Skool vs Kajabi
Skool Hobby is $9 a month with a 10% fee, and Skool Pro is $99 a month with a 2.9% fee.
Kajabi Basic is $179 a month ($143 billed annually). Pick Skool for a community with unlimited courses, videos and live calls at the lower starting price. Pick Kajabi when you need its product and contact limits.
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Skool and Kajabi bills in USD. If you pick another currency, each converted figure is marked ≈ and labelled converted from the official USD amount at the 5 Nov 2026 rate. The final price may vary.
UK readers: Skool vs Kajabi (UK) keeps these USD prices and does not convert them.
Comparison
| Skool | Kajabi | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting monthly price | Hobby $9 | Basic $179 |
| Other monthly price | Pro $99 | Growth $249; Pro $499 |
| Billed annually | Not verified, so omitted | $143, $199, $399 a month |
| Fee on sales | 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro | US Kajabi Payments 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, then 2.8% and 2.7%. Third-party surcharge 2%, 1%, 0.5%. |
| Included scale | Unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls | Products 5 / 50 / unlimited. Contacts 2,500 / 25,000 / 100,000. |
| Extra contacts | Not a contact-tier product in this check | $125 a month for another 25,000 |
Prices checked 6 Nov 2026. Skool annual prices are omitted. The 10% and 2.9% fees stay percentages in every currency.
Sources, checked 6 Nov 2026: skool.com/pricing · kajabi.com/pricing · thinkific.com/pricing · gohighlevel.com/pricing.
Who Skool is for
- You want a community, and the verified unlimited items (members, courses, videos, live calls) are the product.
- You want to start at $9 a month and can accept a 10% fee, or pay $99 for the 2.9% fee.
- You do not need Kajabi’s contact tiers.
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Who Kajabi is for
- You need 5 products and 2,500 contacts on Basic ($179), 50 and 25,000 on Growth ($249), or unlimited products and 100,000 contacts on Pro ($499).
- You want a verified annual price. Kajabi publishes the per-month equivalents above. Skool’s annual prices were not verified.
- You can pay the higher subscription and the Kajabi Payments rates in the table.
Who should look elsewhere
- You want a course host with published GBP plan prices. See Kajabi vs Thinkific.
- You want a CRM, funnels and courses together. HighLevel is $97, $297 or $497 a month, with usage charges on top, and it is more tool than one course needs.
- You want another community product. Circle is not priced on this page.
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FAQ
How much do Skool and Kajabi cost?
Skool Hobby is $9 a month with a 10% transaction fee. Skool Pro is $99 a month with a 2.9% fee. Kajabi Basic is $179 a month, Growth is $249, and Pro is $499. Billed annually, Kajabi’s per-month equivalents are $143, $199 and $399. Prices checked 6 Nov 2026.
Do either of them publish a local price?
Not in this check. Both verified price lists are USD. A non-USD figure on this page is marked ≈ and converted from the official USD price at the 5 Nov 2026 rate. The final price may vary. The UK companion page shows the same USD prices without converting them.
What fee applies when someone pays me?
Skool charges 10% on Hobby and 2.9% on Pro. A fixed per-transaction Skool amount was not verified, so none is shown. For US entities, Kajabi Payments is 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic, 2.8% + $0.30 on Growth and 2.7% + $0.30 on Pro. A third-party surcharge of 2%, 1% or 0.5% excludes PayPal and Kajabi Payments, where Kajabi Payments is available.
What do the plans include?
Both Skool plans include unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls. Other Skool features were not verified as unlimited. Kajabi Basic has 5 products and 2,500 contacts, Growth has 50 products and 25,000 contacts, and Pro has unlimited products and 100,000 contacts.
Where does Circle or HighLevel fit?
Circle’s price was not in the 6 Nov 2026 check, so it is not given a number here. HighLevel is $97, $297 or $497 a month. The $497 card says Founder and the FAQ says Pro. Annual HighLevel prices are omitted. Phone, calls, SMS, email and premium AI incur usage charges.
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