Choosing a platform · For fitness creators
Kajabi alternatives for fitness creators: programs, challenges, video and apps
Updated · 9 min read
The short answer
The best Kajabi alternative for a fitness creator depends on what you sell: Uscreen for a large video library, Passion.io or Clubb for a branded program app you build yourself, Trainerize or Everfit for coaching clients one to one, and Skool or Mighty Networks for community. Kajabi itself costs US$179 to US$499 a month (US$143 to US$399 billed yearly), with a branded app only on its US$499 Pro plan. Launch with Voyage (us) is the partner option: no monthly fee, a share of sales from 10%, and the product built and grown with you.
Why fitness creators look past Kajabi
Kajabi is good at what it’s built for. Courses, email, sales pages, a community and checkout sit in one place, and it takes no share of your sales. Plenty of coaches run a successful business on it.
Fitness creators tend to hit four specific limits:
- Workouts become course lessons. Kajabi has no workout or program builder, so a 12-week program is a course with modules, not a schedule that shows today’s session from the member’s start date.
- Your own app costs Pro. Every plan includes the Kajabi Customer App, where members find your content inside Kajabi’s app. A branded app under your name comes with Pro, at US$499 a month or US$399 billed yearly, and Kajabi’s FAQ points anyone who wants their own app in the App Store to that plan.
- Contacts count, not just members. Basic allows 2,500 contacts, Growth 25,000 and Pro 100,000, with more sold in blocks of 25,000 for US$125 a month. A creator who grows an email list with a free 7-day plan can pass 2,500 long before they have many paying members.
- The building and marketing are yours. Kajabi’s tools are good, but you set them up and run the launches.
None of these is a flaw if you sell courses. They matter when you sell programs and challenges that members follow day by day, often on their phone at the gym.
What Kajabi costs a fitness creator
Figures from Kajabi’s pricing page, checked on 13 October 2026, match the ones on our Kajabi comparison page from 8 October:
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Contacts | Products | Branded app |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | US$179 | US$143 a month | 2,500 | 5 | No |
| Growth | US$249 | US$199 a month | 25,000 | 50 | No |
| Pro | US$499 | US$399 a month | 100,000 | Unlimited | Yes |
Card processing through Kajabi Payments is 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic, 2.8% + 30¢ on Growth and 2.7% + 30¢ on Pro for US businesses. Using another processor adds 2%, 1% or 0.5%.
A worked example. A creator with 400 members at US$20 a month (US$8,000 in sales) and 6,000 email contacts has outgrown Basic on contacts alone, so the floor is Growth at US$249 a month. If they want their own app, it’s Pro at US$499. That’s about 6% of revenue for Pro, which, to be fair to Kajabi, is less than a 10% revenue share at the same size.
The alternatives at a glance
Figures in US dollars from each platform’s own website. Platforms with a comparison page on our site use the figures we checked on 8 October 2026; Teachable was checked on 13 October 2026. Card processing applies on every platform.
| Platform | Monthly fee | Fees on sales | Programs and video | App under your name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kajabi (baseline) | US$179 to US$499 | None to Kajabi | Courses, coaching and memberships | Pro only |
| Uscreen | US$49 to US$499 | US$0.99 to US$1.99 per subscriber on larger plans | Video catalogue and series | From App Essentials, US$449 billed yearly |
| Passion.io | US$119 to US$599 billed yearly | 3.9% to 1.9%, plus Apple, Google and Stripe fees | Interactive courses, challenges and video | From Expand, US$599 billed yearly |
| Clubb | No upfront cost | A revenue share, 10% when checked | Programs, challenges and video | Yes |
| Playbook | None | 20% of net revenue | Programs, challenges, live and video | No |
| Trainerize | Free to US$380, by client seats | US$10 a month add-on, plus 3.15% + 30¢ | Workout builder and programs | On the Studio plans |
| Everfit | Free to US$430, by clients | US$9 a month add-on, plus 3.15% + 30¢ | Workout builder and programs | Enterprise, from 500 clients |
| Skool | US$9 or US$99 | 10% or 2.9% | Courses, community and live calls | No |
| Mighty Networks | US$79 to US$354 billed yearly | 0.5% to 2% | Courses and challenges | Mighty Pro, from US$17,000 a year |
| Teachable | US$39 to US$189, or US$29 to US$139 billed yearly | 7.5% on Starter, 0% above | Courses | No, students use Teachable’s apps |
| Stan | US$29 or US$99 | 0% to Stan | Courses and downloads | No |
| Patreon | None | 10% for new creators | None | No |
| Launch with Voyage (us) | None | A share of sales, from 10% | Programs, challenges and video | Add-on, quoted per project |
What each costs as you grow
Illustrative platform fees a month for members paying US$20, before card fees:
| Platform and plan | 100 members | 500 members | 1,500 members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teachable Builder | US$89 | US$89 | US$89 |
| Kajabi Growth | US$249 | US$249 | US$249 |
| Kajabi Pro (own app) | US$499 | US$499 | US$499 |
| Uscreen Growth | US$348 | US$1,144 | US$3,134 |
| Uscreen App Essentials, billed yearly (own app) | US$548 | US$944 | US$1,934 |
| A 10% share (Clubb, or Voyage’s starting rate) | US$200 | US$1,000 | US$3,000 |
| Playbook, 20% of net revenue | Up to US$400 | Up to US$2,000 | Up to US$6,000 |
The honest read: on fees alone, Kajabi gets cheaper relative to the alternatives as you grow, and per-subscriber or percentage pricing gets dearer. What you’re comparing is what the fee includes and who does the work. Revenue share vs monthly fee has the break-even maths, and the membership revenue calculator runs it at your own numbers.
The alternatives, one by one
Uscreen
Best for: large on-demand class libraries, and apps for TVs.
Uscreen is built for selling on-demand and live video classes. Plans run from US$49 to US$499 a month; Growth and App Essentials add US$1.99 and US$0.99 a month per active subscriber, and your own iOS and Android apps come with App Essentials, from US$449 a month billed yearly. TV apps need a custom plan. There are no recipe or meal plan tools. Uscreen compared with Voyage.
Passion.io
Best for: building your own program app yourself, on a yearly plan.
Passion.io builds an app from interactive courses, with video, timers, progress and habit tracking, drip content and challenges. Plans run from US$119 to US$599 a month billed yearly, and its payment fee falls from 3.9% on Launch to 1.9% on Passion Plus. A store listing under your name starts on Expand at US$599 a month billed yearly, US$200 more than Kajabi Pro billed yearly. Passion.io compared with Voyage.
Clubb
Best for: a branded fitness app you set up and market yourself.
Clubb supports multi-day and multi-week programs, challenges, streaks and video workouts with TV casting, with recipes and meal plans alongside. Members get a website and a native iOS and Android app branded as you. It charged 10% of revenue with no upfront cost when we checked on 8 October 2026; its creator agreement says the percentage is set when you register, so confirm yours. Clubb compared with Voyage.
Playbook
Best for: starting free inside an existing fitness app and marketplace.
Playbook lets you sell programs, subscriptions and one-off purchases, with program templates, challenges and live streaming. There’s no monthly fee; it keeps 20% of net revenue, counted after payment and app store fees, and a creator management team helps with marketing. Members train inside Playbook’s app rather than one under your name. Playbook compared with Voyage.
Trainerize and Everfit
Trainerize is best for: personal trainers coaching a client list. Everfit is best for: one-to-one coaching with check-ins and personalised plans.
Both are coaching software priced by client, not course platforms. Trainerize runs from free for one client to US$380 a month for 1,000, with payments a US$10 monthly add-on plus 3.15% + 30¢. Everfit runs from free for five clients to US$430 a month for 500, with payments a US$9 add-on plus 3.15% + 30¢ per US card payment. They beat Kajabi for programming individual clients, but every follower of a group program needs a seat. Trainerize compared with Voyage and Everfit compared with Voyage.
Skool and Mighty Networks
Skool is best for: community groups with courses and live calls. Mighty Networks is best for: community-led memberships with live sessions.
Skool costs US$9 a month with a 10% transaction fee, or US$99 with 2.9%, and members use Skool’s own app. Mighty Networks runs from US$79 to US$354 a month billed yearly plus 0.5% to 2%, with your own app only on Mighty Pro, from US$17,000 a year. Neither has workout tools, so training goes in as course content. Skool compared with Voyage and Mighty Networks compared with Voyage.
Teachable
Best for: coaches who like Kajabi’s course model and want it for less.
Teachable’s Starter plan costs US$39 a month (US$29 billed yearly) with a 7.5% transaction fee and five products. Builder (US$89, or US$69 billed yearly) and Growth (US$189, or US$139) list a 0% transaction fee. Students can use Teachable’s iOS and Android apps. It’s course-first like Kajabi, so workouts are still lessons.
Stan and Patreon
Stan is best for: selling guides and coaching calls from your bio link. Patreon is best for: the quickest way to take monthly support from fans.
Stan costs US$29 or US$99 a month and takes 0% of sales, but has no workout or program tools. Patreon is free to start and keeps 10% for creators who launched after 4 August 2025, plus processing, and members watch inside Patreon’s app. Stan compared with Voyage and Patreon compared with Voyage.
Launch with Voyage (us)
Best for: creators who want programs and challenges members follow day by day, built, launched and grown with a partner.
We’re one of the options here. Voyage, a product and growth agency in New Zealand, builds your membership on the Voyage membership platform: day-by-day programs, challenges with their own pass, a workout library, live classes as an add-on, and recipes and meal plans if you want them. There’s no monthly fee and no setup fee; we take a share of sales from 10%, agreed before launch, and members pay into your own Stripe account. A native app under your name is an add-on, and we handle the move from Kajabi. At high revenue Kajabi Pro costs less in fees, so the share has to pay for the design, build and growth work.
Moving off Kajabi
If you switch, the order matters:
- Export your contacts and member list before anything else.
- Find out where subscriptions bill. If they run through a Stripe account you own, a new platform that uses the same account can often take them over without members re-entering a card; Clubb’s switching guide calls this a direct Stripe migration. If not, the fallback is a billing-date sync: members re-join on the new platform when their current period ends, so nobody pays twice.
- Rebuild courses as programs. A 12-week course becomes 84 days, each with one session. This is where most of the time goes.
- Time the switch to a new program or challenge, so members start fresh on the new platform.
For building the app side, see how to create your own fitness app; for the full roundup, our membership platforms for fitness creators comparison; and every guide is on our resources page.
