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Kajabi vs Podia — cheaper all-in-one vs the Kajabi bundle

Updated August 29, 2026 · Official product and pricing pages fetched this evening. If a number is missing below, we could not cite it.

You already have a method. The fork is not “which LMS has more features.” It is cheaper all-in-one vs Kajabi’s bundle: Podia’s public floor is $49/mo with a 5% cut and 100 email subscribers. Kajabi’s public floor is $179/mo with unlimited marketing emails and no extra platform percentage on Kajabi Payments.

Who this page is for

Experts who have one method and are staring at two all-in-one tabs. Kajabi looks like the grown-up course stack. Podia looks like Kajabi for less. They both sell courses, community, email, a site, and checkout. They are not the same machine, and they are not a community-first room.

This page does not tell you how to build an audience. If you wanted Teachable or Thinkific as a school LMS, start at Kajabi vs Teachable vs Thinkific. If the offer is a feed, start at Kajabi vs Skool.

The short version

Cheaper all-in-one vs the bundle

Bundle (Kajabi). Official line: the operating system for human expertise. Pricing FAQ: courses, coaching, digital products, memberships, communities. Public feature grid: unlimited marketing emails, landing pages, funnels, and access groups on every named plan. Community cap 1 / 1 / 3. Coaching is a first-class product with built-in live video. You pay $179/mo month-to-month for Basic whether you open the funnels or not. Existing customers hit new rates on the first billing date on or after January 13, 2026.

Cheaper all-in-one (Podia). Official homepage: courses, community, coaching, events, email, and your site. Pricing JSON-LD this fetch: Mover $49/month billed monthly or $42/month billed annually, 5% transaction fee, 50 products, 25 community spaces, 100 email subscribers. Shaker $99 / $84, no Podia transaction fees, 150 products, 100 spaces, 500 subscribers. Earthquaker $179 / $150, no Podia fees, unlimited products and spaces, 1,000 subscribers. FAQ: processor (Stripe or PayPal) 2.9% + 30¢ on top. 30-day free trial, no credit card. Community page: topic-based spaces, group chats, DMs, free or paid tiers; everyone who signs up, subscribes, or buys joins the community.

The honest comparison is not “Podia is Kajabi for $49.” Mover’s 5% and 100-subscriber email cap are the cheap-plan tax. Shaker at $99/mo is the first Podia plan that drops the platform cut — still $80 under Kajabi Basic, with 500 email subscribers against Kajabi’s 2,500 contacts and unlimited marketing emails. Earthquaker’s monthly card is $179 — the same public floor as Kajabi Basic — with 1,000 email subscribers. If you have already grown past that list, you are not buying a cheaper all-in-one. You are buying a different cap.

If the method is a feed people stay in, stop and go to Skool. If it is a school catalog, go to Teachable or Thinkific. This page is two all-in-ones.

Cited numbers, August 29, 2026

USD. Monthly is month-to-month. Annual is the advertised per-month rate when you pay yearly. Platform fee is the vendor’s cut, not card processing.

Sources: kajabi.com/pricing, podia.com/pricing. Full list at the bottom.

What the fees do to the same sale

Card processing sits on both stacks. The extra question is the vendor’s own cut. Three prices. Arithmetic only. Refunds, tax, and Kajabi Sales Tax change the dollar. We are not publishing a break-even month.

• $97. Kajabi Payments, US card, Basic: 2.9%+$0.30 = $3.11. No extra platform percentage. Podia Mover: 5% = $4.85 plus processor 2.9%+30¢ ($3.11) = $7.96. Podia Shaker: no Podia fee; processor $3.11. Mover’s extra $4.85 is the cheap-plan tax on a small course.
• $497. Kajabi Payments Basic: $14.71. Podia Mover: 5% = $24.85 plus processor $14.71 = $39.56. Podia Shaker: processor $14.71. Mover’s extra $24.85 on one sale is already more than half a month of Shaker ($99).
• $2,000. Kajabi Payments Basic: $58.30. Keep Stripe on Kajabi Basic: add 2% = $40.00 on top of Stripe’s own fee (Stripe’s schedule is not Kajabi’s; omitted here). Podia Mover: 5% = $100.00 plus processor $58.30 = $158.30. Podia Shaker: processor $58.30.

Kajabi subscriptions and payment plans add 0.7% on Kajabi Payments (US help page), on every installment including the first. Podia’s public FAQ does not add a separate subscription percentage on top of the 5% / 0% split.

Arithmetic only: the monthly gap between Kajabi Basic ($179) and Podia Shaker ($99) is $80. The gap between Kajabi Basic and Mover ($49) is $130 — plus Mover’s 5%. Earthquaker monthly is $179, the same public floor as Kajabi Basic, with 1,000 email subscribers against Kajabi’s 2,500 contacts and unlimited marketing emails. That is not “Podia is cheaper.” You are buying a different cap.

Who should not pick which

Skip Kajabi if

You want the cheapest all-in-one for one recorded offer and you will keep the list small. Public Basic is $179/mo. You are paying for the bundle. Also skip if you need more than one community on Basic or Growth, or more than three on Pro. Skip keeping Stripe on a new plan unless you have priced 2/1/0.5%. Skip if you need SCORM — official course FAQ: Kajabi Courses are not SCORM compliant.

Skip Podia if

You will sit on Mover while a $97–$497 offer sells — the 5% is the product. Also skip if 100 email subscribers will not hold the list; Shaker’s 500 and Earthquaker’s 1,000 are still not Kajabi Basic’s 2,500 contacts plus unlimited marketing emails. Skip Earthquaker as a “cheaper Kajabi” — the monthly card is $179. Skip if you need Kajabi-style native live video and a documented group room of 200; Podia lists coaching and events, not that capacity number.

Skip both if

The offer is a feed. That is Skool. Visit button below; official pricing stays the citation. If the offer is a school catalog, start at Kajabi vs Teachable vs Thinkific.

Visit the hosts

Podia affiliate slot — not live

Kajabi’s trial box and visit button use the 30-day trial affiliate, justinwise.net/kajabi. The Kajabi pricing button is a pricing-page affiliate. Official Kajabi pricing remains the source for Kajabi numbers. Podia’s button is the official pricing URL only. Visit Skool uses the Skool signup affiliate. Official skool.com/pricing remains the source for Skool numbers.

Omitted on purpose

• Kajabi legacy dollar table and Kickstarter as a buyable public price. Not on kajabi.com/pricing as a current card. JSON-LD on product pages still exposes a $69 lowPrice; that is not a public plan card.
• Homepage “Save 50%” / Cofounder promo as a Kajabi plan price. Marketing, not a cited tier.
• Podia extra email-subscriber dollars after the 100 / 500 / 1,000 included caps. FAQ says you can add more; no public add-on card extracted this fetch.
• Podia native live-room capacity (attendees, hours). Coaching and events are listed; a Circle/Mighty-style live grid was not on the public pricing page.
• Exact Stripe card rates you would pay if you keep Stripe on Kajabi. Only Kajabi’s 3rd-party percentage is cited. Stripe’s own schedule is Stripe’s. Podia’s FAQ cites processor 2.9%+30¢.
• Teachable, Thinkific, Circle, Mighty Networks, Discord as this two-host fork. School LMS is Kajabi vs Teachable vs Thinkific. Room vs library is Kajabi vs Skool.
• Keyword volumes, “Kajabi vs Podia” listicles as pricing sources, and anything that documents your method for you.

Sources

1. Kajabi pricing — public plans, JSON-LD prices ($143/$179 Basic, $199/$249 Growth, $399/$499 Pro), product/contact/community/website/admin limits, unlimited emails/funnels/landing pages/access groups, Cohorts Courses, Kajabi Payments US grid 2.9/2.8/2.7%+$0.30, 3rd-party 2%/1%/0.5%, 30-day trial. Fetched August 29, 2026.
2. Upcoming changes to your Kajabi plan — first increase in ~10 years; existing Heroes, first billing date on or after January 13, 2026; 3rd-party fee does not apply if you stay on a legacy plan. Cited from the August 29, 2026 Kajabi vendor-page fetch.
3. Kajabi Payments fees: United States — 2.9%+$0.30 cards, +1.5% international, +0.7% subscriptions and payment plans, Kajabi Sales Tax $0.15 per transaction when enabled. Cited from the August 29, 2026 Kajabi vendor-page fetch; US help page not re-opened as a new card tonight.
4. Kajabi online courses — evergreen vs cohort; drip; quizzes; certificates; no lesson cap; not SCORM. Cited from the August 29, 2026 Kajabi vendor-page fetch.
5. Kajabi communities — access tied to products; Access Groups; channels inside a course; Meetups with a built-in live room; standalone or bundled. Fetched August 29, 2026.
6. Kajabi coaching — 1:1 and group; built-in live video; group room up to 200 + 20 breakout rooms of 10. Cited from the August 29, 2026 Kajabi vendor-page fetch.
7. Podia pricing — JSON-LD Mover $49/$42 + 5%, 50 products, 25 spaces, 100 email subscribers; Shaker $99/$84, no Podia fees, 150 products, 100 spaces, 500 subscribers; Earthquaker $179/$150, no Podia fees, unlimited products/spaces, 1,000 subscribers; visible yearly cards $42 / $84 / $150 ($504 / $1,008 / $1,800 billed annually); videos 500 / 1,000 / unlimited; “Everyone gets” community, courses, downloads, coaching, events, website, custom domain, blog, landing pages; 30-day trial. FAQ: Mover 5%; Shaker/Earthquaker no Podia fees; processor Stripe or PayPal 2.9%+30¢. Fetched August 29, 2026.
8. Podia homepage — “Your courses, community, coaching, and email. All in one place.” Courses, email, events, coaching, website, community. 30-day trial, no credit card. Fetched August 29, 2026.
9. Podia community — topic-based spaces, group chats, DMs, free or paid tiers; paid plans gate premium spaces; bundle community with courses, downloads, events, or coaching; activity feed; everyone who signs up, subscribes, or buys joins. Fetched August 29, 2026.
10. Podia online courses — drip, quizzes, certificates, unlimited students, cohort-based courses, lesson comments, access-duration limits, future start date, limited seats. Fetched August 29, 2026.
11. Skool pricing — Hobby $9/mo, Pro $99/mo. Cited only as the one-feed room we are not comparing here. Fetched August 29, 2026.