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Kajabi
All-in-one platform for creators and coaches to build, market, and sell online courses, memberships, coaching, and communities.
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FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A strong choice for established Indian coaches, educators, and creators who want one polished system for courses plus marketing, funnels, and email rather than stitching tools together. The big India caveats are worth noting. Pricing is USD-only (no INR billing, so cost swings with the exchange rate and can feel steep across tiers), Kajabi Payments/Stripe is not available to India-based merchants, so you typically rely on PayPal or route checkout through third-party gateways like Instamojo/Razorpay, and native tax automation covers the US/Australia only, so GST compliance usually needs an add-on like Quaderno. Verify current payment-gateway and payout options for India directly with Kajabi before committing.
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Should you use Kajabi?
Use it if established coaches and educators wanting an all-in-one course plus marketing platform. Avoid it if budget-conscious or first-time Indian creators sensitive to USD pricing.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹7,046/mo$71/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Not available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 7 public sources
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Kajabi is a online course platforms and learning management systems for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹7,046/mo for a GST-registered business ($71/mo sticker plus about 3.5% card forex). It does not issue an India GST invoice, so a registered business reclaims the GST via reverse charge. FindThatSoftware rates it best for established coaches and educators wanting an all-in-one course plus marketing platform, and a poor fit if budget-conscious or first-time Indian creators sensitive to USD pricing.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- Genuinely all-in-one, covering courses, memberships, communities, website, email marketing, funnels, and payments in one platform
- Polished, beginner-friendly builder that still scales to larger creator businesses
- Strong marketing and sales tooling (email automation, landing pages, upsells/order bumps, analytics)
- Branded mobile app and community features for engagement and retention
- No transaction fees on Kajabi's own checkout (third-party gateway fees may still apply)
- Newer AI features (Cofounder, Expert Agents) for planning and content
The catch
- Expensive relative to standalone course tools, with USD-only pricing that is volatile for Indian buyers
- Kajabi Payments (Stripe-based) is not available to India-based merchants, forcing reliance on PayPal or third-party gateways
- Native automated sales-tax handling is limited (US/Australia), so Indian GST compliance typically needs a third-party tool like Quaderno
- Contact and product limits on lower tiers can push users into costly upgrades
- Not a compliance-grade enterprise LMS (limited SCORM/standards support, no academic feature depth)
- Frequent changes to plan names and limits make pricing comparisons harder
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹7,046
Kajabi advertises $71/mo. A GST-registered business in India pays about ₹7,046 a month (₹84,549/yr) once the roughly 3.5% card forex markup is added, with GST reclaimed as input credit. If you cannot reclaim GST, it is about ₹8,314 a month.
- Sticker price
- $71/mo
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹7,046
- Registered per year
- ₹84,549
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹8,314
- Try first
- Free trial before you commit budget.
- Watch for
- Verified June 2026 from kajabi.com/pricing (USD). Paid plans start at $71/mo and scale up through Basic, Growth, and Pro tiers with rising product, contact, and admin limits; annual billing is cheaper than monthly. A free trial is offered and a "Save 50%" promo for new signups was running at time of check. Note: a cheaper "Kickstarter" entry tier reportedly existed earlier but third-party reviews say it was removed from the public pricing page around January 2026; the current public entry tier shown is "Starter", and tier names/limits change often. No INR pricing is published, so add forex and GST for India. Always confirm current figures, tier names, and any India-specific payment processing fees on the official pricing page: https://kajabi.com/pricing
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Kajabi fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✗GST invoice
No Indian GST invoice, so a registered business cannot claim input tax credit on the bill.
- ✗Bills in INR
Priced in a foreign currency, so your card or bank adds forex conversion on top.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
How Kajabi compares
Against the 4 other creator course platform toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 4 others, and for Kajabi.
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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What is Kajabi?
Kajabi is an all-in-one course and "knowledge commerce" platform that lets experts host online courses, coaching programs, memberships, communities, podcasts, and newsletters alongside built-in websites, email marketing, sales funnels, and payments. It positions itself as "the operating system for human expertise," aiming to replace a patchwork of separate tools with a single system, and has added AI features (Cofounder, Expert Agents). It is a premium, US-headquartered product priced in USD; its native payment processing (Kajabi Payments via Stripe) and automated sales-tax handling are limited to certain countries, which affects how India-based creators can collect money and handle GST.
Best for
- Established coaches and educators wanting an all-in-one course plus marketing platform
- Creators who want courses, email, funnels, and a website in one tool instead of separate subscriptions
- Membership and community-based businesses with recurring revenue
- Solo experts and small teams selling high-ticket digital products
Who should avoid it
- Budget-conscious or first-time Indian creators sensitive to USD pricing
- Indian businesses needing native INR billing, local payment gateways, or automated GST invoicing out of the box
- Large institutions or universities needing SCORM/enterprise LMS compliance and SSO
- Buyers who only need a lightweight, low-cost course host
What Kajabi does
What we verified about Kajabi
Read from Kajabi’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed29
- Webhooks
- Webhooks appear in the automation and customer management section.
- Video translation
- Video transcriptions and translations are a listed platform feature.
- Third party integrations
- Feature table lists 3rd Party Integrations for connecting outside tools.
- Sales funnels
- Funnels are unlimited on all tiers as ready-to-launch conversion flows.
- Public API
- API access is included on Pro, stated as a $25/mo value.
- Marketing automation
- Advanced Automations appear in the automation and customer management section.
- Landing pages
- Landing pages are unlimited on every plan including Starter.
- Custom domain
- Custom domain is listed under sales and monetisation features.
- Mobile app
- Pro includes a branded mobile app stated as a $199/mo value.
- Affiliate program management
- Sales and monetisation section lists affiliate programs.
- Access groups
- Access Groups are unlimited on every tier for tiered content access.
- AI cofounder
- Kajabi Cofounder is a named AI feature with its own nav entry.
- AI expert agents
- Expert Agents are listed in the AI section, marked coming soon.
- Checkout pages
- Sales and monetisation section lists checkout pages.
- Coaching programs
- Products menu lists Coaching for working with clients at premium prices.
- Cohort courses
- Feature table lists Cohorts Courses as a platform capability.
- Comment to dm
- Feature table lists Comment-to-DM social automation.
- Custom code editor
- Pro unlocks a custom code editor for full theme customisation.
- Email marketing
- Marketing emails are unlimited on every plan.
- Kajabi customer app
- The Kajabi Customer App gives learners a mobile experience on all tiers.
- Membership sites
- Products menu lists Memberships with recurring revenue and tiered access.
- Newsletter publishing
- Products menu lists Newsletters to grow and monetise an audience.
- Online community
- Plans allocate 1 to 3 Communities with unlimited access groups.
- Online course hosting
- Kajabi's core product is building and delivering online courses.
- Order bumps and upsells
- Our research records upsells and order bumps among the sales tooling.
- Podcast hosting
- Products menu lists Podcasts as a monetisable content type.
- Universal inbox
- Automation section lists a Universal Inbox for customer messages.
- Video transcription
- Feature table lists video transcriptions and translations.
- Website builder
- Plans include 1 to 3 Websites built inside Kajabi.
What people use it for4
- Run a coaching business
- Coaching programs and client experiences are a first-class product type.
- Replace spreadsheets
- Site claims most experts pay for five tools that do not talk to each other.
- Sell online courses
- Communities and access groups turn an audience into paid membership.
- Collect recurring subscriptions
- Memberships deliver recurring revenue with tiered access.
Works with11
- Zapier
- Integrations page names Zapier
- Stripe
- Integrations page names Stripe
- Segment
- Integrations page names Segment
- Paypal
- Integrations page names PayPal
- Mailchimp
- Integrations page names MailChimp
- Google tag manager
- Integrations page names Google Tag Manager
- Google analytics
- Integrations page names Google Analytics
- Drip
- Integrations page names Drip
- Convertkit
- Integrations page names ConvertKit
- Aweber
- Integrations page names Aweber
- Activecampaign
- Integrations page names ActiveCampaign
Terms, compliance and how you buy38
- Self serve signup
- All tiers are bought directly with Choose Plan and a free trial.
- Premium priced
- Entry paid tier starts at $179/mo, expensive against standalone course tools.
- No india payment gateway
- Indian sellers must rely on PayPal or route checkout through Instamojo or Razorpay.
- Expert marketplace
- Footer offers Hire a Kajabi Expert for implementation help.
- Creator oriented
- Kajabi is aimed at coaches, educators, practitioners and creators.
- Cancel anytime
- Every plan card states no hidden fees and cancel anytime.
- Credit based pricing
- AI credits run 0, 500 and 1,000 by tier with $15/mo top-ups for 500.
- 14 day free trial
- Plan cards show a free 14-day trial on each paid tier.
- 30 day trial promo
- The plan finder offers a 30-day free trial as a promotional signup path.
- Admin seat limits
- Admin users are capped at 2, 2, 11 and 26 across tiers.
- All in one replacement
- Positioning is replacing five disconnected tools with one system.
- Annual billing 20 percent off
- Annual billing saves 20%, e.g. $143/mo versus $179/mo.
- API gated to top tier
- The API is listed only against the highest Pro plan.
- Backstage revenue share
- Feature table shows a 5% Backstage rate with limits still to be determined.
- Beginner friendly builder
- Site says you can start with a single product and scale without switching platforms.
- Community count limits
- Communities are limited to 1 until Pro, which allows 3.
- Contact count limits
- Contacts are capped at 250, 2,500, 25,000 and 100,000 by tier.
- Frequent plan name changes
- Tier names and limits change often, making comparison harder over time.
- Kajabi payments unavailable in india
- Kajabi Payments is Stripe-based and not available to India-based merchants.
- Kajabi payments us rates only
- The 2.9% + $0.30 card rates are shown for US entities only.
- Live onboarding webinars
- Pricing page pushes a weekly live Q&A workshop instead of a full FAQ.
- No AI credits on entry tier
- Starter is allocated 0 AI credits in the comparison table.
- No automated GST invoicing
- Indian GST compliance typically needs a third-party tool like Quaderno.
- No INR pricing
- No INR billing is published, so Indian buyers absorb forex swings.
- No quote only tier
- All four tiers carry a published price with no sales-only enterprise plan.
- No scorm support
- Our research flags limited SCORM and standards support.
- Not a compliance LMS
- It lacks SCORM support and academic feature depth for institutional LMS needs.
- No transaction fee on native checkout
- Kajabi advertises no revenue sharing on its own checkout.
- Paypal exempt from surcharge
- The third-party fee footnote excludes PayPal and Kajabi Payments.
- Processing fees vary by country
- Pricing footnote says processing rates vary by country and payment provider.
- Product count limits
- Products are capped at 1, 5, 50 then unlimited across the four tiers.
- Remove kajabi branding
- Removing Kajabi branding is a gated feature in the team and brand section.
- Save 50 percent promo
- Site-wide CTA runs a Get Started — Save 50% promotion.
- Tax automation us australia only
- Native automated sales-tax handling covers the US and Australia only.
- Third party gateway surcharge
- Using a third-party payment provider costs 5%, 2%, 1% or 0.5% by tier.
- Usd billed
- Plans are $143 to $499 per month priced in US dollars only.
- Us headquartered
- Kajabi is a US-headquartered product with US-first payment infrastructure.
- Website count limits
- Websites are limited to 1 on lower tiers and 3 on Pro.
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Pricing caveat and source trail
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Verified June 2026 from kajabi.com/pricing (USD). Paid plans start at $71/mo and scale up through Basic, Growth, and Pro tiers with rising product, contact, and admin limits; annual billing is cheaper than monthly. A free trial is offered and a "Save 50%" promo for new signups was running at time of check. Note: a cheaper "Kickstarter" entry tier reportedly existed earlier but third-party reviews say it was removed from the public pricing page around January 2026; the current public entry tier shown is "Starter", and tier names/limits change often. No INR pricing is published, so add forex and GST for India. Always confirm current figures, tier names, and any India-specific payment processing fees on the official pricing page: https://kajabi.com/pricing
Kajabi pricinghttps://kajabi.com/pricingLearningRevolution - Kajabi Pricing 2026 (Kickstarter/Starter tier change context)https://www.learningrevolution.net/kajabi-pricing/Kajabi Payments & Money Management feature pagehttps://www.kajabi.com/features/paymentsCheckoutJoy - Taking UPI/India payments on Kajabi via Instamojo (third-party gateway for India)https://www.checkoutjoy.com/blog/kajabi-instamojo-integration/Kajabihttps://kajabi.com/Kajabi homepage (positioning and core features)https://kajabi.comKajabi Help Center - Payments Sales Tax Overviewhttps://help.kajabi.com/hc/en-us/articles/21039237972379-Kajabi-Payments-Sales-Tax-Overview
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In practice
Where Kajabi fits in a workflow
These stacks show when to use this tool, what comes before it, and what should be handled manually first.
Software stack to create and sell an online course in India
Test the idea with a form and a small email list before you build, then host and sell on an India-first course platform that takes UPI and INR. Produce lessons simply and launch to your list.
- Tools in stack
- 13
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Software stack to start an online coaching business in India
Package and sell your coaching on an India-first platform, let clients self-book, and collect payments in INR. Add lead capture and a simple follow-up rhythm so enquiries turn into paying clients.
- Tools in stack
- 13
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Does Kajabi give a GST invoice in India?
Kajabi does not issue an India GST invoice. A GST-registered business can still reclaim the 18% through the reverse-charge route by raising a self-invoice, but there is no vendor GST invoice to claim against directly.
Is Kajabi good for Indian small businesses?
Kajabi can work for Indian buyers, but check currency, tax, billing, support, and whether the workflow justifies foreign-currency pricing.
Does Kajabi have a free plan?
Kajabi does not list a permanent free plan in FindThatSoftware data. Check the official pricing page for trial terms and current offers.
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