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LearnWorlds — a Kajabi alternative to run a real learning business, not just sell content
Kajabi works well for creators who want to sell content quickly. But if you’re running a learning business, you need more than speed: structured learning paths, custom progression rules, and a platform that you won’t outgrow as you scale. That’s what LearnWorlds is built for.
- Designed for B2B & B2C learning
- Delivers structured learning programs and paths
- SCORM compliant
- Custom completion rules
- 50+ integrations
- Designed for B2C creators
- Delivers simple, flat course offerings
- No SCORM compliance
- Basic completion logic
- 13 integrations
Built for training businesses and learning outcomes
LearnWorlds is not the right fit for everyone. Here’s who thrives with it.
B2B training businesses
You work with multiple clients, each with their own learners. You need private academies, controlled access, bulk enrollment, and clear, client-level reporting.
Regulated and compliance training providers
Healthcare, finance, safety, certification. You need SCORM readiness, clear completion rules, certificates, and reporting that holds up in an audit.
Kajabi users ready to scale
You’ve outgrown Kajabi — hitting walls with B2B sales, compliance needs, or automations. You need a safe migration for hundreds of active learners.
Professional educators thinking long-term
You build programs, not one-off courses. You want learning paths & reports that support B2B later, without having to switch a platform in two years.
When Kajabi might be the better choice
If you’re a solo creator experimenting with your first course, or building a marketing funnel first and foremost — Kajabi is designed exactly for that. LearnWorlds is built for educational outcomes, not creator marketing.
LearnWorlds vs Kajabi
Choosing a platform to build and scale an online training business matters. If you’re comparing LearnWorlds and Kajabi, you’re weighing two strong options built for different priorities. This page breaks down how they compare across learning experience, customization, marketing, and scalability so you can see which one fits your goals.
Feature
LearnWorlds
Kajabi
Interactive video
Automatic video transcription
Natively
In the Creator studio
SCORM & HTML5 support
Course cloning
Assessments
16+ types of quizzes, exams, and assignments
Simple quizzes with limited question banks
Question types in assessments
16
4
AI course creation tools
Course completion rules
Conditional, flexible learning with prerequisites
Limited to chapter unlocks
Lesson types
13+
Video, PDF, SCORM/HTML5, Presentation, Audio, Live session, eBook, Exam, Self-assessment, Form, Certificate, Social activity, Embed
6
Text, video, audio, quiz, assessment, live session
In-course discussions
Notes, highlights, commenting, reactions, and community inside a course
Commenting, community options, and cohort interactions.
Content clone & sync
Course content in multiple languages
Automatic translation via the Weglot integration
Manual translation
Key Takeaways
- LearnWorlds gives you more control over how people learn, not just what they watch. With SCORM support, lesson-level logic, and built-in interactivity, it’s built for educators and businesses who care about depth, flexibility, and real results.
- Kajabi’s course builder is simple and straightforward, and it’s made easier with its AI tools. But while it’s enough for building structured courses, it lacks what you need for building professional learning experiences.
Drag-and-drop builder
Pre-made page templates
Customizable landing pages
Unlimited
Unlimited
Page widgets
Natively built-in
Via paid integration
Pop-ups
Custom CSS/HTML/JavaScript code
Alternative site versions
White-labeling
Full white-labeling
Remove Kajabi logo from parts of the product
Custom domain
Branded school email notifications
Advanced device authoring
Dynamic page content
UI language customization
Full platform and UI localization
Partial – only some customer-facing elements
Right-to-left (RTL) language support
Key Takeaways
- Kajabi’s site builder is easy to use and tightly integrated with its sales funnels and email tools, and their templates are sleek and well-optimized for quick launch. But only LearnWorlds gives you full creative and technical control over your website, with advanced design options and deep customization.
- While both Kajabi and LearnWorlds offer an easy-to-use website builder with dozens of page templates and pre-made blocks, only LearnWorlds supports native multilingual websites and learning environments out of the box.
Payment gateways
12
Stripe, PayPal, Shopify, iDEAL, Bancontact, Przelewy24, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, Afterpay, Boleto, SOFORT
6
Kajabi Payments, Stripe, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Buy Now, Pay Later
Sales funnels
Marketing automations
Coupons & promotions
Subscriptions
Memberships
Course bundles
Learning programs
SEO-ready pages
Cart
Checkout customization
Affiliate program
Blog
Lead generation forms
Integrations
50+
13
Key Takeaways
- Kajabi’s all-in-one setup, including built-in email and visual funnels, makes it a solid choice for creators starting from scratch. But its closed-system approach makes it harder to connect with the rest of your tools, which can become an even bigger problem as you scale.
- By contrast, LearnWorlds offers powerful built-in marketing and integrates easily with your existing tech. So it’s the better choice for those looking to go big with their business, or who have complex operations.
Track individual student progress
Course insights
Certificate tracking
Video engagement heatmaps
Video drop-off points
Quiz and assessment reports
Detailed, per learner & question
Basic quiz completion and assessment results view
Best-performing courses analysis
Detailed course dashboards
Views and enrollments
Activity timelines
Detailed 45+ types of user activity logs
Revenue dashboard
Sales by product
Affiliates reports
Scheduled reports
Create custom reports
Key Takeaways
- LearnWorlds gives you deeper, education-focused insights with detailed learner progress tracking, quiz analytics, engagement heatmaps, and certificate tracking. It’s best suited for businesses that want to measure real learning outcomes and continuously improve course quality in order to drive sales.
- Kajabi focuses more on sales and revenue data, but lacks visibility into learner behavior and content performance. It’s sufficient for basic business tracking, but missing the data depth serious educators or training teams often need.
iOS
Android
Custom app name & icon
Custom app design
Custom logo & color theme
No-code app builder
Full parity with web content
Customizable push notifications
In-app purchases
Offline video mode
2FA
Multiple login methods
Email verification for new users
Native community
App analytics
Lifetime updates & maintenance
Price per app
$169/month
$199/month
Key Takeaways
- Both platforms let you launch a fully branded mobile app with your own name, icon, and theme for a consistent learner experience.
But LearnWorlds goes further, offering full parity with your web school, in-app purchases, offline video mode, customizable push notifications, and built-in app analytics to track learner engagement. It also ensures top-tier security with two-factor authentication (2FA) and email verification for new users—features Kajabi lacks.
Predefined user roles
Admin, instructor, developer, designer, support, community manager, financial manager, and more
Admin, assistant, support
Custom roles with granular permissions
Sub-accounts or client portals
School cloning & course licensing
User groups
User tagging
Multiple SSOs
Bulk user actions
Learning user automations
Automations tied to learning behavior
Only marketing and behavior-based, not integrated with educational progress
Third-party integrations
45+ & Zapier
8 & Zapier
Key Takeaways
- Kajabi works well for solo creators and small teams, with basic admin roles, tagging, and course access management. But it’s not designed for managing structured learning groups, teams, or corporate clients. Automations in Kajabi are powerful for sales and marketing, but lack depth for learning workflows.
- LearnWorlds is built for scale and structured education, offering more flexibility for roles with prerequisites, group-based access, audience segmentation tools, and learning-focused automations.
Free trial
30 days
14 days
Transaction fees
Only in Starter plan
In all plans
Unlimited users
In all plans
Limits per plan
Unlimited courses/products
In all plans
In Pro only (from $499/month)
25+ admin users
In LC and above (from $299/month)
In Pro only (from $499/month)
Custom domain
In all plans
From $179/month
HubSpot advanced integration
In LC and above (from $299/month)
API
In LC and above (from $299/month)
In Pro only (from $499/month)
User tags
In all plans
In all plans (from $179/month)
Affiliate program
From $99/month
From $249/month
SSO
From $299/month
SCORM & HTML5
In Pro and above (from $99/month)
Migration services
Custom price
Key Takeaways
- LearnWorlds pricing is for scaling training businesses. As your audience grows, expands into new regions, or adds B2B revenue streams, pricing stays predictable. There are no transaction fees on growth plans, and unlimited learners and courses on every plan.
- Kajabi works well for smaller creators who want to start selling fast. But its learner limits and transaction fees on every tier mean costs and constraints rise much faster as you grow.
Why teams choose LearnWorlds over Kajabi
“LearnWorlds is robust in branding and customization, where it polishes the learning materials and experience based on what users want”
“Kajabi felt simple, but also limited. LW delivers a real interactive learning experience where students can talk to and learn from each other. Their support is outstanding—I always get a response in under 24h.”
“LW has thought of everything. They’ve integrated all the key features for online course creation, marketing, deployment, user management, etc!”
Migration without the headache
Platform migration is a pain. That’s why LearnWorlds team does it for you.
On request, we migrate:
Complete course content
All course activities, assessments, videos, files, and certificates transferred accurately.
Bundles & subscriptions
Your course bundles and subscription plans recreated to maintain your offerings.
User accounts & enrollments
All user accounts established with their course, bundle, and subscription enrollments intact.
User progress
Transfer learning progress so clients continue from where they left off, without interruption.
Get a free consultation with the LearnWorlds migration team to discuss your specific needs and receive a personalized migration plan.
Why LearnWorlds?
Innovative & future-proof
LearnWorlds is built for the future. With 30+ new features released every year, you’ll always have access to the latest innovations, keeping your online academy ahead of the curve.
Customer-centric
We listen to you. LearnWorlds evolves with regular feature updates based on customer feedback, ensuring the platform adapts to your needs every step of the way.
Feature-rich
With the largest selection of interactive learning tools, from live sessions to advanced ebook authoring and SCORM imports, LearnWorlds empowers you to turn your knowledge into engaging, dynamic lessons.
Versatile & flexible
Serving 17+ business models, LearnWorlds adapts to any teaching style or business strategy. Monetize your academy in multiple ways, from subscriptions and one-time payments to tiered pricing, reselling, and corporate training.
You’re in good company
$1b+
Customer revenue
12k+
Customers served worldwide
800k
Courses created
2m
Active learners/month
