Kartra vs Xperiencify (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kartra and Xperiencify share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Kartra starts cheaper, at $52 a month against $99 a month.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kartra grades higher on the free plan. Xperiencify grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Kartra
Marketing suite with funnels, email, courses and membership sites
Xperiencify
Course platform built around points, badges and other game features
Which one is for you
Pick Kartra if
- Fits if your business runs on funnels, launches and email sequences
- Works for sellers who want calendars, texts and courses in the same account, from $99 a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a community around your course, which isn't in the listing
- Pricey if you stay on Essentials, with 5% of sales and only 1 product
- Tight if your list grows fast, since passing the contact limit moves you up a plan mid-cycle
- Watch out: automations, affiliates and the help desk start on Growth at $189, and the API only on Professional
- Watch out: there are no add-ons for domains or team members, no apps are listed, and the trial is a limited-time offer
Pick Xperiencify if
- Fits if you want points, levels and badges built into your course
- Works for creators who want course, email and funnels from one vendor
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to publish for free, since publishing needs a paid plan
- Tight if you grow, with caps of 10 courses and 1,000 active students on Growth and 20 and 5,000 on Pro
- Watch out: the lifetime plan has the same caps as Growth, and bigger needs go to a custom Enterprise plan
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $99 a month against $999 for the year
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAKartraFair | 2.2GPAXperiencifyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CEssentials is $52 a month billed yearly, but it takes 5% of sales, $100 on $2,000, and allows 1 product. Starter at $99 takes no fee, so $99 a month is the real figure: above this category's dearer quarter ($59), short of its dearest tenth ($143). | CGrowth is $99 a month, or $999 a year, and a lifetime plan is $1,499, which is more than two years of the $49 middle. Growth is capped at 10 courses and 1,000 active students. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. A 14-day trial of any plan is shown as a limited-time offer, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card; after that there's a 30-day money-back guarantee. | DThe account is free to build in, but a paid plan is needed to publish a course. |
| Features | CPages, funnels, checkouts, courses and membership sites with video hosting, email and SMS, forms, calendars and AI copy. The gap is community: there's no discussion space for students anywhere in the listing. | BGamification, quizzes, certificates, community, funnels, email, a CRM and a student app. Nothing in the listing is missing for running a course. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. It's a big suite with funnels and sequences to set up, and passing your contact limit moves you up a plan mid-cycle. | CNo store rating on record. You build the course, the game rules and the funnel yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree, Zapier, Twilio, Zoom and Google Calendar. API access is only on Professional at $429 a month, and no apps are listed. | BWeb, iOS and Android, with 3 integrations on record. No desktop program. |
| Best for | funnel-heavy course launches | a course maker who wants points and badges |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Kartra and Xperiencify. How we grade
Price against what you get
Kartra starts at $52 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Xperiencify starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
Xperiencify scores higher, and starts $47 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other course and community platforms on the chart, 7 score higher than Kartra for less, and 3 score higher than Xperiencify for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Kartra also covers forms, surveys and help desk.
- Xperiencify also covers community and chatbots.
At a glance
| Kartra | Xperiencify | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $52 per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($59 monthly) | $99 per month, billed monthly ($999 per year) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of any plan, shown as a limited-time offer; 30-day money-back guarantee | Account is free until you publish a course; a paid plan is needed to publish. |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Kartra Inc. | Xperiencify Inc. |
| Price read from | kartra.com | xperiencify.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Kartra
- Essentials takes 5% of every sale and allows only 1 product, 1 course and 5 pages; higher plans take no fee.
- Passing a plan's contact limit moves the account up a tier automatically, with a mid-cycle charge.
- Automations, affiliates and the help desk start on Growth; API access is only on Professional.
- There are no add-ons for extra domains, languages or team members; more of any means a bigger plan.
Xperiencify
- Published courses and active monthly students are capped: 10 and 1,000 on Growth, 20 and 5,000 on Pro.
- The lifetime plan has the same caps as Growth, and larger needs go to a custom Enterprise plan.
- You cannot publish a course without a paid plan; the free account is for building only.
Key features
Kartra
- Pages, funnels and checkouts
- A drag-and-drop page and website builder, a funnel mapper, pre-built campaigns, and checkouts that take card and PayPal payments.
- Courses and membership sites
- Host courses and membership sites with Kartra's own video hosting. Essentials allows 1, Starter and above are unlimited.
- Email and SMS
- Broadcasts and automated sequences by email and text, unlimited from Starter. Automations that tag leads by behavior start on Growth.
- Forms, surveys and calendars
- A form builder on every plan, appointment calendars that sync with Google Calendar, Zoom and Google Meet, and surveys and quizzes on Growth.
- Affiliates and help desk
- Growth adds an affiliate program for partners and a customer support portal; Professional adds live chat to the help desk.
- Kartra AI
- Writes copy for pages, emails and texts: 30 uses on Essentials, 100 on Starter and 200 on Growth.
Xperiencify
- Gamification
- Points, variable rewards, badges, leaderboards, celebrations and a binge mode that reward students for progressing through a course.
- Quizzes and certificates
- Quizzes with multi-path logic, plus completion certificates.
- Community
- Forums and community features sit inside the same account as the courses.
- Ask the Expert bot
- An AI chatbot trained on your course content answers students' questions about it.
- Funnels, email and CRM
- Sales funnels with one-click upsells, email broadcasts and autoresponders, a CRM, affiliate management and split testing.
- Student app
- The pricing page lists a native iOS and Android app for students.
Plans
Kartra
Essentials$52
per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($59 monthly)
10,000 emails and texts a month, 5 pages, 1 product, 1 membership or course, 30 Kartra AI uses, 1 domain. Kartra takes 5% of each sale.
Starter$99
per month for up to 2,500 contacts, billed annually ($119 monthly)
Unlimited email and SMS, pages, products, memberships and courses, video hosting, calendars, webinars, 5 team members. No transaction fee.
Growth$189
per month for up to 12,500 contacts, billed annually ($229 monthly)
The tier for 10,000 contacts. Adds automations, affiliates, surveys and quizzes, a help desk, funnel simulation, 10 team members, 3 domains.
Professional$429
per month for up to 25,000 contacts, billed annually ($549 monthly)
Everything in Growth, plus real-time funnel analytics, help desk live chat, API access and 5 custom domains.
Xperiencify
Growth$99
per month, billed monthly ($999 per year)
10 published courses and 1,000 active monthly students; unlimited sites, funnels and courses in draft.
Pro$199
per month, billed monthly ($1,999 per year)
20 published courses and 5,000 active monthly students; unlimited sites, funnels and courses in draft.
Lifetime$1,499
one-time payment
One payment instead of a subscription, with 10 published courses and 1,000 active monthly students.
Ways to pay less
Kartra
- Annual discount
Save up to 22% with yearly billing
Kartra's pricing page lists yearly billing at up to 22% off: Essentials $52 a month instead of $59, Starter $99 instead of $119, Growth $189 instead of $229.
Xperiencify
- Annual discount
Yearly billing
The pricing page has an Annual option: Growth $999 a year and Pro $1,999 a year, against $99 and $199 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Kartra or Xperiencify?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Kartra is cheaper to start with: $52 a month, against $99 a month for Xperiencify. Kartra starts at $52 per month for up to 500 contacts, billed annually ($59 monthly), and Xperiencify starts at $99 per month, billed monthly ($999 per year).
Which has a free plan, Kartra or Xperiencify?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Kartra nor Xperiencify has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Kartra and Xperiencify run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Xperiencify lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.