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For a five-person team, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: HighLevel

Your requirements line up unusually well with HighLevel. It combines funnels/website pages, marketing automation and email, and memberships/courses rather than requiring separate tools. Its current permission system is particularly strong: admins can control access at the module and granular-action level, including separate permissions for Funnels, Automation, Marketing, and Memberships. HighLevel Support Portal HighLevel Support Portal

A nice bonus for your use case: HighLevel can now put funnel pages directly inside course modules, so a learner can move from course content into a funnel/form/action without leaving the course experience. HighLevel Support Portal

For five people, I'd structure permissions roughly like:

• Owner/admin: everything
• Marketing: funnels + email/marketing + automation
• Course manager: memberships/courses + media
• Designer/content: funnels/pages + media, but restricted automation/settings
• Ops: contacts/conversations/reporting, limited editing

HighLevel supports both role-based access and granular permissions, so you don't have to give everyone five-person-admin access. HighLevel Support Portal

Choose Kajabi instead if the course/student experience is the heart of the business and sophisticated marketing automation is secondary.

Choose Systeme.io if keeping the monthly software bill down is the dominant consideration. It's explicitly positioned as an all-in-one alternative covering funnels, email, courses, and memberships. Creator Tools Guide

Bottom line: Given exactly what you described—landing pages + email funnels + course modules + five-person team permissions—I would start with HighLevel. HighLevel Support Portal HighLevel Support Portal

If you tell me your approximate monthly budget and whether you're selling one course or multiple courses, I can narrow this to the best plan/tier rather than just the platform.

For a 5-person team that needs landing pages + email funnels + course modules + permissions, I’d narrow it to a few platforms rather than a generic LMS. Your priorities point toward an all-in-one marketing + learning platform. coursecompared.comwww.kajabi.com

Best overall fit: Kajabi

Use it if you want one system your whole team can operate from. coursecompared.comwww.kajabi.com

Strengths

• Landing pages and sales pages
• Email campaigns and automated funnels
• Course modules, memberships, communities
• Checkout, offers, upsells
• Fewer integrations to maintain coursecompared.comwww.kajabi.com

Potential downside

• Higher cost than course-first tools
• Team permissions may require choosing the right plan and roles for your workflow

Best team setup

• Marketing person → pages + funnels
• Copy/email person → campaigns
• Course manager → modules/content
• Operations/admin → analytics + settings
• Owner → billing + permissions

Best if you need stronger team/course administration: Thinkific

Use it if your priority is structured course delivery and managing multiple contributors. www.thinkific.com

Strengths

• Strong course-building tools
• More education-focused administration
• Roles like Site Admin and Course Admin let you limit access by responsibility support.thinkific.com
• Good fit for organizations with instructors, course managers, and learners

Potential downside

• You may need additional tools for sophisticated email funnels and marketing automation compared with Kajabi. www.thinkific.com

Other options worth considering

My recommendation for your exact use case

• If the team is mainly selling courses/coaching: choose Kajabi.
• If you have multiple instructors/content managers and care about permissions: choose Thinkific.
• If you expect to grow into a full digital education business: shortlist Kajabi vs Thinkific, then test both with your actual workflow.

Before deciding, I’d test these five tasks in a trial:

1. Create a landing page
2. Build a 5-module course
3. Assign a teammate limited access
4. Create a lead → email sequence → purchase flow
5. Review analytics as a non-owner team member

Those tests usually reveal the right fit faster than feature comparisons.

For a five-person team, I’d put HighLevel at the top of the list.

My recommendation: HighLevel

It matches your requirements unusually well because it brings funnels/landing pages, email marketing/automation, and courses/memberships into one platform. HighLevel’s current permissions system also lets you control access by module and individual capability, rather than simply making everyone an admin. help.gohighlevel.com

Why I'd choose HighLevel: your team can give, for example, one person access to funnels, another to marketing/automation, another to courses, while keeping sensitive settings restricted. Its permissions cover Funnels, Marketing, Automation, and Memberships/Courses among other modules. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

It also has a particularly useful integration between the pieces: HighLevel now supports putting funnel pages directly inside course modules, and workflows can automatically grant course access after events such as a form submission or purchase. help.gohighlevel.com

When I'd pick something else

• Kajabi — choose this if the course/student experience is the heart of the business and you care more about a polished creator platform than sophisticated team/marketing operations.
• Systeme.io — choose this if keeping costs low is the priority and your team doesn't need elaborate permissions.
• ClickFunnels — choose this if your operation is overwhelmingly focused on sales funnels and landing-page experimentation.

Bottom line: For five people collaboratively building landing pages → email sequences → offers → course modules, HighLevel is the strongest all-in-one fit. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

HighLevel official site

If you tell me your monthly budget and whether you're selling one course or multiple courses, I can narrow it down to the best plan and compare the actual costs for five users.

For a team of five, I’d shortlist HighLevel, Kajabi, and Systeme.io. Your requirements—landing pages + email funnels + course modules + team permissions—are unusually well suited to an all-in-one platform.

My pick: HighLevel

HighLevel is probably the strongest fit if your team is actively marketing and selling, rather than primarily delivering courses.

• Landing pages/funnels: built in.
• Email automation: built in, including workflows.
• Courses: built-in Memberships/Courses; it can even embed funnel pages directly into course modules. help.gohighlevel.comwww.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.comhelp.systeme.io
• Team permissions: particularly strong. You can control access by module and granular actions, including Funnels, Automation, Marketing, and Memberships. help.gohighlevel.com
• Good for a 5-person team: you can give, for example, your copywriter funnel/email access without giving them payment or account-settings access.

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Kajabi is the better choice if the course itself is the center of the business and you want a more polished creator/course experience.

It combines courses, landing pages, funnels, email campaigns, and automations. www.kajabi.com Its account-user system also has role-based access for Pages, Products, Marketing, Funnels, Email Campaigns, Automations, etc. help.kajabi.com

Caveat for your five-person team: Kajabi's current Core offering advertises 2 admin users, so you'll want to check the plan that accommodates all five people. www.kajabi.com

Budget option: Systeme.io

Systeme.io is worth considering if keeping costs down is important. It covers funnels, email, automation, and courses, and its assistant system lets you control access to things such as funnels, campaigns, workflows, and courses. help.systeme.io

What I'd pick

Bottom line: If you tell me whether you're selling one main course, multiple courses, or using the platform for a broader marketing/business operation, I can narrow this to one and compare the current 2026 plans/pricing for five users.

For a team of five, I’d shortlist these:

🥇 Best overall: HighLevel

This is probably the strongest fit if you want one operational platform rather than just a course platform.

• Landing/funnel builder
• Email campaigns + automated workflows
• Courses/modules and memberships
• Forms, CRM, payments, etc.
• Granular team permissions so your five people can have different access levels. help.gohighlevel.com
• You can even embed funnels directly inside course modules, which is unusually well integrated. help.gohighlevel.comwww.kajabi.comwww.savingsec.com

Best if: your team is actively building funnels, managing leads, and automating marketing—not just delivering courses.

🥈 Best for a polished course business: Kajabi

Kajabi is the one I'd choose if the course/student experience is the center of the business. Its landing pages connect directly with automated marketing, emails, offers, and products. www.kajabi.com

Best if: you care more about a polished creator/course ecosystem than CRM-style operational depth.

🥉 Best budget option: Systeme.io

Systeme.io is worth considering if keeping costs down is important. It combines funnels, email, courses, and memberships and has a particularly generous entry-level offering. www.savingsec.com

My pick for your specific requirement: HighLevel. The combination of landing pages + email funnels + course modules + five-person permissions is unusually well matched to what you're asking for.

If you tell me your monthly budget and whether you're selling courses, coaching, or both, I can narrow it down to the exact plan I'd buy.

For a team of five, I’d put HighLevel at the top of the list.

Why it fits your requirements unusually well:

• Landing pages/funnels: built-in funnel and website builder.
• Email funnels: campaigns and workflows are native, so leads can move from landing page → email sequence → offer automatically.
• Course modules: its Memberships area supports courses, lessons, offers, access levels, and learners. help.gohighlevel.com
• Team permissions: this is a major strength. You can give each person granular permissions by module—including Funnels, Marketing, Automation, and Memberships—and restrict access further. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com
• Everything in one account: you avoid stitching together something like Leadpages + Mailchimp + Teachable.

One particularly useful newer feature is that HighLevel can put funnel pages directly inside course modules, so the learner doesn't necessarily have to leave the course environment to interact with a funnel. help.gohighlevel.com

How I'd rank the alternatives

Bottom line: If the five of you will actively collaborate on pages, automations, email, and course content, I'd choose HighLevel. Its current permission system is granular enough that you can avoid giving everyone full admin access. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

If you tell me your approximate monthly budget and whether you're selling courses, coaching, or memberships, I can narrow this to the best 2–3 options and compare their current team/user limits and pricing.

For a five-person team, I’d shortlist HighLevel, Kajabi, and Systeme.io. The best choice depends on whether your priority is marketing operations or course delivery.

My pick: HighLevel

For your exact combination, I'd lean HighLevel. Its current permission system lets you control access by module and even restrict users to assigned data. It covers Funnels, Marketing, Automation, Conversations, and Memberships/courses in the same platform. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

That makes it particularly good if your five people have different jobs—for example:

• 1 admin/owner
• 1 funnel/landing-page builder
• 1 email/automation person
• 1 course-content manager
• 1 sales/support person

You can give each person only the modules they need rather than handing everyone admin access. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

HighLevel official site

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Choose Kajabi if the course itself is the center of the business and you care more about a polished student experience than CRM/marketing depth. Kajabi combines courses, funnels, landing pages, email campaigns and automations, and its current roles include Owner, Administrator, Assistant, and Support Specialist. help.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.com

The catch for your five-person team is worth noting: Kajabi's current base offering lists 2 admin users, so you'd want to check the plan that accommodates your desired team structure. help.kajabi.comwww.kajabi.com

Kajabi official site

When I'd choose Systeme.io

If keeping costs low is important, Systeme.io is the value play. It combines funnels, email, automation and course delivery, with a free entry tier. help.systeme.io

Systeme.io official site

Bottom line:
HighLevel if you're building a marketing machine with five people → Kajabi if you're primarily a course business → Systeme.io if budget is the deciding factor.

If you tell me roughly how much you're willing to spend per month and what each of the five team members needs access to, I can narrow it down to one.

For a 5-person team that wants landing pages + email funnels + course modules in one place, I’d shortlist HighLevel and Kajabi, with HighLevel as my first choice if team permissions are a major requirement.

My pick: HighLevel

HighLevel

HighLevel now has granular permissions by module, including Funnels, Marketing, Automation/Workflows, and Memberships/Courses. You can give different people different levels of access and even restrict users to assigned data. help.gohighlevel.com

That makes it particularly good if, for example:

• You/admin: everything
• Marketing person: landing pages + email + automation
• Course manager: courses/memberships only
• Designer: funnels/pages
• Sales/support: contacts + conversations, without access to sensitive settings

It also keeps the landing pages, funnels, email campaigns, automations, and course/membership content under the same roof. help.gohighlevel.com

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Kajabi

If your course is the core product and marketing is secondary, Kajabi is arguably the cleaner choice. Its team roles cover Pages, Products/Courses, Funnels, Email Campaigns, Automations, Marketing, etc. help.kajabi.com

The catch for your team is that Kajabi's current advertised entry plan includes 2 admin users, so you'd want to check the plan that accommodates all five people. www.kajabi.com

Bottom line:

• Marketing/funnels + team collaboration → HighLevel
• Premium courses + simpler creator experience → Kajabi
• Keep costs as low as possible → Systeme.io

If you tell me your approximate monthly budget and whether you're selling one course or multiple courses, I can narrow this to the best plan for your five-person team.

For a five-person team that needs landing pages + email funnels + course modules + team permissions in one place, I’d shortlist these:

www.savingsec.com

My recommendation for a 5-person team

Pick Kajabi if your core business is selling courses/coaching. It is the closest match to your requirements because it combines:

• landing pages
• email sequences
• automated funnels
• course hosting
• offers/checkout
• customer management

Kajabi describes itself as an all-in-one system for courses, coaching, memberships, email marketing, websites, and digital products. help.kajabi.com Its funnel tools specifically connect landing pages and email campaigns into automated customer journeys. help.kajabi.com

Pick HubSpot + a course platform if your team works like a marketing department. For example:

• Marketing manager owns campaigns
• Sales owns leads
• Content team builds courses
• Operations manages reporting

HubSpot’s permissions and CRM structure are usually stronger for multi-role teams, but you’ll likely have more moving parts.

Pick GoHighLevel if you’re an agency or manage funnels for multiple brands. Its structure is designed around marketing automation and multiple accounts rather than primarily delivering a polished learning experience. infiniteagent.io

Before committing, I’d verify these five things in a trial:

1. Can each team member have their own login?
2. Can you restrict access by role (editor vs admin)?
3. Can you have multiple funnels/courses without workarounds?
4. Are email automations easy for non-technical teammates?
5. Does the course experience match your brand?

If you tell me (a) whether you sell your own courses or run client funnels, (b) your monthly budget, and (c) whether the five people need separate permissions, I can narrow it to one or two choices.

For a five-person team that wants landing pages + email funnels + course modules in one system, I’d shortlist Kajabi and HighLevel, with Kajabi as my default choice.

Why Kajabi: its team roles can separately control access to Pages, Products, Funnels, Email Campaigns, Automations, Contacts, etc., which maps nicely to a five-person team where not everyone should have admin access. help.kajabi.com

Why HighLevel: if your operation is heavily focused on lead generation, CRM, sophisticated automations, and sales workflows, it is more powerful. Its current permissions system supports granular module-level access and even copying permission sets between team members. ideas.gohighlevel.com It also supports Courses within its broader client-portal ecosystem. help.gohighlevel.com

My recommendation

Choose Kajabi if the course is the center of your business and marketing funnels support it.

Choose HighLevel if the marketing/sales machine is the center and the course is one component of it.

If you tell me roughly how many courses/students you expect and whether you need a CRM, I can narrow it down to one and compare the current 2026 plans/pricing for a 5-person team.

For a team of five, I’d shortlist these three:

My pick: GoHighLevel

For your exact combination—landing pages + email funnels + course modules + multiple team members—GoHighLevel is probably the strongest operational fit.

Its permissions are unusually granular: you can control access to Funnels, Marketing, Automation, Conversations, Memberships/courses, Integrations, etc., and even restrict users to assigned data. help.gohighlevel.com

It also lets you put funnel pages directly inside course modules, so your team can build the marketing journey and learning experience in the same ecosystem. help.gohighlevel.com

GoHighLevel

When I'd choose Kajabi instead

Choose Kajabi if the course itself is the core business and you care more about a polished creator/education experience than CRM-style team operations. Kajabi connects landing pages directly with campaigns, emails, offers, and products. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi

When I'd choose Systeme.io

If keeping costs down is important, Systeme.io is worth serious consideration. It combines courses, drip modules, email marketing, funnels, and communities, and its current offering includes team permission levels. systeme.io

Systeme.io

Bottom line:

• Best for your 5-person marketing team: GoHighLevel
• Best for a course-first business: Kajabi
• Best value: Systeme.io

If you tell me roughly how much you want to spend per month and whether you're selling one course or multiple courses, I can narrow it to one.

For a 5-person team, I’d shortlist Systeme.io, Kajabi, and Podia. Based on your specific requirements, Systeme.io is probably the best fit.

🥇 My pick: Systeme.io

It puts funnels, landing pages, email campaigns/automation, courses, communities, and payments under one login. Its course offering specifically supports modules/dripping, while its funnel system is designed to connect directly to email and course sales. systeme.io

More importantly for your five-person team, Systeme.io has separate assistant/admin roles. Assistants can work on funnels, campaigns, courses, automation, etc., while admins can get additional access to sensitive business data and settings. help.systeme.iowww.kajabi.com

That makes it a better fit than Podia if team access control is a major requirement.

Systeme.io

🥈 Kajabi — if budget isn't a concern

I'd choose Kajabi if you're building a more premium course business and want the most polished experience. It has strong landing pages, email automation, courses, and granular user permissions. Kajabi specifically supports multiple user tiers/roles so you can give different team members access to only the areas they need. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi

🥉 Podia — easiest, but weaker for your team

Podia is appealing because it combines website/landing pages, email, courses, and community in a very approachable interface. Its current email system supports broadcasts and automated campaigns, and courses support videos, downloads, quizzes, and other lesson content. help.podia.com

The catch: its assistant model is relatively broad—assistants can manage products, emails, community, site, etc., rather than giving you the same degree of fine-grained role separation. help.podia.com

Podia

Bottom line:

• Systeme.io → best balance of features + team collaboration + cost
• Kajabi → best premium experience + more mature permissions
• Podia → best if simplicity matters more than sophisticated team controls

If you tell me roughly how many students/leads you have and your monthly software budget, I can narrow this down to one and compare the actual 2026 plans for a 5-person team.

For a 5-person team that specifically wants landing pages + email funnels + course modules + team permissions in one place, I’d put HighLevel at the top of the list.

My shortlist

🥇 I'd choose HighLevel

HighLevel now has unusually granular team controls: you can separately control access to Funnels, Marketing, Automation/Workflows, Memberships, Conversations, Forms, etc., rather than simply making everyone an admin. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com

It also puts your actual requested pieces together:

• Landing pages/funnels: funnel and website builder.
• Email: campaigns, conversations, templates, and automation.
• Course modules: its Memberships area supports courses, lessons, offers, bundles and access levels.
• Team of five: custom roles and module-level permissions, including view/edit restrictions. help.gohighlevel.comhelp.gohighlevel.com
• Interesting bonus: HighLevel can now put funnel pages directly inside course lessons, so the learner doesn't necessarily have to leave the course environment. help.gohighlevel.com

HighLevel

When I'd pick Kajabi instead

If selling and delivering the course is the heart of your business, I'd seriously consider Kajabi. Its landing pages are directly connected to automated marketing campaigns, emails, offers and products, and its overall UX is more creator/course-oriented. www.kajabi.com

Kajabi

Bottom line:

• Marketing + funnels + team collaboration: HighLevel
• Premium course business + simpler creator experience: Kajabi
• Lowest-cost all-in-one: Systeme.io
• Funnel-heavy business: ClickFunnels

For your exact wording, I'd start with HighLevel. The team-permission system is the deciding advantage.

For a team of five that needs landing pages + email funnels + course modules + team permissions, I’d focus less on the “best course platform” and more on the best business operating system. Your priorities suggest you want one place where marketers, course builders, and admins can collaborate.

My shortlist:

www.teachfloor.com

My recommendation by scenario

If you want one login and minimal integrations:
→ Kajabi. It is probably the cleanest match for “landing pages + funnels + courses” in one platform. www.teachfloor.com

If your team is primarily running marketing campaigns and lead generation:
→ GoHighLevel. It is designed more like a marketing operations hub.

If you have multiple people building funnels, managing leads, and handling client/customer journeys:
→ Kartra or GoHighLevel.

If the course experience is the product (academy, certification, training portal):
→ Thinkific + a dedicated email/CRM stack may outperform an all-in-one.

For a five-person team, I’d also check these before committing:

• Can you assign different roles (admin, content editor, email marketer, analyst)?
• Can you have separate workspaces or brands?
• Does it support approval workflows?
• Can you see change history/versioning?
• Can you export customer data and course content?

A practical setup I’d test first:

1. Kajabi trial — see if it handles your whole workflow.
2. GoHighLevel demo — see if your marketing operations need more power.
3. Thinkific + CRM combo — if course quality matters more than having everything bundled.

If you tell me your approximate size (number of students/leads), whether you sell B2B or B2C, and whether the team needs one brand or multiple brands, I can narrow it to one or two choices.