Kajabi vs Teachable: Which is best for your online course business?
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Kajabi and Teachable are both popular platforms for online course creators and online business owners. In some ways they are very similar. But in reality they are quite different.
In today's video I'm going to break down the pros and cons of each, covering feature set and price to help YOU determine which platform is best for your online business.
I'm going to be honest from the beginning though that I personally use Kajabi for both of my online businesses so I'm biased. That being said this video is a fair breakdown of the differences.
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Thanks Graham. I was looking to switch from Kajabi to Teachable for my current online course and after watching this video, I am now migrating my Active Campaign account into Kajabi instead. Great video thanks.
Thanks a lot for such a concise and transparent review. I was on the fence, but now I'm sure that Kajabi is the way go.
Sold I’m starting off going with Kajabi all
In one! Thanks for review!
This is a great video, much appreciated...I will go with Kajabi for sure.
Bro, so true! Running your entire business for 200 bucks a month, no brainer for me. From pipelines, email marketing, automations, a built in CRM, analytics, the list goes on. Shoutout to all the Kajabi Evangelists hehehe. Used your link over a month ago to show support man, Kajabi is it for me. Not switching to anything else.
Thanks for the support!
Thankx! Great and clearly explained video. I'm a kajabi user/ fan ... just waiting for the right time to jump in making online courses.
Such a good video. As always. Kajabi is a beast.
Was going to start w Teachable but you changed my mind. Glad I found this video. I would prefer having email, web & analytics integration.
Thank you. I'm using Teachable only because it's my first course. I've done classes but being that it's affordable for me right now, I'm with Teachable. I don't pay anything yet for MailChimp, I haven't reached the threshold yet. Thank you for this video. I downloaded the sales Page but I'm stuck on The Price part. Any way I can get clarity, maybe another video you may have done already. I'm searching your channel as well. Thank you again.
This was so helpful! thank you so much
AMAZING video thank you so much. I’m sold on Kajabi. My 1st course is launching next year. Should I use a free website to collect emails up until the launch. Then move it over? It’s a lot to pay a month just to start gathering emails 😭 thank you so much 🥰
I have been on Kajabi for a while but since I am building a new course on a different domain I am going to have to pay almost 300 USD per month, and this is much more expensive than Thinkific or Teachable.
A second issue I have is payment integration. The new course will only be sold in Sweden and Kajabi does not support the two biggest Swedish payment options. (Klarna and Swish)
Being able to have more domains for a lower price with Swedish payment integration is very valuable to me.
Awesome ! What would you recommend as a cost effective method just for creating a question bank & mock exams with multiple choice answers and explanations, hence no (costly) video lessons ? Not necessarily from these options from the video, any, some advanced quiz builder basically.
Thank you
Does anyone know how i can learn to build a course, I heard him say his team might need access. How do you get people to work with to help build a course.
Can I connect my PayPal account with Kajabi to collect course payment from students? Thank you for the video.
Yes you can!
IM GETIN IT THANKS
Do you know if kajabi offers a free trail for customers who want to try your course before being charged? From what I ascertained, they only offer free trials for customers signing up for subscription based courses??
Does this platform translate into other languages? Suggestions for offering a course globally? Thank you. Great video. Very clear.
Did you use CZcams to make this video with screenshare or is it through CZcams?
Hi, nice video thanks. I'm interested in kajabi for a live event (not training course) and to promote retreats. I thought you mentioned that they have live customer support, but I only see chat options. I really like being able to speak to a live person!
They have phone support as well
i started with teachable but their fees was so high. so i switched to memberpress with learndash & put my course on my own website. but now i’m not sure if that was the right decision lol
Can you seamlessly move from podia to kajabi? Scared about the transfer.
I run a small real estate team and want to use one of these products for onboarding new agents. Is Kajabai overkill if I just want to use the platform to train and educate?
This is SO timely. Thank you.
Current plan... With NO list, but a good idea and fresh from a Jeff Walker PLF workshop.
1. Build list to ~300 in free mailchimp, with a free mailchimp site for lead magnet etc.
2. Seed launch for live-taught course via Zoom, sold via free mailchimp product/landing page etc.
3. Use whatever revenue gained from initial seed launch to pay for as much kajabi as I can, to host tidied-up version of seed launch course.
4. Move list of ~300 to Kajabi (gotta be easier to do than 300k...) and keep working it hard to build it.
Tempting to use teachable to host initial (beta) run of course... But I'm sure Kajabi is the way to go in the end. So let's make ONE move as quick as I have some payment to do it with...
Sound good? (please open 6-figure community again...)
Sounds like a great plan! Are you on the waiting list for the community?
@@GrahamCochrane I am now. Thanks.
I read a review on Kajabi that says Kajabi has limited analytics, and mobile apps
Like saver bro! saved thousands just by watching this review
Does Kajabi offer any migration services? Switching over email campaigns and recreating landing pages seems like a ton of work
They might have a full service option to migrate. I'm not sure. I do know I have students who have hired people from Fiverr to do this for them.
Hi Graham! I'm considering Kajabi for my upcoming digital course. But I find it a bit expensive. I get about 6k monthly pageviews. Does it make sense to go for Kajabi at this stage or should I wait for a little while?
I would find a way too afford it honestly. Make it a goal to create enough income in the next 28 days (of the free trial) to pay for another 2 months worth of Kajabi and so on.
Thanks for the video, Graham. I realize Kajabi is a great platform for online classes, email, etc, but does it have an exceptional format for selling items online, too? For example, does Kajabi have a good "store front", displaying exceptional photos for selling goods online like other platforms? The reason I ask is I would like to sell classes, but also would like to sell products on one platform. Is this platform Kajabi? Thanks in advance for your input.
You can sell other items on Kajabi. It won’t be as full featured for that as Shopify but people do it.
Great video Graham. I have neither platform but Kajabi would be my choice.
Question - The "Growth Plan" you referred to provides for 25,000 contact. You mentioned you were moving 300,000 emails to Kajabi and would not being anything. How is that??
I'm on the highest tier plan (includes 100,000 contacts) but they've told me they will let me bring the entire list over.
@@GrahamCochrane is kajabi getting access to all your list too?
Thanks for the amazing video, i am so grateful! i have all my content ready to go in a word document, i have spent a long time doing the first 3 modules to make them a pretty design, one a4 page of content and one a4 page of a checklist or workbook to practice the content and then i will do a video aswell to go through it all, i realised how time consuming it is to get the content from word to canva , do you reccomend a better way of doing this or how is best for usuing one of these sites? thank you
I do most of my "workbooks" and other downloadables in Google Docs. I keep them simple looking.
Graham Cochrane cool thank you for your input!✨✨✨✨
This looks awesome. However, since Kajabi doesn't handle VAT and sales tax how do you take care of that?
I am also curious about this. Can you update me if you know more about it, please?
Does kajabi allow you to make passing an exam a requirement to move on? Also are you able to require that videos are watched in full before moving on?
I also need to know if a proctor service integration is able to be use or integrated for the final exam? I am working on a course that needs to be very regulated…
What are your thoughts on moving a Squarespace account to Kajabi? I'm asking this since Kajabi offers website hosting. Thoughts? I do like that Kajabi offers a full house platform, unlike others i.e., Wix, Squarespace, Teachable, etc.
I've been impressed with Kajabi's website builder. Very easy to use like Squarespace.
I’m about to use kajabi. I’m just in the process of getting all the necessary information together. So I’m making a list of what I need and creating these things so in can drop them into the Kajabi templates. Do you have a basic list of what I’ll need? Big question, I know but a bit of a guide would be great. Just so I don’t waste time working through the process of launching and have to stop all the time to go and create a video, an piece of copy, take a photo, create an email etc....Or is that what the 28day training covers?
I love the content and am working my way through your kajabi videos. Thanks so much. I’m glad I can across you !
The 28 Day challenge videos will walk you through that kind of thing. I also have an entire workshop on this: grahamcochrane.com/workshop
Because I’m not technically savvy, would it make sense to move my existing blog on Squarespace and the email attached to my Squarespace over to Kajabi? My biggest fear is that I will mess up something and loose all my information.
Thank you for your time!
You are a prime candidate for my upcoming course suite offering. I'm going to include a "foundational tech skills" course in my package, and talk about all the most critical image, audio, video, web, and database related skills that will utterly crush any tech-intimidation you currently have.
Since you are currently on Convertkit and moving your email to Kajabi, have you talked to others who are using Kajabi email? Would love to know how the open rates compare for the two.
Already use Kajabi email for this business. Open rates went down just a smidge when I moved from ConvertKit. But that's happened every time I've moved from one email provider to another due to the fact that email subscribers inbox filters don't recognize the new email server when you switch so some emails go to their spam. Somewhat unavoidable when switching.
Hi I have many segmentation and tags to separate my clients and give them the best offer. Does kijabi email support many segmentation and tags?
Yes, absolutely. It's great for that.
Nowadays Teachable offers a free enterance (0$ plan) which is great for launching your first course if you are on a tight budget, and you can switch to kajabi after you've filled the bag 💰💰
What about coursify
Hey I just signed up to Kajabi with your link. Can I sell an ebook and physical books as well as premium courses? Also does the platform support webinars to sell your courses? Thanks
Mike Brando
Thanks! Yes, you can do all those things.
@@GrahamCochrane what do they mean that “if can do webinars”? Like a zoom app?
What about handling students payments on Kajabi? The reason I love Teachable is that they handle all things related to payments, vat etc.
I would also like to know this
Kajabi handles payments via Stripe and/or Paypal. Super easy.
@@GrahamCochrane yes I know. But Teachable has something called "Backoffice" and for an extra 2% transaction fees automates payouts, affiliate payments, tax form collection and any paperwork required. Basically I don't have to deal with anything related to payments between me and my students. This is all done automatically and I get pay at the end of each month trough Teachable into my PayPal account. Does Kajabi offers something like this? Or you have to deal personally with each transaction?
@@StockMusicLicensing no Kajabi doesn't do any of that... but wow I'd hate to have to wait 30 days for my income and give a 3rd party full control of it. Yuck.
@@GrahamCochrane What about VAT? This is what they asked about. Do you have an accountant do deal with each payment?
Hi Graham. I signed up under you. I teach Spanish language and want to sell my classes. How do I create that as a product for now instead of creating a course?
Thanks for signing up! I would turn your classes INTO a course. Maybe a beginner course, intermediate, advanced, etc.
@@GrahamCochrane Yeah, I’m already working on the courses! Where can I find more of your trainings? Just here on CZcams or do you have another resources?
@@GrahamCochrane what's the difference between classes and a course? can you do a weekly class? I teach meditation (in person) would like to do that online
Thanks bro 🙏
Kajabi can’t split revenue with additional instructors, so that was a dealbreaker for me! Teachable has some rough edges, but I definitely prefer it. Both sites require a basic level of HTML to customize pages, which is a huge con for me, but a necessary evil to make these pages look better than the default templates.
Do you mean affiliate payouts?
Graham Cochrane Both Kajabi & Teachable have affiliate programs, but Kajabi doesn’t allow multiple course instructors like Teachable (Teachable calls these Authors). For my brand I work with selling other instructors’ courses, so that’s an important function built-in to the payment processing.
Why does it need a basic level of HTML knowledge?
@@susanagenera8944 it doesn't. You can achieve brilliant results without knowing HTML. Some people just like to "customize" for the sake of customizing.
Bro I'm sold on Kajabi but 😭 I am just going to create a course now. It will be my first and I have a tiny audience. Less than 1000. I don't even know if I'll be able to sell enough to pay for one month of Kajabi
You can do it! One month is less than $150. That's all you gotta make from your course to cover a month of Kajabi. You can do that and more.
All these different tools seem like a nightmare to me.
Although I've never used Kajabi it seems like simplicity would be more important than customizability for most people
all is true, Kajabi is great, but.... Kajabi is having issues with email delivery recently. Ppl say 15% lower than separate app. Yesterday Kajabi had huge issue with checkout page. New update killed cold traffic, hundreds complains, ppl losing money. So even inside Kajabi community they start talking about connecting separate convert kit or active campagne and thrive cart. Just to make it all work really well. I love Kajabi too but those issues worry me a bit. So all in one idea is a bit broken. But they might fix it all soon, I hope
Interesting. I'm having great email deliverability. And certainly the app can have a day when something doesn't work or the server is slow. Has happened before but hardly ever in my experience.
I used your link, but don't see the free training
It would have been auto emailed to you. Email me (contact link on my website) and I can get you the course!
my tip to all instructors make sure these companies dont give our discount coupons thru 3rd party companies. Second make sure Realplayer download software does not work on these websites. A person can easily download all videos on almost any website.
it sounds like this could also replace patreon .
Yes
If you never used ‘Teachable’, how can you make this video comparing a product you used and a product you never used?
Like you said on your video, it’s your channel and you can do whatever you want. But where’s the value of this video if several times you mentioned you are bias towards Kajabi?
what happens when you selling a course, and you do not pay kajabi in february but you return and pay in April.. when u skipped a month.. can you continue like that? like wanting to use it 6 months with a gap of 1 month. but without creating new contacts each month
Only problem I have with Kajabi is I do modules and I need more than 15 or even 100 products. Thats terrible. To me thats the point of an online course.
You can have as many videos and modules in your course as you like.
“you’re getting a whole website” hmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔
Can you offer one-to-one on Kijabi? :)
One on one coaching? Yes you can sell that through Kajabi.
you, you good, you.. you can sell ice to an Eskimo ;)
to be honest, i wanted to watch the video, as i wanted help making the decision but soon as you said you have kajabi and run your businesses on it, i just felt you would be biased and obv a afflilate. so stopped watching after 53 seconds
Very limiting mindset. Graham is very authentic & generous and provides very thorough content. It's silly to dismiss someone's opinion who has spent time & energy learning a variety of platforms and CHOSE THE BEST ONE FOR *HIS* NEEDS. Listen to all the points & insights he surfaces to give yourself a foundation of knowledge, then wrap up your research by looking at a couple other reviews and then examining each sites' documentation and then TRYING THEM YOURSELF. If someone more successful than me CHOSE a particular platform, I'd sure as hell want to know why.
@@allthecommonsense I see what your saying, but there needs to be comparison, ive looked at both sites, i just wanted a more un biased view, rather than a kajabi beats all, as we are all needing different elements, dependant on what we need them for, or to do.