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Cal.comvsKajabi

Cal.com is open-source scheduling with team routing, workflows, and payments you can self-host. Kajabi runs courses, funnels, and memberships from one vendor.

How Cal.com and Kajabi compare

Cal.com is scheduling infrastructure you can own. Open source and self-hostable, with calendar sync across Google, Outlook, and iCloud, event types, round-robin and collective team booking, routing forms, workflows for reminders, payments at booking, and an API and embeds developers actually like. Individuals get a generous free plan.

Kajabi is a proven all-in-one for experts who sell courses, coaching, and memberships, then market them with funnels and email from one vendor. That is real strength. If the product is a program people log in to and work through inside Kajabi, it is built for exactly that.

Where they are different

Choose Cal.com when scheduling is the whole need, especially for teams or developers who want control.

Choose Kajabi when the center of the business is courses, a sales pipeline, and memberships that live inside Kajabi.

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What's on Cal.com and Kajabi

A check means that capability is available. Cal.com and Kajabi are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Cal.com: Not included
    Kajabi: Included
  • Custom domain
    Cal.com: Not included
    Kajabi: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Cal.com: Not included
    Kajabi: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Cal.com: Included
    Kajabi: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Cal.com: Not included
    Kajabi: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Cal.com: Not included
    Kajabi: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Cal.com: Included
    Kajabi: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Cal.com: Included
    Kajabi: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cal.com or Kajabi, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cal.com or Kajabi may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Cal.com vs Kajabi pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Cal.com

    Current plans and prices

    See what Cal.com charges on their pricing page.

  • Kajabi

    Current plans and prices

    See what Kajabi charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Cal.com and Kajabi

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Cal.com or Kajabi?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Cal.com or Kajabi when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Cal.com and Kajabi are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Cal.com or Kajabi?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Cal.com or Kajabi for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Cal.com and Kajabi?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Cal.com and Kajabi set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Cal.com or Kajabi to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.