Kajabi vs. LightCMS (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kajabi
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Kajabi is a web hosting platform for online learning or membership websites, featuring landing pages and support for email marketing, video hosting, and codeless web building tools.
$149
per month
LightCMS (discontinued)
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
LightCMS, from NetSuite, was a cloud-based content management system for building websites and eCommerce storefronts. It is designed to be used by individuals, non-profits, and small to medium-sized businesses. The product has been discontinued.N/A
Pricing
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Basic
$149.00
per month
Growth
$199.00
per month
Pro
$399.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
7.9
15 Ratings
1% above category average
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding8.212 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront7.811 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS7.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
7.6
13 Ratings
1% below category average
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
7.3
11 Ratings
13% below category average
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
eCommerce security7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
7.8
12 Ratings
1% above category average
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
8.1
11 Ratings
1% above category average
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Multi-site management7.69 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
-
Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
-
Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)
9.1
1 Ratings
17% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Kajabi
-
Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Divi
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(24 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
KajabiLightCMS (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Kajabi
If you need to create a self-paced course, Kajabi works well, if you want something complicated, and want to check homework and communicate a lot with students, Kajabi must be used in complex with other resources like Slack and YouTube. But anyway it is a good platform to create a digital course.
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Discontinued Products
LightCMS is perfect for 90% of websites out there. It has all the basic modules like calendars, photo galleries, news/blog, or forms building built in. Small businesses to mid-sized businesses are perfect for LightCMS. We use other solutions when the requierments for the website include a lot of third party integrations or custom modules. As a hosted CMS it has the same limitations as others with server-side development.
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Pros
Kajabi
  • Kajabi's community feature is fantastic. Love the ability for people to be able to collaborate.
  • Kajabi's feature that allows us to post and manage our curriculum is very efficient and easy to use.
  • Kajabi also has great features around contact management that have been critical for our use.
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  • LightCMS provides all the major functionality 90% of sites need. It keeps out of its own way by making these solutions intuitive and simple and not trying to solve every problem for everyone which would over-complicate the tool-set.
  • This is the easiest to use CMS we have ever seen. I tell my client's that if they can make a Facebook post, they can manage their website, and it's true. Their UI is so easy and keeps getting easier to use. Untrained users get it in minutes and are able to manage their sites without our help.
  • LightCMS's code is simple and light-weight. Sites are fast and the CMS doesnt get in the way of performance.
  • You can do almost anything you want (except server-side programming) with LightCMS. So, we can create any design we want and it works great with Light CMS's tokens and editable regions concept (which is also simple to implement.)
  • Constantly upgraded and fixed, the product is 1000x better after 10 years of working with it, but is still simple and not bloated.
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Cons
Kajabi
  • The page builder is not as intuitive as other competitors. It takes too many click to get around the different elements and settings.
  • Better onboarding mechanism and explanation of where everything is located
  • I'm not sure why I need to create a event to use a simple countdown on a sales page, when I could simply choose the end date I want the countdown to go to for a specific price point offer
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Discontinued Products
  • While keeping it simple is LightCMS's thing, some of the elements/modules could use deeper options or control for advanced users.
  • Some content, such as calendars, cannot have data exported/imported easily.
  • Support was amazing 10 years ago. We openly talked about how awesome they were... it isn't as good as it once was, but is still way above almost every support of other CMS systems we have used.
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Likelihood to Renew
Kajabi
We are committed to it and once we get "really good" at using it, I think it is a excellent platform and links well to Hubspot. At present, we are still just barely scratching the surface with our use of its features
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Discontinued Products
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Usability
Kajabi
The back-end system can be used efficiently and has flexibility. It doesn't have a lot of unnecessary functions or un user-friendly features. We have had no issues using the system and would continue to use it with the current functions and features. I would rate it as user-friendly yet flexible
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Discontinued Products
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Support Rating
Kajabi
The Kajabi Support people are helpful, fast and knowledgeable. I usually call in a panic - because I have lost something, messed something or am on a deadline. Sometimes we speak, or we do a chat. Always my angst is eliminated. I often thank the person for being "so patient" with me. LOL
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Implementation Rating
Kajabi
These platforms are big complex pieces of software. Mor recently - Kajabi provides a done for you example which you can borrow and customise - but those were not available when we started.
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
Kajabi
ClickFunnels is a great tool for funnel automation, landing pages, and lead generation but when it comes to product delivery for content creators it lacks functionality as it reality it was not meant for that purpose. Originally, we used ClickFunnels for our funnels but we found out that we could do exactly the same with Kajabi, so we migrated all of our funnels to Kajabi
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Discontinued Products
We have looked at hundrends of CMS's and LightCMS is a perfect entry-level system for most of our small to mid sized clients. LightCMS's feature set is less complex than almost every other system and the actual interface is miles ahead of most other CMS systems. It's simply thought out better. It lacks sensibility and an API as well as other advanced features many more expensive or more DIY systems have, but the simplicity makes up for it.
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Return on Investment
Kajabi
  • When we used Kajabi to launch new programs we achieved the ROI of our monthly investment each time.
  • With Kajabi, the ability to offer old programs that have been offered in the past is easy to present to one-off customers or when not in a launch series.
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Discontinued Products
  • While I always think the price could be cheaper, LightCMS is incredibly inexpensive if you consider the costs of hosting, support, and upgrading is all included.
  • As part of their partner program, we are able to control client accounts from our master account, making moving between clients easier and supporting them faster which ultimately makes our labor costs better.
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