Why people make this move, and what it costs each month
Price is the most visible difference. Kajabi's pricing page on 30 October 2026 listed Basic at $179 a month ($143 a month billed annually) with 2,500 contacts and 5 products. systeme.io listed Startup at $17, Webinar at $47 and Unlimited at $97 a month, with 0% transaction fees on all plans. [8][9]
This guide is research from both vendors' help centres read on that date, not firsthand migration testing. systeme.io publishes its own Kajabi migration article, which we use for the feature mapping; Kajabi's help centre covers the export side. [1][3]
| Plan | Monthly price | Contacts | Courses or products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kajabi Basic | $179 ($143/mo annual) | 2,500 | 5 products |
| Kajabi Growth | $249 ($199/mo annual) | 25,000 | 50 products |
| systeme.io Startup | $17 | 5,000 | 5 courses |
| systeme.io Webinar | $47 | 10,000 | 20 courses |
| systeme.io Unlimited | $97 | Unlimited | Unlimited courses |
Do it yourself or take the free migration?
systeme.io says it migrates your business free of charge if you are on the Unlimited monthly plan or any annual plan. Its team copies the content manually; your Kajabi account stays unchanged. On average, it says, a migration takes 17 days, handled first-come, first-served, and you provide your old account credentials so the team can access the content. [2]
Handing over credentials is a real trade-off. If you take the service, do not edit content on Kajabi while it is being copied [2], and once the team confirms the copy is complete, change your Kajabi password; the free-migration article does not cover passwords, so tell support before you do it. If you would rather not share access, the steps below are the do-it-yourself route.
Inventory: what maps to what
The mapping follows systeme.io's Kajabi article. Note the order it uses: funnels and blog first so pages go live quickly, then courses, products, emails, contacts, automations, and finally the domain and student enrollment. [1]
| Kajabi item | systeme.io equivalent | How it moves |
|---|---|---|
| Sales, opt-in and checkout pages | Sales funnel pages | Rebuilt; there is no page import |
| Forms | Form elements on funnel pages | systeme.io has no separate Forms tab |
| Courses: modules, lectures, quizzes | Courses | Rebuilt course by course; videos re-uploaded |
| Email sequences and broadcasts | Campaigns and newsletters | Recreated, including deadlines and custom fields |
| Contacts and tags | Contacts and tags | CSV import after a deliverability review |
| Automations | Rules and workflows | Rebuilt to the same outcome; logic differs by platform |
| Custom domain | Custom domain with DKIM/SPF | Reconnected at the end |
| Active subscriptions and payment plans | Price plans on a new checkout | Not covered by the migration article; see below |
Step 1: export from Kajabi
Contacts: in Contacts, filter or segment, select all, then Bulk Actions, Export, Submit. Kajabi emails the CSV to the account address, and the link expires after 3 days. Exports are capped at your plan's contact limit. Kajabi's article does not list the columns, so open the file and confirm tags and names are there before you rely on it. [3]
Course videos: open each asset in Media Library and use the Actions menu to download the original file. Media Library needs Builder 2.0; older videos can be copied in with the Looking for older files? option, and legacy video and audio can be imported in bulk. Kajabi's article describes downloads one asset at a time and mentions no bulk export, so do this while your Kajabi plan is active. [5]
Subscriptions: Sales, Payments, Subscriptions lets you export a CSV that includes Provider and Provider ID columns; Kajabi's column list does not include card details. Keep it; it is your list of who is still paying. [4]
Step 2: rebuild courses and enroll existing students
Create each course in systeme.io, upload the videos into lectures, and attach the course to a sales funnel for new buyers. For students who already paid on Kajabi, the cleanest documented method is a tag rule: create a tag such as kajabi-course-a, add an automation rule with the trigger Tag added and the action Enroll in a course, then assign that tag to the right contacts. The rule runs as soon as the tag is applied. [6]
Every enrollment sends the student an automatic email to log in. systeme.io's deliverability guide recommends staggering student imports so inactive addresses do not produce a spike of bounces. In practice, enroll your most recent buyers first and older cohorts over the following days. [6][10]
Step 3: the subscription problem
Kajabi's subscriptions export lists provider IDs, and its documented columns include no card details, and systeme.io's Kajabi article does not mention payments or subscriptions. So there is no documented path to move an active subscriber's billing across. Ask both vendors before cutover; until they confirm otherwise, plan for one of two options. [1][4]
Option A, run out: keep Kajabi active until fixed-length payment plans finish, then cancel. Option B, re-subscribe: open a systeme.io price plan, email subscribers a link, and when each one re-subscribes, cancel their Kajabi subscription at the end of the current billing period, which Kajabi offers as a cancellation option and which stops future payments without refunding past ones. systeme.io connects to an existing Stripe account, and its payment plans may appear as subscriptions in your Stripe dashboard. [4][11]
Cutover timeline
Import contacts in systeme.io under CRM, Contacts, Import contacts from a CSV, choosing one tag, such as kajabi-import, that is applied to the whole file. [7] The bounce target comes from systeme.io's deliverability guide, which also suggests a spam complaint rate below 0.1% during warm-up. [10]
| Week | Work | Done when |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Export contacts and subscriptions; download all course media | Files stored outside both platforms |
| 1-2 | Rebuild sales pages and courses in systeme.io | Each course plays end to end on a test account |
| 2 | Import contacts with a migration tag; set up domain email authentication | Import report reviewed; SPF, DKIM, DMARC in place |
| 2-3 | Enroll students by tag in batches; send re-subscribe emails | Support inbox handling login questions |
| 3-4 | Move the custom domain; warm up email sending | Old URLs resolve; bounce rate under 2% |
| After | Keep Kajabi until the last subscriber is moved or finished | Subscriptions report shows none active |
Questions before you decide
Does systeme.io migrate Kajabi accounts for free?
systeme.io's help centre says it offers a free migration on the Unlimited monthly plan or any annual plan, performed manually by its team, and that a migration takes 17 days on average depending on content volume.
How do existing Kajabi students get access in systeme.io?
systeme.io describes enrolling contacts through an automation rule with a Tag added trigger and an Enroll in a course action. Students then receive an automatic email to log in and access the course.
Can I move active Kajabi subscriptions to systeme.io?
Neither vendor documents a direct transfer. Kajabi's subscriptions export includes provider IDs and its documented columns list no card details, and systeme.io's Kajabi article does not cover payments, so ask both before cutover.
Sources & verification
Product details and prices can change. Check the linked provider before buying.
- systeme.io Help: How to migrate your business from Kajabi to systeme.io Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io Help: How to get a free migration to systeme.io Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi Help Center: Export contacts Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi Help Center: Set up, view and manage subscriptions Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi Help Center: Media Library overview Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io Help: Different ways of giving access to a course Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io Help: How to import or export a contact list Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Kajabi pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io Help: How to migrate without hurting your email deliverability Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io Help: How to connect your Stripe account to systeme.io Accessed 30 Oct 2026
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