Classentra vs Kajabi: start free instead of at $179 a month
Kajabi is a strong marketing platform, but it has no free plan — the cheapest door is $179/mo once the 30-day trial ends. Classentra is free forever with one course, $39/mo for unlimited, and built to teach live: video, cohorts, attendance, and a gradebook.
Side by side
Where each platform wins
Free plan
- Classentra
- Free forever, 1 course
- Kajabi
- No — 30-day trial only
Lowest paid plan
- Classentra
- $39 / mo (Educator)
- Kajabi
- $179 / mo (Basic)
Courses / products
- Classentra
- Unlimited on Educator
- Kajabi
- 5 on Basic, 50 on Growth
Students / contacts
- Classentra
- Unlimited students
- Kajabi
- 2,500 on Basic, 25,000 on Growth
Admin users
- Classentra
- 1 (teams on Organizations)
- Kajabi
- 2 on Basic, 11 on Growth
Live video
- Classentra
- Zoom · Meet · Teams (native video coming soon)
- Kajabi
- Not listed on their pricing page
Attendance tracking
- Classentra
- Yes
- Kajabi
- Not listed on their pricing page
Gradebook
- Classentra
- Yes
- Kajabi
- Not listed on their pricing page
When to switch
Three reasons teachers move from Kajabi
There's no free plan
Kajabi's cheapest door is $179 / mo — $143 if you pay for the year up front, and only after the 30-day trial ends. Classentra is free forever with one course, and $39 / mo for unlimited courses when you're ready to grow.
No product or contact caps
Kajabi Basic stops at 5 products, 2,500 contacts, and 2 admin users; Growth lifts that to 50 products and 25,000 contacts. Classentra Educator has no course cap and no student cap at $39 / mo, so your plan doesn't gate your audience.
Built to teach live, not just to market
Kajabi's funnels, email, and website builder are genuinely good — that's its real product. What its pricing page never mentions is the live classroom: live sessions on your own Zoom, Meet, or Teams, attendance, a gradebook, with native in-app video coming soon. If your business is teaching in real time, that's the half you'd be bolting on elsewhere.
Side-by-side pricing
Below about $3,400 / mo in sales, Classentra costs less all-in
Classentra Free
- Price
- $0 / mo
- Courses
- 1
- Students
- Unlimited
- Transaction fee
- 9% + 30¢ all-in
Classentra Educator
- Price
- $39 / mo
- Courses
- Unlimited
- Students
- Unlimited
- Transaction fee
- 7% + 30¢ all-in
Kajabi Basic
- Price
- $179 / mo ($143 annual)
- Products
- 5
- Contacts
- 2,500
- Transaction fee
- 2.9% + 30¢ + your processor
Kajabi Growth
- Price
- $249 / mo ($199 annual)
- Products
- 50
- Contacts
- 25,000
- Transaction fee
- 2.8% + 30¢ + your processor
Move from Kajabi to Classentra
Rebuild your top offers, invite your audience by CSV, and add live cohorts, attendance, and a gradebook — without a $179 / mo floor.
Run both during transition. No commitment.
Pricing sourced from publicly available pricing pages as of August 21, 2026. Estimates shown for enterprise-priced products. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Classentra is not affiliated with or endorsed by any named vendor.