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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kajabi

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AKajabi 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.

    $89

    per month

    Optimizely Commerce Connect

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Commerce Connect is a PaaS e-commerce backend solution coupled with Optimizely's PaaS CMS to help e-commerce organizations, of any type, create highly customized websites and buying experiences with a two-in-one content and commerce solution.N/A
    Pricing
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Editions & Modules
    Kickstarter
    $89
    per month
    Basic
    $149.00
    per month
    Growth
    $199.00
    per month
    Pro
    $399.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details30% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Kajabi
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    Optimizely
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Kajabi and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Kajabi
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.8
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings6.422 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.125 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Kajabi and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Kajabi
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Kajabi and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Kajabi
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.2
    18 Ratings
    2% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Kajabi and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Kajabi
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.8
    26 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Kajabi and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Kajabi
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.0
    26 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings7.317 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Small Businesses
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (24 ratings)
    7.1
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    4.6
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (9 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KajabiOptimizely Commerce Connect
    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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    Optimizely
    Our experience may be unique because we opted for an Optimizely team to implement our website/console set-up and connection to our PIM and ERP. The experience may have been different with a 3rd party or it may not have. That said, we have been live with our primary website for almost 2 years and I still do not consider it was ever "done". We have been going back and forth on functionality issues and bugs since launch. I have low confidence that changes made the previous day will 100% be online the next - so my team rechecks the work they did the previous day to ensure everything is online. The addition of a second channel and enhancement requests have compounded the issues. I feel this product would work fine with singular or less complex market SKU offerings.
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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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    Optimizely
    • Episerver has a robust discount engine. This engine, combined with "visitor groups" allow our marketing department to categorize customers and offer a variety of discounts to targeted customers at specific times.
    • Episerver has a full-featured, storefront experience that can handle everything you might want for an e-commerce website.
    • Episerver offers A/B testing that can be helpful for trying out new content ideas and tracking the results.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • Support. Episerver used to have direct support and access to the tech team to discuss and resolve issues. The new support portal is not enough for developer needs.
    • Quality Assurance. We find issues in the Episerver code that should have been resolved in QA before release.
    • Sales. Episervers sells the framework as a solution while showing Alloy. While it helps Episerver sell more, it puts the implementation partner into trouble as the client thinks they bought the solution. Episerver does not provide a solution. It provides a framework that you can build a solution on.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    Really want to be able to spend more time and resources on rolling out new things with Episerver but at the moment we seem to be fixing alot of issues and pain points with the way our system was setup.
    Incentivized
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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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    Optimizely
    The administrative interface is largely intuitive and relatively easy to use. The complexity of business needs and ability to customize can affect this (i.e. you have to set up and develop with the user in mind), but the basic structure is largely solid. There are some areas of redundancy (such as Commerce Manager overlapping with other administrative areas) that can sometimes cause confusion or offer some functions in one place, whereas other related functions are managed on a completely different page.
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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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    Optimizely
    We had an incredible team at Episerver Supporting us with the go live, reviewing our integration, and pushing our integration partner to deliver a quality product
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    Fully understand what is OOTB feature of the platform before proceeding to develop. Then implement a customization of key features once you can prove they are working as OOTB to make them more user friendly and productive for the business. Eg pre order and e gift card
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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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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Commerce Connect offers a very wide range of features for admin users. There is less a need for an IT specialist or programmer to be involved when changes need to be made.
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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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    Optimizely
    • Positive: We have a usable website - better than what we had before and we are seeing a constant increase in adoption.
    • Positive: Counter associates are using the website to help customers.
    • Negative: Too much time being spent QCing previous work.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Optimizely Commerce Connect Screenshots

    Screenshot of the customizable checkout workflow, used to tailor the customer checkout experience.Screenshot of where catalogs, custom attributes, UOM, catalog restrictions, and multiple sites are managed at once.Screenshot of an example of a personalized promotion based on user web activity, used to drive conversion and increase average order value.Screenshot of customized recommendations reportingScreenshot of Optimizely Commerce Connect's personalizationScreenshot of Optimizely Opal, available within Commerce Connect to automate promotion creation by mapping products and variants from your existing product data. Turn tedious campaign work into high velocity scalable promotions.