Kajabi vs Teachable

Kajabi vs Teachable: which should you pick?

Both are big names in online courses — and they're built for very different people. Kajabi is the premium all-in-one; Teachable is the cheap-to-start course seller. Here's an honest, up-to-date breakdown of price, fees, and who owns your brand — plus a third option worth knowing about.

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Side by side

Kajabi vs Teachable vs CourseKit.

Kajabi
Teachable
CourseKit
Starts at
$179/mo
$39/mo (Starter)
$0 forever
Transaction fee
0% + ~2% surcharge*
7.5% on Starter
5%, dropping to 0%
Free plan
No (trial)
No (trial)
Free forever
Where it lives
Kajabi's platform
Teachable's platform
Your own Webflow site
Design control
Kajabi themes
Their templates
Full, in Webflow
Best for
Premium all-in-one
A cheap first course
Owning your platform

*Kajabi advertises “0% transaction fees,” but adds a ~2% surcharge on the Basic plan when you use your own Stripe account (0.7% extra on subscriptions via Kajabi Payments). Pricing verified 2026 — always check each provider for the latest.

Which is for you

Which one is actually for you.

Pick Kajabi if…

You want the deepest all-in-one — funnels, email, courses, and site in one dashboard — and budget isn't the deciding factor. It's the priciest here at $179/mo, and the “0% fee” hides a surcharge, but nothing else bundles quite as much.

Pick Teachable if…

You want the cheapest way to launch a first paid course and test an idea fast. $39/mo gets you going — just know Starter takes 7.5% of every sale, and there's no free plan to fall back on anymore.

Pick CourseKit if…

Your site is (or could be) on Webflow. It's the only option here that turns courses into real pages of your own site — your brand, your domain, every feature free to start, and a fee that falls all the way to 0%.

Questions

Kajabi vs Teachable, answered.

Is Kajabi or Teachable cheaper?
On paper Teachable, by a lot — $39/mo Starter versus Kajabi's $179/mo. But Teachable's Starter plan takes 7.5% of every sale, so at higher volume that fee can overtake Kajabi's flat price. CourseKit sidesteps the trade-off: free to start, with a fee that falls to 0% as you grow.
Do either of them have a free plan?
No. Kajabi has never had one, and Teachable retired its free plan in 2025 — both now offer only a short trial. CourseKit's free plan is free forever, with every feature included.
Which one lets me keep my brand and audience?
Neither, really — Kajabi hosts your course on its own platform, and Teachable puts it on the Teachable platform. CourseKit runs your course as native pages of your own site, so the brand, the domain, and the SEO stay yours.
Is there a better third option?
If your website is (or could be) on Webflow, yes. CourseKit turns your courses into real pages of the site you already own — that's the highlighted column in the table above, and you can start it free.

Skip the walled garden entirely.

Run your course business on your own Webflow site — every feature free to start, with a fee that reaches zero.

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