Kajabi is a powerful all-in-one platform. But at $179/month to start, hard caps on products and contacts, and community bolted on as an afterthought, you are paying premium prices for a course platform that treats community as secondary.
Kajabi's Basic plan is $179/month. That is before you hit the 5-product cap or the 2,500-contact limit. For many creators just starting out, that is a significant monthly commitment before earning a single dollar.
The Basic plan limits you to 5 products and 2,500 contacts. Hit those limits and you are forced to upgrade to Growth at $249/month. Pro at $499/month is the only plan with unlimited products.
Kajabi added community features later. The Basic plan gives you 1 community. The experience is functional but basic — no real-time chat, limited gamification, no custom reactions or granular permissions.
Kajabi Payments charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on Basic, slightly less on higher tiers. Using a third-party processor still costs 0.5–2% depending on your plan.
Kajabi offers challenges for engagement but no points, streaks, badges, leaderboards, or progression systems. If community engagement is central to your model, this is a gap.
Kajabi has added some AI features for content generation, but nothing that learns from your course material to answer student questions automatically.
Data sourced from Kajabi's official pricing page as of April 2026.
| Feature | Tenant.so | Kajabi |
|---|---|---|
| Community Spaces | Feeds, chat, forums, private spaces | Basic community (1 on Basic, 3 on Pro) |
| Real-time Chat | Built-in chat rooms | No |
| Online Courses | Full LMS — video, quizzes, certificates, drip content | Courses, coaching, digital downloads |
| Email Marketing | Included — templates, segmentation, scheduling | Included — broadcasts, sequences, automation |
| Events | RSVP, calendar sync, reminders, attendance | Limited event support |
| Website Builder | No (landing page focused) | Full website builder with templates |
| Sales Funnels / Pipelines | Paywalls, subscriptions, one-time payments | Full funnel builder with landing pages |
| Gamification | Points, streaks, leagues, badges, leaderboards, 9 levels | Challenges only |
| AI Assistant | Jarvis — RAG-powered, trained on your course content | No content-trained AI |
| Automation | 14 triggers with conditional logic | Marketing automation + sequences |
| Transaction Fees | 0% | 2.9% + $0.30 (Kajabi Payments) · 0.5–2% (3rd party) |
| Access Control | Public/private spaces, group-level permissions, paywalled content | Access groups + offers |
| Customization | Themes, wrappers, custom reactions, upvoting subsystems | Website themes + page builder |
| White Label | From day one | Partial (Kajabi branding removable on higher plans) |
| Affiliate Program | Built-in | Growth plan+ ($249/mo) |
| Analytics & Reporting | GA4, Google Search Console, Chart.js throughout | Revenue analytics, product analytics |
| Custom Dashboards | Liveboards with custom widgets | No |
| Product Limits | Unlimited | 5 (Basic) · 50 (Growth) · Unlimited (Pro) |
| Contact Limits | Unlimited | 2,500 (Basic) · 25,000 (Growth) · 100,000 (Pro) |
| Financial Calculators | 60+ built-in | No |
| Migration / Import | CSV and JSON import for members, courses, content | Limited export options |
| License Key System | Built-in generation + management | No |
Every dollar your members pay goes to you. Kajabi charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on their own payment processor, and 0.5–2% if you use a third party.
Create as many courses, communities, and products as you want. Add as many members as you grow into. No artificial caps forcing you to upgrade.
Real-time chat, forums, feeds, private spaces, custom reactions, upvoting. Tenant.so was built around community from day one — it is not a course platform with community bolted on.
Points, streaks, leagues, badges, leaderboards, and a 9-level progression system. Kajabi has challenges. Tenant.so has an engagement engine that keeps members coming back.
Jarvis learns from your course material and answers student questions using your lessons. It scales your expertise automatically. Kajabi has no equivalent.
BRRRR analysis, mortgage calculators, net worth trackers, debt payoff tools. Built in for finance, real estate, and business communities.
Sell software, plugins, or digital products with built-in license key generation and management. Kajabi does not support this.
We believe in honest comparisons. Here is where Kajabi has an edge.
Kajabi includes a complete website builder with templates, custom pages, and a blog. Tenant.so is focused on the community and course experience, not full website hosting.
Kajabi has a mature pipeline/funnel builder with landing pages, checkout sequences, and upsells. Tenant.so handles payments but does not have a dedicated funnel builder.
Kajabi's email system has been refined over years with advanced automation sequences, broadcast tools, and deep segmentation. Tenant.so includes email but the feature set is newer.
Kajabi offers a branded mobile app add-on for $199/month. Tenant.so has this planned but it is not available yet.
Themes, wrappers, liveboards, custom reactions, upvoting subsystems, granular gamification. Tenant.so goes far beyond Kajabi's template-based approach.
If you are bumping against the 5-product or 2,500-contact limit and dreading the $249/month upgrade, Tenant.so has no product or contact caps.
If your business is built around community engagement — not just course delivery — Tenant.so's chat, forums, gamification, and AI assistant make the community the product.
60+ built-in financial calculators make Tenant.so a natural fit for communities focused on investing, real estate, or entrepreneurship.
Jarvis answers student questions from your actual course content. It is a teaching tool that scales your expertise, not a generic content generator.
Every dollar your members pay goes to you. No 2.9% + $0.30, no third-party processor surcharge. Revenue scales without the platform taking a growing cut.
Request early access and build your community on a platform with no product caps, no contact limits, and no transaction fees.
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Jameson Brandon
Founder & Lead Developer, Terminal Blank