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Kajabi versus Gumroad
Compare	Kajabi	Gumroad
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Guess: Coaches selling online courses	First-time digital sellers
Who it's not for	Guess: Hobbyists testing a first side project	High-volume sellers . 10%+ fees compound brutally
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^²	Runs a HackerOne bug bounty, but has a recent CVSS 7.1 missing-authorization CVE and a stored XSS flaw with no known fix.¹⁰
Support quality	No evidence found	Trustpilot complaints about held funds persist
Public sentiment	No independent user review evidence was found in the sources reviewed.	Creators love Gumroad's simplicity and free setup but widely complain about the ~10-13% effective fees, payout holds, and declining organic sales.^⁶
Biggest gotcha	No security page found in sources reviewed; request compliance docs before buying.^²	Advertised 10% fee is really ~12.9% once hidden charges land^⁸

Pick Kajabi when

Guess: Coaches selling online courses
Guess: Experts bundling courses, memberships, email
Guess: Solo creators wanting one login, not five tools

When Kajabi is not a fit

Guess: Hobbyists testing a first side project
Guess: Teams needing just a simple website or blog
Guess: Sellers wanting easy exit . all-in-one lock-in hurts migration
Guess: Developers wanting self-hosted, fully customizable setups

Pick Gumroad when

First-time digital sellers
Ebook and template creators
Testing product ideas cheaply
No-monthly-fee side hustles

When Gumroad is not a fit

High-volume sellers . 10%+ fees compound brutally
Software vendors needing licensing and support tooling
Thin-margin products where ~13% kills profit
Sellers who can't risk frozen payouts

Sources

Kajabi homepagekajabi.com
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Security pagekajabi.com
security
Gumroad pricing: 10% + 50¢ direct, 30% via Discovergumroad.com
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Gumroad's fees . Help Centergumroad.com
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Gumroad Reviews | G2g2.com
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Gumroad Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.com
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Gumroad Reviews | Product Huntproducthunt.com
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Gumroad Pricing 2026: Why the 10% Fee Is Really 12.9%cartmango.com
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Gumroad fees are insane . Reddit r/ecommercereddit.com
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CVE-2026-59805: Gumroad Missing Authorization (CVSS 7.1)strix.ai
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Gumroad Contributor+ Stored XSS | CVE-2023-45059wpscan.com
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Gumroad Revenue 2024: $23.8M Est. ARR, $100M Valuationgetlatka.com
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