Kajabi vs Teachable: where to sell your course
Start on Teachable if this is your first paid course: plans begin at $29 a month and it handles checkout, payments and sales tax for you. Move to Kajabi when you already have an audience and want courses, coaching, community, podcast, website and email marketing under one account. Kajabi starts at $143 a month and takes no transaction fees on your sales. The gap in monthly price only pays off once your sales are steady.
Which one to pick
You have an audience ready to buy and want your website, email list, community and courses in one place, with no transaction fees on each sale.
You are launching your first paid course or a few digital downloads and want the lowest monthly cost, with checkout and sales tax handled for you.
Side by side
Questions
Is Kajabi worth five times the price of Teachable?
Kajabi's cheapest plan is $143 a month, against $29 for Teachable. Neither has a free plan in our listing. Kajabi takes no transaction fees, so your effective cost drops as sales grow. Teachable is the cheaper way to test whether a course sells at all.
Can I do email marketing in Teachable?
Teachable focuses on building and selling the course, so most creators connect a separate email tool. Kajabi includes email marketing, a website and a community, which is a large part of its higher price. If you already pay for an email platform, Teachable plus that tool can cost less. Add both bills before comparing.
Is it hard to move from Teachable to Kajabi?
You move lesson videos, files and course structure across by hand, so allow a few days for a large course. Your students need new logins and a heads-up email. Keep the Teachable school open until access on Kajabi is confirmed. Redirect your old sales pages to the new ones.
Is Teachable or Kajabi the easier start for a solo coach?
Both target solo creators and small teams. A solo coach launching a first course gets going faster on Teachable, which rates highest on ease of use in our data. A coach selling memberships, group programmes and a podcast fits Kajabi better. Kajabi needs more setup, so budget a weekend for it.
Do they work for selling courses in Europe?
Both are available in Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the UK. Teachable handles sales tax at checkout, which matters for EU VAT on digital products sold to consumers. Both price in US dollars. Ask your accountant how the platform's invoices fit your own bookkeeping.