01
Pain
Steep starting price for serious features
Custom domains, removing the platform badge, and the higher contact and product caps live on the mid+ tiers. Solo teachers feel pushed to upgrade before they have the revenue to justify it.
All-in-one creator platform · Kajabi alternative
Looking for a smarter Kajabi alternative?
Kajabi pioneered the all-in-one creator platform — and creators love the breadth. The two things we hear most from teams leaving: the steep starting price gates serious features behind the higher tiers, and live cohort classes still need a third-party tool bolted on. Here's the same breadth at a fraction of the entry cost, with a real live-class room built into every plan.
- Live cohort classes built in — not a third-party embed
- Whiteboard + 25+ templates inside every class
- Free Starter forever (no 14-day-trial pressure)
- UPI + WhatsApp + Hindi / Tamil out of the box
Kajabi → The Big ClassSide-by-side
Kajabi
Today
Live classes
Whiteboard
Quiz templates
UPI + WhatsApp
Commissionevery sale
switch
The Big Class
From day one
Live classes
Whiteboard25+ templates
Quiz templates18 templates
UPI + WhatsApp
Commissionzero · ₹0
Net wedges5 of 5 categories
Cost example
On ₹6,00,000/ month, here’s the swing.
Numbers below use public pricing. Plug in your own revenue on the pricing page to see your specific math.
Your Kajabi bill
Today₹12,500
per month
0% transaction fee, high subscription floor₹0
Subscription floor₹12,500
Scales linearly with your sales
Double your revenue → roughly double the bill.
Your Big Class bill
After switch₹2,500
per month, Studio plan · flat
Per-transaction commission₹0
Flat subscription₹2,500
Stays flat regardless of sales
Hit ₹50 lakh / month → still the same bill.
Your monthly swing
+₹10,000
≈ ₹1,20,000 back in your pocket every year — at this revenue level.
See full pricingWhy teachers and creators move on
The recurring patterns we hear from Kajabi users.
We've onboarded teachers from every category of platform. These are the same complaints, again and again.
02
Pain
Live classes aren't native
Hosting a cohort means pasting a third-party meeting URL and managing attendance + recording outside the platform. There's no built-in room with polls, raised hands, or chapter-marked recordings.
03
Pain
Community is functional but separate-feeling
Kajabi Communities ship as their own surface. The cohort feed, posts, and mentions work — but the integration with courses and live classes feels assembled rather than woven.
04
Pain
Whiteboard? Not really.
Teaching Class 5 maths, Class 11 chemistry, or a coding workshop? You'd need a separate hosted whiteboard licence on top — Kajabi doesn't ship one.
05
Pain
USD-first, no UPI
Built for the US creator market. UPI / Razorpay-style native checkout means manual integration. WhatsApp notifications aren't a built-in delivery channel.
What you get instead
Four promises Kajabidoesn’t make.
💰
Zero commission on what you earn
Most Kajabi sellers we've talked to wanted a flat subscription with no per-sale percentage. That's what we ship — payments settle from your own gateway account straight to your bank, and the platform never sees the money.
Promise 1 of 4 · in writing
📤
Your students, exportable any day
Your students, your courses, your orders — all exportable to CSV or JSON in one click on every plan (including the free Starter tier). No "upgrade to export" gate.
Promise 2 of 4 · in writing
🧩
All-in-one, not seven tools
Kajabi typically covers 2-3 surfaces and assumes you'll bolt the rest with other subscriptions. We ship live classes + courses + community + whiteboard + quizzes + certificates + the analytics view — one login, one student record, one bill.
Promise 3 of 4 · in writing
🇮🇳
India-first, global-ready
UPI native, WhatsApp notifications built in, Hindi and Tamil portals out of the box. INR pricing without the FX dance. Indian coaching centres and creators don't have to retrofit a US-built platform.
Promise 4 of 4 · in writing
Side by side
Kajabi vs. The Big Class.
We checked the rival's current public pricing + feature pages before publishing every cell. Hover any “partial” row for the caveat.
| Feature | Kajabi | The Big Class |
|---|---|---|
Live classes built into the platform Schedule, host, record without renting a third-party seat. | ||
Recordings with chapters + transcript Auto-chapter markers parsed from the transcript; chat persists alongside the video. | ||
Whiteboard with 25+ templates K-12 grade-band scaffolds, brainstorms, SWOT, mind maps. Multi-cursor. | ||
Quizzes with 18 ready templates Including entrance-prep scaffolds (JEE / NEET / GMAT) + code review + essay rubrics. | ||
Cohort community with @-mentions Post types (Announcement / Question / Win / Discussion), member directory. | ||
Certificates with designer + verify 17+ templates, drag-drop designer, bulk-issue from CSV, public verify URL. | ||
Zero commission on creator earnings Flat subscription, no per-transaction skim by the platform. | ||
Workspace export (CSV / JSON) Per-entity + full-workspace dump on every plan, free tier included. | ||
India-native (UPI + WhatsApp + INR) Native UPI checkout, WhatsApp notifications, Hindi / Tamil portals. |
ships todaypartial / caveatsdoesn’t ship
How to switch
The Kajabi → The Big Class migration, in 5 steps.
Most teams are fully migrated inside a weekend. You don't lose your roster, your courses, or your branding.
1
Step 1
Export your student roster from Kajabi (most platforms ship a CSV under "Students" or "Members"). Map the columns to name + email + WhatsApp.
2
Step 2
Bulk-import the CSV into /dashboard/students. We dedupe by email so re-running the import is safe.
3
Step 3
Recreate your courses — the curriculum builder lets you drag modules + lessons, paste video embed URLs, and upload PDFs without a wizard. Most teams get 5 courses across in an afternoon.
4
Step 4
Apply your brand — logo, primary colour, custom domain. The portal-template picker has 7 starting points if you want to refresh the look while you're at it.
5
Step 5
Send a one-shot announcement to your students that you've moved, with the new portal URL. The in-app + email + WhatsApp dispatcher fires once; reminders auto-schedule if you want.
Most teams finish over one weekend
Stuck mid-migration? Email us — we'll walk through the CSV mapping or migration scripts with you on a call. No upsell.
The switching framework
The five questions worth answering before you switch.
We'd rather show you our honest scorecard than paste a stock review.
Decision checklist · Kajabi → The Big Class
Does it ship live cohort tooling that respects classroom dynamics?
Q195%Is my data exportable on every plan, including the free tier?
Q2100%Will my bill stay flat as my sales grow?
Q390%Does it speak Indian-first (UPI, WhatsApp, INR, vernacular)?
Q4100%Can I migrate over a weekend without losing my roster?
Q585%
5/5 on our own checklist
The Bill of Rights Common questions
From teachers leaving Kajabi.
Is The Big Class really cheaper than Kajabi?
On the entry tier, yes — meaningfully. Free Starter ships unlimited students up to a cap; paid plans are flat fees with the same surfaces unlocked on every tier (no 'upgrade to remove our branding' tax).
Do I lose the email / pipeline features?
We ship a notifications dispatcher (in-app + email + WhatsApp) but don't try to replace a dedicated email marketing platform. Most teams keep their email tool and let us handle the in-product delivery.
Can I host live classes today?
Yes — every plan ships the LiveKit-powered room with polls, raised hands, in-class agenda, and auto-chaptered recordings. No third-party meeting tool required.
What about my Kajabi pipelines and funnels?
Recreate the landing pages with our portal page builder (drag-arranged sections, custom HTML, per-page SEO). Email sequences live in your email tool; we hook into them via the API.
How does data export work?
Per-entity CSV / JSON export is one click from /dashboard/portal/profile. A full workspace dump (every course, student, order, certificate, blog post, brand asset) is also available.
Compare other alternatives
Evaluating more than one platform?
Each comparison is built the same way, so you can hold Kajabi up against the rest.
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See comparisonGet the same breadth at the entry tier.
Free Starter forever. No credit card. Cancel any day. The export button still works.
One-click export works on every plan · even Starter