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Best Kajabi Alternatives in 2026

Kajabi puts courses, a website, email contacts and a community in one plan, with no revenue sharing. Basic is $179 a month billed monthly, or $143 billed yearly, for 5 products and 2,500 contacts. If that is a lot for your first course, here are five alternatives and what each one does.

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Key takeaways

  • Kajabi Basic is $179 a month billed monthly, or $143 billed yearly, with a website, email and community in the plan.
  • LearnWorlds' Starter is $29 a month with a $5 fee for each paid enrollment; Teachable's is $39 with a 7.5% fee.
  • Podia's Mover is $49 a month with a 5% fee; Thinkific has no free plan and starts at $109.
  • Fabricate builds a course platform with lessons, quizzes and progress from a description, and takes no share of your sales; it does not host video. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Why Are Creators Looking for Kajabi Alternatives?

  • From $179 a Month

    Basic is $179 a month billed monthly, or $143 billed yearly, for 5 products and 2,500 contacts.

  • A Lower Starting Price

    LearnWorlds' Starter is $29 a month billed monthly, with a $5 fee for each paid enrollment.

    Fits: LearnWorlds

  • Courses and Downloads, Less Each Month

    Podia's Mover is $49 a month billed monthly, with email subscribers built in and a 5% transaction fee.

    Fits: Podia

  • One Course on Your Own Platform

    With Fabricate, payments go through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.

    Fits: Fabricate

Compare at a glance

Fabricate beside Kajabi, feature by feature.

  • Builds From a Description
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Kajabi
    Course pages and an editor
  • Free Plan
    Fabricate
    Build and preview
    Kajabi
    None
  • Share of Your Sales
    Fabricate
    None; Stripe charges its own card fees
    Kajabi
    No revenue sharing
  • Website, Email and Community
    Fabricate
    Pages you describe; email lists not built in
    Kajabi
    Yes
  • Video Hosting
    Fabricate
    Not built in; YouTube or Vimeo links
    Kajabi
    Part of what Kajabi sells
  • Paid Plans From
    Fabricate
    $25 a month
    Kajabi
    $179 a month
Number 1

Fabricate

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Best for: One course on your own platform

Builds a course platform from your description: student sign-in, modules and lessons, quizzes and progress, and on Pro and Max, payment through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account. Lessons show videos you host on YouTube or Vimeo; Fabricate does not host video. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Checks before you publish

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What it does well

  • Lessons, quizzes and progress
  • No share of your sales
  • Built around how you teach
Paid plans from
$25 a month
350 credits a month on Pro
Free plan
60 credits
A month, to build and preview
A live app
Pro and Max
Publishing is on paid plans

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How to Move from Kajabi to Fabricate

  1. 1

    List your course

    Write down each module and lesson on Kajabi, with its text, its video link and any quiz.

  2. 2

    Keep your videos where they are

    Put each lesson video on YouTube or Vimeo, with the privacy setting you want, and keep its link.

  3. 3

    Describe the course to Fabricate

    Describe the lessons, the quizzes, how students pay and what they see when they finish.

  4. 4

    Take it as a test student

    Sign up, buy the course with a Stripe test card, finish a lesson and take a quiz in the preview.

  5. 5

    Put it online

    On Pro, one press of Publish gives it its own address to share, after the same browser check.

Chat

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Your app

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The other Kajabi alternatives

What each one does well, and the kind of project it suits best.

  1. Number 2

    Thinkific

    Best for: A growing course business

    Sells online courses on your own site. There is no free plan: after a 30-day free trial, Start is $109 a month billed monthly, or $82 billed yearly.

    • A course site ready to use
    • A 30-day free trial
    • Plans to grow into

    Where Thinkific beats Fabricate

    If courses are your business and you want room to grow into larger plans, Thinkific has Grow, Expand and Plus built for that.

    From $109 a monthThinkific alternatives

    Source: thinkific.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  2. Number 3

    Teachable

    Best for: A first paid course

    Sells courses and other digital products. Starter is $39 a month billed monthly, or $29 billed yearly, for 5 products with a 7.5% transaction fee; Builder, at $89, has no fee through Teachable Payments.

    • From $39 a month
    • Courses and digital products
    • A 7-day free trial

    Where Teachable beats Fabricate

    If you want course pages, checkout and student accounts ready the day you sign up, Teachable starts at $39 a month.

    From $39 a monthTeachable alternatives

    Source: teachable.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  3. Number 4

    Podia

    Best for: A few courses and downloads

    Courses and digital products with email subscribers built in. Mover is $49 a month billed monthly, or $42 billed yearly, with a 5% transaction fee; Shaker, at $99, has no Podia fees.

    • From $49 a month
    • Email subscribers built in
    • A 14-day free trial

    Where Podia beats Fabricate

    If you sell a few courses and downloads and want the email list in the same place, Podia starts at $49 a month.

    From $49 a month

    Source: podia.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  4. Number 5

    LearnWorlds

    Best for: The lowest start for a course site

    An online school for your courses. Starter is $29 a month billed monthly, or $24 billed yearly, with a $5 fee for each paid enrollment; Pro Trainer, at $99, has no enrollment fee.

    • From $29 a month
    • No enrollment fee from Pro Trainer
    • A 30-day free trial

    Where LearnWorlds beats Fabricate

    The lowest starting price here for a ready-made course site, at $29 a month, if a $5 fee on each paid enrollment suits your sales.

    From $29 a month

    Source: learnworlds.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

Kajabi and its alternatives: everything in one plan, or only the course

Kajabi puts courses, a website, email contacts and a community in one plan, and takes no share of your revenue. Basic is $179 a month billed monthly, or $143 billed yearly, for 5 products and 2,500 contacts.

That price buys the whole set. If you only need the course, LearnWorlds starts at $29 a month with a $5 fee for each paid enrollment, Teachable at $39 with a 7.5% fee, Podia's Mover at $49 with a 5% fee, and Thinkific at $109 with no free plan.

A creator who wants a website, an email list and a community from the same company is the one Kajabi is built for. A creator with one course to sell needs less, and a fee on each sale can cost more than a higher monthly price once sales grow.

A course platform built with Fabricate is your own web app: student sign-in, modules and lessons, quizzes, progress and a teacher view. On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees. Fabricate does not host video, so lessons show videos from YouTube or Vimeo, and email lists and newsletters are not built in.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Kajabi cost?
Basic is $179 a month billed monthly, or $143 billed yearly, for 5 products and 2,500 contacts. Kajabi takes no share of your revenue.
What is the best Kajabi alternative?
For the lowest start on a ready-made course site, LearnWorlds, at $29 a month billed monthly. For a few courses and downloads with an email list, Podia. For a growing course business, Thinkific. For a first paid course, Teachable. For a course platform built around how you teach, with no share of your sales, Fabricate, which we make. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.
Can I host videos with Fabricate?
Fabricate does not host video files. Each lesson can show a video you host on YouTube or Vimeo, and anyone who has that video's own link can watch it, so use the video site's privacy settings for anything you sell.
Can I sell my course with Fabricate?
On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Ask for a one-off price or a monthly plan, and the platform opens the course once Stripe confirms the payment. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.
Can I move my course from Kajabi to Fabricate?
Not as a file, but you can rebuild it: describe your modules and lessons, keep your videos on YouTube or Vimeo, and paste in your lesson text. Students sign up again on the new platform; Fabricate does not move their accounts or their progress.

Sources

The pages this guide quotes, each with the day it was read.

  1. kajabi.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  2. thinkific.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  3. teachable.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  4. podia.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  5. learnworlds.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  6. fabricate.build/pricing, from our live plans

About this guide

Written by the Fabricate team. Fabricate is our product, so it is first on this page and marked "We make this". Where a reason to switch fits another tool better, the reason says which.

Each tool's card lists the pages we read about it and the day we read them. We compared the tools from their own pricing pages and documentation, not by signing up for them. Spotted something out of date? Write to info@fabricate.build.

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