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If you want to sell paid webinars + drip content + a gated community in one ecosystem, you’re mainly looking at Kajabi, Circle, and Mighty Networks. The best fit depends on whether your business is more course/content-driven or community-driven. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

Kajabi Mighty Networks Kajabi## My shortlist

1. Kajabi — best “sell knowledge” platform

Choose this if your model is:

• Weekly paid webinars
• A library of lessons released over time
• Membership tiers
• Email marketing and sales funnels
• Upsells (e.g., webinar → course → coaching)

Kajabi is strong because the selling side is built in: landing pages, email campaigns, offers, payments, memberships, and content delivery are connected. It also supports gated memberships and drip-style content delivery. Kajabi Kajabi

Example setup:

• Free webinar → email list
• $49/month community → weekly Q&A + content drops
• $999 course → full curriculum + private group

2. Circle — best if the community is the product

Choose this if your value comes from:

• Member networking
• Discussion groups
• Live sessions
• Cohorts
• Peer interaction

Circle is designed around community spaces, events, courses, and memberships. It tends to feel more like a private professional network than a traditional course portal. Mighty Networks Kajabi

3. Mighty Networks — best for a “social network” feel

Choose this if you want:

• Members connecting with each other
• Groups inside your membership
• Events + courses + community combined
• A branded app experience

Mighty Networks emphasizes member interaction, profiles, discussions, events, and community engagement. Mighty Networks

Other options worth considering

• Podia — simpler and often cheaper; good for courses, memberships, and digital downloads, but less community-focused.
• Teachable — strong course hosting, less of a community hub.
• Thinkific — strong learning management features; often paired with a separate community tool.

Recommendation by business model

• Coach/consultant selling expertise: Kajabi
• Paid mastermind or professional network: Circle or Mighty Networks
• Course + recurring membership + marketing funnel: Kajabi
• Community-first subscription: Circle
• Large member ecosystem with lots of interaction: Mighty Networks

If you’re starting from scratch and want one login, one payment system, one place for webinars, drip lessons, and a paid community, I’d generally start by evaluating Kajabi vs Circle. The deciding question is: are people paying mainly for your content, or mainly for access to each other? Mighty Networks

Yes. If you want one platform to handle paid webinars + drip content + gated paid community, I’d narrow it to Podia, Kajabi, and Mighty Networks.

My take

Podia is probably the closest match to what you described. It explicitly supports paid workshops/webinars with registration, reminders and replays, courses with scheduled/dripped lessons, and paid community spaces. Podia Podia

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Kajabi is worth considering if your webinars and community are primarily part of a larger marketing funnel. It combines courses, memberships, community, email automation, landing pages, checkout and offers. Kajabi Kajabi

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Mighty Networks is particularly interesting if the community itself is the product. It has native livestreaming, events, courses, drip scheduling and community spaces, so you can make the webinar → course → ongoing community experience feel like one product. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

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What I'd choose for your model

If your business looks like:

$49 webinar → $299 drip program → $49/month private community

I'd start by looking at Podia and Mighty Networks.

If it looks more like:

free webinar → email funnel → $997 program → upsells/memberships

I'd look harder at Kajabi, because its marketing automation and funnel infrastructure are more central to the platform. Kajabi

If you tell me your approximate price point, number of members, and whether webinars are live or prerecorded, I can compare the actual current plan/pricing differences and tell you which setup would require the fewest extra tools.

Yes. If you want one platform to sell:

• Paid webinars / live workshops
• Drip content (lessons released over days/weeks)
• Gated paid community spaces
• Payments, checkout, memberships, and email marketing

I’d narrow it to Kajabi vs. Podia, with Kajabi as my first choice if this is intended to become a serious paid education/community business.

🥇 My pick: Kajabi

Kajabi can handle paid courses, drip/scheduled content, memberships, and a private community with paid access tiers. Kajabi Kajabi

It is particularly good if your model looks something like:

Free content → paid webinar → drip program → ongoing paid community

You can also create cohort-style programs where content is released on specific dates alongside live sessions. Kajabi

Why I'd choose it: it's built more around selling expertise and building a business around it, rather than simply hosting a community.

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🥈 Best value/simple option: Podia

Podia is actually a very strong fit for your three requirements. It supports paid webinars/events, replay sales, drip courses, and community spaces in the same system. Podia Podia

Its webinar system can sell tickets, handle reminders, and turn the recording into a replay product. Podia

I'd choose Podia if: you want something simpler, cheaper, and faster to set up, and you don't need Kajabi's deeper marketing/automation ecosystem.

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How I'd decide

My recommendation: If you're starting from scratch and expect webinars + drip programs + a recurring community to become a meaningful revenue stream, I'd go Kajabi. If you want to keep the tech and monthly cost down, I'd go Podia.

One important distinction: if by "gated community spaces" you mean a very community-centric experience—lots of discussion, channels, member interaction, events, etc.—I'd also consider Circle. But for your specific combination of selling + teaching + dripping + community, Kajabi is the more complete single-platform choice. mightynetworks.com

If you tell me roughly what you're selling and your expected price point (e.g. $49 webinar → $500 course → $49/month community), I can recommend the exact platform and setup I'd use.

Yes. Several platforms can handle all three, but they’re not equally strong at each piece.

My shortlist

*Kajabi can handle live/cohort experiences, though its webinar workflow isn't as purpose-built as some webinar tools.

🥇 I'd look at Podia first

podia.com is probably the closest match to exactly what you described.

You can:

• Sell paid webinars with registration, checkout, reminders, and replays. It integrates with Zoom and Google Meet. Podia Podia Help Center
• Drip content through courses, releasing lessons according to a schedule. Podia
• Create paid/gated community tiers, so different purchases can unlock different community spaces/content. Podia Podia
• Bundle things together—for example, $497 program = 4 webinars + 8-week drip course + private community. Podia
• Keep the website, checkout, email, courses, events, and community under one roof. Podia

When I'd choose Mighty instead

mightynetworks.com is more compelling if the community itself is the main thing you're selling.

Its courses support scheduled/dripped lessons, and you can put courses, discussions, events, and community into the same member experience. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks It also supports paid memberships, courses, resource libraries, and events. Mighty Networks

So if your model is:

Pay $49/month → get access to community + weekly live webinars + ongoing drip content

I'd seriously consider Mighty Networks.

If it's:

Buy my $997 webinar/course program → get lessons released over 8 weeks + access to a private community

I'd lean Podia.

My pick based only on your three requirements: Podia. It's unusually well matched because webinars, drip courses, and paid community are all native pieces rather than requiring a stack of integrations.

If you tell me your rough price point and whether the community is the main product or an add-on, I can narrow it down between Podia vs Mighty vs Kajabi and tell you which I'd actually use.

Yes. If you want paid webinars + drip content + a gated community in one platform, I’d narrow it to Circle, Mighty Networks, and Kajabi.

My pick: Circle

Circle is probably the best fit if the community is a major part of what you're selling.

It supports:

• Paid webinars/events — live rooms, livestreams, events, ticketed offerings
• Drip content — scheduled/structured courses and content releases
• Gated community — paid memberships, subscriptions, paywalled spaces
• Courses — self-paced or cohort-based
• Payments — one-time purchases and recurring memberships
• Automations — useful for onboarding and moving people between offers

Circle specifically positions itself as bringing community, courses, events, payments, subscriptions, and access control together. Circle Circle

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The other two

Mighty Networks is arguably even better if your business is primarily a paid community with educational content layered on top. It has courses with scheduled/dripped releases, paid events, livestreaming, memberships, and community spaces. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

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Kajabi is the one I'd look at if your priority is more selling information products, webinars, courses, email marketing, and memberships, with community as an additional component. Its Communities product connects community access with offers, payments, memberships, and email. Kajabi

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How I'd choose

For the model you described, I'd start with Circle. You could structure it something like:

Free audience → Paid webinar → Drip mini-course → Premium gated community

That lets the same member account and payment system control access to each level rather than stitching together Zoom + Teachable + Discord/Facebook + Stripe.

If you tell me roughly what you're selling (e.g. $29 webinar, $500 course, $49/month community) and whether webinars need Zoom or can happen natively, I can tell you which of the three is the best fit and what the setup would look like.

Yes. If you want one platform to sell:

• Paid webinars / live workshops
• Drip-fed courses/content
• A gated paid community
• Ideally with checkout, memberships, and email in the same system

I’d shortlist Podia and Mighty Networks, with Podia as my default recommendation.

My ranking

🥇 Podia — probably your best fit

Podia is unusually well matched to exactly what you're describing.

You can sell paid webinars/events, including Zoom/Google Meet events, and Podia handles registration, checkout, reminders and replays. Podia Podia Help Center

For content, you can create courses with scheduled/dripped lessons, quizzes, downloads, etc. Podia

And for the community side, you can create paid membership tiers that gate access to premium community spaces/content. Podia

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The big advantage: you aren't stitching together Zoom + Teachable + Circle + Stripe + email software. Podia is designed to have courses, community, events, checkout, email and your website connected. Podia

🥈 Mighty Networks — choose this if community is the product

Mighty Networks is arguably stronger if your business revolves around the community experience.

It supports courses with drip/scheduled releases, paid events, memberships, livestreaming, and private spaces. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

For example, you could sell:

$299 Webinar → 4-week Drip Program → $49/month Private Community

and keep all three inside the same ecosystem.

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Its current Launch plan is listed at $79/month, while Scale is $179/month; transaction fees vary by plan. Mighty Networks

🥉 Kajabi

Kajabi is worth considering if you're building a more sophisticated information-product business with funnels, email marketing and higher-ticket offers.

Its courses support scheduled/dripped content and cohort programs with live sessions. Kajabi

But for your specific three requirements, I'd start by comparing Podia vs. Mighty Networks, rather than jumping straight to Kajabi.

What I'd pick

If you're primarily selling expertise/content: → Podia

If you're primarily building a paid community with content/events around it: → Mighty Networks

If you're building a serious marketing/funnel machine around high-ticket education: → Kajabi

If you tell me roughly what you'll charge for the webinar, what the drip content looks like, and your expected number of members, I can tell you which one I'd choose and compare the actual costs at your scale.

Yes. If you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community in one platform, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: Circle

For your specific combination, Circle is probably the cleanest fit. Its paid plans combine courses, drip content, events, live streams, paid memberships, gated spaces, discussions, messaging, and payments. Its Professional plan is currently listed at $89/month, with Business at $199/month. Circle Circle

You could structure it like:

• Free community → previews, discussions, lead generation
• Paid webinar → one-time purchase → access to live event + replay
• Drip program → 4–8 weeks of lessons released automatically
• Premium community → recurring monthly/annual membership
• VIP tier → premium content + private space + live Q&As

Circle also lets you gate the entire community, individual spaces, or combinations of content based on membership/payment. Circle

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When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Choose Kajabi if your business is more course/marketing-funnel driven than community driven. Kajabi has strong courses, memberships, email marketing, funnels, payments, communities, and drip delivery, and you can bundle a course + community + resources into one paid offer. Kajabi Kajabi

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When I'd choose Mighty Networks

Mighty is compelling if the community itself is the product. It combines paid communities, courses, events, livestreaming, and tiered spaces, including drip courses. Mighty Networks Podia

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Bottom line: For “I want to sell webinars, progressively release content, and have paying members interact in a private community”, I'd start with Circle. If your priority is sophisticated marketing funnels and email automation, I'd lean Kajabi instead. Circle Kajabi

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge per webinar and per month for the community, I can compare Circle vs Kajabi vs Mighty on actual costs/transaction fees at your expected revenue.

Yes. If you want one platform to handle paid webinars + drip content + a gated community, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: Podia

For what you described, Podia is probably the cleanest fit. It specifically supports paid webinars with registration and checkout, webinar replays, drip courses, and paid/gated community spaces. Podia Podia

You could structure your business like:

$49 Webinar
→ live Zoom webinar
→ automatic replay
→ 7-day drip mini-course
→ invitation into your $29/month private community

Or:

$299 Program
→ 4 weekly webinars
→ content released weekly
→ private community
→ downloadable resources
→ everything managed under one customer login.

Podia also lets you bundle events, courses, and community access together, which is particularly useful for this model. Podia Podia Help Center

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When I'd choose Kajabi instead

I'd choose Kajabi if you're planning a more sophisticated marketing funnel/business around the webinars—multiple offers, email sequences, upsells, memberships, landing pages, etc. Kajabi combines courses, communities, email marketing, websites, payments, and offers in one system, and its courses support drip content. Kajabi Kajabi

Its community system also supports paid/free tiers and gating specific content or spaces based on the customer's offer. Kajabi

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When I'd choose Mighty Networks

If the community itself is the product, I'd look hard at Mighty. Its courses can drip on a schedule and live directly alongside the community, with dedicated course communities and member interaction. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

My ranking for your use case:

1. 🥇 Podia — easiest way to get all three working together
2. 🥈 Kajabi — strongest if marketing automation and sales funnels matter
3. 🥉 Mighty Networks — strongest if the gated community is the heart of the business

If you tell me roughly what you'd charge for the webinar, monthly community, and drip program, I can also compare the actual platform costs and transaction fees and tell you which one makes the most financial sense.

For what you described, Podia is probably the cleanest fit. It specifically supports paid webinars with registration and checkout, webinar replays, drip courses, and paid/gated community spaces. Podia Podia

You could structure your business like:

$49 Webinar
→ live Zoom webinar
→ automatic replay
→ 7-day drip mini-course
→ invitation into your $29/month private community

Or:

$299 Program
→ 4 weekly webinars
→ content released weekly
→ private community
→ downloadable resources
→ everything managed under one customer login.

Podia also lets you bundle events, courses, and community access together, which is particularly useful for this model. Podia Podia Help Center

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When I'd choose Kajabi instead

I'd choose Kajabi if you're planning a more sophisticated marketing funnel/business around the webinars—multiple offers, email sequences, upsells, memberships, landing pages, etc. Kajabi combines courses, communities, email marketing, websites, payments, and offers in one system, and its courses support drip content. help.kajabi.com help.kajabi.com

Its community system also supports paid/free tiers and gating specific content or spaces based on the customer's offer.

If you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces in one platform, you’re mainly looking at Kajabi, Circle, and Mighty Networks. The best choice depends on whether your business is more course sales, community, or live events focused. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

Best all-around choice: Kajabi

Best if you want to sell expertise (courses, coaching, memberships) and build a business around it.

Handles:

• ✅ Paid webinars (usually via integrations/live tools)
• ✅ Drip content (“release lesson after X days”)
• ✅ Paid memberships
• ✅ Gated courses/content
• ✅ Email marketing and sales funnels
• ✅ Payments, coupons, upsells
• ✅ Landing pages

Kajabi is strongest when your funnel looks like:

Lead magnet → webinar → paid program → membership community

Its community features have expanded and can connect paid access to products and memberships. Kajabi

Choose Kajabi if: you are selling education, coaching, consulting, certifications, or premium programs.

Best for community-first businesses: Circle

Best if the community itself is the product.

Handles:

• ✅ Paid memberships
• ✅ Gated spaces
• ✅ Courses/drip content
• ✅ Live events and discussions
• ✅ Member profiles and networking
• ✅ Community engagement

Circle is especially good for:

• mastermind groups
• professional networks
• paid clubs
• cohort-based learning

Its weakness is that marketing funnels and sales automation are not as deep as Kajabi’s. Mighty Networks

Choose Circle if: members are paying mainly for access, interaction, networking, and ongoing events.

Best for a social, membership-style experience: Mighty Networks

Best if you want your members to feel like they’re joining a private network.

Handles:

• ✅ Paid communities
• ✅ Courses
• ✅ Events/webinars
• ✅ Member interaction
• ✅ Mobile community experience

It is particularly strong for engagement and community-driven memberships. Mighty Networks

Choose Mighty Networks if: your value proposition is “join this network,” not just “watch these lessons.”

Quick comparison

Mighty Networks Mighty Networks## My recommendation by business model

• You’re a coach/expert selling $500–$5,000 programs: Kajabi
• You’re building a paid mastermind or professional community: Circle
• You want a “Netflix + private Facebook group + events” experience: Mighty Networks
• You want everything under one roof and don’t want to stitch tools together: Kajabi is usually the safest starting point

A common setup for creators is:

• Kajabi for sales + courses + payments
• Circle for a premium community layer

…but if you strongly want a single platform, I’d start with Kajabi unless community interaction is the main thing customers are paying for. Mighty Networks Kajabi

I can also compare these against Podia, Thinkific, Teachable, Skool, and LearnWorlds if you’re trying to optimize for price or simplicity.

If you want to sell paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces from one platform, I’d shortlist these:

Mighty Networks Mighty Networks## My recommendation by business model

If your main goal is selling expertise (coaching, courses, paid workshops)

Choose Kajabi.

Why:

• Strong sales pages, email marketing, funnels, payments
• Excellent drip campaigns (release lessons by date, after purchase, etc.)
• Membership products are built in
• Better if webinars are a sales mechanism leading into courses/coaching

Tradeoff: the community experience is not as community-native as Circle or Mighty Networks. Mighty Networks Kajabi

If your main goal is a paid community with recurring membership

Choose Circle.

Why:

• Members get a community feed, groups/spaces, events, discussions
• You can gate content by membership level
• Better member engagement experience
• Good fit for mastermind groups, professional networks, cohorts

Tradeoff: you may need other tools for advanced marketing funnels. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

If you want a community that feels like a private social network

Choose Mighty Networks.

Why:

• Strong community features
• Events, courses, memberships, and member interaction are central
• Good for “members helping each other” models

Tradeoff: marketing automation is not as deep as Kajabi. Mighty Networks Kajabi

My practical ranking for your exact requirements

1. Kajabi — best if webinars are part of a funnel to sell premium content
2. Circle — best if the community itself is the product
3. Mighty Networks — best if you want a highly social membership experience
4. Podia — best if you want simple and inexpensive

A common setup:

• Paid webinar → drip course → private community → recurring membership

would usually push me toward Kajabi or Circle, depending on whether you care more about sales automation (Kajabi) or member interaction (Circle). Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

If you tell me your approximate price point (e.g., $29/month community vs $2,000 cohort) and whether webinars are live recurring events or mostly recorded masterclasses, I can narrow it down.

Yes. If you want one platform to sell:

• Paid webinars
• Dripped content/courses
• Gated community spaces/memberships
• Ideally with checkout, email, and customer access handled together

I’d shortlist Podia and Mighty Networks, with Kajabi as the more marketing-heavy option.

My pick: Podia

Podia is probably the cleanest fit for what you described.

It natively supports paid webinars/events, drip courses, and paid community tiers/private spaces. You can also bundle an event, course, and community membership together so that someone pays once and automatically gets the appropriate access. Podia Podia Podia

For example, you could structure your business like:

$49 Webinar → $297 Drip Program → $39/month Community

And Podia can handle the customer moving through those offers without requiring three separate platforms. Podia Help Center

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When I'd choose Mighty Networks instead

Mighty Networks is stronger if the community itself is the heart of your business.

It has paid memberships, private spaces, events, courses, and scheduled/dripped content. Its courses can live directly inside the community, which is particularly nice for cohort programs and memberships. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

So I'd think of it this way:

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What about Kajabi?

Kajabi is worth considering if you're building a more sophisticated expert/coach/education business and care heavily about funnels, email marketing, and sales automation. It supports evergreen and cohort courses and can drip modules/lessons based on dates or purchase timing. Kajabi

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My recommendation based specifically on your three requirements:

1. Podia — best overall fit
2. Mighty Networks — best if community is the main product
3. Kajabi — best if sophisticated marketing/funnels are the priority

If you tell me roughly what you're selling (e.g. coaching, professional education, fitness, investing, spiritual, business, etc.) and your expected price points, I can tell you which one I'd actually choose and how I'd structure the offers.

If you want to sell paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces from one platform, the strongest all-in-one choices are:

My recommendation by business model

• You are selling expertise (coaching, courses, certifications, paid workshops):

Choose Kajabi. It combines checkout, email marketing, funnels, courses, memberships, and community access in one ecosystem. Kajabi

• The community itself is the main value (networking, mastermind, professional group, fan/community membership):

Choose Mighty Networks or Circle. They are built around member interaction, discussions, events, and engagement. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

• You want a simple MVP to test demand:

Start with Podia or Circle, then move up if your audience grows. Mighty Networks

A typical setup I’d use:

1. Free webinar → capture leads
2. Paid webinar/masterclass → one-time purchase
3. Drip course → weekly lessons released automatically
4. Premium community → recurring monthly membership

For that full funnel, Kajabi is probably the closest single-platform fit. If the community is the centerpiece rather than the course, Mighty Networks may be the better choice. Kajabi Mighty Networks

If you tell me your expected audience size (e.g., 100, 1,000, 10,000 members) and whether webinars are live Zoom-style events or evergreen webinars, I can narrow it down further.

Yes. If you want one platform to sell:

• Paid webinars
• Drip/released content
• Gated community spaces
• Plus checkout, memberships, email, and digital products

my first choice would be Podia.

My ranking

Podia is particularly well matched to your use case. It lets you sell webinars with registration/checkout, connect Zoom or Google Meet, host replays, drip course lessons, and create paid community tiers/private spaces. You can also bundle a webinar + content + community access into one offer. Podia Podia Podia

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Mighty Networks is what I'd consider if the community itself is the core product. It has paid events, courses with scheduled/dripped releases, memberships, private spaces, and strong community functionality. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

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Kajabi is excellent if you're building a more sophisticated course + funnel + email marketing business. It has drip courses, payments, automation, and community tied to purchases. Kajabi

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What I'd choose for your model

If your business looks something like:

$49 webinar → $199 drip program → $29/month community

I'd lean Podia because you can keep the entire customer journey in one ecosystem without having to stitch together Zoom + course software + Circle/Facebook + payment software.

If instead your main product is a high-engagement paid community with webinars and educational content built around it, I'd lean Mighty Networks.

If you tell me roughly your price points, number of customers, and whether the webinars are live Zoom webinars or evergreen webinars, I can tell you which of the three I'd pick—and what the setup would look like.

Yes. Two platforms stand out for your exact combination: Podia and Mighty Networks.

My pick: podia.com

For paid webinars + drip content + gated community, Podia is probably the simplest all-in-one option.

Podia lets you sell webinars directly, connect Zoom/Google Meet/YouTube Live, automatically host replays, and turn replays into products. Podia

For your drip content, you can release course lessons on a schedule, and you can connect courses/products to specific private community spaces. Podia Podia

You can also create paid membership tiers where different tiers unlock different spaces/products. Podia Help Center

The alternative: mightynetworks.com

I'd choose Mighty if the community itself is the main product.

Mighty is particularly strong at combining community + courses + events. Its courses support scheduled/dripped releases, and paid members can get access to specific spaces. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

It also supports charging for memberships, courses, events, and bundles. Mighty Networks

How I'd decide

Choose Podia if:

• Your primary business is selling webinars, educational content, and programs
• You want a relatively straightforward storefront/checkout
• Community is an important bonus/retention mechanism
• You want email marketing and your website in the same system

Choose Mighty if:

• You're building a paid community first
• You want members interacting with each other heavily
• Your courses/webinars exist primarily to drive engagement inside the community
• A native community/mobile experience is especially important

For your description, I'd start with Podia. It maps unusually cleanly to the funnel:

Free content → paid webinar → drip program → gated community → recurring membership

And you can bundle those pieces together rather than making customers jump between different platforms. Podia Podia

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge (e.g. $49 webinar → $500 course → $49/month community) and how many members you expect, I can also compare Podia vs Mighty vs Kajabi on pricing and which would make the most sense financially.

• Your primary business is selling webinars, educational content, and programs
• You want a relatively straightforward storefront/checkout
• Community is an important bonus/retention mechanism
• You want email marketing and your website in the same system

Choose Mighty if:

If you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces in one platform, the strongest all-in-one options are:

Kajabi Mighty Networks## My recommendation by business model

Choose Kajabi if your main goal is selling

Best fit if you want:

• Paid webinar → upsell course → membership funnel
• Email marketing automation
• Landing pages and checkout
• Evergreen drip courses
• Multiple products under one brand

Kajabi is particularly strong when your business is a knowledge business (coach, consultant, educator, expert). It supports gated memberships and drip content natively. Kajabi Kajabi

Choose Mighty Networks if the community is the product

Best fit if you want:

• A paid mastermind
• Member networking
• Cohorts
• Live workshops
• Discussions and engagement

It is built around community engagement, events, courses, and memberships rather than primarily marketing funnels. Kajabi Mighty Networks

Choose Circle if you want a polished private community

Best fit if you want:

• A professional member portal
• Paid spaces
• Cohorts
• Discussions + events + courses

Circle is popular for creator communities because the community experience is the centerpiece. Mighty Networks

If I were choosing:

• Selling expertise (courses, coaching, webinars): Kajabi
• Building a paid tribe/community: Mighty Networks
• Running a premium membership community: Circle
• Starting lean with fewer features: Podia

A common setup that works well:
Free webinar → paid workshop → drip course → recurring community membership

For that funnel, I’d lean Kajabi unless the community interaction itself is the main product. Kajabi Mighty Networks

If you tell me your approximate audience size (e.g., 100 members vs 10,000), price point, and whether webinars are live or evergreen, I can narrow it down.

Yes. For your exact combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist three, with Podia as the best starting point for most creators.

My pick: Podia

podia.com supports courses, community, events, email marketing, checkout, and website hosting in one platform. Its courses support scheduled/dripped lessons, and its community can be connected to different products and membership tiers. Podia Podia Podia

That means you could structure your business like:

Free content → paid webinar → drip program → premium community

For example:

• $29 — Live webinar
• $99 — 4-week drip course
• $39/month — Private community
• $299 — Webinar + course + 3 months community bundle

You wouldn't need separate Zoom/course/community platforms for the basic setup.

When I'd choose Mighty Networks instead

If the community itself is the main product, I'd lean toward Mighty Networks. It is particularly strong for paid memberships, discussions, courses, events, and livestreams, with everything organized around the member community. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

When I'd choose Kajabi

If your priority is selling aggressively through funnels, email automation, upsells, landing pages, and memberships, Kajabi is probably the strongest of the three. Its community, payments, funnels, and automations are integrated. Kajabi

So my ranking for your use case:

1. 🥇 Podia — easiest way to get all three running without overcomplicating things
2. 🥈 Mighty Networks — best if the gated community is the heart of the business
3. 🥉 Kajabi — best if sophisticated marketing/sales automation is the priority

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge for the webinars, courses, and community, I can compare the current pricing/transaction fees and tell you which one would be cheapest for your particular business model.

When I'd choose Kajabi

Yes. Three platforms are worth looking at for this exact model, but I’d narrow it to Podia vs. Mighty Networks vs. Kajabi.

My pick: Podia

podia.com is probably the best fit if you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community without stitching several services together.

It supports:

• Paid webinars/events — including registration, checkout, reminders, and replays. Podia Podia Help Center
• Drip courses/content — release lessons on a schedule and control student access. Podia
• Paid/gated community spaces — multiple membership tiers can unlock different spaces/content. Podia Podia Help Center
• Bundles — e.g. sell a $497 program that automatically includes the webinar, course, and private community. Podia
• Email marketing, website, checkout and payments in the same system. Podia

So you could build something like:

$49 Webinar → $297 Drip Program → $49/month Private Community

and keep all three under the same customer account.

When I'd choose Mighty Networks instead

mightynetworks.com is arguably stronger if the community itself is the product.

It has paid events, livestreaming, courses with scheduled/dripped releases, memberships, and community spaces. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

I'd choose Mighty if your business is more like:

"Join my community, attend weekly events, work through courses, and interact with other members."

rather than:

"Buy my webinars/courses, with a community as an additional benefit."

Kajabi

kajabi.com is the one I'd consider if marketing funnels, email automation, and selling high-ticket knowledge products are particularly important. It has courses, drip content, payments, marketing and community in one ecosystem. Kajabi

Quick comparison

For what you described, I'd start with Podia. It has the cleanest match to all three requirements without making the community the center of the entire business.

If you tell me roughly what you'd charge for the webinars, drip program, and community (e.g. $49 / $299 / $29-month), I can also compare the actual platform costs and transaction fees for Podia vs. Mighty vs. Kajabi and tell you which is cheapest at your expected sales volume.

For paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces, you’ll want an all-in-one creator platform rather than a standalone webinar tool. The strongest fits are:

Mighty Networks Mighty Networks### My recommendation by business model

Choose Kajabi if your priority is selling.

• Best if you want a funnel like: - Free webinar → paid program → membership
• Email campaigns → checkout → automated onboarding
• Strong for drip courses, memberships, landing pages, payments, and email automation. Kajabi Kajabi
• The community features have improved, but community interaction is not as central as on community-first platforms. Mighty Networks

Choose Mighty Networks if your priority is the community.

• Better when the value is members networking, discussions, events, cohorts, and recurring memberships.
• Good fit for masterminds, professional networks, coaching communities, and paid groups. Mighty Networks Kajabi

Choose Circle if you want a clean, premium community experience.

• Good for gated spaces, courses, events, and discussions with a modern interface.
• Often paired with another marketing system if you need advanced sales funnels. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

If I were building your setup:

• Expert/coaching business selling webinars → Kajabi
• Membership community where people stay for interaction → Mighty Networks
• Cohort courses + community discussions → Circle or Mighty Networks

For most solo creators selling paid webinars that later become courses and memberships, I’d start with Kajabi because it covers the entire customer journey in one system. If the community itself becomes the main product, I’d consider moving to Mighty Networks. Kajabi Kajabi

A couple of details would change the recommendation:

1. Are the webinars live, evergreen recordings, or both?
2. Is the community a monthly membership (e.g., $29–$199/month) or mainly an add-on to courses?
3. Roughly how many members do you expect in year one?

Yes. For your specific combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist these:

🥇 My pick: Podia

podia.com is probably the closest match if you want to sell knowledge products without stitching together several platforms.

It supports:

• Paid webinars/events with registration, checkout, reminders, and replays. It can connect to Zoom, Google Meet, or YouTube Live. Podia Podia Help Center
• Dripped courses/content, where lessons become available according to a schedule. Podia
• Paid/gated community spaces, including different membership tiers that can unlock different spaces and products. Podia Podia Help Center
• Email marketing, website, checkout, digital products, coaching, etc., all under the same account. Podia

So you could build something like:

$49 Webinar → $199 Drip Program → $29/month Community

…and keep the customer in one ecosystem.

🥈 Consider Mighty Networks if community is the main attraction

mightynetworks.com is particularly strong if you're building a membership/community business rather than simply adding a community to a course business.

It combines courses, events, livestreaming, discussion, members, and pages inside "Spaces," and its courses support scheduled/dripped releases. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

I'd choose Mighty over Podia if your vision is more like:

"People pay me primarily to belong to this community, and the webinars/content are part of the membership."

🥉 Kajabi if marketing/sales funnels matter a lot

kajabi.com is excellent for paid courses, drip content, checkout, subscriptions, email automation, funnels, and community. Kajabi

I'd lean toward Kajabi if you're expecting to build a more sophisticated marketing machine around the webinars—lead magnets → email sequences → webinar → upsell → membership, etc.

For what you described, I'd start with Podia. It's the least complicated way to get all three pieces working together.

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge for the webinars, content, and community, I can compare Podia vs Mighty vs Kajabi on actual pricing and transaction fees and tell you which one I'd choose.

Yes. If you want one platform that can handle:

• Paid webinars
• Drip/released-over-time content
• Gated paid community spaces
• Payments, memberships, email, and customer access

my first choice would be Podia.

My shortlist

Podia is particularly well matched to what you described. It lets you sell paid webinar access, host replays, create courses with drip lessons, and create paid community tiers/spaces. You can also bundle a webinar + course + community into one offer. Podia Podia Podia

podia.com

Kajabi is the one I'd consider if you're building a more sophisticated expert/coaching business and expect to rely heavily on funnels, email automation, upsells, and marketing. It supports drip content and gated community access. Kajabi Kajabi

kajabi.com

Mighty Networks is compelling if the community itself is the product. It has paid events, courses, livestreams, memberships, and community spaces all integrated into the member experience. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

mightynetworks.com

What I'd choose for your model

If your business looks something like:

$49 webinar → $299 drip program → $39/month private community

I'd start with Podia. It is probably the least complicated way to get all three running without stitching together Zoom + Kajabi + Circle + Stripe + an email platform.

If you tell me your expected price points, number of members, and whether the webinars are live Zoom events or prerecorded, I can narrow it down to the best platform and plan for your specific setup.

Yes. If you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community in one platform, I’d shortlist these:

1. mightynetworks.com — best fit for your exact model

Mighty is particularly strong if the community is a major part of what people are paying for.

• Paid webinars/events: yes — you can charge for individual events and run livestreams with chat/reactions. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks
• Drip content: yes — courses can release lessons on a schedule or based on member progress. Mighty Networks
• Gated community: yes — paid memberships, private spaces, courses and events can all live together. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks
• Payments: memberships, courses, events, bundles, subscriptions and one-time purchases. Mighty Networks
• Mobile app: yes, including native iOS/Android apps; branded apps are available at higher tiers. Mighty Networks

This would be my first choice if your business is something like:

Pay $X → get access to the community → weekly/monthly webinars → drip-fed training → discussion/networking → premium events.

Current pricing starts around $79/month for Launch and $179/month for Scale on monthly billing, with higher tiers for more advanced capabilities. Mighty Networks

2. kajabi.com — better if marketing/sales funnels are the priority

Kajabi also combines courses, drip content, payments and community. Kajabi

I'd lean Kajabi if you're primarily selling education/coaching products and the community is secondary. Its big advantage is the broader marketing infrastructure: landing pages, email sequences, funnels, checkout, upsells and behavioral automations. Kajabi

My recommendation

For the model you described, I'd start with Mighty Networks. It is unusually close to an all-in-one “membership + community + live events + courses” business rather than simply being a course platform with a community bolted on. Mighty Networks

If you tell me roughly what you want to charge (e.g. $29/month, $99/month, $500/course) and whether webinars are live Zoom-style sessions or prerecorded, I can narrow it down to the best platform and plan.

Yes. For your exact combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist Kajabi and Mighty Networks.

My pick: Kajabi

Kajabi is probably the better fit if you want to sell education as a business, rather than primarily build a community.

• Paid webinars/events: supports live events and offers/payments.
• Drip content: strong course/membership drip scheduling, including releasing content over time. Kajabi Kajabi
• Gated community: built-in Communities with paid/free access groups and gated spaces. Kajabi
• Memberships: you can bundle courses, community, and resources into one recurring subscription. Kajabi
• Marketing: email, landing pages, funnels, checkout, and automation are all part of the ecosystem. Kajabi

kajabi.com

The alternative: Mighty Networks

I'd choose Mighty if the community itself is the product.

It has:

• Paid events/webinars with livestreaming and event RSVPs. Mighty Networks
• Drip/scheduled courses. Mighty Networks
• Paid memberships and gated spaces.
• Courses, events, livestreams, discussion, and members can all live inside the same Space. Mighty Networks
• Particularly strong community/mobile experience.

mightynetworks.com

How I'd decide

For what you described, I'd start with Kajabi. It gives you a cleaner path such as:

Free webinar → paid webinar → 4-week drip program → recurring paid community

without having to stitch together Zoom + Teachable + Circle + Stripe + email software.

If you tell me your expected price point and whether webinars are live, prerecorded, or both, I can also compare Kajabi vs Mighty Networks vs Circle vs Podia specifically for your business model and tell you which I'd buy.

Yes. For your specific combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d narrow it to Kajabi and Mighty Networks.

My top pick: Kajabi

Kajabi is probably the better fit if your goal is to sell education as a business, rather than primarily build a social community.

It handles:

• Paid webinars / live sessions — you can sell access through Kajabi offers and use its live-room/course capabilities. Kajabi Kajabi
• Drip content — release modules on a schedule or X days after someone purchases/enrolls. Kajabi
• Gated community — create private community spaces and tie access to paid offers; you can even have different paid/free access groups. Kajabi
• Payments and subscriptions
• Email marketing and automations
• Landing pages and funnels
• Courses/memberships

So you could build something like:

$49 webinar → $299 6-week drip program → $39/month private community

…and have the products, checkout, access rules, email automation, and community connected in one ecosystem. Kajabi explicitly positions its courses, payments, marketing, and community as one system. Kajabi

kajabi.com

Runner-up: Mighty Networks

I'd choose Mighty if the community itself is the heart of your business.

It combines:

• Courses
• Drip/scheduled lessons
• Events
• Livestreaming
• Paid memberships
• Community spaces
• Native mobile apps

Mighty specifically describes itself as combining community, courses, and events, and its courses support drip/scheduled content. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks

mightynetworks.com

Which I'd choose for you

My recommendation: start with Kajabi unless you're specifically trying to create a highly interactive, community-first membership.

If you tell me roughly how you plan to charge (e.g. $29/month community + $99 webinars + $500 course), I can also compare Kajabi vs Mighty vs Circle vs Skool specifically for your business model, including current pricing and transaction fees.

Yes. For your exact mix—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist Mighty Networks and Kajabi.

My pick: mightynetworks.com

Mighty is particularly strong if the community is a major part of what people are paying for.

• Paid webinars/events: built-in live/virtual events and livestreaming; Scale also supports charging for events. Mighty Networks
• Drip content: courses can release lessons sequentially or on a schedule. Mighty Networks
• Gated community: you can charge for access to the whole network or individual Spaces, with different membership tiers/offers. Mighty Networks
• All together: a Space can combine courses, discussions, livestreams, events, and members, so you don't have to send customers between multiple platforms. Mighty Networks
• Current pricing starts at $79/month for Launch; Scale is $179/month and adds things such as charging for events and more automation. Mighty Networks

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

kajabi.com is probably better if your business is more course/marketing/sales-funnel first, community second.

Kajabi has drip courses, subscriptions, payment plans, email automation, landing pages, memberships, and paid/tiered communities integrated into the same system. Kajabi Kajabi

So I'd think of it this way:

For what you described, I'd start with Mighty Networks. It maps unusually well to the model of: “Pay me → attend my live webinars → receive content over time → participate in a private community.” Mighty Networks

If you tell me your approximate price point (e.g. $29/mo, $99 webinar, $1,000 course) and whether the webinars are live, prerecorded, or both, I can tell you which platform I'd use and what plan.

If you want paid webinars + drip content + a gated community in one platform, you’ll want an “all-in-one creator platform.” The best fit depends on whether you care more about selling or community engagement.

Best overall: Kajabi

kajabi.com

Best for: Experts, coaches, consultants, educators selling premium programs.

It can handle:

• ✅ Paid webinars/events
• ✅ Drip-fed courses (release lessons by date or completion)
• ✅ Paid memberships and gated communities
• ✅ Checkout, payments, coupons, bundles
• ✅ Email marketing and sales funnels

Kajabi is strongest if your business model is:

“I attract leads → sell a webinar/course → upsell membership/community.”

Its community features have expanded, including paid community access and member spaces tied to products. Kajabi

Downside: It’s usually more expensive, and community interaction is not its main strength compared with community-first platforms. Mighty Networks

Best for community-first businesses: Mighty Networks

mightynetworks.com

Best for: Memberships, masterminds, cohorts, networking groups.

Handles:

• ✅ Paid communities
• ✅ Courses with drip content
• ✅ Live events/webinars
• ✅ Member profiles, discussions, messaging
• ✅ Membership tiers

Mighty Networks is built around engagement and community interaction, so it’s a stronger choice if the “community” is the product. Mighty Networks

Downside: Its marketing funnels and sales automation are not as deep as Kajabi’s. Mighty Networks

Best modern community experience: Circle

circle.so

Best for: Premium communities, cohorts, and creator memberships.

Handles:

• ✅ Paid memberships
• ✅ Courses/drip content
• ✅ Events and livestreams
• ✅ Discussions and member spaces

Circle is very polished for community experiences, but you may need additional tools for advanced marketing funnels. Mighty Networks

Quick decision guide

For most people selling paid webinars + drip programs + a gated community, I’d start with Kajabi. If the community itself is the main product (network, mastermind, professional group), I’d lean Mighty Networks. Kajabi Mighty Networks

A useful follow-up question: are your webinars mostly one-time paid events, recurring live classes, or a funnel into a membership/subscription? That changes the best choice.

If you want paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces in one platform, you’ll want an “all-in-one creator platform” rather than a webinar-only tool. The best fits are:

www.mightynetworks.com

My recommendation by business model

1. You’re selling expertise (coaching, courses, certifications, consulting): → Kajabi

• Best if your main goal is revenue generation.
• Handles:
  • sales pages
  • checkout
  • email marketing
  • automated funnels
  • courses with drip schedules
  • memberships/community access
• The tradeoff: community features are not as community-centric as dedicated platforms. www.kajabi.com

2. You want a paid membership community where webinars are a major benefit: → Mighty Networks

• Best for:
  • recurring memberships
  • cohorts
  • networking
  • member discussions
  • live events
• Feels more like a private professional network than a course portal. www.kajabi.com

3. You want a modern “community + content hub”: → Circle

• Strong for:
  • gated spaces
  • discussions
  • events
  • courses
  • member engagement
• Often chosen by creators who already have an audience and want a premium community experience. www.mightynetworks.com

A practical stack comparison

Simplest all-in-one business:

Kajabi → sell webinars, courses, memberships, email sequences

Community-first membership:

Mighty Networks → paid community + events + learning

Premium creator community:

Circle → elegant member experience + courses/events

If I were building a paid webinar business today, I’d usually choose:

• Kajabi if webinars are a funnel into courses/coaching.
• Mighty Networks or Circle if the recurring community subscription is the main product.

A few questions would narrow it down:

1. Are your webinars live only, or do you want a Netflix-style library of recordings?
2. Is the community a bonus for course buyers, or the main paid product?
3. Roughly how many members do you expect in year one (100, 1,000, 10,000+)?

Yes. For your exact combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d put Mighty Networks at the top of the list.

mightynetworks.com supports all three in one platform:

• Paid webinars/events: You can run live/virtual events and charge for individual events. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks
• Drip content: Courses support sequential/timed/dripped releases, so you can release lessons over days or weeks. Mighty Networks Mighty Networks
• Gated community: You can create private spaces, groups, courses, and memberships and charge for access. Mighty Networks
• Payments: It handles one-time payments, subscriptions, installments, multiple tiers, and paid events. Mighty Networks
• All-in-one member experience: Your webinar, course content, and community can live under the same member account rather than sending people between several services. Mighty Networks

The other one I'd consider: Kajabi

kajabi.com is arguably better if your priority is selling courses/webinars through sophisticated marketing funnels. It has drip courses, checkout, email automation, funnels, and community. Kajabi

I'd think of them this way:

My pick for you: Mighty Networks if the community is an important part of what customers are paying for. Its current Launch plan is $79/month, while Scale is $179/month; the latter adds more integrations/automation and paid-event functionality. Mighty Networks

If you tell me roughly what you'll charge (e.g. $49 webinar, $500 course, $99/month community) and whether you need Zoom, I can narrow it down to the best platform and plan for your business.

Yes. If you want one platform to handle:

1. Paid webinars / live events
2. Drip content / courses
3. Gated community spaces
4. Payments and memberships

I’d narrow it to Mighty Networks, Circle, and Kajabi.

My pick: Mighty Networks

Mighty Networks is probably the closest match to what you're describing.

It natively supports paid events/webinars, livestreaming, courses with drip scheduling, paid memberships, and private community spaces. You can also put a course and its discussion/community into the same gated space. www.mightynetworks.com

For example, you could structure your business as:

$49 Webinar
→ attendee gets access to the live webinar + replay

$199 Drip Program
→ 6 weeks of content released weekly

$39/month Community
→ private discussion, live Q&As, member resources

$499 Bundle
→ webinar + drip program + 6 months of community

Mighty supports charging for courses, resource libraries, events, and recurring memberships, so this kind of product ladder can live under one roof. www.mightynetworks.com

Circle is the other one I'd seriously consider

Circle is particularly strong if the community itself is the centerpiece. It combines community spaces, courses, events, live streams, memberships, payments, and email/automations. circle.socircle.so

It also has proper course dripping, where sections can unlock based on elapsed time or specific dates. help.circle.so

Circle's current Professional plan is listed at $89/month, while Mighty has a Launch plan for courses and events listed at $950/year. circle.so

Kajabi

Kajabi is the one I'd choose if your priority is selling education/products and sophisticated marketing, rather than having the best possible community experience.

Kajabi has courses, payments, marketing, community, and drip scheduling, and supports cohort courses with live video sessions. www.kajabi.com

My ranking for your use case

If your business is primarily "I teach people → they join my community → I continue selling them education," I'd go with Mighty Networks.

If it's "I have a community, and education/webinars are things I sell inside it," I'd lean Circle.

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge for the webinars, courses, and community, I can compare the current plans/transaction fees and tell you which would be cheapest for your particular business model.

Yes. For those three things in one platform, I’d narrow it to Kajabi and Mighty Networks.

My pick: Kajabi

Kajabi is probably the best fit if your business is primarily selling expertise/content, with community as an important add-on.

Kajabi supports courses with scheduled/dripped releases, including releasing material a certain number of days after enrollment. help.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.com Its Communities product also lets you create paid/free access tiers and gate specific content or spaces behind an offer. www.kajabi.com

Mighty Networks is stronger if the community itself is the product. It combines courses, community spaces, events, livestreaming, and paid access, and its courses can be connected directly to dedicated private communities. www.mightynetworks.com

I'd choose based on your business model

Choose Kajabi if you're thinking:

"I sell a $99 webinar → upsell a $500 course → drip the course over 8 weeks → invite them into a $49/month private community."

That's very much Kajabi's sweet spot. It also gives you the marketing, email, checkout, offers, and sales infrastructure around the products. www.kajabi.com

Choose Mighty Networks if you're thinking:

"I run a paid membership community, and inside it I have webinars, courses, challenges, events, and ongoing discussions."

That's where Mighty is particularly compelling. Its Spaces can combine courses, discussion feeds, livestreams, events, and members in one experience. mightynetworks.co

So for your wording — "paid webinars, drip content, and gated community spaces" — I'd start with Kajabi. It gives you the broader sales/marketing system, while still covering all three core requirements.

If you tell me roughly what you want to charge (e.g. $49 webinar / $500 course / $50 monthly community) and whether you need Zoom, I can also compare Kajabi vs Mighty vs Podia vs Circle specifically for your setup and tell you which is cheapest/best.

Yes. If you want one platform to handle paid webinars + drip content + gated community, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: Kajabi

If your business model is something like:

Free content → paid webinar → drip program → paid community/membership

I'd choose Kajabi.

It can tie community access directly to purchases, sell memberships and courses, and drip course content based on dates or time after purchase. It also has built-in payments, email marketing, offers, and sales funnels. www.kajabi.com

The particularly useful part is that you can make an offer such as:

$99 webinar → webinar recording + 4-week drip course → access to private community

without having to stitch together a webinar platform, course platform, and Facebook/Discord community.

When I'd choose Circle instead

If the community itself is the product, I'd lean toward Circle.

Circle combines courses, community spaces, events, memberships/subscriptions, payments, and automation. Its courses support scheduled/dripped releases, and you can create dedicated spaces for different groups or programs. help.circle.so

So:

• Kajabi = marketing/sales/business infrastructure first
• Circle = community/member experience first
• Mighty Networks = community + courses, with a particularly integrated member experience; it supports drip courses, live events, and paid access plans. www.mightynetworks.com

If you tell me roughly what you're selling (e.g. $49 webinar, $500 course, $30/month community), I can tell you which of the three I'd pick and why, including current pricing.

Yes. For your exact mix—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist Circle, Kajabi, and Mighty Networks.

My pick: Circle

Circle is probably the best fit if the community itself is a major part of what you're selling.

It supports:

• Paid webinars/events — live streams, event registration, and replays
• Drip content — courses with scheduled content releases
• Gated community spaces — you can charge for the whole community or individual spaces
• Paid memberships/subscriptions
• Courses and cohorts
• Payments and access control
• Email, automations, and member segmentation

Circle specifically positions itself as an all-in-one platform combining community, courses, events, content, payments, and memberships. circle.sowww.mightynetworks.comcircle.so

How I'd compare them

Kajabi is particularly strong if you're also going to build sophisticated sales funnels, email campaigns, courses, memberships, and marketing automation. It has native drip courses and community access tied to purchases. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi

Mighty Networks is another very strong option if you want the community to feel like a standalone membership network. It supports courses with scheduled/dripped releases, events, livestreaming, paid plans, and bundles. www.mightynetworks.com

Mighty Networks

What I'd choose for your business

If your model looks something like:

$49 webinar → $199 4-week drip program → $49/month private community

I'd go Circle.

You can keep the customer in one environment instead of sending them between Zoom + Teachable + Facebook/Discord + Stripe. Circle supports selling courses, memberships, ticketed events, and gated spaces together. circle.so

If, however, your model is primarily selling courses through sophisticated funnels/email marketing, I'd choose Kajabi.

If you tell me roughly how much you expect to charge for the webinars, course/drip program, and community, I can compare the actual monthly costs and transaction fees of Circle vs Kajabi vs Mighty and tell you which is cheapest at your expected revenue.

Yes — Kajabi and Mighty Networks are the two I’d seriously consider for your use case.

My pick: Kajabi

If your business is primarily selling education/content, Kajabi is probably the better all-in-one choice.

Kajabi supports paid products, courses, memberships and communities in one system, with access tied to purchases. Its courses support both scheduled and day-based drip releases. www.kajabi.com

For example, you could structure your business as:

$49 webinar → $297 drip program → $49/month private community

Someone buys the webinar, gets immediate access, receives follow-up/dripped content, and then gets an offer to join your gated community. Kajabi is particularly strong if you want the marketing, email sequences, checkout, content delivery, and community connected together. www.kajabi.com

When I'd choose Mighty Networks instead

If the community itself is the product, I'd lean Mighty.

Mighty has paid events, courses with drip/scheduling, memberships, and gated Spaces. You can create paid plans that grant access to specific spaces, courses, or events. www.mightynetworks.com

So if your model is more like:

$97 masterclass → ongoing $39/month community → weekly live events + courses

Mighty is arguably the stronger community experience.

The simple decision

Choose Kajabi if:
You want to be an educator/expert who sells webinars, courses, programs, memberships, and eventually coaching — with strong marketing automation.

Kajabi

Choose Mighty Networks if:
You want to build a paid membership/community first, with webinars, events and courses happening inside that community.

Mighty Networks

For the exact three things you listed — paid webinars + drip content + gated community — I'd start with Kajabi unless community interaction is the main thing you're selling.

If you tell me your approximate price point and whether the webinar is live, prerecorded, or both, I can narrow it down further and compare Kajabi vs Mighty vs Circle vs Podia specifically for your business model.

For selling paid webinars + drip content + gated community spaces, you’ll want an all-in-one creator/membership platform rather than a standalone webinar tool. The strongest fits are:

www.kajabi.comwww.mightynetworks.com

My recommendation by business model

If your main product is expertise (coaching, courses, consulting, training): → Kajabi

• Sell one-time webinar tickets or bundles
• Create a membership with recurring payments
• Release modules weekly/monthly using drip content
• Add email marketing, landing pages, checkout, and automations in the same system

www.kajabi.com

If your main product is the community itself (networking, masterminds, peer groups): → Mighty Networks

• Stronger member interaction
• Better community engagement features
• Courses, events, memberships, and discussions live together

www.mightynetworks.com

If you want a clean “private membership hub” feel: → Circle

• Great for organized spaces, discussions, events, and paid access
• Often paired with other course/marketing tools if you need advanced funnels

www.kajabi.comwww.mightynetworks.com

A common setup that works well:

Free webinar → paid course → premium community membership

• Landing page + checkout: Kajabi
• Webinar replay: course module
• Weekly releases: drip content
• VIP area: paid community tier

If you tell me:

1. expected number of members (50, 500, 5,000+),
2. whether webinars are live, evergreen, or both, and
3. your monthly budget,

I can narrow it down to the best choice.

Yes. If you want one platform to sell:

1. Paid webinars
2. Dripped content/courses
3. Gated paid community spaces

…I’d shortlist Kajabi, Circle, and Mighty Networks. All three can handle the core stack, but they’re optimized differently.

My pick: Kajabi

Kajabi is probably the best fit if your business is fundamentally “I sell expertise/content, and the community is part of the product.”

Kajabi supports courses with scheduled/dripped content, paywalls, live rooms, and connections to its community. Its communities can be paid, private, or tiered, with access tied directly to purchases. help.kajabi.com

So you could structure something like:

$49 Webinar
→ live webinar + replay

$199 Course
→ 8 weeks of drip content + weekly live sessions

$39/month Community
→ gated community + monthly webinars + ongoing content

$499 Premium Program
→ course + community + live coaching

All of those can live under the same customer/account/payment ecosystem.

When I'd choose Circle instead

Circle is particularly compelling if the community itself is the main product.

Circle explicitly combines courses, events, live streams/live rooms, paid memberships, subscriptions, gated spaces, and payments. You can gate the whole community, individual spaces, or combinations of spaces. circle.so

For example:

Pay $99 → access Webinar Library
Pay $299 → access Course + Webinar Library
Pay $49/mo → access Community + monthly webinars
Pay $999 → access everything

That's a very natural Circle setup.

When I'd choose Mighty Networks

Mighty Networks is the one I'd consider if you want a very community-centric experience, especially if having a native mobile community is important. It combines community, courses, events, memberships and livestreaming, and its plans can gate access to the entire network or particular spaces. www.mightynetworks.com

My ranking for your use case

If you're selling expertise:
🥇 Kajabi

If you're selling membership/community:
🥇 Circle

If community engagement/mobile experience is the differentiator:
🥇 Mighty Networks

One important distinction: “paid webinar” can mean two different things—a one-time ticketed Zoom-style webinar, or a webinar/live workshop that is part of a paid membership/product. If you tell me which model you're planning, plus roughly how much you expect to charge per webinar and monthly membership, I can narrow this down to the best platform and plan.

Yes. Three platforms stand out, but for your exact combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d narrow it to Podia vs. Kajabi vs. Mighty Networks.

My pick: Podia

Podia is probably the cleanest fit if you want to sell something like:

$49 webinar → 4-week drip program → private paid community

Podia lets you sell paid webinars, host the event through Zoom/Google Meet/YouTube Live, sell the replay, create drip courses, and gate community spaces behind paid memberships. You can also bundle the webinar, course, and community together under one purchase/login. www.podia.com

Podia official site

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Kajabi if you're planning a higher-ticket education/coaching business and care heavily about funnels, email automation, upsells, subscriptions, and sophisticated offers. It has drip courses and paid/tiered community access integrated with its marketing and checkout infrastructure. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi official site

When I'd choose Mighty Networks

Mighty Networks if the community itself is the main thing people are paying for. Its courses support scheduled/dripped releases, while its core strength is community, memberships, events, and member interaction. www.mightynetworks.com

Mighty Networks official site

Bottom line: If you don't want to stitch together Zoom + Kajabi/Course platform + Circle/Discord + Stripe, I'd start with Podia. If you're building a serious premium education business, I'd spend the extra money on Kajabi. If you're essentially selling membership to a community, choose Mighty Networks.

Yes. For your specific combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist three platforms, with Kajabi as the strongest all-around choice.

🥇 My pick: Kajabi

Kajabi is particularly well suited if the business model is something like:

$49–$199 paid webinar → upsell to a course/program → ongoing paid community

It has courses with scheduled/dripped content, payments and offers, and communities with paid/tiered access. Its community can also include scheduled virtual events/live rooms. help.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.com

The big advantage is that the sales, checkout, email automation, content delivery, and community can live in the same ecosystem rather than stitching together Zoom + an LMS + Circle + Stripe, etc. www.kajabi.com

🥈 Mighty Networks if community is the centerpiece

Mighty is arguably better if your vision is:

"People pay to belong to my community, and the webinars and courses are things we do inside that community."

It combines community, courses, events, memberships, Spaces and livestreaming, and has native mobile apps. www.mightynetworks.com

I'd choose Mighty over Kajabi if community interaction and member engagement are more important than sophisticated marketing funnels.

The key distinction

Choose Kajabi if:

• You primarily sell expertise/programs.
• Webinars are a sales mechanism or paid educational product.
• Drip courses are important.
• You want strong email/funnel/checkout capabilities.
• Community is an important component but not the entire product.

Choose Mighty Networks if:

• The community itself is the product.
• You want recurring memberships.
• You expect lots of member-to-member interaction.
• Live events, discussions, challenges and groups are central.

One interesting option is actually to sell a paid webinar as the entry product, then automatically give buyers access to a gated community and drip program. Both platforms can support that model, but Kajabi is particularly compelling for the sales/marketing side. help.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.com

If you tell me your expected price point (e.g. $49 webinar → $99/mo community) and roughly how many members you expect, I can tell you which one I'd pick and what the likely monthly cost would be.

Yes. For your specific combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d shortlist these:

My pick: Circle

Circle is probably the cleanest match for what you're describing.

You can have:

• Paid webinars/events — sell access to live events.
• Drip content — release lessons/content on a schedule.
• Gated spaces — create different private areas for different products or membership levels.
• Paid memberships — recurring subscriptions, one-time purchases, free trials, etc.
• Courses + community together — members don't have to jump between an LMS and a separate Facebook-style community. circle.so

Circle's current Professional plan is $89/month, with courses, events, live streams/live rooms, paid memberships, and community features. Business is $199/month and adds more sophisticated workflows and customization. circle.so

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Kajabi is stronger if your business is primarily selling education/products through marketing funnels.

It has scheduled/drip course releases, payments, email sequences, funnels, memberships, and communities. www.kajabi.com

So I'd think of it this way:

Circle = community is the product.
Kajabi = the course/business/funnel is the product.

For example, if you're envisioning:

$49 webinar → $199 four-week drip program → $39/month private community

I'd lean Circle because those three pieces can live in one connected member experience.

If instead you're envisioning:

Free webinar → email funnel → $997 program → upsells/coaching → membership

I'd lean Kajabi.

Mighty Networks is worth considering if having a particularly strong mobile/community experience is important; it supports paid webinars, courses, one-time events, memberships, and community in the same ecosystem. www.mightynetworks.com

If you tell me roughly what you're charging for the webinar, drip program, and community, I can compare Circle vs Kajabi vs Mighty Networks on actual costs/transaction fees and show you which I'd use for your business.

Yes. For your combination—paid webinars + drip content + gated community—I’d narrow it to Kajabi, Circle, and Mighty Networks.

My pick: Circle

Circle is probably the best fit if the community itself is a major part of what you're selling.

It supports:

• Paid memberships / gated spaces with different access levels. circle.so
• Courses and drip content, including releasing sections a certain number of days after enrollment or on scheduled dates. help.circle.so
• Live webinars/events, including live rooms and live streams. help.circle.so
• Payments, memberships, courses, events, email and community in one system. circle.so
• Current listed pricing starts at $89/month for Professional and $199/month for Business. circle.so

Circle

How I'd rank them

Kajabi is the better choice if your business is primarily selling educational products and you also want sophisticated marketing, funnels, email automation, checkout, etc. Kajabi supports courses, communities, memberships, payments and drip content in one platform. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi

Mighty Networks is particularly strong if you want the experience to feel like a paid private network rather than a traditional course platform. It combines community, courses and events, and its courses support drip/scheduled releases. www.mightynetworks.com

Mighty Networks

For your specific model

If you're envisioning something like:

$49 webinar → 7-day drip program → ongoing $29/month private community

I'd choose Circle.

If it's more:

$997 flagship program → webinar funnel → automated email marketing → upsells → private community

I'd choose Kajabi.

If it's:

$49/month membership → weekly webinars → discussions → challenges → courses → strong member interaction

I'd choose Mighty Networks or Circle, with Circle my slight preference.

If you tell me roughly what you're planning to charge, how many members you expect, and whether the webinar is live or evergreen, I can tell you which one I'd use and what the cheapest setup would be.