Budget at least $179 a month ($143 annual) for Basic, plus 2.7% to 2.9% and $0.30 per transaction in payment fees.
About
In practice. What you can do with Kajabi.
Kajabi bundles course and community hosting with unlimited marketing emails, landing pages, sales funnels, and built-in payment processing on every plan, so a creator doesn't need separate tools for each step. AI credits for content generation scale with the plan tier.
There is no free plan: Basic starts at $179 a month ($143 annual) for 5 products, 2,500 contacts, and 2 admin users, and payment processing fees of 2.7% to 2.9% plus $0.30 apply on top. It fits a course creator or coach who wants courses, community, and sales in one subscription rather than stitching several tools together.
Practical uses
Course launchHost up to 5 courses, collect payments, and email 2,500 contacts from one Basic plan account.
Community plus coursesRun a paid community alongside unlimited courses and AI-assisted content drafting on the Pro plan.
Features & use cases
Communaute
Creation cours
Email marketing
LMS (training)
Payments
Monetisation
Pros and cons. What Kajabi does well, and what to expect.
Pros
Course hosting, community, email, and payments are bundled on every plan without extra tools.
AI credits for content generation are included and scale with the plan.
Cons
No free plan; the entry Basic tier costs $179 a month before payment processing fees.
Products, contacts, and admin users are all capped by plan, with Basic limited to 5 products and 2 admins.
When it makes sense. Keep Kajabi, or challenge it?
Keep if
You want to host courses, a community, and sales pages together in one subscription without connecting separate tools.
Kajabi becomes worthwhile when
+You use it at least once a week
+The monthly cost ($143) is small next to the time it saves you
Challenge if
You only need a simple course host and don't want to pay $179 a month plus per-transaction fees.
Kajabi becomes too expensive when
−You use it less than once a month
−A simple free version or a tool already in your stack would do
Our verdict. What to know about Kajabi.
Why this verdict
Average
Added value
Basic replaces separate course, email, and checkout tools for $179/month, but that is a meaningful cost for a solo creator just starting out.
Simplicity
Course hosting, email marketing, landing pages, and built-in payments are bundled on every plan, so a first course and sales page can go live without connecting separate tools.
Fit for purpose
Delivers the advertised all-in-one course, community, and sales functions directly, without needing third-party checkout or email tools.
Performance
Pro supports unlimited products, 100,000 contacts, and 3 communities plus 1,000 AI credits, covering a large creator business.
Reversibility
Neutral score: options for exporting courses, contacts, or content if leaving Kajabi are not covered by the collected sources.