The best Kajabi alternatives in 2026

Kajabi does four jobs: course hosting, community, email marketing, and website and funnel building. Very few alternatives do all four, and the ones that try are priced like Kajabi. The cheaper path is to pick a platform that does courses and community properly and keep a dedicated email tool, which most creators already have. Be honest about which Kajabi features you open every week and which you set up once and forgot.

HiveLearn covers the two jobs most Kajabi customers actually use. The LMS includes quizzes with six question types, verifiable certificates, progress tracking, drip-free structured lessons and an AI course builder. Community includes discussions, DMs, gamification with points and leaderboards, and live events with RSVPs, ticketing and reminders. Course, resource and bundle sales run through Stripe Connect straight to your account.

Starter is $0 a month with a 6% revenue share, so there is no monthly fee until you monetize. Growth is $39 a month with a 4% share capped at $2,000 a month; Pro is $99 with 2% capped at $3,000; Scale is $249 with 1% capped at $4,000. That is less than Kajabi Basic at every tier below Scale, and the revenue share stops growing once it hits the cap. Email marketing is not included, so keep your existing provider. Every paid tier starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

If Kajabi's course player is the feature you would miss most, Thinkific is the nearest replacement. Basic is $49 a month with one community, Start is $99, Grow is $199 and Expand is $499. Thinkific Payments has no transaction fee; using your own Stripe adds a surcharge between 0.5% and 5% depending on tier. Quizzes, certificates and completion tracking are mature. Community and events are the weaker half.

Teachable's Starter is $29 a month with a 7.5% transaction fee, Builder is $69, Growth is $139 and Advanced is $309 with no fee, all billed annually with no free plan. It is a proven course host with a simple builder. Community features are minimal, so it suits creators who sell courses to individuals rather than running a member group.

Circle flips the emphasis. Professional is $89 a month with a 2% transaction fee and Business is $199 with 1%, both uncapped. The member experience, events and live streams are excellent. The course builder is lighter than Kajabi's, with limited assessment, so it suits brands whose courses are short and whose community is the reason people stay.

Launch is $79 a month with a 2% fee and Scale is $179 with 1%. Mighty includes courses, live events and the option of a branded mobile app at higher tiers. At Scale it costs the same as Kajabi Basic without the marketing suite, so the value case rests on the app and the community tools.

If you want a feed, a classroom and a calendar and nothing else, Skool Pro at $99 a month with 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction and a 1% platform fee on sales over $899 is the minimal choice. No quizzes, no certificates, no RSVP events. Creators moving from Kajabi often find it too thin, but for a coaching group with a small course library it works.

Export your contacts and course content first; Kajabi lets you download both. Confirm the new platform can import your members and whether it will re-host your video or you need to move it yourself. If you have active subscriptions, plan how to migrate them: Stripe-based platforms can often keep the same customer records if you use the same Stripe account. Finally, redirect your Kajabi course URLs to the new pages so search traffic and bookmarks keep working.