# 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](/content/alternatives/kajabi/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/teachable/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/thinkific/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/gohighlevel/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/clickfunnels/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/kartra/index.html)

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](/content/alternatives/skool/index.html)

For a business that has outgrown the feed: AXL adds CRM, checkout, email, webinars, booking, automation and 0% of sales.

### [Circle alternatives](/content/alternatives/circle/index.html)

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. |

## Try the replacement before you cancel anything.

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.