I’ve tested both Mighty Networks and Kajabi extensively.

Each has its strengths.

Mighty Networks started as a community platform.

Kajabi? It’s built for selling digital products.

In this comparison, I’ll show you which one fits your needs. Whether you’re building a community or creating courses, you’ll know exactly where to invest your money.

Let’s dive in.

Features	Mighty Networks	Kajabi
Starting price 💲	$95/mo	$179/mo
Free plan available?	No. But they offer 14-day free trial.	No. But they offer 30-day free trial.
Transaction fees 💸	0%	0%
Courses	Yes	Yes (feature-rich)
Has native live streaming? 📷	Yes	Yes
Mobile apps 📱	Has completely white-labeled apps for iOS and Android (apps are called Mighty Pro)	Has iOS and Android apps but are not completely white labeled.
Supports custom domain?	Yes	Yes

Quick decision

What I like about Kajabi over Mighty Networks 👍

• Complete platform (Big advantage): Kajabi offers everything integrated – course creation with assessments and certificates, email marketing, automation, funnel building, and website hosting. All working seamlessly together.
• Best community gamification features: Points, badges, challenges, and leaderboards allow you to incentivize every behavior in your community with precision. The level of control is unmatched.
• Advanced course features: Kajabi has advanced course features like course certificates, quizzes, student level engagement reports, heat maps, and even video retention graphs.
• Built-in website builder: You can create a complete website without needing WordPress or other platforms. Their site builder integrates seamlessly with your courses, community, and marketing funnels, creating a unified experience.
• More native integrations: It has more direct connections to major email marketing platforms, CRMs, and analytics tools without relying on Zapier. On the other hand, Mighty only has limited integrations only in their “Scale” plan.

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What I like about Mighty Networks over Kajabi 👍

• Built for community: Mighty Networks is designed from the ground up for community building. The member directory is highly interactive, showing who’s online in real-time and featuring community matchmaking to help members connect based on shared interests.
• Completely white-labeled mobile apps: Your members get a fully branded app experience with Mighty Pro. You can even get your own listing on the App Store and Google Play, making it feel like a custom-built solution.
• Affordable for existing businesses: The Launch plan at $95/mo gives you unlimited members with no restrictions and no transaction fees. Perfect if you already have a business and want to add a community layer.

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Upfront bottom line ✨

Choose Mighty Networks if you have an existing business and want to add a community component. It is more community-centric with features like rich-user profiles, groups, chats, and events.

It’s affordable ($95/mo for unlimited members) and the mobile app experience is superior.

Choose Kajabi if you’re building a new digital business from the ground up.

You need courses, email marketing, automation, and community (gamified) all working together. Yes, it costs more ($179/mo minimum), but you’re replacing 4-5 different tools.

Overview

Mighty Networks is the OG when it comes to community platforms. It was founded in 2017 by Gina Bianchini, the CEO and co-founder of Ning.

Initially, it started as a community platform, but later they added course creation abilities to make it more of an all-in-one community platform.

On the other hand, Kajabi is an all-in-one digital selling platform with a strong focus on integrations and automations.

It’s not primarily centered around community building. Its main strength lies in digital selling, specializing in funnels, course creation, email marketing, automation, and website building.

It’s more of a funnel building platform.

Kajabi used to have a basic community building functionality, but now their communiy component is more comprehensive with gamification features like points, badges, challenges, leaderboards, and more.

Kajabi is truly all-in-one platform

Kajabi is truly an all-in-one platform. It comes with the ability for you to create training courses, sell coaching, communities, and it also includes email marketing, automation, the ability to build your own website, host your podcasts, and more.

Being an all-in-one platform, it offers great value for money, and all its components integrate well together, orchestrated by its automation engine, resulting in really good marketing use cases.

At this point, you may be thinking, “Hey, Kajabi is like a jack of all trades and master of none.”

No.

They actually have excellent depth to their features.

For example:

• Its course analytics comes with student-level course engagement reports with retention graphs and heat maps.
• It comes with advanced gamification and automation scenarios for community engagement.
• It also includes a comprehensive website builder eliminates the need for dedicated website builders like WordPress or ClickFunnels

Mighty Networks community gets more user interaction

As someone who has built and participated in communities on both Kajabi and Mighty Networks, I have noticed that Mighty Networks communities tend to have higher user engagement.

There’s just something about the vibe that encourages people to engage more.

It has stronger focus on DMs, member‑to‑member chats, “People Magic”‑style matching, badges, leaderboards, and gamification.

Also, one reason for high engagement could be the member directory, which is more interactive and visually appealing compared to Kajabi.

For example, in Mighty Networks, you can see who is currently online, which adds a sense of real-time connection.

Another feature that sets Mighty Networks apart is the community matchmaking feature, which allows users to connect with others who share the same interests.

Moreover, Mighty Networks has a comprehensive community-centric mobile app that supports all the features of the platform.

Mighty Networks has better mobile apps

Both platforms give you mobile apps, but they’re built for different purposes.

Mighty Networks wins here.

Their mobile app is designed around community interaction. Everything about it encourages members to engage with each other.

The interface feels intuitive. Members can easily browse discussions, check who’s online, and jump into conversations.

Plus, they offer Mighty Pro – a white-label solution where they handle your app listings on both the App Store and Google Play.

You get complete control over branding. Your logo, your colors, your identity.

Take Adriene Mishler’s example. She’s one of the most influential yoga instructors online.

She moved her community from Facebook Groups to Mighty Pro because Facebook lacked control, had too many distractions, and didn’t offer custom branding.

Now her community “Kula by Yoga With Adriene” has 220,000+ active members in a custom-branded app. You can read the full case study here.

What about Kajabi’s mobile app?

It works fine for accessing courses and content. But it’s not built with community interaction as the priority.

The app focuses more on delivering your training materials than fostering conversations between members.

If mobile community engagement is crucial for your business model, Mighty Networks has the edge.

Kajabi has better community gamification features

Kajabi has the best gamification features I’ve seen in any community platform.

You can create points, badges, challenges, and leaderboards. The level of control is incredible.

Here’s what makes it special:

You can incentivize every single behavior in your community.

Post a comment? Points.

Complete a challenge? Badge.

Help another member? More points.

For instance, you can set up rules like: “When a member earns 100 points, automatically grant them access to an exclusive group.”

The closest competitor I’ve found is Skool, but even they’re still catching up.

Now, what about Mighty Networks?

They’ve recently added basic gamification features.

Members can earn points through activity and display streaks on their profiles.

They also have Challenge and Habit Tracker templates to help you create engagement programs.

Plus, there’s a built-in ambassador program where members can earn badges for sharing your community.

But here’s the thing:

Mighty Networks’ features are still quite basic compared to Kajabi’s system. If gamification is crucial for your community strategy, Kajabi wins hands down.

Kajabi has better course features

Kajabi and Mighty Networks both let you build courses, but they approach it differently.

Let me break down what matters.

Kajabi gives you more control over the learning experience.

You can organize content into modules and submodules, then add lessons and quizzes inside them.

The content locking feature is useful. It keeps students moving through your course in order by locking upcoming lessons until they finish the current one.

Each lesson can include video, audio, or assessments. You can add descriptions, downloads, and supplementary materials too.

Here’s what sets Kajabi apart:

• Assessments: Create graded tests with passing requirements. Mighty Networks only has basic quizzes.
• Certificates: Students automatically get completion certificates when they finish. Mighty Networks doesn’t offer this.

The real power comes from Kajabi’s automation engine.

I’ve set up automated emails that congratulate students and provide guidance when they complete specific lessons. Everything connects.

Now for Mighty Networks.

You can host courses, but the feature set is more limited. No assessments. No completion certificates.

You get drip scheduling and sequential progress (lessons unlock after completing previous ones). That’s helpful.

But there’s no automated progress tracking. No heat maps or video retention reports like Kajabi offers.

If you need detailed analytics on how students are engaging with your content, Mighty Networks falls short.

Kajabi has funnels and automation features

Kajabi’s strength isn’t just having these features. It’s how they work together.

The funnel builder connects to email sequences. Email sequences trigger based on course progress. Course completion unlocks new offers.

Everything flows.

Here’s a real example from my own setup:

When someone buys my training course (BloggingX automation system), they automatically enter a 10-email sequence. I can edit these emails right inside the funnel builder.

But it gets better.

I’ve set up automation rules so when someone clicks a specific email in that sequence, they’re automatically registered for an upcoming webinar.

The possibilities are endless once you start combining these features.

Kajabi has better page builder

Kajabi excels at creating comprehensive marketing funnels and landing pages.

As an all-in-one platform, it includes a powerful funnel builder that lets you design complete customer journeys from awareness to purchase.

You can create sophisticated sales funnels with multiple pages, upsells, downsells, and automated email sequences that trigger based on customer behavior.

Mighty Networks has recently rolled out an all-new landing page builder with various sections for headings, media, and story blocks, plus responsive design options.

However, these landing pages are quite basic compared to Kajabi’s funnel-building capabilities.

Since Kajabi is designed as a complete digital selling platform, its landing pages integrate seamlessly with email marketing, automation, and payment processing – creating a unified sales system that Mighty Networks simply can’t match.

Kajabi has email marketing

Kajabi supports both one-time broadcasts and automated email sequences (triggered by specific actions).

When creating emails, you get dozens of pre-designed templates, similar to MailChimp or ConvertKit.

You can segment your audience before sending. Want to email only people who completed a specific course? Or those who haven’t logged in for 30 days? Easy.

The email editor uses drag-and-drop blocks for building your messages.

Having email marketing deeply integrated with your course and community platform is a massive advantage. No juggling between tools. No worrying about syncing data.

What about Mighty Networks?

Mighty Networks doesn’t include any email marketing features.

They also lack built-in integrations or an API. You’re stuck using Zapier for everything, which adds complexity and monthly costs.

Kajabi has better integrations

Although Kajabi is an all-in-one application, if you are already using a dedicated email marketing software, you may need to integrate Kajabi with it.

Kajabi comes with integrations for all the major email marketing software. It also supports Zapier integration and has webhook support as well.

On the other hand, Mighty Networks only provides API and integration access in their Scale plan at $215 per month.

Even at this price, they offer limited integrations (with select email platforms) despite community demand.

Mighty Networks is more affordable

Mighty Networks starts at $95 per month and gives you complete access to their community features with unlimited users.

If you need more automation and the ability to integrate Mighty Networks with other platforms, you’ll need the Scale plan at $215 per month.

Now about Kajabi:

Kajabi’s plans start at $179 per month, giving you access to create up to 5 products.

If you need to create upto 50 products, you may need to go with their growth plan at $249 per month.

Verdict

Again, the choice between Mighty Networks and Kajabi entirely depends on your needs.

If you’re starting a brand new business and want an all-in-one platform that covers everything from course creation, communities, website creation, automation, and email marketing, then Kajabi may be the best option. It has all these features integrated seamlessly.

On the other hand, if you have an existing business and want to add a community component to it, Mighty Networks may be a more realistic and affordable option.

The choice really comes down to your specific needs.