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Kajabi
by Kajabi
What Kajabi is
Kajabi is a web platform for creating and selling courses in video, audio, text, downloadable-file, and quiz formats. Integrated payment options handle transactions, while email marketing, custom domains, and a branded mobile app support course businesses. Kajabi is made by a company founded in 2010. The service is paid, has no free plan, and includes a 30-day trial. Basic costs $143 a month when billed annually and includes 5 products, 2,500 contacts, one website, one community, and two admin users. Growth costs $199 a month billed annually, with 50 products, 25,000 contacts, one website, one community, and 11 admin users. Pro costs $399 a month billed annually and includes unlimited products, 100,000 contacts, three websites, three communities, and 26 admin users. All plans include integrated payments and email marketing, and Kajabi charges no transaction fee. The web platform therefore combines course publishing, customer contacts, payments, and marketing in one service, with higher tiers increasing capacity for products, contacts, sites, communities, and administrators.
Who it suits
Kajabi suits course creators who need varied lesson formats, integrated payments, email marketing, and a branded mobile app. Its tiered plans fit businesses requiring different product, contact, and admin limits.
What it does well
- Supports video, audio, text, files, and quizzes
- Integrated payment options
- Email marketing included
- Custom domain and branded mobile app
- No transaction fee
What to know first
- No free plan
- Starts at $143 a month billed annually
- Higher tiers cost more
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | monthly · 5 products · 2,500 contacts · 1 website · 1 community · 2 admin users | $179 a month |
| Growth | monthly · 50 products · 25,000 contacts · 1 website · 1 community · 11 admin users | $249 a month |
| Pro | monthly · Unlimited products · 100,000 contacts · 3 websites · 3 communities · 26 admin users | $499 a month |
As kajabi.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Kajabi combines course delivery with payments, email marketing, domains, and branded mobile access. It offers a 30-day trial, but ongoing use requires a paid annual-billing plan.
Facts from Kajabi's own pages
- API
- Kajabi exposes a REST public API at api.kajabi.com with versioned /v1 endpoints and OAuth tokens. · app.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API availability
- Public API access is included with the current Pro plan or available as a $25-per-month add-on; webhooks are offered on Growth and Pro. · help.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- The API documentation supplies an OpenAPI specification, endpoint examples and a demo Postman collection. · app.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API licence
- The published Kajabi API specification identifies its license as Apache 2.0. · app.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API limitation
- Kajabi says not every dashboard field or metric is exposed through the public API and it does not publish an IP allowlist. · help.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Coaching
- Kajabi supports structured coaching programs with scheduling and payments. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Communities
- Users can create online communities intended to drive engagement and retention. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Kajabi as privately held, founded in 2010, headquartered in Irvine, California, with 201–500 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal names Kajabi, LLC and Kajabi Financial, LLC. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Course formats
- video,audio,text,downloadable files,quizzes · kajabi.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Courses
- The platform provides tools for building and selling online courses. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · kajabi.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Documentation
- The help center covers account, AI, products, sales, website, marketing, contacts, mobile, analytics, media and integrations, with hundreds of articles in several sections. · help.kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Email marketing
- Yes · kajabi.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2010 · kajabi.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · kajabi.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Funding news
- Kajabi announced a $550 million growth financing led by Tiger Global on May 4, 2021, at a valuation above $2 billion. · prnewswire.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integrations include Zapier, Stripe, Segment, PayPal, Meta Pixel, Mailchimp, Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: email and cart
- GetApp displays reviewer complaints that email marketing is basic and the shopping cart lacks desired features. · getapp.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile glitches
- Google Play reviewers report freezes, download problems, playback interruptions and progress-marking glitches in the Android app. · play.google.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- Independent reviews repeatedly describe Kajabi as expensive, especially for beginners and small organizations, and criticize the lack of a free plan. · getapp.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: support
- Trustpilot and GetApp summaries include reports of slow, unresponsive or inconsistent support for technical and billing issues. · trustpilot.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Marketing
- The platform combines email, automations, landing pages and conversion-oriented funnel templates. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Memberships
- Membership products provide ongoing paid access to content, connection or coaching. · kajabi.com, 15 Oct 2026
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