These two products answer different questions. Kajabi answers: "I'm a marketer — give me every tool." TeachClub answers: "I'm a teacher — build it and teach it for me." Neither answer is wrong, but paying for the wrong one is expensive, so here's the honest map. Facts checked September 17, 2026 — including Kajabi's January 2026 price increase, which many comparison pages still miss.
The core difference in one paragraph
Kajabi hands you a professional toolbox: course builder, website builder, email platform, funnel builder, CRM. You assemble the business from those parts — record the lessons, design the pages, wire the automations. TeachClub inverts it: describe what you teach, and the AI builds the school — curriculum, lessons, sales page, checkout — then teaches your students interactively after launch. One sells capability; the other sells a running school.
Price and fees, side by side
| Kajabi | TeachClub | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Basic — $179/mo ($143/mo annual) | Teacher — $27/mo |
| Mid / upper plans | Growth $249/mo · Pro $499/mo | Club — $69/mo |
| Entry limits | 5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 website | 1 school, 100 students |
| Platform cut of sales | 0% on native checkout (0.5–2% surcharge if you use your own Stripe) | You keep 60% via built-in checkout — or sell via your own funnel for a flat per-seat fee |
| Payment setup | You configure it | Built in — one PayPal email to get paid |
| Course creation | You record and assemble | AI builds it from your description |
| Who teaches students | Your videos | The AI, interactively, from your material |
| Time to a working school | Weeks–months of assembly | An afternoon |
The crossover math (when each is cheaper)
Kajabi's model is high fixed cost, no revenue cut; TeachClub's is low fixed cost plus a share. So there IS a revenue level where Kajabi becomes cheaper on paper — around $5,500/month in course sales (where 40% of sales ≈ Kajabi's $2,148+/year subscription gap plus your processing costs). Below that line — where nearly every starting teacher lives — TeachClub is dramatically cheaper. Above it, the comparison stops being about fees anyway: it's about whether you'd rather run marketing infrastructure or have the teaching handled. And the honest footnote: a TeachClub teacher at that level can route bigger sales through their own funnel at a flat per-seat fee, which moves the crossover far higher.
What Kajabi genuinely does better
- Email marketing and funnels. Kajabi's automation — sequences, tagging, pipelines — is a real marketing platform. TeachClub has broadcasts, coupons, and ad campaigns, not a full CRM.
- Integration ecosystem. A decade of Zapier hooks, analytics tools, and third-party apps. TeachClub is intentionally all-in-one and closed.
- Multi-brand scale. Pro runs 3 websites, 26 admin users, a branded mobile app. If you're an operation with staff, Kajabi's top tier is built for you.
- Maturity. Ten-plus years of edge cases handled. TeachClub is young and ships fast — we say so ourselves.
What TeachClub does that Kajabi doesn't attempt
- The course builds itself — from your description and your uploaded materials, in minutes, no filming required.
- The AI teaches — interactively, adapting per student, answering questions at 2am from your content. Kajabi hosts videos; it doesn't teach.
- Payments exist on day one — no processor setup, no tax configuration; the checkout handles it.
- A $27 entry that's the whole product for one school — not a trial tier with the good parts removed.
Who should pick which
| Pick Kajabi if… | Pick TeachClub if… |
|---|---|
| Marketing automation is your core skill and daily work | Teaching is your core skill and you want the rest handled |
| You already have video content and an email list to migrate | You have knowledge but no content produced yet |
| You're an operation: staff, multiple brands, an app | You're a person: one school, real students, this month |
| $179–499/mo is a rounding error in your budget | $27 is the right size for finding out |
And if you're currently ON Kajabi paying the post-increase rates for features you don't use: you don't have to burn the boats. Build the TeachClub school in an afternoon, run both for a month, and let the students decide. Here's exactly how to bring them over.