Skool vs Kajabi

Skool is a deliberately minimal paid community with a classroom tab, sold on two plans at $9 or $99 a month. Kajabi is a business system that bundles funnels, email, landing pages, checkout and courses, starting at $179 a month. Pick Skool when the members are the product, and Kajabi when the marketing machine around a course catalogue is.

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Both are reviewed in full in our online course platform ranking: Skool and Kajabi.

1. 01

   One opinion or the whole toolkit

   Skool gives you a feed, a leaderboard and a classroom, and no funnels, no email sequences and almost no design control. Kajabi replaces the course platform, the email tool, the landing pages and the checkout at once. A course business that needs funnels and segmentation is the buyer Skool fits least, and Kajabi was made for it.

   Edge: Kajabi

2. 02

   Monthly cost and fees on sales

   Skool lists Hobby at $9 a month with a 10% transaction fee and Pro at $99 a month with 2.9%, both with unlimited members and courses. Kajabi lists Basic at $179 a month, or $143 billed yearly, then Growth at $249 and Pro at $499; Kajabi Payments costs 2.9% plus $0.30, and using a third-party processor adds 2% on Basic. Skool is the lower commitment.

   Edge: Skool

3. 03

   What the plan limits

   Both Skool plans include unlimited members, courses, videos and live calls, so the plan choice only changes the transaction fee. Kajabi meters the business: Basic allows five products, 2,500 contacts, one community and two admin users, Growth 50 products and 25,000 contacts, Pro unlimited products and three communities. Skool gives a community more room to grow before the price moves.

   Edge: Skool

4. 04

   Tax and invoicing

   Skool acts as merchant of record: it charges VAT to members at checkout on top of the price you set and remits it, so your payout is unaffected. Kajabi's Sales Tax feature calculates and collects tax at checkout and produces reports for filing, which leaves the return with the seller. For a creator with buyers in several countries, Skool removes more of the work.

   Edge: Skool

Is Skool a replacement for Kajabi?

Only if you do not need Kajabi's marketing side. Skool has no funnels, no email marketing and almost no design control, by design. It replaces the community and a simple classroom. A seller relying on funnels and segmentation would need other tools alongside it.

Which costs less, Skool or Kajabi?

Skool. Its plans are $9 a month with a 10% transaction fee or $99 a month with 2.9%. Kajabi starts at $179 a month, or $143 billed yearly, plus payment processing of 2.9% and $0.30.

Kajabi's fee makes sense mainly when it replaces separate email, funnel and website subscriptions.

Do Skool or Kajabi handle VAT on course sales?

Skool does: it states it is responsible for collecting and remitting VAT as a marketplace, adding the tax at checkout according to the member's location.

Kajabi calculates and collects sales tax at checkout through Kajabi Payments and generates filing reports, so you still submit the return yourself.

Do Skool and Kajabi take a percentage of sales?

Skool charges a transaction fee of 10% on Hobby and 2.9% on Pro.

Kajabi says it takes no revenue share as a platform, but Kajabi Payments costs 2.9% plus $0.30 on Basic, and using a third-party provider instead adds a fee of 2% on Basic, 1% on Growth and 0.5% on Pro.

• Skool pricing page: Skool plan prices, transaction fees and unlimited members, courses and live calls.
• Skool VAT FAQs: Skool collecting and remitting VAT as merchant of record.
• Kajabi pricing page: Kajabi plan prices, product, contact and community limits, payment and third-party fees.
• Kajabi Payments page: Kajabi Sales Tax calculating and collecting at checkout with filing reports.