What each week held
Withheld: something was read in 1 week of the last 12. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
What it declares
- website builder
- course hosting
- email marketing
- sales funnels
- affiliate management
- community tools
- membership sites
- digital product sales
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
- high subscription price relative to feature usage
- paying for unused bundled features
- low course completion / engagement
- lack of structure and accountability in self-paced courses
- limited interaction and instructor support
- transaction fees on lower-tier plans
Themes people raised in public. A complaint is somebody’s opinion, not a measurement of the product.
Everything on record
4 observed claims. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
A G2 reviewer cited in alternative-comparison content complained that competing platform LearnWorlds 'has a tough pricing rate that is hard for startups.'
Indicates pricing complaints extend beyond Kajabi to other incumbents in the course-platform category, broadening the 'too expensive' discourse theme.
circle.so/blog/kajabi-alternatives - DISCOURSEUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
Discussion around Kajabi centers heavily on its price being a primary reason buyers seek alternatives, with its cheapest plan commonly cited around $89-$149/month (some sources cite up to $399/month for higher tiers) and criticism that most creators only use two or three of its bundled features.
This is a recurring, multi-source complaint theme (third+ independent sighting) driving a substantial comparison-content market around Kajabi alternatives like Systeme.io, Podia, Thinkific, and Teachable.
circle.so/blog/kajabi-alternatives - DISCOURSEUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
A newer strand of discourse argues the low-completion problem is structural rather than pedagogical, proposing that course creators should abandon traditional self-paced course delivery entirely in favor of 'challenge' formats delivered through existing apps, citing completion rates of 70-80% for such formats versus under 5% for self-paced courses.
Signals a potential positioning threat to traditional LMS/course-hosting platforms if 'challenge'-style delivery gains traction as an alternative category.
communipass.com/blog/why-online-courses-have-low-completion-rates/ - DISCOURSEUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
Multiple independent sources converge on a widely repeated statistic that online course completion rates are low, commonly cited as 5-15% for free/MOOC courses and 12.6% as a broad average across tracked courses, with paid, cohort-based, or community-supported courses reaching 30-80%.
Course creators and platforms use this stat to sell engagement/retention features, accountability tools, and cohort formats as differentiators.
www.skillademia.com/statistics/online-course-completion-statistics/
A record of what Forge read in public about Course completion — its own pages and what people wrote about it. Nothing here is a test of the product, a ranking or a score, and Forge has no relationship with this company.