Alternatives to Kajabi, Skool, Circle and 5 More - AXL
Alternatives to eight popular platforms
Eight guides, one per platform. Each compares eight to ten replacements on price, fees and limits, including ones we do not sell.
Pick the one you are leaving
The line under each title is the reason people usually arrive at it.
Kajabi alternatives
Kajabi Basic is $179 a month with 2,500 contacts. Growth is $249 with 25,000 contacts, and another 5,000-contact block costs $25 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). Compared: AXL, Teachable, Thinkific, Kartra, ClickFunnels, Circle and Skool.
Teachable alternatives
Three walls, one plan: the 7.5% Starter fee, the 100-active-student ceiling, and a REST API that starts at $189 Growth (teachable.com/pricing).
Thinkific alternatives
For the renewal notice, or the outside email tool you quietly pay for. AXL connects courses to email, CRM, checkout, webinars and automation in one account.
GoHighLevel alternatives
For people who found the learning curve, per-sub-account add-ons or limited agent scopes harder than the demo suggested. AXL exposes roughly 1,100 admin operations for one operating business.
ClickFunnels alternatives
For the fourth course, or for agent access without the $197 tier and its technical-preview caveat (clickfunnels.com/pricing and support.myclickfunnels.com).
Kartra alternatives
For people who crossed 2,500 contacts onto $229 a month for list size alone (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). The bundle is wide; the meter is your database.
Skool alternatives
For a business that has outgrown the feed: AXL adds CRM, checkout, email, webinars, booking, automation and 0% of sales.
Circle alternatives
For people adding up $89, plus 2% of sales, plus $99 for Email Hub, plus $199 for unlimited workflows and agent access (circle.so/pricing).
What sends people looking, platform by platform
| Leaving | What usually starts the search | What AXL adds |
|---|---|---|
| Kajabi | Contact limits change by plan. Basic includes 2,500, Growth includes 25,000, and extra 5,000-contact blocks cost $25 a month. | All features on every plan, 0% of sales, and one record across checkout, CRM, webinars, telephony and automation. |
| Teachable | The 7.5% Starter fee, the 100-active-student ceiling, or a REST API that starts at $189 a month. | Websites, CRM, webinars, community, messaging, telephony and full automation without a feature gate. |
| Thinkific | The ~10% increase effective for renewals, or years of paying for an outside email tool alongside it. | A built-in sales and marketing stack plus AI that creates live work across the platform. |
| GoHighLevel | The learning curve, the per-sub-account add-ons, the email warm-up. AI Employee across ten sub-accounts adds $500 to $970 a month on top of $297. | A single-business operating model with broader agent access, native courses and native webinars. |
| ClickFunnels | The fourth course. Launch allows three at $97; the fourth, and the MCP server, both live at $197. | A customer journey that continues after checkout into delivery, CRM, community, messaging and support. |
| Kartra | Crossing 2,500 contacts onto the $229 plan for list size alone, or the 5% fee and one-product limit at $59. | A $49 entry plan, every feature included, public overage rates and AI access on every plan. |
| Skool | A percentage with no ceiling (10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro), plus no published API, no member tagging and no email marketing. | Community connected to CRM, checkout, email, webinars, booking and automation, with 0% of sales taken. |
| Circle | The stack: $89 plus 2% of sales, $99 for Email Hub, $199 for workflows and agent access. Each step is small; the total is not. | Community, email, workflows and agent access in one plan family instead of separate add-ons. |
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Import your contacts, rebuild one funnel and compare the numbers while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates.