Kajabi is built for people who sell knowledge online full time. The Avana Academy is built for people who teach next to a full column of clients.
The Avana Academy, part of Avana by Sweeber Technologies, is a course platform for salon owners: online lessons, a hands-on practice day in your booking calendar and a certificate when students finish, with no commission on your course price. It costs £8.99 a month on top of an Avana plan, or £9.99 on its own, VAT included. Kajabi starts at $179 a month for Basic ($143 billed yearly), priced in US dollars, and gives you funnels, email sequences, a website and community tools. Choose Kajabi to build an online education business; choose the Academy to teach from your salon.
| At a glance | Avana | Kajabi |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | £8.99 with a plan, £9.99 on its own | $179 Basic, $143 billed yearly |
| Practice day in your calendar | Yes, as a normal appointment | No calendar |
| Certificates | Yes | Yes |
| Funnels, email sequences, website | No | Yes |
Kajabi prices from kajabi.com, October 2026. Avana prices include VAT.
Kajabi is a big platform for online creators. The Academy lives inside your salon's booking system.
| Kajabi | Avana | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $179, $249 or $499; $143, $199 or $399 billed yearly* | £8.99 with a plan, £9.99 alone |
| Extra fee per sale | 2%, 1% or 0.5% if you use another payment provider* | None from your course price |
| Practice day in your calendar | No* | Yes |
| Students and clients in one place | Separate contact list* | Yes |
| Quizzes | Yes* | Yes, with an explanation for each wrong answer |
| Certificate on completion | Yes | Yes |
| Funnels and email sequences | Yes | No |
| Website and community | Yes | No |
*Kajabi features and fees change; check kajabi.com. Checked in October 2026.
Kajabi is strong at what it does. For a salon, three things tip the balance.
Your course is sold from the same account as your treatments: the same settings, the same payout, the same client list.
Nails, lashes and colour are learned by hand. Students pick a practice day with a fixed number of places, and it blocks that time in your calendar.
£8.99 a month on top of your plan, VAT included, against $179 a month for Kajabi Basic before any other tools.
You already explain your technique to every junior who joins. Record that once in the Avana Academy and sell it as a course. The hands-on practice day sits in your calendar between your appointments.
Sometimes Kajabi is the right call.
The Avana Academy costs £8.99 a month with an Avana plan or £9.99 on its own, VAT included. Every Academy plan includes online lessons, quizzes, certificates and bookable practice days.
Avana's booking page, deposits, reminders, Avana Connect and the Avana Academy work together in one account. Turn two on together and they win you appointments you would otherwise have missed.
Someone asks at eleven at night what balayage costs. Connect replies, they book Saturday at ten and the deposit is paid there and then. In the morning it is in your calendar.
How much is balayage?
£120. Saturday 10:00 is free.
The client picks a time and gets a confirmation straight away. The reminder follows the day before. If it no longer suits, they move it themselves and the slot opens up again.
Record your know-how once as a course and sell it to people who want to learn your craft. The practice day goes between your appointments and you keep the whole course price.
The Avana Academy costs £8.99 a month on top of an Avana plan, or £9.99 on its own, with VAT included. You get online lessons, quizzes, certificates and a practice day booked into your calendar. It does not try to replace Kajabi's funnels or website builder.
At the time of writing (October 2026), Kajabi lists Basic at $179, Growth at $249 and Pro at $499 a month, or $143, $199 and $399 a month billed yearly, priced in US dollars. If you take payments through a provider other than Kajabi Payments, Kajabi adds 2%, 1% or 0.5% per sale depending on the plan.
Yes. You set the dates and the number of places, and students choose the day that suits them. The day appears in your calendar like any appointment, so no client books over it.
Yes. When a student completes the course, the Academy sends a certificate in their name automatically. It arrives without you having to make or send anything.
Yes, on its own it costs £9.99 a month. With an Avana plan it is £8.99 a month, and then your practice days share your booking calendar.
Question not here? The help centre walks through every part of Avana step by step.
Many stylists and technicians who search for a Kajabi alternative are not building an online academy with thousands of students. They want to teach twenty people a year how they do a full set or a balayage, with one or two days in the salon.
The Avana Academy is made for that. Lessons go online once, students pay through your Avana payments, and the practice day lands in your calendar. Compare it with Teachable and Thinkific.