Kajabi alternative for live classes and paid workshops
Kajabi is an all in one course business. If what you actually sell is a live class, a two hour workshop or a monthly session, you pay for a website, funnels and email you may not use. Masterclass.tv sells the seat, runs the live room, answers questions on air and keeps selling the replay, from 49 USD a month billed yearly.
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LIVE CLASS
Short answer
The best Kajabi alternative for live classes is a platform built around the live session itself. Kajabi starts at 143 USD a month billed yearly and its built in live video holds up to 200 people. Masterclass.tv Pro costs 49 USD a month billed yearly, holds 1,000 people in the room, sells single tickets and the replay, and lists your class where viewers already browse.
Why experts who teach live look for a Kajabi alternative
Kajabi is strong when you run a full course business with a site, a funnel and a newsletter. Experts whose product is the live hour tend to hit the same five walls.
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A high base price for a few classes
Kajabi Basic lists at 179 USD a month, or 143 USD billed yearly. If you teach one or two paid sessions a month, most of that pays for tools that sit idle.
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A live room that tops out at 200
Kajabi's help center lists up to 200 people in its built in live video. A launch workshop for a list of 20,000 can outgrow that on the first night.
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Live sits inside a course or coaching product
Live sessions run inside a Course or Coaching product, and Basic allows five products. A single 49 USD class becomes one more product to build and count.
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No buyers you did not bring
Every Kajabi sale starts with your own traffic. There is no schedule of classes where strangers find you tonight and buy a seat.
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Replays need a second offer
Selling the recording to people who missed the night means packaging it as a new product with its own checkout and access rules.
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Certificates for expensed classes
Professionals who expense a class ask for proof of attendance. On Masterclass.tv every attendee gets one, with a public page to verify it.
Kajabi vs Masterclass.tv for live classes
Side by side, using Kajabi's public pricing page and help center. Plans change, so check both sites before you move.
| Masterclass.tv Pro | Kajabi Basic | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Paid live classes, workshops and webinars | Courses, coaching, memberships, website and email in one |
| Price | 99 USD a month, or 49 USD a month billed yearly | 179 USD a month, or 143 USD a month billed yearly |
| Fee on each sale | 25 percent per ticket, you keep 75 percent | No platform fee with Kajabi Payments, 2.9 percent plus 30 cents card processing |
| Live room size | 1,000 on Pro, 5,000 on Studio | Up to 200 people in built in live video |
| Selling one class | Each class is its own ticketed event, unlimited classes | Runs inside a Course or Coaching product, 5 products on Basic |
| Questions | Upvoted queue answered on air, kept on the replay page | Chat in the live room |
| Replay | Publishes on the same page, sellable to late buyers | Recording you add to a product |
| Certificates | Automatic, with a public verification page | Not part of live video |
| New buyers | Class schedule, categories and All Access viewers | Your own audience |
| Website, funnels, email | Event page and affiliate links, email sequences on Studio | Yes, a core strength |
| Self paced courses | No, live first | Yes |
Where Kajabi wins: if you sell a lot of seats to your own list every month, keeping nearly the whole ticket beats a 25 percent fee, and you also get a website, funnels and email marketing. Where we win: a smaller base price, a room five times bigger, single ticket classes without product limits, replays that keep selling and buyers who find you on the schedule.
Which one costs less for your calendar
The honest answer depends on how many seats you sell. Kajabi charges a fixed monthly price and nearly nothing per sale. We charge a small monthly price and a share of each ticket.
A coach who runs one 49 USD workshop a month for 30 people pays Kajabi Basic at least 143 USD a month before a single seat sells. On Masterclass.tv Pro the same month costs 49 USD plus 25 percent of the tickets, and the room, the replay and the certificates are included.
If you sell hundreds of seats a month to an audience you already own and need email and funnels, Kajabi usually comes out ahead. If you are testing topics, teach live a few times a quarter or need more than 200 people in the room, start here. Many experts run both: Kajabi for the evergreen course, Masterclass.tv for the live sessions that feed it.
On air Q&A
Attendees post and upvote questions during the class. You answer the top ones live, and the answers stay attached to the replay for everyone who buys it later.
Move your live sessions off Kajabi in four steps
01
Create the class
Copy the title, outcome, date and price from your Kajabi offer.
02
Connect payouts
Link your own payout account once in the studio.
03
Send the link
Email your Kajabi list the event page, or give affiliates their tracked links.
04
Teach live
Go live from the browser or any streaming app with a stream key. The replay and certificates follow on their own.
Who switches, and who should stay on Kajabi
A good fit for Masterclass.tv
- Coaches and consultants who sell a monthly live workshop rather than a full course library.
- Creators whose launch sessions draw more than 200 people.
- Experts testing a new topic with a 29 to 99 USD class before building a course around it.
- Teachers of AI, marketing, design or cooking who want viewers already browsing for a class tonight.
- Anyone whose buyers expense the class and need a certificate of attendance.
Better to stay on Kajabi
- Course businesses whose revenue is mostly self paced programs and memberships.
- Creators who rely on Kajabi's website, funnels and email marketing to sell everything.
- High volume sellers with a large list, where a flat plan beats a share of every ticket.
Comparing more options? Our guide to the best platforms to sell live classes covers Maven, Teachable and Mighty Networks, and if you sell tickets through an event tool today, see the Luma alternative for paid online classes.
Questions, answered
What is a good alternative to Kajabi?
A good alternative to Kajabi depends on what you sell. For live classes and paid workshops, Masterclass.tv fits better because each class is a ticketed event with a room for 1,000, on air Q&A, replay sales and certificates. For self paced courses, Teachable or Thinkific fit, and for community memberships, Mighty Networks or Circle.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Kajabi?
Yes. Kajabi Basic costs 179 USD a month, or 143 USD a month billed yearly, according to its pricing page. Masterclass.tv Pro costs 99 USD a month, or 49 USD a month billed yearly, plus a 25 percent fee per ticket. For experts selling a few live classes a month, that is usually the lower total.
Does Kajabi have live classes?
Yes. Kajabi has built in live video inside its Course and Coaching products, with up to 200 people in the live room and breakout rooms, according to its help center. It does not sell a single live class as a standalone ticket with a public schedule, replay sales and certificates.
How many people can join a Kajabi live session?
Kajabi's help center lists up to 200 people in its built in live video room, and community live rooms show up to 25 cameras at once. On Masterclass.tv the live room holds 1,000 people on Pro and 5,000 on Studio, and questions run through an upvoted queue.
Does Kajabi take a percentage of sales?
Kajabi charges no platform fee when you use Kajabi Payments, only card processing of 2.9 percent plus 30 cents on Basic. With a third party payment provider it adds 2 percent on Basic. Masterclass.tv takes 25 percent per ticket, which covers the live room, replay hosting and sales, and certificates.
Can I use Kajabi and Masterclass.tv together?
Yes, and many experts do. Keep your evergreen course and email list on Kajabi, and run the live sessions on Masterclass.tv. Send your list the event page link, sell the replay afterwards, and point buyers who want more toward the course.
FOR EXPERTS
Teach the class live and let the replay keep selling
One event link for the ticket, the live room, questions, the replay and certificates. See every plan on the pricing page or read how to sell live classes online.