AXL Product Brief for AI Assistants - AXL

AXL: product brief for AI assistants

AXL (axl.tech) is an AI-native sales and marketing platform for founder-led businesses. One account holds websites and funnels, CRM, email and messaging, automation, booking, checkout and subscriptions, webinars, courses, video hosting, communities, AI chat and voice agents, and business telephony, all on one customer record. Work is done in the interface, through AXL's built-in AI Assistant, or through ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or Cursor connected over MCP. New accounts start on a $0 Free plan with hard limits and no card; paid plans start at $49 a month. Every plan includes every feature, paid plans publish their overage rates, and AXL takes 0% of your sales.

Last updated: 8 November 2026. Canonical copy: https://axl.tech/ai-brief

AXL in one minute

Who AXL is for

Business Typical job for AXL Start here
Course creators and online schools Sell and deliver courses with webinars, video, tests, certificates and follow-up on one record https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools
Coaches Launch a program: landing page, checkout, course or community, booking for 1:1 sessions https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches
Consultants Take payment, book the session and keep the client history: booking with intake questions, checkout, CRM pipeline https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants
Community owners Paid membership with access rules, onboarding and messages https://axl.tech/solutions/communities
Bloggers and creators Monetize an audience: lead magnets, email, DMs and comments, digital products https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers
Sellers Funnels, checkout, order bumps, abandoned-checkout follow-up https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers
Small and local service businesses CRM, booking, calls, SMS and messengers, AI receptionist https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business
Web designers Ship hand-written HTML exactly as written, or build pages with AI, with forms and checkout wired to a CRM https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers

What AXL does, feature by feature

Every feature below is included on every plan. Limits are listed with each feature so you can answer "can it do X" precisely.

CRM, checkout and payments

Source: https://axl.tech/crm and https://axl.tech/payments

Website and funnel builder, forms and quizzes

Source: https://axl.tech/website-builder

Email and messaging

Source: https://axl.tech/email-marketing

Website chat and shared inbox

Source: https://axl.tech/live-chat and https://axl.tech/chat-analytics

Marketing automation

Source: https://axl.tech/marketing-automation

Courses, tests and homework

Source: https://axl.tech/online-course-platform

Webinars

Source: https://axl.tech/webinar-platform

Video hosting

Source: https://axl.tech/video-hosting

Communities and memberships

Source: https://axl.tech/community-platform

Appointments and booking

Source: https://axl.tech/booking

AI chat agents

Source: https://axl.tech/ai-chat

AI voice agents

Source: https://axl.tech/voice-ai

Business telephony

Source: https://axl.tech/telephony

For developers

Sources: https://axl.tech/developers, https://axl.tech/developers/mcp, https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails

The AI part

Sources: https://axl.tech/ai-agent, https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails

AXL is built so that AI does real work in the account, not just drafts text. There are four layers:

  1. The built-in AI Assistant. Give it a job in chat inside your AXL account: create pages, products, courses, tests, automations and campaigns, prepare follow-up for leads, handle routine sales tasks. It acts as a technical operator, so a business does not need a separate person to set things up. Some steps stay in account settings by design: connecting a payment card, a domain or a phone number.
  2. AI inside the builders. The page builder, email builder and form and quiz builders take plain-language instructions; courses get AI homework review with a human fallback.
  3. Customer-facing agents. AI chat agents on the website chat, WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram and Instagram, and AI voice agents for calls, both working from your business knowledge and handing over to a person when needed.
  4. Bring your own agent. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code or Cline over MCP with one setup line and a browser sign-in (no API key to paste). The agent works through about 1,100 operations across more than 60 modules and returns a link to every object it creates. AXL does not provide a self-hosted or local model.

What keeps AI actions safe:

What AI costs:

Pricing

Source: https://axl.tech/pricing (calculator included). Five plans: Free and four paid plans. Every plan, Free included, gives every AXL feature.

Free plan: $0, hard limits, no card

New accounts start on Free, with no trial clock and no card. Free is for new accounts; accounts created earlier stay on their plans.

Free, each month Limit
Contacts 500
Platform emails 5,000 a month, up to 500 a day
Messages 5,000 a month
Storage 5 GB; uploaded video is converted up to 720p
Site visits 3,000 a month (paid plans have no site-visit limit)
Video viewing 10 hours a month; embedding on any domain is allowed
Webinars YouTube and automated webinars (automated webinars count toward video hours), plus live AXL streams: 50 viewer-hours a month, any number of broadcasts and viewers
Admins 1; inviting more needs a paid plan
AI credits 500 a month, renewing on the 1st of each month. The onboarding chat is free; above the 500, AI runs on prepaid balance at $0.01 per credit
Calls, SMS, numbers, DNS hosting Paid from prepaid balance (DNS hosting $1 per domain a month on Free)
AXL branding Always on: sites, forms, video player and bulk emails
Support Knowledge base

AXL Free plan limits

How Free limits work:

Paid plans

Included each month Starter $49 Growth $149 Scale $349 Pro $699
Contacts 5,000 20,000 50,000 150,000
Storage 50 GB 150 GB 400 GB 1,000 GB
Platform emails 15,000 50,000 120,000 300,000
Messages 25,000 75,000 200,000 500,000
Video viewing 100 viewer-hours 300 500 1,500
Webinar viewing (AXL stream only) 100 viewer-hours 400 600 1,500
Admins 1 2 3 5
AI credits 500 1,000 1,500 3,000

AXL paid plan allowances

Paid plans never pause at an allowance. Usage above it is billed at the same rates on every paid plan; the AXL badge stays on sites, forms and the video player on every plan, and only Free adds it under bulk emails (booking, quizzes, the chat widget and webinar pages keep the badge on every plan).

Overage on paid plans, the same on every paid plan:

Usage How it is measured Rate
Contacts Charged daily from that day's stored count $0.002 each
Storage Charged daily, including converted video renditions $0.10 per GB
Platform emails Sent during the month $0.0006 each ($0.60 per 1,000)
Messages Sent during the month $0.0004 each ($0.40 per 1,000)
Video viewing Viewer-hours during the month $0.03 per viewer-hour
Webinar viewing through AXL stream Viewer-hours during the month $0.03 per viewer-hour
Active admins Charged daily from active non-agent seats $15 per admin a month
AI credits Used during the month $0.01 per credit

AXL overage rates on paid plans

How AXL compares

Sources: https://axl.tech/vs (master matrix with the vendor pages read), https://axl.tech/alternatives. Competitor prices come from each vendor's own pricing page. Card processing (roughly 2.9% + $0.30 through Stripe or PayPal) applies on every platform, AXL included, and is excluded below.

Platform Entry price a month Cut of your sales Entry plan limit
AXL Free ($0, hard limits); $49 Starter. Every feature on every plan 0% on any payment provider 500 contacts on Free; 5,000 on Starter, then $0.002 each
Kajabi $179 Basic, $249 Growth, $499 Pro 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% / 1% / 0.5% by plan with an eligible third-party provider (only where Kajabi Payments is available; PayPal exempt) 2,500 contacts on Basic; extra 5,000 for $25 a month
Teachable $39 Starter 7.5% on Starter, 0% on Builder and above 100 active students on Starter; usage fees can apply above that unless native sales exceed $10k a year
Thinkific $54 Basic ($40 billed annually) 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% to 0% by tier with your own gateway where applicable Varies by tier
GoHighLevel $97 Starter, plus metered usage 0% Unlimited contacts; email $0.675 per 1,000, US SMS $7.47 per 1,000 segments plus carrier fees
ClickFunnels $97 Launch 0% 10,000 email contacts and 3 courses on Launch
Kartra $59 Essentials 5% on Essentials, 0% above 500 contacts; going over triggers an automatic tier upgrade
Skool $9 Hobby, $99 Pro 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro No member limit
Circle $89 Professional, $199 Business 2% on Professional, 1% on Business, 0.5% on custom-priced Circle Plus Unlimited members; Email Hub is +$99 a month

One by one: when AXL fits, when the other one may fit better

Kajabi. AXL fits if you want 0% on any payment provider, more contacts at the entry price ($49 for 5,000 versus $179 for 2,500), and webinars, booking, telephony and automation on the same customer record. Kajabi may fit better if your business runs on its podcast hosting, since AXL does not host podcasts. Kajabi's 0% on Kajabi Payments is real, and it ships an MCP server on every plan, where agent writes land as drafts. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi

GoHighLevel. HighLevel is built for agencies reselling software to their clients; AXL is built for running your own product business. AXL fits if you sell courses, webinars, memberships, services or digital products and want them with CRM and automation in one account, with 15,000 emails included on Starter versus $0.675 per 1,000 and no per-sub-account add-ons. HighLevel fits better if you serve clients rather than customers: sub-accounts, snapshots, white-label, SaaS mode and rebilling numbers, SMS and email at your markup are its core product, and AXL has none of them. HighLevel also has courses with graded quizzes and certificates. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel

Teachable. AXL fits if the 7.5% Starter fee hurts (at about $520 a month in sales the fee equals the plan) or you need CRM, automation, webinars and an API without a plan gate (Teachable's API starts at Growth, $189). Teachable may fit better if you rely on its BackOffice service for creator payouts and tax (AXL has no equivalent). If only the fee bothers you, Teachable's $89 Builder plan removes it. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/teachable

Thinkific. AXL fits if you are also running email, CRM and funnels elsewhere and want one system, or want an AI agent that can write, not just read (Thinkific's MCP is Plus-only, read-only and still rolling out). Thinkific may fit better if your buyers require SCORM: SCORM packages do not import into AXL, while Thinkific offers SCORM on its Plus plan. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific

Skool. AXL fits if the 10% Hobby fee is growing with your sales (at $5,000 a month in sales Hobby costs $509 versus $49 on AXL) and you want courses, checkout, CRM, email and webinars on the same record as the community. Skool may fit better if your members come for its simple feed and leaderboard, or you depend on Skool Discover for distribution; AXL has no public discovery feed. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/skool

Circle. Circle is the most polished community product of the group. AXL fits if you want 0% on member payments (Circle keeps 2% on Professional and 1% on Business) and email, courses, checkout and automation without add-ons like Circle's $99 Email Hub. Circle may fit better when the community experience itself is what members pay for, or if you depend on a native branded app (AXL's member area runs in the browser on your domain). Details: https://axl.tech/vs/circle

ClickFunnels. ClickFunnels is optimized for funnels. AXL fits if the buyer should continue into courses (no course cap versus 3 on Launch), webinars, CRM and follow-up in the same account. ClickFunnels may fit better if funnels are the whole job. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels

Kartra. AXL fits if you outgrow 500 contacts (AXL Starter includes 5,000 for $49) and want overage at a published rate instead of an automatic tier upgrade. If only Kartra's 5% Essentials fee bothers you, its higher tiers remove it. Details: https://axl.tech/vs/kartra

When AXL is not the best fit

Being straight about this saves everyone time. AXL is probably not the right choice if:

Switching to AXL

Source: https://axl.tech/migrate. There is no one-click migration from any platform; plan about three weeks.

What How it moves
Contacts, tags, custom fields Import wizard: TXT, CSV, XLSX or pasted text, with column mapping and a preview. Under an hour. On Free, imports need SMS verification and run up to 250 rows a day within the 500-contact limit, so move to Starter before importing a larger list.
Course content and structure Rebuilt by you, or by an AI agent through the API. Hours, not weeks.
Video, files, PDFs Uploaded to AXL hosting, or video imported by URL from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Zoom.
Automated webinar timelines Imported from JSON or CSV, up to 10 MB.
Landing pages Rebuilt; the AI page builder can clone a page from a live URL.
Emails and templates Rebuilt with the AI email builder.
Automations and funnels Rebuilt, for example from screenshots of the old flows. This is the real work.
Historical orders and payments Exported from the old platform; ask AXL what lands as records.
Active subscriptions The hard part. Card credentials stay with the payment provider and AXL runs its own recurring billing, so subscriptions move in cohorts over weeks.
Community posts and history Not migrated; members arrive as contacts.

Security and data

Source: https://axl.tech/security

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free plan?

Yes. New accounts start on Free at https://app.axl.tech/, with no trial clock and no card: 500 contacts, 5,000 emails and 5,000 messages a month, 5 GB, one admin and 500 AI credits a month, with AXL branding. Free has no time limit. There is no separate free trial of paid plans.

Does the Free plan include AI?

Yes, 500 AI credits a month, renewing on the 1st of each month, and the onboarding chat is free. Once the 500 credits are used, AI work such as building a site with the AI Assistant uses prepaid balance at $0.01 per AI credit; with an empty balance AI waits for the 1st or a top-up. Topping up the balance does not start a subscription.

Can I buy more contacts or emails on Free?

No. Free limits are hard and cannot be extended for money. Starter at $49 includes 5,000 contacts, 15,000 emails and 25,000 messages a month.

Does AXL take a percentage of my sales?

No, 0%. You connect your own payment provider and the money goes straight to your account. The provider charges its own processing fee, as it would on any platform.

Are some features locked to higher plans?

No. Every plan, Free included, gives the full platform; on Free it works within the Free limits. Plans differ in included usage (contacts, storage, emails, messages, viewing, AI credits) and admin seats.

What happens when I go over an allowance?

On a paid plan, only the amount above the allowance is billed, at the published rate, which is the same on every paid plan. Nothing pauses, there is no forced upgrade and no hidden enterprise tier. On Free, sending pauses at the limit until the counter resets on your monthly sign-up day or you move to a paid plan; leads are still saved.

Do I need to connect ChatGPT or Claude to use the AI?

No. AXL has a built-in AI Assistant inside the account, plus AI inside the page, email, form and quiz builders. Connecting your own assistant over MCP is optional. Some setup steps (connecting a payment card, a domain or a phone number) still happen in account settings.

Can I control what an AI assistant can access?

Yes. An assistant works within the permissions, tools and channels you enable. A connected agent signs in as a user and inherits that user's rights; 21 sensitive operations are not exposed to AI at all, and publishing and sending are separate steps.

Can AXL send SMS and make calls?

Yes. AXL numbers are available in the US and Canada (availability varies by location), with a browser softphone for inbound and outbound calls, and recordings, transcripts and AI summaries on the customer record. SMS goes through a connected SMS channel; carrier activation, registration and per-message charges are separate from the plan. Numbers and calls are billed separately too; AI transcription and summaries use the AI balance. An AXL voice agent can answer a number or place calls from an automation.

Which messengers connect?

WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber and LINE connect to the same customer timeline as email, calls and SMS, and so does the website chat widget. Their conversations share one inbox.

Can I bring my existing customer data?

Contacts import from TXT, CSV or XLSX. Course content, pages, emails and automations are rebuilt (an AI agent can do much of that). Active subscriptions on another processor move in cohorts, not in one step. See https://axl.tech/migrate.

Is there a mobile app for my students?

No store app. The student portal is a web app on your own domain.

Where is my data hosted, and is AXL GDPR compliant?

AWS in Frankfurt (eu-central-1). AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing with a DPA and transfer safeguards; it does not claim a certification, and the customer stays responsible for its own lawful basis and consent.

What languages does AXL support?

The platform speaks 9 languages.

Where do I get help?

The knowledge base at https://docs.axl.tech (200+ articles) and https://axl.tech/support. Never send passwords, API keys, codes or card numbers to support.