Overview
Kartra bundles landing pages, email and SMS marketing, checkouts, membership sites, video hosting, and affiliate management into one dashboard — built for coaches, course creators, and digital-product sellers who'd rather run one system than stitch together six. Kartra AI drafts page copy, emails, and SMS, and the visual funnel mapper plans the customer journey before you build it. It's a selling engine, not a blogging or SEO platform.
Features In Depth
One connected dashboard
Pages, email, checkouts, memberships, video hosting, and helpdesk all share a single contact database, so behavior in one tool can trigger actions in another — no third-party integrations for the core functions.
Funnel mapper & campaigns
Visually map the customer journey before you build it, then deploy 100+ done-for-you campaign templates (lead magnet, launch, webinar) that come pre-wired with pages, emails, and automations.
Email & SMS automation
A full email service provider built in: broadcasts, behavior-based sequences, tagging, and lead scoring. Unlimited email/SMS from the Starter plan up, so you don't pay separately for ConvertKit or ActiveCampaign.
Memberships, courses & video hosting
Drip content, gate access, and host video natively. Unlimited memberships and courses on Starter and above — enough to run a real course business without Teachable or Kajabi alongside it.
Kartra AI & native affiliate center
Kartra AI drafts page copy, emails, and SMS in your voice, while built-in affiliate management recruits, tracks, and pays partners who promote your offers — a feature most platforms charge extra for.
Pricing Breakdown
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | What You Get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $59/mo | $52/mo | 500 contacts, 5 pages, 1 product, 10,000 emails/mo, 5% transaction fees |
| Starter | $119/mo | $99/mo | 2,500 contacts, unlimited pages/products, unlimited email/SMS, 0% fees. May 2026 promo: first 3 months for one $99 payment (save $258) |
| Growth | $229/mo | $189/mo | 12,500 contacts, webinars (300 guests), surveys & quizzes, affiliate management, 3 domains |
| Professional | $549/mo | $429/mo | 25,000 contacts, real-time funnel analytics, helpdesk live chat, API access, 5 domains |
What the Internet Says
Kartra vs ChatGPT & Claude
An LLM writes your copy; Kartra runs the business that sells it.
- +Hosts the actual transaction — checkouts, order bumps, and subscriptions a chatbot can't process
- +Stores and segments your contact list, then fires email/SMS automations off real behavior
- +Delivers paid content through gated memberships and courses, not just drafts
- +Maps the full funnel from opt-in to upsell and tracks conversions at each step
- +Runs your affiliate program natively so other people sell for you
Skip Kartra if: You only need words. ChatGPT or Claude — or Kartra's own AI — will draft pages and emails for a fraction of the price. Kartra earns its keep once you're selling and automating, not just writing.
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