Kajabi vs Teachable Pricing: The Fee Is the Comparison

Kajabi vs Teachable pricing is usually compared as $143 against $29 — and that comparison names the plan fees and ignores the transaction fees that decide the purchase: Kajabi adds a processing fee to every sale (2.9% + $0.30 on Basic) while Teachable takes 7.5% on Starter and 0% on Builder and Growth, so the same $2,000-a-month business pays $213 on Kajabi Basic, $179 on Teachable Starter, and $69 on Teachable Builder. Run your business through our free Kajabi vs Teachable Cost Calculator: on $2,000 revenue with 40 sales at Basic vs Starter, annual billing, Kajabi costs $2,556 in year 1 and Teachable costs $2,148 — but on Builder, Teachable costs $828, and at $5,000 revenue the Growth-vs-Growth comparison is $4,428 against $1,668.

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Why Plan Prices Lie

Kajabi Basic lists at $143 a month; Teachable Starter at $29. A plan-price comparison reports a $114 gap in Teachable's favour and stops there. But $143 buys a plan plus a processing fee ($58 + $12 at $2,000 revenue and 40 sales = $213 total) and $29 buys a plan plus a 7.5% transaction fee ($150 at $2,000 revenue = $179 total) — and Builder's $69 buys a plan with no fee at all ($69 total). The fee lines ($70, $150, $0) are bigger than the plan gap in two of the three columns, and they are invisible in every $143-vs-$29 headline.

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Kajabi's Pricing, Line by Line

Kajabi on annual billing, November 2026: Basic $143 a month, Growth $199, Pro $399. Monthly: $179/$249/$499. Kajabi charges 0% revenue share; the math uses Kajabi Payments processing — Basic 2.9% + $0.30 per sale, Growth 2.8% + $0.30, Pro 2.7% + $0.30. Third-party provider fees (2% Basic, 1% Growth, 0.5% Pro) are noted only. No free plan; 14-day trial. No product cap was stated on the page checked, and none is invented here. Kajabi's strength is the all-in-one platform (courses, email, pages, payments in one bill); its weakness is that the fee never reaches zero — even Pro still charges 2.7% + $0.30 per sale, so a $5,000-a-month business on Growth pays $140 + $30 in fees over its $199 plan fee.

Teachable's Pricing, Line by Line

Teachable on annual billing, November 2026: Starter $29 a month, Builder $69, Growth $139. Monthly: $39/$89/$189. Transaction fees: Starter 7.5% of revenue, Builder 0%, Growth 0%. Product caps: Starter 5, Builder 10, Growth 50. Admin users 1 on Starter and Builder, 5 on Growth. No free plan; 7-day trial plus a 30-day guarantee. Teachable's strength is the 0% fee on Builder and Growth — the plan fee is the whole bill; its weakness is Starter, whose 7.5% fee makes the cheapest plan the most expensive column past about $533 a month of revenue, and whose 5-product cap excludes any business past 5 courses.

The 7.5%-to-0% Cliff

The cliff is the story of this pair: Starter at $2,000 revenue costs $29 + $150 = $179, while Builder costs $69 + $0 = $69 — the $40 plan step saves $110 a month net. At $5,000 revenue the same step saves $335 a month net ($29 + $375 = $404 vs $69). The break-even is about $533 a month of revenue (where 7.5% equals the $40 plan premium); above it, Builder beats Starter on price alone, before counting its 10-product cap against Starter's 5. Any comparison that prices Starter against Kajabi without pricing Builder is pricing Teachable's most expensive column and calling it the Teachable price.

The Product Caps, Honestly

Starter fits 5 products, Builder 10, Growth 50. An 8-product business cannot buy Starter at all — its fitting path is Builder at $69 (0% fee), which beats Kajabi Basic's $213 outright, so the cap does not punish the buyer here, it rescues them from the 7.5% fee. A 12-product business fits Growth at $139 (0% fee) against Kajabi Growth's $369 at $5,000 revenue and 100 sales. Past 50 products, no Teachable plan in this comparison fits, and the answer is a higher tier or a different platform. Kajabi states no product cap, so products only ever move the Teachable side — but a business with 60 products should not read a Teachable column that stops at 50.

Hidden Costs Beyond the Subscription

Neither column includes affiliate payouts, email-volume overages, or third-party provider fees on Kajabi (noted only: 2%/1%/0.5%) — if you use a third-party provider instead of Kajabi Payments, add that fee to the Kajabi column before deciding. Both vendors run promos, so the rates here are list prices, not your negotiated quote. The most expensive Kajabi mistake is budgeting the plan fee without the processing lines; the most expensive Teachable mistake is budgeting Starter for a business past $533 a month or past 5 products — both mistakes price a column the business cannot, or should not, use.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Kajabi or Teachable cheaper? Teachable, at the defaults: $2,000 revenue, 40 sales, Basic vs Starter are $213 against $179 a month — and Builder at $69 beats both. Why is Builder cheaper than Starter? Because Builder removes the 7.5% fee: $69 + $0 beats $29 + $150 at $2,000 revenue, and the break-even is about $533 a month. How does Kajabi's processing fee work? Kajabi Payments: 2.9%/2.8%/2.7% of revenue plus $0.30 per sale, on top of the plan fee, with 0% revenue share. What happens past Teachable's product caps? Starter fits 5, Builder 10, Growth 50 — an 8-product business sees Builder at $69 as its fitting path. Does Kajabi have a product cap? None was stated on the page checked, and none is invented here. Verify at checkout before signing.