An easy trial. Podia offers 14 days with every feature, and no card required.

Limitations

• Email list caps are low. 100 subscribers on Mover and 1,000 on the top plan, so larger lists need a separate email tool.
• Annual billing only. The pricing page lists yearly prices.
• Checkout is not very customizable. The same reviewer wanted to customize "transaction emails, thank you and checkout pages."

Pricing

Podia's pricing starts at $42/month, billed annually at $504.

• Mover, $42/month ($504/year): 50 products, 100 email subscribers, 5% transaction fee.
• Shaker, $84/month ($1,008/year): 150 products, 500 email subscribers, no transaction fee, 1 assistant.
• Earthquaker, $150/month ($1,800/year): unlimited products, 1,000 email subscribers, unlimited assistants.

Card processing through Stripe or PayPal is charged separately at 2.9% + 30¢.

Ratings: 4.4/5 on G2 from 26 reviews

Verdict: Choose Podia if you sell many small products to a small list and want the simplest setup. Trade-off: the email caps rule it out for large lists.

5. systeme.io: Best for starting free with funnels and email included

systeme.io is an all-in-one marketing platform with funnels, email, courses, community, and a free plan that does not expire. It was the most recommended option in an r/smallbusiness thread from a creator looking for a cheaper Kajabi alternative.

Best for: New creators testing a first course, and budget-conscious sellers who want funnels and email in the same product.

Key features

• Sales funnels and websites
• Email campaigns and automation rules
• Courses and memberships
• Community builder
• 0% transaction fees on every plan

Strengths

• A free plan with no time limit. The free plan "never expires and does not require a credit card."
• The lowest paid price for an all-in-one here. Startup is $17 a month with 5,000 contacts, and Unlimited removes the contact cap at $97 a month.
• No platform cut of sales. systeme.io lists "0% transaction fees on all plans."
• Strong review sentiment on value. "Affordable pricing" appears in G2's top praised themes with 66 mentions, alongside ease of use with 139.

Limitations

• The free plan is a starting point. It includes one course and one email campaign.
• Design is the main complaint. "Template limitations" draws 33 mentions on G2.
• A learning curve. It is G2's most mentioned dislike, with 34 mentions.

Pricing

systeme.io's pricing starts at $0.

• Free, $0: 1 course, 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 custom domain.
• Startup, $17/month: 5 courses, 5,000 contacts, 10 sales funnels.
• Webinar, $47/month: 20 courses, 10,000 contacts, 50 sales funnels, evergreen webinars.
• Unlimited, $97/month: unlimited contacts, funnels, courses, and automations.

Annual billing gives two months free.

Ratings: 4.8/5 on G2 from 751 reviews

Verdict: Choose systeme.io if you want an all-in-one at the lowest cost, or to start free. Trade-off: templates and design flexibility are limited.

6. LearnWorlds: Best for interactive courses priced on active learners

LearnWorlds is a course platform with a design-focused site builder, interactive video, built-in community, and training-organization features such as SCORM and client groups on published plans.

Best for: Course creators and training businesses who want interactive video and a stronger learning experience than an all-in-one offers.

Key features

• Interactive video with in-video questions
• Site builder and landing pages from the Pro Trainer plan
• Built-in community on every plan
• Mass email credits from the Pro Trainer plan
• SCORM, single sign-on, and client groups on the Learning Center plan

Strengths

• Priced on learners who are active, not on contacts. Plans cap monthly active learners, so a large email list does not move the price.
• Support is its most praised theme. "Exceptional customer support" leads G2's likes for LearnWorlds with 18 mentions.
• Built for launching training. Romain D., a managing director reviewing on G2 in September 2026, called it "really comprehensive for anyone who wants to launch a training course or a training organization."

Limitations

• The entry plan charges per enrollment. Starter adds $5 per course enrollment, does not allow free courses, and has no landing pages or mass email.
• Learner capacity stops rising after Pro Trainer. Both Pro Trainer and Learning Center cap monthly active learners at 2,000.
• Email is credits, not a marketing suite. Mass email runs on monthly credits, so sequences and funnels usually stay in a separate tool.

Pricing

LearnWorlds' pricing starts at $49/month, or $44/month billed annually.

• Starter, $44/month annually ($49 monthly): 1,000 monthly active learners, 1 admin, $5 per enrollment, paid courses only.
• Pro Trainer, $79/month annually ($99 monthly): 2,000 monthly active learners, 5 admins, 20 SCORM packages, 2,000 mass email credits a month, no enrollment fees.
• Learning Center, $249/month annually ($299 monthly): 2,000 monthly active learners, 25 admins, unlimited SCORM, SSO, API, and up to 10 client groups.
• Corporate, on quote: custom admins and client groups.

A 30-day free trial applies.

Ratings: 4.7/5 on G2 from 404 reviews

Verdict: Choose LearnWorlds if the course experience matters more than having marketing in the same tool. Trade-off: a 2,000 active learner ceiling below the custom tier.

7. Circle: Best for courses built around a paid community

Circle is a community platform with courses, events, live streams, and payments built in. It suits creators whose members pay for the community, not just the course.

Best for: Creators and brands whose members come for discussion, events, and each other, with courses as part of the membership.

Key features

• Community spaces, discussions, and member profiles
• Courses, events, and live streams
• Unlimited members on every plan
• Paywalls and memberships
• Email Hub for broadcasts and marketing workflows, as an add-on

Strengths

• Community and courses under one subscription. Discussions, events, live streams, and courses share one member base and one login.
• Members are unlimited on every plan. Growth in membership doesn't change the plan price.
• Ease of use is its most praised theme, with 143 mentions in G2's review summary.

Limitations

• Email marketing costs extra. Email Hub is an add-on at $99 a month for 10,000 contacts.
• A transaction fee on every plan, from 2% on Professional down to 0.5% on Circle Plus.
• Missing features are the top complaint, with 50 mentions on G2, followed by price.

Pricing

Circle's pricing starts at $89/month, billed annually.

• Professional, $89/month: 3 admins, 20 spaces, 2% transaction fee.
• Business, $199/month: 5 admins, 30 spaces, 1% transaction fee.
• Scale, $419/month: 10 admins, 100 spaces, custom SSO, 1% transaction fee.
• Circle Plus, on quote: unlimited admins and a 0.5% transaction fee.

Prices shown are annual rates, with a 14-day free trial and no card required.

Ratings: 4.5/5 on G2 from 555 reviews

Verdict: Choose Circle if members pay for the community and the course is part of it. Trade-off: email is an add-on and every plan carries a transaction fee.

8. Teachable: Best for simple course sales through a built-in checkout

Teachable is an online course platform known for fast setup and a checkout that handles payments and tax. Creators often compare it directly with Kajabi when the course, not the funnel, is the product.

Best for: Creators who sell courses, coaching, and downloads through one checkout, and who do not need funnels in the same tool.

Key features

• Courses, coaching, and digital downloads
• Teachable Payments with automatic tax handling
• Built-in email marketing
• Community on the Builder plan and up
• Site builder

Strengths

• Ease of use is the theme reviewers agree on most. In the 50 Capterra reviews we read for Teachable, 34 praised how easy it is to set up and use.
• Buyers through checkout are unlimited. Learners who pay through Teachable's checkout do not count toward any cap or fee, so selling more does not change the plan.
• Checkout is built for selling. Teachable Payments handles global payments and tax, with no transaction fee from the Builder plan.

Limitations

• Products are capped by plan. Starter allows 5, Builder 10, and Growth 50.
• Free and imported learners cost extra. Learners added without a paid checkout cost $0.50 a month each above 100, for schools created since September 3, 2026. Older schools move to this policy at their first renewal on or after April 30, 2027.
• Support scores below the overall rating. Teachable's customer service score on Capterra is 3.8 out of 5.

Pricing

Teachable's pricing starts at $39/month, or $29/month billed annually.

• Starter, $29/month annually ($39 monthly): 5 products, 1 admin, 7.5% transaction fee.
• Builder, $69/month annually ($89 monthly): 10 products, no transaction fee with Teachable Payments.
• Growth, $139/month annually ($189 monthly): 50 products, 5 admins, certificates, and branding removal.
• Custom, on quote: flexible products, students, and admin seats.

A 7-day free trial applies.

Ratings: 3.8/5 on G2 from 52 reviews

Verdict: Choose Teachable if paid course sales through a simple checkout are the business. Trade-off: product caps, and a fee on learners who join without paying.

Why Trainn Is the Best Kajabi Alternative for SaaS Customer Training

Some teams use Kajabi for something it was not designed around: an academy that teaches customers how to use a software product. If that is your job, Trainn is built for it. Four reasons.

1. The course teaches your product, so it starts from your product

Product training is a workflow on a screen, so Trainn starts there. The AI video agent turns one screen recording into a narrated video, a step-by-step guide, and an interactive walkthrough.

At ServiceNow, more than 200 technical writers now record procedural demos themselves, and the multimedia team reviews instead of rebuilding. Output tripled year over year.

2. You pay for learners who show up, not names on a list

A customer academy usually enrolls every customer, and many never log in. On Trainn's Scale plan, you pay a flat fee against a monthly active learner tier, so inactive accounts do not raise the bill.

3. A release changes one clip, not the course

Software changes every release, so product courses go stale. In Trainn, each video is built from individual clips, and you replace only the one that changed. Posist does this in about ten minutes after a feature ships.

Paste your release notes into Trainn MCP, and it finds the other lessons that need updating and drafts the revisions for you to review.

4. Training reaches customers where they work, and shows up on the account

The same content runs in Academy courses, a branded Knowledge Hub, and in-app tutorials inside your product. Completion data flows into Salesforce and HubSpot, so a customer success manager sees who finished onboarding next to the account.

See how teams like ServiceNow, BuildOps, and WebEngage run their training on the customer stories page.

Which Kajabi Alternative Is Right for Your Team?

Start from what you would keep from Kajabi, then check how the new plan grows.

• Choose Trainn if you train customers or partners on your own software and need the training to stay accurate after every release. Trade-off: no email marketing or funnels.
• Choose Kartra if you want another all-in-one built around funnels and email. Trade-off: still priced by contacts.
• Choose Thinkific if courses are the business and you want pricing that ignores your list size. Trade-off: SSO and SCORM sit on a quoted tier.
• Choose Podia if you sell many small products to a small list. Trade-off: email caps top out at 1,000 subscribers.
• Choose systeme.io if you want an all-in-one at the lowest cost or a free start. Trade-off: limited design flexibility.
• Choose LearnWorlds if the learning experience matters most. Trade-off: a 2,000 active learner ceiling below the custom tier.
• Choose Circle if members pay for the community. Trade-off: email is an add-on.
• Choose Teachable if simple course sales through a built-in checkout are the business. Trade-off: product caps and a fee on non-paying learners.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the downsides of Kajabi?

Price is the most common complaint across G2, Capterra, and Trustpilot, followed by support. Plans are sized by contacts, so a growing email list raises the bill even when sales don't. Some reviewers also find its email marketing and checkout basic compared with dedicated tools, and pay for features they rarely use.

Why is Kajabi so expensive?

Kajabi bundles courses, email, landing pages, funnels, community, and checkout into one subscription, starting at $179 a month or $143 billed annually. It sizes plans by contacts, adding $125 a month per extra 25,000. From January 13, 2026, legacy plans moved to current prices, and Kajabi offers no price locks.

What happens if you go over your Kajabi contact limit?

Kajabi shows a banner at 90% of your plan's contacts and emails you at 100%. You then have 30 days to remove contacts or upgrade. After that, the account is locked except for the Account Settings pages used to upgrade. Your students can still access their courses.

Can you export your courses from Kajabi?

Not as a full backup. Kajabi's help center says a full backup of courses isn't possible, but individual lesson videos can be downloaded manually. Contact exports are capped at your plan's contact limit, and customer data may be deleted 90 days after the account is terminated, so export before cancelling.

Is LearnWorlds better than Kajabi?

They are built for different priorities. LearnWorlds focuses on the course itself, with interactive video, built-in community, and SCORM, and prices on monthly active learners. Kajabi focuses on marketing, with email, funnels, and checkout in one product, and prices on contacts. Choose by which part of your business matters most.

What is the cheapest alternative to Kajabi?

systeme.io has a free plan that never expires, with one course, 2,000 contacts, and 0% transaction fees, and paid plans from $17 a month. Kartra Starter costs $99 a month billed annually for 2,500 contacts, against $143 for Kajabi Basic. Podia starts at $42 a month for smaller lists.