Socio Connect vs Kajabi
Socio Connect and Kajabi, side by side.
Both are platforms you pay for monthly. Kajabi is built for creators selling courses. Socio Connect is built for organizations that teach as part of something bigger, with courses, giving, events and the Assistant on one record.
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A note before we go further: Kajabi is a good platform, and plenty of creators have built real businesses on it. If it’s the right fit for yours, stay on it. This page sets the two side by side so you can choose.
Harbor Point Church is an example.
What changes
A course business, or the whole organization.
Kajabi puts courses, community, email and memberships under one subscription, and that’s a real strength for a creator. A church running discipleship, a nonprofit training volunteers or an association tracking CE also takes gifts, runs events and schedules people, usually in other tools.
Socio Connect puts courses on the same record as everything else, so you can see where everyone is, and act on who needs you this week.
Kajabi’s plans run $143–$399/month, billed annually. Contacts and products are limited by plan, and its Branded App is a paid add-on on Basic and Growth, included on Pro.
On Socio Connect, dues, gifts and tickets go to your own Stripe account, and we never add a platform fee. Stripe charges its usual card fee. Plans are priced by active people, monthly or yearly.
Every course, gift, event and shift lands on the same record, in one platform.
$0
platform fee on giving, dues and tickets
$299
a month on Community, up to 750 active people
14 days
free on Community, no card
Job by job
What you pay for, job by job.
What Kajabi charges, the tools an organization may pay for beside it, and where each job lives in Socio Connect. Count the ones you actually use.
| The job · published price | In Socio Connect |
|---|---|
Courses Kajabi Basic, Growth or Pro · $143–$399/month, billed annually | Courses with certificatesCommunity |
Community and messages | Groups with feeds and messages, a member directory, and announcements to everyone or one groupEvery plan |
People records Contacts capped by Kajabi plan | One record per person and household, with everything they’ve done with youEvery plan |
Dues, gifts and tickets Kajabi transaction fee · Basic 2%, Growth 1%, Pro 0.5%, only with a third-party processor other than PayPal; none with Kajabi Payments | Dues, gifts and tickets go to your own Stripe account, with no platform feeCommunity |
Events and ticketing A separate ticketing tool, if you use one: Eventbrite · 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket | Events and RSVPs on every plan. Paid tickets on Community, to your own Stripe account with no platform feeEvery planCommunity |
Giving A separate giving tool, if you use one: Donorbox Pro · $150/mo | Giving to your own Stripe account, with recurring gifts and year-end statements, and no platform feeCommunity |
Volunteers A separate sign-up tool, if you use one: SignUpGenius · $8.99–$44.99/mo | Volunteer teams and schedules, and worship planningCommunity |
Your website | A public website, on your own domain from FoundationEvery plan |
Member app Kajabi Branded App · paid add-on on Basic and Growth, included on Pro | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on EnterpriseOn the way |
AI Cofounder, an AI assistant that builds your plan and drafts your launch, and Expert Agents, trained on your content, that answer buyer and student questions AI credits by plan (none on Basic, 500 on Growth, 1,000 on Pro); Expert Agents listed as coming soon | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to sendCommunity |
Price for 750 active people Kajabi · $143–$399/month, billed annually | Community, $299/month for up to 750 active peopleCommunity |
Prices as published on each vendor’s pricing page, checked September 2026. Kajabi’s are its annual-billing prices, and its AI features are as it describes them on kajabi.com. Card processing isn’t shown: you pay it whatever platform you use. Socio Connect plans are priced by active people. Anyone who signed in, gave, checked in or RSVP’d in the last 90 days. Children and people you imported who haven’t done anything don’t count.
See every planOne member record
Questions you can finally answer.
These need data that usually sits in two or more tools. On one record they're one place to look, and the Assistant brings the people behind them to your team each week.
- 1Which members come to events but haven’t renewed?
- 2Does finishing CE courses make members more likely to renew?
- 3Which special interest groups keep members engaged between conferences?
- 4Which lapsed members still read every announcement?
Harbor Point Church is an example.
Kajabi and Socio Connect
Side by side, at a glance.
| Compared | Kajabi | Socio Connect |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | $143–$399/month, billed annually | Monthly or yearly, by active people: Free, then $99, $299 and $599 a month; Enterprise priced to fit |
| Entry price | Basic, $143/month, billed annually | Free up to 50 active people; Foundation $99 a month |
| Transaction fee | 0.5–2% by plan, only with a third-party processor other than PayPal | None. Stripe's card fee only |
| Marketing emails included, unlimited, on every plan (contacts capped by plan) | Messages, group chat and announcements to everyone or one group | |
| Member app | Branded App: paid add-on on Basic and Growth, included on Pro | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on Enterprise |
| AI | Cofounder, an AI assistant that builds your plan and drafts your launch, and Expert Agents, trained on your content, that answer buyer and student questions; AI credits by plan (none on Basic, 500 on Growth, 1,000 on Pro); Expert Agents listed as coming soon | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to send |
Moving over
Moving off Kajabi.
Your learners are mid-course, so take it one step at a time:
- 01
Sign up. Your 14-day Community trial starts the day you sign up.
- 02
Import your people from a spreadsheet, then set up your courses, groups and events.
- 03
Connect your own Stripe account for dues, gifts and tickets.
- 04
Keep Kajabi running until your current courses finish, and start new ones on Socio Connect.
Should you switch?
Who each is best for.
If you sell courses as a business, with email launches and funnels at the heart of it, Kajabi is built for you. Stay on it.
Socio Connect makes sense when courses are one part of an organization: a church, nonprofit, association or alumni network that also needs giving, events, check-in and volunteers on one record per person.
Kajabi
Stay on Kajabi if…
- You sell courses and knowledge products as a business
- Email marketing and launches are central to how you sell
- You want Kajabi’s Cofounder AI to plan and draft your launch
Socio Connect
Choose Socio Connect if…
- Your courses are part of a church, nonprofit, association or alumni network
- You want courses, giving, events and volunteers on one record
- You don’t want a platform fee on dues, gifts or tickets
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