Klasira vs Kajabi: Pricing, Payouts and Features (2026)
Kajabi is a polished all-in-one for creators: courses, coaching with live video, email, funnels, podcasts and an app. Klasira is new and pays into your own Stripe with 0% fees. How to choose.
Kajabi is the best-known all-in-one platform for creators. Beyond courses it covers coaching with built-in live video, communities, newsletters, podcasts, unlimited marketing emails, funnels and landing pages, a student app, and an AI assistant it calls Cofounder. It's priced to match, from $179 a month.
Klasira is a new course platform with designed school themes, courses, downloads and memberships, a community, affiliates and a built-in CRM with email automations, selling through the creator's own Stripe account with 0% transaction fees. Here's how they compare.
The short answer
Choose Kajabi if you want the most complete creator platform, with a student app, coaching with built-in live video, podcasts, newsletters and unlimited marketing email, and the budget for $143 to $399 a month billed yearly. Choose Klasira if you want 0% fees with payments landing in your own Stripe account on Stripe's schedule, rather than Kajabi Payments' monthly payouts for new accounts.
Key takeaways
- Kajabi costs $179, $249 or $499 a month ($143, $199 or $399 billed yearly), with a 14-day free trial.
- Kajabi takes no revenue share on Kajabi Payments or PayPal; other processors cost 2%, 1% or 0.5% extra by plan.
- New Kajabi Payments accounts are paid monthly, with a seven-business-day delay; subscriptions and payment plans add 0.7%.
- Kajabi's affiliate program and cohort courses start on Growth; its standard student app is on every plan and a branded app on Pro.
- Klasira charges 0% transaction fees and pays every sale straight into your own Stripe account, so the only cut of a sale is Stripe's (or PayPal's) processing fee.
Disclosure: we make Klasira, so weigh our view accordingly. Everything we say about Kajabi comes from its own public pages, checked in October 2026 and linked at the end. Klasira is new and does less than Kajabi in several areas; we list them.
Klasira vs Kajabi at a glance
| Klasira | Kajabi | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | New course platform with designed school themes, CRM and payouts to your own Stripe | Mature all-in-one creator platform |
| Transaction fee | 0% | 0% on Kajabi Payments or PayPal; 0.5% to 2% on other processors |
| How you're paid | Straight into your own Stripe account, on Stripe's schedule | Kajabi Payments, monthly for new accounts; or Stripe or PayPal |
| Live video | No; booking page for one-to-one calls | Built-in live video for coaching |
| Student app | No; browser on any phone | Kajabi app on every plan; branded app on Pro |
| Starting price | See Klasira pricing | $179/month, or $143/month billed yearly |
Kajabi pricing and fees
Kajabi publishes three plans with a 14-day free trial (no card needed) and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Kajabi Payments card rates in the US fall with the plan: 2.9%, 2.8% or 2.7% + 30¢.
| Kajabi plan | Price | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $179/month, or $143/month billed yearly: 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 2 admins | 0% on Kajabi Payments or PayPal; 2% on other processors |
| Growth | $249/month, or $199/month billed yearly: 50 products, 25,000 contacts, affiliates, cohort courses | 0%; 1% on other processors |
| Pro | $499/month, or $399/month billed yearly: unlimited products, 100,000 contacts, branded app, API | 0%; 0.5% on other processors |
Klasira: 0% transaction fees on every plan, with each sale paid into your own Stripe account. Plan prices are on Klasira's pricing page; we leave them out here so this post doesn't go stale when they change.
What the fees cost on real sales
Example (illustration, not data): $60,000 of course sales in a year, as 300 sales of $200 to US cardholders, on yearly billing where offered. Card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢ a sale (about $1,830 here) comes on top on every platform unless a row says it's included, so it's left out of the totals.
| Plan | Plan cost for the year | Platform fee on $60,000 | Plan plus platform fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kajabi Basic, Kajabi Payments | $1,716 | $0 | $1,716 |
| Kajabi Basic, own Stripe | $1,716 | $1,200 (2%) | $2,916 |
| Kajabi Growth (affiliates) | $2,388 | $0 | $2,388 |
| Klasira | See pricing | $0 (0%) | The plan price only |
Kajabi's fees are low if you use Kajabi Payments, and its higher plans even lower the card rate. The trade-off is in payouts and in what Basic includes: new Kajabi Payments accounts are paid monthly, and affiliates need Growth at $199 a month billed yearly. Kajabi Payments adds 0.7% on subscriptions and payment plans and $0.15 per transaction for its sales tax tool; on Klasira, Stripe Billing's 0.7% and Stripe Tax's 0.5% are the equivalents.
Feature by feature: Klasira vs Kajabi
| Klasira | Kajabi | |
|---|---|---|
| Products | Courses built from sections and lessons: video, text and downloadable files, with free-preview lessons. Digital downloads (PDFs, templates, audio) sold on their own or in bundles | Courses, coaching, communities, newsletters, podcasts and downloads; 5, 50 or unlimited products by plan |
| Quizzes | Quizzes: single answer, multiple answers, true/false and short answer, graded automatically, with a pass mark, attempt limits and explanations | Multiple choice, checkboxes, short answer and file upload; can gate modules |
| Certificates | Certificates issued automatically on completion, printable as a PDF, with a public verification link and an Add to LinkedIn button | Native completion certificates |
| Drip content | Drip schedules: open a lesson a number of days after enrollment or on a date, or unlock lessons in order | By module, 1 to 731 days or on a date |
| Community | Community spaces for the whole school or one course, with posts, comments and likes, and announcement spaces emailed to members | Communities: 1 on Basic and Growth, 3 on Pro |
| Affiliates | Affiliate program: commission per offer, cookie window, refund hold and an affiliate dashboard; you pay affiliates yourself and export to CSV | Growth and up |
| Checkout tools | A tick-box order bump at checkout and one-click upsells after a card payment. Coupons at checkout. Payment plans, such as 3 monthly payments, with access kept once every installment is paid | Order bumps, upsells, coupons, payment plans and subscriptions |
| Email and funnels | Every student is also a CRM contact, with email automations, funnels, forms and a booking page for coaching calls | Unlimited marketing emails, funnels and landing pages on every plan; advanced automations from Growth |
| Coaching | Booking page for coaching calls; no built-in video | Kajabi Scheduler or Calendly, with built-in live video |
| AI | AI course builder: drafts a course outline from a topic, plus lesson text, video scripts and quiz questions, for you to edit; it uses AI credits | AI Cofounder on every plan; AI credits 0, 500 or 1,000 by plan |
| Mobile app | No native mobile app: students learn in the browser, on any phone | Kajabi app on every plan; branded app on Pro |
| Tax | Sales tax, VAT or GST on card payments through Stripe Tax, if you switch it on in your own Stripe account | Kajabi Sales Tax calculates and collects on Kajabi Payments ($0.15 a transaction); you file |
| Payouts | Payments go straight into your own Stripe account (connected through Stripe Connect, with the full Stripe dashboard), paid out on Stripe's schedule; Klasira never holds your money | Kajabi Payments: monthly with a T+7 delay for new accounts; 7-day hold after a bank change |
What comes with Klasira
Many creators pay for a course platform, then add a payments tool, an email tool, a community app and an affiliate tool. Klasira puts the school, checkout, teaching tools, community, affiliates and email in one place, and keeps none of your revenue. If you're weighing Kajabi, check which of these you'd pay extra for there, or which plan unlocks them.
| Included | What it does |
|---|---|
| Fees and payouts | 0% transaction fee: Klasira takes nothing from your sales; Stripe or PayPal charge their usual processing fees. Payments go straight into your own Stripe account (connected through Stripe Connect, with the full Stripe dashboard), paid out on Stripe's schedule; Klasira never holds your money |
| Currencies | Each school sells in its own currency, one of 19 (including USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, INR, JPY and BRL) |
| Your school's site | 15 designed school themes, edited as real pages in a drag-and-drop page editor. Every school gets its own address at yourname.klasira.com |
| What you sell | Courses built from sections and lessons: video, text and downloadable files, with free-preview lessons. Digital downloads (PDFs, templates, audio) sold on their own or in bundles. Offers: a one-time price, a monthly or yearly subscription, or a bundle of courses and downloads |
| Checkout | Payment plans, such as 3 monthly payments, with access kept once every installment is paid. Coupons at checkout. A tick-box order bump at checkout and one-click upsells after a card payment. PayPal checkout on one-time offers, through your own PayPal business account |
| Teaching | Quizzes: single answer, multiple answers, true/false and short answer, graded automatically, with a pass mark, attempt limits and explanations. Assignments: students hand in text and a file, you approve or send it back with feedback. Drip schedules: open a lesson a number of days after enrollment or on a date, or unlock lessons in order |
| Finishing | Certificates issued automatically on completion, printable as a PDF, with a public verification link and an Add to LinkedIn button. Course insights: enrollments, completion rate, how many students finish each lesson, and quiz averages |
| Community | Community spaces for the whole school or one course, with posts, comments and likes, and announcement spaces emailed to members. A discussion under every lesson |
| Growing | Affiliate program: commission per offer, cookie window, refund hold and an affiliate dashboard; you pay affiliates yourself and export to CSV. Every student is also a CRM contact, with email automations, funnels, forms and a booking page for coaching calls |
| AI | AI course builder: drafts a course outline from a topic, plus lesson text, video scripts and quiz questions, for you to edit; it uses AI credits |
What Klasira doesn't do yet
| Mobile app | No native mobile app: students learn in the browser, on any phone |
| Live classes | No live classes or webinars built in; a booking page handles one-to-one calls |
| Moving from another platform | No importer for courses from another platform: students come over by CSV, courses are rebuilt |
| Finding students | No marketplace that sends you students: you bring your own audience |
| Integrations | Few integrations so far: no Zapier app or webhooks for student events yet |
| Languages | Student pages are in English only |
| Track record | New: no long track record, case studies or large community of other creators yet |
Where Kajabi is the better choice
The most complete creator toolkit
Kajabi covers courses, coaching with built-in live video, communities, newsletters and podcasts, with unlimited marketing emails, funnels and landing pages on every plan. Klasira does courses, downloads, memberships, community and email, but no podcasts, newsletters product or live video.
Student apps
Students get the Kajabi app on every plan, and Pro adds a branded app. Klasira has no app.
Maturity and support ecosystem
Kajabi has years of templates, integrations, experts and community behind it. Klasira is new.
Lower card rates on bigger plans
Kajabi Payments drops to 2.8% + 30¢ on Growth and 2.7% + 30¢ on Pro in the US.
Where Klasira is the better choice
Your money in your account, on Stripe's schedule
Klasira sells through your own Stripe account, so you're paid on Stripe's normal payout schedule and see every payment in your Stripe dashboard. New Kajabi Payments accounts start on monthly payouts with a seven-business-day delay, and using your own Stripe on Kajabi Basic costs 2% extra.
Affiliates without a bigger plan
Kajabi's affiliate program starts on Growth. Klasira includes an affiliate program with per-offer commissions, a cookie window and a refund hold.
Designed school themes
Klasira starts you from one of 15 designed school themes, edited as real pages in a drag-and-drop editor, and each school can sell in its own currency.
Teaching extras
Assignments: students hand in text and a file, you approve or send it back with feedback. A discussion under every lesson. Course insights: enrollments, completion rate, how many students finish each lesson, and quiz averages.
Who should choose which
Choose Kajabi if
- You coach live and want video calls built in.
- Your students expect an app, or you want a branded one.
- You also run a podcast or paid newsletter.
- Budget isn't the deciding factor and you want the most complete toolkit.
Choose Klasira if
- You want payouts in your own Stripe account rather than monthly platform payouts.
- You want affiliates and certificates without moving to a bigger plan.
- Your business is mainly courses, downloads and memberships, not podcasts or live video.
- You're happy to run live calls on your own Zoom or Google Meet.
Moving from Kajabi to Klasira
There's no automatic importer. Export your contacts and students from Kajabi as a CSV and import students into Klasira, then rebuild your courses in the course builder. Kajabi's funnels and emails need recreating in Klasira's automations.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Kajabi cost in 2026?
Basic is $179 a month, Growth $249 and Pro $499, or $143, $199 and $399 a month billed yearly.
Does Kajabi take a percentage of sales?
Not on Kajabi Payments or PayPal. If you use another processor, Kajabi charges 2% on Basic, 1% on Growth and 0.5% on Pro.
How often does Kajabi pay out?
New Kajabi Payments accounts are paid monthly, with a seven-business-day delay. Faster schedules aren't available to every site.
Does Klasira have live video like Kajabi?
No. Klasira has a booking page for coaching calls but no built-in video; you'd use Zoom or Google Meet.
Is Klasira an all-in-one like Kajabi?
Partly. Klasira includes courses, downloads, memberships, community, affiliates, a CRM, email automations, funnels and booking. It doesn't do podcasts, newsletters as products, live video or an app.
Try Klasira with your own course
Rebuild one Kajabi course in Klasira and see how the school and checkout compare. Pick a theme, add one course and connect Stripe, then judge it on your own material. Start your school or see pricing.
Related: Kajabi pricing explained, the best Kajabi alternatives, Klasira vs Teachable, Klasira vs Podia, all course platform comparisons.
Sources
Details about other companies in this post were checked against these public pages in October 2026. Products, prices and rules change, so confirm with each source before you decide.
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