SWITCH FROM KAJABI
Kajabi to Calisto Direct
Direct sells memberships, posts, courses, digital products, pay-per-view and ticketed streams on the creator’s own site and domain, paid through the creator’s own payment provider.
- Content Creators
Feature by feature
Calisto Direct beside Kajabi
- 16 In both
- 5 Only in Kajabi
| 21 features | Calisto Direct | Kajabi |
|---|---|---|
| Courses | ||
| CoursesCalisto: a course is a collection of lessons, sold on its own or included from a tier, with each fan’s progress kept and resume to the second.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| QuizzesCalisto: quizzes per lesson with single choice, multiple choice or true and false, a pass mark, retakes, and the option to open the next lessons on a pass.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| CertificatesCalisto: a certificate on completion, in the creator’s own design, verified at an address on the creator’s domain and revocable.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| CohortsCalisto: a course can run in cohorts: no lesson before the cohort starts, and the fan picks an open cohort or the next one.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Memberships | ||
| Membership TiersCalisto: tiers named and priced by the creator, each with what it includes (1:1 messaging, premium video, premium podcast) and an access level that decides what each fan sees.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Free TrialsCalisto: a trial link starts a paid membership free for its trial days, once per fan per page; the first charge falls when the trial ends.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Community | ||
| Members’ CommunityCalisto: a members’ space per tier, with threads and replies, who may start threads, approval of posts, and pin, lock, hide, mute and ban.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Live | ||
| Live SessionsCalisto: live streams from Direct’s own control room, scheduled ahead, free, for members or ticketed, with chat, screen sharing and the recording saved.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Audience | ||
| Posts by EmailCalisto: a published post is emailed once to the audience the creator picked; a post can be re-sent.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Selling | ||
| Digital ProductsCalisto: digital products (downloads, presets, guides and bundles), each with its sales and revenue in its own currency, delivered only to the buyer.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Promo CodesCalisto: promo codes take money off a membership’s first charge or a one-off purchase, and trial and tracking links count their clicks and conversions.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Site & Brand | ||
| The Creator’s Own DomainCalisto: the creator’s site is served on their own domain only, connected once.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Apps | ||
| An App Under the Creator’s NameCalisto: fans install the creator’s page as the creator’s own app, with the creator’s name, icon and push notices.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Team | ||
| A Team in the ConsoleCalisto: the creator’s team works in the console, and what each person may see of money is an owner setting, family by family.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Money | ||
| The Creator’s Own Payment ProviderCalisto: fans pay through the creator’s own provider, connected once in Payments, from more than fifty gateways across every region.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics | ||
| AnalyticsCalisto: Analytics for audience and content, Revenue with recurring revenue and each tier’s share, Statements, and Reports with an export.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Challenges and LeaderboardsCommunity challenges and a leaderboard for participation.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Private PodcastsPodcasts available only to customers who bought an offer, in their own podcast app.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Upsells and Order BumpsExtra products offered at and after checkout.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| AffiliatesAffiliates with share links and personal codes that credit their sales.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Public API and ZapierA public REST API, webhooks and a Zapier integration.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Kajabi
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Kajabi and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Kajabi can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Kajabi
Questions about switching
Can I bring my members?
Yes. Import Members takes a CSV onto your tiers, and each member keeps the time already paid for. When it ends, they renew on your page.
Who holds the money?
Your own payment provider. Each sale is paid into your provider account, so there is no balance held for you and no payout to request.
Where do fans find me?
On your own site and domain, built in Direct’s site builder, which fans can also install as your own app.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- Creative & MediaCalisto for Content Creators
Memberships, courses, digital products, merch and brand deals on one record you own, on a page you control, through a payment processor you chose, and all of it in Calisto Creators. The money reaches your bank first.
Open - PricingPricing for Content CreatorsOpen
- AppCalisto Creators
A creator’s one place: the audience, memberships, drops, courses, podcasts, digital products, live streams and payouts from Direct, merch from Shop, brand deals from Deals and Connect’s inbox, in one app. Included with any app a creator works in, never sold on its own.
Open - AppCalisto Direct
Direct-to-consumer content commerce with paywalls, memberships, and live streaming.
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