Kajabi vs LearnDash Comparison 2026
Both cover courses & coaching. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Courses, funnels and email under one roof
Turn a WordPress site into a course platform
At a glance
- Kajabi starts cheaper, at $143.
- Neither has a free tier.
- LearnDash bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.
Side by side
Kajabi | LearnDash | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $143 | From $259 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing (they differ) | Monthly or annual | Annual only |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Kajabi
Courses, funnels and email under one roof
Kajabi is the expensive end of course platforms and sells the reason for it plainly: landing pages, email, checkout, community and the course itself all built by one company, so nothing has to be wired together. Coaches with a working offer tend to stay. Anybody still testing whether the offer works is paying several hundred a month to find out.
Our note
This is the expensive end of the category by a distance, and the money buys one bill and one support line rather than a better course player. Worth it once the offer is proven. An expensive way to find out whether it sells.
Only on this side
- Covers landing pages & funnels
- Covers memberships & subscriptions
LearnDash
Turn a WordPress site into a course platform
LearnDash is the answer for somebody who already has a WordPress site and does not want their course living on somebody else's domain. Lessons, quizzes, drip schedules and certificates all become part of the site you own, and the payment plugin is your choice rather than theirs. Hosting, backups and the security of that site stay your problem. That is the whole trade against a hosted platform.
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