Kajabi Free Trial 2026: 30 Days Free or 3 Months for $99
Written by people who pay for this software · Pricing and offer terms checked August 2026 · Destination links auto-checked 21 August 2026
There are three legitimate ways into Kajabi right now and only one of them is free. We took the paid route ourselves. Here is what each gives you, and how to get a real answer out of a trial instead of a fortnight of clicking around.
Kajabi's standard free trial runs 14 days. Certain partner links open a 30-day extended trial instead. Separately, the partner offer this site is built around sells three months of the Basic plan for one $99 payment — it replaces the trial rather than following it. All three were verified in August 2026; confirm what you are getting on the signup screen before you commit.
The three routes compared
| Route | Length | Cost | Best for | What happens next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard free trial | 14 days | Free | A quick look at the builder and templates | Converts to a paid plan you choose |
| Extended partner trial | 30 days | Free | Migrating existing content before paying | Converts to a paid plan you choose |
| $99 for 3 months | 90 days | $99 once | Launching properly on the Basic plan | Renews at $179/mo unless cancelled |
The comparison people get wrong: 30 days free versus 90 days at about $33 a month. If you are going to sell something in the next quarter, the paid route is cheaper per useful day and removes the deadline pressure that makes trials fail.
How to get a real answer out of 14 days
Most trials fail because people explore instead of building — ours did, the first time round. Two weeks is enough to judge the platform only if you refuse to browse. Build one narrow thing end to end:
- Days 1–2: publish one product. Upload three real lessons — not placeholders — and set the pricing. You are testing the upload, the player and the checkout, not the curriculum.
- Days 3–4: build the sales page. Start from a template, put your own copy in, connect a custom domain. Notice how much fighting the builder requires; that friction does not go away later.
- Days 5–7: wire the email side. An opt-in form, a lead magnet, a three-email welcome sequence and one automation that tags buyers. This is where Kajabi either replaces your email tool or does not.
- Days 8–10: run a real transaction. Buy your own product with a live card at a $1 price point, then refund it. You will learn more about the checkout and the receipt experience in that hour than in a week of reading.
- Days 11–14: decide on numbers. Total what Kajabi would replace in your current stack, compare it with $179, and choose. If you cannot decide, that is a signal you needed 90 days rather than 14.
What the extended 30-day trial is genuinely for
Thirty days changes the type of test you can run. Fourteen days answers "do I like this builder"; thirty answers "can my business live here". Use the extra fortnight for the work that actually takes time:
- Migrating an existing course. Re-uploading video, rebuilding module structure and re-creating drip schedules is a week of work on its own, and it is the honest test of the platform.
- Importing and segmenting your list. Bring contacts across, rebuild your tags, and see whether Kajabi's automations can express the sequences you already rely on.
- Running one small promotion. A single live offer to a real audience tells you more than any feature comparison.
Watch the 2,500-contact cap on Basic during a migration. Importing a larger list is what pushes people onto Growth at $249, and it is better to discover that in a trial than in month two. Full numbers on our Kajabi pricing page.
When the $99 offer beats any free trial
Take the paid route when you already know you are launching. Three months at $99 removes the artificial deadline, gives you a real quarter of email sending and selling, and costs less than two months of the entry-level Kickstarter plan. It is the right call if you are migrating from another platform, if your launch date is more than a month out, or if you have been burned before by a trial that expired while you were still moving content.
Stay with the free trial when you are genuinely undecided — comparing Kajabi against a cheaper course host, or unsure whether you will sell anything at all this quarter. Spending $99 to postpone a decision is not a discount.
Cancelling cleanly, whichever route you take
- Set the reminder first. Day 12 of a 14-day trial, day 27 of a 30-day trial, day 80 of the $99 quarter. Do it at signup, not later.
- Export before you cancel. Contacts export as CSV; your videos should already exist somewhere outside the platform. Do this even if you intend to stay.
- Cancel in the account, not by email. Subscription changes are self-service in Kajabi's account settings; support tickets are slower than the renewal date.
- Screenshot the confirmation. Thirty seconds now, no argument later.
What you cannot test in any trial
Some things only show up after months: deliverability on a list of thousands, how support responds when something breaks during a launch, whether the mobile app keeps your members engaged. No trial length answers those. What a trial can answer is whether the daily work — publishing, emailing, editing pages — feels fast enough to keep doing. Judge that, and take the vendor's claims about everything else with the appropriate salt.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Kajabi free trial?
Fourteen days is the standard trial you get from Kajabi’s own signup page. Some partner links open an extended 30-day trial instead. Both give you the platform; the difference is how much time you have to build something real in it before deciding.
Is the Kajabi 30-day trial legitimate?
Yes — it is a partner offer rather than a public promotion, in the same way the $99 deal is. You reach it through a specific link and the extended length is applied automatically at signup. If the screen shows 14 days instead, the offer has changed; terms verified August 2026.
Can I get the free trial and then the $99 deal?
No. The $99 three-month offer replaces the trial rather than following it. Choose one route: 30 days free to look around, or 90 days paid at roughly $33 a month to actually launch.
Do I need a credit card to start a Kajabi trial?
Expect to be asked for payment details at signup — that is the norm for this category. The practical protection is a calendar reminder two days before the trial ends, so the decision to continue is yours rather than automatic.
What happens to my content if I cancel after the trial?
Your account becomes inactive and your pages stop serving. Kajabi retains account data for a period rather than deleting it instantly, so reactivating soon after is usually possible, but do not rely on that — keep master copies of your videos and export your contacts before you cancel.
Which plan does the trial put me on?
Trials generally run on a mid-tier level of access so you can see what the platform does, and you pick the plan you actually want when you convert. Check the plan named on your trial dashboard before you start building around a feature that may not be on the tier you intend to buy.
Keep reading
- Kajabi 3 Months for $99
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- Kajabi Pricing
Every 2026 plan, contact caps and the cheapest legitimate route in.
- Kajabi Review
Honest verdict on whether $179/month is defensible.
- Kajabi Alternatives
Cheaper and free options, and when each one actually wins.