Scriptus vs Kajabi
If you already sell courses on Kajabi, Expert Agents are the incumbent answer: a Teaching Assistant for members and a Sales Agent for landing pages, trained on content you already published. That is a real feature. It is not a Scriptus book bot. Kajabi's own help docs say agents render only on Kajabi-hosted pages, are text-only at launch, and do not process payments inside chat. Scriptus embeds on your site — including a site that is not Kajabi — and reader checkout stays on the rail you choose.
AI inside Kajabi, or a knowledge product on the open web
Last researched: 23 September 2026
You already run Kajabi. You want a Teaching Assistant inside a product and a Sales Agent on offer pages, trained on lessons and offers you already have, with conversations in Universal Inbox. You do not need the bot on a non-Kajabi site.
You want a cited knowledge product on your own domain, possibly with readers who never buy a Kajabi course. You want entitlements and checkout on Woo, Stripe, Whop, or Kajabi-the-rail — without the bot being trapped on Kajabi-hosted pages.
| Dimension | Scriptus | Kajabi | Choose on this row if |
|---|---|---|---|
| The corpus | |||
| Must the corpus already be published? | Operator supplies the material; typically published books or frameworks, not a crawl of the open web SourceScriptus builds a custom AI agent from the operator’s documented IP | Grounded in materials you've already published — your content, transcripts, and Offer details; no re-upload to a separate platform SourceAgents are powered by AI and trained on materials you've already published — your content, transcripts, and Offer details … Do I need to upload my content to a separate platform to train Expert Agents? No. Expert Agents are trained directly on your Kajabi content https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You want agents trained on lessons and offers already published in Kajabi — or a book or methodology ingested as a standalone knowledge product. |
| Where it lives | |||
| Where the reader meets it | Operator’s website via Scriptus embed — floating widget, embedded panel, full page, or full application SourceEmbedded on the operator’s site. The operator pays Scriptus. Their readers are the users. | Kajabi-hosted pages only: Theme Editor floating chat button or embedded chat block; Coaching, Courses, Landing Pages, Offer Checkout, Upsell, Website Pages (by agent type) SourceThey live on Kajabi-hosted pages. You place an Agent using the Theme Editor as either a floating chat button or an embedded chat block. … Can an Expert Agent be embedded on a non-Kajabi website? No. Expert Agents render only on Kajabi-hosted pages. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You want agents only on Kajabi-hosted pages with Universal Inbox — or a cited bot on your own site, including pages that are not Kajabi. |
| Embed / surface restrictions | Visitor UI is tenant-local; no Scriptus chrome in the reader chat | Only on Kajabi-hosted pages; themes Encore/Premier/Momentum version requirements; Builder 2.0 required when adding to a Page or Product SourceExpert Agents render only on Kajabi-hosted pages. … Builder 2.0 is required when adding an Expert Agent to a Page or Product. … Agents only work on themes built on the latest Encore and Premier site themes, and Premier and Momentum product themes: Encore Site 2.14.7… https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You accept that Expert Agents cannot embed on a non-Kajabi website — or an embed not locked to one course host. |
| Access without buying first | Anonymous trial with a per-agent question cap, or unlimited free companion — operator chooses SourceThree questions free on live paid bots; Imbalance of Like is free with no paywall. | Sales Agent on Landing/Sales Pages for prospects before they buy (no Product ownership required). Teaching Assistant for enrolled members only. SourceA Sales Agent lives on your Landing and Sales Pages and helps prospects before they buy … Because it speaks to prospects rather than enrolled members, it can reference your Offer details and product descriptions without the visitor needing to own anything first. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You only need the bot inside Kajabi for enrolled members — or non-members can try the book on the open web. |
| What the reader gets | |||
| Citations | When sources are on, a panel shows work title, chapter, page, and a short passage (up to three) SourceWhen sources are on, the chat shows work title, chapter, page, and a short passage, or the bot says it does not know. | Marketing: Teaching Assistant references exact moment from course (timestamped clip) SourceWhen students get stuck mid-lesson, your Teaching Assistant answers with the exact moment from your course. Timestamped clip. | You want grounding in published lessons with third-person Teaching Assistant voice — or work title, chapter, and page beside the answer, or a refusal. |
| Access control / entitlements | Anonymous trial, member grants after webhook/SSO, magic-link for members | Teaching Assistant respects Product membership access; Sales Agent references Offers you link SourceThey respect access. A Teaching Assistant only answers from content a member can access, and a Sales Agent references the Offers you link it to. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You want access control that follows Kajabi product membership — or trial wall and member grants that can use Kajabi SSO and live on the open web. |
| Voice | Optional in-chat ElevenLabs TTS when the agent has a voice_id — not a phone/IVR product | Text-only at launch — no voice mode SourceThey're text-based at launch — no voice mode … Can a member or visitor talk to an Expert Agent by voice? No. Expert Agents are text-only at launch. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You accept text-only agents at launch — or optional in-chat voice via ElevenLabs. |
| Money | |||
| What you pay the vendor | $5,000 setup + $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. SourceSetup $5,000. Then $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. | Expert Agents per agent/month: Early adopter Aug 1–Sep 30, 2026 — $49 per month; multi-agent 30% off or $34.30 per month per agent; locked 12 months. Standard after Sep 30, 2026 — $79 per month; multi-agent discount Not available. Every agent includes 1,000 messages/month and 250 AI credits/month. Kajabi platform (schema.org on kajabi.com/pricing): Basic Annual $143 / Monthly $179; Growth Annual $199 / Monthly $249; Pro Annual $399 / Monthly $499 (per-month figures). Marketing FAQ also: 'Is Expert Agents included on every plan? Yes. Built into every Kajabi plan.' — tension with help-center per-agent pricing; verify the bill. SourceExpert Agents are priced per agent, per month. Every agent you add includes 1,000 messages per month and 250 AI credits per month. … Early adopter rate … August 1st, 2026 through September 30th, 2026 … $49 per month … 30% off when you buy more than one agent, or $34.30 per month per agent … Locked in for 12 months … Standard rate … After September 30th, 2026 … $79 per month … Basic — Annual … "price": "143" … Basic — Monthly … "price": "179" … Growth — Annual … "199" … Growth — Monthly … "249" … Pro — Annual … "399" … Pro — Monthly … "499" … Is Expert Agents included on every plan? Yes. Built into every Kajabi plan. Basic, Growth, Pro, monthly or annual. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You want per-agent pricing on top of your Kajabi plan — or $5,000 setup + $500/month with no per-agent pack. |
| Cost to run several | $5,000 setup + $500/month platform fee. Year one = $11,000. The platform fee does not grow with subscriber count. Operator LLM/voice keys (when BYO) bill the operator separately at provider rates — not a Scriptus per-reader meter. SourceSetup $5,000. Then $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. | Per agent pricing; account-wide Agent limit; early-adopter multi-agent discount $34.30/agent/mo Source30% off when you buy more than one agent, or $34.30 per month per agent … Your limit applies to your whole account. Every enabled Expert Agent counts toward the same total https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You want a Teaching Assistant and a Sales Agent as separate per-agent bills — or one knowledge product without stacking agent fees. |
| Checkout rail | WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — cards never touch Scriptus SourceCheckout stays on WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — not on getscriptus.com. | Kajabi Payments / Checkout Pages / Payment Integrations on platform | You accept that V1 agents do not process payments inside chat — or reader checkout on your rail with a trial or paywall. |
| Message / usage limits | No per-message meter on the operator engagement; trial caps are per agent when configured | 1,000 messages per month and 250 AI credits per month per agent; no separate per-message charge for included messages SourceEvery agent you add includes 1,000 messages per month and 250 AI credits per month. … There is no separate per-message charge for the messages included with your agents. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You accept per-agent message and AI credit packs — or a flat $500/month retainer with no per-agent message pack. |
| Operations | |||
| Who builds and operates it | Scriptus builds and maintains; operator owns the offer | Creator sets up Teaching Assistant / Sales Agent in Kajabi; trained on existing Kajabi content SourceYou stay in control — Customize each Agent's knowledge, personality, and where it appears … Already in your Kajabi. No re-uploading. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview | You add agents in Kajabi and train on published content — or Scriptus builds and maintains the bot while you own the offer. |
Zero new stack if you already pay for Kajabi. Agents read the course you already built. Access control follows product membership. Universal Inbox. Timestamped pointers back into lessons. If the only job is "unstick students inside Kajabi," buy the agent. Scriptus is the wrong add-on.
Three meters — do not collapse them.
Sticker: If your bill is $49 or $79 per agent (early-adopter and standard help figures), Kajabi wins on that line — and you still pay Kajabi for the platform. If Kajabi has moved agents into the base plan, sticker is even lower. Scriptus is $5,000 + $500 and does not replace your course host.
Cost to operate: Kajabi prices agents per agent, with included message allotments. That is not the same as a published per-reader AI pass-through. We will not invent a crossover at 30 or 50 subscribers.
Engagement: Scriptus includes the build of a knowledge product that can live off Kajabi-hosted pages. The honest job question is whether you need that. If no, stay. If yes, the per-agent add-on cannot do that job, on Kajabi's own FAQ.
| Side | Published price |
|---|---|
| Scriptus | $5,000 setup + $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. SourceSetup $5,000. Then $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. |
| Kajabi | Expert Agents per agent/month: Early adopter Aug 1–Sep 30, 2026 — $49 per month; multi-agent 30% off or $34.30 per month per agent; locked 12 months. Standard after Sep 30, 2026 — $79 per month; multi-agent discount Not available. Every agent includes 1,000 messages/month and 250 AI credits/month. Kajabi platform (schema.org on kajabi.com/pricing): Basic Annual $143 / Monthly $179; Growth Annual $199 / Monthly $249; Pro Annual $399 / Monthly $499 (per-month figures). Marketing FAQ also: 'Is Expert Agents included on every plan? Yes. Built into every Kajabi plan.' — tension with help-center per-agent pricing; verify the bill. SourceExpert Agents are priced per agent, per month. Every agent you add includes 1,000 messages per month and 250 AI credits per month. … Early adopter rate … August 1st, 2026 through September 30th, 2026 … $49 per month … 30% off when you buy more than one agent, or $34.30 per month per agent … Locked in for 12 months … Standard rate … After September 30th, 2026 … $79 per month … Basic — Annual … "price": "143" … Basic — Monthly … "price": "179" … Growth — Annual … "199" … Growth — Monthly … "249" … Pro — Annual … "399" … Pro — Monthly … "499" … Is Expert Agents included on every plan? Yes. Built into every Kajabi plan. Basic, Growth, Pro, monthly or annual. https://help.kajabi.com/articles/products/products-overview/expert-agents-overview |
You do not have to leave Kajabi to buy Scriptus. Many operators keep Kajabi for courses and add a Scriptus embed on the public site or a WordPress page. There is no import of an Expert Agent. We train on your source material.
Choose Kajabi Expert Agents if you already live on Kajabi and the bot only needs to work there. Choose Scriptus if the knowledge product must live on the open web. Choose Circle if the home is a community, not a course site. If you only need anonymous Q&A over a PDF, use NotebookLM.
No — not for courses, email, or checkout. Yes — for a reader-facing book bot that Kajabi agents cannot host off-platform.
Yes. Kajabi can remain the course and checkout rail. Scriptus is the embed. Tenant members never pay on getscriptus.com.
No. Subscriber revenue is yours.
Kajabi's marketing pages and help docs do not always agree. The help overview prices agents per agent per month. Trust the help article, then confirm in your Kajabi billing.