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
- all-in-one course & membership hosting
- website/landing page builder
- email marketing & automation
- checkout & payments (0% platform fee claim)
- community & access groups
- coaching products & portals
- AI assistant (Cofounder)
- mobile app for courses/community/podcasts
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
- pricing increase for existing customers
- hidden transaction surcharges despite '0% fee' claim
- reduced contact limits on Basic plan
- high cost relative to feature set at entry tier
- cannot remove Kajabi branding on lower tiers
- missing SMS/phone/calendar features vs. newer all-in-one competitors
Themes people raised in public. A complaint is somebody’s opinion, not a measurement of the product.
Everything on record
7 observed claims. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
A pricing breakdown site noted that Kajabi's Basic-tier surcharge adds roughly 2% on top of standard Stripe processing fees, with lower surcharges (1% and 0.5%) on Growth and Pro tiers respectively.
Contradicts the 'zero transaction fee' marketing claim for customers using Kajabi Payments on lower tiers and is a recurring point of buyer confusion.
kourses.com/kajabi-pricing/ - PRODUCTFACTSep 30, 2026
An August 2026 Kajabi cycle preview describes an upcoming in-app Notification Center and 'Link by Stripe' checkout integration allowing returning Stripe Link customers to buy without re-entering card details.
Checkout-conversion improvements directly affect creators' sales funnels and are a comparison point against competing checkout/commerce features.
www.kajabi.com/updates/cycles/laguna/ - PRODUCTCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Between May 19 and June 1, 2026, Kajabi released five new products: Cofounder (AI business partner), Backstage (private coaching portal), Amplify (peer-to-peer ad network), Kajabi MCP (AI platform control), and Expert Agents (AI sales and teaching assistants).
Expands Kajabi's footprint beyond course/membership hosting into AI agents and coaching-portal territory, broadening competitive surface against niche coaching and ad-tech tools.
create.mykajabi.com/blog/kajabi-out-visions-me-every-time-the-compounding-logic-of-a-platform-that-won-t-sit-still - PRODUCTCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Kajabi's product update log shows active development cycles in 2026 (named Seaside, Timberline, and Laguna), including a Seaside cycle described as 22 features launched plus a major reveal, and 'doubling down on two things: making Cofounder smarter, and leveling up commerce.'
Indicates sustained investment in AI assistant and commerce/checkout tooling as the product's current focus areas.
www.kajabi.com/updates - PRICINGFACTSep 30, 2026
Current third-party pricing trackers report no platform transaction fees across all Kajabi plans, with only standard Stripe/PayPal processing fees applying.
Zero-transaction-fee positioning is a key differentiator versus competitors that charge platform fees on lower tiers.
www.artofher.com/kajabi-pricing/ - PRICINGUSER OPINIONSep 30, 2026
One analysis characterized the change as Kajabi having raised monthly prices roughly 20-25% across all plans, eliminating the lower-cost Kickstarter tier and cutting the Basic plan's contact limit from 10,000 to 2,500.
Entry-level and Basic-tier customers get less for more money, a competitive opening for lower-priced alternatives.
www.ruzuku.com/learn/articles/kajabi-2025-price-increase - PRICINGCOMPANY CLAIMSep 30, 2026
Kajabi restructured its pricing under a program called "Kajabi Evolved," beginning September 16, 2025, with new signups going straight onto new plans/pricing, and existing customers facing the new pricing on their first billing date on or after January 13, 2026.
Existing subscribers face a price increase regardless of whether they migrate plans, affecting retention and churn risk.
www.diannekelysmith.com/blog/kajabi-pricing-update-2026
A record of what Forge read in public about Kajabi — 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.