# AXL > AXL is an AI-native sales and marketing platform. Build websites, manage leads, automate follow-up, book clients and take payments through chat. Index: https://axl.tech/llms.txt --- # AI-native Sales & Marketing Platform > AXL is an AI-native sales and marketing platform. Build websites, manage leads, automate follow-up, book clients and take payments through chat. Canonical: https://axl.tech/ AXL · AI-native sales & marketing platform # Sell more. Keep more of what you earn. AXL brings websites, CRM, marketing, booking and payments into one platform. Use AI to launch campaigns, follow up with leads and get work done through chat. **Use AXL’s built-in AI assistant** or connect ChatGPT, Codex or Claude through MCP. [Tell AXL what you need ↗](https://app.axl.tech/) ▶ Watch AXL in action Start on the free plan. No card needed. Explore the features ↓ ![AXL video introduction to its AI-native sales and marketing platform.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4xjNWvptyVs/maxresdefault.jpg) AXL in action · 2:33[Watch on YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjNWvptyVs) For founder-led businesses - AI-product founders & startups - Course creators, coaches & schools - Consultants & communities - Local service businesses Features ## Your sales and marketing tools. Connected. Build websites, manage leads, automate campaigns, book appointments and deliver what you sell. Bring the work and your customer history into one platform. ### [Website & funnel builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder) Build pages and funnels with lead capture, SEO controls and A/B tests. Landing pagesForms & quizzesSEO & A/B tests ![AXL deal pipeline: deals by stage with value, owner and next task on each card.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tAIzZUiThk2YgjszYHkh1Q.webp) ### [CRM & sales pipelines](https://axl.tech/crm) Keep contacts, deals, purchases and the next sales task together. Customer historySales pipelinesTasks & segments ![AXL sales pipeline with five stages and deal totals.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ZZUAff4CqE-Q9FwLrt2kdQ.png) ### [AI Assistant & MCP](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Build and manage your workspace through chat with AXL’s assistant or your connected AI. Explore ↗ ### [Marketing automation](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) Turn purchases, visits, comments and messages into configured follow-up workflows. Explore ↗ ### [Email & messaging](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) Build targeted campaigns across email and your connected messaging channels. Explore ↗ ### [AI chat agents](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) Answer on connected channels using your business knowledge, with human handover when needed. Explore ↗ ### [AI voice calls](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Configure inbound and outbound calls for qualification, booking, reminders and feedback. Explore ↗ ### [Business telephony](https://axl.tech/telephony) Call from your browser and keep recordings, notes and outcomes with the contact. Explore ↗ ### [Appointments & booking](https://axl.tech/booking) Offer available times, collect intake details and automate booking reminders. Explore ↗ ### [Checkout & subscriptions](https://axl.tech/payments) Sell products and services with payment links, checkout and recurring access. Explore ↗ ### [Live & automated webinars](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) Run live rooms and evergreen sessions with timed offers and attendance-based follow-up. Explore ↗ ### [Courses & homework](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) Structure lessons, test understanding, review assignments with AI assistance and issue certificates. Explore ↗ ### [Video hosting](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) Host protected videos and see recorded viewing progress and engagement. Explore ↗ ### [Communities & memberships](https://axl.tech/community-platform) Run member spaces with access rules, onboarding and membership messages. Explore ↗ ### [Forms & quizzes](https://axl.tech/website-builder) Capture answers, qualify leads and carry their preferences into the CRM. Explore ↗ ### [Analytics & dashboards](https://axl.tech/email-marketing#analytics) Compare lead, campaign and sales results in reports and customized dashboards. Explore ↗ Work in the interface or give tasks through your AI assistant. [Explore all features ↗](https://axl.tech/features) See how features connect customer history and action | Feature | Customer history it adds | What AI can help you do | | --- | --- | --- | | Live and automated webinars | Registrations, attendance periods and saved questions. | Follow up with no-shows or leads present during an offer. | | Websites and landing pages | Recorded page visits and lead-capture events linked to a contact. | Build pages and tailor follow-up to recorded interests. | | Video hosting | Recorded viewing progress and watch depth. | Suggest the next video or follow up on the offer a viewer reached. | | Forms and quizzes | Answers, preferences and qualification details. | Create forms, segment leads and ask relevant follow-up questions. | | Social engagement and DMs | Comments, direct messages and replies on connected channels. | Respond to engagement and continue the conversation in DMs. | | Meta lead capture and conversions | Lead-form submissions, lead sources and recorded conversion events. | Use connected lead data for follow-up and configure conversion reporting. | | SEO, AI visibility and A/B testing | Page metadata, crawler settings, page variants and conversion results. | Update search and AI-readable content, create variants and compare results. | | Dashboards and analytics | Lead counts, conversions and connected data sources. | Build customized dashboards and compare funnel stages. | | CRM and sales pipelines | Contact history, deal stages, purchases and open tasks. | Prioritize follow-up, update records and assign the next task. | | Email sequences and campaigns | Sent messages, clicks and recorded purchase status. | Build campaigns and adapt follow-up to recorded behavior. | | Chatbots and multichannel messaging | Questions, preferences and previous conversations. | Build flows, answer questions and hand complex chats to a person. | | AI calls and telephony | Call history, qualification answers and recorded outcomes. | Answer or place configured calls, book appointments and record results. | | Calendars and booking | Available slots, appointments and recorded customer preferences. | Offer an available time, book after acceptance and send reminders. | | Checkout, payments and subscriptions | Orders, payments, purchases and subscription status. | Send checkout links and follow up on unpaid orders. | | Courses, quizzes and assignments | Course progress, answers and homework-review outcomes. | Assist with homework review and relevant learning reminders. | | Communities, memberships and access | Membership status, permissions and recorded activity. | Manage access, onboarding and membership messages. | Available history and actions depend on your setup, enabled channels and permissions. Anonymous activity is not a known customer’s history until it can be linked to that contact. Why the connection matters ## Your AI gets the history. And the tools to act. What someone watched, asked and bought helps explain what they need next. AXL connects that history with your offers, conversations, booking and payments, so AI can help move the relationship forward. One customer. The whole story.Illustrative example 01History 02Action 03Result MC **Maya Chen**Photography course · Customer history 1. **Attended the offer segment**Recorded after the webinar ended 2. **“Can I study around my work?”**A question saved in the conversation 3. **No paid order**A useful next conversation is still possible AXL AI assistant Maya asked about studying around work. Follow up with the course schedule and a link to checkout. Email prepared for review The message uses her question, the offer she saw and the current course details. After approval MC **Maya Chen**Customer history updated 1. **Follow-up email sent**Course schedule and checkout link included 2. **Payment pending**A sent link is not a completed purchase 3. **Next interaction has context**The message is part of the customer’s history Your instructionFollow up with leads who watched the offer but haven’t bought. Actions follow your rules and permissions.See the next step → Step 1 of 3: Customer history. 1. 01**Customer history** What happened with this person? 2. 02**Next step** What makes sense for them now? 3. 03**Action** Send, call, book or hand over. 4. 04**Result** Record what actually happened. 5. 05**Updated history** Carry that context into the next interaction. AI uses the customer events you have recorded and connected, within the permissions and channels you enable. More from the opportunities you already have ## The right next step can change the outcome. Courses, coaching & online schools ### Interest gets a relevant follow-up. A lead watched your offer and asked a question, but hasn’t bought. Continue the conversation with that context. 1. 01Find leads who attended the offer segment. 2. 02Answer the question they left in the conversation. 3. 03Send checkout or pass the conversation to your team. [Explore webinars ↗](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) Appointments & service businesses ### An opening becomes an opportunity. A customer asked for Wednesday, but you were fully booked. When a slot opens, use that recorded request to offer a time that works. 1. 01Check availability and offer the open slot. 2. 02Confirm the booking after the customer agrees. 3. 03Send a payment link and save the actual result. [Explore booking ↗](https://axl.tech/booking) Example workflows. Configure follow-up to respect communication preferences and stop when a purchase or an opt-out makes the offer no longer relevant. Watch AXL in action ## Give it a task. See the work take shape. Take a product tour through a course launch, customer conversations and follow-up with AXL’s built-in AI Assistant. [See what an AI assistant can do ↗](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL AI-native platform with the built-in AI Assistant, an option to bring your own agent and one request becoming a customer journey.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/sIg3dBDQrkSdrO7e1jr0lQ.png) Play with sound Pause preview Preview ready AXL's built-in AI Assistant acts as your technical operator, so you do not need a separate one to set up the work. Or bring your own agent. Keep more of what you earn ## More time for customers. Less work between tools. Make better use of sales opportunities while reducing manual work and operating costs. One connected system brings the history and the tools together. [Estimate your AXL bill ↗](https://axl.tech/pricing)[Compare platforms ↗](https://axl.tech/vs) - **Less repetitive work** Give tasks through chat and automate follow-up from recorded customer behavior. - **One connected platform** Websites, CRM, communications, booking, payments and delivery share the same working environment. - **0% taken from your sales by AXL** Paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage rates. Your payment provider charges its own processing fees. Choose how you work ## Your business. Your preferred AI. ### Start with AXL’s built-in AI assistant. Give it a job inside your AXL account. Create pages, prepare campaigns and handle routine sales tasks through conversation. [Tell AXL what you need ↗](https://app.axl.tech/) ### Or connect the AI you already use. Connect ChatGPT, Codex or Claude through MCP to work with the AXL data and actions you permit. [ChatGPT ↗](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt)[Codex / MCP ↗](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp)[Connect to Claude ↗](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=AXL&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.axl.tech%2Fmcp) [Explore agent permissions and guardrails ↗](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Ask your AI ## Ask ChatGPT about AXL. Open your assistant with our product brief attached, then ask what you would ask us: does it fit my business, what will it cost, how does it compare. The brief lists features, plans, comparisons and limits, so the answers rest on facts. [Ask ChatGPT ↗](https://chatgpt.com/?q=I%27m%20considering%20AXL%20%28axl.tech%29%2C%20an%20AI-native%20sales%20and%20marketing%20platform.%20First%20read%20AXL%27s%20product%20brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Faxl.tech%2Fai-brief.md.%20If%20you%20can%27t%20open%20it%2C%20tell%20me%20instead%20of%20guessing.%20Use%20axl.tech%20for%20AXL%20facts%20and%20current%20vendor%20pages%20for%20competitors.%20Then%20help%20me%20decide%20whether%20AXL%20fits%20my%20business%3A%20ask%20me%20two%20or%20three%20short%20questions%20about%20what%20I%20sell%20and%20which%20tools%20I%20use%20now%2C%20then%20tell%20me%20what%20AXL%20would%20replace%2C%20which%20plan%20fits%20and%20roughly%20what%20it%20would%20cost.%20Be%20honest%20about%20anything%20another%20platform%20would%20do%20better%20for%20me.) [Ask Claude ↗](https://claude.ai/new?q=I%27m%20considering%20AXL%20%28axl.tech%29%2C%20an%20AI-native%20sales%20and%20marketing%20platform.%20First%20read%20AXL%27s%20product%20brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Faxl.tech%2Fai-brief.md.%20If%20you%20can%27t%20open%20it%2C%20tell%20me%20instead%20of%20guessing.%20Use%20axl.tech%20for%20AXL%20facts%20and%20current%20vendor%20pages%20for%20competitors.%20Then%20help%20me%20decide%20whether%20AXL%20fits%20my%20business%3A%20ask%20me%20two%20or%20three%20short%20questions%20about%20what%20I%20sell%20and%20which%20tools%20I%20use%20now%2C%20then%20tell%20me%20what%20AXL%20would%20replace%2C%20which%20plan%20fits%20and%20roughly%20what%20it%20would%20cost.%20Be%20honest%20about%20anything%20another%20platform%20would%20do%20better%20for%20me.) [Ask Perplexity ↗](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=I%27m%20considering%20AXL%20%28axl.tech%29%2C%20an%20AI-native%20sales%20and%20marketing%20platform.%20First%20read%20AXL%27s%20product%20brief%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Faxl.tech%2Fai-brief.md.%20If%20you%20can%27t%20open%20it%2C%20tell%20me%20instead%20of%20guessing.%20Use%20axl.tech%20for%20AXL%20facts%20and%20current%20vendor%20pages%20for%20competitors.%20Then%20help%20me%20decide%20whether%20AXL%20fits%20my%20business%3A%20ask%20me%20two%20or%20three%20short%20questions%20about%20what%20I%20sell%20and%20which%20tools%20I%20use%20now%2C%20then%20tell%20me%20what%20AXL%20would%20replace%2C%20which%20plan%20fits%20and%20roughly%20what%20it%20would%20cost.%20Be%20honest%20about%20anything%20another%20platform%20would%20do%20better%20for%20me.) Copy prompt See the prompt I'm considering AXL (axl.tech), an AI-native sales and marketing platform. First read AXL's product brief: https://axl.tech/ai-brief.md. If you can't open it, tell me instead of guessing. Use axl.tech for AXL facts and current vendor pages for competitors. Then help me decide whether AXL fits my business: ask me two or three short questions about what I sell and which tools I use now, then tell me what AXL would replace, which plan fits and roughly what it would cost. Be honest about anything another platform would do better for me. Opens in a new tab. Your assistant reads the public brief at [axl.tech/ai-brief](https://axl.tech/ai-brief). Questions ## A few useful answers. ### Do I need to connect another AI?+ No. AXL has a built-in AI assistant that works inside your account. You can also connect ChatGPT, Codex or Claude through MCP. Some setup tasks, such as connecting a payment card, domain or phone number, still use account settings. ### Can I control what an AI assistant can access?+ Yes. Access depends on the permissions, available tools and connected channels you enable. Connecting an assistant does not automatically give it access to every piece of customer data. ### What does it cost, and do you take a cut?+ Start on the free plan, with hard limits. Paid plans start at $49 a month with included usage and published overage rates. AXL takes 0% of your sales, while your payment provider still charges its own processing fees. ### Can I bring my existing customer data?+ You can import contacts from TXT, CSV or XLSX. Other data depends on its source and format. Course content needs rebuilding, and existing subscriptions on another processor stay there. The migration guide explains what can move. Start with the next opportunity ## What would you like AXL to do first? [Tell AXL what you need ↗](https://app.axl.tech/) Start on the free plan. No card needed. --- # 11 AI Agent Tasks I Delegate (And 4 I Don't) > Eleven jobs worth handing to an AI agent, four that should stay human, and one sorting rule: can I undo this in thirty seconds? Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/ai-agent-tasks-to-delegate 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. 11 things I let an AI agent do in my business, and 4 I don't # 11 things I let an AI agent do in my business, and 4 I don't By Dan Muse·Published Aug 15, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·10 min read · [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) I delegate work that is reversible and keep the actions that are public, financial, or hard to undo. An agent can research, draft, build, and organize. I still press Send, publish the final version, approve money changes, and control permissions. The cost of a mistake decides who gets the last step. Key takeaways - •Sort by reversibility, not importance. If I cannot undo it in half a minute, I do it myself. - •Anything a stranger will see gets a human on the last step. - •Agents are most useful on the routine middle of a job that crosses six screens. - •**Money and permissions are not a policy I wrote.** Those operations are missing from what the agent can call, which is sturdier. - •The audit trail matters more than the capability list. Read what changed, not what it says changed. On this page - The rule I sort by - The eleven I hand over - The four I don't - Three habits that made the difference - What a week looks like - FAQ ## The rule I sort by I did not reason my way to this list. I handed over too much, then walked it back. The question that survived is one I ask before every delegation: can I undo this in thirty seconds? Deleting a contact is a soft delete, so yes. A page keeps a hundred revisions, so yes. Merging two duplicates rewrites the survivor and there is no unmerge, so no. A sent email is gone. The second question is who sees the mistake. A wrong draft costs me an afternoon. A wrong published page costs me an afternoon plus however many strangers read it first. Between them those two sort almost everything. Reversible and private goes to the agent; irreversible or public stays with me. The eleven below sit in the first box, the four after them do not. ## The eleven I hand over Every one of these is something I have asked for in English, in a chat window. Where the mechanism matters I have named it, and where one caught me out I have said so. ### 1. Draft a landing page This is the one that converted me. I describe the offer and a site, a page and its lead form appear in the account. The write defaults to a draft, so nothing changes for visitors, and back comes a preview link that renders the unpublished version. Publishing is a separate call, and I make it. ### 2. Build a course skeleton from an outline Hand it a table of contents and back come lessons, a graded test with its answer key, an assignment and a certificate. The editor has no one-click course generator, so this is the only route. One limit: theory written this way renders to students, but the visual editor will not show it and overwrites it on the next manual save. ### 3. Segment the contact base A saved segment is a stringified predicate with seventy-four condition types behind it, sixty-one of them usable in a broadcast. Writing one by hand is the least pleasant ten minutes of my week. Watch out: it is stored as sent and never validated, so a wrong condition returns success over zero rows. ### 4. Build an automation graph To be precise about who does what: the automation engine is the platform's and would run these graphs whether an agent existed or not. The agent draws one, and can dry-run each node before writing it. The trap it saves me from is wiring two nodes with the wrong link type, so the branch never fires and nothing reports it. ### 5. Write a broadcast to a saved segment Write, not send. Letter, template, sender profile and audience come back assembled. This one lives closest to the line, because a broadcast has no draft state and creating one arms it. What makes it survivable is that it arrives dated a day out, and moving that date to now is a sentence I type. What I type “Tell me how many people finished module three, save that as a segment, and build Thursday's email to it. Do not send it.” → **count\_contacts** → **save\_contact\_segment** → **create\_scheduled\_email\_broadcast** The count comes first on purpose. ### 6. Import contacts It reads the spreadsheet with its own tools, maps the columns, runs a dry pass and shows me the report before anything lands. Email or phone is the identity, so a match updates rather than duplicates. When it meets a custom field the account does not have, it stops and asks. That is most of why I trust it. ### 7. Tag and reassign in bulk Tagging two hundred people, moving a batch to a new owner, adding a group without wiping the ones already there. Dull, fiddly, precisely what I get wrong at five in the afternoon. The rule I say out loud every time: scope the filter. An empty filter means every contact in the account. ### 8. Set up a booking page Slug, durations, hosts, availability windows, the guest form. Two surprises. The page publishes itself on creation, a real exception to my own rule, so I give it a name nobody would search for. And the video-call link needs a calendar account connected through a browser sign-in an agent cannot complete, so the page books and quietly has no link. ### 9. Upload and configure video A video that already lives at a URL goes in, gets a cover frame, a domain allowlist and an embed. Two limits worth knowing first. A YouTube link is not an upload, it is an iframe, and nothing enters the account. And a file on my laptop still needs me, because a chat client cannot push the bytes. ### 10. Build a form or a quiz From a starter template, then fields one at a time out of twenty-three types. This one also publishes on creation and generates its embed straight away, which I did not expect. Answers become filter conditions afterwards, the real argument for building forms where the contacts live. ### 11. Pull the weekly numbers Counts, raw sessions, raw page views, the history timeline, what the in-product AI spent this month. Not a dashboard, a question: how many contacts came from the webinar page last week, and how many bought? The joins no built-in report offers are the point, and reading is the safest thing it does. If you would rather see the mechanics than the list, the page on [an AI agent that runs your business](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) walks one job end to end. ## The four I don't These are the ones people ask about, so here is the reasoning rather than the rule. Two are my policy. Two are not policy at all. ### Press send The agent can write the email, build the audience, and schedule it. I still send it. A bad draft is easy to fix; a bad email reaches the whole list and cannot be recalled. While a send is running, it can be paused and then aborted. Once it finishes, the mistake is permanent. ### Publish anything a stranger will see Same logic, softer stakes. A page keeps a hundred revisions, so publishing is not truly irreversible. What is irreversible is the person who read the wrong price in the ninety seconds it was live. The last look is not quality control, because I am no better a proofreader than the model. It is the moment I take responsibility. ### Touch money Billing writes are not available to the agent. It cannot change the balance, saved card, auto-recharge, spending cap, or billing terms. That boundary lives in the tool surface, not in a prompt. Recording a payment against an order is available, but I keep that action too. Money should not move because an instruction was misunderstood. ### Hand out keys Creating an admin, changing what an admin may do, minting an API token, inviting or removing a colleague: all gone for one reason. An agent that can edit a role can add every right to the role it already holds, and after that the question of what it may do has no stable answer. It runs as whoever signed in, so connect it as a limited admin and that is the whole of its reach. The full inventory, and the reason each entry is on it, is in [the agent guardrails reference](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails). ## Three habits that made the difference None of them are settings. Make it say what it is about to change, before it changes it. Not a ceremony, a real instruction: tell me what you are going to create, and wait. Most of my near misses died in that reply, with a filter scoped to the wrong thing where I could read it. Ask for the count before the write. Segments and bulk actions fail silently, so a condition the platform cannot parse is ignored and you get a success over the wrong rows. A count costs nothing and it is the only thing that catches this. Ask for the link, then open it. Every write comes back as a link into the admin, and bulk work leaves a row in the history timeline. I open two or three at random. That minute separates trusting a summary from trusting an account. **A confirmation flag is a speed bump, not a lock.** Bulk deletions ask for one, but the caller sets it on itself, so treat it as a habit your side keeps rather than a guarantee. ## What a week looks like Monday it pulls the numbers and I read them with coffee. Tuesday, if something is launching, it builds the page and the product and sends a preview link; I publish or I don't. Wednesday it drafts the broadcast and schedules it forward, and I send it Thursday morning after reading it once. Not a revolution. Roughly a day a week I no longer spend in browser tabs, and a shorter list of things I forget. ## FAQ ### Do I need to be technical to do any of this?+ No, and that surprised me more than anything else. Connecting the assistant is a URL and a browser sign-in. Everything above is typed in plain English into a window you already have open. The learned skill is knowing when to be suspicious. ### What happens when it gets something wrong?+ Usually very little, because most of what it touches is a draft or a soft delete. Every change lands in the history timeline and a page keeps its last hundred revisions. The failures that hurt are the silent ones: a filter that matched nobody, a node link that never fires. ### Is a removed operation really different from telling the model not to?+ Yes, and it is the one distinction I would insist on. A prompt competes with every other instruction in a long conversation. A removed operation is not an instruction at all, because there is nothing to call. When a vendor sells you agent safety, ask which of the two you are being sold. ### Does this replace the automations I already run?+ No. An automation is deterministic: same trigger, same steps, every time. An agent is for work that varies, like setup, analysis or a migration. I use the agent to build the automation, which then runs perfectly well without it. ### Will this list be different in a year?+ The eleven will get longer. I doubt the four will move. They are not claims about what a model can do, they are claims about which mistakes are expensive, and that does not change when the model improves. Related reading - •[What an MCP server is, in plain English](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) - •[How to connect Claude to your CRM, step by step](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-claude-to-crm) - •[MCP, an API and Zapier: when to use each](https://axl.tech/blog/mcp-vs-api-vs-zapier) Start with the read-only jobs. Connect the assistant you already use and ask it to count something. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [How to connect an agent →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Go deeper in the docs - •[API keys](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys): the account-side permissions an agent inherits. - •[Broadcast](https://docs.axl.tech/broadcast): the states a mailing moves through, and which you can still stop. --- # Abandoned Checkout Recovery: A Scenario to Copy > An abandoned checkout is already an order record. Copy the recovery scenario node by node: trigger, three messages and the stop-on-payment listener. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [Automation and scenarios](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation) 6. / 7. Abandoned checkout to recovered sale # Abandoned checkout to recovered sale: a scenario you can copy By Dimon·Published Aug 14, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·8 min read · [Automation and scenarios](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation) On AXL, an abandoned checkout is already an order record, created automatically the moment a buyer reaches the payment form. Recovery is therefore a timed scenario hanging off an event you already have: one trigger, three messages, and a listener that stops everything the instant the order is paid. Key takeaways - •The order record exists the moment a buyer reaches checkout, before any payment happens. - •Three timed touches recover more than one, and the second touch should carry a reason, not a discount. - •The node most people forget is a listener that cancels the rest of the sequence the instant the order is paid. - •If you discount at all, do it last, with a validity window and a usage cap the checkout enforces. - •Measure recovered orders and recovered revenue, and watch unsubscribes, the number that must not move. What's in this article - Why the order record already exists - The scenario, node by node - The three decisions that change the result - The cancel condition everybody forgets - What to measure - A copy-paste message set - FAQ ## Why the order record already exists The mechanic that makes this scenario simple is easy to miss: orders are created automatically when a visitor adds to cart or reaches the payment page. The buyer who typed an email address and stalled at the card form has an order in a created-but-unpaid state, attached to a contact, carrying the products, the amount, and a payment link that finishes the exact order they started. Recovery starts from a real order record, not a session rebuilt from tracking pixels. That makes it a normal scenario: an event starts the run, actions send the messages, and listeners wait for payment. AXL has 139 node types, including 61 events, 51 actions, and 27 listeners. The sequence below uses nine stock nodes, so there is no separate abandoned-cart product to connect. ## The scenario, node by node Create a scenario on the product (or on its sales page) and build this spine, top to bottom. One switch activates the whole thing when you are done. Nine nodes, in build order. Every one is a stock node. Nothing here is custom. | Node | Set it to | Why it's in the sequence | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 · Event: order created | Fires when a buyer reaches checkout and the unpaid order appears. | The whole sequence hangs off a record you already have. | | 2 · Action: wait | 1 hour. | Declined cards get retried and slow payments clear; a message at minute two reads as surveillance. | | 3 · Action: condition | Is the order paid? Paid → stop. Unpaid → continue. | Catches the buyer who finished on their own during the wait. | | 4 · Action: send message | Touch one: the order's payment link, no discount. Chat channel first, email fallback. | One message body; delivered on the first channel that can reach the contact. | | 5 · Listener: wait for payment | Timeout 24 hours. Paid → stop. | The run parks here; a payment from any source exits the sequence. | | 6 · Action: send message | Touch two gives a reason to finish: answer the one question buyers stall on. | The second touch earns attention with an answer, not a discount. | | 7 · Listener: wait for payment | Timeout 48 hours. Paid → stop. | Same cancel mechanic, longer leash. | | 8 · Action: send message | Touch three: a promo code with a 24-hour validity window and a usage cap. | The urgency is real. The checkout refuses the code after it expires. | | 9 · Listener: wait for payment | Timeout 24 hours. Paid → stop. Timed out → tag "abandoned", create a task. | The run ends with the record labelled either way: recovered or handed to a human. | Two mechanical notes. Branching is not a special connector: **Condition is an action** with success and fail outputs, evaluated on the same extended-filter grammar CRM segments use. And a listener is not a wait: Wait pauses unconditionally, while **a listener parks the run** and exits the moment its event happens, or takes the timeout branch if it never does. Every node above is stock. The same canvas runs winback, dunning and lead routing on [the AXL marketing automation surface](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation). ## The three decisions that change the result **When to send touch one.** An hour is the default for a reason: most recoverable buyers were one distraction away from finishing, and an hour catches them the same evening without crowding the ones whose payment is still clearing. For a high-consideration purchase, push it to the next morning and write like a human, not a timer. **Channel order.** The send-message node takes an ordered list of channels and falls back to email when none can deliver. Put the chat channel the buyer actually came through first: a Telegram buyer answers Telegram, not their inbox. SMS is reachable from the same node: it sends from an AXL number registered for SMS and is billed per segment. **Whether to discount at all.** The case against is stronger than it looks: a discount in touch one gives margin away to buyers who would have paid full price, and it teaches your regulars that abandoning is how you get 10% off. If you discount at all, do it once, in the last touch, with a validity window and a capped quantity. The counter decrements only on successful payment, so "17 left" stays accurate. ## The cancel condition everybody forgets Without the listeners, this sequence has a failure mode everyone has been on the receiving end of: you pay after the first message, get "still thinking it over?" on day two, and a discount for the thing you already own on day three. At best it reads as sloppy; at worst it invites a refund request for the difference. The listener exits on payment *wherever it came from*: your recovery link, an older link the buyer saved, or a bank transfer recorded by an admin. A condition checks once. A listener stays active through the full gap between messages, which is why each wait needs one. ## What to measure Recovered orders and recovered revenue: nothing else tells you the sequence works. The order list already filters by payment state, date and tag, and node 9 tags every run that ran out of road, so "went from created to paid after touch one" is a filter, not a spreadsheet. An open rate tells you the subject line worked; a paid order tells you the sequence did. And one number must not move: unsubscribes. If recoveries climb and unsubscribes climb with them, you are converting this cohort by burning the next one. Cut a touch. We are deliberately not printing a "recover X% of checkouts" benchmark here: recovery depends on price, audience and channel, and any number we could print would be somebody else's. ## A copy-paste message set Three messages, written to edit. Swap the bracketed lines for your product's real answer; keep the shape. Touch one: after 1 hour "Your order is saved. The payment link below picks up exactly where you left off. If the payment page gave you trouble, reply here and a human will sort it out." Touch two: day 2 "Still thinking it over? Fair. The question most people ask before finishing this order is [answer it: the guarantee, the schedule, and the format]. Same link, nothing has expired." Touch three: day 3, only if you discount "Last note from us: [CODE] takes 10% off this order and stops working in 24 hours. The checkout will refuse it after that. That is a real deadline, not marketing weather." Questions ## Common questions ### How long should you wait before the first abandoned-checkout message?+ About an hour. Sooner reads as surveillance and catches people whose payment is still processing; next-day loses the buyers who were one distraction away from finishing. A high-consideration purchase is the exception. In that case, waiting until the next morning and writing like a human beats speed. ### How many recovery messages should the sequence send?+ Three, across roughly three days: a payment link after an hour, a reason on day two, and (only if you discount at all) an expiring code on day three. Past three touches the extra recoveries are small and the unsubscribes are not. Every gap needs a listener so a payment stops the rest. ### Do abandoned-cart emails need a discount?+ No, and opening with one is the expensive habit: it gives margin to buyers who would have paid full price and teaches regulars to abandon on purpose. Send the payment link first, answer a real objection second. If you discount at all, do it once, last, with an expiry the checkout actually enforces. ### Can this sequence run over WhatsApp or SMS instead of email?+ Yes. The send-message node takes an ordered channel list (Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram and others) and falls back to email when no chat channel can deliver. SMS works too, from an AXL number registered for SMS, billed per segment. ## Related reading - •[Every scenario article, in one flat list](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation): the automation topic hub. - •[How to Increase Course Completion Rates: 11 Practical Fixes](https://axl.tech/blog/increase-course-completion-rates), including the "you stopped" trigger, which is this article's mechanic pointed at students. - •[Kajabi Basic Stops at 2,500 Contacts. Here's What That Costs](https://axl.tech/blog/kajabi-contact-limit-cost): what a contact ceiling does to sequences like this one. ## Go deeper in the docs - •[Every scenario event and its configuration](https://docs.axl.tech/types-of-events-in-the-scenario-and-their-configurations), including order created and order paid. - •[Every scenario action](https://docs.axl.tech/types-of-actions-in-the-scenario-and-their-configurations): wait, condition, and send message, field by field. - •[Promo codes](https://docs.axl.tech/promo-codes): validity windows, usage caps, and product restrictions. ## Nine nodes. Copy it tonight. Start on the free plan. Paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. The scenario canvas is included, along with everything it triggers: [the whole marketing automation surface](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation). [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) --- # About: AI-native Sales & Marketing Platform > AXL is an AI-native sales and marketing platform for founder-led businesses. Meet the team connecting customer history, sales tools and action. Canonical: https://axl.tech/about About AXL # We built this because we needed it. We taught other people to run online education businesses, and watched every one of them hit the same wall: five tools that each knew a quarter of the customer. So AXL is one account for all of it: site and blog, courses, webinars, a paid community, CRM with checkout, email and automation, on one contact record. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Talk to us](https://axl.tech/contact) Where it came from ## We taught 4,500 people to run this business before we built the software for it. We started the Online School Accelerator and **educated 4,500 people** in how to launch and run an online education business. The failure was never the teaching. The webinar tool did not know who had paid; the course platform did not know who had watched. People paid five subscriptions to keep the wiring alive. So we built [the whole stack](https://axl.tech/features) we had been telling people to assemble. It is why the first screen we cared about was the contact record, not the course player. What we believe ## Four opinions, each one checkable inside the product. - ### One customer record, or none of it works A contact, a lead and a student are one person, so here they are one row. A segment can then say “watched 40 minutes, finished lesson three, has not renewed”. [The contact record →](https://axl.tech/crm) - ### Your money is your money You connect your own Stripe, PayPal or one of 20+ providers; the money goes from your customer to your account. What we charge on paid plans is metered: from $49 a month on Starter, with your bill depending on usage. [How the bill works →](https://axl.tech/pricing) - ### Pay for what you use, not for what you might Four paid plans, clear included usage and the same overage rates at every size. Built-in AI credits are included by plan, and usage above them is metered. - ### If an agent cannot operate it, it is not finished Plenty of platforms let an agent draft. Here it can price the product, build the page and wire the automation; publishing and sending stay separate steps. [What an agent can finish →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) The page you are reading This site is built on AXL. Pages in the same builder our customers use, published through the same API, with the blog written by an agent through it. If something here is slow or broken, it is our own product doing it to us. [The builder it was made in →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) [Other things built on it →](https://axl.tech/showcase) ![AXL Custom page Code view with the axl.tech palette tokens and body HTML.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/mFHCgB5sbEu4vmn7ACjRQw.png) This page is edited and published with AXL. Where we are ## A distributed team and a real address. Product and engineering sit across several countries. The legal entity is a US company, and the address below is the registered one. [How your data is contained →](https://axl.tech/security) [What imports, and what does not →](https://axl.tech/migrate) AXL EdTech Booster, LLC 16192 Coastal Hwy Lewes, DE 19958 United States info@axl.tech [Every other way to reach us →](https://axl.tech/contact) ## The fastest way to judge us is to use it. No sales call, no demo gate, no card. Build something real in an afternoon and decide from the inside. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Talk to us](https://axl.tech/contact) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Accept Payments: Checkout, Subscriptions, Providers > Checkout on your own pages, subscriptions with retries and trials, promo codes and upsells, 20+ payment providers. AXL takes 0% of your sales. Canonical: https://axl.tech/payments Payments # Take payments on your own pages. Keep 100% of the sale. Checkout, subscriptions, promo codes and upsells, with the payment provider you already use. Every order lands on the CRM contact. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the providers AXL takes 0% of your revenue. Your provider’s processing fee still applies. ![Adding a payment gateway in AXL: provider tiles for Stripe, PayPal, Square, Revolut Pay, Affirm, NMI, Mercado Pago, BitPay, cash and bank transfer.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/1w5qWc0NfUqf_9w9gsCPaA.webp) What it is ## Your checkout, your provider, your customer record. Sell from any AXL page with a checkout block. The order, the payment and the customer stay together in the CRM. ![Sales, Payments in AXL: every payment with its order, date, status, gateway, amount, fee and income.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/3WTM5WntyUSlGWNjvlGuFg.webp) Every payment with its fee and your net income. - 01**Checkout.** A block on your page, not a redirect to someone else’s. - 02**Six product types.** Digital, physical, service, course, subscription and cohort. - 03**Subscriptions.** Trials, renewal limits, retries and self-service pause. - 04**Fees in view.** Each payment shows the fee and what you keep. **Good to know:** AXL does not calculate tax or issue invoice documents. Several currencies means several connected providers. Payment providers ## Connect the provider you already use. Connect one or several. Drag them into the order buyers see at checkout, and use a different provider for a deposit or another currency. - ![Stripe](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/igt5gRGCtkqgz2WszXgHLg.webp) - ![PayPal](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hIhcxwTid06PWUZxVf7waQ.webp) - ![Square](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/gG2owAFHnk2NmdXLnacTbQ.webp) - ![Revolut Pay](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/IA4sVr71i0-Nv36KmmAOvA.webp) - ![Affirm](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/T9yj6nem90mxxI2CK58YUQ.webp) - ![NMI](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/_1kLu8qEQkiRL_nYnOYDZg.webp) - ![CyberSource](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/J2_uR7eEI0CvzzvIy7Oqzg.webp) - ![Mercado Pago](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/w58NEdQR3UmSEF1QpLhkOQ.webp) - ![dLocal Go](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hCn6guXpM0-aH92qLAcJ_w.webp) - ![Mobbex](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/SmoyEaBBZEa2gV5kIJRxKQ.webp) - ![ProntoPaga](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/9E2FRKEhGU6-gn4ovE25WQ.webp) - ![Cashfree Payments](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/6jOcot5SpkWw8rqjU_0WIA.webp) - ![Midtrans](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OoirJSjJ1EalZlPixFJmZw.webp) - ![Redsys](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/wCtlbKEkm0G6XxxqziqFNA.webp) - ![ECPay](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/2ebMvKfAaU2VBkBDWGOWnQ.webp) - ![BitPay](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/f3nbm0WBBUu6gLK1uoic8A.webp) - Cash - Bank transfer Logos belong to their owners. Availability depends on your country and the provider’s own approval. See it in AXL ## Gateways, subscriptions, codes and orders. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[Payment settings: connected gateways with their currency, website visibility and totals, in checkout order.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/SlL3HBPJaUyt0oATJNxpCA.webp) Connected gateways](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ORtPlYk5U0iiWhfoLc3PAw.webp) - [!\[Subscription settings: one-month period, a limit of 12 renewals and a 7-day trial at $9.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xtzeU2NMkkCdhGxm1Gv8rQ.webp) Subscription](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/FWHs7UE6EUGcN3gQep1Qig.webp) - [!\[A renewal automation: separate branches for failed and successful renewal payments.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OIT1dm6IpEeA3iZnRiitpA.webp) Renewal automation](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/V2P9w2-yC0GNuwfunNAbdQ.webp) - [!\[A new promo code with its code, auto-apply and the contacts it is for.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/nZmqS0cTHUmkziNaWOAUwQ.webp) Promo codes](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/kXzmAREUNkS_EyiY_-4i8w.webp) - [!\[An order history: payment by Stripe, the product added, the discount and the contact details.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/WRwVjGg3JESf8hL5sKxLig.webp) Order history](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/SzS7ZheazUWx5KTmYdlzqw.webp) - [!\[A purchase order with its items, payment link, payments, history and affiliate commissions.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/vPj5DQHoi0SAwpub5jGlBg.webp) Purchase order](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/x4RHYcfjckqHxDr-oRWlAA.webp) What it does ## Everything between “Buy” and the receipt. - Checkout on your page Order bumps, one-click upsells and your own thank-you page. [Build the page →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Subscriptions A failed card starts an automation; members can pause and resume. [Dunning flows →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Promo codes Limits count only paid orders; codes can apply themselves. - Payment links Copy a link to any order and send it by email or chat. - Orders on the contact An order exists from the first checkout visit, with its UTM source. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Paid sessions The booking link goes out once the session is paid. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) How to start ## Take a first payment in ten minutes. 1. 01 Connect a provider Stripe, PayPal or another, in its own currency. Settings → Payment Gateways 2. 02 Create the product Price, comparison price and an order deadline. Sales → Products 3. 03 Add the checkout Drop the checkout block on your page. Sites → your page 4. 04 Make a test purchase The order appears with its UTM source. Sales → Orders Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create “Toolkit Pro” at $79 with a $19 order bump and a $149 one-click upsell, on a checkout page in my brand style. Then two scenarios: recover abandoned checkouts after 45 minutes, and a 7-day dunning sequence. Show me both graphs, activate nothing. What it does - 1. Creates “Toolkit Pro” at $79 with a $19 order bump and a $149 upsell. - 2. Builds the checkout page in your brand style. - 3. Builds two scenarios: abandoned checkout after 45 minutes and a 7-day dunning sequence. - 4. Activates nothing. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [The full seller setup →](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) Price comparison ## What the platform takes from $5,000 of sales. On top of the processing fee, some platforms keep a share of each sale. AXL keeps none. Platform fee on sales with your own payment provider, processing excluded, from each vendor’s pricing page. | Platform | Platform fee | On $5,000 a month | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL, every plan | 0% | $0 | | Skool Hobby | 10% | $500 | | Teachable Starter | 7.5% | $375 | | Thinkific Basic, third-party gateway | 5% | $250 | | Kajabi Basic, own Stripe | 2% | $100 | | Circle, entry paid plan | 2% | $100 | With the platform’s own payments, Kajabi takes 0% and Thinkific’s fee does not apply. Figures from each vendor’s pricing page; AXL plans on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Does AXL take a cut of my sales?+ No. AXL takes 0% of your revenue on every plan. Your payment provider charges its usual processing fee. ### Which payment providers can I use?+ Stripe, PayPal, Square, Revolut Pay, Affirm, NMI, CyberSource, Mercado Pago and more, plus cash and bank transfer. ### Can I sell subscriptions?+ Yes, with any provider that can save cards. Set the period, a trial price and renewal limits; members can pause and resume. ### Can I take a deposit or split the payment?+ Yes. An order can be paid in parts, and a payment and a deposit can use different providers. ### Does AXL handle tax and invoices?+ No. AXL does not calculate tax or issue invoice documents. ## Sell on your own pages, keep the whole sale. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month, 0% of your revenue. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [The CRM behind it](https://axl.tech/crm) --- # AI Agent Guardrails: What an Agent Cannot Do > 21 sensitive operations removed from the AI surface in the server, publishing and sending kept separate, and an honest account of what confirm=true is not. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails Developers · Guardrails # What an agent can never do An AI agent connects to AXL over MCP: one line in the client you already use, then a browser sign-in. From then on it acts inside your account, so the limits belong in the server, not in a prompt. Most of them are walls. One is only a soft check, and this page says which. On this page First connection Removed in the server Going live Known limits The agent runs as you, on the same pipeline. Open First connection ## What happens when you connect an agent. 1. 01 Connect it Add the endpoint, run a prompt. Settings → MCP 2. 02 Approve the account It names the client. Switch accounts here. Consent screen 3. 03 It looks around Asks what exists; the 21 are absent. 4. 04 It writes drafts Publishing and sending stay yours. Preview link ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. Removed in the server ## 21 operations the agent cannot see. A blocked operation is dropped from the tool catalog at startup: no listing, no search hit, no schema, and execute treats it as nonexistent. The agent never learns it is there, so there is nothing to talk it into, including an instruction hidden in a document it reads. The removal covers the AI surface only: your integrations still call these endpoints over REST. The safety removals, by group. | Group | Count | What is removed | | --- | --- | --- | | Credentials and tokens | 3 | Creating an admin (which mints a ten-year API token as a side effect), plus cross-service and third-party account tokens. | | Rights, roles, membership | 9 | Admin security settings, deleting or restoring an admin, permission policies, invites and invite links. This closed a privilege-escalation chain that ended at full account rights. | | Billing writes | 9 | Balance, the AI spend cap, auto-recharge, promo codes, plan agreement, addresses, payment methods. Reads stay open: an agent can say what you spend, and cannot spend it or raise its own limit. | The set is pinned by a test, and a second refuses to let a blocked operation keep a call template pointing at it. Twenty-nine are absent in all; the other eight are not safety removals. - •**Five belong to an obsolete controller** writing to a table nothing renders. Hidden because it is dead, not dangerous: visible, it is a success-with-no-effect trap with a plausible name. - •**Two cannot be called over MCP** here because they read parameters from headers MCP does not forward, so they would burn retries on a misleading “field is required”. - •**One is a machine hand-off**: a server-to-server ingest for the in-product page builder. Not a user-facing operation at all. Going live ## Publishing and sending are separate steps. Writing a page, a course or a product does not publish it; the call templates it follows (recipes, in AXL's docs) write unpublished and hand you a preview link. Building a campaign does not send it. A broadcast has **no draft state**, so creating one arms it, and the recipes require an explicit human “send now” in a separate message. Be precise The agent meets this rule in three places before it calls anything; recipe bodies ship with publishing off. It is not a transport-level lock; a caller that decides to set the publish flag can set it. What is guaranteed: publishing is never a side effect of writing, always a distinct and visible call. Two more sit in the server: a **bulk destructive call refuses to run unscoped**, since an empty filter would mean every record in the account, and **writing HTML means reading the guide first**. Inside your rights it can still rewrite a live page, reprice a product, delete inside a scoped filter. What makes that survivable: a deleted record is flagged, not erased, and pages keep 100 revisions. [What it finishes →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Known limits `confirm=true` is a boolean the caller sets on itself. It is not a human-approval guarantee. Nothing in the transport verifies that a human was asked, or answered, or exists: no second channel, no signed approval. We know it can be self-granted because it was: in a live test, an agent warned about a large delete set the flag itself in its next reply. The refusal text, the parameter description and the guide the agent reads all say the flag must reflect a real reply from the human in their *next* message, never inferred and never set in the same turn. So never read anything on this site as “human approval is enforced”. What is enforced: a risky call does not run on the first attempt. For a hard limit, use permissions. **Give it less than you have.** An agent inherits the rights of whoever approved the consent screen. So approve as a smaller admin (create one in Settings → Team with only the rights the job needs), or connect with a bearer token from an [API key with reduced rights](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes). ![AXL API key drawer with Scenarios and Run scenario selected under Rights, while the key table remains visible behind it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/g4pfJMmOvU6sou7pQogzkg.png) Choose exactly what an API key can do before you save it. ## The agent runs as you, on the same pipeline. There is no parallel execution path for AI. An operation is an ordinary call to the same API your browser uses, carrying **only** the caller's token through the same authentication and rights checks. - •**Permissions are inherited, not granted.** Per-field rights apply: a course whose publish flag you cannot set is one it cannot publish, though it can rename it. - •**The account boundary is the same boundary.** The data layer stamps and filters by account on every read and write. Answers come back with secrets masked and stack traces stripped. - •**Built-in AI has a spending control.** A billing admin sets or disables the monthly cap, and the agent cannot change it. The Assistant and Curator applications bill outside this guard, on their own lines. ![AXL refuses an unfiltered bulk delete before the API call and asks the user to narrow or confirm the request.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xjkJ7TP90UyfZlo0HzPTYA.png) Risky requests stop before the API call and return a safer next step. Open ## The limits we have not solved. - •The browser flow has one scope, carrying the approving admin's rights, with no narrower one to ask for. - •Agent writes land in the record's ordinary history timeline. No agent-only log, and only operations that already write history events appear there. - •The blocked set is platform-wide, not per-account. - •We could not find a competitor that publishes which operations it removes from its AI surface; that is a claim about our search, not about their products. [Correct us](https://axl.tech/contact). Residency, retention and agreements are on /security, including the open ones. ## Try to break it on a free account. Ask it for something destructive, read the refusal, then decide how much of your rights to hand it. [Connect your agent](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) [Connect with reduced rights](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes) Free plan, no card needed. --- # AI Agents and MCP for Business > Connector guides, agent guardrails, and what an MCP server can and cannot do inside a live business. Every article we have written on AI agents. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. AI agents and MCP Blog topic # AI agents and MCP Connecting an agent over MCP, what it may change in a live business, and where the guardrails belong: in the server, not the prompt. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [run your business with an AI agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. Titles without a link are still to be written. 1. [What Is an MCP Server? A Plain-English Guide for People Who Run a Business](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) 2. [How to Connect Claude to Your CRM, Step by Step](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-claude-to-crm) 3. [11 Things I Let an AI Agent Do in My Business (And 4 I Don't)](https://axl.tech/blog/ai-agent-tasks-to-delegate) 4. [MCP vs API vs Zapier: When to Use Each](https://axl.tech/blog/mcp-vs-api-vs-zapier) 5. [How to Connect ChatGPT to Your Business Tools With MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-chatgpt-mcp) 6. The 9 Questions to Ask Before You Give an AI Agent Write Access 7. How to Build a Landing Page by Talking to an AI Agent 8. [Connect Cursor to Your Business Data: A 5-Minute Setup](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-cursor-business-data) 9. What “Read-Only MCP” Means, and Why It Matters More Than the Feature List 10. How an AI Agent Enrolls a Student and Issues a Certificate 11. OAuth for MCP: Why You Should Never Paste an API Key Into a Chatbot 12. AI Agent Guardrails: What Belongs in the Server, Not the Prompt 13. How to Write a Prompt an AI Agent Can Actually Execute 14. Windsurf, VS Code and Cline: Connecting Non-Claude MCP Clients 15. What an AI Agent Cannot Do in Your Business: An Honest List 16. AI Agent Audit Trail: How to Know What Your Agent Changed 17. From Prompt to Published Page: What Actually Happens Behind the Scenes 18. Should You Let an AI Agent Send Email to Your List? Rules That Work ## Give an agent a business to run. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # AI Answering and Booking for Service Businesses > Answer enquiries by phone or chat, book consultations and ask for feedback after the job, with every request saved for your team. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses For service businesses # Answer every enquiry and book the job. An AI agent answers by phone or chat, books a time and saves the request for your team. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![A booking page in AXL: the meeting name, length, format and host.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/7hQi9ncwj0WFKB-882kOjw.webp) A consultation booking page. What it is ## Enquiries, bookings and feedback in one place. The agent asks what the customer needs, offers a free time and saves everything on the contact. After the job, it can ask how it went. ![The AXL inbox with an AI agent replying to a customer and the contact details beside it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UOuCvlrSBUGSVGPVbTlPKA.webp) The inbox with the AI agent replying. - 01**Enquiries.** Phone, website chat and messengers. - 02**Booking.** Consultations from your calendar. - 03**Callbacks.** Your team calls back with the history open. - 04**Feedback.** A call or message after the job. **Good to know:** No field service scheduling: routes and crews stay in your own process. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a service business uses. - Voice AI AI calls that answer and book. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - AI chat The same agent in chat channels. [AI chat →](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) - Booking Consultation pages and reminders. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - CRM Requests, calls and jobs on the contact. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) How to start ## Your enquiry line set up in an afternoon. 1. 01 List what you need to know The questions for a useful consultation. AI agents → New 2. 02 Choose the channel A number or a chat channel. Agent → Channels 3. 03 Attach booking The consultation page. Agent → Booking 4. 04 Try a real request Check the booking and the follow-up. Test call Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create an agent for new service enquiries. Ask what help the customer needs, explain our services and offer an available consultation. Keep the request for our team. What it does - 1. Creates an agent with your services. - 2. Asks what help the customer needs. - 3. Offers a free consultation time. - 4. Saves the request on the contact for your team. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How AI calls work →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a phone line, a scheduler and a forms tool. Prices are per user where the vendor charges per user. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Business phone | Quo Starter | $28 per user | Numbers and calls | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | Enquiry forms | Typeform Plus | $79 | Forms and quizzes | | All of it | AXL | From $49 | Plus numbers, minutes and AI calls by usage | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AI call rates on axl.tech/pricing. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can it handle chat as well as calls?+ Yes. Set up the agent for a phone number, website chat or connected messengers. ### Can it schedule field jobs?+ It books consultations from your booking pages. Crew and route planning stay in your own process. ### Can it ask for feedback after a job?+ Yes, with a call or a message. The answer decides whether someone follows up. ### Does my team see everything?+ Yes. The request, the booking and the call are on the contact. ## Answer your next enquiry with AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See voice AI](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Also for: [Call centers](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers) · [Sales teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) · [AI receptionists](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) · [Webinar teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams) · [All solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # AI Assistant for Sales and Marketing Tasks > Run sales and marketing tasks with AXL AI Assistant or your own agent. Build websites, manage CRM and set up follow-up with customer history in view. Canonical: https://axl.tech/ai-agent AI agent & MCP # The business platform where your AI agent finishes the job. Describe the job in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. AXL creates the page, lead form, product and follow-up in your account. You still decide when to publish or send. [Give it the first job](https://app.axl.tech/) See the ten-minute build Free plan, no card needed. ![A finished AXL scenario on the automation canvas: join link on registration, reminder an hour before, offer or replay by attendance, all built from one typed instruction.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/JEIddVkFLkyk20NtxMIzdg.png) What it is ## Describe the job. Get real pages, products and follow-ups back. Work in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. AXL creates the objects in your account and returns a link to each one. ![AXL AI Assistant turns a paid workshop request into a plan, then returns links to the page, product, scenario and broadcast.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/QItuZV7K0UK2CpxT2eWFwQ.png) Approve the plan once, then open every finished piece from the conversation. - 01**Connect.** One setup line and a browser sign-in. - 02**Build.** Pages, products, courses, scenarios and broadcasts. - 03**Open.** Every finished object comes back as a link. - 04**Decide.** Publishing and sending stay your steps. **Good to know:** About 1,100 operations across more than 60 modules. Every change lands in the history, and a page keeps its last 100 revisions. What it does ## What comes back finished. - A live page With a lead form that writes into the CRM. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - A product with checkout Priced, on the page, ready to sell. [Checkout →](https://axl.tech/payments#checkout) - A course With a graded test and a certificate. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - A follow-up The automation graph, switched off until you check it. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - A campaign Scheduled for later, not sent. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Migration chores The repetitive middle of a move. [What imports →](https://axl.tech/migrate) How to start ## Get a live lead-gen page out of one conversation. Start read-only: have it count your contacts before it creates anything. 1. 01 Connect your client One line, one browser sign-in, once. [Guides →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Settings → MCP 2. 02 Orient it before you ask Your brand style returns as tokens, so the page looks like yours. Settings → Visual styles 3. 03 Have it build the page The lead form writes into the [CRM](https://axl.tech/crm) from the first submit. Sites 4. 04 Read the preview on a phone Unpublished pages render `noindex`. Adjust in plain English. Preview link 5. 05 Say publish Its own step on purpose: the last look is yours. Page → Publish 6. 06 Point your domain at it Yours, because an agent has no access to your registrar. SSL follows. Domains → DNS applied The same job, one prompt PromptCopy Read the capability map and the landing-page recipes, then my default brand style. Create a site ‘Q4 Launch’ and a page at /webinar: hero, three benefit blocks, short FAQ, and a lead form for name and email. Do not publish. Send the preview link. What it does - 1. Reads your brand style and the landing-page recipes. - 2. Creates the site ‘Q4 Launch’ with a /webinar page: hero, three benefits, FAQ and a lead form. - 3. Publishes nothing and sends you the preview link. ![AXL editor Publish and Preview controls beside the public preview and its noindex, nofollow response head.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/zP925n2VAE6XJvchNz0lLw.png) Preview the page before publishing, then connect the same workflow to your AI client. [Connect your client →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Which AI clients can I use?+ Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and Cline. Setup is one line and a browser sign-in, no developer needed. [Connection guides →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) ### Can I use AI without connecting an agent?+ Yes. The AI Assistant inside AXL builds pages, emails, forms and quizzes. Connecting your own agent is optional. ### Can the agent do something destructive by accident?+ 21 sensitive operations are not available to AI at all, and bulk deletions need an explicit confirmation. [The guardrails →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) ### How is AI usage billed?+ Your own agent’s model is billed by whoever you pay for Claude or ChatGPT. AXL plans start at $49 a month and include AI credits for the built-in assistant. ## Give it the first job and read the result. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Connection guide](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # AI Chat Agents for WhatsApp and SMS > Connect an AI chat agent to WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram and Instagram. Answer from your knowledge, book appointments and hand conversations to your team. Canonical: https://axl.tech/ai-chat AXL AI Chat # One AI chat agent for all your channels. It answers from your business knowledge, helps customers book and hands the chat to your team when a person is needed. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the setup WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram, Instagram and your site chat. ![Instructions, connected channels and a conversation your team can continue.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/n_MLXMdk7E6-bd0LRsyL3g.png) Play with sound Pause preview Preview ready Animated demo · Knowledge, booking and human handoff. What it is ## Your knowledge in, helpful answers out. Give the agent instructions and files, pick its channels and attach booking pages. Your team can step in at any moment. ![The AXL chat inbox: conversations on the left, a chat with bot and AI replies in the middle, the contact card on the right.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/eUFNDsAy60WAEX2SheeAcw.webp) One inbox: the AI and your team in the same conversation. - 01**Knowledge.** Your files and rules for what to say. - 02**Channels.** WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram, Instagram and site chat. - 03**Booking.** It books from your booking pages, never an invented time. - 04**Handoff.** The chat goes to your team with its history. **Good to know:** Each channel keeps its own rules: WhatsApp templates and windows, SMS registration and carrier charges. See it in AXL ## The inbox, channels and bots. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The inbox with the AI assistant tab and a customer conversation.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UOuCvlrSBUGSVGPVbTlPKA.webp) Inbox](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qFQmqVATgUmBKofuluYkMA.webp) - [!\[Connected chat channels: site chat and an AXL phone number, with their status.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aj-UU4l5d0yYti3NLrTeRA.webp) Channels](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5DBAgqmiGEu5Ky2T3w_xyg.webp) - [!\[Site chat settings with the widget preview beside them.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/LYPNiWFqzEyiE6AU5M8Wzg.webp) Site chat](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hlitz3tIUEe61UQI2YyK2Q.webp) - [!\[A chatbot scenario on the canvas: welcome message, tags, delays and follow-ups.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/uJwprlqGv0K3gaVL92gusQ.webp) Chatbot](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/7BNx0SiEzEqxiRdFIHIYtw.webp) - [!\[Choosing what an agent does: chat agent, AI tutor or voice agent.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/fHqvISPcfkmDg2JvErLiMw.webp) Agent types](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ATxEHexnT0iDYad7aaEJuQ.webp) What it does ## From a question to the next step. - Website chat Put the chat button on your site; the agent answers there too. [Live chat →](https://axl.tech/live-chat) - Qualify an enquiry Collect what your team needs before a salesperson joins. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Book a consultation Offer real free slots from your booking pages. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Support after purchase Answer common questions, hand the rest to a person. How to start ## Tell the assistant what good support looks like. 1. 01 Connect the channels Finish any provider activation they need. Settings → Channels 2. 02 Describe the agent Task, knowledge, channels and booking permissions. AI Assistant 3. 03 Test and switch on Try questions in the playground first. Agent → Playground Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a chat agent for our connected WhatsApp and SMS channels. Use our FAQ, help people choose a service and book a consultation. Hand unclear questions to our team. What it does - 1. Creates a chat agent on your WhatsApp and SMS channels. - 2. Answers from your FAQ and helps people pick a service. - 3. Books consultations from your booking pages. - 4. Hands unclear questions to your team. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [Voice agents →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Price comparison ## An AI chat agent without per-seat or per-answer fees. Entry prices, billed monthly. The units differ, so they are printed as the vendor sells them. Entry price and how it is charged, from each vendor's pricing page. | Tool | Price | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $49 a month | 25,000 messages and 200 AI credits, plus CRM, email, booking and sites | | Intercom Essential | $39 per seat, plus $0.99 per AI resolution | Live chat, shared inbox and help centre | | Chatfuel | $69 a month | Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp automation | From intercom.com/pricing and chatfuel.com/pricing. Extra AXL AI credits cost $0.01 each; carrier SMS is charged separately. AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Is this the assistant that builds my account?+ No. The built-in AI Assistant helps you set up AXL. Your chat agent answers customers on the channels you assign. ### Can I use several channels?+ Yes. Pick the connected channels in the agent settings. Do not assign two agents to the same channel. ### Will it answer everywhere automatically?+ No. An agent with no channels selected answers nowhere. A scenario can also call an agent. ### How fast can I connect everything?+ An agent on an already connected channel is quick to set up. WhatsApp setup and SMS approval depend on the provider. ### Are SMS and WhatsApp messages included in AI usage?+ No. AI usage and channel-provider charges are separate, and carrier SMS is not the same as platform messages. ## Give your customers a helpful first reply. Free plan, no card needed. AI replies use AI credits. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Voice agents](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) From the first question to the next step ## Give your customers a helpful first reply. Your knowledge. One connected channel. An AI agent ready to help. Start with the questions your customers ask most. Free plan, no card needed[Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/)[See plans and usage pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) ### Connected products [**Voice AI**Answer calls and reach customers with AI.↗](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[**Business telephony**Your number, browser calls and call history.↗](https://axl.tech/telephony)[**Your setup assistant**Describe the job and configure your workspace.↗](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ### Built for your team [AI receptionists↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists)[Service businesses↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses)[Webinar teams↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams)[Sales teams↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) --- # AI Lead Qualification and Sales Calls in One CRM > An AI agent qualifies leads by phone or chat and books meetings. Reps call from the browser with the deal and history open. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams For sales teams # Qualify every lead and book the meeting. An AI agent asks the first questions and books a meeting. Your reps call with the history in front of them. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![An AI call campaign in AXL: the audience, the agent and the call results.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/H0LxzpqfbU6vRXVp8p0TIA.webp) An AI call campaign and its results. What it is ## Every lead gets an answer, a meeting and a follow-up. The AI agent qualifies the lead by phone or chat and books from your calendar. Reps see the call and the deal before they pick up. ![An AXL sales pipeline: deal cards in stages, each stage showing its deal count and total.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tAIzZUiThk2YgjszYHkh1Q.webp) The pipeline with deal counts and totals. - 01**Qualification.** Your questions, by phone or chat. - 02**Booking.** The agent offers free slots and books them. - 03**Rep calls.** Browser phone with the deal open. - 04**Outcomes.** Answered, no answer or voicemail, each with its own next step. **Good to know:** Outbound AI calls go only to contacts with recorded consent, and a person confirms each campaign. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a sales team uses. - CRM Pipelines, deals, tasks and sales analytics. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Voice AI AI calls that qualify and book. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - Booking Meeting pages with Zoom or Google Meet. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Telephony Numbers and the browser phone. [Telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) How to start ## Your first qualifying agent this week. 1. 01 Write the questions What makes a lead a good fit. AI agents → New 2. 02 Attach a booking page Where the agent books meetings. Agent → Booking 3. 03 Pick the channel A phone number or chat channels. Agent → Channels 4. 04 Test both paths A good fit and one that needs a person. Test call Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create an agent that asks what the customer needs and when they want to start. Offer a consultation from our booking page and prepare a follow-up for the sales team. What it does - 1. Creates an agent with your qualifying questions. - 2. Offers a consultation from your booking page. - 3. Creates a follow-up task for the sales team. - 4. Leaves the agent switched off until you test it. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How AI calls work →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a phone system, a CRM and a scheduler. Prices are per seat where the vendor charges per seat. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Phone system | RingCentral Core | $30 per user | Numbers, browser phone, recordings | | CRM | Pipedrive Growth | $49 per seat | Pipelines, deals, tasks | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | All of it | AXL | From $49 | Starter includes one admin; each extra active admin is $15 | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. On AXL, numbers, minutes and AI calls are billed by usage. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can the agent book a meeting during the call?+ Yes. Attach the booking pages it may use; it checks free slots and books one. ### What if nobody answers?+ Each outcome, such as no answer or voicemail, can start its own task or message. ### Does it work in chat too?+ Yes. Set up a chat agent for your connected channels, with handoff to a person. ### Who can the agent call?+ By default only contacts with recorded consent, and a person confirms each campaign launch. ## Give every lead a fast first answer. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See voice AI](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Also for: [Call centers](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers) · [AI receptionists](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) · [Service businesses](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses) · [Webinar teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams) · [All solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # AI Receptionist That Answers Calls and Books > An AI receptionist that answers your phone, explains your services and books free times from your calendar. Every call recorded. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists AXL AI receptionist # Every call answered. Every next step handled. Answer questions, qualify callers, book appointments, recommend the next offer and follow up, with phone, calendar and CRM already connected. [Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/) See the setup ![AI receptionist handling bookings, upsells and customer follow-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g1kLGacHF6U/maxresdefault.jpg) Product film · 1 min **More bookings, upsells and revenue** ▶ Feature video ![AI receptionist workflow from business setup to a booked appointment](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tLVJo9RhJbo/maxresdefault.jpg) Workflow story · 90 sec **From setup to a booked appointment** ▶ Free PDF guide ## 7 AI workflows for home service businesses Get the practical guide to handling calls, booking jobs and following up with customers, with examples for everyday work in your service business. - Calls & booking - Estimates & job reports - Customer follow-up [Download free PDF ↓](https://axl.tech/ai-home-services-guide.pdf) 10 pages · PDF · 176 KB Opens in a new tab. No signup needed. What it is ## An AI agent that answers your phone and books appointments. Give it your services, hours and booking pages. It answers questions, finds a free time and saves the call for your team. ![A voice agent in AXL: its instructions, voice and the booking pages it can use.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/PDuUo91kokOWCe_l4W4jLQ.webp) A voice agent and its settings. - 01**Answers.** Hours, services and prices from your facts. - 02**Books.** Free times from the booking pages you attach. - 03**Records.** Recording and transcript in call history. - 04**Improves.** Adjust instructions, voice speed and interruptions. **Good to know:** US and Canada numbers. Calls and AI minutes are billed by usage. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a receptionist uses. - Voice AI The agent, its voice and its instructions. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - Telephony The number it answers. [Telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) - Booking The calendar it books into. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - CRM Every caller saved as a contact. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) How to start ## Your receptionist live today. 1. 01 Add the business facts Services, hours, common questions. AI agents → New 2. 02 Attach booking The pages it can book into. Agent → Booking 3. 03 Pick a number Buy one or use a number you own. Telephony → Numbers 4. 04 Call it yourself Try a booking and an odd question. Test call Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a receptionist for our business. Answer questions about services and opening hours, ask which appointment the caller needs and book an available time. What it does - 1. Creates a voice agent with your services and hours. - 2. Asks which appointment the caller needs. - 3. Books a free time from your booking page. - 4. Leaves the number unchanged until you switch it on. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How AI calls work →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a phone line and a scheduler. On AXL the receptionist, the number and the calendar sit in one account. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Business phone | Quo Starter | $28 per user | Numbers and calls | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | All of it | AXL | From $49 | Plus numbers, minutes and AI calls by usage | Vendor prices from quo.com and calendly.com, billed monthly. AI call rates on axl.tech/pricing. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### What can it answer?+ What you put in its instructions: services, hours, prices and common questions. ### Can it book appointments?+ Yes, into the booking pages you attach, at times that are actually free. ### Can I hear the calls?+ Yes. Every call has a recording and a transcript in call history. ### What does it cost?+ The plan, plus the number, the minutes and the AI call time. Rates are on the pricing page. ## Let AI answer your next call. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See voice AI](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Also for: [Call centers](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers) · [Sales teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) · [Service businesses](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses) · [Webinar teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams) · [All solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # AI Reminder Calls and Follow-Up for Webinars > AI reminder calls and messages for webinar registrants, answers to joining questions and follow-up based on attendance. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams For webinar teams # Get more registrants to show up. AI calls and messages to people who registered, with the next step chosen by what they did. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![A webinar registration page in AXL: the event title, date and the sign-up form.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/JAUUCAsrEEW0WRu6O8d8ig.webp) A webinar registration page. What it is ## More registrants show up, and every one gets a follow-up. Before the webinar, an AI agent reminds people and answers practical questions. After it, each attendee gets the next step that fits. ![An AXL scenario: an AI reminder call with separate branches for answered, no answer and voicemail.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJ3-NoSl-Ei2JrG5zNKwoQ.webp) A reminder call with a branch for each outcome. - 01**Reminders.** Calls or messages with the time and the link. - 02**Questions.** The agent answers from the event details. - 03**No answer.** Voicemail and no-answer get their own path. - 04**After the event.** Replay, consultation or offer, by attendance. **Good to know:** Reminder calls go only to registrants who agreed to them, and a person confirms each campaign. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a webinar team uses. - Webinars Live and automated webinars with registration. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - Voice AI Reminder and follow-up calls. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - Automations Branches by attendance and call result. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Email Reminders and replays by email. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) How to start ## Your reminder sequence before the next webinar. 1. 01 Prepare the event details Time, topic and joining link. Webinars → Event 2. 02 Choose the audience Registrants who agreed to reminders. Event → Registrants 3. 03 Set up the agent What it says and answers. AI agents → Voice 4. 04 Test the sequence A test registration and reminder. Scenarios Or let AI do it PromptCopy Help me configure a reminder for registered webinar attendees. Explain when it starts and how to join, answer practical questions and use the call outcome for follow-up. What it does - 1. Creates a reminder agent with the webinar time and link. - 2. Answers practical questions about joining. - 3. Adds a branch for each call outcome. - 4. Leaves the campaign for you to confirm. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How webinars work →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) What it replaces ## Webinars priced by the hours you stream. One 1-hour session a month with 300 viewers. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Webinars | Zoom Webinars | $105.99 | Webinars with Q&A and reports | | Webinars | WebinarJam | $99 | Live and automated webinars | | Webinars | GoTo Webinar | $69 | Webinars, reminders, polls | | Webinars and follow-up | AXL | $55 | Starter plus streaming above 100 viewer-hours | List prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026, from zoom.us, webinarjam.com and goto.com. AI reminder calls are billed by usage. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Who can get a reminder call?+ Registrants who agreed to reminders. A person confirms each call campaign. ### What if they do not answer?+ No answer and voicemail each get their own path, such as a text or an email. ### Can follow-up depend on attendance?+ Yes. Branch on whether they attended and for how long. ### Do I need a separate webinar tool?+ No. Webinars, registration and replays are part of AXL. ## Bring more registrants to your next webinar. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See webinars](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) Also for: [Call centers](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers) · [Sales teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) · [AI receptionists](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) · [Service businesses](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses) · [All solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # AI Voice Agents for Calls, Sales and Follow-Up > AI voice agents for inbound calls, outbound calls, lead qualification, customer feedback and reminders. Set up each job with your AXL AI Assistant. Canonical: https://axl.tech/voice-ai AXL Voice AI # AI voice agents for every customer call. Answer calls, call customers back, qualify leads and book meetings. Tell the AI Assistant what the agent should do. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Build a voice agent Inbound and outbound calls on your AXL number. ![From a plain-language request to an AI receptionist.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/LigUh0XHAUKFIpDcxGbjpA.png) Play with sound Pause preview Preview ready From a plain-language request to an AI receptionist. Animated interface demo. What it is ## Every call ends with a recording, a transcript and a next step. The agent talks to the caller, and the result lands on the contact for your team or your next automation. ![AXL call details with demo data: the completed call, recording playback and the transcript.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-qzlOafegEyhpb52FF3vIw.png) A finished AI call: recording, transcript and the contact beside it. - 01**Answer.** Pick up incoming calls on your number. - 02**Call out.** Reach customers from a scenario or a campaign. - 03**Book.** Check your booking pages and reserve a slot during the call. - 04**Follow up.** A task, a message or a webhook from the call result. **Good to know:** Outbound calls need the contact’s consent, a number and account funds. AI analysis uses your AI balance. See it in AXL ## Agents, call scenarios and campaigns. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[Voice agent settings: name, description, how it introduces itself, the greeting and the instructions.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/deaFzeiP4kmaRNrfcSf9IQ.webp) Agent settings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/JRMYEYCzn0O49QwFeK2Thw.webp) - [!\[Choosing what an agent does: chat agent, AI tutor or voice agent.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/fHqvISPcfkmDg2JvErLiMw.webp) Agent types](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ATxEHexnT0iDYad7aaEJuQ.webp) - [!\[A voice agent page with its settings and a panel to try the agent by phone.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/PDuUo91kokOWCe_l4W4jLQ.webp) Try the agent](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/loBwu3cKuUmnISm5bdbL2g.webp) - [!\[An AI call step in a scenario, with a branch for each call outcome and a task for the team.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJ3-NoSl-Ei2JrG5zNKwoQ.webp) AI call in a scenario](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/kCelntvXeES-IUlAIOFnYw.webp) - [!\[Call outcome analysis: branches for ready to buy, no answer, voicemail and unclear.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tIrs7mygt0CvkWq6c80DpQ.webp) Call outcomes](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xg66rmEO90mOHGrZ2VE5HA.webp) - [!\[A new call campaign: the voice agent, the opening line and the campaign instructions.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/H0LxzpqfbU6vRXVp8p0TIA.webp) Call campaign](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/NeUGpG1QKEOY6A4tsgywaA.webp) What it does ## Give each call a job. - AI receptionist Answer questions and book a time with the right person. [AI receptionists →](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) - Lead qualification Ask about need, timing and fit, then pass the result on. [Sales teams →](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) - Booking Check the booking pages you attach and book a free slot. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Feedback calls Call after a service and save the answers. [Service businesses →](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses) - Webinar reminders Call registrants before the webinar and explain how to join. [Webinar teams →](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams) - Follow-up Answered, no answer, voicemail: each result starts its own next step. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) How to start ## Start with the job, not the wiring. You buy the number yourself; the assistant can route an existing number to the agent. 1. 01 Describe the conversation Business facts, the task and the booking pages to use. AI Assistant 2. 02 Connect your number Buy it in Telephony, then route it to the agent. Telephony → Numbers 3. 03 Test and switch on Make a real test call, refine, then turn it on. Agent → Try it Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a voice agent to qualify new enquiries. Ask what the customer needs and when they want to start. Offer a consultation using our booking calendar. What it does - 1. Creates a voice agent with qualification instructions. - 2. Asks callers about their need and timing. - 3. Offers a consultation from your booking calendar. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [AXL telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) Price comparison ## Compare the call cost and what happens after it. Each comparison prices real call usage, not plan stickers. - [AXL vs RetellCall costs, setup and the next action.](https://axl.tech/vs/retell) - [AXL vs VapiVoice infrastructure and your customer workflow.](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi) - [AXL vs BlandPhone automation and follow-up.](https://axl.tech/vs/bland) - [AXL vs SynthflowAgent setup and ongoing costs.](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow) - [AXL vs NewoReception, booking and customer conversations.](https://axl.tech/vs/newo) Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do I need my own voice-provider account?+ No. AXL includes its own voice agents. ### Can the assistant buy my phone number?+ No. You choose and buy the number yourself. The assistant can read your numbers and set up routing. ### Can callers book during the conversation?+ Yes, when you attach booking pages to the agent. It checks free slots and books the caller. ### Does this include calling inside a website?+ It works over the phone. A website can link to the agent’s number. ### What is charged?+ Number rental and call minutes are separate from AI usage. See the current rates and your balance inside AXL. ## Put your next call to work. Free plan, no card needed. Calls and AI are charged by use. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [AI chat agents](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) Start with one useful conversation ## Put your next conversation to work. Choose a job for your voice agent. Give it your business instructions, make a test call and build from there. Free plan, no card needed[Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/)[See plans and usage pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) ### Connected products [**AI chat agents**Help customers across connected channels.↗](https://axl.tech/ai-chat)[**Business telephony**Your number, browser calls and call history.↗](https://axl.tech/telephony) ### Built for your team [Call centers↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers)[Sales teams↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) --- # AI-native Sales & Marketing Platform Features > Explore AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform: websites, CRM, automation, booking, payments, calls, courses and customer history in one place. Canonical: https://axl.tech/features 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Features Features # Everything AXL does, in one account. Sites, CRM, payments, email, courses, webinars, video, community, calls and chat. Each customer has one history across all of them. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Find your use case](https://axl.tech/solutions) ![AXL turning one business request into a connected page, course, checkout, booking and CRM workflow.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/sIg3dBDQrkSdrO7e1jr0lQ.png) Calls and conversations ## Your next conversation belongs here. Answer with AI or make the call yourself. Keep the conversation connected to your customer history, booking and follow-up. [**Voice AI** Reception, outbound calls, qualification, feedback and reminders, configured around your business.](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) ↗[**AI chat agents** Answer through your connected channels, use business knowledge and bring a person into the conversation. ↗](https://axl.tech/ai-chat)[**Live chat** A chat button on your site, answered in the same inbox as your messengers. ↗](https://axl.tech/live-chat)[**Business phone** Buy a number, call from your browser and keep recordings, transcripts and notes with the contact. ↗](https://axl.tech/telephony) Choose a starting point ## Open the part you need. Each card opens a full product page with screenshots, use cases and limits. 1. 01**Attract** 2. 02**Sell** 3. 03**Deliver** 4. 04**Retain** [→ ### Website and funnel builder Build pages, funnels, checkout flows and SEO content from blocks, raw HTML or an AI instruction. Domains and SSLA/B testsForms](https://axl.tech/website-builder) ![AXL deal pipeline: deals by stage with value, owner and next task on each card.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tAIzZUiThk2YgjszYHkh1Q.webp) [→ ### CRM, checkout and payments See the person, deal, payment and next step in one pipeline. KanbanCheckout20+ providers !\[AXL sales pipeline with five stages and deal totals.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ZZUAff4CqE-Q9FwLrt2kdQ.png)](https://axl.tech/crm) [→ New in AXL ### Calls, softphone and AI call summaries Call from the browser, answer on an AXL number and keep the recording, transcript, summary and result with the customer. AXL numbersBrowser softphoneAI voice callsTranscripts Live call**08:42** Recording**Saved** Transcript**Ready** Outcome**Qualified**](https://axl.tech/telephony) [→ ### Automation React to purchases, visits and messages with waits, branches and follow-up. 139 nodes9 channels](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) [→ ### Email and messaging Build one campaign for email, Telegram, WhatsApp and other channels. SegmentsRevenue attribution](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) [→ ### Appointments and booking Sell time with availability, paid sessions and booking-triggered follow-up. Calendar syncPaid slots](https://axl.tech/booking) [→ ### Courses and LMS Structure lessons, test understanding, review homework and issue certificates. TestsHomeworkCertificates !\[AXL course structure: sections and steps of a leadership course in order, each step with its type and settings.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VL_bKllNRUOA_6L_f3Gvqw.webp)](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) [→ ### Webinars Run live rooms or scripted evergreen sessions with timed events and offers. LiveEvergreenAttendance !\[AXL live webinar room: the presenter on stage, the slides and the layout menu.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qDHNRKeHsk2IyVPo8jCEOw.webp)](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) [→ ### Video hosting Host protected video, lock embeds to your domain and see how much people watched. Domain lockView analytics](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) [→ ### Community and memberships Gate spaces with the same contact filters used by CRM and campaigns. Paid accessPermissionsAutomations](https://axl.tech/community-platform) [→ Built into the account ### AI Assistant, or bring your own agent Tell the built-in AI Assistant what to build and connect. Prefer another assistant? Bring your own agent to the same account. BrowserYour existing agentHuman approval !\[AXL AI Assistant turning a launch request into connected page, product, scenario and campaign work.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/QItuZV7K0UK2CpxT2eWFwQ.png)](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Why the connection matters ## The same person moves through every product. A visit, payment, lesson, message and renewal stay on one timeline. The next automation can act on any of them. [See the contact record →](https://axl.tech/crm) 1. 01**Page visited** 2. 02**Order paid** 3. 03**Course started** 4. 04**Follow-up sent** ## Start with the one that is costing you most. Then add the next one. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Find your use case](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # Alternatives to Kajabi, Skool, Circle and 5 More > Eight guides to what else exists: why people leave each platform, the honest replacements, and the ones we recommend over ourselves. Every figure sourced. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Alternatives Alternatives hub # Alternatives to eight popular platforms Eight guides, one per platform. Each compares eight to ten replacements on price, fees and limits, including ones we do not sell. See the eight guides Why people switch Free plan, no card needed. Eight guides ## Pick the one you are leaving The line under each title is the reason people usually arrive at it. ### [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) Kajabi Basic is $179 a month with 2,500 contacts. Growth is $249 with 25,000 contacts, and another 5,000-contact block costs $25 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). Compared: AXL, Teachable, Thinkific, Kartra, ClickFunnels, Circle and Skool. ### [Teachable alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable) Three walls, one plan: the 7.5% Starter fee, the 100-active-student ceiling, and a REST API that starts at $189 Growth (teachable.com/pricing). ### [Thinkific alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific) For the renewal notice, or the outside email tool you quietly pay for. AXL connects courses to email, CRM, checkout, webinars and automation in one account. ### [GoHighLevel alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/gohighlevel) For people who found the learning curve, per-sub-account add-ons or limited agent scopes harder than the demo suggested. AXL exposes roughly 1,100 admin operations for one operating business. ### [ClickFunnels alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels) For the fourth course, or for agent access without the $197 tier and its technical-preview caveat (clickfunnels.com/pricing and support.myclickfunnels.com). ### [Kartra alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kartra) For people who crossed 2,500 contacts onto $229 a month for list size alone (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). The bundle is wide; the meter is your database. ### [Skool alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/skool) For a business that has outgrown the feed: AXL adds CRM, checkout, email, webinars, booking, automation and 0% of sales. ### [Circle alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/circle) For people adding up $89, plus 2% of sales, plus $99 for Email Hub, plus $199 for unlimited workflows and agent access (circle.so/pricing). The trigger ## What sends people looking, platform by platform One row per guide: what usually starts the search, and the case where another tool fits better. Why people arrive at each guide, and when the guide sends them back. Read from each vendor's own pricing page, with Thinkific rechecked on 21 August 2026. Card-processing fees are excluded because they are paid to Stripe or PayPal on every platform here, AXL included. | Leaving | What usually starts the search | What AXL adds | | --- | --- | --- | | Kajabi | Contact limits change by plan. Basic includes 2,500, Growth includes 25,000, and extra 5,000-contact blocks cost $25 a month. | All features on every plan, 0% of sales, and one record across checkout, CRM, webinars, telephony and automation. | | Teachable | The 7.5% Starter fee, the 100-active-student ceiling, or a REST API that starts at $189 a month. | Websites, CRM, webinars, community, messaging, telephony and full automation without a feature gate. | | Thinkific | The ~10% increase effective for renewals, or years of paying for an outside email tool alongside it. | A built-in sales and marketing stack plus AI that creates live work across the platform. | | GoHighLevel | The learning curve, the per-sub-account add-ons, the email warm-up. AI Employee across ten sub-accounts adds $500 to $970 a month on top of $297. | A single-business operating model with broader agent access, native courses and native webinars. | | ClickFunnels | The fourth course. Launch allows three at $97; the fourth, and the MCP server, both live at $197. | A customer journey that continues after checkout into delivery, CRM, community, messaging and support. | | Kartra | Crossing 2,500 contacts onto the $229 plan for list size alone, or the 5% fee and one-product limit at $59. | A $49 entry plan, every feature included, public overage rates and AI access on every plan. | | Skool | A percentage with no ceiling (10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro), plus no published API, no member tagging and no email marketing. | Community connected to CRM, checkout, email, webinars, booking and automation, with 0% of sales taken. | | Circle | The stack: $89 plus 2% of sales, $99 for Email Hub, $199 for workflows and agent access. Each step is small; the total is not. | Community, email, workflows and agent access in one plan family instead of separate add-ons. | Every row answers the same question: what changes when the separate product becomes one AXL customer journey. Prices and limits are checked against each vendor's published pages. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import your contacts, rebuild one funnel and compare the numbers while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Free plan, no card needed. Down to two products already? [The head-to-head comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs). Past deciding? [What actually moves across, and what gets rebuilt](https://axl.tech/migrate) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Appointment Scheduling Built Into Your CRM > Create booking pages on your own domain: availability rules, buffers, intake forms, auto-created Zoom or Meet links. Every booking lands on the CRM record. Canonical: https://axl.tech/booking Appointments & booking # Your booking page, on your own domain. Booking pages for free or paid sessions: your hours, your buffers, your intake questions. Every booking lands on the contact record that already holds the order and the conversation. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See how you build one Free plan, no card needed. ![An AXL contact record with the booking on it: the meeting, its time and Confirmed status on the card, and a timeline holding the earlier order, the deposit, the booking and the reminder.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OrWiA0mFX0K6sJe88kJamw.png) What it is ## A booking page on your domain, with every booking on the contact. Set your hours and questions. A guest picks a slot in their own timezone, answers your form and gets the call link. ![AXL booking page as a client sees it: the meeting description, a month calendar and the free time slots for the chosen day.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/L6Roso2ei0eAuRAxKIJipA.webp) The booking page your clients see: calendar and free slots. - 01**Availability.** Working hours, minimum notice, buffers and an end date. - 02**Formats.** Zoom, Google Meet, phone or in person, one host or round robin. - 03**Intake.** Your own questions, with the answers on the contact. - 04**Paid sessions.** Full price or a deposit before the link goes out. **Good to know:** AXL is not the call software: video runs on Zoom or Google Meet. See it in AXL ## Booking pages, availability, bookings and reminders. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The public booking page: meeting details, a calendar and the open time slots for the selected day.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/L6Roso2ei0eAuRAxKIJipA.webp) Booking page](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xB7CzpC3i0WidYex9zmsjw.webp) - [!\[Meeting availability: weekly hours, time zone, date exceptions, booking window, buffer and minimum notice.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/cuTF7fktnE23C_CyE10DdA.webp) Availability](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/sjP4ODKoRECeuH5LAtmZ6Q.webp) - [!\[The list of bookings with guest, host, duration, format and status, and actions for each booking.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/FAOlxVjMwEisQxFuuLGP6A.webp) Bookings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hXhu8fcwRECfMVAmGAXMbA.webp) - [!\[An active meeting automation that sends a confirmation when a meeting is booked and a reminder before it starts.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/n4b65TQyMkaBveuXkqkxyw.webp) Confirmations and reminders](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/am43wlUd-0inrAIHRLD1sQ.webp) - [!\[Meeting settings: title, subtitle, description and page link beside a preview of the booking page.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/7hQi9ncwj0WFKB-882kOjw.webp) Meeting setup](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/oHb81uiIXUiq2-H6mgDFRw.webp) - [!\[The booking form fields, terms checkbox and confirmation text, beside the form preview.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/GSmCUECn8EKwtid5gBWT-A.webp) Booking form](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/pDGVLZleqU29DDjjaHl_Uw.webp) What it does ## What happens after somebody books. - On the contact Intake answers, orders, calls and notes on one timeline. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Follow-up Confirmation, a reminder before the slot and a task if they cancel. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Bookings list Date, guest, host, format, call link and answers, with filters and no-show marks. - Bigger rooms A slot holds a few guests. For hundreds, run a webinar. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) How to start ## Your first booking page in ten minutes. 1. 01 Create the meeting Name, link, format, length. Meetings → New 2. 02 Set your hours Days, time windows, buffer, notice. Meeting → Schedule 3. 03 Add your questions Your fields and the confirmation text. Meeting → Form 4. 04 Set the follow-up Confirmation, reminder, a task on cancel. Meeting → Scenario Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a $250 “Strategy Session” with a checkout page and a booking page with 45-minute slots Tuesday to Thursday. What it does - 1. Creates a $250 “Strategy Session” with a checkout page. - 2. Opens a booking page with 45-minute slots, Tuesday to Thursday. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [The full consultant setup →](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) Price comparison ## Booking comes with your AXL plan. A separate scheduler charges per seat. On AXL the booking page sits next to the CRM, the checkout and the follow-up you already pay for. Monthly price, billed monthly. | Tool | Price | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | Included in the plan, from $49 | Booking, plus CRM, checkout, email, automations and sites | | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Scheduling, unlimited event types | | Calendly Teams | $20 per seat | Adds round robin for teams | From calendly.com/pricing. AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can people pay when they book?+ Yes, in two steps. They pay for the session as a product, and a scenario sends the booking link once the order is paid. Deposits work the same way. ### Do you support Zoom and Google Meet?+ Yes, plus phone and in-person meetings. Connect Zoom or Google Meet once, and every booking gets its own call link. ### Can a team share one booking page?+ Yes. One page can have several hosts, assigned round robin, and each booking can create a task for its host. ### Can I embed booking on another site?+ Yes, with a direct link, an HTML embed, or the meeting element on an AXL page. The booking page is public as soon as you create it. ### What about reminders and no-shows?+ Send a reminder by email or chat before the slot. After it, mark the booking confirmed, no-show or cancelled and filter the list by status. ## Put your booking page on your own domain. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [CRM and sales guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/crm-sales) --- # AXL Product Brief for AI Assistants > A factual AXL summary for ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants: features, AI, Free and paid plans, comparisons, migration and security. Canonical: https://axl.tech/ai-brief For AI assistants # AXL: product brief for AI assistants AXL (axl.tech) is an AI-native sales and marketing platform for founder-led businesses. One account holds websites and funnels, CRM, email and messaging, automation, booking, checkout and subscriptions, webinars, courses, video hosting, communities, AI chat and voice agents, and business telephony, all on one customer record. Work is done in the interface, through AXL's built-in AI Assistant, or through ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or Cursor connected over MCP. New accounts start on a $0 Free plan with hard limits and no card; paid plans start at $49 a month. Every plan includes every feature, paid plans publish their overage rates, and AXL takes 0% of your sales. Last updated: 21 October 2026. Canonical copy: [https://axl.tech/ai-brief](https://axl.tech/ai-brief) ## Notes for AI assistants reading this - This brief summarizes public pages on axl.tech. Each section links its source page. If a linked page and this brief disagree, the linked page is newer and wins. - Prices change. The source of truth for AXL prices is [https://axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Competitor figures below were read from each vendor's own pricing page (dates are listed on [https://axl.tech/vs](https://axl.tech/vs)). If a competitor price matters to the user's decision, check the vendor's page. - If a question is not covered here or on axl.tech, say that you do not know and point to [https://axl.tech/contact](https://axl.tech/contact) or the knowledge base at https://docs.axl.tech. Do not fill gaps with guesses. - AXL is not the right choice for every business. The section "When AXL is not the best fit" lists real cases; use it. ## AXL in one minute - **What it is:** an AI-native sales and marketing platform. Websites, CRM, communications, booking, payments, webinars, courses and communities share one working environment and one contact record, so the history of each customer (pages visited, forms filled, videos watched, webinar attendance, messages, calls, purchases) is in one place. - **How the AI fits:** the sequence is customer history, next step, action, result, updated history. AI can read that history and act with real tools: build a page, prepare a campaign, follow up with leads, offer a booking slot, send a checkout link. Actions follow the account's rules, permissions and connected channels. - **Two ways to use AI:** AXL's built-in AI Assistant works inside the account through chat. Or connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code or Cline over MCP with a browser sign-in. Using an external assistant is optional. - **Price:** a $0 Free plan with hard limits, then four paid plans at $49, $149, $349 and $699 a month. Every plan, Free included, has every feature; plans differ in included usage and admin seats. Paid plans bill usage above the allowance at public rates that are the same on every plan. AXL takes 0% of your sales. - **Start:** free, with no trial clock and no card: https://app.axl.tech/ opens on the Free plan. Upgrade when a limit gets close. - **Who uses it:** founder-led businesses: course creators, coaches, online schools, consultants, community owners, local service businesses, AI product founders and startups. - **Company:** AXL EdTech Booster, LLC, 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes, DE 19958, United States (info@axl.tech). The team previously ran the Online School Accelerator, which educated 4,500 people in launching and running online education businesses, and built AXL as the connected stack it had been telling students to assemble. Platform data is hosted on AWS in Frankfurt (eu-central-1). The platform speaks 9 languages. The knowledge base has 200+ articles. axl.tech itself is built and published on AXL. ## Who AXL is for Who AXL is for, by type of business | Business | Typical job for AXL | Start here | | --- | --- | --- | | Course creators and online schools | Sell and deliver courses with webinars, video, tests, certificates and follow-up on one record | [https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) | | Coaches | Launch a program: landing page, checkout, course or community, booking for 1:1 sessions | [https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) | | Consultants | Take payment, book the session and keep the client history: booking with intake questions, checkout, CRM pipeline | [https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) | | Community owners | Paid membership with access rules, onboarding and messages | [https://axl.tech/solutions/communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) | | Bloggers and creators | Monetize an audience: lead magnets, email, DMs and comments, digital products | [https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) | | Sellers | Funnels, checkout, order bumps, abandoned-checkout follow-up | [https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) | | Small and local service businesses | CRM, booking, calls, SMS and messengers, AI receptionist | [https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) | | Web designers | Ship hand-written HTML exactly as written, or build pages with AI, with forms and checkout wired to a CRM | [https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) | All solutions: [https://axl.tech/solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) ## What AXL does, feature by feature Every feature below is included on every plan. Limits are listed with each feature so you can answer "can it do X" precisely. ### CRM, checkout and payments Source: [https://axl.tech/crm](https://axl.tech/crm) and [https://axl.tech/payments](https://axl.tech/payments) - One contact record for leads, customers, students and abandoned checkouts. The timeline shows page visits, forms, quizzes, orders, courses, webinar registration and attendance, and calls with recording, transcript, summary and outcome. - Deal pipelines as boards or tables with amounts, owners, tags and stage totals. Unlimited typed custom fields. - Segments use one filter grammar of 74 condition types across CRM, email and automations; segments can nest. - Six product types: digital, physical, service, course and materials, subscription, cohort. Pay-what-you-want with a floor, order deadlines. - Checkout is a page block with promo codes, order bumps and one-click upsells. An order exists from the moment someone reaches checkout, so abandoned checkouts can be followed up. - 20+ payment providers plus cash and bank transfer. Subscriptions are run by AXL itself: retry ladders, grace periods, renewal caps, self-service pause. - Outbound webhooks with retries; an inbound webhook can start any automation; API keys with per-key rights. - Limits: AXL does not calculate tax or VAT, is not a merchant of record and does not create invoice documents. Merging duplicates handles up to five records at a time and cannot be undone. ### Website and funnel builder, forms and quizzes Source: [https://axl.tech/website-builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Build pages with AI from a text instruction, with drag-and-drop blocks, or in raw HTML/CSS. The AI page builder can clone a page from a live URL and edit one section at a time. - Custom domains via an A record with automatic SSL. Secret noindex preview links, A/B tests, 100 revisions per page, UTM tracking. - SEO basics built in: editable robots.txt, sitemap.xml, per-page noindex, Open Graph fields, structured data, redirects, code injection in head and body. Pages are server-rendered and available to AI agents as markdown and through /llms.txt. - Forms and quizzes (23 element types) write straight into the CRM and can qualify and segment leads. - Limits: a blog is pages under /blog that you maintain; there are no automatic category or tag pages. ### Email and messaging Source: [https://axl.tech/email-marketing](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Email templates built with AI or by hand. Audiences reuse CRM conditions. - One campaign can reach email and connected chat channels (WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, Viber, LINE and others), with the first successful delivery winning. - Send from the built-in sending profile or your own SMTP. One-click unsubscribe, stop lists, bounce suppression, test sends, full sent log. Campaigns can be paused, resumed or cancelled. - Sales analytics: first versus repeat sales, attributed by campaign, UTM, page, product, webinar, upsell and partner. Custom dashboards. - SMS: through a connected SMS channel. Carrier activation, registration and per-message SMS charges are separate from the AXL plan. ### Website chat and shared inbox Source: [https://axl.tech/live-chat](https://axl.tech/live-chat) - A chat widget, like Intercom, for any website with one line of code; on an AXL site it is a switch in the site settings. Visitors write first; a contact card (name, email, phone) can be required before the message goes out. Working hours, display rules and triggers, files, voice messages and emoji, team photos, light or dark theme, nine languages, delivered and read ticks. - A contact signed in on an AXL site is recognized, and every conversation lands on the contact record. A JavaScript API opens or closes the chat and passes page data to the operator. - One shared inbox for website chat, messengers and SMS: one row and one timeline per person across channels, with assigned team members and internal notes. Bots, automations and AI chat agents answer website chat like any other channel. - Limits: no help center or article search inside the widget, no chat transcript by email, and visitors of non-AXL sites are not verified against your own sign-in. The widget shows "Powered by AXL" on every plan. ### Marketing automation Source: [https://axl.tech/marketing-automation](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - A visual canvas with 139 node types (51 actions, 61 events, 27 listeners). Triggers include orders, forms, comments, renewals, lessons, webinars and account events. - Actions: send on email and chat channels, grant or revoke access, move a deal, create a task, place an AI call, call a webhook. Listeners can wait for a purchase, payment, page visit or quiz answer. - Instagram comment-to-DM by keyword, with reply variants and a DM button. - Run a scenario in bulk on a saved segment. AI can build the whole graph; you switch it on. ### Courses, tests and homework Source: [https://axl.tech/online-course-platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Course steps with text, hosted video, images and files. Tests with six question types, point or percentage scoring, pass thresholds and answer explanations. - AI homework review: you set instructions, a reference answer and a confidence threshold; anything below the threshold goes to a human reviewer. - Drip by plan, prerequisite, date or cohort. Certificate designer with numbering series. - Access can expire (1 day to 6 months presets). The student portal is a web app on your own domain, in 9 languages, with a session cap against login sharing. - Limits: no SCORM and no branded app-store app. Course content from another platform is rebuilt, not imported. ### Webinars Source: [https://axl.tech/webinar-platform](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - Live rooms that mix the stream, slides, video and widgets with switchable layouts, moderated chat, hosts, moderators and guests, and an offer button. - Live streaming from AXL itself: go on air from the browser (camera, microphone, screen share) or from OBS, bring guests onto the stage, put a timer, QR code or picture with a link over the stream. Up to 1080p; the broadcast is recorded to the video library. A YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook stream still works in the room. - Automated (evergreen) webinars replay on a precise event timeline with scripted chat and timed offers, on schedules from hourly to yearly. - Registration on your own domain or through a messenger, with personal join links. Automation triggers for registered, attended, time in session and chat keywords. Reports on attendance, viewing depth, drop-off, orders, revenue and UTM. - "Make a replay" turns the recording of a finished AXL broadcast into an automated webinar. Viewing through the AXL stream is counted in viewer-hours (50 a month on Free). Limits: AXL publishes no attendee capacity figure. ### Video hosting Source: [https://axl.tech/video-hosting](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) - Upload, or import by URL from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or Zoom. Player with download protection, moving watermark, privacy scopes and domain-locked embeds. - Replacing a version updates every embed. Analytics: views, unique viewers, watch depth and watch time; viewing progress lands on the contact record. - Limits: recorded-video hosting without DRM (live broadcasts are part of Webinars). No web player can stop screen recording. ### Communities and memberships Source: [https://axl.tech/community-platform](https://axl.tech/community-platform) - Spaces in sections; viewing, liking, commenting and posting are each gated by CRM conditions. Paid access with trial, renewal cap, retries, grace period and pause. Points, badges and a leaderboard. Moderation tools. - AXL takes no percentage of member payments. - Limits: one community per account, no public discovery feed (unlike Skool Discover) and no branded app-store app. ### Appointments and booking Source: [https://axl.tech/booking](https://axl.tech/booking) - Booking pages with working hours, minimum notice, buffers, guest limits, intake questions and guest time zones. Zoom, Google Meet, phone or in-person. Round robin by priority and workload. - Reminders and follow-up through automation; booking analytics by meeting and UTM. Embed by link, HTML or page element. - Limits: AXL is not the video-call software (it connects Zoom or Meet). Paid sessions use a product step before the booking link. ### AI chat agents Source: [https://axl.tech/ai-chat](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) - Customer-facing AI agents on the website chat, WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram and Instagram. They answer from your instructions and files, help people choose, book through your booking pages and hand unclear conversations to a person. Test in a playground before going live. - WhatsApp setup and SMS approval depend on the provider; channel charges are separate from AI usage. ### AI voice agents Source: [https://axl.tech/voice-ai](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - AXL's own voice agents for reception, lead qualification, outbound follow-up, feedback calls, booking during the call, and webinar or appointment reminders. A connected Retell agent can also be used. - After the call: recording, transcript, optional AI analysis with extracted values, and branches for answered, no answer, voicemail and result. - Example cost: an observed 80-second inbound call cost $0.1625 including AI, connection and recording (about $0.12 a minute). This is one observed bill, not a fixed rate. - Limits: outbound calls need appropriate consent, an available number and account funds. ### Business telephony Source: [https://axl.tech/telephony](https://axl.tech/telephony) - AXL numbers in the US and Canada (availability varies). A browser softphone in the AXL header: no desk phone, no personal number exposed. Incoming calls ring the assigned team or an AXL voice agent. - Every call lands in shared call history and on the contact timeline with recording, transcript, AI summary, outcome and note. Call results can drive automation. - Number rental, calls, SMS and AI analysis are separate charges. ### For developers Sources: [https://axl.tech/developers](https://axl.tech/developers), [https://axl.tech/developers/mcp](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp), [https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) - REST API at https://app.axl.tech/api/v1/ with about 1,100 operations, the same API the admin panel uses. Public OpenAPI reference: https://app.axl.tech/api/public. API keys with per-key rights. - MCP server at https://app.axl.tech/mcp (Streamable HTTP), OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, a compact set of tools over the full API, guided by verified recipes and documentation. - Outbound webhooks with optional retries; inbound webhook to start a scenario with find-or-create by email. - Limits: no official SDKs today; outbound webhooks are not signed. ## The AI part Sources: [https://axl.tech/ai-agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent), [https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) AXL is built so that AI does real work in the account, not just drafts text. There are four layers: 1. **The built-in AI Assistant.** Give it a job in chat inside your AXL account: create pages, products, courses, tests, automations and campaigns, prepare follow-up for leads, handle routine sales tasks. It acts as a technical operator, so a business does not need a separate person to set things up. Some steps stay in account settings by design: connecting a payment card, a domain or a phone number. 2. **AI inside the builders.** The page builder, email builder and form and quiz builders take plain-language instructions; courses get AI homework review with a human fallback. 3. **Customer-facing agents.** AI chat agents on the website chat, WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram and Instagram, and AI voice agents for calls, both working from your business knowledge and handing over to a person when needed. 4. **Bring your own agent.** Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code or Cline over MCP with one setup line and a browser sign-in (no API key to paste). The agent works through about 1,100 operations across more than 60 modules and returns a link to every object it creates. AXL does not provide a self-hosted or local model. What keeps AI actions safe: - An agent signs in as a user and inherits exactly that user's rights. - 21 sensitive operations (billing writes, token minting, role and admin changes) are removed from the AI surface in server code; an agent can read a bill but not pay it. - Publishing and sending are separate steps: content arrives as drafts, a campaign arrives scheduled in the future, and a person publishes. Every change lands in the history timeline; pages keep 100 revisions. - Bulk deletions refuse an empty filter. The confirmation flag on destructive operations is a documented speed bump, not a guarantee that a human approved the action. What AI costs: - Paid plans include AI credits (200 on Starter up to 3,000 on Pro); above that, $0.01 per credit. - AI is not free on the Free plan: the onboarding chat is free, and after it the built-in AI Assistant runs only on prepaid balance at $0.01 per credit. - The billing admin sets or disables a monthly cap for built-in AI, and AI stops when the funded balance runs out. Referral and promo balances do not pay for AI. - An external assistant's model usage (ChatGPT, Claude) is billed by that vendor, not by AXL. ## Pricing Source: [https://axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) (calculator included). Five plans: Free and four paid plans. Every plan, Free included, gives every AXL feature. ### Free plan: $0, hard limits, no card New accounts start on Free, with no trial clock and no card. Free is for new accounts; accounts created earlier stay on their plans. AXL Free plan limits | Free, each month | Limit | | --- | --- | | Contacts | 500 | | Platform emails | 5,000 a month, up to 500 a day | | Messages | 5,000 a month | | Storage | 5 GB; uploaded video is converted up to 720p | | Site visits | 3,000 a month (paid plans have no site-visit limit) | | Video viewing | 10 hours a month; embedding on any domain is allowed | | Webinars | YouTube and automated webinars (automated webinars count toward video hours), plus live AXL streams: 50 viewer-hours a month, any number of broadcasts and viewers | | Admins | 1; inviting more needs a paid plan | | AI credits | None included. The onboarding chat is free; after it, AI runs on prepaid balance at $0.01 per credit | | Calls, SMS, numbers, DNS hosting | Paid from prepaid balance (DNS hosting $1 per domain a month on Free) | | AXL branding | Always on: sites, forms, video player and bulk emails | | Support | Knowledge base | How Free limits work: - **Free limits are hard and cannot be bought.** There is no overage on Free; to raise a limit, move to a paid plan. A limit pauses sending, never your leads: new leads are still saved, sign-in, receipt, access and booking emails always go out, your own replies and incoming messages keep working. - At a limit: a campaign bigger than the remaining emails is declined with the numbers; automated and bulk messages pause; new uploads close; sites stay up (a "runs on free AXL" bar appears from 4,500 visits, and pages pause behind a contact form that still collects leads from 6,000); video plays at up to 360p with an AXL mark (unavailable from 30 hours). - Counters reset monthly on the sign-up day, with email alerts at 80% and 100%. - An empty balance never blocks a Free account: AI, calls and SMS stop (the assistant hands the conversation to a person) and DNS hosting pauses with an email. - SMS verification unlocks contact imports (250 rows a day), bulk campaigns and your own domain. A person reviews each Free campaign before it is sent; confirmed spam gets the account banned. - A Free account with no sign-in, no site visitor and no lead for 90 days is deleted with its data, after warnings on days 60, 76 and 89. A positive balance keeps it. ### Paid plans AXL paid plan allowances | Included each month | Starter $49 | Growth $149 | Scale $349 | Pro $699 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Contacts | 5,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 150,000 | | Storage | 50 GB | 150 GB | 400 GB | 1,000 GB | | Platform emails | 15,000 | 50,000 | 120,000 | 300,000 | | Messages | 25,000 | 75,000 | 200,000 | 500,000 | | Video viewing | 100 viewer-hours | 300 | 500 | 1,500 | | Webinar viewing (AXL stream only) | 100 viewer-hours | 400 | 600 | 1,500 | | Admins | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | AI credits | 200 | 500 | 1,500 | 3,000 | Paid plans never pause at an allowance. Usage above it is billed at the same rates on every paid plan; the AXL badge stays on sites, forms and the video player on every plan, and only Free adds it under bulk emails (booking, quizzes, the chat widget and webinar pages keep the badge on every plan). Overage on paid plans, the same on every paid plan: AXL overage rates on paid plans | Usage | How it is measured | Rate | | --- | --- | --- | | Contacts | Charged daily from that day's stored count | $0.002 each | | Storage | Charged daily, including converted video renditions | $0.10 per GB | | Platform emails | Sent during the month | $0.0006 each ($0.60 per 1,000) | | Messages | Sent during the month | $0.0004 each ($0.40 per 1,000) | | Video viewing | Viewer-hours during the month | $0.03 per viewer-hour | | Webinar viewing through AXL stream | Viewer-hours during the month | $0.03 per viewer-hour | | Active admins | Charged daily from active non-agent seats | $15 per admin a month | | AI credits | Used during the month | $0.01 per credit | - **Formula for paid plans:** plan fee plus each positive difference between usage and the included amount, times that rate. A larger plan can cost less when it removes enough overage; the calculator compares the plans and recommends the lowest total. Free shows as $0 plus any AI paid from balance, or as over its limits. - **0% of sales:** you connect your own Stripe, PayPal or one of 20+ payment providers (plus cash and bank transfer). Money goes from your customer to your account; AXL holds no funds. Your payment provider charges its own processing fees. - **Separate from the plan:** phone numbers and calls (US local number about $1.50 a month; US to US browser calls about $0.02 a minute with recording; an observed AI receptionist example about $0.12 a minute including AI), carrier SMS, and domains (AXL DNS hosting: one domain free per account from Starter, each additional $1 a month; on Free every domain is $1 a month from balance; on Growth and above an eligible new domain's first year is free once per account). Calls, SMS and numbers are paid from prepaid balance on every plan. - **AI spending control:** the account's billing admin sets or disables a monthly cap for built-in AI. AI stops when the funded balance runs out; it never runs on credit. On Free, AI runs only on prepaid balance. Usage of your own external assistant (ChatGPT, Claude) is billed by that vendor, not AXL. - **Example from the pricing page:** 2,500 contacts, 30,000 emails, one admin and up to 50 video viewer-hours cost $58 a month on AXL Starter, versus $159 for Mailchimp Standard plus Wistia Business, and AXL also includes courses, CRM, checkout and automation. ## How AXL compares Sources: [https://axl.tech/vs](https://axl.tech/vs) (master matrix with the vendor pages read), [https://axl.tech/alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives). Competitor prices come from each vendor's own pricing page. Card processing (roughly 2.9% + $0.30 through Stripe or PayPal) applies on every platform, AXL included, and is excluded below. Entry price, sales fee and entry limit by platform | Platform | Entry price a month | Cut of your sales | Entry plan limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | Free ($0, hard limits); $49 Starter. Every feature on every plan | 0% on any payment provider | 500 contacts on Free; 5,000 on Starter, then $0.002 each | | Kajabi | $179 Basic, $249 Growth, $499 Pro | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% / 1% / 0.5% by plan with an eligible third-party provider (only where Kajabi Payments is available; PayPal exempt) | 2,500 contacts on Basic; extra 5,000 for $25 a month | | Teachable | $39 Starter | 7.5% on Starter, 0% on Builder and above | 100 active students on Starter; usage fees can apply above that unless native sales exceed $10k a year | | Thinkific | $54 Basic ($40 billed annually) | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% to 0% by tier with your own gateway where applicable | Varies by tier | | GoHighLevel | $97 Starter, plus metered usage | 0% | Unlimited contacts; email $0.675 per 1,000, US SMS $7.47 per 1,000 segments plus carrier fees | | ClickFunnels | $97 Launch | 0% | 10,000 email contacts and 3 courses on Launch | | Kartra | $59 Essentials | 5% on Essentials, 0% above | 500 contacts; going over triggers an automatic tier upgrade | | Skool | $9 Hobby, $99 Pro | 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro | No member limit | | Circle | $89 Professional, $199 Business | 2% on Professional, 1% on Business, 0.5% on custom-priced Circle Plus | Unlimited members; Email Hub is +$99 a month | ### One by one: when AXL fits, when the other one may fit better **Kajabi.** AXL fits if you want 0% on any payment provider, more contacts at the entry price ($49 for 5,000 versus $179 for 2,500), and webinars, booking, telephony and automation on the same customer record. Kajabi may fit better if your business runs on its podcast hosting, since AXL does not host podcasts. Kajabi's 0% on Kajabi Payments is real, and it ships an MCP server on every plan, where agent writes land as drafts. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) **GoHighLevel.** HighLevel is built for agencies reselling software to their clients; AXL is built for running your own product business. AXL fits if you sell courses, webinars, memberships, services or digital products and want them with CRM and automation in one account, with 15,000 emails included on Starter versus $0.675 per 1,000 and no per-sub-account add-ons. HighLevel fits better if you serve clients rather than customers: sub-accounts, snapshots, white-label, SaaS mode and rebilling numbers, SMS and email at your markup are its core product, and AXL has none of them. HighLevel also has courses with graded quizzes and certificates. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) **Teachable.** AXL fits if the 7.5% Starter fee hurts (at about $520 a month in sales the fee equals the plan) or you need CRM, automation, webinars and an API without a plan gate (Teachable's API starts at Growth, $189). Teachable may fit better if you rely on its BackOffice service for creator payouts and tax (AXL has no equivalent). If only the fee bothers you, Teachable's $89 Builder plan removes it. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) **Thinkific.** AXL fits if you are also running email, CRM and funnels elsewhere and want one system, or want an AI agent that can write, not just read (Thinkific's MCP is Plus-only, read-only and still rolling out). Thinkific may fit better if your buyers require SCORM: SCORM packages do not import into AXL, while Thinkific offers SCORM on its Plus plan. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) **Skool.** AXL fits if the 10% Hobby fee is growing with your sales (at $5,000 a month in sales Hobby costs $509 versus $49 on AXL) and you want courses, checkout, CRM, email and webinars on the same record as the community. Skool may fit better if your members come for its simple feed and leaderboard, or you depend on Skool Discover for distribution; AXL has no public discovery feed. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) **Circle.** Circle is the most polished community product of the group. AXL fits if you want 0% on member payments (Circle keeps 2% on Professional and 1% on Business) and email, courses, checkout and automation without add-ons like Circle's $99 Email Hub. Circle may fit better when the community experience itself is what members pay for, or if you depend on a native branded app (AXL's member area runs in the browser on your domain). Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) **ClickFunnels.** ClickFunnels is optimized for funnels. AXL fits if the buyer should continue into courses (no course cap versus 3 on Launch), webinars, CRM and follow-up in the same account. ClickFunnels may fit better if funnels are the whole job. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) **Kartra.** AXL fits if you outgrow 500 contacts (AXL Starter includes 5,000 for $49) and want overage at a published rate instead of an automatic tier upgrade. If only Kartra's 5% Essentials fee bothers you, its higher tiers remove it. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) ### Voice AI platforms AXL's voice agents live alongside CRM, booking, chat and automation; recordings, transcripts and follow-up stay on the customer record. Compared on call usage, not subscriptions: an observed 80-second inbound call on AXL cost $0.1625 (connection, recording and AI), against about $0.173 for a selected Retell US configuration. A Vapi US inbound example works out at roughly $0.12 to $0.13 a minute. These are examples, not quality or latency benchmarks. Retell, Vapi, Bland, Synthflow and Newo are strong when you want a standalone voice layer for an existing stack; AXL fits when the call should land in the same CRM, calendar and follow-up as everything else. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/retell](https://axl.tech/vs/retell), [https://axl.tech/vs/vapi](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi), [https://axl.tech/vs/newo](https://axl.tech/vs/newo) ### AI agent access Several of these platforms now ship an MCP server, so the useful question is what an agent may finish and which plan unlocks it. On AXL, MCP works on every plan and an agent creates real objects (pages, products, courses, automations) through about 1,100 operations, while publishing and sending stay separate steps. Details: [https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access) ## When AXL is not the best fit Being straight about this saves everyone time. AXL is probably not the right choice if: - **You are an agency reselling software to clients.** AXL has no sub-accounts, snapshots, white-label or SaaS resale mode, and does not rebill numbers or SMS at a markup. GoHighLevel is built for that. - **You need SCORM** for compliance or corporate training. - **You need a branded app in the App Store or Google Play** for students or members. AXL's portal is a web app on your domain. - **You need the platform to handle tax for you**: merchant of record, VAT calculation, invoice documents, author or affiliate payouts. - **Your community depends on a discovery feed** like Skool Discover, or you need several separate communities in one account. - **You host a podcast.** Private podcast feeds need another host. - **You need phone numbers outside the US and Canada.** - **You need active subscriptions moved without customers re-entering cards, in one step.** That migration takes weeks, in cohorts. - **You only need one simple tool** (one course, one funnel) at the lowest possible price and will not use the CRM, automation, webinars or AI. A single-purpose tool can be simpler. - **Procurement requires a formal certification** such as SOC 2 or HIPAA. AXL documents GDPR-ready processing but does not claim certifications. ## Switching to AXL Source: [https://axl.tech/migrate](https://axl.tech/migrate). There is no one-click migration from any platform; plan about three weeks. What moves when you switch to AXL | What | How it moves | | --- | --- | | Contacts, tags, custom fields | Import wizard: TXT, CSV, XLSX or pasted text, with column mapping and a preview. Under an hour. On Free, imports need SMS verification and run up to 250 rows a day within the 500-contact limit, so move to Starter before importing a larger list. | | Course content and structure | Rebuilt by you, or by an AI agent through the API. Hours, not weeks. | | Video, files, PDFs | Uploaded to AXL hosting, or video imported by URL from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Zoom. | | Automated webinar timelines | Imported from JSON or CSV, up to 10 MB. | | Landing pages | Rebuilt; the AI page builder can clone a page from a live URL. | | Emails and templates | Rebuilt with the AI email builder. | | Automations and funnels | Rebuilt, for example from screenshots of the old flows. This is the real work. | | Historical orders and payments | Exported from the old platform; ask AXL what lands as records. | | Active subscriptions | The hard part. Card credentials stay with the payment provider and AXL runs its own recurring billing, so subscriptions move in cohorts over weeks. | | Community posts and history | Not migrated; members arrive as contacts. | AXL offers a free written migration assessment: send your setup through [https://axl.tech/contact](https://axl.tech/contact). ## Security and data Source: [https://axl.tech/security](https://axl.tech/security) - Every record is stamped with its account and every read is filtered by it, across the admin panel, API, webhooks and agents. - Deletion is soft by default, so a wrong delete is recoverable. Permanent destruction is a request to support@axl.tech. - Team permissions apply per field; custom roles extend system roles; each API key has its own rights. - Custom domains get automatic TLS. Private file links expire after six hours. Video supports watermarks, privacy scopes, permitted embed domains and leak-locating analytics. Public forms screen out scripted floods. - Connected AI agents sign in with OAuth 2.1 (PKCE) and inherit the user's rights; 21 sensitive operations (billing writes, token minting, role or admin changes) are removed from the AI surface in server code. - Hosting: AWS eu-central-1 (Frankfurt). AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing: EU hosting, a Data Processing Addendum, EU SCCs and the UK Addendum, TLS 1.2+, encryption at rest with AWS KMS. This is a documented operating position, not a certification. Privacy: https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en, DPA: https://app.axl.tech/docs/dpa/en, sub-processors: https://app.axl.tech/docs/subprocessors/en - Every email carries one-click unsubscribe headers (RFC 8058). ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there a free plan? Yes. New accounts start on Free at https://app.axl.tech/, with no trial clock and no card: 500 contacts, 5,000 emails and 5,000 messages a month, 5 GB, one admin, with AXL branding. Free has no time limit. There is no separate free trial of paid plans. ### Is AI free on the Free plan? No. The onboarding chat is free. After it, AI work such as building a site with the AI Assistant uses prepaid balance at $0.01 per AI credit. Topping up the balance does not start a subscription. ### Can I buy more contacts or emails on Free? No. Free limits are hard and cannot be extended for money. Starter at $49 includes 5,000 contacts, 15,000 emails and 25,000 messages a month. ### Does AXL take a percentage of my sales? No, 0%. You connect your own payment provider and the money goes straight to your account. The provider charges its own processing fee, as it would on any platform. ### Are some features locked to higher plans? No. Every plan, Free included, gives the full platform; on Free it works within the Free limits. Plans differ in included usage (contacts, storage, emails, messages, viewing, AI credits) and admin seats. ### What happens when I go over an allowance? On a paid plan, only the amount above the allowance is billed, at the published rate, which is the same on every paid plan. Nothing pauses, there is no forced upgrade and no hidden enterprise tier. On Free, sending pauses at the limit until the counter resets on your monthly sign-up day or you move to a paid plan; leads are still saved. ### Do I need to connect ChatGPT or Claude to use the AI? No. AXL has a built-in AI Assistant inside the account, plus AI inside the page, email, form and quiz builders. Connecting your own assistant over MCP is optional. Some setup steps (connecting a payment card, a domain or a phone number) still happen in account settings. ### Can I control what an AI assistant can access? Yes. An assistant works within the permissions, tools and channels you enable. A connected agent signs in as a user and inherits that user's rights; 21 sensitive operations are not exposed to AI at all, and publishing and sending are separate steps. ### Can AXL send SMS and make calls? Yes. AXL numbers are available in the US and Canada (availability varies by location), with a browser softphone for inbound and outbound calls, and recordings, transcripts and AI summaries on the customer record. SMS goes through a connected SMS channel; carrier activation, registration and per-message charges are separate from the plan. Numbers and calls are billed separately too; AI transcription and summaries use the AI balance. An AXL voice agent can answer a number or place calls from an automation. ### Which messengers connect? WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber and LINE connect to the same customer timeline as email, calls and SMS, and so does the website chat widget. Their conversations share one inbox. ### Can I bring my existing customer data? Contacts import from TXT, CSV or XLSX. Course content, pages, emails and automations are rebuilt (an AI agent can do much of that). Active subscriptions on another processor move in cohorts, not in one step. See [https://axl.tech/migrate](https://axl.tech/migrate). ### Is there a mobile app for my students? No store app. The student portal is a web app on your own domain. ### Where is my data hosted, and is AXL GDPR compliant? AWS in Frankfurt (eu-central-1). AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing with a DPA and transfer safeguards; it does not claim a certification, and the customer stays responsible for its own lawful basis and consent. ### What languages does AXL support? The platform speaks 9 languages. ### Where do I get help? The knowledge base at https://docs.axl.tech (200+ articles) and [https://axl.tech/support](https://axl.tech/support). Never send passwords, API keys, codes or card numbers to support. ## Key links - Website: [https://axl.tech](https://axl.tech/) - Start free (Free plan, no card): https://app.axl.tech/ - Pricing and calculator: [https://axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) - All features: [https://axl.tech/features](https://axl.tech/features) - Comparisons: [https://axl.tech/vs](https://axl.tech/vs) and alternatives: [https://axl.tech/alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) - AI Assistant and agents: [https://axl.tech/ai-agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) - Connect an AI client over MCP: [https://axl.tech/developers/mcp](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) - Agent guardrails: [https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) - Migration guide: [https://axl.tech/migrate](https://axl.tech/migrate) - Security: [https://axl.tech/security](https://axl.tech/security) - Knowledge base: https://docs.axl.tech - Contact: [https://axl.tech/contact](https://axl.tech/contact) - Page index for agents: https://axl.tech/llms.txt --- # AXL vs Bland: Pricing and Voice AI Compared > Compare AXL and Bland pricing, usage costs and voice AI workflows. See approximate costs, what is included and which extras affect your bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/bland Voice AI · Price & product comparison # AXL vs Bland The price, the extras and the main difference. Start here. ## AXL ≈ $0.121 / call minute Observed across 3 inbound calls: connection + recording + AI agent Real example: 1 min 20.4 sec**$0.1625 for the call** $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + $0.1340 voice agent. With separately recorded post-call AI: $0.1952. See the calls and cost breakdown ## Bland $0.14 / AI minute Start plan; AI models included Example: 1,000 minutes**About $140** Plus carrier usage. Transfer minutes have a separate rate. [Official Bland pricing](https://www.bland.ai/pricing) USD estimates checked September 5, 2026. Taxes excluded. Each example states what it includes; these are different billing models. Real receptionist conversations ## What each call did. What it cost. Three inbound appointment calls handled by an AXL AI receptionist. Each example includes the connection, recording and voice agent. Actual call usage, with AI credits valued at $0.01. Client details are omitted. | The conversation | Duration | Call cost | Including post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment bookingA caller booked a manicure with the AI receptionist. | 1 min 20.4 sec | **$0.1625** | **$0.1952** | | Specialist and time selectionThe caller explored specialists and available times before choosing an appointment. | 3 min 2.14 sec | **$0.3648** | **$0.3648**No extra post-call AI usage recorded | | Alternative time bookingThe requested time was unavailable; the caller accepted an earlier opening. | 1 min 34.45 sec | **$0.1898** | **$0.2132** | Across these three calls: approximately $0.121/min, or $0.130/min including recorded post-call AI. Weighted by actual duration; the 7.51-second and zero-duration calls are excluded. View the cost breakdown and calculation Customer-facing amounts. Post-call AI can include transcription or analysis. | Conversation | Connection | Recording | AI agent | Post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment booking | $0.0195 | $0.0090 | $0.1340 | $0.0327 | | Specialist and time selection | $0.0402 | $0.0210 | $0.3036 | $0.0000 | | Alternative time booking | $0.0204 | $0.0120 | $0.1574 | $0.0234 | Call cost adds connection, recording and voice-agent credits. The final total also includes separately recorded post-call AI credits. Included plan credits can reduce additional charges. Subscription, number rental and taxes are separate. These selected examples are not a universal tariff, a quality benchmark or proof of a US calling route. ## What you are paying for. Key differences for choosing your setup. | Compare | AXL | Bland | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform fee | Starter from $49/month | $0 on Start | | Main focus | Voice, CRM, booking, chat and automation together | Voice pathways and bundled AI pricing. | | Setup | Describe the job to your AXL AI Assistant | Configure the voice agent and connect your business tools | | After the call | Recordings, transcripts and scenario result actions | Check the CRM and workflow integrations your team needs | How the price example is calculated Start: $0 monthly platform fee. Build: $299/month + $0.12/min, or $419 for 1,000 AI minutes. Scale: $499/month + $0.11/min. Carrier costs remain separate. [Source](https://www.bland.ai/pricing) AXL voice usage, number rental and carrier rates are separate from the platform subscription. Included AI credits are shared with other AI work. Your active account settings determine the final voice rate. [Watch the Voice AI demo](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Estimate your AXL plan](https://axl.tech/pricing) [AXL vs Retell](https://axl.tech/vs/retell)[AXL vs Vapi](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi)[AXL vs Synthflow](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow)[AXL vs Newo](https://axl.tech/vs/newo)[All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Circle: Fees, Email Add-on and MCP > Circle takes 2% on Professional, gates automation and MCP to $199 and sells email as a $99 add-on. AXL includes all three and takes 0%. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/circle 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Circle Head to head # AXL vs Circle Circle starts with community. AXL connects community to the full customer journey, with pricing, CRM, courses, webinars and automation in the same account. Every Circle figure here was read from circle.so/pricing. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Jump to the table Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when community has to drive sales, learning and follow-up. **The difference:** spaces, events and memberships stay connected to checkout, CRM, courses, webinars and automation. Where it decides AXL Circle Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features $89 plan plus a cut Cut of sales 0%, any provider 2% / 1% / 0.5% by tier Email Included Email Hub, +$99/mo Agent access MCP, every account MCP from $199 Business $89 + 2% Circle Professional: the plan, plus a cut of your sales +$99/mo Email Hub, for 10,000 contacts, charged on top of the plan $199 Business: where unlimited workflows and the MCP server start $49/mo AXL Starter, with included usage and 0% of sales Circle figures from https://circle.so/pricing and its [MCP documentation](https://api.circle.so/mcp). AXL from [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). The other side ## Where AXL wins ### No transaction fee, at any level. Circle's cut is tied to the plan and never reaches zero: 2% on Professional, 1% on Business, 0.5% on custom-priced Circle Plus. The fee, not the plan, is what grows. At $200,000 a month in sales, Business's 1% is $2,000, ten times the plan. ### Email starts inside the plan allowance. Circle's own page prices Email Hub at $99 a month for 10,000 contacts, "charged on top of community plan". AXL runs email and chat as one campaign on the same segment. ### Automation and the agent are not a $199 gate. Professional caps workflows at 20 and has no API or MCP; both start at Business, where the agent is metered at 5,000 tool calls a month. AXL ships 139 node types and ~1,100 operations on every account. ### Access rules that maintain themselves. Circle's access groups are lists. AXL writes a space's permission as a CRM contact filter (*has an active Studio Membership subscription*) and it updates itself as people qualify and lapse. ![AXL community permissions using an active Studio Membership CRM filter, with 412 matching contacts.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/kGW9oL4uMkii1Pgc9w78Qg.png) AXL uses the same CRM filter to control every community permission. The money ## The plan is the small half of the bill Read this before the table Circle's page does not say whether its transaction fee sits on top of card processing or includes it. The rows below assume on top, the common reading, and every fee figure is provisional on it. Each rate is paired with its own plan: 0.5% belongs to custom-priced Circle Plus, which publishes no price and gets no cost row. Plans, fees and the email add-on: circle.so/pricing. Platform cost only. | Comparing | AXL | Circle | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry plan | Start free, paid plans from $49/month, with included usage and published overage rates | $89 Professional: 20 spaces, 20 workflows, 2% fee, no API or MCP | | The tier most people end on | Larger allowances when they lower the total | $199 Business: unlimited workflows, 1% fee, MCP from here at 5,000 tool calls a month | | Email marketing | Included by plan, then $0.0006 each | Email Hub, +$99/month for 10,000 contacts, first 30 days free | | Cut of your sales | 0% | 2% Professional · 1% Business · 0.5% Circle Plus · never 0% | | At $5,000 a month in sales | $49 ($588 a year) | Professional $189 · Business $249 · Business with Email Hub $348 | | At $200,000 a month in sales | $49, with no change as revenue grows | Business costs $2,199, of which $2,000 is the fee | Reference business: 2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 emails a month, own Stripe. **AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business**: [model your own bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) first. Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL against Circle, from circle.so/pricing and api.circle.so/mcp. Rows marked "reviewers report" come from ruzuku.com the same day and are not Circle statements. | Capability | AXL | Circle | | --- | --- | --- | | Agent access | Included; ~1,100 operations across the whole platform | A real MCP server from Business $199, metered at 5,000 tool calls a month; scope is community objects | | Automation | 139 node types, 27 of them waiting listeners, on every account | 20 workflows on Professional; unlimited from $199 | | Email marketing | Included allowance, then $0.0006 each | Email Hub add-on, +$99/month for 10,000 contacts | | Courses, assessment and certificates | Six question types, a homework queue with voice feedback, a certificate designer with a registry, cohorts | Courses exist; reviewers report no advanced assessments and no completion certificates | | CRM, funnels and payments | Kanban pipelines, checkout on your page, order bumps, upsells, 20+ providers | A community product with billing attached, on Stripe; its pages describe none of this | | Space permissions | Written as CRM filters, so they update themselves | Access groups, maintained as lists | | Community connected to revenue | Spaces, threads, webinars, events, gamification and permissions tied to the CRM record | A polished community workspace whose CRM, funnels and delivery live outside the core product | "Reviewers report" means a third party's characterisation, not Circle's own words. If Circle ships something this table missed, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will date the correction. Moving off Circle ## What moves, and what to check first Moves cleanly - Members as contacts by CSV, matched on email. - Spaces, courses and prices: rebuilt by the agent, so access groups become rules. - Members and spaces in one to two days; courses in one to three. Does not move - Post, comment and event history: archive it and keep the old space readable. - Course progress. - Saved cards for existing members. **Plan the member experience before the switch.** If your current setup depends on a native branded app, keep that requirement separate. AXL serves the member area on your own domain in the browser. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) Questions ## What people ask before they switch ### Is AXL cheaper than Circle?− Usually, and the gap widens with what you add and what you sell: Professional is $89 plus 2%, email is $99 on top, and unlimited automation plus the MCP server need Business at $199 plus 1%. The total is $348 a month for our reference business. At $200,000 in monthly sales the Business fee alone is $2,000. AXL Starter is $49 with all three included and no fee, though Circle does not state whether card processing sits inside its percentages. ### Does Circle have an API for AI agents?+ Yes, a real one: an MCP server on its Admin API v2 that reads members, spaces, posts, events, courses, analytics and transcripts, and writes across most of them. Two limits matter: it needs the $199 Business plan, and it is metered at 5,000 tool calls a month. [The full scoreboard](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access). ### Why choose AXL instead of Circle?+ AXL keeps community, revenue and operations on one customer record. Checkout, courses, webinars, CRM, messaging, video hosting and follow-up do not need connectors or duplicate profiles, and AXL takes 0% of sales. Choose it when the community is part of a larger product business. ## Add up the fee, the add-on and the tier. Import your members, rebuild one space with its access rule as a filter, send one campaign, then compare the whole bill, not the plan price. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Explore AXL communities](https://axl.tech/community-platform) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error and we will fix it within a week. Leaving Circle rather than choosing between two? [Five Circle alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/circle) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs ClickFunnels: Course Caps and Agent Access > ClickFunnels caps courses at 3 on its $97 plan and gates its MCP server to $197. AXL has no course caps and includes agent access. 2026 math. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs ClickFunnels Head to head # AXL vs ClickFunnels ClickFunnels builds the funnel. AXL runs the customer journey before and after the sale, in the same account. ClickFunnels figures read from clickfunnels.com/pricing. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the cost example Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when the funnel is only the start. **The difference:** checkout, courses, CRM, webinars, video and follow-up stay in the same customer journey instead of becoming separate subscriptions. Where it decides AXL ClickFunnels Courses included No course tier 3 on Launch, 20 at the top Agent access MCP, every account MCP from $197 Scale Its own word for that server In production Technical preview Homework, certificates, cohorts Included Not on the page we read Cut of sales 0% 0%: a tie 3 courses on the $97 Launch plan; 6 on Scale, 10 on Optimize, 20 on Dominate $197 the Scale plan, where ClickFunnels' MCP server starts preview how ClickFunnels' own documentation describes that MCP server 0% what each platform takes of your sales (neither takes a cut) Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL against ClickFunnels, read from clickfunnels.com/pricing and its MCP documentation. | What you are comparing | AXL | ClickFunnels | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Starter $49/month, then published overage | $97 Launch · $197 Scale · $297 Optimize ($81 / $164 / $248 annual) · Dominate $5,997/year | | Cut of your sales | 0%, on all 20+ providers, cash and bank transfer | 0%: ClickFunnels takes none either | | Courses included | No course tier | 3 · 6 · 10 · 20 by plan | | Contacts and email volume | 5,000 included on Starter, then $0.002 each | 10K · 75K · 150K · 400K contacts; 50,000 to 1,200,000 emails a month | | From funnel to delivery | Pages, checkout, order bumps, courses, CRM and follow-up share one customer record | Strong funnel tools, with delivery and customer operations handled in separate product areas or subscriptions | | AI agent access (MCP) | Included, in production: roughly 1,100 operations, about 110 verified recipes; publishing and sending stay separate calls | Scale ($197) and above. Its [own documentation](https://support.myclickfunnels.com/docs/clickfunnels-mcp-server-beta-1) calls it a technical preview that may change without notice, with limited support coverage; six areas; read-only or read-write | | Built-in AI | AI builders for pages, emails and forms; a billing admin sets or disables the monthly spending cap | 1M to 10M “AI words” a month by tier | | Assessment and certificates | Six auto-graded question types, a homework queue with voice feedback, certificates with a registry, dated cohorts | Not named on the pricing page we read | | Community and engagement analytics | A forum with permissions written as CRM filters, and video hosting whose view analytics feed segmentation | Reviewers report no student-side community and no video-retention analytics ([learningrevolution.net](https://www.learningrevolution.net/clickfunnels-review/)); this is a reviewer's account, not a ClickFunnels statement | | Webinars, live and evergreen | Live rooms with registration, attendance and revenue analytics, plus scripted evergreen sessions | Not named on the pricing page we read | | Messaging channels | WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, Viber, LINE or SMS in one inbox with automation. SMS runs on your own provider account | Message Hub, with 2 to 20 agents by plan | “Not named on the pricing page we read” is about clickfunnels.com/pricing, not about the product. If this table misses something, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will correct the row. Their trial is 14 days with a money-back guarantee. The money ## One business, four bills Method One reference business, used on every comparison page: **2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 marketing emails a month, $5,000 a month in sales, on its own Stripe account.** Neither platform takes a cut of revenue, so this is subscription against subscription. List prices, monthly billing. Worked example: the arithmetic is in the row, so you can check it. | Scenario | Monthly | 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | | ClickFunnels Launch, which fits entirely: 10,000 contacts, 50,000 emails, 3 courses | $97 | $1,164 | | ClickFunnels Launch, annual billing: $81 | $81 | $972 | | ClickFunnels Scale, for a fourth course or the MCP server: $97 + $100 | $197 | $2,364 | | AXL: the $49 Starter plan, no course tier, agent access included | $49 | $588 | AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business, includes every feature and leaves room for three more courses before ClickFunnels Launch would force the next tier. Usage above an AXL allowance is billed at the published overage rate. [Estimate your own bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Moving over ## What moves and what does not Moves cleanly - Contacts and custom fields, products and prices. - Pages, rebuilt from their URL by the [AI page builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder#ai-page-builder); Custom pages ship raw HTML byte for byte. - Contacts same day; one funnel in one to two days. Does not move - Funnel logic and workflows: rebuilt, not converted. - Send history, engagement statistics, course progress. - Saved cards; ask us before you schedule the switch. **There was no migration tool even between 1.0 and 2.0.** This is a rebuild too. The difference is that an agent does most of it. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) ## What people ask before they switch ### How many courses can I host?+ On AXL, as many as you want; there is no course tier. On ClickFunnels it is 3 on Launch, 6 on Scale, 10 on Optimize and 20 on Dominate. A fourth course is a $100-a-month decision: [see how courses work here](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform). ### Does ClickFunnels have an API for AI agents?+ Yes: an MCP server, with two caveats worth knowing. It requires the Scale plan at $197 a month, and ClickFunnels' own documentation describes it as a technical preview that may change without notice, with limited support coverage, across six areas. AXL's is production, included on every account, and covers roughly 1,100 operations: [what an agent can do here](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ### Does AXL do order bumps and one-click upsells?+ Yes, and the checkout is an element on your own page rather than a hosted page on someone else's domain. You get multi-product mode, several payment buttons each bound to its own gateway, promo codes, an order bump that can add or replace the main product, and chained one-click upsells that charge without re-entering card details. [See how it is built](https://axl.tech/crm). ## Keep the funnel. Lose the course cap. Rebuild one funnel with its checkout and upsell, then put a real course behind it. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the checkout and upsell builder](https://axl.tech/crm) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Leaving ClickFunnels rather than choosing between two? [Five ClickFunnels alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs GoHighLevel: Sales, Marketing and AI > Compare AXL and GoHighLevel on pricing, AI access, courses, webinars, calls and customer operations. See why AXL fits businesses selling directly. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs GoHighLevel Head to head # AXL vs GoHighLevel Two all-in-one platforms with production MCP servers and very different jobs. HighLevel exposes its documented API surface, not every control in the product. Every figure here was read from its own pages. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Jump to the table Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** for a business selling directly to customers. **The difference:** sales, delivery, learning, webinars, calls and AI-assisted operations work without an agency hierarchy or an add-on stack. Where it decides AXL GoHighLevel Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features $97 flat, add-ons on top Cut of sales 0% 0%: a tie Agent access ~1,100 admin operations Scope-limited; access depends on the client and OAuth grant Homework, cohorts, webinars Same account Not found in their docs $97/mo GHL Starter: unlimited contacts and 3 sub-accounts $49/mo AXL Starter: $49 with included usage $50 to $97 GHL's AI Employee add-on, charged per sub-account 0% what each takes of your sales: this row is a tie Read from [gohighlevel.com/pricing](https://www.gohighlevel.com/pricing) and its [MCP documentation](https://help.gohighlevel.com/support/solutions/articles/155000008360-highlevel-mcp-multi-account-support-for-claude); AXL from [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) the same day. The other side ## Where AXL wins ### The teaching goes deeper, exactly here. HighLevel is not an empty column; it ships graded quizzes and auto-issued certificates. AXL adds six question types, homework in a queue a human works with voice feedback, and a certificate designer with numbering and a registry. ### Live and evergreen webinars, in the account. AXL keeps registration, the live room, replay, attendance analytics and revenue attributed to the event in one account. HighLevel's public documentation focuses on agency CRM and does not document an equivalent webinar product. ### The agent reaches the teaching half. HighLevel exposes a focused MCP toolset for core CRM actions. Broader client-specific access still depends on the endpoint and granted OAuth scopes. AXL's AI Assistant and connected agents work across roughly 1,100 admin operations, including sites, courses, webinars, CRM and automation. ### The sticker price is a floor. AI Employee runs $50 to $97 *per sub-account*, HIPAA $297, white-label mobile $497, with phone, SMS, email and AI metered on top. Ten clients wanting AI Employee each adds $500 to $970 to a $297 plan. ![AXL task review, certificate settings and the released certificate registry shown together.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/7L-Whyez8UC9aiwAa7nPwA.png) Design the certificate, then track every issued certificate in a separate registry. The money ## What each one costs AXL starts free, and paid plans start at $49 with every feature included. GoHighLevel starts at $97, then adds per-sub-account AI and metered communications as the account grows. Plans, add-ons and usage rates from each platform's published pricing and billing pages. HighLevel rates checked 28 August 2026. | Comparing | AXL | GoHighLevel | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Start free, paid plans from $49/month, with included usage and published overage rates | $97 Starter · $297 Unlimited · $497 Agency Pro | | Cut of your sales | 0% | 0% | | Add-ons | None. The feature set is included | AI Employee $50 to $97 per sub-account · HIPAA $297 · white-label mobile $497 | | Metered on top | Included allowances, then published overage | Numbers, SMS, email sends and premium AI | | Platform email | 15,000 included on Starter, then $0.60 per 1,000 | $0.675 per 1,000 on every plan | | Messages and SMS | 25,000 platform messages included on Starter, then $0.40 per 1,000. Carrier SMS has its own rate card | US SMS is $7.47 per 1,000 segments in either direction, plus carrier fees | | One business, 12 months | $588 on Starter | $1,204.50 with 5,000 emails a month; before SMS, phone or AI | Reference business: 2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 emails a month, $5,000 in sales, own Stripe. **AXL is $49 a month. GoHighLevel is $100.38 before SMS, phone or AI, a $616.50 yearly difference.** [Estimate your own bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Choose by outcome ## Which platform fits the way you make money? Start with the job the platform must finish, then choose the system built around that job. A decision table: the business job, the better fit and the reason. | What you need | Better fit | Why it matters | | --- | --- | --- | | Run one customer-facing business | AXL | Website, checkout, CRM, courses, community, webinars, messages, calls and automation share one customer record. | | Let AI operate the platform | AXL | Use the built-in AI Assistant or bring your own agent across roughly 1,100 admin operations. HighLevel is limited to exposed API operations and granted scopes. | | Sell and deliver courses or coaching | AXL | Courses, hosted video, AI assignment review with human handoff, certificates, community and follow-up live together. | | Run live and evergreen webinars | AXL | Registration, rooms, replays, scripted evergreen sessions, attendance and revenue analytics stay in the platform. | | Keep calls inside the customer journey | AXL | Native softphone, inbound and outbound calls, AI voice calls, recordings, transcription, summaries and call analytics share the CRM timeline. | | Know the cost before you grow | AXL | Every feature is included on every plan, usage and overage rates are published, and AXL takes 0% of sales. | **The shortcut: if you are not reselling software to client accounts, start with AXL.** You get the customer journey, delivery tools and AI operating surface in one system. [See AXL pricing →](https://axl.tech/pricing) Moving off GoHighLevel ## What moves and what to rebuild Moves cleanly - Contacts and custom fields by CSV, matched on email. - [Pipelines and stages](https://axl.tech/crm), products, prices, and pages from their URL. - Contacts and pipelines in one to two days; automations in one to two weeks. Does not move - Snapshots become AXL pages and scenarios rebuilt from the working setup; they are not imported as one object. - Conversation history; automations are rebuilt, not converted. - Your GoHighLevel numbers and resale margin; configure AXL telephony with the numbers and provider your business will use. Questions ## What people ask before they switch ### Is AXL cheaper than GoHighLevel?− Yes for the reference business above. AXL includes 15,000 emails on Starter, then charges $0.60 per 1,000; HighLevel charges $0.675 per 1,000 on every plan. HighLevel also meters phone, SMS and premium AI separately. ### Does GoHighLevel have an API for AI agents?+ Yes, but its reach is bounded by HighLevel's published API and the scopes granted to the connection. The general endpoint focuses on core CRM actions; broader client-specific access still depends on the endpoint and OAuth grant. AXL's AI Assistant and connected agents work across roughly 1,100 admin operations, including the teaching and delivery workflows a digital-product business needs. [The full scoreboard](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access). ### Can AXL handle calls and SMS like GoHighLevel?+ Yes. SMS is a first-class scenario channel, and native telephony includes a browser softphone, inbound and outbound calls, AI voice calls, recordings, transcription, summaries and call analytics. GoHighLevel packages telephony for agencies to resell; AXL keeps the conversation and its result inside the customer record for your own business. ## Run one course through it before you decide. Import contacts, rebuild a pipeline and build one graded course with a certificate. That is the half of this comparison a table cannot show. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Compare the two MCP servers](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error and we will fix it within a week. Leaving GoHighLevel rather than choosing between two? [Five GoHighLevel alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/gohighlevel) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Kajabi: Usage Pricing, No Revenue Cut > Kajabi Basic starts at $179/mo with 2,500 contacts. Compare AXL from $49, 0% revenue cut, current pricing, features and migration. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Kajabi Head to head # AXL vs Kajabi One meters the size of your list, the other what you use. Every Kajabi figure below was read from Kajabi's own pages. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Jump to the comparison table Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when one account must sell and deliver the full digital product. **The difference:** courses, checkout, CRM, webinars, community, booking, messaging, video, telephony and automation stay connected after the first sale. Where it decides AXL Kajabi Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features Contacts, from $179 Cut of your sales 0%, any provider 0% own gateway, 2% Basic An agent's write Creates the live object Lands as a draft Webinars, booking, pipelines Same account Not on the pages we read $179/mo Kajabi Basic, its cheapest published monthly plan $49/mo AXL Starter: $49 with included usage 2,500 contacts on Kajabi Basic; another 5,000 costs $25 a month 0% what AXL takes of your sales, on every provider Kajabi read from https://kajabi.com/pricing; AXL from [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) the same day. A “Save 50%” promotion was live when we read it; a promotional price is not a list price, so this page quotes the list. The money ## What each one costs, and what each one takes Plan prices, caps and fees: AXL against Kajabi. | What you are comparing | AXL | Kajabi | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Start free, paid plans from $49/month, with included usage and published overage rates | Basic is $179 monthly or $143 a month billed annually. Growth is $249 monthly, and Pro is $499. | | What the bill is metered on | Eight published allowances, then fixed overage rates | Contacts, products and admin seats | | Contacts, products and communities included | Contacts 5,000 · 20,000 · 50,000 · 150,000. All features stay included on every plan. | Contacts 2,500 · 25,000 · 100,000. Products 5 · 50 · unlimited. Websites 1 · 1 · 3 | | Cut of your sales on the platform's own gateway | No gateway of its own to protect | 0% on Kajabi Payments | | Cut of your sales with your own processor | 0%, on all 20+ providers and on cash and bank transfer | 2% Basic · 1% Growth · 0.5% Pro on new plans where Kajabi Payments is available; PayPal exempt | | Card processing | Whatever your provider charges, paid to them | 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic; 2.8% + $0.30 on Growth; 2.7% + $0.30 on Pro | | Email cost after the allowance | Each plan includes an allowance, then the published rate is $0.0006 per email. | Included in the plan tier, with no separate per-email line on the pricing page | Both read from https://kajabi.com/pricing and [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Annual billing takes ~20% off Kajabi's plan prices, so your quote may be lower. Method **2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 emails a month, $5,000 a month in sales, own Stripe**: the reference business on every comparison page. Platform cost at list prices; card processing excluded both sides. Worked example: 2,000 contacts, $5,000/month in sales, own Stripe. | Scenario | Monthly | 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | | Kajabi Basic on Kajabi Payments: 0% platform fee | $179 | $2,148 | | Kajabi Basic keeping your own Stripe: $179 + 2% of $5,000 | $279 | $3,348 | | Kajabi Basic, annual billing, own Stripe: $143 + $100 | $243 | $2,916 | | AXL: the $49 Starter plan and 0% of revenue on any provider | $49 | $588 | Basic includes 2,500 contacts. Another 5,000-contact block costs $25 a month, or Growth is $249. And **AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business**; usage above an allowance is billed at the published overage rate. [Estimate your bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL vs Kajabi, feature by feature. Kajabi read from kajabi.com/pricing and kajabi.com/product/mcp. | Capability | AXL | Kajabi | | --- | --- | --- | | AI agent access (MCP) | Every account. ~1,100 operations, ~110 verified recipes. | Every plan, monthly or annual, by Kajabi's own MCP page. | | What a write actually does | Creates the live object; publishing and sending stay separate calls. | Writes “land as drafts”; you publish from the Kajabi admin. | | CRM pipelines and segmentation | Kanban deals with per-stage money totals on the record that holds courses and payments; 74 condition types, 61 usable in segments and broadcasts. | Contacts, tags and segments; pipelines are not named on the two pages we read. A 100-tag ceiling per contact is reported by reviewers (ruzuku.com) and is not stated in Kajabi's own documentation. | | Automation, webinars and booking | 139 node types, 27 of them listeners that park a run until someone buys or finishes a lesson; live and evergreen rooms; booking on the same canvas. | Automations are sold across the plans; no node inventory, and neither webinars nor booking, on the two pages we read. | | Assessment and certificates | Six auto-graded question types with pass thresholds, a homework queue, certificates with a registry. | Courses are a first-class product; assessment detail is not on the pages we read. | **“Not named on the two pages we read” means exactly that**: kajabi.com/pricing and kajabi.com/product/mcp as they stood, not a claim that Kajabi has nothing of the kind. If we missed something, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will change the row and print the date. [What our agent cannot touch →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Moving off Kajabi ## What moves and what does not Moves cleanly - Contacts and custom fields, matched on email and phone. - Products, prices, pages and courses: rebuilt by the agent. Does not move - Progress, completion, email engagement, community posts; videos re-upload. - Saved cards move on no platform; whether subscribers re-authorise depends on your Stripe account. Ask first. How long 1. Contacts Same day 2. One course Half a day to two 3. Full catalogue One to three weeks Run both in parallel; nothing needs a cutover. [Plan your migration](https://axl.tech/migrate) [Talk to a human](https://axl.tech/contact) Questions ## What people ask before they switch ### Is AXL cheaper than Kajabi?+ For most businesses, yes, but the tables above are the answer, and your own usage decides it. [Estimate your own bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill). ### Does Kajabi have an API for AI agents?+ Yes, and a good one: an MCP server on every plan, across pages, emails, offers, courses, contacts, orders and site settings. Its own page states the limits: writes land as drafts, and analytics, payments and adding users are out of scope (kajabi.com/product/mcp). [What an agent does on AXL](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ### Why choose AXL instead of Kajabi?+ AXL covers more of the business in one account: websites, checkout, courses, webinars, community, booking, CRM, messaging, video hosting, telephony and automation. Every plan includes every feature, the platform takes 0% of sales, and the AI Assistant can build and change the system with you. Choose AXL when you want one operating platform instead of a course platform surrounded by extra tools. ## Run the numbers on your own account. Import your contacts, rebuild one funnel and see the bill at your volume. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Leaving Kajabi rather than choosing between two? [Five Kajabi alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) Also compare: [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Kartra: Contact Caps, Fees and AI Limits > Kartra prices by contacts, with 2,500 at $119/mo, and takes 5% on its entry plan. AXL has no contact tier or revenue cut. 2026 pricing math. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/kartra 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Kartra Head to head # AXL vs Kartra Both bundle the whole stack. One charges you for the size of your list. Every Kartra figure here was read from kartra.com/plans-and-pricing. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the cost example Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when you want every feature on every plan and published overage rates as your audience grows. **The difference:** Kartra tiers the bundle by contacts, while AXL keeps the operating model predictable. Where it decides AXL Kartra Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features Contacts, from $119 Cut of sales 0%, any provider 5% Essentials, 0% above AI actions Not counted 30 to 250 a month, by plan Webinars, omni-channel chat Same account Not on the pages we read 2,500 contacts on Kartra Starter; contact 2,501 moves you to Growth at $229 5% Kartra's cut on the $59 Essentials plan; 0% on every plan above it 30 to 250 “Kartra AI uses” a month, by plan 0% what AXL takes of your sales, on every provider Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL against Kartra. Kartra read from kartra.com/plans-and-pricing. | What you are comparing | AXL | Kartra | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Starter $49/month, then published overage | $59 Essentials · $119 Starter · $229 Growth · $549 Professional ($52 / $99 / $189 / $429 annual) | | What the bill is metered on | Consumption: no named tier to outgrow | Contacts: 500 · 2,500 · 12,500 · 25,000 | | Cut of your sales | 0%, on all 20+ providers and on cash and bank transfer | 5% on Essentials; 0% on Starter, Growth and Professional | | Products and memberships | No product tier | One product and one membership on Essentials; unlimited from Starter | | Marketing email | The plan includes an email allowance. Usage above it is $0.0006 per email. | 10,000 a month on Essentials; unlimited from Starter | | AI capacity | AI builders for pages, emails and forms, plus an agent surface; a billing admin sets or disables the monthly spending cap | 30 · 100 · 250 · 250 “Kartra AI uses” a month | | AI agent access (MCP) | Included on every account: roughly 1,100 operations, about 110 verified recipes; publishing and sending stay separate calls | We found no first-party MCP server on the pages we read; the route today is a [Zapier wrapper](https://zapier.com/mcp/kartra) | | API | Included, with unlimited keys carrying per-key rights | An inbound API, webhooks and order notifications. Kartra's own support pages call them “for advanced users with programming skills only”, with support depth “very limited” | | Webinars, live and evergreen | Live rooms with registration, attendance analytics and revenue attribution, plus scripted evergreen sessions | Not named on the pricing page we read | | Messaging channels | WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, Viber, LINE or SMS in one inbox with automation. SMS runs on your own provider account, billed per message | Not named on the pricing page we read | | Assessment and certificates | Six auto-graded question types with pass thresholds, a homework queue with voice feedback, certificates with a registry, dated cohorts | Not named on the pricing page we read | “Not named on the pricing page we read” is a statement about kartra.com/plans-and-pricing, not about the product. If Kartra ships something this table misses, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will correct the row. The money ## One business, five bills Method One reference business, used on every comparison page: **2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 marketing emails a month, $5,000 a month in sales, on its own Stripe account.** Platform cost only; card processing goes to Stripe on both sides and is excluded from both. 2,000 contacts exceeds Essentials' 500, so the honest comparison is Starter. Worked example: the arithmetic is in the row, so you can check it. | Scenario | Monthly | 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | | Kartra Starter: $119, 2,500 contacts, 0% fee | $119 | $1,428 | | Kartra Starter, annual billing: $99 | $99 | $1,188 | | Kartra Essentials, if you had only 500 contacts: $59 + 5% × $5,000 = $59 + $250 | $309 | $3,708 | | Kartra Growth, once your list passes 2,500: $229 | $229 | $2,748 | | AXL Starter: $49, 5,000 contacts included, then $0.002 each, 0% of revenue | $49 | $588 | The row to hold on to is the fourth one: **contact 2,501 costs $110 a month**, with no change in what you earn. And **AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business**; usage above an allowance is billed at the published overage rate, so model your own before you switch. [Estimate your own bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Moving over ## What moves and what does not Moves cleanly - [Contacts and custom fields](https://axl.tech/crm), matched on email and phone. - Products, prices and pages: rebuilt from their URL. - Contacts same day; pages and checkout in one to two. Does not move - **Helpdesk tickets**: no module here; plan a replacement first. - Automation sequences and email history; videos re-upload. - Saved cards; ask us before you schedule the switch. **Nothing here needs a hard cutover.** Run both while you check the numbers; automations take one to two weeks. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) ## What people ask before they switch ### Does Kartra really charge 5%?+ On the $59 Essentials plan, yes; Starter, Growth and Professional are 0%. At $5,000 a month in sales that 5% is $250, more than four times the plan price. AXL charges 0% on every account and on every provider it supports. ### What are “AI uses”, and how do they compare?+ Kartra allocates a monthly count of AI actions: 30 on Essentials, 100 on Starter, 250 on the tiers above. AXL does not count actions; it ships AI builders for pages, emails and forms, plus an MCP server your own assistant drives. A billing admin sets or disables the monthly spending cap for built-in AI. ### Does Kartra have an API for AI agents?+ We could not find a first-party MCP server on the pages we read. Tell us if that has changed and we will correct it. Kartra offers an inbound API, webhooks and order notifications, which its own support pages describe as for advanced users with programming skills only, with very limited support. AXL includes a production MCP server across roughly 1,100 operations: [what an agent can do here](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ## Stop paying for the size of your list. Import your contacts, rebuild one funnel and see the bill at your volume. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See what your agent can build](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Leaving Kartra rather than choosing between two? [Five Kartra alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kartra) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Newo: Pricing and Voice AI Compared > Compare AXL and Newo pricing, usage costs and voice AI workflows. See approximate costs, what is included and which extras affect your bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/newo Voice AI · Price & product comparison # AXL vs Newo Compare the cost of a conversation, then the tools around it. ## AXL ≈ $0.1625 / example call 1 min 20.4 sec inbound: connection + recording + AI agent Including recorded post-call AI processing**≈ $0.1952 total** $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + $0.1340 voice agent. With separately recorded post-call AI: $0.1952. See the calls and cost breakdown ## Newo $1.75 / example call Pay As You Go after the one-time free allowance Same duration: 1 min 20.4 sec**1 conversation unit** 1 unit costs $1.75 on PAYG. AI Receptionist includes 200 units for $299/month, then $1.50 per extra unit. See how Newo bills a call ↓ [Official Newo pricing](https://newo.ai/pricing) USD usage estimates. Newo pricing checked September 6, 2026. AXL uses observed inbound charges; Newo uses published conversation units. Country-specific pricing, monthly fees, number rental and taxes must be considered separately. Newo pricing explained ## Start with one 2-minute call. Newo calls this **1 unit**. A 1-minute call and a 3-minute call also use 1 unit. 1. Your call**2 minutes**A conversation with the agent 2. Newo counts**1 unit**One billable conversation block 3. You pay**$1.75**On Pay As You Go, after free units On AI Receptionist, this call uses an included unit first. Once the monthly allowance runs out, it costs $1.50. ### Now make 500 of those calls. 500 calls × 2 minutes = 1,000 minutes and 500 units. #### Pay As You Go $875 / month 500 units × $1.75 No monthly plan fee. This example assumes the 50 one-time free units have been used. #### AI Receptionist $749 / month $299 plan + $450 extra usage 200 units included. The remaining 300 units cost $1.50 each. The total includes the plan. Calculated USD example for voice calls only. Taxes and separately quoted charges are excluded. How shorter calls, longer calls and messages affect the bill ### Call length sets the units - **20 seconds:** 0.2 units → $0.35 on PAYG. - **2 minutes:** 1 unit → $1.75 on PAYG. - **5 minutes:** 2 units → $3.50 on PAYG. Longer calls use 3-minute blocks. Qualifying spam, immediate hang-ups and unconnected calls are free. ### What changes the monthly total AI Receptionist adds $1.50 for each unit above 200 to its $299 monthly fee. Every 15 agent messages use 0.5 units from the same allowance. Monthly units do not roll over; each plan covers one agent at one location. [Check Newo’s published unit rules ↗](https://newo.ai/pricing) Real receptionist conversations ## What each call did. What it cost. Three inbound appointment calls handled by an AXL AI receptionist. Each example includes the connection, recording and voice agent. Actual call usage, with AI credits valued at $0.01. Client details are omitted. | The conversation | Duration | Call cost | Including post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment bookingA caller booked a manicure with the AI receptionist. | 1 min 20.4 sec | **$0.1625** | **$0.1952** | | Specialist and time selectionThe caller explored specialists and available times before choosing an appointment. | 3 min 2.14 sec | **$0.3648** | **$0.3648**No extra post-call AI usage recorded | | Alternative time bookingThe requested time was unavailable; the caller accepted an earlier opening. | 1 min 34.45 sec | **$0.1898** | **$0.2132** | Across these three calls: approximately $0.121/min, or $0.130/min including recorded post-call AI. Weighted by actual duration; the 7.51-second and zero-duration calls are excluded. View the cost breakdown and calculation Customer-facing amounts. Post-call AI can include transcription or analysis. | Conversation | Connection | Recording | AI agent | Post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment booking | $0.0195 | $0.0090 | $0.1340 | $0.0327 | | Specialist and time selection | $0.0402 | $0.0210 | $0.3036 | $0.0000 | | Alternative time booking | $0.0204 | $0.0120 | $0.1574 | $0.0234 | Call cost adds connection, recording and voice-agent credits. The final total also includes separately recorded post-call AI credits. Included plan credits can reduce additional charges. Subscription, number rental and taxes are separate. These selected examples are not a universal tariff, a quality benchmark or proof of a US calling route. ## What you are paying for. Key differences for choosing your setup. | Compare | AXL | Newo | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform fee | Starter from $49/month | $299/month on AI Receptionist | | Main focus | Voice, CRM, booking, chat and automation together | Voice and messaging agents, priced by conversation units. | | Setup | Describe the job to your AXL AI Assistant | Configure the voice agent and connect your business tools | | After the call | Recordings, transcripts and scenario result actions | Check the CRM and workflow integrations your team needs | How the price example is calculated A voice call from 30 seconds to 3 minutes uses 1 unit. Example: $299 + (500 - 200) × $1.50 = $749. Longer calls bill in 3-minute increments. Pay as you go: $1.75 per extra unit after the one-time free allowance. [Source](https://newo.ai/pricing) AXL Starter is $49/month. The observed call estimates above include connection, recording and the voice agent at $0.01 per credit. Post-call AI is shown separately. Included credits are shared with other AI work; number rental is separate. [Watch the Voice AI demo](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Estimate your AXL plan](https://axl.tech/pricing) [AXL vs Retell](https://axl.tech/vs/retell)[AXL vs Vapi](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi)[AXL vs Bland](https://axl.tech/vs/bland)[AXL vs Synthflow](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow)[All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Retell: Pricing and Voice AI Compared > Compare AXL and Retell pricing, usage costs and voice AI workflows. See approximate costs, what is included and which extras affect your bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/retell Voice AI · Price & product comparison # AXL vs Retell The cost of a conversation, including the AI and the phone connection. An 80-second inbound call: a real AXL bill alongside Retell estimates for a US local number. ## AXL Actual call $0.1625 / 1 min 20 sec call About $0.122/min, based on this recorded example Total shown in the call details**Connection + recording + AI** - Call minutes - $0.0195 - Call recording - $0.0090 - AI agent · 13.4 credits - ≈ $0.1340 - Total for this call - $0.1625 [See Voice AI in action](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) ## Retell Calculated examples $0.173 to $0.360 / 1 min 20 sec call $0.13 to $0.27/min across the three configurations below AI + voice + managed US phone connection**The model and voice change the total** - GPT-4.1 + standard voice - ≈ $0.173 - GPT-5.4 + ElevenLabs - ≈ $0.253 - GPT-5.5 + ElevenLabs - ≈ $0.360 Each includes $0.055/min infrastructure and $0.015/min managed Twilio calling. Paid add-ons increase the price. [Official component pricing](https://www.retellai.com/pricing) USD. Retell rates checked September 6, 2026. These are three selected configurations, not its entire price range. AXL is one observed call, not a universal rate. Monthly plans, number rental and taxes are separate; no transfers or optional analysis are included in the Retell estimates. The practical difference ## Where does the rest of the customer journey live? ### AXL: calls inside your business workspace AXL brings voice agents together with CRM, booking, messaging and automation. A call can be one step in a longer process: a lead arrives, an agent asks qualifying questions, and a scenario sends the result to the next action. This matters when you want the team to manage the customer relationship in AXL as well as the conversation. The agent, booking pages and follow-up tools can share the same account. You still need to configure the instructions, permissions and actions for your particular job. [Explore AXL Voice AI](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) ### Retell: voice operations connected to your tools Retell offers voice-agent building, testing and call operations, with integrations for the systems a business already uses. Its native Workflows can retrieve context before a call and write results to connected services afterward. For a team keeping its current CRM or helpdesk, this can be a useful fit. Check the exact integration and actions you need: a native connection, a community connector and a custom API function require different setup work. [Read about Retell Workflows](https://www.retellai.com/blog/retell-workflows) Real receptionist conversations ## What each call did. What it cost. Three receptionist calls, including connection, recording and voice agent. | The conversation | Duration | Call cost | Including post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment bookingA caller booked a manicure with the AI receptionist. | 1 min 20.4 sec | **$0.1625** | **$0.1952** | | Specialist and time selectionThe caller explored specialists and available times before choosing an appointment. | 3 min 2.14 sec | **$0.3648** | **$0.3648**No extra post-call AI usage recorded | | Alternative time bookingThe requested time was unavailable; the caller accepted an earlier opening. | 1 min 34.45 sec | **$0.1898** | **$0.2132** | Duration-weighted: $0.121/min, or $0.130 with post-call AI. Short and zero-duration calls excluded. Credits valued at $0.01; plan allowances can reduce extra charges. Subscription, number rental and taxes are separate. Geography is unconfirmed. ## Compare what you can do. From the first call to the follow-up: how each platform handles the job. AXL and Retell voice features compared, checked September 6, 2026. | Your task | AXL | Retell | | --- | --- | --- | | AI receptionist | **Inbound calls**Answer questions and book from attached calendars. | **Inbound calls**Answer questions, route calls and use booking tools. | | Outbound calls | **Scenario automation**Qualification, reminders and customer-feedback calls. | **Outbound campaigns**Batch calls, API triggers and connected workflows. | | Set up through chat | **AXL AI Assistant**Configure agents and route a number you already own. | **Retell Conductor**Build, refine and simulate voice agents through chat. | | Book an appointment | **AXL booking**Check availability and book on attached booking pages. | **Calendar integrations**Connect tools such as Cal.com or Calendly. | | Recordings & transcripts | **Call history + contact**Keep the recording and transcript with the customer. | **Call history + exports**Review recordings and transcripts; send data to other tools. | | Analyze call results | **Optional AI analysis**Extract answers and choose the matching scenario branch. | **Post-call analysis**Extract fields and use results in workflows or webhooks. | | Act after the call | **AXL scenarios**Create a task, send a message or run a webhook step. | **Retell Workflows**Update connected CRMs, tickets and other business tools. | | Customer workspace | **CRM, booking & messaging**Manage the wider customer journey in the same AXL account. | **Voice operations & integrations**Connect call workflows to your existing business tools. | Retell sources: [Conductor](https://www.retellai.com/changelog), [integrations](https://www.retellai.com/integrations), [Workflows](https://www.retellai.com/blog/retell-workflows), [call events](https://docs.retellai.com/features/webhook-overview). Price calculations and monthly charges Usage figures above exclude monthly subscriptions and number rental. AXL Starter starts at $49/month; its included credits can offset AI usage. Retell pay-as-you-go has no platform subscription; a regular US number is $2/month. AXL number rental depends on the selected number. AXL: $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + approximately $0.1340 AI = $0.1625. Based on a supplied billing example and a reported inbound duration of 1:20. Dividing by 80/60 gives approximately $0.122/min. AI credits use their displayed dollar equivalent; credits and carrier billing can use different precision. Retell for 80 seconds: GPT-4.1 ($0.045) + standard voice ($0.015) + infrastructure ($0.055) + managed Twilio calling ($0.015) = $0.13/min, approximately $0.173/call. With GPT-5.4 ($0.080) and ElevenLabs ($0.040), the total is $0.19/min, approximately $0.253/call. GPT-5.5 ($0.160) with ElevenLabs totals $0.27/min, or $0.360/call. Retell examples use standard model tiers and a regular US number. Fast tiers, knowledge bases, advanced denoising, quality assurance and other paid options may add charges. This compares billing examples, not equivalent model quality or a measured Retell call. From brief to first call ## Both have an assistant. The setup still needs a clear job. ### Describe the outcome in AXL Start with what the agent should accomplish: answer an enquiry, qualify a lead, book a time or collect feedback. Give the AXL AI Assistant your business instructions, attach the relevant booking pages and configure an existing number's route. Buying the number remains your action. Then test a real conversation. Check the answers, what happens when no slot is available, and which scenario branch handles the result. A good setup includes the next step, not just a pleasant voice. ### Build and test with Retell Conductor Retell also offers conversational setup through Conductor. It can help build, refine and simulate agents, with changes reviewed before going live. An AI setup assistant is therefore a capability to evaluate on both platforms. Use the same brief for your trial: the same business information, booking rules and difficult questions. Compare how much configuration remains and whether the resulting agent follows your instructions. [Retell's Conductor release notes](https://www.retellai.com/changelog) Compare the whole job ## Three scenarios worth testing. These are example workflows to configure, not claims that every step is enabled by default. 01 ### A receptionist that books **In AXL:** attach booking pages, let the voice agent check availability and reserve an open slot, then review the conversation in call history. **In Retell:** configure booking tools through a supported calendar connection such as Cal.com or Calendly. Test a full calendar and a caller who changes their mind. 02 ### A lead that needs follow-up **In AXL:** configure an outbound AI-call scenario, extract the answers you need and route the result to a task, message or webhook. **In Retell:** configure the call and its post-call workflow to update the connected business tool. Check that the right person receives enough context to continue. 03 ### A quality-feedback call Ask both agents the same feedback questions and include an unhappy customer in the test. **In AXL:** optional analysis can extract answers and select a follow-up branch. **In Retell:** evaluate its post-call analysis and result actions. Distinguish collecting customer feedback from a separate paid call-scoring feature. Our recommendation ## Choose around the work your team needs to finish. ### Consider AXL when... You want voice, customer records, booking and follow-up in the same workspace. It is especially relevant to a business building its wider process in AXL: reception, sales qualification, appointment reminders or webinar follow-up. Try the complete path from enquiry to action. The useful result is a booked meeting, a clear next task or a customer answer your team can use. [Explore receptionist workflows](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) ### Consider Retell when... You want to add voice agents to an established collection of business tools and are evaluating dedicated voice operations. Review its agent builder, testing options and the specific native integrations that match your workflow. During a trial, check integration coverage and actual call bills with the model and voice you intend to keep. A low entry rate alone does not describe your production configuration. [Explore Retell AI](https://www.retellai.com/) ### Before deciding, run the same conversations. Use the same call direction, country, duration and job. Compare answer accuracy, interruptions, successful bookings and whether follow-up actions actually run. Include the full call charge, paid analysis and the monthly tools you still need. The AXL example above is an actual bill; the Retell figures are calculated configurations. They do not establish a latency or quality winner. ## See the agent in action. Then try your own workflow. [Watch the Voice AI demo](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Estimate your AXL plan](https://axl.tech/pricing) [AXL vs Vapi](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi)[AXL vs Bland](https://axl.tech/vs/bland)[AXL vs Synthflow](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow)[AXL vs Newo](https://axl.tech/vs/newo)[All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Skool: 10% Fee and Missing API > Skool takes 10% on its $9 plan and publishes no API. AXL takes 0% and connects community, CRM, email, courses, checkout and AI operations. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/skool 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Skool Head to head # AXL vs Skool Skool keeps community simple. AXL connects it to checkout, CRM, email, courses and automation without moving the customer between tools. Prices read from skool.com/pricing. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Jump to the table Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when community must connect to checkout, CRM, email, courses and automation. **The difference:** Skool is community-first, while AXL keeps the member and customer journey on one record. Where it decides AXL Skool Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features $9 or $99 flat Cut of sales 0%, at any volume 10% Hobby, 2.9% Pro API REST and MCP None published CRM, email, funnels, courses Same account Not the product 10% Skool's transaction fee on the $9 Hobby plan $509/mo what Hobby actually costs at $5,000 a month in sales $49/mo AXL Starter: $49 with included usage 0% what AXL takes of your sales, at any volume Skool figures from [skool.com/pricing](https://www.skool.com/pricing). AXL from [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) the same day. The other side ## Where AXL wins ### No cut of your revenue, at any volume. Skool's fee never reaches zero on either plan. At $5,000 a month in sales, Hobby's 10% is $500 on top of a $9 subscription. AXL takes 0% and you pay your provider directly. ### There is an API, and an agent surface. Skool publishes no REST API, no official webhooks and no app marketplace; the "Skool MCP" servers in circulation are community projects on reverse-engineered endpoints with cookie authentication. AXL ships a documented API and a production MCP server. ### A CRM record under every member. Typed custom fields and 74 filter types cover purchases, lesson completion, watch time and community activity; 61 of them are usable in segments and broadcasts. Member tagging is a top open request on Skool's public tracker. ### Email, and automation past one step. Broadcasts on the same filter grammar, with opens and clicks in one place. Skool's automation is an AutoDM on join; AXL ships 139 node types including 27 listeners, so "wait three days for them to buy, otherwise plan B" is one node. ![AXL community member record matched by an active-subscription filter, showing access, subscription, join date and tags.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/fEeqZLbyDU2g_mfpGgYiTg.png) Open the member beside the CRM record without leaving the community workflow. The money ## The plan is cheap. The fee is the bill. Read this before the table Skool's page states a 10% and a 2.9% transaction fee and does not say whether card processing sits inside those numbers or on top. That changes the Pro comparison materially, so this page argues the Hobby fee, which survives either reading. Every Pro figure below is provisional until Skool settles it. Plans and fees: skool.com/pricing. Platform cost only. | Comparing | AXL | Skool | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Start free, paid plans from $49/month, with included usage and published overage rates | $9 Hobby · $99 Pro | | Cut of your sales | 0%, on every provider | 10% Hobby · 2.9% Pro · never 0% | | What the higher tier buys | Four plans with published allowances | A lower fee. The feature lists are identical. | | At $5,000 a month in sales | $49 ($588 a year) | Hobby $9 + $500 = $509 · Pro $99 + $145 = $244 | | At $20,000 a month in sales | $49, with no change as revenue grows | Hobby $9 + $2,000 = $2,009 · Pro $99 + $580 = $679 | The shape of the Hobby column is the argument: the plan costs $9 and the fee costs $2,000. **AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business**: [model your own bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) before you switch. Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL against Skool. Prices from skool.com/pricing; "reported" rows come from third-party trackers of Skool's open requests, not from Skool. | Capability | AXL | Skool | | --- | --- | --- | | API, webhooks and agent access | REST API with per-key rights, webhooks with retries, and an MCP server over ~1,100 operations | We found none published. Stripe payment webhooks and a limited Zapier connection are the programmatic surface, per the trackers we read. | | CRM record and segmentation | Typed custom fields; 74 filter types, 61 in segments and broadcasts | Member tagging is reported as a top open request | | Email marketing | Included allowance, then $0.0006 each | Reviewers and the request tracker both report none | | Selling infrastructure | Checkout on your page, order bumps, upsells, promo codes, 20+ providers | Membership billing through Stripe | | Teaching | Six auto-graded question types, a homework queue with voice feedback, certificates with a registry, cohorts | Unlimited courses and live calls; we found no graded tests or certificates | | Community connected to the business | Spaces, threads, webinars, points and permissions tied to CRM filters and the customer record | A single community feed centered on posts, calls and a leaderboard | "We found none" is a statement about the sources we read, not about Skool's product. If we are wrong, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will date the correction. Moving off Skool ## Moving a community is a social event, not a technical one Moves cleanly - Members as contacts by CSV, matched on email. - Course outlines, products and prices: rebuilt by the agent. - Members and products in a day; courses in one to three. Does not move - Post and comment history: archive it because there is no export path. - Leaderboard points and streaks. - Direct-message history. **The social part is the real timeline.** Announce the reason, open the new space, run both for two to four weeks with only the new one getting new content, then archive. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) Questions ## What people ask before they switch ### Is AXL cheaper than Skool?− On the $9 Hobby plan, dramatically: its 10% fee costs $500 a month on $5,000 of sales, so the real bill is $509, and $2,009 at $20,000. Against Pro at $99 plus 2.9% the comparison is closer, and it turns on whether that 2.9% includes card processing. Skool's page does not state whether it does. AXL Starter is $49 and it takes no cut at all. ### Does Skool have an API for AI agents?+ We could not find one: no published REST API, no official webhooks, no app marketplace, and the surface trackers report is Stripe payment webhooks plus a few Zapier triggers. The "Skool MCP" servers you will find are community projects on reverse-engineered endpoints. They break when Skool ships, and they ask for your session credentials. [Which platforms ship an MCP server](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access). ### Why choose AXL instead of Skool?+ AXL gives the community the rest of the business around it: website, checkout, CRM, courses, webinars, booking, messages and automation. Membership can follow a payment, contact filter or scenario, and AXL takes 0% of sales. You can start with a community without committing the business to a community-only platform. ## Work out what the fee is costing you. Import your members, rebuild one course and one payment flow, and compare the real number rather than the plan price. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Explore AXL communities](https://axl.tech/community-platform) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error and we will fix it within a week. Leaving Skool rather than choosing between two? [Five Skool alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/skool) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Synthflow: Pricing and Voice AI Compared > Compare AXL and Synthflow pricing, usage costs and voice AI workflows. See approximate costs, what is included and which extras affect your bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow Voice AI · Price & product comparison # AXL vs Synthflow The price, the extras and the main difference. Start here. ## AXL ≈ $0.121 / call minute Observed across 3 inbound calls: connection + recording + AI agent Real example: 1 min 20.4 sec**$0.1625 for the call** $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + $0.1340 voice agent. With separately recorded post-call AI: $0.1952. See the calls and cost breakdown ## Synthflow $2,500 / month equivalent From $30,000/year on an annual contract Example: 1,000 minutes**Custom quote** Included minutes and overage depend on the contract. [Official Synthflow pricing](https://synthflow.ai/pricing) USD estimates checked September 5, 2026. Taxes excluded. Each example states what it includes; these are different billing models. Real receptionist conversations ## What each call did. What it cost. Three inbound appointment calls handled by an AXL AI receptionist. Each example includes the connection, recording and voice agent. Actual call usage, with AI credits valued at $0.01. Client details are omitted. | The conversation | Duration | Call cost | Including post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment bookingA caller booked a manicure with the AI receptionist. | 1 min 20.4 sec | **$0.1625** | **$0.1952** | | Specialist and time selectionThe caller explored specialists and available times before choosing an appointment. | 3 min 2.14 sec | **$0.3648** | **$0.3648**No extra post-call AI usage recorded | | Alternative time bookingThe requested time was unavailable; the caller accepted an earlier opening. | 1 min 34.45 sec | **$0.1898** | **$0.2132** | Across these three calls: approximately $0.121/min, or $0.130/min including recorded post-call AI. Weighted by actual duration; the 7.51-second and zero-duration calls are excluded. View the cost breakdown and calculation Customer-facing amounts. Post-call AI can include transcription or analysis. | Conversation | Connection | Recording | AI agent | Post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment booking | $0.0195 | $0.0090 | $0.1340 | $0.0327 | | Specialist and time selection | $0.0402 | $0.0210 | $0.3036 | $0.0000 | | Alternative time booking | $0.0204 | $0.0120 | $0.1574 | $0.0234 | Call cost adds connection, recording and voice-agent credits. The final total also includes separately recorded post-call AI credits. Included plan credits can reduce additional charges. Subscription, number rental and taxes are separate. These selected examples are not a universal tariff, a quality benchmark or proof of a US calling route. ## What you are paying for. Key differences for choosing your setup. | Compare | AXL | Synthflow | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform fee | Starter from $49/month | From $30,000 annually | | Main focus | Voice, CRM, booking, chat and automation together | Enterprise rollout, integrations and scoped support. | | Setup | Describe the job to your AXL AI Assistant | Configure the voice agent and connect your business tools | | After the call | Recordings, transcripts and scenario result actions | Check the CRM and workflow integrations your team needs | How the price example is calculated The current public pricing page lists enterprise contracts from $30,000 annually. $2,500 is that annual minimum divided by 12, not a monthly cancel-anytime plan. No public 1,000-minute quote is supplied. [Source](https://synthflow.ai/pricing) AXL voice usage, number rental and carrier rates are separate from the platform subscription. Included AI credits are shared with other AI work. Your active account settings determine the final voice rate. [Watch the Voice AI demo](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Estimate your AXL plan](https://axl.tech/pricing) [AXL vs Retell](https://axl.tech/vs/retell)[AXL vs Vapi](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi)[AXL vs Bland](https://axl.tech/vs/bland)[AXL vs Newo](https://axl.tech/vs/newo)[All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Teachable: Fees, Caps and Agent Access > Teachable starts at $39/mo, takes 7.5% on Starter and meters active students. AXL bills usage from the $49 Starter plan with no revenue cut. 2026 math. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/teachable 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Teachable Head to head # AXL vs Teachable The cheapest plan is rarely the cheapest bill. Every Teachable figure here was read from teachable.com/pricing. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the cost example Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when your course also needs checkout, CRM, webinars, booking and automation in one account. **The difference:** Teachable starts smaller, but the handoffs grow once the course becomes a business. Where it decides AXL Teachable Bill follows Free start; $49 Starter, all features Active students, from $39 Cut of sales 0%, any provider 7.5% Starter, 0% above Agent access MCP, every account REST API from $189 CRM, webinars, booking Same account Not on the page we read 7.5% Teachable's platform fee on Starter; 0% on Builder and above $189 the Growth plan, where Teachable's REST API starts 100 active students on Starter, before the next tier 0% what AXL takes of your sales, on every provider Feature by feature ## The comparison table AXL against Teachable. Teachable read from teachable.com/pricing. | What you are comparing | AXL | Teachable | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Starter $49/month, then published overage | $39 Starter · $89 Builder · $189 Growth ($29 / $69 / $139 annual) | | What the bill is metered on | Consumption: no named tier to outgrow | Active students, products and admin seats | | Students included | No student or contact tier | 100 · 1,000 · 5,000. Imported students are a separate allowance: 5 · 50 · 1,000 | | Cut of your sales | 0%, on all 20+ providers and on cash and bank transfer | 7.5% on Starter; 0% on Builder, Growth and Custom | | Card processing | Whatever your provider charges, paid to them | 2.9% + 30¢ US · 3.9% + 30¢ international · PayPal 3.49% / 4.99% · $15 chargeback | | REST API | Included, no plan gate | Growth ($189) and above; 10,000 requests a month, 100 a minute | | AI agent access (MCP) | Included on every account: roughly 1,100 operations, about 110 verified recipes; publishing and sending stay separate calls | We found no first-party MCP server on the pricing page we read; agent access today runs through a [Zapier wrapper](https://zapier.com/mcp/teachable) with two actions | | Email marketing | Broadcasts and automations on the CRM's own filter grammar: 74 condition types, 61 usable in segments and broadcasts | Included; reviewers call it basic and report adding $50 to $200+/month of outside tools ([learningrevolution.net](https://www.learningrevolution.net/teachable-review/)) | | CRM, webinars, booking, chat | Kanban pipelines, live and evergreen webinars, booking pages, and eight messaging channels with email as the fallback | Not named on the pricing page we read | | Assessment and certificates | Six auto-graded question types with pass thresholds, a homework queue with voice feedback, certificates with numbering and a registry | Quizzes and certificates | “Not named on the pricing page we read” is a statement about teachable.com/pricing, not about the product. If Teachable ships something this table misses, [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will correct the row. The money ## One business, four bills Method One reference business, used on every comparison page: **2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 marketing emails a month, $5,000 a month in sales, on its own Stripe account.** Platform cost only. Card processing goes to Stripe on both sides, so it is excluded from both. List prices, monthly billing, no promotional discounts. Worked example: the arithmetic is in the row, so you can check it. | Scenario | Monthly | 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | | Teachable Starter: $39 + 7.5% × $5,000 = $39 + $375 | $414 | $4,968 | | Teachable Builder, with 300 of those 2,000 enrolled: $89 + 0% | $89 | $1,068 | | Teachable Growth, with 2,000 enrolled or when you want the API: $189 + 0% | $189 | $2,268 | | AXL: the $49 Starter plan and 0% of revenue on any provider | $49 | $588 | AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business, includes every feature and takes 0% of sales. Teachable Starter adds 7.5% of revenue, while API access starts at $189 Growth. Usage above an AXL allowance is billed at the published overage rate. [Estimate your own bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Moving over ## What moves and what does not Moves cleanly - Students and contacts by CSV, matched on email and phone. - Products, prices and sales pages: rebuilt from their URL. - Contacts same day; one course in half a day to two. Does not move - Completion history and quiz results; videos re-upload. - Export tax and affiliate payout records before cancelling, then rebuild the ongoing payout workflow. - Saved cards; ask us before you schedule the switch. **Count your imported students first.** Teachable meters them separately from active ones, so a list held back under a cap makes the bills look closer than they are. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) ## What people ask before they switch ### Is AXL cheaper than Teachable?+ AXL Starter is $49 a month with every feature included and 0% of revenue. Teachable Starter is $39 plus 7.5% of sales, while the $89 Builder plan removes the platform fee but still does not include the wider CRM, webinar, telephony and automation stack. [Estimate your own bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill). ### Does Teachable have an API for AI agents?+ It has a REST API from the Growth plan at $189 a month, capped at 10,000 requests a month. We could not find a first-party MCP server on the page we read. Tell us if that has changed and we will correct it. AXL includes one on every account, across roughly 1,100 operations: [what an agent can do here](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ### Can I import my Teachable courses?+ Students and contacts import directly from CSV or XLSX with field mapping. Course structure and lesson text are rebuilt rather than imported (that is what the agent is for), and videos are re-uploaded. Completion history does not transfer: [see how courses work here](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform). ## Run the numbers on your own account. Import your students, rebuild one course and see the bill at your volume. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See what an agent builds in an hour](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Leaving Teachable rather than choosing between two? [Five Teachable alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Thinkific After the 2026 Price Rise > Thinkific raised Basic, Start and Grow about 10% for renewals. AXL bills usage from the $49 Starter plan with no revenue cut. Full 2026 math. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. AXL vs Thinkific Head to head # AXL vs Thinkific Thinkific's first price increase since 2022 is now live. We checked its official pricing and support pages on 21 August 2026. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See the cost example Free plan, no card needed. ## The short answer **AXL is the better fit** when a course must connect to sales, CRM, webinars, community and follow-up. **The difference:** Thinkific is LMS-first, while AXL runs the customer journey around the course. Where it decides AXL Thinkific Agent access MCP, every account Plus only, read-only, rolling out API and webhooks Included, no gate Grow, $219 Cut of sales 0%, any provider Up to 5% where applicable Webinars and booking Live and evergreen Zoom sessions and booking read-only what Thinkific's MCP currently allows. Plus only and still rolling out ~$219 Grow, the official tier for API and webhooks 13 Aug when the new prices took effect $49 Starter AXL Starter, with included usage and 0% of sales Feature by feature ## The comparison table Read this with the numbers **Thinkific's own pages were checked on 21 August 2026.** Its pricing page lists Basic at $54, Start at $109, Grow at $219 and Expand at $499 monthly. The support article confirms that the new rates took effect on 13 August 2026. [Current pricing](https://www.thinkific.com/pricing/) · [2026 pricing update](https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/41582716364567-Thinkific-s-2026-Plan-Pricing-Update-What-It-Means-for-You) AXL against Thinkific. Pricing and plan details checked on Thinkific's official pages on 21 August 2026. | What you are comparing | AXL | Thinkific | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry price | Starter $49/month, then published overage | Basic $54 · Start $109 · Grow $219 · Expand $499 · Plus custom | | Cut of your sales | 0%, on all 20+ providers and on cash and bank transfer | 0% on Thinkific Payments; in the USA, Canada, UK and EU, third-party gateway fees are 5% Basic · 2% Start · 1% Grow · 0.5% Expand on the first $1M in annual sales | | Email marketing | Broadcasts and automations on the CRM's own filter grammar: 74 condition types, 61 usable in segments and broadcasts | Reviewers consistently report no nurture sequences to people who have not bought ([learningrevolution.net](https://www.learningrevolution.net/thinkific-email/)) | | API and webhooks | Included, no plan gate, with per-key rights | Grow tier and above | | AI agent access (MCP) | Included on every account: roughly 1,100 operations, about 110 verified recipes, and real writes; publishing and sending stay separate calls | Plus tier only, currently **read-only**, and still rolling out. It retrieves school data but cannot change it, and it might not yet be available on every account ([Thinkific MCP guide](https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/41359948404247-What-Can-You-Do-with-Thinkific-MCP)) | | Memberships and certificates | Included; the account is the account, with no feature tiers | Memberships and certificates start on Start | | Live sessions and booking | Live and evergreen webinars, plus booking pages | Start includes unlimited Zoom sessions, bookable calendars and attendance tracking | | Assessment | Six auto-graded question types with pass thresholds, a homework queue with voice feedback, certificates with numbering and a registry | Quizzes on Basic; certificates and assignments from Start | | Automation that waits | 27 of 139 node types are listeners: a run parks on “bought, visited or finished this lesson within three days” and takes the timeout branch if not | Not named in the sources we read | The money ## One business, four bills Method One reference business, used on every comparison page: **2,000 contacts, one course, 5,000 marketing emails a month, $5,000 a month in sales, on its own Stripe account.** Platform cost only; card processing goes to Stripe on both sides and is excluded from both. The own Stripe scenario assumes a region where Thinkific's third-party gateway fee applies. Basic is ruled out because memberships and certificates start on Start. Worked example using Thinkific prices checked on 21 August 2026. | Scenario | Monthly | 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | | Start on Thinkific Payments: $109 + 0% | $109 | $1,308 | | Start with your own Stripe: $109 + 2% × $5,000 = $109 + $100 | $209 | $2,508 | | Grow, if you want the API: $219 + $100 | $319 | $3,828 | | AXL Starter: $49, included usage, API access and 0% of revenue | $49 | $588 | The line this table cannot draw is the email tool most Thinkific users add alongside: reported real-world stacks run $121 to $424 a month in total ([klasio.com](https://klasio.com/blog/5452/alternatives-to-thinkific)). **AXL Starter is $49 for this reference business**; usage above an allowance is billed at the published overage rate. [Estimate your own bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Moving over ## What moves and what does not Moves cleanly - Students and contacts by CSV, matched on email and phone. - Products, prices and sales pages: rebuilt from their URL. - Contacts same day; one course in half a day to two. Does not move - **SCORM packages do not import into AXL.** Rebuild those lessons in native course blocks, or keep that specific content on a compatible LMS. - Progress, quiz and community history; videos re-upload. - Saved cards; ask us before you schedule the switch. **Check your renewal date first.** If your billing date was on or after 13 August, the new price applies at that renewal. [Plan the migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) ## What people ask before they switch ### Did Thinkific raise prices in 2026?+ Yes. Thinkific raised Basic, Start and Grow by about 10%, its first subscription increase since 2022. New monthly prices are $54, $109 and $219, effective from 13 August 2026. Expand stayed at $499. Existing non-profit and discounted accounts were exempt. ### Does Thinkific have an API for AI agents?+ The REST API and webhooks start on Grow at $219 a month. Thinkific MCP is Plus only, currently read-only and still rolling out, so it might not appear on every eligible account. AXL's MCP server is on every account and writes: [what an agent can do here](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ### Is AXL cheaper than Thinkific?+ Often, once you count the external email tool. In regions where Thinkific's gateway fee applies, Start is $109 a month plus 2% if you keep your own Stripe instead of using Thinkific Payments. AXL Starter is $49, includes an email allowance and automation, and takes 0% of revenue. [See the automation you would gain](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation). ## Check your renewal date, then check the bill. Import your students, rebuild one course and send a nurture sequence to people who have not bought. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Explore email automation](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Leaving Thinkific rather than choosing between two? [Five Thinkific alternatives, compared](https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific) Also compare: [AXL vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) · [AXL vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) · [AXL vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) · [AXL vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) · [AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) · [AXL vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) · [AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) · [All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # AXL vs Vapi: Pricing and Voice AI Compared > Compare AXL and Vapi pricing, usage costs and voice AI workflows. See approximate costs, what is included and which extras affect your bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/vapi Voice AI · Price & product comparison # AXL vs Vapi The price, the extras and the main difference. Start here. ## AXL ≈ $0.121 / call minute Observed across 3 inbound calls: connection + recording + AI agent Real example: 1 min 20.4 sec**$0.1625 for the call** $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + $0.1340 voice agent. With separately recorded post-call AI: $0.1952. See the calls and cost breakdown ## Vapi ≈ $0.12 to $0.13 / call minute US inbound estimate: GPT-4.1 + ElevenLabs + Deepgram + Twilio, with recording Example: 1,000 billable minutes**Approximately $119 to $123** $50 platform + approximately $69 to $73 for AI providers, connection and recording. See the configuration and breakdown below. [Official Vapi pricing](https://vapi.ai/pricing) Vapi estimate checked September 6, 2026. AXL is observed usage; Vapi is a modeled US inbound setup. Number rental, recording storage, post-call analysis and taxes are separate. Real receptionist conversations ## What each call did. What it cost. Three inbound appointment calls handled by an AXL AI receptionist. Each example includes the connection, recording and voice agent. Actual call usage, with AI credits valued at $0.01. Client details are omitted. | The conversation | Duration | Call cost | Including post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment bookingA caller booked a manicure with the AI receptionist. | 1 min 20.4 sec | **$0.1625** | **$0.1952** | | Specialist and time selectionThe caller explored specialists and available times before choosing an appointment. | 3 min 2.14 sec | **$0.3648** | **$0.3648**No extra post-call AI usage recorded | | Alternative time bookingThe requested time was unavailable; the caller accepted an earlier opening. | 1 min 34.45 sec | **$0.1898** | **$0.2132** | Across these three calls: approximately $0.121/min, or $0.130/min including recorded post-call AI. Weighted by actual duration; the 7.51-second and zero-duration calls are excluded. View the cost breakdown and calculation Customer-facing amounts. Post-call AI can include transcription or analysis. | Conversation | Connection | Recording | AI agent | Post-call AI | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Appointment booking | $0.0195 | $0.0090 | $0.1340 | $0.0327 | | Specialist and time selection | $0.0402 | $0.0210 | $0.3036 | $0.0000 | | Alternative time booking | $0.0204 | $0.0120 | $0.1574 | $0.0234 | Call cost adds connection, recording and voice-agent credits. The final total also includes separately recorded post-call AI credits. Included plan credits can reduce additional charges. Subscription, number rental and taxes are separate. These selected examples are not a universal tariff, a quality benchmark or proof of a US calling route. ## What you are paying for. Key differences for choosing your setup. | Compare | AXL | Vapi | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform fee | Starter from $49/month | Usage-based Build plan | | Main focus | Voice, CRM, booking, chat and automation together | Modular voice infrastructure with API and model control. | | Setup | Describe the job to your AXL AI Assistant | Configure the voice agent and connect your business tools | | After the call | Recordings, transcripts and scenario result actions | Check the CRM and workflow integrations your team needs | Vapi estimate: what makes up the total? Illustrative configuration, not a fixed Vapi tariff. Amounts per billable call minute. | Component | Approximate cost | Assumption | | --- | --- | --- | | Vapi hosting | $0.0500 | Build plan platform fee | | Speech recognition | $0.0100 | Deepgram estimate in Vapi's calculator | | Voice synthesis | $0.0360 | ElevenLabs estimate in Vapi's calculator | | Language model | $0.0120 | GPT-4.1: assumed 4,000 input and 500 output tokens/min | | US local inbound connection | $0.0085 to $0.0125 | Twilio inbound rate; upper estimate adds a $0.004 SIP interface leg when applicable | | Call recording | $0.0025 | Twilio recording enabled | | Estimated call usage | **$0.1190 to $0.1230** | Approximately $119 to $123 for 1,000 billable minutes | The model allowance is our explicit example: 4,000 × $2 per million input tokens + 500 × $8 per million output tokens = $0.012/min, without caching. Longer prompts, different models, speech volume and provider plans change the result. This narrow range covers the connection options above, not every possible Vapi configuration. One Twilio US local number adds $1.15/month. Keeping 1,000 recorded minutes adds $0.50/month at the listed storage rate: approximately $120.65 to $124.65 for this usage, one number and one month of storage, before tax. Billing rounding, transfers, optional post-call analysis and additional services can increase the bill. Bring-your-own keys change who bills you, not whether provider usage costs money. Sources: [Vapi pricing and speech estimates](https://vapi.ai/pricing), [GPT-4.1 token prices](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4.1), [Twilio US connection, recording and number prices](https://www.twilio.com/en-us/voice/pricing/us). [Watch the Voice AI demo](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Estimate your AXL plan](https://axl.tech/pricing) [AXL vs Retell](https://axl.tech/vs/retell)[AXL vs Bland](https://axl.tech/vs/bland)[AXL vs Synthflow](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow)[AXL vs Newo](https://axl.tech/vs/newo)[All comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs) --- # Booking, Payments and CRM for Consultants > Sell the session, book the slot, record the call and follow up automatically, with one contact record behind all of it. No second scheduling app needed. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants Solutions · Consultants # Get paid before the call starts. Payment, booking page, intake questions and client history in one account. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL booking on a contact record with a prior order, deposit, appointment time, intake answers and reminder.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/yCUi-RKyN0iqHSUIScDumQ.png) Payment, booking, intake answers, and reminders stay on the same client timeline. What it is ## Paid sessions, booking and client history in one account. The client pays, gets a booking link, picks a slot and answers your intake questions. All of it lands on their contact. ![AXL booking page as a client sees it: the meeting description, a month calendar and the free time slots for the chosen day.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/L6Roso2ei0eAuRAxKIJipA.webp) The booking page your clients see. - 01**Booking.** Several durations, Zoom or Google Meet, the guest’s timezone. - 02**Payment first.** Full price or a deposit before the link goes out. - 03**Client history.** Answers, orders, calls and notes on the contact. - 04**Follow-up.** Reminders, no-show marks and tasks. **Good to know:** Payment and booking are two steps joined by a scenario: the booking link goes out once the order is paid. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a consultant uses. - Booking Hours, buffers, hosts and intake forms. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Checkout Sessions, packages, deposits and retainers. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) - CRM Contacts, deals and tasks with reminders. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Phone US and Canada numbers with calls on the contact. [Telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) How to start ## Paid bookings this afternoon. 1. 01 Create the session A service product or a deposit. Products → New 2. 02 Open the booking page Hours, questions, Zoom or Meet. Meetings → New 3. 03 Send the link on payment Order paid, then the booking link. Scenarios 4. 04 Remind and follow up Reminder before, task on cancel. Meeting → Scenario Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a $250 “Strategy Session” with a checkout page and a booking page with 45-minute slots Tuesday to Thursday. What it does - 1. Creates a $250 “Strategy Session” with a checkout page. - 2. Opens a booking page with 45-minute slots, Tuesday to Thursday. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How booking works →](https://axl.tech/booking) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a scheduler, a CRM and a forms tool. Prices are per seat where the vendor charges per seat. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | CRM | Pipedrive Growth | $49 per seat | Contacts, deals, tasks | | Intake forms | Typeform Plus | $79 | Forms and quizzes | | Email | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Starter includes one admin; each extra active admin is $15 | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do you support Zoom and Google Meet?+ Yes. Connect either once and every booking gets its own call link. ### How do I sell a retainer?+ As a subscription with any period. Failed renewals are retried before access stops. ### Can I record client calls?+ Phone calls through AXL numbers are recorded on the contact. Video call recording stays with Zoom or Meet. ### Can reminders go by text?+ Yes, by SMS or a chat channel, with email as the fallback. ## Set up paid bookings in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See booking](https://axl.tech/booking) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Business Numbers and Browser Phone > Buy a business phone number, call from your browser and keep recordings, notes and outcomes in your CRM. Add AXL voice agents when you need them. Canonical: https://axl.tech/telephony AXL Telephony # Your business phone, inside your CRM. Buy a number, call from your browser and keep the conversation on the contact. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Set up a number Business numbers in the US and Canada. ![Choose a number, route calls and find the conversation in AXL.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/MeGhDBLyvkuTDwlxUsHABg.png) Play with sound Pause preview Preview ready Choose a number, route calls and find the conversation in AXL. Animated interface demo. What it is ## Calls next to the customer, not in another app. Every call lands in shared history and on the contact, with the recording, transcript and next step. ![AXL call details with demo data: recording playback and transcript beside the call record.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-qzlOafegEyhpb52FF3vIw.png) A finished call: recording, transcript and the contact beside it. - 01**Numbers.** Buy a US or Canada number and choose who answers. - 02**Browser phone.** Call with a headset; no desk phone needed. - 03**Recordings.** Listen again, read the transcript, add an AI summary. - 04**Next step.** A task, a message or a webhook after the call. **Good to know:** Number rental, calls, SMS and AI analysis are charged separately from the plan. See it in AXL ## Numbers, calls and rates in one place. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The Telephony page: numbers with their monthly price, call and SMS switches, and the month spend.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/TYnt9c2zQkWaKdNkDukWBQ.webp) Your numbers](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/1PVYF01uQUSvd-ucr0kfzg.webp) - [!\[Buying a number: available US numbers with call, SMS and MMS capabilities and the monthly price.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/MtF67wIZjkK2k8XiwfP2oQ.webp) Buy a number](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/a2lWdA8B80GfT2GcgX3xCg.webp) - [!\[The browser phone with caller ID and keypad.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/20rznDnvckiMPQUjBXyoVQ.webp) Browser phone](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/LEOLVPzsCkmHNEu6b9h5MA.webp) - [!\[Who answers a number: ring the team, forward to a phone, or let an AI agent answer.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ZhlevGaGq0qAq97eHGN5dw.webp) Who answers](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5gniJH5hTU66apuwTmxTaw.webp) - [!\[Call analytics: inbound and outbound calls, durations and missed calls for the month.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ME_hdSS040eyAqKisiWidA.webp) Call analytics](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/H8jeRu_TNkWariUaG8mCdA.webp) - [!\[Call and SMS rates for a destination: outgoing calls per minute, SMS per segment and number rental.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/B4vIDzFhfU2LKV9cecGXcQ.webp) Rates](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/39xYB-9a7EeGULXbfmjpZQ.webp) What it does ## After the call, the work continues. - Voice agent Route a number to an AXL voice agent that answers for you. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - On the contact Calls appear on the contact timeline and in shared history. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Follow-up After an answer, no answer or voicemail, start a task or a message. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Other systems Pass the call result to another tool with a webhook. [Webhooks →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) How to start ## From a number to the first call. You buy the number yourself; the assistant can read rates and set up routing. 1. 01 Choose a number Check the purchase and usage price first. Telephony → Add number 2. 02 Choose who answers Your team, a forward, or a voice agent. Number → Settings 3. 03 Make the first call Pick a contact and your caller ID. Browser phone Or let AI do it PromptCopy Show my phone numbers and who answers each. Route the studio number to our receptionist and explain the call rates. What it does - 1. Lists your numbers and who answers each one. - 2. Routes the studio number to your receptionist agent. - 3. Explains the call and SMS rates. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## A business phone for three people, per month. Three numbers and 1,000 minutes of US calls. Phone systems charge per user; on AXL you pay for the numbers and the minutes. Three people, three numbers, 1,000 US minutes, list prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026. | Option | Per month | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL phones, on a plan you already have | ≈ $24 | 3 numbers and 1,000 minutes with recording | | AXL Starter with phones | ≈ $103 | Phones, plus CRM, email, chat, booking and sites | | Quo Starter | $84 | Phone system, one number per user | | RingCentral Core | $90 | Phone system with meetings and team chat | | Aircall Essentials | $120 | Call-center phone system, minimum 3 licenses | AXL: about $1.50 per US number and $0.0195 per US minute with recording, an estimate; Starter is $49 with one admin plus two at $15. Quo $28, RingCentral $30 and Aircall $40 per user. From quo.com, ringcentral.com and aircall.io pricing pages; AXL estimate on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing#telephony-pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do I need desk-phone hardware?+ No. The browser phone uses your computer microphone or headset. ### Can a voice agent answer my number?+ Yes. Route the number to an enabled AXL voice agent. ### Are summaries available immediately?+ Recordings, transcripts and AI analysis are processed after the call. They depend on your settings and account balance. ### What will I pay?+ Number rental, calls, SMS and AI usage are charged separately. See the live prices in Telephony or the [estimate on the pricing page](https://axl.tech/pricing#telephony-pricing). ### Does buying a number also enable SMS?+ Not always. SMS on a number needs its own registration. ## Your team, one business phone. Free plan, no card needed. Numbers and calls are charged by use. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Add a voice agent](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Your team. One business phone. ## Ready for your next conversation? A business number, your customer context and the next step. All in the same workspace. Start on the free plan[Start with AXL ↗](https://app.axl.tech/)[See plans and usage pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) Number purchase, rental and calling usage are charged separately. [Voice AI ↗](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[AI chat agents ↗](https://axl.tech/ai-chat)[Call centers ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers)[Sales teams ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams)[Service businesses ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses)[AI receptionists ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists)[Webinar teams ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams)[Automation ↗](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation)[Webhooks ↗](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) --- # Call Center Software With AI Answering and CRM > Call center phones in the browser, an AI agent for the first answer, recordings and transcripts on every contact. US and Canada numbers. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers For call centers # Call center phones with AI answering. Your team calls from the browser. An AI agent takes the first questions. Every call lands on the contact. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![Call details in AXL: the recording, the transcript and the notes for one call.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-qzlOafegEyhpb52FF3vIw.png) Call details with recording and transcript. Demo data. What it is ## Every call has a recording, a transcript and a next step. Buy numbers in AXL, decide which calls the AI agent answers and which ring your team. After each call, the team sees what was said and what happens next. ![Call outcomes in AXL: the result of each AI call and the follow-up it starts.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tIrs7mygt0CvkWq6c80DpQ.webp) Call outcomes and the follow-up each one starts. - 01**Browser phone.** Call with a headset, no desk phones. - 02**AI first answer.** An agent asks why the person is calling. - 03**Recordings.** Recording and transcript on the contact. - 04**Follow-up.** A task or message for each outcome. **Good to know:** US and Canada numbers. No predictive dialer and no workforce scheduling. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a call center uses. - Telephony Numbers, browser phone, recordings and call analytics. [Telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) - Voice AI AI agents that answer and make calls. [Voice AI →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) - CRM Contacts, deals and tasks with every call on them. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Live chat Website chat in the same inbox. [Live chat →](https://axl.tech/live-chat) How to start ## Your first line in an afternoon. 1. 01 Get a number Buy one or use a number you own. Telephony → Numbers 2. 02 Add the team Admins who take calls in the browser. Settings → Admins 3. 03 Set up the AI agent Business facts and what to ask. AI agents → Voice 4. 04 Route the calls Which calls go to AI, which to people. Number → Routing Or let AI do it PromptCopy Set up an AI receptionist for our main number. Ask why the person is calling, offer an available appointment and keep the result with the contact. What it does - 1. Creates a voice agent with your business facts. - 2. Asks each caller why they are calling. - 3. Offers a time from your booking page. - 4. Saves the call and its result on the contact. You turn the line on. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How AI calls work →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) What it replaces ## A phone system for three people, per month. Phone systems charge per user. On AXL you pay for the numbers and the minutes. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Phone system | Quo Starter, 3 users | $84 | Numbers, calls, recordings | | Phone, meetings, chat | RingCentral Core, 3 users | $90 | Calls, live chat, email | | Call center phones | Aircall Essentials, 3 licenses | $120 | Browser phone and call analytics | | Three people | AXL | About $103 | Starter with two extra admins, 3 numbers and 1,000 minutes | Three people, list prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026: Quo $28, RingCentral $30 and Aircall $40 per user (Aircall needs at least 3 licenses), from quo.com, ringcentral.com and aircall.io. AXL phones are an estimate: about $1.50 per US number and $0.0195 per US minute with recording. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can AI and people both take calls?+ Yes. Choose for each number whether the AI agent or your team answers. ### Where does the team review a call?+ In call history and on the contact: recording, transcript, notes and the result. ### Which countries are supported?+ US and Canada numbers. ### Is this a full workforce management suite?+ No. There is no predictive dialer and no shift scheduling. ## Set up your team’s phones in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month; numbers and minutes are billed separately. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See telephony](https://axl.tech/telephony) Also for: [Sales teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams) · [AI receptionists](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists) · [Service businesses](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses) · [Webinar teams](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams) · [All solutions](https://axl.tech/solutions) --- # ChatGPT and Codex MCP Setup: Connect Your Agent > Add AXL as an MCP server in ChatGPT, or to Codex through mcp-remote. A browser sign-in, no API key, and tools over your CRM, sites, courses and email. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt Developers · MCP · ChatGPT and Codex # Connect ChatGPT and Codex to AXL Add the server in ChatGPT's MCP settings, or point Codex at it through `mcp-remote`. Then a browser sign-in, with no key to paste, and the agent has tools over your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server In **ChatGPT**, open **Settings → Plugins → MCP**, click **Add server**, and paste the URL. `https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy For **Codex we recommend Code mode**. It has no native HTTP transport, so it goes through `mcp-remote`, which also handles the browser sign-in: `{"mcpServers":{"axl":{"command":"npx","args":["mcp-remote","https://app.axl.tech/mcp"]}}}` Copy Path checked against the current ChatGPT app rather than the help pages, which still described an older developer-mode flow that day. Trust the app. [Read the full ChatGPT and MCP walkthrough →](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-chatgpt-mcp) ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “List my active automations and tell me which ones have never run.” Codex in Code mode for multi-step work; ChatGPT for asking questions of the account. [What an agent can finish →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**The MCP section is not where this page says.** ChatGPT has moved it more than once. Look for connectors or developer settings in your build. Then [tell us](https://axl.tech/contact) so we can fix this page. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the server. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. The agent acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Circle Alternatives 2026: 5 Compared on Fees > Circle charges $89 plus 2%, sells email as a $99 add-on and gates automation at $199. Five alternatives compared on total cost and AI access. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/circle 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Circle Prices # 5 Circle alternatives in 2026, compared on total cost and AI access The plan is $89. The bill is the plan, plus the fee, plus the email add-on, plus the tier that unlocks automation. The short version Simpler and cheaper Skool one price and a bigger rake, not four parts Smallest sticker Skool Hobby $9, fee permitting An agent that finishes AXL included, not gated at $199 and 5,000 tool calls The trigger ## Why people leave Circle - **The fee never reaches zero.** 2% at $89 Professional, 1% at $199 Business, 0.5% on custom-priced Circle Plus. At $20,000 of monthly sales, the fee adds $400 on top of the plan. The page does not say whether card processing sits inside it (circle.so/pricing). - **Email is a separate purchase.** Email Hub is +$99 a month for 10,000 contacts, “charged on top of community plan”, and included only on Circle Plus. - **Automation and agent access sit behind $199.** Professional caps workflows at 20; unlimited workflows, the API and the agent all start on Business, metered at 5,000 tool calls a month (api.circle.so/mcp). - **The floor moved.** The old $39 to $49 Basic tier was retired in 2024, which is what made $89 the entry point (schoolmaker.com). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing page, with Thinkific rechecked on 21 August 2026. Neither Circle's nor Skool's page says whether card processing sits inside its percentage. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Email | Courses | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Circle (yours) | $89 | 2% at $89, 1% at $199, 0.5% on Circle Plus | Add-on, +$99/mo for 10,000 contacts | Reviewers describe as thin | Business $199, 5,000 calls/mo | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Graded, certificates, cohorts | Included on every plan | | Skool | $9 | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | None reported | Unlimited, simple | No public API found | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | Unlimited | 5 on Basic | Every plan, drafts only | | Thinkific | $54 | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% down to 0.5% with your own provider where applicable | No nurture sequences reported | Unlimited | Plus only, read-only, rolling out | | ClickFunnels | $97 | 0% | 50,000 sends/mo on Launch | 3 on Launch | Scale $197, technical preview | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it Puts the four line items Circle sells separately (community, email, automation and agent access) on one bill with no cut of your sales. Space permissions are CRM filters, so tiers maintain themselves. Start free; paid plans start at $49/month. **Why AXL:** community, checkout, courses, CRM, email, webinars and automation work from one customer record, with 0% of sales taken. [AXL vs Circle →](https://axl.tech/vs/circle) ### Skool: one price, one feature set Unlimited members, courses and live calls, engagement mechanics nothing else here matches, and Discover putting your group in front of searchers. $9 Hobby at 10% or $99 Pro at 2.9%, identical apart from the rake (skool.com/pricing). **Limits:** no public API, email marketing or member tagging found, and the rake is higher than Circle's; this is a simplicity trade, not a cost one. ### Kajabi: a polished paid membership Memberships, courses, coaching, newsletters and podcasts under one brand, with unlimited marketing email and an agent on every plan. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** twice Circle's entry price, contacts metered from 2,500, one community below Pro, and agent writes that land as drafts. ### Thinkific: if members pay for the curriculum Unlimited courses on every tier, communities attached, and SCORM on Plus. Basic is $54, Start $109, Grow $219 and Expand $499 a month (thinkific.com/pricing, checked 21 August 2026). **Limits:** communities capped by tier, memberships and certificates excluded from Basic, and a Plus-only, read-only agent that is still rolling out. ### ClickFunnels: if the membership is an offer Funnels, checkout, bumps and one-click upsells, with 10,000 contacts and 50,000 emails a month on the entry plan and no cut of your sales. $97 / $197 / $297 (clickfunnels.com/pricing). **Limits:** courses capped at 3 on Launch, reviewers report no student-side community, and its MCP server is a $197-tier technical preview. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The transaction fee | AXL, ClickFunnels, or Kajabi on Kajabi Payments: all 0% | | Paying $99 a month extra for email | AXL or Kajabi: both include it in the plan | | Automation and API behind the $199 tier | AXL: included on every account | | You want simpler and cheaper, not bigger | Skool | | You need certificates and graded assessment | AXL or Thinkific | | You want community to drive the rest of the business | AXL: membership, checkout, CRM, courses and follow-up stay connected | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the Circle owner whose spreadsheet has four lines on it (plan, fee, email add-on, tier upgrade) and whose members also buy courses and move through a pipeline. It does not fit a community judged on its own experience. If members pay for the space rather than for what you teach in it, the move is a downgrade dressed as a saving. ### Moving off Circle 1. Members Imported as contacts, CSV or XLSX 2. Space structure Rebuilt; permissions become CRM filters 3. Courses Rebuilt by an agent 4. Posts, comments, events Do not transfer Shipping a branded mobile app through Circle is a blocker, not a task. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The arithmetic ## What does Circle actually cost per month? $89 Professional or $199 Business, plus 2% or 1% of sales respectively, plus $99 for Email Hub. That makes an $89 community selling $10,000 a month and sending email cost $388 (circle.so/pricing). Pair each rate with its own tier: 0.5% belongs to custom-priced Circle Plus, never to the $199 plan. Circle's page does not say whether card processing sits inside those percentages, so we model none of them as all-in. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the members and rebuild one space while the old community still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [Skool alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/skool) · [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # ClickFunnels Alternatives 2026: 5 Compared > Five ClickFunnels alternatives compared on course caps, contact limits, price and AI agent access. Every figure taken from the vendor's own page. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. ClickFunnels Prices # 5 ClickFunnels alternatives in 2026, compared on caps, cost and AI access Two ceilings send people here: the fourth course, and wanting agent access without moving to the $197 tier. The short version Closest like-for-like Kartra unlimited products and memberships from $119, no course cap Smallest sticker Kartra Essentials $59 under 500 contacts; otherwise Teachable Builder at $89 An agent that finishes AXL included and in production, not a gated preview The trigger ## Why people leave ClickFunnels - **Courses are metered.** 3 on Launch, 6 on Scale, 10 on Optimize, 20 on Dominate. A fourth course costs $100 a month regardless of what it sells (clickfunnels.com/pricing). - **Agent access starts at $197, experimentally.** The MCP server needs Scale, and ClickFunnels' own docs call it a Technical Preview that “may change without notice” with “limited support coverage” (support.myclickfunnels.com). - **Bugs and speed.** Reviewers report instability and slow load times as ordinary rather than occasional (bloggingx.com/clickfunnels-2-0-review). - **Thin student-side delivery, per reviewers.** No engagement tracking, no video-retention analytics and no student-side community; that is the reviewer's account, not a ClickFunnels statement (learningrevolution.net/clickfunnels-review). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing page. GoHighLevel's agent plan gate is not stated in its official documentation. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Courses | Metered on | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ClickFunnels (yours) | $97 | 0% | 3 / 6 / 10 / 20 | Contacts, workspaces, courses | Scale $197, technical preview | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Unlimited | Eight usage meters, same overage rates | Included on every plan | | Kartra | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | 1, then unlimited | Contacts, 500 → 25,000 | No first-party MCP | | GoHighLevel | $97 + metered | 0% | Unlimited | Sub-accounts, usage | Core CRM MCP; broader access depends on client and OAuth scopes | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | 5 on Basic | Contacts, products | Every plan, drafts only | | Teachable | $39 | 7.5% Starter, then 0% | 5 / 10 / 50 | Active students | REST API from $189 | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it Removes both ceilings: no course cap, and ~1,100 agent operations in production. The checkout is a page element, so a bump can add or replace the main product and upsells chain without re-entering card details. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of revenue. **Why AXL:** the funnel continues into delivery, CRM, webinars, video, community and follow-up without extra subscriptions. [AXL vs ClickFunnels →](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels) ### Kartra: the closest bundle Pages, checkout with bumps and upsells, memberships, unlimited email from Starter, video, affiliates and a helpdesk. It covers the same job with unlimited products above the entry tier. $59 / $119 / $229 / $549 (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). **Limits:** contacts become the meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000, and there is no first-party MCP server. ### GoHighLevel: if you also serve clients CRM, pipelines, funnels, outbound SMS and calling, unlimited contacts on every plan, and, uniquely here, sub-accounts, white-label and SaaS resale. $97 / $297 / $497 (gohighlevel.com/pricing). **Limits:** the learning curve is its most-cited complaint, add-ons compound per sub-account, and a migrated list needs a sending warm-up. ### Kajabi: an expert brand, not a funnel Unlimited funnels, landing pages and marketing emails on every tier, plus podcast hosting and an MCP server on all plans. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** contacts metered from 2,500, products capped below Pro, and agent writes that land as drafts. ### Teachable: if you kept it for the courses A clean course product at the lowest entry price here, with a learner app and BackOffice (2% to 2.8%) handling author payouts and international tax. $39 / $89 / $189; Starter takes 7.5% (teachable.com/pricing). **Limits:** no funnel builder of ClickFunnels' calibre, students capped at 100 / 1,000 / 5,000, no API below $189. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | You need a fourth course | AXL, or Kartra from Starter: neither meters courses | | Agent access without $197 and a preview label | AXL: included on every account | | The funnel must continue into delivery and retention | AXL: checkout, CRM, courses, webinars and automation share one record | | Lowest possible monthly bill for one course | Teachable Builder | | One bill for pages, checkout, email and a helpdesk | Kartra | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the ClickFunnels user whose catalogue outgrew the plan and whose buyers now expect delivery (lessons, tests, certificates, a community) on the same record as the checkout. It does not fit a direct-response operator happy with three courses. Switching to gain features you will not use is a cost, not a saving. ### Moving off ClickFunnels 1. Contacts and fields CSV or XLSX 2. Products and prices Carry across 3. Pages Cloned from a URL, or raw HTML byte-for-byte 4. Funnels, workflows, courses Rebuilt 5. Send history and stats Do not move [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The one that keeps coming up ## Which ClickFunnels alternative has no course limit? AXL has no course tier, Kartra allows unlimited memberships and courses from Starter upward, and GoHighLevel's Memberships product advertises unlimited courses. On ClickFunnels the limit is 3 / 6 / 10 / 20 by plan, so a fourth course is a $100-a-month upgrade before it sells anything (clickfunnels.com/pricing). Kajabi and Teachable cap products too, just higher up. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the contacts and rebuild one funnel while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [GoHighLevel alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/gohighlevel) · [Kartra alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kartra) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Cline MCP Server Setup: Connect Your Agent > Add AXL to Cline under MCP Servers, Remote Servers: name it axl, paste the URL, click Add Server. A browser sign-in, no API key, tools over the platform. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cline Developers · MCP · Cline # Connect Cline to AXL A name, a URL and a button, then a browser sign-in with no key to paste, and Cline has tools over your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server Open **MCP Servers → Remote Servers**, enter the name `axl` and the URL, and click **Add Server**. Remote, not local: AXL's MCP server is hosted, not something you run. `https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy Menu path checked against Cline's own documentation. It is somebody else's UI and it moves. ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “Take this list of 40 people and import them as contacts tagged ‘webinar-may’.” Import validates before it writes, so a bad row is reported rather than half-applied. [What an agent can finish →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**The agent stops on an upload.** Uploading a file leaves the MCP surface for one step: a raw `PUT` to a pre-signed URL, so a client that can only call MCP tools cannot finish it alone. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the server. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. Cline acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Community and Memberships With No Transaction Fees > Run a paid community on your own domain: spaces gated by CRM filters, badges that award themselves, subscription billing you control, and no revenue cut. Canonical: https://axl.tech/community-platform Community & memberships # A paid community that shares one record with everything else you sell. Gate a space with the filter that defines a segment, bill it with subscriptions you control, and keep 100% of what members pay. [Start your community](https://app.axl.tech/) Set one up in ten minutes Free plan, no card needed. ![An AXL community space gated by a contact filter: the members list of a private space, one member's row showing the filter they satisfy, and their contact record beside it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/_fKqJDc430OoVHVz8qIoWg.png) What it is ## A paid community on the same record as your courses and orders. Create spaces, decide who can read, comment or post, and charge for access with subscriptions. ![AXL community feed: posts with likes and comments, spaces on the left and top posts on the right.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/r4RK2vzw5kC_N5K7FMX26Q.webp) The member feed: posts, likes and comments by space. - 01**Spaces.** As many as you need, grouped in sections. - 02**Permissions.** View, like, comment and publish, each set by a CRM filter. - 03**Subscriptions.** Trials, retries, a grace period and pause. - 04**One record.** Purchases, lessons, posts and failed payments on the same contact. **Good to know:** One community per account. Members use a web portal on your domain; there is no app-store app. See it in AXL ## The member feed, threads, settings and events. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The community feed in the members' portal, with spaces on the left, posts in the middle and top posts on the right.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/r4RK2vzw5kC_N5K7FMX26Q.webp) Member feed](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/HIpWcyxwMk6Y7SUW3kGhbQ.webp) - [!\[A community post opened in the portal, with a member's comment and a threaded reply.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OgdKfBB0XEuMuLxZ8o3pNQ.webp) Post and replies](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/fI4Q65PUPU-Fvy8XrtKJXg.webp) - [!\[Community settings: welcome pop-up, join button, post order and widgets, beside a live preview of the feed.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OCGKkNRgM0yBFjg7Jg7CAg.webp) Community settings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/BnREvFb1-E6WfwEz3uZ-6g.webp) - [!\[The event calendar in month view with a live Q&A, a workshop and a community meetup.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/3zV2HC9ao0i8SuAMj0QhpA.webp) Event calendar](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/6EYqire5UE2YR95sJgfaeg.webp) What it does ## Everything a membership needs, in one account. - Billing Subscriptions and dunning run through the same orders as everything else. [CRM and payments →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Courses Open a space when someone finishes a module. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Automations Badges, logins and subscription events start scenarios. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Messages “No login for 21 days” becomes an audience with its own email. [Email and messages →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) How to start ## Launch a paid space in ten minutes. 1. 01 Create the subscription Period, price and a trial price. Products 2. 02 Set the retries How often a failed payment is retried. Product → Subscription 3. 03 Create the space In a section, open for now. Community → Sections 4. 04 Lock it with a filter Only active subscribers can view. Space → Permissions 5. 05 Link it to checkout The “Get access” button opens your payment page. Sites → your page Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a $49/month subscription with a $9 first month, three retries over five days and a three-day grace period. Then a locked space where view, comment and publish need an active subscription. Build the failed-renewal scenario and leave it switched off. What it does - 1. Creates a $49/month subscription with a $9 first month. - 2. Retries a failed payment three times over five days, with a three-day grace period. - 3. Locks a space to active subscribers. - 4. Builds the failed-renewal scenario and leaves it switched off. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [Connect your agent →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Price comparison ## Keep 100% of what members pay. AXL takes no cut of membership payments. Some community platforms do. Platform fee on each sale, from each vendor's pricing page. | Platform | Platform fee on sales | | --- | --- | | AXL | 0% on every plan | | Skool | 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro | | Circle | 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan | From skool.com/pricing and circle.so/pricing. Full comparisons: [vs Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool), [vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### How do I control who sees which space?+ Each space has four permissions: view, like, comment and publish. Each one is a CRM filter, for example “active subscription” or “finished the course”. You can also give one person access by hand, with an end date. ### How do members sign up and log in?+ At your member portal, on a subdomain or your own domain, with one login for the community and your courses. Open registration lets anyone join a free space; turn it off and only buyers and invited people get in. ### Do you take a percentage of membership payments?+ No. AXL takes 0% of what members pay. You pay your payment provider’s processing fee and your AXL plan, from $49 a month. ### Can I run more than one community?+ One community per account. Inside it you can create as many spaces and sections as you need. ## Your members, your domain, your revenue. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Guides on keeping members](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/webinars-video) --- # Compare Sales, Marketing and AI Platforms > Compare AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform with 13 tools. Review voice AI, CRM, booking, automation, pricing and setup. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Compare Comparison hub # The right platform for the whole job. Compare AXL with 13 platforms across voice AI, courses, marketing and communities. Start with the job you need done, then compare the costs and tools behind it. Compare voice AI [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) 5 voice AI comparisons · 8 business platform comparisons · One detailed AI access guide Voice AI & customer conversations ## Who answers the call. What happens next. Reception, lead qualification, booking and feedback calls are only part of the decision. Compare how the agent connects to your contacts, calendar and follow-up. Your reference point ### AXL Voice agents alongside CRM, booking, chat and automation. Use the built-in AI Assistant to configure the job, then keep recordings, transcripts and follow-up connected to the customer. Start with a real conversation, then explore the tools behind it. [Hear a real call →](https://axl.tech/voice-ai)[Explore Voice AI](https://axl.tech/voice-ai) Voice operations ### AXL vs Retell Agent testing, call analysis and workflow automation. Compare the voice setup and full call cost with AXL’s connected customer workspace. Model, voice and carrier selection change the minute price. [Read comparison →](https://axl.tech/vs/retell)[Official source ↗](https://www.retellai.com/pricing) API-first voice infrastructure ### AXL vs Vapi Configure voice agents, providers and integrations for your own application. Compare that flexibility with managing calls, contacts and booking inside AXL. Example US inbound setup: approximately $0.12 to $0.13/min including AI, connection and recording. [Read comparison →](https://axl.tech/vs/vapi)[Official source ↗](https://vapi.ai/) Enterprise phone workflows ### AXL vs Bland Phone agents, conversation pathways, testing and connections to existing business systems. Compare the call workflow and what happens after it ends. Check the selected plan, carrier charges and transfer costs. [Read comparison →](https://axl.tech/vs/bland)[Official source ↗](https://www.bland.ai/) Visual flows and deployment ### AXL vs Synthflow A visual flow designer, automated testing and telephony for enterprise voice operations. Compare how your team builds, evaluates and maintains an agent. Compare the proposed contract against your actual call volume. [Read comparison →](https://axl.tech/vs/synthflow)[Official source ↗](https://synthflow.ai/) AI employees for customer service ### AXL vs Newo Inbound calls, outbound follow-up, SMS and booking through connected business tools. Compare a customer-service agent with the wider AXL workspace. Check conversation allowances and how call length affects billing. [Read comparison →](https://axl.tech/vs/newo)[Official source ↗](https://newo.ai/) Call cost example ### An 80-second inbound call. Include the AI agent, phone connection and recording. Keep subscriptions and number rental separate. AXL · actual bill**$0.1625** $0.0195 connection + $0.0090 recording + approximately $0.1340 AI. About $0.122 per minute for this call. Retell · selected US estimate**≈ $0.173** GPT-4.1 + standard voice + US managed Twilio: $0.13/min × 80 seconds. Other model and voice choices cost differently. AXL is an observed inbound bill; the Retell estimate uses a US local number. This is not a model-quality benchmark or a universal AXL rate. Optional add-ons, monthly fees and taxes are excluded. [See the full breakdown and more configurations →](https://axl.tech/vs/retell) The master matrix ## Business platforms, side by side Platform cost only. Card processing (roughly 2.9% + $0.30) goes to Stripe or PayPal on every platform here, AXL included, and is excluded throughout. “Revenue cut” is what the platform takes on top. “Not verified” means we could not confirm it, not that it is missing. When a vendor's documentation does not confirm a feature, the table says “Not verified.” We corrected earlier entries after finding GoHighLevel documentation for graded tests and certificates. ### Price and fees Price and fees. Each vendor's own pricing and billing pages. HighLevel email and US SMS rates were rechecked on 28 August 2026. Card processing excluded throughout. | Platform | Entry price a month | What the bill is metered on | Cut the platform takes of your sales | Surcharge for bringing your own Stripe or PayPal | Contact or student ceiling on the entry plan | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | Free plan; Starter $49, all features included | 15,000 emails and 25,000 platform messages included on Starter, then $0.60 and $0.40 per 1,000 | 0%. All money you get is yours. | None. There is no AXL gateway to protect. | 5,000 included, then $0.002 per contact | | Kajabi | $179 Basic; $249 Growth; $499 Pro. | Contacts, products, admin seats | 0% on Kajabi Payments; own processor, next column. | 2% Basic, 1% Growth, 0.5% Pro | 2,500 on Basic; 25,000 on Growth; extra 5,000-contact blocks cost $25 | | Teachable | $39 Starter | Active students and products | 7.5% Starter; 0% Builder and above | None published | 100 active students | | Thinkific | $54 Basic, $40 when billed annually | Feature tier and admin seats | 0% on Thinkific Payments | 5% / 2% / 1% / 0.5% / 0% by tier where applicable | 10,000 current students | | GoHighLevel | $97 Starter, plus metered usage | Email $0.675 per 1,000; US SMS $7.47 per 1,000 segments, plus carrier fees | 0% | None published | Unlimited contacts | | ClickFunnels | $97 Launch | Contacts, workspaces, courses | 0% | None published | 10,000 email contacts on Launch | | Kartra | $59 Essentials | Contacts | 5% Essentials; 0% above | None published | 500 contacts on Essentials | | Skool | $9 Hobby | Flat. The two plans differ only by rake | 10% Hobby, 2.9% Pro; whether card processing sits inside is unstated | n/a (Stripe only) | No member limit published | | Circle | $89 Professional | Admins, spaces, storage | 2% Professional, 1% Business, 0.5% Circle Plus; same unanswered question | n/a (Stripe only) | Unlimited members; 3 admins, 20 spaces | **Compare payment fees in context.** Kajabi's 2% Basic fee with an eligible third-party provider without its 0% on Kajabi Payments, or Teachable's 7.5% without the 0% above Starter, is a half-truth. [Model your bill →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) **AXL costs less for email.** AXL includes the first 15,000 emails on Starter and charges $0.60 per 1,000 above that. HighLevel charges $0.675 per 1,000 on every plan. Platform messages and carrier SMS use different units, so they are shown separately. **Five of the nine ship a first-party MCP server.** What separates them is what an agent may finish, and which plan unlocks it. [The MCP scoreboard →](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access) ### What each one is for Capabilities from vendor pricing and documentation. Thinkific was rechecked on its official pages on 21 August 2026. | Platform | Site, funnel and landing-page builder | CRM record, segmentation and deal pipelines | Native telephony and messaging | Auto-graded tests and certificates | Community forum and engagement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | Yes: 16 elements, tablet and desktop breakpoints | Unlimited typed fields, one filter grammar of 74 types across CRM, email and automations, kanban pipelines with money totals | Native AXL numbers, inbound and outbound calls, SMS, browser softphone, recordings, transcription and AI summaries; WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber and LINE connect to the same customer timeline | 6 question types, point or percentage scoring, pass thresholds; certificate designer, numbering series, released registry | Yes: access written as CRM filters, plus points and a leaderboard | | Kajabi | Yes | Contacts and tags; pipelines not verified. Reviewers report a 100-tag ceiling, undocumented by Kajabi. | Not verified | Not verified | 1 community, 3 on Pro | | Teachable | A course site builder, not a funnel builder | Not verified | Not verified | Quizzes and certificates | Not verified | | Thinkific | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Quizzes on Basic; certificates from Start | 1 community on Basic and Start; 3 on Grow | | GoHighLevel | Yes | Yes, with opportunities | SMS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp; numbers resold, metered and rebillable at your markup | Yes to both: auto-scored choice questions with a settable pass grade and retakes; certificates issued by a workflow action | Not verified | | ClickFunnels | Yes. The category is named after it | Yes, with opportunities | Partial: Message Hub, 2 to 20 agents by plan | Not verified | Not verified | | Kartra | Yes | Yes; pipelines not verified in depth | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | | Skool | None on its pricing page | Member tagging is a top open request on community trackers | Not verified | Not verified | Community with courses, checkout, CRM, messaging and automation on the same customer record | | Circle | Limited to the community; not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Reviewers describe no advanced assessment and cite certificates as missing | Yes. Community is their strength | AXL keeps native calls and SMS on the CRM record, with recordings, transcripts, summaries and follow-up. WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Viber and LINE connect to the same customer timeline. [How the CRM record is built →](https://axl.tech/crm) A column is one capability, not a product. [See every AXL feature →](https://axl.tech/features) For ongoing vendor checks, visit the [comparisons research hub →](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons) Receipts ## What we read, and when Sources for every competitor figure here. “Vendor’s own page” means we opened it ourselves. | Platform | Pages read | Confidence | | --- | --- | --- | | Kajabi | https://kajabi.com/pricing · https://kajabi.com/product/mcp | Vendor's own pages. The 100-tag ceiling is a reviewer claim. | | Teachable | https://teachable.com/pricing | Vendor's own page. | | Thinkific | [thinkific.com/pricing](https://www.thinkific.com/pricing/) · [2026 pricing update](https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/41582716364567-Thinkific-s-2026-Plan-Pricing-Update-What-It-Means-for-You) · [Thinkific MCP guide](https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/41359948404247-What-Can-You-Do-with-Thinkific-MCP) | Vendor's own pages, checked 21 August 2026. MCP is Plus only, read-only and still rolling out. | | GoHighLevel | [gohighlevel.com/pricing](https://www.gohighlevel.com/pricing) · [billing guide](https://help.gohighlevel.com/support/solutions/articles/155000001156-highlevel-pricing-guide) · [phone pricing](https://help.gohighlevel.com/support/solutions/articles/48001223556-lc-phone-pricing-structure) · [MCP documentation](https://help.gohighlevel.com/support/solutions/articles/155000008360-highlevel-mcp-multi-account-support-for-claude) | Vendor's own pages. Billing rates checked 28 August 2026. The MCP plan gate is unstated. | | ClickFunnels | [clickfunnels.com/pricing](https://www.clickfunnels.com/pricing) · [support.myclickfunnels.com](https://support.myclickfunnels.com/docs/clickfunnels-mcp-server-beta-1) | Vendor's own pages, plus their MCP documentation. | | Kartra | [kartra.com/plans-and-pricing](https://kartra.com/plans-and-pricing/) · [kartra.com/integrations-and-apis](https://kartra.com/integrations-and-apis/) | Vendor's own pages. | | Skool | [skool.com/pricing](https://www.skool.com/pricing) for plans and fees; API, email and tagging gaps from [tools4skool.com](https://tools4skool.com/integrations/skool-api) | Vendor's page for pricing, trackers for the rest. Card processing inclusion unstated. | | Circle | https://circle.so/pricing · https://api.circle.so/mcp | Vendor's own pages. The fee-to-tier pairing is load-bearing. | | AXL | [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing) | Our own page: Starter is $49 a month, every feature is included, and all eight overage rates are public. | A figure whose read-date passes six months is treated as unpublished until somebody opens the page again. One at a time ## Explore the business platform comparisons Each one shows where AXL replaces more of the stack and what to verify before moving. - [Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi): $179 Basic, priced by contacts; MCP on every plan, writes land as drafts. - [Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable): $39 Starter takes 7.5% of sales; the REST API begins at $189. - [Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific): course tiers and Plus-only read access for agents; AXL connects the course to sales, CRM and follow-up. - [GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel): built for reselling software to clients; AXL is built for running your own product business. - [ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels): optimized for funnels; AXL carries the buyer into courses, CRM, webinars and follow-up. - [Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra): a broad bundle with contact tiers; AXL includes every feature and publishes overage rates. - [Skool](https://axl.tech/vs/skool): community-first with a continuing sales fee; AXL connects community to the full business and takes 0%. - [Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle): the most polished community product: 2% at $89, 1% at $199, plus a $99 Email Hub. - [Which platforms ship an MCP server](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access): not a comparison but a scoreboard of all nine. We built one of the servers on it. ## Check the table against your own account. Start by [moving your contacts across](https://axl.tech/migrate), then rebuild one funnel and see the bill at your volume. Starter is $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page and re-checked quarterly. Spot an error and we will fix it within a week. --- # Connect an AI Agent: MCP Server Setup > See the MCP endpoint, browser sign-in, setup guides for six clients and the roughly 1,100 operations your agent can reach after connecting. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp Developers · MCP # Connect your AI agent to AXL in one line. Add the endpoint to the assistant you already use, sign in in your browser, and it has tools over the whole admin API, around 1,100 operations. No key to paste. `claude mcp add axl --transport http https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy Per-client instructions are in your account at **Settings → MCP**. New to this? [What an MCP server is →](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [What an agent can never do](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL agent setup panel with the endpoint, six client tabs, Cursor selected, the Copied state and browser sign-in.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/cMlFBH1oDkSf38slnhW4PA.png) Choose Cursor, copy the connection details, and finish setup in your client. On this page The endpoint Setup What you can delegate Authentication Limits FAQ The endpoint ## Streamable HTTP, stateless, two properties worth knowing. ### JSON-RPC over POST only A `GET` returns `405`. No SSE stream, no session teardown; a client that insists on one needs `mcp-remote`. ### Stateless There is no `Mcp-Session-Id`. A server restart does not drop your connection. Setup ## Three steps, then it is connected. 1. 1 **Add the server.** One command in Claude Code, the JSON block everywhere else. 2. 2 **Sign in.** A consent screen names the client and the account, and lets you switch before you approve. The flow in full → 3. 3 **Ask for work.** The agent gets a small fixed tool set and navigates to the right operation itself. “Show me my five most recent contacts, then tell me what you can build in this account.” A successful write comes back as a link to the new record in the admin. **Two things first.** The token scopes to an account, so you need one with a school. A negative balance answers everything but billing reads with `403 lockedSchoolAccessDenied`. ### Your client, with its own menu path `{ "mcpServers": { "axl": { "url": "https://app.axl.tech/mcp" } } }` Copy Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code take that block; Claude Desktop and anything without HTTP transport needs `mcp-remote`. - •[Claude and Claude Code](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude) - •[ChatGPT and Codex](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt) - •[Cursor](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor) - •[Windsurf](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/windsurf) - •[VS Code](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/vs-code) - •[Cline](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cline) What you can delegate ## Ask for the outcome. Your agent handles the steps. You do not need to know the AXL menu, API names or data model. Describe the finished result. Your agent finds the right parts of the account, does the work and returns links to review. One request PromptCopy Launch a paid photography course. Build the page, checkout, lessons, hosted video, booking, CRM and follow-up. The agent returns finished work Page and checkout ready to review Course, lessons and video connected Booking, CRM and follow-up in place ### Start with the job, not the feature - 01**Launch a page.** Match the brand, add the form and checkout, then return a preview link. - 02**Build a course.** Structure lessons, attach hosted video and prepare enrolment. - 03**Organise sales.** Create the pipeline, update contacts and connect booking to follow-up. - 04**Automate the journey.** Connect triggers, messages and branches across the account. **You stay in control.** The agent gives you links to inspect what it made. Publishing and sending remain separate actions. [Need the implementation details? Open the developer reference →](https://axl.tech/developers#developers-mcp-tools) Authentication ## OAuth 2.1, with dynamic client registration and PKCE. AXL is both the protected resource and its own authorization server. 1. 1 The client calls with no token, gets `401` and a metadata pointer, then reads `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` (RFC 8414). 2. 2 It registers itself at `POST /oauth/register` (RFC 7591), a public client with no secret. 3. 3 Your browser opens the consent screen. A request without PKCE is rejected, not downgraded. 4. 4 You approve. A single-use code goes back, exchanged at `POST /oauth/token` with the PKCE verifier. ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ### It is an ordinary admin token Not a parallel credential class, which is why everything downstream behaves like your own session. ### Account-scoped, and the scope is coarse Production advertises one scope, so a completed flow carries the approving admin's rights. Narrower means an [API key with reduced rights](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes). Limits ## What to know before you start. - •**Concurrency, not rate.** A fixed number of requests in flight at once; sequential calls are unlimited. Over it, `429` with `Retry-After: 1` and the `X-Concurrency-Limit` header; read that rather than hard-coding a number. - •**Upload leaves the MCP surface for one step.** A begin call, a raw `PUT` to a pre-signed URL with no auth header, then a complete call; an agent limited to MCP tools cannot finish one alone. - •**Long responses are truncated** at roughly 200,000 characters, with a hint to narrow the fields. REST is not capped this way. - •**Writing HTML means reading the guide first.** [Page bodies](https://axl.tech/website-builder) and course-step theory refuse a write until the agent echoes the guide's token back. And 21 sensitive operations (billing writes, token minting, permission changes, admin creation) are removed from the AI surface in the server, not filtered in a prompt. [What confirm=true is not →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Questions ## Before you connect ### Does the agent see my customer data?+ It sees what you see. The token is scoped to one account and carries your permissions, including per-field rights; a field you cannot read is a field it cannot read. ### Can I connect it read-only?+ Not as a scope on the browser flow; production advertises one. The endpoint also accepts `Authorization: Bearer`, so the mechanism is an [API key with read rights only](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes), connected with that token. ### Is there a plan for this?+ No. The API and the agent surface are included, with no separate MCP plan. Your agent's own model tokens are billed by whoever you run it with. [Work out your number →](https://axl.tech/pricing) ## Connect it, then give it a real job. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Read the guardrails](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Still choosing? [What an agent finishes →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) --- # Connect ChatGPT to Business Tools With MCP > Connect ChatGPT to your business data with MCP. See what it can reach, where it helps, and how this route compares with other AI clients. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/connect-chatgpt-mcp 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. How to connect ChatGPT to your business tools with MCP # How to connect ChatGPT to your business tools with MCP By Dan Muse·Published Aug 15, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·8 min read · [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) To connect ChatGPT to a business tool, add the tool's server address and sign in through your browser. ChatGPT can then read the records that product exposes and, when permitted, change them. It sees only the connected account. Start with questions, check the answers, and try actions only when you trust the boundary. Key takeaways - •Connecting is a URL and a browser sign-in. There is no file to upload and no key to paste into a chat box. - •**The assistant reaches one product, in one account, with your permissions.** Everything you did not connect stays invisible to it. - •ChatGPT has moved this setting more than once, and its own help pages have lagged behind the app. - •For multi-step work, Codex in Code mode is the stronger half of the pair. Plain ChatGPT is at its best asking questions of an account. - •Test with questions before you test with actions. A wrong answer costs nothing. On this page - What connecting means - The limits, first - What it can reach once connected - Start with questions, not actions - When ChatGPT is the wrong client - Is it worth the setup? - FAQ ## What connecting means An MCP server is an adapter a product publishes so that an AI assistant can use that product's own features directly. Your side of it is small. You paste a URL, a browser window opens on the vendor's domain, you approve what is being granted, and the assistant now has a menu of tools it can call in your account. Three things are worth stating plainly, because the usual expectations are the wrong ones. Nothing is copied into the model. The assistant does not learn your business between sessions; it looks things up at the moment you ask, the way you would. And the results arrive in the conversation, so whatever your AI client does with a chat transcript, it now also does with the rows those tools return. The protocol side of this is covered in [what an MCP server is](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server). This article is about the ChatGPT half of it. ## The limits, first Most people arriving at this question want ChatGPT to answer questions about their own business. It can. Six things get in the way, and it is better to meet them here than an hour into a setup. - ### One product, one account A connection reaches the product it belongs to, in the account you approved. Your other tools, your inbox and your files are not part of it. - ### The setting moves ChatGPT has relocated its MCP section more than once, and its help pages have lagged behind the app. Trust the app, not a screenshot. - ### Codex needs a helper Codex has no native HTTP transport. It reaches a remote server through `mcp-remote`, which runs on your own machine. - ### Chat is not a build tool Our own setup guide recommends plain ChatGPT for asking questions of an account, and Codex in Code mode for multi-step work. - ### Three calls at a time The AXL server takes three requests in flight per caller and refuses the rest. A large job is paced rather than instant. - ### Money and rights stay yours Billing writes, API-token minting and permission changes are off the agent's surface. It cannot raise a spend limit or promote itself. The last card is a design decision rather than an obstacle. Twenty-one sensitive operations are removed from the AI surface in the server, not discouraged in a prompt, which is the difference between a rule and a suggestion. The reasoning is written out in [what an agent can never do](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails). ## What it can reach once connected On the AXL side the connection is not a narrow read-only window. The server publishes the admin surface of your account: contacts and deals, courses and lessons, site pages, forms, email, automations, orders and payments. ~1,100 operations on the API surface 60+ modules ~110 verified recipes with worked request bodies 21 sensitive operations removed Coverage is only half of it. A schema tells a model which fields exist; it does not say that updating a contact's tags replaces the whole set, or that a bulk action with an empty filter means every record in the account. Those are the notes attached to the recipes, and they are the difference between a call that succeeds and a call that does the right thing. Two things stay deliberate. Authoring and publishing are separate calls, so an agent can build a page without putting it live and prepare a campaign without sending it. And the agent inherits the permissions of the person who signed in, inside the one account the consent screen named. If you want the wider picture rather than the ChatGPT-shaped slice of it, see [what an AI agent can run end to end on AXL](https://axl.tech/ai-agent): pages, products, email and automation in one account. ## Start with questions, not actions The first hour should cost nothing if it goes wrong. Ask things you can check yourself in a screen you already know. - •“How many contacts were created last week, and where did they come from?” - •“Which of my automations have never run?” - •“List the orders that were paid but never got course access.” - •“What did we earn last month, split by product and by channel?” - •“Which students paid twice and should be refunded?” One question, three calls “How many contacts were created last week, and where did they come from?” → **capability\_map** area=sales → **search\_operations** query=lead items → **invoke\_operation** crm.Lead.GetItems.get The agent reads the menu, finds the operation, then calls it in your account. Check the first few answers against the product's own screens. Then move to actions one at a time, and ask for a summary of what changed before you ask for the next thing. ## When ChatGPT is the wrong client Two jobs, two clients. Asking questions of an account works well in the ChatGPT window. Building something across several steps works better in Codex Code mode, or in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code or Cline, which all speak the same protocol to the same server. The server does not care which one connects, and adding a second client does not disconnect the first. So if ChatGPT is where you already work, start there, and add another client the day a job outgrows the chat window. The steps for both halves of the OpenAI pair are on [the ChatGPT and Codex setup page](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt), which is kept in step with the screen inside the product. The Claude path is on [its own page](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude). ## Is it worth the setup? The setup is a few minutes. A good test is how often you ask questions that cross two screens. If your reporting question is always the same one, a saved report answers it faster and costs nothing. If you ask a different question every week, and the answer currently means exporting two lists and joining them by hand in a spreadsheet, that is the work this removes. The second case is setup rather than analysis. Launching an offer touches a page, a product, a payment step, a confirmation email and a follow-up sequence. An agent can assemble those pieces while you keep the decision to publish. That is a different reason to connect, and it is the one that usually justifies the afternoon. ## FAQ ### Does this send my business data to my AI provider?+ The records a tool returns arrive in the conversation, the same as anything you paste in yourself. So whatever your AI client's settings say about conversation data, they now cover those records too. That is a question for your client's data controls, not for the server you connected. ### Do I need a developer?+ For ChatGPT, no. It is a URL and a browser sign-in. The Codex route runs `mcp-remote` on your own machine, so that one wants someone comfortable with a config file. ### Can the agent break something?+ It acts as you, with your permissions, so it can do what you can do. Sensitive operations are removed from its surface, publishing and sending stay separate steps you ask for, and every change lands in the product where you can see it. Start read-only anyway. ### Which account does it get access to?+ The one named on the consent screen. If you administer more than one, switch there before you approve, because the token is scoped to that account. ### There is no MCP section in my ChatGPT settings. Now what?+ Look for connectors or developer settings in your build, since the section has moved before and may move again. If the path on our setup page no longer matches what you see, tell us and we will fix the page. Related reading - •[What an MCP server is, in plain English](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) - •[Every article we have written on AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) - •[Every client we support, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Ask ChatGPT something only your account knows. One URL and a browser sign-in, and the assistant you already use can read your contacts, courses, orders and campaigns. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [The ChatGPT setup steps →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt) Go deeper in the docs - •[API keys](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys): the account-side permissions model an agent inherits. - •[Team and departments](https://docs.axl.tech/team-and-departments): how rights are granted, which is what the agent gets and no more. --- # Connect Claude to AXL: No API Key Needed > Connect AXL to Claude with a prefilled setup link. Sign in, choose your account and work across CRM, websites, courses and automations without an API key. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude Developers · MCP · Claude # Connect Claude to AXL Connect AXL to Claude, sign in and choose your account. No API key to copy. Claude can then work with your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server [Connect to Claude ↗](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=AXL&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.axl.tech%2Fmcp) opens setup with AXL and its server address filled in. Click Add, then Connect. For Claude Code, use the command below. `claude mcp add axl --transport http https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy For manual setup in **Claude**, open **Customize → Connectors**, click **Add custom connector**, paste `https://app.axl.tech/mcp` and click **Add**, then Connect. Team and Enterprise users may need their organization owner to add it first. This connects AXL tools through MCP. The AXL skill is installed separately. ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “Show me my five most recent contacts, then tell me what you can build in this account.” Claude's first call is an orientation map of the platform; it navigates to the right operation from there. Ask for something bigger once you have watched it do that. [See the jobs an agent can finish](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**Added, but no tools appear.** Tools arrive after sign-in. Run any prompt that needs the account and the browser flow starts. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the server. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. Claude acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Connect to Claude ↗](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=AXL&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.axl.tech%2Fmcp) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Connect Cursor to Business Data With MCP > Connect Cursor to your CRM, orders, courses and automations through MCP. See what the five-minute setup covers and what to keep read-only. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/connect-cursor-business-data 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. Connect Cursor to your business data # Connect Cursor to your business data: a 5-minute setup By Dan Muse·Published Aug 15, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·9 min read · [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Connect Cursor to one AXL URL and sign in in your browser. It can then work with the contacts, orders, courses, and automations in that account. Setup takes about five minutes. Choosing the account, permissions, and first safe tasks deserves more care than the connection itself. Key takeaways - •The five minutes is real: one URL, a browser sign-in, no API key to generate or paste anywhere. - •**The agent inherits the permissions of the admin who signed in.** There is no read-only switch, so read-only means a second admin with a narrow role. - •The payoff is the routine question you never asked because it needed two exports and a spreadsheet. - •Verify the first filtered answers by hand. An unsupported filter condition is dropped silently, so you get a clean response and the wrong rows. - •Publishing and sending are separate steps. An agent can build the page and stage the campaign; going live is its own request. On this page - What five minutes buys - What changes when the data is in the editor - Six questions worth asking in the first week - Start read-only, and mean it - Where the five-minute claim breaks down - Is it worth doing at all - FAQ ## What five minutes buys AXL publishes its remote MCP server at one HTTPS address. Add that address to Cursor, approve the AXL consent screen in your browser, and the tools appear. You do not create or copy a key. The exact clicks are on [the Cursor setup page](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor). What arrives is not a handful of endpoints. It is most of the admin panel, described so a model can search it. ~1,100 operations on the surface 60+ modules ~110 verified recipes with real request bodies 21 sensitive operations removed A thousand tool definitions would crowd the context and make the model less accurate. Instead, the server exposes a small discovery set and lets Cursor search for the operation it needs. Around 110 common jobs include a working recipe. A schema may say that a field is a string; a recipe can warn that one update call replaces every tag already on the contact. ## What changes when the data is in the editor Two things, and neither of them is glamorous. It removes a context switch, and it removes the excuse. Another tab - Fixtures you invented from the docs - Two exports and a spreadsheet - A filter you rebuild every time - Screenshots pasted into the ticket - Twenty minutes, so nobody asks In the thread - The shape the API really returns - One question, one answer - A saved segment, described once - The record itself, in context - Thirty seconds, so people ask Take the first row seriously. Building a page that lists a customer's purchases, you no longer write a fixture from the field names and hope. You ask for one real order with its payment rows and shape the component against what the platform sends. The second effect is quieter and worth more. Useful questions go unasked because the answer costs twenty minutes of clicking. When it costs a sentence, people ask the follow-up too. The same connection is what powers the non-technical version of this. [See what an AI agent can run end to end on AXL](https://axl.tech/ai-agent): pages, products, email and automation in one account. ## Six questions worth asking in the first week Start with reads. A wrong answer costs nothing, and it is how you learn what the agent misunderstands about your business. - ### Bought, never started Contacts with a paid order last month and no course progress. Then ask for it as a saved segment, so the answer outlives the conversation. - ### One real record A live contact or order with the fields you plan to render. Better than a fixture, and it exposes the custom fields nobody documented. - ### Where the funnel leaks Deals by stage against orders by product, or payments started and never completed. The joins the built-in reports do not offer. - ### What that automation does Read a scenario node by node before anyone edits it, including the branch somebody added years ago that nobody remembers. - ### Why this customer lost access Orders, refunds, licences and the history timeline for one person, answered in one pass instead of four screens. - ### A whole offer, as drafts Product, price, landing page and confirmation email, built and left unpublished. The first write worth trying, because you review it all before it is live. Five of those six were always answerable. They just cost enough that nobody bothered. That is the real change. ## Start read-only, and mean it The consent screen is the one screen that deserves your attention. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to one account, and that has a consequence people miss: the agent has exactly the permissions of the admin who signed in. Not more, and not a separate machine identity with its own rules. If you administer several accounts, switch before you approve. So read-only is not a checkbox on the connection. It is a staffing decision. If you want an agent that can look but not touch, create a second admin whose role carries read rights only and connect as that admin. Ten minutes in the team settings, and it is the highest-value thing on this page. Do it before anyone points an agent at production. Twenty-one sensitive operations are unavailable regardless of who signs in. They include billing writes, API-token creation, permission changes, and creating administrators. A missing tool is a stronger boundary than a warning in a prompt. Publishing and sending remain separate. The agent can build a page or stage a broadcast, but going live requires another request. **confirm=true is a speed bump, not a guarantee.** The caller sets it on itself, so treat it as a convention your team agrees to rather than something the transport enforces. ## Where the five-minute claim breaks down The connection is five minutes. The list below is not, and pretending otherwise is how people end up distrusting the whole thing by Thursday. - •**The account decision.** Which admin, with which rights, in which account. Ten minutes if your roles are already sensible. An afternoon if nobody has looked at them, which is the common case. - •**The first answer that looks right and is not.** Most reads need an explicit list of the fields you want, and a filter condition the platform does not implement is dropped in silence. You get a clean response with the wrong rows in it, never an error. Cross-check the first filtered answers against the platform's own count. - •**Concurrency.** A machine caller gets three requests in flight at once; the fourth comes back 429 with a retry header. Sequential calls are fast and fine. A fan-out across fifty contacts is not, and the agent has to be told so. - •**Deploys.** The transport holds no session, so a client connected before we ship reconnects once afterwards. It looks like an expired login and it is not. - •**Vocabulary.** The agent knows the API. It does not know that "cohort" means something specific here, or that half your contacts are tagged by a convention nobody wrote down. The first week is mostly you learning which phrasing lands on the right operation. The platform's knowledge base, 200+ articles, is searchable through the same connection, which helps more than it sounds like it should. ## Is it worth doing at all We build one of these, so weigh the paragraph accordingly. It pays off when the data sits in one account rather than across four tools, because then the agent answers from one source instead of becoming another integration in a chain. It pays nothing if you connect it, ask two questions and never open the thread again. The people who get something out of it put a real, boring question to it in the first week and then check the answer by hand. That habit turns a connection into a tool. The steps are on [the Cursor connector page](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor). The same server works from [every other supported client](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp), and what was taken off the AI surface is listed in [the guardrails reference](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails). ## FAQ ### Do I need an API key?+ No. The connection is a URL, and access is granted through a browser sign-in on an AXL consent screen. No long-lived key is generated, pasted into a config file or left in a chat window. If a vendor asks you to paste a key into an editor to connect, that is worth a second look. ### Can Cursor see my customers' personal data?+ It can see whatever the admin who signed in can see, because the token is an ordinary admin token for one account. If that is more than you want an editor to hold, connect as a second admin whose role is narrower. The permission model is the same one your team already uses. ### Will it change things without asking?+ It can write, so treat write access as write access. Publishing and sending are separate steps rather than a side effect of authoring, and 21 sensitive operations are not on the surface at all. If that is not enough for your risk appetite, connect a read-only admin. ### Does this only work in Cursor?+ No. MCP is an open standard and the server does not care which client connects. Claude, ChatGPT and Codex, Windsurf, VS Code and Cline all speak it today. The setup differs by a config file or a settings dialog; everything in this article applies unchanged. ### What does it cost to run?+ The MCP server is part of the platform, so there is nothing extra to buy on our side. Your AI client bills you for the tokens the conversation consumes, and a long exploratory session over a large contact list is not free. Ask narrow questions and the cost stays small. Related reading - •[What an MCP server is, in plain English](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) - •[Every article we have written on AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) - •[The operations an agent can never reach](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Point your editor at the real thing. One URL and a browser sign-in, and the agent you already use has your contacts, orders and courses. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Connect Cursor to AXL →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor) Go deeper in the docs - •[Team and departments](https://docs.axl.tech/team-and-departments): where the roles and rights the agent inherits are set. - •[API keys](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys): the account-side permissions model, for the cases where a key is the right answer. - •[Filtering and search terms](https://docs.axl.tech/filtering-and-search-terms): how the filters an agent builds actually behave. --- # Contact: Support, Sales and Partnerships > Contact the team behind AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform for product questions, support, migration and partnerships. Canonical: https://axl.tech/contact Contact # Talk to us. You never need a sales call to use AXL. We publish no phone number and no demo calendar: everything here is written, and a person replies by email. Where to start ## Four reasons people write, and where each one goes. ### I am evaluating AXL Tell us what you run now and get an honest read on what fits, including “not for you”. Ask a pre-sales question → ### I am moving from another platform Send your setup and rough numbers for an assessment of what moves and what gets rebuilt. [The migration page](https://axl.tech/migrate) answers most of it. Ask about my migration → ### I am a customer and need help In your account, the Technical support icon on the top panel opens a chat; you can attach screenshots there. 200+ knowledge-base articles cover sites, courses, sales, scenarios and the CRM. [Open the support hub →](https://axl.tech/support) ### Partnerships, press, security, procurement or anything else One inbox for all of it. Say which topic and it reaches the right person. Write to us → Write to us ## Say what you run, in one sentence. The more specific you are, the more useful the reply. 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[Privacy →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) [Terms →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) [Security →](https://axl.tech/security) --- # Creator Platform With Instagram DM Automation > Answer every Instagram comment publicly, DM the lead magnet automatically, and keep the whole conversation on one contact record. No cut of your sales. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/creators For creators # Turn Instagram comments into customers. Reply in public, send the DM, collect the email and follow up, automatically. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![A comment thread with an automatic public reply, the direct message that followed it, and the AXL scenario canvas that produced both.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/wqZurlriF0ubyOqBmNA3mQ.png) What it is ## Turn Instagram comments into contacts and sales. Someone comments a keyword. AXL replies in public, sends the DM, asks for an email and adds them to your list. ![An AXL scenario on the automation canvas: an Instagram comment trigger, a public reply and a direct message.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/MU--397_sUmJvYMOC21oeg.webp) A comment funnel on the automation canvas. - 01**Comment trigger.** Pick posts and keywords, or watch all of them. - 02**Reply and DM.** Several reply variants, then the direct message. - 03**Email capture.** The DM asks and saves the answer to the contact. - 04**Stories.** Replies and mentions start the same funnel. **Good to know:** Instagram works today. Facebook page comments wait on Meta approval. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a creator uses. - Automations Comment, story and DM funnels. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Inbox Instagram, WhatsApp and other channels in one place. [AI chat →](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) - Email Reach the list after the DM window closes. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Pages and checkout Link in bio, lead magnets and products. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) How to start ## One funnel live before your next post. 1. 01 Connect Instagram Log in once; it becomes a channel. Settings → Channels 2. 02 Catch the comment Posts and keywords to watch. Comment trigger 3. 03 Reply, then DM Public reply, then a link to your page. Reply, Send message 4. 04 Ask for the email Save it to the contact. Ask contact for data Or let AI do it PromptCopy On my two latest Instagram posts: when a comment contains “guide”, reply publicly with one of three variants, DM my lead-magnet page and tag them “ig-guide”. Show me the graph, switched off. What it does - 1. Watches comments on your two latest Instagram posts for “guide”. - 2. Replies publicly with one of three variants. - 3. Sends a DM with your lead-magnet page and tags the person “ig-guide”. - 4. Shows you the graph, switched off. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How automations work →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a DM tool, an email tool and a community app. Prices are the tiers a creator with a few thousand followers starts on. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Comment to DM | ManyChat Pro, 2,500 contacts | $39 | Comment, story and DM funnels | | Email | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts | | Paid community | Circle Professional | $89 + 2% of sales | Paid spaces, 0% of sales | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Starter includes 5,000 contacts and 25,000 messages | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Does the public reply use up the DM?+ No. The public reply and the direct message are separate, so both reach the person. ### Will identical replies look like spam?+ Each reply is picked at random from your variants. Meta still decides what it allows. ### Can one channel run several funnels?+ Yes. Each funnel has its own on/off switch and counters. ### Can I message them days later?+ Meta allows replies in the DM for 24 hours. After that, use email, which is why the funnel asks for it. ## Build your first comment funnel. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See automations](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # CRM for Small Business With Funnels and Calls > Pipelines, contact and deal cards, a shared inbox, call recordings, booking and sales analytics. One CRM for every page and form, with one bill. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business For small businesses that need a CRM # A small business CRM with calls built in. Every lead arrives with its source, an owner and a task. Calls and messages stay on the contact. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL Kanban pipeline with five stages, deal counts and totals, contact cards, responsible owners and tags.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/J8QJySP18EiRoqgmfpyQVA.png) What it is ## A CRM where forms, deals, calls and messages meet. A lead fills a form, a deal opens, someone is assigned and gets a task. Calls and messages land on the same contact. ![An AXL sales pipeline: deal cards in stages, each stage showing its deal count and total.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tAIzZUiThk2YgjszYHkh1Q.webp) A pipeline with deal counts and totals. - 01**Pipelines.** Several boards, with required fields per stage. - 02**Lead source.** Each form submission links to its page and visit. - 03**Assignment.** Round robin with tasks and escalation. - 04**Calls and chat.** Phone, email, WhatsApp and Instagram in one inbox. **Good to know:** No invoicing or VAT. Integrations run through webhooks and the REST API. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a small business uses. - CRM Contacts, deals, tasks and sales analytics. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Phone US and Canada numbers, softphone and recordings. [Telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) - Live chat Website chat with the inbox behind it. [Live chat →](https://axl.tech/live-chat) - Forms and pages Lead forms on your own site. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) How to start ## Your CRM set up in an afternoon. 1. 01 Import contacts CSV or XLSX, duplicates merged. Contacts → Import 2. 02 Build the pipeline Stages and required fields. CRM → Pipelines 3. 03 Route new leads Form to deal, round robin, task. Scenarios 4. 04 Connect channels Phone number, email, WhatsApp. Settings → Channels Or let AI do it PromptCopy Set up our pipeline: New, Contacted, Proposal, Won, Lost. Then a scenario that opens a deal on every form submission, assigns it round-robin, and starts a 24-hour task that escalates. Show me the graph first. What it does - 1. Creates the pipeline: New, Contacted, Proposal, Won, Lost. - 2. Opens a deal for every form submission and assigns it in turn. - 3. Adds a 24-hour task that escalates if nobody acts. - 4. Shows you the graph first. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How the CRM works →](https://axl.tech/crm) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a CRM, a scheduler and a forms tool. Per-seat tools multiply with the team. On AXL, each extra active admin is $15 a month. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CRM | Pipedrive Growth | $49 per seat | Contacts, deals, tasks | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | Forms | Typeform Plus | $79 | Forms and quizzes | | Email | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts | | All of it | AXL | From $49 | Starter includes one admin and 5,000 contacts | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. Phone numbers and calls are billed separately. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do you charge per seat?+ Starter includes one active admin. Each extra active admin is $15 a month. ### Can I connect our other systems?+ Yes, with webhooks from any scenario and the REST API. API keys can be limited to specific actions. ### Can we call and text from AXL?+ Yes. Buy US or Canada numbers in AXL and call from the softphone. SMS needs its own registration. ### Does it do invoicing or VAT?+ No. Orders and payments are tracked, but AXL does not issue invoices or calculate tax. ## Build your CRM in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the CRM](https://axl.tech/crm) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # CRM With Kanban Pipelines, Checkout and Payments > Follow one contact from first ad click to renewal through kanban pipelines, products, orders, subscriptions, 20+ payment providers and page checkout. Canonical: https://axl.tech/crm CRM & sales pipeline # One customer record, from first click to last renewal. Each person has one contact record, whether they are a lead, customer, student or someone who left checkout. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Take a payment in ten minutes Free plan, no card needed. ![A published landing page with a $49 checkout block on it, and beside it the buyer's contact record in AXL carrying the paid order and an open deal.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/zinn2NBR6USdWZ3QkBnDIg.png) What it is ## Every lead, deal and payment on one contact. Forms, chats, webinars and imports create contacts. You turn a contact into a deal, move it through a pipeline and see when it is paid. ![AXL pipeline Kanban with five stages, deal counts and totals, contact cards, tags, owners, and the Kanban and Table switch.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ZZUAff4CqE-Q9FwLrt2kdQ.png) A pipeline with deal counts, values and owners per stage. - 01**One record per person.** Lead, customer or student, it is the same contact. - 02**Pipelines.** Deals by stage, as a board or a table. - 03**Segments.** Lists that update themselves as people act. - 04**Tasks.** An owner, a due date and a reminder on the next step. **Good to know:** AXL does not calculate tax or create invoice documents. Merging duplicates works on up to five records at a time and cannot be undone. See it in AXL ## Pipelines, contact records and sales in one place. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[A deal pipeline in Kanban view: New Inquiries, Consultation Booked, Proposal Sent and Enrollment Pending columns with deal amounts and lead priority.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/tAIzZUiThk2YgjszYHkh1Q.webp) Deal pipeline](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/XPhIDFPkmEmYkGJHgSijRA.webp) - [!\[The segment filter: has an order OR completed a course, AND confirmed their email, each condition with its own settings.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/CBmOLz9dfUCJl0h5NJLRLg.webp) Segment filter](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/IVWpotfXokiGQ_MbDhioCQ.webp) - [!\[A deal card with its stage, amount and participants, an open task, and the contact's history alongside.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xvvEXv-7UEKA8s2H-aOVGg.webp) Deal card](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/bBV_Xhjmd0WARrIcCoD21A.webp) - [!\[A contact record with profile fields, owners, portal account, access and products, deals, tasks and the activity history.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/QZoL2SpBKEK6IlWTlFW8yQ.webp) Contact record](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/At3CP3_yW0Ku64z7AytAkw.webp) - [!\[Sales analytics for a 30-day period: revenue, paid and unpaid orders, payments and a daily revenue chart.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/2YHRf1Mgd0m79qhJYfq9SQ.webp) Sales analytics](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/wrRMLGgnKkm-KD0yhwbFhg.webp) - [!\[A custom dashboard with widgets for new contacts, deals by stage and payments by day.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/u5KHjyz5bE6eoGGTZvzgZg.webp) Dashboard](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/j2KtlxwAgEKfUfSgy2vQqQ.webp) - [!\[A purchase order with its items, payment link, payments, history and affiliate commissions.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/vPj5DQHoi0SAwpub5jGlBg.webp) Purchase order](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/x4RHYcfjckqHxDr-oRWlAA.webp) What it does ## From the first visit to the last renewal. - Full history Visits, forms, orders, lessons, webinars and calls on one timeline, newest first. - Calls Call from the browser. The recording, transcript and summary land on the contact. [AXL telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) - Segments Filter by orders, course progress, video watched, quiz answers and 61 conditions in all. [Send to a segment →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Checkout on any page A checkout block with promo codes, order bumps and one-click upsells. [Checkout →](https://axl.tech/payments#checkout) - Subscriptions Trials, payment retries and a grace period. A failed card can start an automation. [Subscriptions →](https://axl.tech/payments#subscriptions) - 20+ payment providers Plus cash and bank transfer. Each order shows the fee and your net income. [All providers →](https://axl.tech/payments#providers) - Paid sessions Sell a session as a product. The booking link goes out once it is paid. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Import and API Import TXT, CSV or XLSX. Webhooks and an API connect the rest. [What moves over →](https://axl.tech/migrate) How to start ## Take a first payment and see the deal appear. Already have a list? Start at Contacts → Import. 1. 01 Create the product Price, comparison price, order deadline. Products 2. 02 Add the checkout Gateway button, promo code, order bump. Sites → your page 3. 03 Set up the pipeline Only the stages you use. CRM → Pipelines 4. 04 Make a test purchase The order appears with its UTM source. Orders 5. 05 Open the contact Form, order and payment on one timeline. CRM → the contact Or let AI do it PromptCopy Set up our pipeline: New, Contacted, Proposal, Won, Lost. Then a scenario that opens a deal on every form submission, assigns it round-robin, and starts a 24-hour task that escalates. Show me the graph first. What it does - 1. Creates the pipeline: New, Contacted, Proposal, Won, Lost. - 2. Opens a deal for every form submission and assigns it in turn. - 3. Adds a 24-hour task that escalates if nobody acts. - 4. Shows you the graph before anything runs. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## AXL takes 0% of your sales. You pay your payment provider's processing fee and nothing more. Some platforms add their own cut on top. Platform fee on each sale, from each vendor's pricing page. | Platform | Platform fee on sales | | --- | --- | | AXL | 0% on every plan and provider | | Skool | 10% on Hobby, 2.9% on Pro | | Circle | 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan | | Kajabi | 0% on Kajabi Payments, 2% to 0.5% with another provider | From skool.com/pricing, circle.so/pricing and kajabi.com/pricing. Full comparisons: [vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel), [vs Kartra](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra), [all comparisons](https://axl.tech/vs). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do you charge by number of contacts?+ No. Paid plans start at $49 per month with included usage. Extra contacts cost $0.002 each, and AXL takes 0% of sales. [The estimator →](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) ### Can I see which page produced a customer, and import my existing contacts?+ Yes to both. Orders carry first- and last-touch UTM, so an A/B test in the [website builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder) is judged on paid orders. Import takes TXT, CSV, XLSX or pasted text and validates before writing; [the migration page](https://axl.tech/migrate) says what moves cleanly. ### Will it connect to the tools I already use?+ Through webhooks and the API. An automation sends a webhook with your own method and headers, retries it across 24 hours, and can branch on the response. Inbound, a POST starts any active scenario and matches the contact from the payload. API keys are unlimited, with rights per key. [The webhook reference →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) ## One record for every customer. The same contact your [courses](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform), [webinars](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) and [community](https://axl.tech/community-platform) use. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [CRM and sales guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/crm-sales) --- # CRM, Sales and Payments > Order lifecycle, behavioural segmentation, dunning, order bumps, pipelines, and what a platform transaction fee actually costs you at your revenue. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/crm-sales 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. CRM, sales and payments Blog topic # CRM, sales and payments The money side of the customer record: click to payout, segmenting by what people did rather than who they are, and what to do when a renewal card fails. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [the AXL CRM](https://axl.tech/crm). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. None of these has published yet, so each is a title rather than a link; it becomes a link on the day it goes live. 1. Where Your Money Actually Goes: Reading an Order From Click to Payout 2. How to Segment Customers by Behaviour, Not Demographics 3. Order Bumps vs Upsells vs Cross-Sells: When to Use Each 4. Subscription Dunning: How to Recover a Failed Renewal 5. How to Merge Duplicate Contacts Without Losing History 6. Stripe vs PayPal for Selling Courses: Fees, Payouts, Refunds 7. Pay-What-You-Want Pricing: When It Actually Makes More Money 8. “No Revenue Cut”: What That Actually Saves You, With the Math 9. Kanban Sales Pipelines for Solo Founders: A Setup That Doesn't Rot ## One record from first click to final payout. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # Cursor MCP Server Setup: Connect Your Agent > Add AXL to Cursor in mcp.json, or through Settings, Tools and MCP. A browser sign-in, no API key, and tools over your CRM, sites, courses and email. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor Developers · MCP · Cursor # Connect Cursor to AXL One entry in `mcp.json`, or one dialog in the settings. Then a browser sign-in, with no key to paste, and Cursor has tools over your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server In the config file, `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` inside the project: `{"mcpServers":{"axl":{"url":"https://app.axl.tech/mcp"}}}` Copy Or in the interface: open **Settings → Tools & MCP → New MCP Server**, name the server `axl`, set the type to **HTTP**, and paste `https://app.axl.tech/mcp`. Project config keeps the connection with the repository; the global file keeps it with you. Menu path checked against Cursor's own documentation. It is somebody else's UI and it moves. [Read the full Cursor setup walkthrough →](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-cursor-business-data) ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “Find every contact who bought in the last 30 days but has not started the course, and save them as a segment.” No key is involved: the `url` entry is enough, and the sign-in happens in the browser. [What an agent can finish →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**Connected, but no tools.** Cursor caches MCP definitions per window. Reload the window once the browser sign-in has completed. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the server. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. Cursor acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Developers: REST API and MCP Server for AI Agents > Build on AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform with REST API and MCP. Explore authentication, permissions, filters and agent setup. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers Developers · the AXL platform API # The same API the admin panel calls, with an MCP endpoint in front of it. Contacts, deals, courses, products, orders, sites, email, webinars and automations. Use an API key with the rights you choose, or sign in from your AI client. Same operations and permission checks as the admin panel. `claude mcp add axl --transport http https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy Then sign in in your browser. No key to paste, no secret in a file, no developer plan to buy first. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Start with the REST API](https://axl.tech/developers/api) ![AXL agent setup panel with the endpoint, Copy control, six client tabs, Claude selected and browser sign-in.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/K7QfSoiVg0-IQJGeLYcQtQ.png) Choose Claude, copy the connection details, and finish setup in your client. The reference card ## Everything you need before you write a line. Read against the running platform and the production configuration. | What | Value | | --- | --- | | MCP endpoint | `https://app.axl.tech/mcp`: Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC over `POST` only, stateless. The admin shows it under **Settings → MCP** | | REST base URL | `https://app.axl.tech/api/v1/`: JSON over HTTPS | | Agent auth | OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and PKCE; `S256` and `state` are required, not optional | | Machine auth | An API key in an `Authorization` header; the value you copy already carries `Bearer`. Created in **Settings → API Keys**, rights set per key | | Surface | ~1,100 operations across 60+ modules, using the same calls as the admin panel, not a subset that lags behind it | | Conventions | String ids, never integers: 22-character short GUIDs, 36 in a few tables. UTC in every date field. Soft delete by default: a deleted record is flagged, not erased. | | Response envelope | A success flag, a body, and an errors array carrying code, type, message and often the field | | Limits | Concurrency, not requests per second: `429` with `Retry-After: 1` plus `X-Concurrency-Limit` and `X-Concurrency-Remaining`, which are authoritative; read them rather than hard-coding. Sequential calls are unlimited, browser sessions are never throttled, and it fails open | | File links | Downloads are pre-signed and expire after six hours; generate them when needed, do not store them | | Response cap on MCP | Roughly 200,000 characters, then truncation with a hint to narrow the fields or paginate. REST is not capped | | Locked account | A negative balance answers everything but billing reads with `403 lockedSchoolAccessDenied`, carrying a billing link and a do-not-retry hint | MCP tool reference The internal calls an MCP client uses to find and complete work. | Tool | Purpose | | --- | --- | | `capability_map` | Maps the account surface and the rules between modules. | | `list_recipes`·`search_docs` | Finds a proven workflow and the product guidance behind it. | | `list_modules`·`list_operations`·`search_operations` | Finds the operation that matches the requested job. | | `get_operation_schema`·`get_fields_schema` | Returns parameters, request bodies, responses and selectable fields. | | `get_extended_filter_schema`·`get_scenario_node_schema`·`get_quiz_item_schema`·`check_scenario_node_payload` | Explains and validates shapes that a plain operation schema cannot express. | | `invoke_operation` | Runs one operation. This is the only call in the set that writes anything. | Want to see what an agent can finish? [What an agent actually finishes →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Your first hour ## Get a credential, read, then write. 1. 01 Get a credential A key you scope, or a browser sign-in. Settings → API Keys 2. 02 Read before you write Count the rows a filter matches first. The count operation 3. 03 Pace on the headers Not on a timer of your own. `X-Concurrency-Remaining` 4. 04 Then write Publishing and sending stay separate calls. Where to go next ## Four pages, one surface. - ### The MCP endpoint Add the server, sign in in the browser, approve the named client. Your agent then gets a small fixed tool set, of which exactly one call writes anything. [Transport, the OAuth 2.1 flow and every client →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) - ### Credentials OAuth hands an agent an **ordinary admin token** with the approving admin's rights. A key is narrower: one that triggers an automation cannot read your contacts. [Creating and scoping API keys →](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes) - ### The REST API **An unsupported filter condition is ignored silently**: `200` and the wrong rows, never an error. Cross-check every filter against the count operation. [Fields, filters, writes and files →](https://axl.tech/developers/api) - ### Webhooks, both directions Not a subscriptions API. Outbound, a scenario node calls your endpoint and branches on the answer; inbound, one POST starts any active automation. [The scenario-run endpoint, with its body →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks#inbound) Each client has a setup page under /developers/mcp: [Claude](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude), [ChatGPT and Codex](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt), [Cursor](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor), [Windsurf](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/windsurf), [VS Code](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/vs-code), [Cline](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cline). Anything else that speaks MCP goes through `mcp-remote`. Guardrails ## The limits sit in the server, not in a prompt. **21 sensitive operations** (credentials, rights and roles, billing writes) are removed from the agent’s catalog: it cannot list, find or run them. A test fails the build if one comes back. Large deletes and similar risky calls stop on the first attempt and ask for `confirm=true`. The agent can set that flag itself, so it is not proof that a person approved. For a hard limit, use key rights: a right the token does not have cannot be talked around. [The blocked list and the known limits →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) ![AXL refuses an unfiltered bulk delete before the API call and asks the user to narrow or confirm the request.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xjkJ7TP90UyfZlo0HzPTYA.png) Risky requests stop before the API call and return a safer next step. Questions ## What builders ask before they wire anything up. ### Is the API included, or is there a developer tier?+ The API, webhooks and bring-your-own-agent connection are part of AXL. Paid plans start at $49 per month with included usage; your agent's own model usage is billed by the provider you run it with. [Work out your number →](https://axl.tech/pricing) ### Where is the endpoint reference?+ Published and open at https://app.axl.tech/api/public, with the localized OpenAPI document downloadable from the same page: contacts, courses, products, orders, payments, certificates, libraries, scenarios, homework verification and the partnership endpoints. The rest are documented through the schema tools on the MCP surface and the [knowledge base](https://docs.axl.tech). ### How would I audit what an agent did?+ Through the ordinary history timeline, which records agent writes exactly as it records yours, and the deep link each successful write returns. The limit, precisely: only operations that already write history events show up there, and there is no agent-only log. ## Connect your agent to a free account. Sign in once in the browser, or create an API key scoped to one job. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Read the guardrails](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Domain Expiration, Renewal and Restoration > AXL domain renewal, reactivation and restoration prices, recovery periods and how to request help with an expired domain. Canonical: https://axl.tech/legal/domain-expiration Domain services # Domain expiration, renewal and restoration. The price to keep your domain, renew it after expiration or request its restoration. Domains registered through AXL are sponsored by our registrar partner. Renewal is your responsibility. Keep your contact email up to date and renew before the expiration date shown in Settings → Domains. ## What renewal and recovery cost. Prices are in US dollars, excluding applicable taxes. Renewal prices vary by domain and extension. The exact total is shown or confirmed before you authorize a charge. Renewal and recovery for domains registered through AXL. Periods below are indicative and depend on the extension. | Period | Price you pay | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | | Before expiration | Your domain's current renewal price | Open Settings → Domains. The renewal price and allowed term are shown before you confirm. | | Reactivation: days 1-25 after expiration for .com, .net and .org | Standard renewal price + $0 penalty fee | Your website and email may stop working. Open Settings → Domains to renew while renewal is available. If it is unavailable, contact support promptly. Other extensions have different recovery periods. | | Redemption: roughly days 30-60 after expiration | $100-$150 restoration fee, depending on the extension, plus one year at the standard renewal price | Restoration is available only on request, where the registry permits it. We confirm availability and the exact total before you authorize the charge. | | After the recovery period | Restoration is no longer available | The registry may delete the domain and make it available to others. The registrar may also offer an expired domain to others before deletion, as its registration agreement allows. | These periods are not a guaranteed recovery window. The registrar and registry determine the status of each domain; some extensions have different periods or no redemption period. Please contact us as soon as a domain expires. ## Need to recover an expired domain? Email support@axl.tech with the domain name. We will check whether it can still be recovered and confirm the full price before any charge. We send renewal reminders before expiration and again after expiration. A missed reminder does not extend the registration or the recovery period. [Domain and DNS pricing →](https://axl.tech/pricing#domain-pricing) [Terms, section 18 →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) --- # Email Marketing With End-to-End Revenue Analytics > Build broadcast audiences from real behaviour, run email and messenger as one campaign, and read the revenue it produced by product, page, webinar and UTM. Canonical: https://axl.tech/email-marketing Email marketing & analytics # Send to the people who actually did something, then see what it earned. Build the audience from real behaviour, send it by email and messenger together, and read the revenue without exporting anything. The list, the campaign and the order are the same records. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See how a broadcast is built Free plan, no card needed. ![A scheduled AXL broadcast: the resolved dynamic mailing list, the designed letter template, and the send report beside it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/WSrsBUlGlEOUScdqUpcv1Q.png) What it is ## Email the people who did something, and see what it earned. Build the audience from purchases, lessons and webinars, send by email and chat, and read the revenue in the same account. ![AXL email editor with a branded course email open: the content blocks on the left, the live preview of the letter on the right.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aLLr8B4FUEOtGaaiajSbVw.webp) Write the letter in blocks and see it as subscribers will. - 01**Write.** Build the template by hand or ask AI for it. - 02**Target.** Audiences from orders, UTM, course progress and attendance. - 03**Send.** Email and chat channels in one campaign. - 04**Measure.** Delivery, opens, clicks, unsubscribes and orders. **Good to know:** Send from the built-in profile or your own SMTP. One-click unsubscribe, stop lists and bounce suppression are built in. See it in AXL ## Deliverability, the editor and AI edits for every email. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The 30-day deliverability report: 8,471 emails sent, delivery, bounce, open and click rates, daily charts, bounce reasons and results by email provider.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Uw0swg2kaUSDTIpRN3gMrQ.webp) Deliverability report](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/R2rYcptZMEyhbmhHRrbIaA.webp) - [!\[The email editor with the sending profile, subject and preheader beside the finished email design.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aLLr8B4FUEOtGaaiajSbVw.webp) Email editor](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/vYxWy_LYW0-tVDq4kkPD1Q.webp) - [!\[The AI Assistant inside the email editor: a request to change the button, heading and intro, and the updated email.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/bj7PzZShDUa7_68OlvT_Lg.webp) Edit with AI](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/k2GQ0-RFP0W5xuBzZT70Yw.webp) - [!\[The email in mobile preview, with the inbox line above the message.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Ec6cV01sbkmWFl3zCixSgg.webp) Mobile preview](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/W6Q9SHus_E6Ys5z4YBmd9g.webp) What it does ## From the audience to the revenue. - Templates with AI Ask for the email, subject, preheader and plain text, then edit by hand. - Live audiences Lists that update as people buy, learn and attend. [Segments in the CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Follow-ups “Opened, did not click” starts a scenario. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Sales analytics Revenue by broadcast, UTM, page and product, first and repeat sales. [Email and analytics guides →](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/email-analytics) How to start ## Send a first behaviour-based broadcast. 1. 01 Profile and template The built-in profile sends today, no DNS work. Email → Templates 2. 02 Build the audience Check the contact count before sending. CRM → Segments 3. 03 Create the broadcast Pick the list or filter right on the broadcast. Broadcasts 4. 04 Schedule it Then add the follow-up for people who did not click. Broadcast → Schedule 5. 05 Read the revenue Filter sales by this broadcast. Analytics → Sales Or let AI do it PromptCopy Write an email template for students who started ‘Foundations of Colour’ and never finished lesson three, with one link carrying utm\_campaign=lesson3-nudge. Build that audience, tell me the contact count, then schedule the broadcast for 10:00 tomorrow. Do not send it. What it does - 1. Writes the email with one tracked link. - 2. Builds the audience: started the course, never finished lesson three. - 3. Tells you how many contacts that is. - 4. Schedules it for 10:00 tomorrow without sending. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## Email for the price of an email tool, with the rest included. 2,500 contacts and 30,000 emails a month. Monthly cost, list prices billed monthly. | Tool | Per month | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $58 | Email, plus CRM, courses, checkout, automations and sites | | Mailchimp Standard | $60 | Email marketing | | Kit Creator | $59 | Email marketing for creators | AXL: $49 Starter with 15,000 emails included, plus 15,000 at $0.0006. From mailchimp.com/pricing and kit.com/pricing. AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can I email people based on what they did in my courses?+ Yes. Lesson progress, homework, quiz answers, webinar attendance and community activity are all audience conditions, because it is one contact record. ### Does one campaign reach messengers too?+ Yes. One campaign can go by email and chat channels, with opens, clicks and unsubscribes in one report. SMS needs a phone number, see [telephony](https://axl.tech/telephony). ### Do you charge per email or per subscriber?+ Every plan includes an email allowance: 15,000 on Starter. Extra platform emails cost $0.0006 each and extra messages $0.0004 each. ### Can I see revenue from a campaign?+ Yes. Sales analytics filter by purchase from a broadcast and by UTM, split into first and repeat sales, using the same orders as the CRM. ## Email the behaviour, not the list. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Email and analytics guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/email-analytics) --- # Email, Analytics and Growth > Broadcast versus sequence, deliverability after a migration, a UTM convention you can live with, attribution that lies less, and lifetime value. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/email-analytics 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Email, analytics and growth Blog topic # Email, analytics and growth A broadcast is one send to one list; a sequence is an automation that happens to send email. Confusing the two is where most email programs stop making sense. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [email marketing on AXL](https://axl.tech/email-marketing). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. None of these has published yet, so each is a title rather than a link; it becomes a link on the day it goes live. 1. Broadcast vs Sequence: The Distinction That Fixes Your Email Program 2. UTM Parameters: A Naming Convention You Can Actually Live With 3. Email Deliverability After a Platform Migration: A Checklist 4. First-Click vs Last-Click Attribution: Which One Lies Less? 5. How to Segment an Email List: 7 Segments That Earn Their Keep 6. Customer Lifetime Value: How to Calculate It Without a Data Team ## Send from the same record you sell from. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # GoHighLevel Alternatives 2026: 5 Compared > Compare five GoHighLevel alternatives on cost, add-ons and agent access. See how AXL keeps one business, one bill and a broader AI operating surface. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/gohighlevel 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. GoHighLevel Prices # 5 GoHighLevel alternatives in 2026, compared on real cost and agent access The sticker is $97. The bill is the sticker plus the add-ons plus the metering. Here is what the alternatives charge instead. The short version What most people use it for ClickFunnels $97, with sends included rather than metered Smallest sticker Kartra $59, if your contact list is small An agent that finishes AXL reaches course authoring and assessment, not just the CRM The trigger ## Why people leave GoHighLevel - **The sticker is a floor.** $97 / $297 / $497, then AI Employee at $50 to $97 per sub-account, HIPAA $297, white-label mobile $497, premium support $500 (gohighlevel.com/pricing). - **The metered half varies with usage.** Phone numbers, SMS, email sends and premium AI are billed separately, so the subscription price alone is not the full bill. - **The learning curve.** Its most-cited complaint: 20+ menu categories with no on-ramp, plus tool sprawl and routine bugs (aigohighlevel.com/gohighlevel-review). - **Deliverability on migration.** Sending needs a dedicated domain and a two-to-four-week warm-up; one documented 20,000-subscriber move saw opens fall from a range of 35% to 40%, down to 9% (infraforge.ai). **One thing this page will not say.** HighLevel's Memberships product is not empty: it ships quizzes with a settable passing grade, automatic scoring and retakes, and issues certificates from a workflow action (help.gohighlevel.com). If somebody told you it has no LMS, they were wrong. Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing and billing pages. HighLevel email and US SMS rates checked 28 August 2026. Circle's page does not say whether card processing sits inside its percentage. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Metered on | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | GoHighLevel (yours) | $97 + metered | 0% | Sub-accounts, usage | $0.675 per 1,000 emails on every plan | Core CRM MCP; broader access depends on client and OAuth scopes | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Eight usage meters, same overage rates | 15,000 included on Starter, then $0.60 per 1,000 | Included on every plan | | ClickFunnels | $97 | 0% | Contacts, workspaces, courses | 50,000 sends/mo on Launch | Scale $197, technical preview | | Kartra | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | Contacts, 500 → 25,000 | Unlimited from Starter | No first-party MCP | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | Contacts, products | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | Circle | $89 | 2% at $89, 1% at $199, 0.5% on Circle Plus | Admins, spaces, storage | Add-on, +$99/mo | Business $199, 5,000 calls/mo | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it The same architecture as HighLevel's agent surface (meta-tools over a discovered operation set), pointed at one business rather than a portfolio, and reaching course authoring, grading and certificates. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of revenue, no per-sub-account add-ons. **Why AXL:** one customer-facing business gets courses, webinars, community, checkout, CRM and AI operations without sub-account add-ons. [AXL vs GoHighLevel →](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel) ### ClickFunnels: the funnel job, unmetered Page, offer, bump, one-click upsell and follow-up: the category standard, with unlimited funnels and visitors, 10,000 contacts and 50,000 emails a month on the entry plan. $97 / $197 / $297 (clickfunnels.com/pricing). **Limits:** courses capped at 3 / 6 / 10 / 20, and its MCP server needs Scale at $197 and is a technical preview. ### Kartra: one bill, one business Pages, checkout, memberships, unlimited email from Starter, video, affiliates and a helpdesk, with no sub-account model. $59 / $119 / $229 / $549; Essentials takes 5% (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). **Limits:** contacts are the meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000, and “AI uses” run 30 to 250 a month. ### Kajabi: if the business is you A polished expert-business platform with unlimited marketing email, podcast hosting and an agent on every plan. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** the highest entry price here, contacts metered from 2,500, and agent writes that land as drafts. ### Circle: if it is really a membership Spaces and sections, threaded discussion, live rooms, events, and branded mobile apps as a custom-priced add-on. $89 at 2%, $199 at 1%; Email Hub is +$99/month for 10,000 contacts (circle.so/pricing). **Limits:** 20 workflows below $199, where the API and MCP server also start, and the fee never reaches zero. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The add-on stack, not the plan | ClickFunnels or AXL: both bundle what HighLevel meters | | Teaching became a real product line | AXL: grading queue, certificate designer, cohorts and webinars | | One simple bill for one business | Kartra | | Membership revenue is replacing client retainers | Circle | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the HighLevel user who stopped being an agency: one business, real products, teaching or membership revenue, and an appetite for handing operational work to an agent. It does not fit the agency model at all. Sub-accounts, snapshots, white-label resale and rebilling with markup are HighLevel's actual product, and we have no analogue. ### Moving off GoHighLevel 1. Contacts and fields CSV or XLSX 2. Pipelines One agent pass 3. Landing pages Cloned from their URLs 4. Snapshots No equivalent, no importer 5. Conversations and graphs Rebuilt, not converted Budget the sending warm-up again. Deliverability follows the domain, not the platform. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The arithmetic ## What is the real monthly cost of GoHighLevel? The plan is $97, $297 or $497. Email is $0.675 per 1,000 on every plan. US SMS is $0.00747 per segment in either direction, plus carrier fees; phone numbers, calls and premium AI are separate too. AXL Starter includes 15,000 emails and 25,000 platform messages, then charges $0.60 and $0.40 per 1,000. Carrier SMS is a separate rate card, so we do not present it as the same unit. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the contacts and rebuild one pipeline while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [ClickFunnels alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels) · [Kartra alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kartra) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # How to Connect Claude to Your CRM, Step by Step > Connect Claude to your CRM. Learn which questions become easier, which writes are safe to allow, what to keep manual, and where the setup can fail. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/connect-claude-to-crm 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. How to connect Claude to your CRM, step by step # How to connect Claude to your CRM, step by step By Dan Muse·Published Aug 15, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·9 min read · [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Connecting Claude to a CRM can take one URL and a browser sign-in. The important decision comes next: what Claude may read, what it may change, and which actions stay with you. Start with questions, use a limited admin account, and add write access only after the answers hold up. Key takeaways - •The connection is a URL and a sign-in on your CRM's own domain. No key to paste into a chat window. - •The agent acts as whoever signed in and inherits that person's permissions. **The account you sign in with is your real control.** - •Spend the first week asking questions. The return is the reports your CRM cannot produce, not the typing. - •Allow writes on contacts, deals, notes and segments. Keep sending, money, merges and anything bulk. - •Expect the failure to be a call that succeeds and quietly does the wrong amount, not a refusal. On this page - What connecting involves - The first week: ask, do not act - What the agent can see - The writes worth allowing - The writes to keep on yourself - Four things that go wrong - What it costs - FAQ ## What connecting involves Your CRM publishes an address. Claude asks that address what it can do, reads the menu at the moment you ask, and acts inside your account from there. On AXL that address is one URL, and access comes from a browser sign-in rather than a key you hand over. The client receives an ordinary admin token scoped to one account, which is why the agent sees exactly what you see. 1. 01 Add the server One URL, pasted once. Claude → Connectors 2. 02 Sign in Approve on your CRM's own domain. Browser 3. 03 Ask something A question, not an instruction. Any chat 4. 04 Allow one write Something small you can reverse. Later that week The exact command, the menu path and the things that fail at sign-in are on [the Claude connector page](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude). That part is easy. Everything below is about the days after. ## The first week: ask, do not act A CRM report answers the questions someone anticipated when they built it. Everything else is an export and a spreadsheet. That is the constraint an agent lifts, and it is worth a week before you allow a single write. Questions that used to cost forty minutes: - •Which customers have paid us more than $500 in total, and what did they buy? - •Which deals have sat in one stage longest, what are they worth, who owns them? - •What happened with this customer, in order, since they first landed on the site? - •Who came in from last month's campaign, has a phone number, and never opened an email? - •Who watched most of the replay and did not order? Exactly how many is that? None of these are new capabilities. Each is a filter your CRM already supports and you were never going to build by hand: 74 conditions on AXL, 61 of which also work as a saved segment or a campaign audience, which is how an answer becomes a list you keep using. One question, four calls “Which customers have paid us more than $500, and what did they buy?” → **capability\_map** area=sales → **get\_extended\_filter\_schema** PaymentsAmount → **invoke\_operation** crm.Lead.Count → **invoke\_operation** crm.Lead.GetItems.get It counts the matches before it reads the rows. So should you. Those calls run through the same permission checks as the web interface, so a field you cannot see stays invisible to the agent. It reads your data rather than auditing it, though: three spellings of one company still means three answers. If your CRM, your checkout and your email are three products, an agent can only answer a third of the question. [See what one contact record holding all three looks like](https://axl.tech/crm). ## What the agent can see **A contact is one row.** On AXL, "contact", "lead" and "student" are one record seen from three angles, so the person who clicked the ad and the person halfway through your course are not two rows to reconcile. Ask about customers who never finished onboarding and the agent has one place to look. **A deal is a card on a board.** It belongs to a contact, sits in one stage of one pipeline, and carries an amount, an owner, tags and whatever custom fields that pipeline defines. Moving it is the write you will use most. **A segment is a saved question, not a copied list.** Save "paid more than $500, no order in ninety days" once and it re-evaluates whenever something reads it. ## The writes worth allowing A useful rule: allow the writes whose worst case is a tidy-up, and hold back the ones whose worst case is an email your customers have already read. - ### Contacts Create, correct, tag, assign an owner. Email is the identity, so a duplicate is refused rather than quietly created. - ### Deals Open a deal on a stage, move it, change the amount or the owner. Reversible by moving it back. - ### Notes and tasks Write up a call, put a follow-up on someone's list for Thursday. The dullest win, and the one people keep. - ### Segments Save the filter it just built. Keep them personal at first. A shared one needs its own permission, which is the right friction. - ### Imports Hand it a messy list and it maps the columns. A field it does not recognise stops the batch and asks rather than guessing. - ### Orders, but not payment Drafting an order is safe: it is a document. Marking it paid is a second, separate call, and that one is yours. ## The writes to keep on yourself **Sending.** This is the one people get wrong. An email campaign here has no draft state: creating one schedules it, and a campaign scheduled for "now" is on the wire in about a second. Let the agent build the audience and write the copy. Say "send" yourself, in its own sentence. **Money.** Recording a payment is what moves an order to paid, and a refund is the same call with a different status. Both are one line to write and awkward to explain afterwards. **Merging duplicates.** Finding them is a perfect agent job. Merging them is irreversible. There is no unmerge, so have it produce the list and approve in batches you have read. **Anything bulk.** Bulk operations take a filter, and an empty filter means every record in the account. A bulk delete with no filter is refused outright here, but a backstop is not a policy. Ask for the count before the action, every time. **Permissions and billing.** These you do not have to police. Twenty-one sensitive operations (billing writes, API-token minting, role and permission changes, and creating admins) are removed from the AI surface in the server, so the tools are not there to call. [The full list is here →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) **A confirmation flag is not a person.** The caller sets it on itself, so read it as a speed bump against a slip, never as proof that somebody agreed. There is a simpler lever than any of this, and most people miss it: **sign in as a smaller account.** The agent inherits the permissions of whoever authorized it, so make a second admin login with only the rights you want it to have, and connect with that. Five minutes of setup, and the boundary is enforced by your CRM rather than remembered by you. ## Four things that go wrong **The call that succeeds and does nothing.** Not every condition applies to every field. Ask for one the platform cannot express that way and it is ignored rather than rejected: clean response, wrong list. Which is why "how many is that?" is the most useful thing you can say before "go ahead". **The move that loses fields.** Moving a deal into a stage of a *different* pipeline clears its tags and custom field values, because those belong to the pipeline it left. That is deliberate, the interface does it too, and nothing in the response mentions it. Across pipelines, read the deal first. **The contact that comes back.** Deleting a contact is a soft delete, which is good news when you want it undone. It is a surprise when an import a month later hits the same email and restores the old record instead of creating one. Check what a large import will touch first. **The summary you did not ask for.** When a six-step job fails at step four, what you hear about is the four that worked. End every multi-step instruction with "then tell me exactly what changed". ## What it costs Two bills, and only one is real. On the AXL side the MCP server is part of the platform and tool calls are not metered: they sit behind a concurrency limit rather than a quota, so a machine caller runs three requests at a time and a long job is paced instead of blocked. Some vendors meter instead, at a few thousand calls a month. Find that number before you build on it. The bill you will notice is your AI subscription, because tokens scale with how much data you pull into the chat. Asking for a count is nearly free. Asking it to read five thousand records and sort them itself is not, and it is the slower answer: a filter the CRM evaluates costs one call. ## FAQ ### Do I need a developer for this?+ No. You paste a URL into a settings screen and sign in, the way you would connect a calendar. You need a developer to build one of these, not to use one. ### Can Claude see everything in my account?+ It sees what the person who signed in can see, in that one account, and every call goes through the same permission checks as the web interface. For a smaller boundary, connect with an admin login that has fewer rights. ### Should I let it write on day one?+ No, and not because it is dangerous. A week of questions teaches you what it is reliably good at, and that is the list worth automating. Starting with writes means learning the same lesson with your data. ### What happens if it gets something wrong?+ It depends what it touched. Most records here are soft-deleted and can be restored, and a deal that moved can move back. A merge cannot be undone and a sent email cannot be recalled, which is why those two stay with you. ### My CRM is not AXL. Does any of this apply?+ The shape does. Ask your vendor three questions: how much of the product the agent can reach, whether it can write or only read, and which operations they removed from the AI surface. The third answer tells you the most. Related reading - •[What an MCP server is, in plain English](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) - •[Which business platforms an AI agent can actually operate](https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access) - •[Every article we have written on AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Ask your own pipeline a question tonight. One URL and a browser sign-in, and the assistant you already pay for can read your contacts, deals, orders and email in one place. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Connect Claude, step by step →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude) Go deeper in the docs - •[Filtering and search terms](https://docs.axl.tech/filtering-and-search-terms): the conditions an agent composes when you ask a question. - •[Deals](https://docs.axl.tech/deals): stages, amounts and per-pipeline fields, as the interface shows them. --- # How to Increase Course Completion Rates > See where students quit and 11 structural fixes covering lesson length, drip pacing, cohort deadlines, graded homework, inactivity nudges and rewards. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/increase-course-completion-rates 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [Courses and student outcomes](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses) 6. / 7. How to increase course completion rates: 11 practical fixes # How to increase course completion rates: 11 practical fixes By Dimon·Published Aug 14, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·9 min read [Courses and student outcomes](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses) **Course completion is mostly a structural problem, not a motivation problem.** The levers that move it are lesson length, release pacing, a visible next step, real feedback on homework, and someone noticing when a student stops. On AXL each lever is a course setting rather than a rebuild: release rules, blocking steps, a review queue, an inactivity scenario. Key takeaways - •Most drop-off happens in the first two or three lessons, so fixes aimed at the finish line miss where students actually leave. - •Shorter lessons beat better lessons: one outcome per lesson moves completion more than higher production values. - •A dated cohort with a start and an end outperforms any number of reminder emails. - •One human touch in week one (a graded answer, a voice reply) changes whether a student comes back. - •You cannot fix what you measure only at course level; per-lesson numbers show exactly where the wall is. On this page - Where students quit - Structure: tactics 1 to 4 - Pacing: tactics 5 to 7 - Accountability: tactics 8 to 9 - Reward: tactics 10 to 11 - The 11 tactics at a glance - The measurement loop - A 30-day plan - FAQ - Related reading - Go deeper in the docs ## Where students quit Before changing anything, look at per-lesson completion: how many students finished lesson one, lesson two, and so on. Course-level completion hides everything that matters. The curve usually takes one of three shapes, and each points at a different fix. A **cliff** in the first few lessons points to onboarding: the opening may be too long, abstract, or difficult. A **stair**, a sharp drop at one lesson, points to a specific content wall. A steady **slope** points to weak pacing. Start with the earliest drop. Certificates and final projects cannot help students who never get through the opening lessons. ## Structure: tactics 1 to 4 ### 1. Cut lesson length to 6 to 9 minutes A 40-minute lesson gets postponed to "when I have proper time", and that evening rarely comes. A short lesson gets watched now. On AXL, the built-in video analytics separate opens from actual watching (percentage watched and average watch time, per video), so you can see the exact minute where viewers bail and split the lesson there rather than guessing. ### 2. One outcome per lesson Each lesson should change one thing the student can do, and end with proof that it happened. Proof is what makes progress feel real. In AXL a course is built from steps grouped into sections, and any step can carry a short auto-graded test (six question types, from single choice to fill-the-gaps), so the outcome is demonstrated, not assumed. ### 3. Make the next step visible before the current one ends Momentum needs somewhere to go. End every lesson by naming what comes next and why it is worth ten more minutes. Then remove the gap: with the sequence rule "available after the previous step is completed", the next lesson unlocks at the moment the current one finishes, while the student is still there. ### 4. Put the hardest lesson third, not first Open with two quick wins so the student has evidence the course works, then place the hard lesson while attention is still high, not at the front, where it filters people out, and not at the end, where nobody meets it. Course steps reorder by drag and drop, and the per-lesson numbers will tell you within one cohort whether the move worked. ## Pacing: tactics 5 to 7 ### 5. Drip when pacing matters, all-at-once when it doesn't Drip works well for skills courses because it spaces practice. Reference material should stay open from day one. In AXL, releases can follow time delays, specific days, or progress milestones such as completing the previous step or section. Progress-based pacing avoids locking out a student simply because they fell behind the calendar. ### 6. Give the course a date A deadline outperforms a reminder, because a reminder asks and a date decides. Run intakes as cohorts: in AXL a cohort is a dated container with a start, an end, its own discussion threads and its own automation. Events fire N days before the start, at the start, and at completion, so the countdown and the wrap-up write themselves. ### 7. Block progress only where it matters Requiring every lesson turns your homework queue into everyone's wall. Pick the few genuinely load-bearing lessons and set "block further progress until this step is completed" on those alone; mark the nice-to-have material with the optional-step flag so it never holds anyone hostage. Students feel the difference between a course with standards and a course with turnstiles. If each of these would be a rebuild on your current platform, see how release rules, blocking steps and the review queue fit together on [the AXL online course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform). ## Accountability: tactics 8 to 9 ### 8. Grade homework with real feedback, using voice if you can A graded answer tells the student that a person is paying attention. A short voice reply can feel warmer than a paragraph and take less time to record. AXL's Task Review queue filters by course, status, or reviewer, and can put blocking answers first. Reviewers can reply with text, files, emoji, or voice. ### 9. Notice when someone stops Notice a stall while the course is still fresh. A lesson-completed event can start a timer; after a set delay, a condition checks whether the next lesson began. If not, send a short message through the student's active channel, with email as fallback. Name the exact lesson and the small next step. ## Reward: tactics 10 to 11 ### 10. Certificates worth sharing A certificate motivates in proportion to how real it looks outside the course. On AXL each one is issued from a template with series numbering, generated automatically by a scenario when the course completes, and carries a public link: a document a student can put on a profile and an employer can open, not a screenshot. ### 11. Points that buy something real Rewards work when they recognise progress. AXL points, achievements, leaderboards, and the points shop can grant a bonus module, a consultation, or another product. Avoid rewards for empty activity and avoid an all-time leaderboard that never changes. Reward completed steps and reset the competition on a clear schedule. ## The 11 tactics at a glance Each tactic, and the AXL mechanism that implements it without custom code. | Tactic | The mechanism | | --- | --- | | 1 · Cut lessons to 6 to 9 minutes | Video analytics: percentage watched, average watch time | | 2 · One outcome per lesson | Steps in sections; auto-graded test, six question types | | 3 · Show the next step early | Sequence rule: next step unlocks on completion | | 4 · Hardest lesson third | Drag-and-drop reordering; per-lesson progress data | | 5 · Progress-anchored drip | Delays anchored to five reference points | | 6 · Give the course a date | Cohorts: dated container with its own scenario events | | 7 · Block only what matters | Per-step blocking; optional-step flag for the rest | | 8 · Real homework feedback | Task Review queue, "blocking first" sort, voice replies | | 9 · Notice when someone stops | Scenario: lesson completed → wait → condition → message | | 10 · Shareable certificates | Numbered series, auto-issue on completion, public link | | 11 · Points that buy something | Points, periodic leaderboard, shop granting real access | ## The measurement loop Review four numbers each week: completion by lesson, video retention, time to the first lesson, and homework turnaround. The course Users view shows each student's current step and last activity; video analytics show opened versus watched; the review queue shows how long answers wait. Change one part of the course at a time. Keep the change when one of those numbers improves, and revert it when nothing moves. A blocked lesson and slow feedback are usually the clearest places to start. ## A 30-day plan 1. **Week 1: measure.** Pull per-lesson completion for your last cohort or last 90 days. Name the wall lesson and the shape of the curve. Change nothing yet. 2. **Week 2: fix the wall.** Split or shorten the wall lesson, give it one outcome, and check the opening: two quick wins first, the hard lesson third. 3. **Week 3: pace it.** Anchor release to progress, not the calendar. Date the next intake as a cohort. Decide which two or three steps genuinely block, and mark the rest optional. 4. **Week 4: close the loop.** Turn on the inactivity nudge, adopt "blocking first" as the review-queue habit, and wire the certificate to completion. Then re-measure against week 1. If you only have one week, do week 1. Most of the fixes are obvious once the curve is in front of you; the expensive mistake is guessing. ## FAQ ### What is a good course completion rate?+ Published benchmarks disagree because they measure different things: free versus paid, everyone enrolled versus everyone who started lesson one. Treat any single industry number with suspicion. The useful benchmark is your own: measure the share of students who start lesson one and finish, per course and per cohort, then beat last cohort's number. ### Why do students not finish online courses?+ Mostly structure: lessons that are too long, everything unlocked on day one, no date by which anything must happen, and nobody noticing when they stop. Motivation takes the blame, but the same students finish dated, paced courses that give feedback. Fix the early lessons first. That is where most of the drop-off happens. ### Does drip content improve course completion?+ It helps when the release schedule tracks the student's progress: the next lesson arriving as the current one is done keeps a backlog from forming. Calendar-only drip can hurt: a student who falls behind watches locked lessons pile up. Anchor delays to completed steps rather than dates, and keep reference material un-dripped. ### Do certificates increase course completion?+ Modestly as an end reward, especially when the certificate is verifiable and worth showing: a numbered document with a public link rather than a screenshot. But certificates pull from the last third of a course. For the early lessons, where most students quit, deadlines and feedback matter far more. ## Related reading - [Everything we have written on courses and student outcomes](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses) - [A checkout-recovery scenario you can copy node by node](https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario) - [What Kajabi's 2,500-contact ceiling really costs as a list grows](https://axl.tech/blog/kajabi-contact-limit-cost) ## Go deeper in the docs - [Course availability](https://docs.axl.tech/course-availability) (every release rule: sequences, delays, anchors, and blocking) - [Checking assignments](https://docs.axl.tech/checking-assignments) (the Task Review queue, statuses, and voice replies) - [Gamification](https://docs.axl.tech/gamification) (points, achievements, the leaderboard, and the points shop) ## Build the course. Watch where students stall. Fix that. Every tactic above is a setting on [the AXL online course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform): release rules, blocking steps, the review queue, certificates and points, in one account. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Kajabi Alternatives 2026: 5 Compared on Cost > Compare five Kajabi alternatives on price, fees, contact caps and AI agent access, including options we would choose over AXL. Every figure is sourced. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Kajabi Prices # 5 Kajabi alternatives in 2026, compared on price, fees and AI access People leave over the bill, not the product. What each replacement charges, including the ones we would pick over ourselves. The short version Closest like-for-like Kartra from $59, no cut above the entry tier Smallest sticker Skool $9, then 10% of everything you sell An agent that finishes AXL your agent can build and edit, not only draft The trigger ## Why people leave Kajabi - **Current monthly plans.** Basic $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499. - **Contacts change with the plan.** Basic includes 2,500, Growth 25,000 and Pro 100,000 contacts. - **0% applies to Kajabi Payments.** On new plans, using an eligible third-party provider where Kajabi Payments is available adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Growth or 0.5% on Pro, plus the provider's processing fee. PayPal is exempt. - **The agent only drafts.** “All write actions through Kajabi MCP land as drafts. You review and publish everything from the Kajabi admin UI” (kajabi.com/product/mcp). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing page, with Kajabi rechecked on 25 August 2026 and Thinkific on 21 August 2026. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Metered on | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kajabi (yours) | $179 Basic | 0% with Kajabi Payments; eligible third-party providers add 2% to 0.5% on new plans | Contacts, products | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Eight usage meters, same overage rates | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Included on every plan | | Kartra | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | Contacts, 500 → 25,000 | Unlimited from Starter | No first-party MCP | | Teachable | $39 | 7.5% Starter, then 0% | Active students | Reported basic | REST API from $189 | | Thinkific | $54 | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% down to 0.5% with your own provider where applicable | Feature tier | No nurture sequences reported | Plus only, read-only, rolling out | | Skool | $9 | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | Flat | None reported | No public API found | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it CRM, courses, funnels, community, webinars and payments on one record, with ~1,100 operations open to your agent. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of revenue on 20+ providers. **Limits:** no SCORM, no podcasts, no merchant of record for tax, no case-study library like Kajabi's. [AXL vs Kajabi →](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) ### Kartra: the closest bundle Pages, checkout, memberships, unlimited email from Starter, video, affiliates and a helpdesk on one bill. $59 / $119 / $229 / $549; Essentials takes 5% (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). **Limits:** contacts are its meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000; that is the trade you are leaving. ### Teachable: the smallest budget A learner app and BackOffice (2% to 2.8%) handling author payouts and international tax, which has no AXL equivalent. $39 / $89 / $189; Starter takes 7.5% (teachable.com/pricing). **Limits:** active students capped at 100 / 1,000 / 5,000, and no REST API below $189. ### Thinkific: course-first Thinkific puts enterprise course controls on its higher plans. AXL focuses on connecting courses to websites, checkout, CRM, webinars, messaging and automation in one account. **Limits:** reviewers report no nurture email to non-buyers; API starts on Grow; MCP is Plus only, read-only and still rolling out. ### Skool: the cheapest sticker One feed, a leaderboard, points that unlock content, and Discover putting your group in front of searchers. $9 Hobby at 10% or $99 Pro at 2.9% (skool.com/pricing): $5,000 of sales costs $509 on Hobby. **Limits:** no public API, webhooks, email marketing or member tagging found (tools4skool.com). Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The bill rises with your list, not your revenue | AXL: start free, paid plans from $49, contact overage at $0.002 each and 0% of sales | | You want the same bundle for less, on a stable list | Kartra Starter | | You only want to keep selling one course | Teachable Builder, $89 and a 0% fee | | Daily community habit is the actual product | Skool | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits a business that outgrew a course platform: a list that costs money to hold, graded assessment, webinars, a community, and a CRM under all of it. It does not fit compliance training, a podcast-led business, or anyone who wants tax and author payouts handled for them. ### Moving off Kajabi 1. Contacts and fields CSV or XLSX 2. Products and prices Carry across 3. Pages Cloned from a URL 4. Course structure Rebuilt, or built by your AI agent 5. Progress and posts Move nowhere, on any platform [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The arithmetic ## What is the cheapest Kajabi alternative? By sticker, Skool starts at $9, but its 10% fee makes $5,000 of sales cost $509 before payment processing. AXL Starter is $49 with included usage and 0% of sales. The cheapest sticker and the cheapest month are rarely the same platform. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the contacts and rebuild one funnel while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [Teachable alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable) · [Thinkific alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Kajabi Contact Limits: Plans and $25 Add-ons > Kajabi Basic includes 2,500 contacts at $179. Growth includes 25,000 at $249, and each extra 5,000-contact block costs $25. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/kajabi-contact-limit-cost 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [Platform comparisons and real cost](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons) 6. / 7. Kajabi contact limits and add-ons Teardown # Kajabi contact limits: when a $25 add-on beats the next plan By Dimon·Published Aug 14, 2026·Updated Aug 29, 2026·7 min read [Comparisons & real cost](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons) **Kajabi Basic includes 2,500 contacts at $179 a month. Growth includes 25,000 at $249, and another 5,000 contacts costs $25** (kajabi.com/pricing). AXL Starter is $49 and includes 5,000 contacts. Extra contacts cost $0.002 each, so capacity grows one contact at a time. Key takeaways - •Kajabi Basic includes 2,500 contacts at $179 a month. Growth includes 25,000 at $249, according to kajabi.com/pricing. - •Each extra 5,000-contact block costs $25 a month, so crossing a plan limit does not automatically force the next tier. - •AXL Starter includes 5,000 contacts at $49, then charges $0.002 per additional contact instead of selling capacity in blocks. - •Kajabi Pro includes 100,000 contacts at $499 a month, while Basic and Growth can add contacts in 5,000-contact blocks. - •A flat plan still suits some businesses; the case for it is at the end of this article. On this page - What the current plans include - The arithmetic at four list sizes - Why a contact cap taxes your best marketing - Three ways people respond, and what each really costs - What to check instead of the sticker price - How AXL prices the same list - FAQ ## What the current Kajabi plans include Basic is **$179 a month, or $143 a month billed annually**. It includes 2,500 contacts, five products, one website, one community and two admin users. Growth is $249 a month ($199 annually) with 25,000 contacts and 50 products. Pro is $499 ($399 annually) with 100,000 contacts, unlimited products and three websites. If a plan only needs more contact capacity, Kajabi also sells another 5,000 contacts for $25 a month. Source for every Kajabi figure in this section: https://kajabi.com/pricing. ## The arithmetic at four list sizes Method: take a contact count, find the lowest-cost Kajabi plan plus any $25 contact blocks that can hold it, then compare it with the lowest AXL plan total when every other usage input is zero. Real AXL bills can differ because storage, email, messages, viewing, admins and AI also have allowances and overage. Kajabi tiers from kajabi.com/pricing. AXL uses the 2026 plan fees, included contacts and $0.002 contact overage. | Contacts stored | Kajabi option that fits | Monthly list price | Lowest AXL total, contacts only | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2,000 | Basic | $179 ($143 annual) | Starter includes 5,000 = **$49** | | 7,500 | Basic + one 5,000-contact block | $179 + $25 = $204 | $49 + 2,500 x $0.002 = **$54** | | 15,000 | Growth, cheaper than Basic plus three blocks | $249 | $49 + 10,000 x $0.002 = **$69** | | 65,000 | Growth + eight 5,000-contact blocks | $249 + $200 = $449 | $49 + 60,000 x $0.002 = **$169** | **The AXL column is a contacts-only scenario, not a full bill.** Other usage can make Growth, Scale or Pro the lower total. Use the calculator with your complete month before comparing platforms. ## Why a contact cap taxes your best marketing A contact cap measures the size of the stored list, not its activity. Lead magnet downloads, quiz completions, and webinar registrations all add records, including people who never buy and addresses that later go cold. A growing funnel can therefore trigger a higher plan before the new leads produce revenue. That is the structural complaint about contact-based pricing generally, not a defect unique to one vendor: the meter correlates with effort, not with income. A revenue share rises when you earn more; a usage meter rises when you use more; a contact cap rises when you *collect* more, including the 40% of any old list that no longer opens anything. Weighing the two platforms line by line (prices, fees, features, and migration) is its own page: [see the full AXL vs Kajabi comparison](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi). ## Three ways people respond, and what each really costs ### Prune the list Deleting cold subscribers keeps you under the cap and costs nothing on the invoice. What it actually costs is the asset: those addresses were paid for with content, ads or a launch, and a winback campaign cannot be sent to a list you deleted. Pruning is good hygiene at the margins and a bad habit as a billing strategy. ### Add capacity or upgrade Basic includes 2,500 contacts. One extra 5,000-contact block takes it to 7,500 for $204 a month. At 15,000 contacts, Growth at $249 is cheaper than Basic plus three blocks at $254. Price the plan and the contact blocks together instead of assuming every threshold forces an upgrade. ### Migrate Moving platforms is the most expensive option in the short term, whatever anyone’s marketing says. Pages and courses are rebuilt, videos re-upload, historical analytics stay behind, and a sending domain has to re-earn its reputation. It only pays back if the pricing model, not just the price, was the problem. Do the table above with your own numbers before deciding which side of it you are on. ## What to check instead of the sticker price Five lines to read on any platform’s pricing page before the headline number means anything. They apply to every vendor in this category, ours included. 1. **The contact cap**, including what counts as a contact: subscribers only, or every lead a form ever captured. 2. **The product cap**: a low product allowance can decide your catalogue structure before you do. 3. **Admin seats**: two seats is a solo operation; the price of the third tells you what scaling the team costs. 4. **Fees on your payment setup**: platform fees often differ depending on whose gateway processes the sale. Read the row that matches how you would actually take money. 5. **Metered add-ons**: anything billed per send, per minute or per call sits outside the plan price and shows up in month two. ## How AXL prices the same list AXL has four plans. Starter is $49 and includes 5,000 contacts; Growth includes 20,000, Scale 50,000 and Pro 150,000. Contacts above any plan allowance cost $0.002 each. The calculator checks every plan because a larger allowance can sometimes cost less than a smaller plan plus overage. Contact stock is charged day by day, so contacts you remove stop adding charges the next day. [Estimate your bill at your own numbers](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill). Contacts are only one line. Each plan also includes storage, platform email, messages, video viewing, webinar viewing, admins and AI credits. Heavy senders and media businesses should enter those numbers too. A contact-only comparison can be useful, but it cannot tell you the complete monthly cost. Questions ## What people ask about the contact limit ### How many contacts does Kajabi Basic include?− 2,500, at $179 a month or $143 a month billed annually, alongside five products, one website and one community. Kajabi also sells another 5,000 contacts for $25 a month. Read from kajabi.com/pricing. ### What happens when you pass 2,500 contacts?+ You can add another 5,000 contacts for $25 a month or move from Basic to Growth at $249. One add-on is cheaper for up to 7,500 contacts. At 15,000 contacts, Growth costs $249 while Basic plus three add-on blocks costs $254. ### How does AXL charge for contacts?+ AXL Starter includes 5,000 contacts at $49 per month. Growth includes 20,000, Scale 50,000 and Pro 150,000. Every extra contact above the selected plan allowance costs $0.002. ### When is a contact-capped plan the better deal?+ It can be the better deal when your list stays below the next threshold and the bundled tools fit your workflow. AXL uses included allowances plus overage, so compare the complete bill across contacts, storage, email, messages, viewing, admins and AI. Related reading ## Keep doing the arithmetic [Platform comparisons and real cost Every cost teardown we have published, each figure dated from the vendor’s own page.](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons) [What is an MCP server? A plain-English guide The other axis platforms now differ on: what an AI agent can actually do in your account.](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) [Nine business tasks to delegate to an AI agent Concrete work an assistant can finish inside the same account.](https://axl.tech/blog/ai-agent-tasks-to-delegate) Go deeper in the docs: [how AXL billing works](https://docs.axl.tech/billing) · [the contacts module](https://docs.axl.tech/contacts) · [importing your contacts](https://docs.axl.tech/importing-contacts). ## Run the table above on your own list. Import your contacts and see the bill at your volume. AXL overage grows one contact at a time instead of a 5,000-contact block. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Start free; paid plans start at $49/month with included usage and published overage Choosing between the two platforms rather than leaving one? [AXL vs Kajabi, line by line](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi) --- # Kartra Alternatives 2026: Beyond Contact Caps > Kartra prices by contacts and takes 5% on its entry plan. Five alternatives compared on caps, fees, what each one includes and AI agent access. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/kartra 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Kartra Prices # 5 Kartra alternatives in 2026, compared on contact caps, fees and AI access Contact 2,501 is when most people start looking. Two of the five below meter contacts too. Check the meter before the price. The short version Closest on price per contact ClickFunnels 0% on every tier, 10,000 email contacts at $97 Smallest sticker Teachable Builder $89, if courses and checkout are all you need An agent that finishes AXL against Kartra’s 30 to 250 monthly “AI uses” The trigger ## Why people leave Kartra - **The 2,500-contact ceiling.** Contacts are the meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000, so crossing 2,501 lands you on Growth at $229 for list size alone (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). - **5% on the entry plan.** Essentials is $59, takes 5% of sales and allows one product. On $5,000 of sales, that fee is $250, four times the plan price. - **AI is an allowance.** “Kartra AI uses” run 30 / 100 / 250 / 250 a month by tier, a quota rather than an automation substrate. - **No first-party agent surface found.** Kartra's own support pages call its APIs “for advanced users with programming skills only” with “very limited” support (support.kartra.com). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing and billing pages. HighLevel email pricing checked 28 August 2026. Read “Metered on” first: two of these five bill on your audience. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Metered on | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kartra (yours) | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | Contacts: 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000 | Unlimited from Starter | No first-party MCP; 30 to 250 AI uses/mo | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Plan allowance, then $0.002 per extra contact | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Included on every plan | | ClickFunnels | $97 | 0% | Contacts from 10,000, plus courses | 50,000 sends/mo on Launch | Scale $197, technical preview | | GoHighLevel | $97 + metered | 0% | Unlimited contacts; sub-accounts and usage | $0.675 per 1,000 emails on every plan | Core CRM MCP; broader access depends on client and OAuth scopes | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | Contacts: 2,500 to 100,000 | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | Teachable | $39 | 7.5% Starter, then 0% | Active students | Reported basic | REST API from $189 | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it Takes the meter off your audience entirely (no contact, student, product or course tier, 0% of revenue) and pairs built-in AI builders with ~1,100 operations open to your own agent. Start free; paid plans start at $49/month. **Why AXL:** every feature is included, overage rates are public, AI access is available on every plan, and the customer journey keeps one record. [AXL vs Kartra →](https://axl.tech/vs/kartra) ### ClickFunnels: the straight swap on list size 10,000 email contacts and 50,000 sends a month on the entry plan, unlimited funnels and visitors, and 0% of your sales on every tier. $97 / $197 / $297 (clickfunnels.com/pricing). **Limits:** courses capped at 3 / 6 / 10 / 20, and its MCP server needs Scale at $197 and is a technical preview. ### GoHighLevel: if contacts are the whole problem Unlimited contacts and users on every plan including $97 Starter, plus CRM, pipelines, outbound SMS and calling, and a live agent surface across 40 domains (gohighlevel.com/pricing). **Limits:** the learning curve is its most-cited complaint, email is $0.675 per 1,000 on every plan, and add-ons price per sub-account. ### Kajabi: the most polished all-in-one Unlimited marketing email, funnels and landing pages on every tier, podcast hosting and an MCP server on all plans. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** it is contact-metered too, from 2,500 to 100,000 contacts, and agent writes land as drafts. ### Teachable: if you only need the course half A low entry price, a familiar student experience, a learner app, and BackOffice (2% to 2.8%) for author payouts and tax. $39 / $89 / $189; Starter takes 7.5% (teachable.com/pricing). **Limits:** active students metered at 100 / 1,000 / 5,000, and no REST API below $189 a month. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | You crossed 2,500 contacts | AXL (no tier) or GoHighLevel (unlimited contacts from $97) | | The 5% on Essentials | Kartra Starter at $119: it is 0% there. Do not migrate to fix this | | You want AI that does work, not 250 monthly uses | AXL: agent access on every account | | Funnels and checkout are the engine | ClickFunnels | | You want the most polished product and can pay | Kajabi | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the Kartra user whose list grows faster than their revenue, and who wants AI to be a working surface rather than a monthly quota. It does not fit somebody whose support desk lives inside Kartra, or who values a long, boring track record over surface area. Kartra is mature and stable, and that is a legitimate thing to buy. ### Moving off Kartra 1. Contacts and fields CSV or XLSX 2. Products and prices Carry across 3. Pages Cloned from URLs, or raw HTML 4. Membership structure Rebuilt by an agent 5. Automation sequences Rebuilt, not converted Helpdesk tickets have nowhere to go. Export them and pick a support tool before you switch. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The one that keeps coming up ## Which Kartra alternative does not charge by contacts? AXL plans include a contact allowance and charge $0.002 for each contact above it. GoHighLevel advertises unlimited contacts on every plan, while ClickFunnels and Kajabi raise contact ceilings by plan. Compare the whole bill, including email, messages, media, team size and transaction fees. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the contacts and rebuild one funnel while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [ClickFunnels alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels) · [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Live Chat for Your Website, Instead of Intercom > Add a chat button to any site. Conversations land in one inbox with WhatsApp and Telegram, on the CRM contact, with an AI agent and the CRM included. Canonical: https://axl.tech/live-chat Live chat # Live chat for your website, in one inbox with your messengers. A chat button on any site. Every conversation lands in one inbox with WhatsApp and Telegram, on the customer’s CRM record. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Compare with Intercom Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL website chat settings: general settings and appearance on the left, the live widget preview on the right.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/pvUxDKWqz028xX85HMK8Rg.webp) What it is ## One inbox for the website and every messenger. Visitors write from the chat button. Your team, a chatbot or the AI agent answers, and the conversation stays on the contact. ![The AXL chat inbox: conversations on the left, a chat with bot and AI replies in the middle, the contact card on the right.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/eUFNDsAy60WAEX2SheeAcw.webp) Website chat, WhatsApp and Telegram in the same conversation history. - 01**Chat button.** On AXL sites with a switch, on any other site with one line of code. - 02**Lead form.** Name, email and phone go straight to the CRM contact. - 03**Working hours.** Reply times, an offline banner and your team’s faces. - 04**AI and bots.** An AI agent or a chatbot answers when you are away. **Good to know:** Messenger channels keep their own rules, such as WhatsApp templates and reply windows. See it in AXL ## The widget, the form and the inbox. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The chat widget home screen: greeting, team member and the message field.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/TYlXSJJeXEuHJ6K7NqHrxw.webp) Widget](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qBSEkHsXmE-r93_zJFbirA.webp) - [!\[The widget lead form asking for name, email and phone before the chat.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/BT915rasnk63yP0eGTAR8w.webp) Lead form in the widget](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Z7rG42VsIkSEBPst2kGgQA.webp) - [!\[Lead form settings: required fields and when the form must be filled in.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/OnAAwd1ETEu1AW6cI8xz1w.webp) Lead form settings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/sTpZomkzqEiLIdBRylO0TQ.webp) - [!\[Embedding the chat: AXL sites with a switch, other sites with one line of code and allowed domains.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UInYOqeb6E6PDAY6dH83CA.webp) Embed on any site](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/mIFRC9Wl0UmmQ0t30m30UA.webp) - [!\[Where to show the chat: page rules, mobile only or hide on mobile, and triggers.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/h058SqnAJUuRlGa89He73w.webp) Where it shows](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/cku9l6Z_fky1QhUf5QNlnw.webp) - [!\[The inbox with the AI assistant tab and a customer conversation.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UOuCvlrSBUGSVGPVbTlPKA.webp) Inbox](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qFQmqVATgUmBKofuluYkMA.webp) What it does ## More than a chat window. - On the contact The visitor becomes a CRM contact with the page they wrote from. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Every channel WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and SMS in the same inbox. [AI chat agents →](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) - Chatbots Key phrases start a bot; buttons branch the conversation. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Member area The same chat can be the support chat in your student portal. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) How to start ## Put the chat on your site in five minutes. 1. 01 Create the chat Only the title is required. Communications → Website Chat 2. 02 Set how it looks Colors, greeting, team and working hours. Website Chat → Settings 3. 03 Put it on your site Switch it on for AXL sites or paste one line of code. Embed on Site Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a chat agent for our website chat. Use our FAQ, help people choose a service and book a consultation. Hand unclear questions to our team. What it does - 1. Creates an AI chat agent on your website chat. - 2. Answers from your FAQ and helps people pick a service. - 3. Books consultations from your booking pages. - 4. Hands unclear questions to your team. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [AI chat agents →](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) Price comparison ## Live chat for three people, per month. Help desks charge per seat and again for each AI answer. On AXL the chat comes with the plan, extra admins are $15 a month, and AI replies use AI credits. Three people answering chats, list prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026. | Tool | 3 people | AI agent | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $79 | 200 AI credits included, then $0.01 per credit | Chat, messengers, CRM, email, booking and sites | | Intercom Essential | $117 | $0.99 per Fin outcome | Live chat, shared inbox, help centre | | Zendesk Suite Team | $207 | 5 resolutions per agent, then $2.00 each | Help desk, chat and email tickets | | Crisp Mini | $45 | Not priced on the plan | Chat for up to 4 seats | | Tidio Starter | $29 | Lyro from $32.50 a month for 50 conversations | 100 conversations a month | AXL: $49 Starter with one admin, plus two at $15. Intercom: $39 per seat ($29 for new customers). Zendesk: $69 per agent. From intercom.com, zendesk.com, crisp.chat and tidio.com pricing pages; AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can I put the chat on a site that is not built in AXL?+ Yes. Paste one line of code into the site’s head, and limit it to the domains you allow. ### Do visitors have to leave their details?+ Only if you want them to. The lead form can be off, optional, or required during or outside working hours. ### Can an AI agent answer the website chat?+ Yes. Assign an AXL chat agent to the website chat, and it hands unclear questions to your team. ### How is it priced?+ The chat comes with every plan, including Free. Paid plans start at $49 a month with one admin; more active admins are $15 each. ### Can I move from Intercom?+ Contacts import from CSV or XLSX. Conversation history stays in your old tool. ## Answer every visitor from one inbox. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [AI chat agents](https://axl.tech/ai-chat) --- # Marketing Automation Across Instagram, Email, SMS > A visual scenario builder with 139 node types: Instagram comment-to-DM funnels, dunning ladders, retrying webhooks, and a run that parks until they buy. Canonical: https://axl.tech/marketing-automation Automation & omni-channel scenarios # Build the funnel once. It runs on every channel you use. One visual graph handles the trigger, the wait, the condition and the reply, in the DM, the inbox or the comment thread. 139 node types, one canvas. [Build your first scenario](https://app.axl.tech/) See the ten-minute build Free plan, no card needed. ![A comment thread with an automatic public reply, the direct message that followed it, and the AXL scenario canvas that produced both.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hERhy1eH0EKk8h_qEf7qxg.png) What it is ## Start with an event. The scenario does the follow-up. Connect triggers, waits, conditions and actions on one canvas. It runs on email, messengers and the CRM at once. ![AXL scenario canvas: a webinar follow-up flow with triggers, conditions and messages connected step by step.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ttwXH6zu9UKWxrOiycgjfA.webp) A webinar follow-up built on the scenario canvas. - 01**Trigger.** An order, form, comment, renewal, lesson or webinar. - 02**Wait and decide.** Pause, then branch on the same conditions as CRM segments. - 03**Act.** Send a message, grant access, move a deal, create a task. - 04**Check.** Counters on every step and a log per contact. **Good to know:** Facebook comment automation still waits for two Meta permissions. See it in AXL ## What an automation looks like inside AXL. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[An active automation that asks students how their first week went, with reply buttons and a note for each answer; counters show how many contacts passed each step.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/J1zgeVwCS0iLCPRjuA70Dg.webp) Check-in automation](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/K9rymJedS0ycDam1pWd7Uw.webp) - [!\[An active webinar automation: confirmation and reminder messages, attendance conditions that create deals, and a task when someone clicks the offer.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ttwXH6zu9UKWxrOiycgjfA.webp) Webinar follow-up](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/2xG7MU5UEkKfvVDiEQHxDA.webp) - [!\[A subscription automation with separate branches for failed and successful renewal payments, each sending its own message.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/nzREOD8s70afqjb_B94nFA.webp) Subscription renewals](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/34NYfVrx0EC3MFPsAgp9Zg.webp) - [!\[A chatbot automation: a welcome message, tags, delays and a sequence of follow-up emails.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/MU--397_sUmJvYMOC21oeg.webp) Chatbot sequence](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/jHwZLbNnQkOKyvmcClgnUw.webp) What it does ## Scenarios connect everything else. - CRM and payments Orders, renewals and deals start it. It moves deals and pauses subscriptions. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Sites and forms Forms, quizzes and page visits start it. [Sites →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Courses Lessons and homework start it. It grants access and issues certificates. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Webinars Registration and attendance start it. It splits the follow-up by who stayed. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - Email Opens and clicks start it. It sends by email and messenger. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Community New members and badges start it. It opens spaces. [Community →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) How to start ## Turn Instagram comments into leads. 1. 01 Connect Instagram Then add a scenario, switched off. Settings → Channels 2. 02 Set keywords and replies One of four replies is picked at random. The canvas 3. 03 Send a DM with a button The button splits the flow in two. Canvas → Send message 4. 04 Ask for the email The answer goes into the contact. Canvas → Ask for data 5. 05 Switch it on and test Counters show whether it fired. Scenarios → Runs Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a scenario on my Instagram channel. Trigger: a comment matching guide, link or send on the posts tagged ‘lead magnet’. Post one of four replies at random, then DM that person the link with a button. If they press it, ask for their email; if not, follow up tomorrow. What it does - 1. Triggers on comments with guide, link or send on posts tagged ‘lead magnet’. - 2. Replies publicly with one of four variants. - 3. Sends the link by DM with a button. - 4. Asks for an email if they press it, follows up tomorrow if not. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## More contacts for less than a DM tool. 2,500 contacts who message you on Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram. Monthly price, billed monthly. | Tool | Per month | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $49 | 5,000 contacts, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram, plus CRM, email, courses and sites | | ManyChat Pro | $39 | 2,500 contacts, 3 of 7 channels | | ManyChat Business | $99 | 7,500 contacts, all channels | From manychat.com/pricing, for accounts created after March 2026. AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can it reply to Instagram comments automatically?+ Yes. Watch every post or the ones you pick, match keywords, reply in public and send a DM. ### Can I run a scenario on people already in my base?+ Yes. Pick a saved segment and start the scenario for everyone in it, or start it from one contact. ### Can AXL send SMS?+ Yes, from the same message node as Telegram or WhatsApp, once a phone number is connected. See [telephony](https://axl.tech/telephony). ### How do I connect a system you do not integrate with?+ With webhooks. A scenario can call any URL and branch on the response, and any system can start a scenario through the API. [Webhooks →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) ## Build the follow-up once. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Automation guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation) --- # Marketing Automation and Scenarios > Copyable scenarios for abandoned checkout, dunning, winback and lead routing, plus a guide to triggers, waits, listeners and all 139 node types. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Automation and scenarios Blog topic # Automation and scenarios Scenarios you can copy node by node (abandoned checkout, winback, lead routing), and what triggers, waits and listeners are actually for. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [marketing automation on AXL](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. One article is live. The remaining titles become links when they publish. 1. [Abandoned Checkout to Recovered Sale: A Scenario You Can Copy](https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario) 2. Instagram Comment to DM: The Automation, Node by Node 3. How to Reply to Social Comments Publicly Without Burning the DM Window 4. Lead Scoring Without a Scoring Engine: Filters That Do the Same Job 5. Webhooks vs Zapier vs Native Automation: Pick the Right One 6. The “Wait 3 Days, Otherwise…” Pattern: Automation Listeners Explained 7. Round-Robin Lead Assignment With SLA Escalation 8. Dormant Customer Winback: A Sequence Built on Page Visits 9. How to A/B Split an Automation (And What to Actually Measure) 10. Automating Onboarding: The First 7 Days After Purchase 11. 12 Automation Triggers Most Creators Never Use ## Copy a scenario, run it tonight. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # MCP vs API vs Zapier: When to Use Each > Three ways to move data and start work, routinely confused. What each one is for, the question that sorts them, and the rule for picking one. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/mcp-vs-api-vs-zapier 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. MCP vs API vs Zapier: when to use each # MCP vs API vs Zapier: when to use each By Dan Muse·Published Aug 15, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·9 min read [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Use an API when developers need a dependable software contract. Use Zapier when the same trigger should run the same steps every time. Use MCP when an AI assistant needs to choose the steps for a changing task. The simplest test is this: who should decide what happens next? Key takeaways - •**Who decides the steps sorts all three.** Your developer in advance, the person who configured the connector, or the model at runtime. - •Zapier's determinism is the product, not a shortcoming. Same trigger, same steps, a row in the history. - •A plain API is right for anything that has to run unattended and identically. The other two sit on top of one. - •MCP earns its keep on work that varies: analysis, setup, migration, the jobs that cost you twelve browser tabs. - •Most businesses run all three, plus a fourth option they forget: the automation already inside the platform they pay for. On this page - Who decides the steps? - The three, side by side - When a plain API is the right answer - When Zapier is the right answer - When MCP is the right answer - The fourth option people forget - Using all three together - What MCP does not solve - Where AXL fits - FAQ ## Who decides the steps? All three move data between systems and start work in them. That is why they get confused. The difference is not what they can reach, it is where the decision about the order lives. - •**A plain API.** You decide, in code, before anything runs. The decision is frozen at deploy. - •**Zapier.** You decide once, in a form. The decision is frozen when you switch the Zap on. - •**MCP.** The model decides per request, from the list of tools the server hands it. Everything else follows from that one line: what it costs, how it fails, and who in your company can operate it. ## The three, side by side The same seven questions, asked of each approach. | | Plain REST API | Zapier | MCP server | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Who builds it | your developer | whoever configures the Zap | nobody; the model reads the menu | | Who decides the sequence | code, written in advance | the person who drew it | the model, per request | | A task nobody planned for | needs new code | needs a new Zap | attempted from the tools already there | | Typical failure | an error your code handles | the run stops, with a row in the history | a plausible wrong argument, accepted quietly | | Repeatability | identical every run | identical every run | varies between runs | | What you pay for | developer time, then your own hosting | each task the connector runs | model tokens, plus whatever the vendor gates | | Who can operate it | whoever writes code | whoever can describe a trigger | whoever can describe an outcome | Read the repeatability row twice. Two of these are machines you can trust at three in the morning. The third is a fast colleague who occasionally misreads the brief. ## When a plain API is the right answer Reach for the API when the work has to run unattended, at volume, or inside your own product. A checkout that provisions access the moment a payment clears, or a nightly reconciliation. Neither should ask a model what to do next. The API also sits underneath the other two: connectors call it, and an MCP server is a layer over it. Nothing you build here is wasted if you add either later. Check two things first. How access is scoped, because a key that can do everything is a liability in a job that only reads. And whether the limit is a request quota or a concurrency cap, since a quota takes you dark until the month rolls over and a cap is only a retry. On AXL that surface is the same API the admin panel calls, every key carries its own rights, and the limit is concurrency rather than a monthly quota. Details on [the REST API page](https://axl.tech/developers/api). Curious what the agent version looks like on a real account? [See what an AI agent can run end to end on AXL](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ## When Zapier is the right answer Zapier's job is to connect two products that will never know about each other. No permission from either vendor, no developer, no server of your own: a catalog of connectors and a form for wiring two of them together. Nothing else in this article does that job. It is right when three things are true at once: the shape of the work is fixed, the volume is predictable, and both ends are systems you do not control. "When someone books in the scheduling tool, add a row to the finance sheet" is a Zap, and should stay one. The determinism deserves naming, because it is what people give up when they get excited about agents. A Zap that ran correctly yesterday runs correctly today. When it does not, a row tells you which step failed. The trade-offs are structural, not a criticism. Billing is metered by the task, so volume changes the arithmetic in a way a flat subscription does not. And a connector reaches only as far as the vendor built it out, so evaluate the connector rather than the logo. Zapier also publishes MCP endpoints over its own connectors (https://zapier.com/mcp), which tells you how this is settling: the layers stack rather than replace each other. What an agent gets through a wrapper is still whatever the connector exposes, and for some products that is two actions. ## When MCP is the right answer Use it for work that varies. Analysis nobody built a report for. Setup: a new offer needs a page, a product record, a payment button and a follow-up sequence, each on a different screen. Cleanup: retag four hundred contacts by a rule that only makes sense this quarter. The test: if the job means twelve browser tabs and ninety minutes and you will never do it in that shape again, it is agent work. If you will do it a thousand times identically, it is not. The second test is blast radius. An agent that reads is a research assistant; an agent that writes is an operator, and operators earn scope the way new staff do. Start with what you can reverse, and keep money on a human. If you have not connected one, the mechanics are in [our plain-English guide to MCP servers](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server): what the server publishes, how the sign-in works, and what to ask a vendor first. ## The fourth option people forget Before picking any of the three, check whether both ends already live in the same platform. If they do, the connection exists and none of this applies. An automation engine triggers on its own events, like a form submitted or a payment received, and acts on its own records. No third system in the middle, no credentials kept somewhere else, no connector depth to verify. On AXL that engine is scenarios: 139 node types across events, listeners and actions, and it is where the outbound webhook node lives. Automation built there is deterministic in the same way a Zap is. The rule: keep automation inside the platform when both ends are inside it, and reach outside only when one is not. People pay a connector service for years to move data between two halves of one product they already own. ## Using all three together In practice they stack into one shape, worth memorising. 1. Agent sets it up MCP, once 2. Automation runs it Same steps, every customer 3. Webhook tells your system Outbound, from a node 4. API reads it back Nightly, unattended Setup varies, so it goes to the agent. Runtime must not, so it does not. You describe the onboarding flow to an agent, which builds the pages, the product and the automation. The automation then runs it the same way for every customer, its webhook posts each one into your billing system, and a nightly job reads the numbers back through the API. ## What MCP does not solve Three limits, and none of them is fixable with a better prompt. **Determinism.** The same instruction can take a different route on Tuesday. Fine for a report, wrong for anything that touches money or access. **Cost shape.** Tokens scale with the length of the conversation, not with the number of records touched. A long session over twenty contacts can cost more than a connector run over two thousand. **Verification.** A deterministic run either completes or shows you the step that failed. An agent can report the parts that worked and never mention step four. Ask for a list of what changed and check it yourself for the first few runs. **An agent is not idempotent.** Ask twice and you can get two of the thing. Have it check what already exists before it repeats an instruction. ## Where AXL fits AXL offers all three routes: a remote MCP server over roughly 1,100 admin operations, the REST API used by the admin panel, and inbound and outbound webhooks inside automations. The agent inherits the signed-in admin's permissions. Twenty-one sensitive operations, including billing writes and role changes, are unavailable. Publishing and sending remain separate actions. What we do not have is a connector catalog. For two systems that are both somebody else's, Zapier is the right tool and we are not. The detail lives on three pages: [connecting an agent over MCP](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp), [the REST API](https://axl.tech/developers/api), and [webhooks in both directions](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks). ## FAQ ### Should I cancel Zapier once my tools ship MCP servers?+ No. They cover different work. A Zap is a machine you configure once and forget; an agent is somebody you brief each time. Retire a Zap when the job moves inside a single platform, not because a new protocol arrived. ### Is MCP just an API with extra steps?+ It is a layer over one, and the API underneath still does the work. What MCP adds is a machine-readable menu of operations and an auth handshake, so a model can discover what is available instead of a developer wiring each call in advance. ### Can a connector service and an AI agent touch the same account?+ Yes. They arrive as different callers with their own credentials and permissions, and both end up at the same API. Give each the narrowest rights that let it do its job. ### Which should someone non-technical start with?+ Native automation first, if both ends are already in one platform. MCP second, read-only, for questions rather than changes. A connector service when the two systems are genuinely separate. A plain API once you have a developer to own it. ### How do I know what each one changed?+ Ask that before you switch anything on. On AXL, every webhook call writes its full request and result to the contact's history, success or not, and a site page keeps its last 100 revisions. For an agent, ask it to summarise what it changed and verify the first few yourself. Related reading - •[What an MCP server is, in plain English](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) - •[A deterministic automation, node by node](https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario) - •[Every article we have written on AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Three ways in, one account. MCP for the work that varies, the REST API for the work that must not, and webhooks in both directions. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [How to connect an agent →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Go deeper in the docs - •[Calling a scenario via the API](https://docs.axl.tech/calling-the-scenario-via-the-api): how an outside system starts an automation with one request. - •[Types of actions in a scenario](https://docs.axl.tech/types-of-actions-in-the-scenario-and-their-configurations): what the automation can do once it starts. --- # Monetize Your Blog Audience Without a Revenue Cut > Turn readers into paying members: subscriptions, gated posts, email and checkout on one account, on your own domain, with none of your revenue taken. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers For bloggers # Charge your readers without giving up a cut. Subscriptions, members-only posts, your email list and checkout, on your own domain. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL paid blog setup with a monthly subscription product and a members-only space controlled by a CRM filter.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Bl1mz_nFXEWUkpHzNiyVjg.png) A paid membership and its protected community, configured in one flow. What it is ## Paid membership for your readers, on your own domain. Free posts stay public. Paid posts sit in a members space. AXL handles the subscription, the email list and the renewals. ![A subscription product in AXL: price, billing period, trial price and access settings.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/xtzeU2NMkkCdhGxm1Gv8rQ.webp) A subscription product: price, period and trial. - 01**Subscriptions.** Monthly or yearly, with a trial price and self-service pause. - 02**Paid spaces.** Only active subscribers can open them. - 03**Email.** Send each issue to your list or to one segment. - 04**Failed cards.** Retries and a reminder before access is removed. **Good to know:** There is no RSS feed. Card details stay with your payment provider, so paying members re-subscribe after a move. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a blogger uses. - Checkout and subscriptions Trials, renewals, promo codes and 20+ payment providers. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) - Members space Posts, comments and audio for paying readers. [Community →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) - Newsletter Broadcasts with opens, clicks and unsubscribes. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) - Blog and landing pages Articles at /blog/your-post and a sales page with checkout. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) How to start ## Charge your readers this week. 1. 01 Create the subscription Price, trial and access period. Products → New 2. 02 Put checkout on a page Add the checkout block and connect Stripe or PayPal. Sites → Page 3. 03 Lock the paid space Only active subscribers can view it. Community → Space 4. 04 Import your list CSV or XLSX, matched on email. Contacts → Import Or let AI do it PromptCopy Set up a paid membership: a “Members” subscription at $9/month with a 7-day $1 trial, a landing page in my brand style with checkout, and a space only active subscribers can view. Then a failed-renewal ladder: wait a day, message, wait three more, revoke. What it does - 1. Creates a $9/month “Members” subscription with a 7-day $1 trial. - 2. Builds a landing page with checkout in your brand style. - 3. Opens a space only active subscribers can see. - 4. Sets up failed renewals: a message after a day, access removed three days later. Nothing is published. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a newsletter tool, a community app and a page builder. Prices are the entry tiers most bloggers start on. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Newsletter | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts and segments | | Members community | Circle Professional | $89 + 2% of sales | Paid spaces, 0% of sales | | Sales pages and checkout | ClickFunnels Launch | $97 | Pages, checkout, subscriptions | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Starter includes 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Does AXL have a blog?+ Yes. Each article is a page at /blog/your-post in the site builder. There is no RSS feed yet. ### Can paying members move without entering their card again?+ No. Cards stay with your payment provider. Contacts, tags and history import; members start a new subscription in AXL. ### Do you take a cut of memberships?+ No. AXL takes 0% of your sales. Your payment provider charges its own processing fee. ### Can I sell a single paid post?+ Yes. Sell it as a digital product with a fixed price or pay what you want, with checkout on the page. ## Start charging your readers. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [For Instagram creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) Also for: [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Online Course Platform for Coaches and Experts > Build a course as a tree of sections and steps: teach, test, grade homework, issue certificates and take payment in one account. No revenue cut. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches For coaches and experts # Turn your coaching into a course you can sell. Lessons, tests, homework, certificates and checkout in one account. Build the first one in a weekend. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![A finished AXL course: the section and step tree, a written lesson, and the numbered completion certificate it issues.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/46kz6r12aUSHKKxe2cl9qw.png) What it is ## Turn one-to-one coaching into a course you can sell. Build the course in sections and steps. Each step can teach, test, take homework and wait until the work is accepted. ![A course in AXL: sections with their lesson steps in the course editor.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VL_bKllNRUOA_6L_f3Gvqw.webp) A course: sections and steps in the editor. - 01**Lessons.** Video, text and files in each step. - 02**Tests.** Six question types with a pass mark. - 03**Homework.** A review queue, with text or voice replies. - 04**Certificates.** Issued by hand or when the course is done. **Good to know:** Students use the course in a browser on your own domain. There is no branded phone app. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a coach uses. - Courses Lessons, tests, homework, drip and certificates. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Checkout Sell the course or a package of sessions. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) - Booking One-to-one calls with Zoom or Google Meet links. [Booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) - Webinars Live launches from the browser or OBS. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) How to start ## Your first course in a weekend. 1. 01 Lay out the course Sections and steps, video in each. Courses → New 2. 02 Add a test and homework Pass mark, reference answer, step lock. Step → Tests, Tasks 3. 03 Create the product Price, access period and checkout page. Products → New 4. 04 Grant access on payment Order paid, then access and a welcome email. Scenarios Or let AI do it PromptCopy Build “First 30 Days of Strength” from this outline: 4 sections, 12 steps, a 5-question test at 70% pass, homework with a reference answer only I see, a certificate, a $199 product and a checkout page. What it does - 1. Builds the course: 4 sections and 12 steps. - 2. Adds a 5-question test with a 70% pass mark and homework with a reference answer only you see. - 3. Adds a certificate. - 4. Creates a $199 product and its checkout page. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a course host, a scheduler and an email tool. Prices are the tiers a coach usually starts on. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Course hosting | Teachable Builder | $89 | Courses with tests and homework | | Booking | Calendly Standard | $12 per seat | Booking pages | | Email | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts and automations | | Sales pages and checkout | ClickFunnels Launch | $97 | Pages and checkout | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Starter includes 5,000 contacts and 100 h of video | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do I need to be technical?+ No. The course editor, page builder and certificate designer are drag and drop. ### Is there a limit on students?+ Students are contacts. Starter includes 5,000; each one above that is $0.002 a month. ### Can I run a live launch?+ Yes. Go live from the browser or OBS with registration and chat. The recording can become an evergreen replay. ### Does grading have to be manual?+ Tests grade themselves. Homework can be accepted automatically or go to the review queue. ## Build your first course in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Online Course Platform With Tests and Certificates > Build courses with auto-graded tests, AI-reviewed homework with human fallback, drip schedules, cohorts and certificates on one contact record. Canonical: https://axl.tech/online-course-platform Courses & LMS # Build structured courses with assessment, feedback and completion rules. Auto-graded tests, AI-reviewed homework with a human fallback, drip rules that match how you teach and certificates at the end, all on the same contact record as your CRM and checkout. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Build a graded lesson in 10 minutes Free plan, no card needed. ![A finished AXL course: the section and step tree on the left, a written lesson beside it, and the numbered completion certificate it issues.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/blfuFJEiGEaOPrwhnSdAPw.png) What it is ## Teach, test, review and pace a course in one place. Build sections and lessons, grade tests automatically and let AI review homework, with a person for anything unclear. ![AXL course structure: sections and steps of a leadership course in order, each step with its type and settings.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VL_bKllNRUOA_6L_f3Gvqw.webp) A course laid out as sections and steps, each with its own settings. - 01**Teach.** Text, hosted video, images and files in each step. - 02**Test.** Six question types with a pass mark. - 03**Review.** AI checks homework; unclear work goes to a person. - 04**Pace.** Open lessons by date, plan, cohort or a finished step. **Good to know:** No SCORM and no app-store app. Lessons, videos and tests from another platform are rebuilt, not imported. See it in AXL ## What a course looks like inside AXL. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[The Steps tab of a 12-week AXL course: four modules, three weekly lessons in each, with the edit and move controls on every row.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VL_bKllNRUOA_6L_f3Gvqw.webp) Course steps](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/w3BsBmaEy0KTfuPv4moW3w.webp) - [!\[A student's homework answer in Assignment Review, shown next to the reference answer, with Approved, Needs Revision and Not Approved buttons.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aLGHCQjSFUuXmSP5SCBpDQ.webp) Homework review](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/4hHxMpvWLUOek5KVKrlIPw.webp) - [!\[The course Ratings tab: a student rated a lesson 9 out of 10 and explained why, with a reply box below.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/sBmIIhBpMUKhp7Am-g7tMQ.webp) Lesson ratings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/rDpybLrAG0uygM2_Qzylrg.webp) - [!\[Lesson comments across a course: a published discussion, a question waiting for review and an unpublished reply, with moderation controls.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-P2fOw9i-k2tO2ZZwAEwag.webp) Lesson comments](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/hHk65zOlDEWYqrHZpw-Vig.webp) - [!\[The certificate designer: layout, background, fonts and numbering on the left, the certificate with its name and course fields on the right.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/gImvY62H7Ua6ZcAv94Mz_w.webp) Certificate designer](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UyotjhvZmEuA22ExOFpZ4g.webp) - [!\[A completion certificate preview with the student's full name and the course name filled in.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aDjuzpMDQUqCZ9_2BQD8Wg.webp) Issued certificate](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/PflUu5Btc0a6MKB7sArcsQ.webp) What it does ## The course is part of everything else. - On the contact Lessons, homework and quiz answers are segment conditions. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Reminders Remind people who stopped, branch on who finished. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Selling Sell a course as a product or a subscription, with checkout on your page. [Checkout →](https://axl.tech/payments#checkout) - Live classes Run the live session, then count attendance on the same student. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - Community Give the cohort its own space. [Community →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) - Certificates Design the certificate once; it is issued when the course is finished. How to start ## Your first graded lesson in ten minutes. 1. 01 Create the course Cover and description are what students see. Courses 2. 02 Write one lesson One idea per step. Step editor 3. 03 Add a test 70% of five questions allows one mistake. Step → Test 4. 04 Add homework Write the reference answer only you see. Step → Task 5. 05 Set when it opens Days after enrolment or a cohort start. Step → Access Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a course ‘Foundations of Colour’, add a lesson with the theory below, a five-question test at a 70% threshold and a homework task with a reviewer-only answer. Make the step blocking and unlock it three days after enrolment. Do not publish. What it does - 1. Creates ‘Foundations of Colour’ with a theory lesson. - 2. Adds a 5-question test at 70% and homework with a reviewer-only answer. - 3. Blocks the step and unlocks it three days after enrolment. - 4. Publishes nothing. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## A course platform with the CRM and checkout included. Entry plans, billed monthly. Monthly price of the entry plan, from each vendor's pricing page. | Platform | Per month | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $49 | 5,000 contacts, courses, CRM, email, automations and sites, 0% of sales | | Teachable Starter | $39 | 5 products, 100 active students | | Thinkific Basic | $54 | Courses and a course site | | Kajabi Basic | $179 | Courses, email and a site | From teachable.com/pricing, thinkific.com/pricing and kajabi.com/pricing. Full comparisons: [vs Teachable](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable), [vs Thinkific](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific), [vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can tests be graded automatically?+ Yes. Six question types, points or percentages against a pass mark, and an explanation on each answer. A wrong answer can start an automation that sends the next lesson. ### Can AI review homework?+ Yes. You set the instructions and a confidence level. AI marks clear answers and leaves feedback; anything it is unsure about waits in Task Review for a person. ### Can I run cohorts as well as self-paced courses?+ Both. A cohort has its own start date, so lessons open for the whole group at once. ### How do students get in, and can access expire?+ They buy the course, or you invite them from their contact. Every grant has a start date and either an end date or a set length, from one day to six months. ## Build the course once. Let it teach. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Course guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses) --- # Online Courses and Student Outcomes > Completion rates, drip pacing, graded homework, quiz types, certificates and pricing, with the structural choices that affect whether students finish. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Courses and student outcomes Blog topic # Courses and student outcomes Pacing, release rules, graded homework, quiz types, certificates and price: the structural decisions that decide whether a student finishes. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [the AXL online course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. One article is live. The remaining titles become links when they publish. 1. [How to Increase Course Completion Rates: 11 Practical Fixes](https://axl.tech/blog/increase-course-completion-rates) 2. Drip Content: 6 Ways to Release Lessons (And When Each Wins) 3. How to Grade Homework at Scale Without Burning Out 4. Cohort vs Self-Paced Courses: The Real Trade-Offs 5. Auto-Graded Tests: 6 Question Types and What Each Actually Measures 6. How to Price an Online Course: A Framework, Not a Guess 7. Certificates Students Actually Share 8. Gamification in Online Courses: What Works, What Backfires 9. How to Prevent Course Piracy Without Punishing Buyers 10. Course Prerequisites and Learning Paths: Structuring a Curriculum ## Build the course. Watch where students stall. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # Paid Community Platform With No Transaction Fees > Run a paid community with CRM-based space permissions, automatic badges and one contact record shared across courses, payments and email. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/communities Solutions · Paid communities # Keep the community. Keep the fees. A paid community where AXL takes 0% of member payments. Access follows the membership. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL Community permissions for view, like, comment and publish, all using the same active-subscription CRM filter.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/TC3dG5gjpk-IOvuPPOIpBQ.png) One subscription rule controls who can view, like, comment, and publish. What it is ## A paid community where access follows the subscription. Spaces open to people who match a filter, such as an active membership. When the subscription ends, the space locks again. ![A community space in AXL: the member feed with posts, likes and comments.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/r4RK2vzw5kC_N5K7FMX26Q.webp) A space as members see it. - 01**Spaces.** As many as you need, grouped into sections. - 02**Access.** Separate rules for view, like, comment and publish. - 03**Badges.** Awarded at thresholds you set. - 04**Moderation.** Reports, hidden posts and member restrictions. **Good to know:** One community per account. There is no discovery feed, so you bring your own audience. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a community uses. - Community Spaces, feeds, badges and moderation. [Community →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) - Memberships Trials, renewals and failed card retries. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) - Courses Lessons and tests inside the membership. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Email Reach members outside the feed. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) How to start ## Open a paid community this week. 1. 01 Create the spaces Sections, spaces and who sees each. Community → Sections 2. 02 Set access rules View, like, comment, publish. Space → Permissions 3. 03 Add the membership Price, trial and checkout. Products → Subscription 4. 04 Welcome new members A scenario on joined or badge earned. Scenarios Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create Lobby for everyone, Members for active subscribers and Alumni for “Foundations” graduates. Add a $29/month membership with a 7-day $1 trial and checkout. Show permission filters before saving. What it does - 1. Creates three spaces: Lobby for everyone, Members for subscribers, Alumni for graduates. - 2. Adds a $29/month membership with a 7-day $1 trial and checkout. - 3. Shows you the access rules before saving. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) What it replaces ## A community without a cut of every payment. At $10,000 a month in member payments, a 10% fee is $1,000. AXL takes none. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Community, entry tier | Skool Hobby | $9 + 10% of sales | Included, no fee | | Community, top tier | Skool Pro | $99 + 2.9% of sales | Included, no fee | | Community with spaces | Circle Business | $199 + 1% of sales | Included, no fee | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Community, courses, email and checkout | Vendor prices from skool.com/pricing and circle.so/pricing, billed monthly. Card processing is charged by your payment provider on every platform. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### How many communities can I run?+ One per account, with as many spaces as you need. A separate brand needs its own account. ### Can members pay in my currency?+ Yes. Each of the 20+ payment providers has its own currency. Cash and bank transfer work too. ### What can I bring with me?+ Contacts import from CSV or XLSX. Posts and comments do not import. ### Is there a members app?+ Members use the community in a browser on your own domain. There is no branded phone app. ## Move your community and keep the fees. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the community](https://axl.tech/community-platform) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Partner Program: Earn 20% Commission > Refer businesses to AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform. Earn 20% commission on eligible paid plan subscriptions. Canonical: https://axl.tech/partners 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Partners AXL partner program # Partner with AXL and earn 20% Refer a founder, creator, consultant or business to AXL. When your referral makes an eligible paid plan subscription payment, your commission is 20%. You can also build client businesses on AXL or connect your product through our API. Partner attribution, promo codes and automation triggers already live inside the platform. Three tracks ## Refer, build, or integrate ### Refer Recommend AXL to people who need one place for sales, delivery and automation. Earn a 20% referral commission on eligible paid plan subscriptions. AXL paid plans start at $49 with included usage, and AXL takes 0% of customer sales. ### Build For agencies and consultants: one platform per client instead of five, materials that export from one account and import into the next, and an agent that makes the fifth build a fraction of the first. [For web designers →](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) ### Integrate For products that would be worth more connected: REST operations, webhooks in both directions, an MCP server, API keys with per-key rights. There is no public app marketplace yet. If that is what you need, tell us. [The developer surface →](https://axl.tech/developers) The referral offer ## A clear 20% commission on paid plans Bring the right customer to AXL. An eligible plan subscription payment creates a referral commission equal to 20% of that payment. Referral commission **20%** of eligible AXL plan subscription payments ### How it works 1. 01 **Refer the right business**Share AXL with someone who wants to sell, deliver and automate from one platform. 2. 02 **AXL attributes the referral**The partner record connects your referral with the eligible subscription payment. 3. 03 **Earn 20%**Your referral commission is 20% of the eligible AXL plan subscription payment. Renewal eligibility, attribution rules, approval requirements and payout details are included in the partner terms before you enroll. ## Tell us who you help. Tell us about your audience, client work or product. We will help you choose the right way to partner with AXL. [Apply to partner](https://axl.tech/contact) [Try the platform first](https://app.axl.tech/) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Platform Comparisons and Real Cost > What eight platforms really cost after transaction fees, contact ceilings and plan gates, with every figure linked to a source. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Platform comparisons and real cost Blog topic # Platform comparisons and real cost The sticker price is the least interesting number on a pricing page. The bill is decided by the transaction fee, the contact ceiling and the plan gate. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [how AXL compares to the platforms you are choosing between](https://axl.tech/vs). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. Standing rule for this topic: every competitor figure carries the vendor’s own page, and the whole set is re-checked quarterly. Spot one that has moved and we will correct it within a week. One article is live. The remaining titles become links when they publish. 1. Which Business Platforms Actually Ship an MCP Server (2026) 2. [Kajabi Basic Stops at 2,500 Contacts. Here's What That Costs](https://axl.tech/blog/kajabi-contact-limit-cost) 3. Teachable vs Thinkific (2026): Fees, Limits, Verdict 4. Skool vs Circle: What the Transaction Fees Really Cost You 5. Kajabi vs GoHighLevel: Two Very Different Bets 6. The Real Cost of GoHighLevel: What the $97 Doesn't Include 7. Transaction Fees on Course Platforms: The 2026 Comparison 8. 9 Kajabi Alternatives Worth Considering in 2026 9. What It Really Costs to Run an Online Business Stack in 2026 10. ClickFunnels Course Limits: What the $97 Plan Won't Let You Do 11. 7 Skool Alternatives for Communities That Need More Than a Feed 12. Migrating From Kajabi: A 12-Step Checklist 13. Thinkific's 2026 Price Increase: What Changed and What to Do 14. Contact-Based Pricing Is a Tax on Growth. Here's the Math ## Do the arithmetic before you migrate anything. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # Privacy and GDPR > A readable summary of the current AXL Privacy Notice, including GDPR roles, EU hosting, legal bases, data rights, retention, security and sub-processors. Canonical: https://axl.tech/legal/privacy Legal # Privacy controls built for GDPR work. AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing with EU hosting, a Data Processing Addendum, SCCs, documented sub-processors and a clear rights process. Your own setup and use still have to follow the law. The authoritative document Privacy Notice version 1.2, effective 5 May 2026 and last updated 28 August 2026, governs how AXL uses personal data. [Read the full Privacy Notice →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) ## What the current notice commits to. Restated from AXL Privacy Notice version 1.2. | The question | What the policy says | | --- | --- | | AXL's role | AXL is the controller for its Sites, account administration and direct customer relationships. For learner, lead and contact data placed in AXL by a Customer, the Customer is the controller and AXL is the processor. | | Legal basis | The Notice maps processing to contract performance, legitimate interests, consent and legal obligations under GDPR Article 6. | | Where data is hosted | Platform data and backups are hosted in AWS Frankfurt, Germany, in the eu-central-1 region within the EEA. | | International transfers | Operational access can occur from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Transfers are covered by adequacy decisions where available, EU SCCs, the UK Addendum and supplementary safeguards. | | Sub-processors | AXL publishes a [current sub-processor list](https://app.axl.tech/docs/subprocessors/en). Providers are bound by written data-protection obligations. | | Retention | Active account data is kept for the life of the account plus 30 days. Backups can remain for up to 90 days. Security telemetry is generally kept for up to 12 months, with category-specific periods in the Notice. | | Sale and advertising | AXL states that it does not sell or share personal data for cross-context behavioural advertising. Mobile numbers and SMS opt-in data are not shared for third-party marketing. | | Your rights | Access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection and withdrawal of consent are covered. Send a request to privacy@axl.tech. The stated response period is one month, extendable for complex cases. | | Security measures | TLS 1.2+ in transit, AWS KMS encryption at rest, MFA for personnel with production access, role-based access, logging, monitoring and vendor due diligence. More context is on [the security page](https://axl.tech/security). | | EU representation | Prighter Group in Vienna is named as AXL's EU Representative under Article 27 GDPR. The Notice also identifies the AEPD and UK ICO as relevant supervisory authorities. | Checked against [AXL Privacy Notice version 1.2](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) on 28 August 2026. The published Notice governs. ## AXL supports GDPR compliance. The contract and platform controls cover AXL's side of the controller-processor relationship. Customers remain responsible for lawful collection, notices, consent and how they configure the product. - •**DPA included.** It applies automatically where a controller-processor agreement is required. Enterprise customers can request a counter-signed copy. - •**EU data hosting.** Platform data and backups are hosted in AWS Frankfurt. - •**Transfer safeguards.** The DPA incorporates EU SCCs Module Two and the UK Addendum. - •**Rights workflow.** AXL documents how to exercise GDPR rights and gives privacy@axl.tech as the direct contact. For a DPA, SCCs, a transfer assessment or a privacy request, write to privacy@axl.tech. [Terms →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) [DPA →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/dpa/en) [Security →](https://axl.tech/security) [Contact →](https://axl.tech/contact) --- # REST API: Auth, Fields, Filters and Rate Limits > The same API the admin panel calls: API keys with per-key rights, an explicit field selector, a 74-type filter grammar and concurrency limits, not quotas. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/api Developers · REST API # The same API the admin panel runs on When a feature ships in the interface, its operations are on the API the same day. Everything here is version one, under `/api/v1/`. Create a key carrying only the rights the job needs, name the fields on every read, count before you list, and pace against a concurrency limit rather than a quota. On this page The basics What it is for API keys & scopes Reading and writing Filtering Files upload in three steps, not one post The basics ## Everything you need before the first call. Read against the running platform and the production configuration. | What | Value | | --- | --- | | Base URL | `https://app.axl.tech/api/v1/`: JSON over HTTPS, REST-flavoured | | Surface | ~1,100 operations across 60+ modules, the ones the admin panel calls | | Conventions | String ids, never integers. Mostly 22-character short GUIDs. UTC in every date field, both directions. Soft delete by default: a deleted record is flagged, not erased. Custom fields are read and written by their Latin key. | | Paging | Reads page with `take` and `skip`; add `useItemsTotal` and the same call returns the count. | | Response envelope | `{"success":…,"body":…,"errors":[…]}`; every error carries code, type, message and often the field it refers to | | Documented where | A published [interactive reference](https://app.axl.tech/api/public), generated from a localized OpenAPI document you can download and load into Postman: contacts, courses, products, orders, payments, certificates, scenarios and the partnership endpoints. The rest behave identically, described by the MCP schema tools. | What it is for ## Four jobs people wire up first. - ### Contacts and orders in From your checkout or back office, using standard fields, tags, groups and custom fields. - ### Automations from your system One request runs any active scenario for a contact, carrying your own payload. [The endpoint →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks#inbound) - ### Numbers back out Orders, payments, course progress and campaign results, on your schedule. - ### Files in and out Upload the bytes, then attach the file to a lesson or a product. REST reads and writes; [webhooks](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) carry events, since there is no subscriptions API. MCP is the same surface for an agent. API keys & scopes ## Each key carries its own rights. Create keys in **Settings → API Keys**, then open one to copy it and set its rights (the same permission tree that governs a human admin, down to the restricted-field right). A key that triggers one automation gets the “run scenario” right and nothing else; it cannot read your contacts. Keys are unlimited, so one per job costs nothing. REST also keeps the writes that are [removed from the agent surface](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) (billing, tokens, roles), so a scoped key is how you script that work. - •The value you copy already includes the `Bearer` prefix. A GET-only caller may pass the raw key as `?admin_access_token=`, but prefer the header; a key in a URL lands in logs. - •Keys are long-lived: keep one in a secret manager and delete it when the job ends. Deleting the key *is* the revocation. - •Agents do not use keys at all. The MCP endpoint runs OAuth 2.1, so nothing long-lived reaches a config file. [The flow →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp#auth) ![AXL API key drawer with Scenarios and Run scenario selected under Rights, while the key table remains visible behind it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/g4pfJMmOvU6sou7pQogzkg.png) Choose exactly what an API key can do before you save it. Reading and writing ## One call, then five behaviours that surprise people once. Fifty contacts, four fields, with the count `GET https://app.axl.tech/api/v1/crm/lead?fields={id,firstName,email,tags{id,text}}&take=50&skip=0&useItemsTotal=true` `Authorization: Bearer ` `200 {"success":true,"errors":[],"body":{"items":[…],"filter":{"itemsTotal":128}}}` Contacts live under `crm/lead`; the count rides back on the echoed filter. Copy the call 1. 1**The field selector is usually required.** These entities are wide, so a read without one errors with `mustSpecifyFieldsToSelect` rather than defaulting to everything. 2. 2**An unknown field name 500s the whole call**: a bad filter degrades quietly, a bad field name does not. Read a 500 here as your own typo; names come from the OpenAPI document. 3. 3**An unsupported filter condition is ignored silently**: `200` and the wrong rows, never an error. Cross-check a filtered read against the module's count operation, or `useItemsTotal` on the same read. 4. 4**Updates are patch-shaped.** `{"value":x}` sets, `{"value":null}` clears, an omitted property is left alone. A bare value does not bind and is dropped in silence, which reads exactly like “the server ignored me”. 5. 5**A single-entity update replaces a collection; a bulk action adds to it.** And on a bulk action an empty or missing filter targets every record in the account, the most dangerous shape in the API. The agent surface guards it; REST does not, because the admin panel performs it too. Scope your filters. Filtering ## 74 filter types, one grammar, three property names. The extended filter is the language the CRM segment builder speaks. **61 of the 74 work in contact segments and broadcast audiences**; the other 13 test an automation's run context rather than the contact, so they mean nothing in a list query. Conditions are camelCase strings (`contains`, `moreThan`, `notSpecified`), and so are nested enums. [The same grammar in the interface →](https://axl.tech/crm#crm-segments) One payload, renamed by where you attach it. | Where | Property | Encoding | | --- | --- | --- | | Contact lists and counts | `extendedFilter` | JSON object | | Broadcasts, promo audiences | `extendedFilterJson` | the same JSON, as a string | | Saved filters | `filterJson` | the same JSON, as a string | ## Files upload in three steps, not one post **Begin** with a JSON call describing the file; the server sizes the parts and returns one pre-signed URL each. **Upload** the bytes by `PUT` to each URL with **no** `Authorization` header (the signature is in the URL and an auth header voids it), keeping each `ETag` verbatim. **Complete** as the admin who began. Download links are pre-signed and expire after **six hours**, so generate them when you need them. ## Concurrency, not a request quota There is no requests-per-second cap. Machine callers get a fixed number of requests **in flight at once**. Ten thousand calls in a row is fine, four at the same moment may not be. - •Over it: `429` with `Retry-After: 1`, plus `X-Concurrency-Limit` and `X-Concurrency-Remaining`. Read those headers rather than hard-coding a number: they are authoritative for your account right now. - •Browser sessions are never throttled. The limit stops one runaway script degrading an account; it is not a tier to buy. - •It fails open: if the throttling layer is unavailable, requests pass through. - •A negative balance locks the API: everything but billing reads answers `403 lockedSchoolAccessDenied`, and no backoff clears it. A failed invoice stops a nightly job until the account is [topped up](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Before you wire anything up. ### Where is the endpoint reference?+ At https://app.axl.tech/api/public, browsable and open, with the OpenAPI document downloadable from the same page. It covers contacts, courses, products, orders, payments, certificates, scenarios and the partnership endpoints; everything else behaves the same way and is described by the MCP schema tools and the [knowledge base](https://docs.axl.tech). ### Is the API included, or is there a developer tier?+ The API and webhooks are part of AXL. Paid platform plans start at $49 per month with included usage and published overage rates. [Work out your number →](https://axl.tech/pricing) ### Do you have SDKs?+ Not today. Download the OpenAPI document from the [reference](https://app.axl.tech/api/public) and generate one in your own language; the same file imports into Postman as a collection. ## One key, one job, one afternoon. Create the key, scope it to the one job, make the call above. [Create an API key](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys) [Open the API reference](https://app.axl.tech/api/public) [Webhooks, both directions](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Sales & Marketing Platform Pricing 2026 > Start free on AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform, then upgrade from $49. Compare allowances and overage rates. Canonical: https://axl.tech/pricing PricingFree plan, no card # See the bill before it arrives. Plan fees, Free limits, allowances and overage rates are public. The calculator shows every charged line and total. AXL takes 0% of sales. All features included **The full AXL platform is included on every plan.**Plans change included usage and admin seats, not access to features. Free adds hard limits. Free $0 hard limits, no overage - Contacts**500** - Storage**5 GB** - Email**5,000** - Messages**5,000** - Video viewing**10 h** - Live stream i100 viewers × 30 min = 50 h**50 viewer-h** - Admins**1** - AI credits**From balance** - Site visits**3,000** - AXL branding**Always on** What happens at a limit Starter $49 per month - Contacts**5,000** - Storage**50 GB** - Email**15,000** - Messages**25,000** - Video viewing**100 h** - Webinar viewing iAXL stream only**100 viewer-h** - Admins**1** - AI credits**200** Growth $149 per month - Contacts**20,000** - Storage**150 GB** - Email**50,000** - Messages**75,000** - Video viewing**300 h** - Webinar viewing iAXL stream only**400 viewer-h** - Admins**2** - AI credits**500** Scale $349 per month - Contacts**50,000** - Storage**400 GB** - Email**120,000** - Messages**200,000** - Video viewing**500 h** - Webinar viewing iAXL stream only**600 viewer-h** - Admins**3** - AI credits**1,500** Pro $699 per month - Contacts**150,000** - Storage**1,000 GB** - Email**300,000** - Messages**500,000** - Video viewing**1,500 h** - Webinar viewing iAXL stream only**1,500 viewer-h** - Admins**5** - AI credits**3,000** Estimate your bill[Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) On this page Calculator Transparent bill Usage Free plan Domains & DNS Billing Compare No AXL platform fee on your sales Guardrails No surprise invoice ## The rate card is public. The math stays visible. Estimate the bill before signup. Billing keeps every overage line, daily usage and cost visible. Plan fee**$49, $149, $349 or $699** Included usage**$0 extra** Usage above allowance**published rate x overage** Your sales**0% to AXL** No pricing surprises **Two things you will not find here.** No. 01 **No “unlimited, subject to reasonable use” fine print.** Included amounts and overage rates are numbers, not a judgment call. No. 02 **No hidden “contact sales” enterprise price.** Every plan and the cost of growing beyond it stay public. Estimate your bill ## Choose a plan and see its monthly estimate. Pick a plan, start from a business profile, then adjust any of the eight usage inputs when you need a closer estimate. Plan to estimate Free$0, hard limits**Over limits**estimated monthly Starter$49 plan fee**$49**estimated monthlyLowest total Growth$149 plan fee**$149**estimated monthly Scale$349 plan fee**$349**estimated monthly Pro$699 plan fee**$699**estimated monthly Start with a business profile Consulting studio1.2k contacts, 6k emails Creator business8k contacts, 40k emails Home services group18k contacts, 140k messages Membership business45k contacts, 450k messages Online retailer120k contacts, 900k emails Media publisher260k contacts, 1.5m emails Estimated monthly bill $49.00 per month Starter selected and currently lowest Lowest total at this usage: Starter at $49.00. Usage on selected plan ### Starter #### Usage against included amounts Used / included Contacts**1,200 / 5,000**Included Storage**20 / 50**Included Platform emails**5,000 / 15,000**Included Messages**8,000 / 25,000**Included Video viewing**20 / 100**Included Webinar viewing on AXL stream**10 / 100**Included Active admins**1 / 1**Included AI credits**100 / 200**Included - Selected plan fee - $49.00 - Calculated overage - $0.00 For contacts, storage and admins, this estimate assumes today's amount stays unchanged through the month. Live billing calculates each day separately. Free has hard limits instead of overage, and its AI is paid from prepaid balance. Taxes and payment-provider fees are not included. Show all usage inputsHide usage inputsContacts, storage, email, messages, video, webinars, team and AI Stored contacts today5,000 included, $0.002 each above contacts Storage in use today50 GB included, $0.10 per GB above GB Platform emails15,000 included, $0.0006 each above emails Messages25,000 included, $0.0004 each above messages Video viewing100 viewer-hours included, $0.03 per viewer-hour above viewer-h Webinar viewing through AXL stream100 viewer-hours included, $0.03 per viewer-hour above viewer-h Active admins today1 included, $15 per active admin/month above admins AI credits200 included, $0.01 per credit above credits Usage rates ## One rate card. The same on every plan. Plan usage is charged above your allowance. Phone numbers and calls are billed separately. Plan overage rates and approximate US telephony prices. | Usage | How it is measured | Rate | | --- | --- | --- | | Contacts | Charged daily from that day's stored count | $0.002 each | | Storage | Charged daily from that day's GB, including converted video renditions | $0.10 per GB | | Platform emails | Sent during the month | $0.0006 each | | Messages | Sent during the month | $0.0004 each | | Video viewing | Viewer-hours during the month | $0.03 per viewer-hour | | Webinar viewing through AXL stream | Viewer-hours streamed through AXL during the month | $0.03 per viewer-hour | | Active admins | Charged daily from that day's active non-agent seats | $15 per active admin/month | | AI credits | Credits used during the month | $0.01 per credit | | US local phone number | Monthly rental, separate from the plan | ≈ $1.50/month | | US to US browser calls | Billable minutes, including connection and dual-channel recording; no AI | ≈ $0.02/min | **The formula is simple:** plan fee plus each positive difference between your usage and the included amount, multiplied by that usage rate, plus separate telephony and domain services. The plan calculator excludes these separate charges. Telephony figures are estimates, not fixed worldwide rates. Post-call AI, number setup and taxes may add to the total. See the US example and full breakdown → Free plan ## Start at $0. A limit pauses sending, never your leads. New accounts start on Free, with no trial clock and no card. Free limits are hard and cannot be bought; paid plans raise them. What happens when a Free account reaches a limit. Paid plans never pause; they bill overage. | Limit | At the limit | Hard stop | | --- | --- | --- | | 500 contacts | New leads are still saved. Campaigns and automations skip contacts above the limit. | None | | 5,000 emails a month, 500 a day | A campaign bigger than what is left is declined with the numbers; automation emails pause. Sign-in, receipt, access and booking emails always go out. | At 100% | | 5,000 messages a month | Automated and bulk messages pause. Your own replies and incoming messages keep working. | At 100%, automation only | | 5 GB storage | New uploads close; uploaded files keep working. Video is converted up to 720p. | At 100% | | 3,000 site visits a month | Sites stay up. From 4,500 visits a bar says the site runs on free AXL. | From 6,000: pages pause behind a contact form that still collects leads | | 10 video hours a month | Video plays at up to 360p with an AXL mark. | From 30 hours | | 50 live viewer-hours a month | Any number of broadcasts and viewers: 100 viewers for 30 minutes use 50 viewer-hours. | When they run out, plus 5 minutes of grace | | AI, calls, SMS and DNS hosting | Paid from prepaid balance. The onboarding chat is free. | At zero balance; the assistant hands over to a person. The account stays open. | Telephony & voice AI ## A US business number. Usage you can estimate. Phone numbers and calls are billed separately from your plan. Illustrative USD estimates for a local US number and domestic calling, checked September 6, 2026. | Service | Approximate cost | What it includes | | --- | --- | --- | | US local number | ≈ $1.50/month | Example rental; availability and setup charges vary | | US to US browser call | ≈ $0.02/min | Connection, call control, browser audio and dual-channel recording; no AI agent | | AI receptionist example | ≈ $0.121/min | Observed inbound calls with connection, recording and AI; ≈ $0.130 with recorded post-call AI. Sample geography unconfirmed. | **Example: around $21/month** for one local number and 1,000 billable US browser-call minutes with recording, plus your AXL plan. AI agent usage is additional. How the US estimate is calculated Per minute: $0.0075 connection + $0.003 call control + $0.003 browser audio + $0.006 dual-channel recording = $0.0195. Multiply by 1,000 and add $1.50 number rental. Estimates use the current AXL rate configuration and a standard local route. Actual number, route, rounding and optional services affect charges; taxes excluded. Confirm live prices in Telephony before purchase. This estimate is separate from the plan calculator above. [Explore telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) · [See real AI call costs →](https://axl.tech/vs/newo#axl-call-examples) Domains & DNS ## Domain registration and DNS hosting. Buy, transfer or connect a domain. Registration and DNS hosting are priced separately. Domain services, billed separately from the plan calculator. Prices in US dollars. | Service | Price | How it works | | --- | --- | --- | | Register a domain | Varies by name, extension and term | The exact price and available term are shown before you confirm. | | Renew a domain | Current renewal price for your domain | Review the exact amount in Settings > Domains before confirming a renewal. | | Transfer a domain to AXL | Varies by domain and extension | Eligibility and the transfer price are shown before you confirm. | | AXL DNS hosting: first domain | Free on paid plans | One domain per account from Starter. On Free, each domain is $1 a month from balance; an empty balance pauses its DNS hosting with an email, never the account. | | AXL DNS hosting: additional domains | $1 / domain / month | Included as a separate DNS hosting line on your monthly invoice. | | Connect a domain with external DNS | No AXL connection or DNS hosting fee | Keep your provider and add AXL's records. Your provider's charges still apply. | ### An eligible domain's first year is free on Growth and above. Available on a plan from $149/month, once per account. Eligible names are marked in your account before purchase. The offer covers the first year of a new registration; renewals and transfers are paid separately. The oldest domain AXL hosts gets the free DNS slot, whether bought, transferred or connected. [Expired domain? See renewal and restoration prices →](https://axl.tech/legal/domain-expiration) How billing works ## Keep the allowance. Measure only what moves. Base plancharged once for the month Contacts, storage and active adminscharged daily from each day's actual amount Email, messages, viewing and AImonthly consumption Plan recommendationthe lowest total among the plans your usage fits After the limit ## A limit can mean overage, an automatic upgrade or a sales call. AXL publishes the overage on paid plans and pauses sending at a Free limit. Other platforms may sell an add-on, charge usage fees or move the account to a higher or custom plan. Read from each vendor's own pricing and account terms. Standard card processing may still apply unless the vendor includes it in the listed transaction fee. Custom and Enterprise prices are not public. | Platform | Entry price | Included at entry | Fee on sales | After the limit | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | $0 Free; $49/mo Starter | 500 contacts on Free; 5,000 on Starter | 0% | Public overage; a larger plan only when it lowers the total | | Kajabi | $179/mo | 2,500 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% to 0.5% by plan with an eligible third-party provider | Add 5,000 contacts for $25/mo, or upgrade | | Teachable | $39/mo | 100 active students | 7.5% on Starter | Usage fees can apply unless native sales exceed $10k/year; Custom is contact sales | | Kartra | $59/mo | 500 contacts | 5% on the entry tier | Automatic tier upgrade with a mid-cycle fee; Enterprise supports up to 250,000 contacts | | Skool | $9/mo | Unlimited members | 10% Hobby; Pro starts at 2.9% | No member cliff; plan choice changes the transaction fee | **Video hosting**Protected players, viewing data and course delivery. **Email and messaging**Campaigns and connected channels inside one automation. **CRM and automation**One contact timeline from first click to follow-up. **Sell and deliver**Checkout, courses, webinars, community and booking. A concrete monthly example ### One AXL bill is $101 lower. 2,500 contacts, 30,000 platform emails, one admin and up to 50 video viewer-hours. Courses, CRM, checkout and automation are included only in AXL. AXL Starter plus 15k extra emails**$58** Mailchimp Standard plus Wistia Business**$159** **You save $101 each month** $1,212 over 12 months**64%** **Check the source prices**Prices, units and savings. Monthly USD prices. Video plans use different allowance units. Email API rows compare extra-email rates only. | Tool | Public price | AXL price proof | AXL advantage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wistia Business](https://wistia.com/pricing) | $99/mo Business | $49/mo Starter | $50 lower entry | | [Mailchimp Standard](https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/) | $60/mo for 2.5k contacts and 30k sends | $58/mo at the same volume | $2 lower, plus video | | [Mailgun Basic](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/) | $1.80 per extra 1k | $0.60 per extra 1k | 67% lower rate | | [SendGrid Essentials 50K](https://sendgrid.com/content/dam/sendgrid/global/en/other/sendgrid-pricing/twi121--sendgrid-pricing-pdf-st1.pdf) | $1.33 per extra 1k | $0.60 per extra 1k | 55% lower rate | Checked August 2026. Taxes, promotions and feature differences are excluded. [See every comparison, priced and dated →](https://axl.tech/vs) No AXL platform fee on your sales > > > “AXL does not take a percentage cut of your revenue. All money you get is yours.” > > You connect your own Stripe, PayPal or one of 20+ providers, and the money goes from your customer to your account. We are not in the path, hold no funds, and do not skim. The guardrails ## Usage-based pricing is only trustworthy if you can watch it and the fastest-moving line is capped. AI with a real-money balance uses the monthly cap you set and stops if pending AI charges use up that balance Separate account debt gate uses the balance, bonus balance and the account's plan credit ![AXL billing details with usage totals, daily sparklines, an expanded AI Function chart and token spend by admin.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/i0f2Nmca5Ei2TA7kMQ2kqg.png) Open any usage line to see daily cost and the contributors behind it. > > > **These are separate stops.** AI can stop while the account stays open because referral and promo balances, plus plan credit, do not pay for AI. > > Questions ## Eight billing answers. ### What does Starter cost?- $49 per month. It includes 5,000 contacts, 50 GB of storage, 15,000 emails, 25,000 messages, 100 video-viewing hours, 100 webinar viewer-hours streamed through AXL, one admin and 200 AI credits. ### What happens when I pass an allowance?+ On a paid plan, only the amount above the allowance is billed at the published overage rate. The plan fee and every positive overage line are added together. Free has no overage: sending pauses at its limits. ### Are overage rates different on larger plans?+ No. Starter, Growth, Scale and Pro use the same overage rate card. Larger plans give you more included usage. ### What happens in a quiet month?+ On a paid plan, you still pay the plan fee. Contacts, storage and active admins are calculated and charged day by day from each day's actual amount. Email, messages, video viewing, webinar viewing through AXL streaming and AI use monthly consumption. ### Do you take a percentage of my sales?+ No. AXL takes 0% of your sales. Your payment provider can still charge its own processing fee. ### Why can a larger plan cost less?+ A larger plan can remove enough overage to lower the total. The calculator compares every plan total your usage fits and recommends the lowest estimate. ### Does storage include hosted video?+ Yes. Storage includes uploaded files and converted video renditions. Video viewing is a separate viewer-hour allowance and overage line. ### Is there a free plan?+ Yes. New accounts start on Free, with no trial and no card: 500 contacts, 5,000 emails and 5 GB, with AXL branding. AI runs on prepaid balance, Free limits cannot be bought, and an empty balance never blocks the account. ### When do Free limits reset?+ Every month on your sign-up day. AXL emails you at 80% and at 100%. ### Does every plan show AXL branding?+ Yes. Sites, forms and video players show a small AXL badge on every plan. Free also adds it under bulk emails. ### Why does Free ask for SMS verification?+ It unlocks imports, bulk campaigns and your own domain. Each Free campaign is reviewed before it is sent. ### Is an unused Free account deleted?+ Yes. After 90 days with no sign-in, visitor or lead, a Free account is deleted with its data, after email warnings. A positive balance keeps it. ## Start with the plan that fits now. Start on Free. Upgrade when a limit gets close. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Ask us about your numbers](https://axl.tech/contact) --- # Sales & Marketing Solutions for Growing Businesses > See how AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform helps service teams, consultants, creators, online schools and founder-led businesses grow. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Solutions Use cases · fourteen ways in # Start from the job you are actually trying to do Connect your site, sales, teaching and customer conversations in one account. Start with the job that matters most. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See everything it does](https://axl.tech/features) Free plan, no card needed. For customer-facing teams ## Build around the conversation. Connect the agent, customer context and follow-up around your team’s work. [**Call centers** Team calls, AI reception and a shared customer history.](https://axl.tech/solutions/call-centers) ↗[**Sales teams** Qualify enquiries, book meetings and follow up with context. ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/sales-teams)[**AI receptionists** Answer questions, check availability and book appointments. ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/ai-receptionists)[**Service businesses** Capture requests, book consultations and collect feedback. ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/service-businesses)[**Webinar teams** Send reminders and follow up on attendance and call outcomes. ↗](https://axl.tech/solutions/webinar-teams)**Find your use case** Explore audience, teaching and business workflows. ↗ You have an audience ## Charge your audience directly. [Bloggers Charge your readers without giving up a cut. Subscriptions, members-only posts and checkout.](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) [Creators Turn Instagram comments into customers. Comment to DM funnels, email capture and follow-up.](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) [Communities Keep the community. Keep the fees. Paid spaces with access tied to the membership.](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) You teach or advise ## Sell what you know. [Experts & coaches Turn your coaching into a course you can sell. Lessons, tests, homework, certificate and checkout.](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) [Consultants Get paid before the call starts. Paid sessions, booking pages and client history.](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) [Online schools Run an online school that grows without a plan jump. Cohorts, drip, a homework queue and tutor roles.](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) You sell or build for clients ## Products, sales and client sites. [Sellers Sell with your own checkout, no cut. Checkout, upsells, subscriptions and unpaid order follow-up.](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) [Small business A small business CRM with calls built in. Pipelines, lead sources, calls and tasks.](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) [Web designers Your markup ships exactly as you wrote it. Custom HTML pages with forms, checkout and a CRM.](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) ## Start with the part that costs you most. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month, and AXL takes 0% of your sales. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See how the bill works](https://axl.tech/pricing) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Sales, Marketing and AI Blog > Practical guides to sales, marketing and AI, from CRM and follow-up to courses and comparisons, by the team building AXL's AI-native platform. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Blog The AXL blog # Guides to selling, teaching and automating with AXL. How agents use real business tools, how automations behave and what other platforms actually cost. - •Where a competitor is the better buy for you, the article says so Read the articles [Go straight to the docs](https://docs.axl.tech) Start here [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 14, 2026 9 min read By Dan Muse ## [What Is an MCP Server? A Plain-English Guide for People Who Run a Business](https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server) What the protocol is, and why the phrase means very different things at different vendors. ![A conceptual diagram: one business instruction travels from an AI client through an MCP server, then returns as a published page, connected booking, CRM capture, and scheduled follow-up in an AXL account.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/50ufURW_aUGIKmmpdzGGhA.png) The feed ## All articles. [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 15, 2026 9 min read By Dan Muse ### [How to Connect Claude to Your CRM, Step by Step](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-claude-to-crm) [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 15, 2026 9 min read By Dan Muse ### [Connect Cursor to Your Business Data: A 5-Minute Setup](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-cursor-business-data) [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 15, 2026 10 min read By Dan Muse ### [11 Things I Let an AI Agent Do in My Business (And 4 I Don't)](https://axl.tech/blog/ai-agent-tasks-to-delegate) [Comparisons](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/comparisons) Aug 14, 2026 7 min read By Dimon ### [Kajabi Basic Stops at 2,500 Contacts. Here's What That Costs](https://axl.tech/blog/kajabi-contact-limit-cost) [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 15, 2026 9 min read By Dan Muse ### [MCP vs API vs Zapier: When to Use Each](https://axl.tech/blog/mcp-vs-api-vs-zapier) [Automation](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/automation) Aug 14, 2026 8 min read By Dimon ### [Abandoned Checkout to Recovered Sale: A Scenario You Can Copy](https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario) [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) Aug 15, 2026 8 min read By Dan Muse ### [How to Connect ChatGPT to Your Business Tools With MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/connect-chatgpt-mcp) [Courses](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/courses) Aug 14, 2026 9 min read By Dimon ### [How to Increase Course Completion Rates: 11 Practical Fixes](https://axl.tech/blog/increase-course-completion-rates) How this is written ## Three rules, and what happens when we break one. ### Every competitor number is sourced and dated The vendor's own page and the day we read it, beside the figure. We never claim “X has no CRM.” We report only what their page said on the day it said it. A moved price is corrected. ### Missing proof stays visible to the editors A claim that still needs confirmation is held back or removed before release. We do not fill a missing answer with a guess. ### No invented customers, ever No “Sarah tripled her revenue in six weeks”. A worked example is labelled as one, its numbers as placeholders. The correction promise. Every figure is checked on the day of publication. If something here is wrong, write in. We correct it, and the article says what changed. [Tell us we got something wrong →](https://axl.tech/contact) ## Start with the whole platform. Pay for the part you use. Start free without a setup call. Paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See how pricing works →](https://axl.tech/pricing) --- # Scale an Online School Without Per-Student Fees > Cohorts, deep drip scheduling, a grading queue and role handover, with CRM, payments and webinars on one record. No contact tiers or revenue cut. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools Solutions · Online schools # Run an online school that grows without a plan jump. Courses, cohorts, tutors, homework review and payments in one account. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL course structure with three sections, numbered steps and Theory, Tests and Tasks counts.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/H-3CP2oGOkyEvK47oMWr5Q.png) Organize lessons, tests, practice, and certificates into one clear course structure. What it is ## Courses, cohorts, tutors and payments in one account. Run several courses with dated cohorts, a shared homework queue and access tied to what each student paid for. ![The AXL homework review queue: submitted tasks with student, course, step and status.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aLGHCQjSFUuXmSP5SCBpDQ.webp) The homework queue tutors work from. - 01**Cohorts.** Dated intakes with lessons that open on a schedule. - 02**Review queue.** Blocking homework first, filtered by tutor or cohort. - 03**AI Curator.** Optional AI review of free-form homework. - 04**Team.** Departments, roles and handover of a tutor’s students. **Good to know:** No SCORM. Course content is rebuilt in AXL; contacts import from a file. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a school uses. - Courses Lessons, tests, homework, drip and certificates. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - Webinars Live classes from the browser or OBS. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - Video hosting Lesson video with download protection. [Video →](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) - CRM Every student’s payments, progress and calls. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) How to start ## Move one cohort first. 1. 01 Import students CSV or XLSX, matched on email and phone. Contacts → Import 2. 02 Rebuild one course Sections, steps, tests, homework. Courses → New 3. 03 Create the cohort Start date and lesson schedule. Course → Cohorts 4. 04 Assign reviewers Who checks which course. Task Review Or let AI do it PromptCopy Recreate this course: sections, steps, tests and homework. Cohort from 1 September, one section a week, blocked until homework is accepted. Show me it before it goes live. What it does - 1. Rebuilds sections, steps, tests and homework. - 2. Starts a cohort on 1 September, one section a week. - 3. Blocks each section until homework is accepted. - 4. Shows you the course before it goes live. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How courses work →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) What it replaces ## Growth without a jump to the next plan. AXL charges for usage above the plan allowance, so more students raise the bill a little at a time. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Courses and contacts | Kajabi Growth, 25,000 contacts | $249 | Courses, CRM, email | | Live classes | WebinarJam Basic, 500 attendees | $99 | Webinars, $0.03 per viewer-hour above the plan | | Lesson video | Wistia Business | $99 | Video hosting, $0.03 per viewer-hour above the plan | | All of it | AXL | Growth $149, 0% of sales | Growth includes 20,000 contacts, 300 h of video and 400 viewer-hours live | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can we import from our current platform?+ Contacts import from CSV or XLSX. Course content is rebuilt in AXL. ### Do students get a phone app?+ Students use a web portal on your own domain with your logo, in nine languages. ### How do refunds work?+ Cancel the order and record a refund payment. AXL is not a merchant of record and does not calculate tax. ### Can an AI agent do the setup?+ Much of it. It can build courses, cohorts and scenarios; publishing and payments stay with you. ## Move your school one cohort at a time. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the course platform](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Security: Data Isolation and Access Controls > Explore security in AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform: data isolation, access controls, exports and connected AI agent permissions. Canonical: https://axl.tech/security Security # How your data is kept separate, and who can reach it. The data layer isolates your data. AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing with EU hosting, a DPA and documented transfer safeguards. [A connected AI agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) inherits your rights, minus 21 sensitive operations. Harden access GDPR details Tenant isolation ## The data layer enforces every account boundary. The data layer stamps each record with an account identifier, filters every read by it, and keeps careless queries inside the account. The pipeline covers the admin panel, API, webhooks and agents. Accounts under one login stay separate; the consent screen names the connected account. Deletion is soft by default: the record is hidden from every read, not erased, so a wrong delete can be restored. “Deleted” and “destroyed” are different states here. Export selected contact, order and payment fields to XLSX or CSV, with repeat downloads. Destruction beyond soft delete is a request to support@axl.tech, not a switch; [the privacy policy](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) lists reasons for refusal. Access control ## Rights, not tiers. - •**Team permissions apply per field.** Someone may edit a course without publishing rights; custom roles extend system roles. - •**Each key has its own rights.** An automation key can lack contact access. - •**One operation handles handover.** Deals, tasks, contacts and orders move to another admin when someone leaves (Settings → Team). ![AXL API key drawer with Scenarios and Run scenario selected under Rights, while the key table remains visible behind it.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/g4pfJMmOvU6sou7pQogzkg.png) Choose exactly what an API key can do before you save it. The first hour 1. 01 Invite your team No shared login. Settings → Team 2. 02 Limit the private fields Passport and financial data, admins only. Contact card → Limited access 3. 03 One key per integration Only the rights that key needs. Settings → API keys 4. 04 Lock the portal Close registration, require confirmed email, cap logins at one or two. Portal settings Content and delivery ## Customer-facing controls. - •**Custom domains get automatic TLS.** AXL issues and renews it. - •[**Video obeys your controls.**](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) Watermarks, five privacy scopes, permitted embed domains and leak-locating analytics. - •**Private file links expire after six hours.** Public files get permanent CDN URLs, suitable for hero images, not contracts. - •**Public forms screen for abuse.** Scripted floods do not become billable contacts. - •**Community and webinars are moderated.** Reports, per-user restrictions, IP bans, link blocking and stop-words. ### One-click email unsubscribe Every broadcast, scenario and admin email carries `List-Unsubscribe` and `List-Unsubscribe-Post`. Our RFC 8058 endpoint accepts signed one-click POST requests, suppressing the address without relying on a footer link. AI and agent access ## An agent inherits your permissions. ### It authenticates as you OAuth 2.1 with PKCE returns a regular admin token, with no long-lived config-file secret. Every call crosses the browser's rights checks and account boundary. ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ### 21 sensitive operations are removed from the AI surface Server code removes them, not a prompt. The agent cannot see or invoke them, even when instructed by a document. They include billing writes, token minting, and role or admin changes: it can read a bill, but not pay it. - •**Publishing and sending stay separate.** Building a page or email does not publish or send it. - •**Destructive operations reject empty filters.** They would target the whole school. Known limit The confirmation flag on destructive operations is a documented speed bump a calling client sets itself, not a guarantee that a human approved the action. [Read every guardrail →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Infrastructure ## Where it runs. AWS **eu-central-1** (Frankfurt), CloudFront in front of static content. Privacy & GDPR ### The contracts and controls are in place. AXL supports GDPR-compliant processing. That is a documented operating position, not a certification badge. Customers remain responsible for their own lawful basis, notices, consent and product configuration. - •**EU hosting.** Platform data and backups are hosted in AWS Frankfurt. - •**DPA included.** The Data Processing Addendum applies automatically where a controller-processor agreement is required. - •**Transfer safeguards.** EU SCCs, the UK Addendum and supplementary technical measures cover relevant international transfers. - •**Technical controls.** TLS 1.2+, AWS KMS encryption at rest, MFA for production personnel, role-based access, logging and monitoring. - •**Rights and oversight.** The Privacy Notice documents retention, data-subject rights, the response process, an EU Representative and supervisory authorities. [Privacy Notice →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) [Data Processing Addendum →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/dpa/en) [Sub-processors →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/subprocessors/en) Still have a question? Get a straight answer. Ask about the DPA, SCCs, retention, transfer safeguards or a privacy request. For a vulnerability report, use the security address. [privacy@axl.tech →](mailto:privacy@axl.tech) Security reports: security@axl.tech. [Privacy policy →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) [Terms →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) ## Turn on every control. Check it. Every control above is default, not plan-gated. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Read the privacy policy](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Sell Digital Products With No Revenue Cut > Checkout with order bumps and one-click upsells, 20+ payment providers, subscriptions with dunning built in, and an abandoned cart that is a CRM record. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers For sellers of digital and physical goods # Sell with your own checkout, no cut. Checkout on your pages, upsells, subscriptions and a follow-up for every unpaid order. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![An AXL checkout taking an order with its order bump, and the buyer's contact record carrying the paid order.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/x6WMTmAOm0isqjdXy-ZY7g.png) What it is ## Checkout on your page, orders in your CRM. The order exists from the moment someone opens checkout. An unpaid order is a contact you can follow up. ![An order in AXL: its status history from created to paid, with amounts and payment provider.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/WRwVjGg3JESf8hL5sKxLig.webp) An order and its status history. - 01**Checkout block.** One product, a choice, or a bundle on any page. - 02**Order bump and upsell.** Add-ons at checkout and one-click upsell pages. - 03**Promo codes.** Fixed or percent, dated, with a usage cap. - 04**Abandoned checkout.** An unpaid order starts a follow-up. **Good to know:** Best for digital products, services, subscriptions and small catalogues. No tax engine, no shipping rates. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a seller uses. - Checkout and subscriptions 20+ payment providers, cash and bank transfer. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) - Sales pages Pages with checkout on your domain. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Recovery Abandoned checkout and failed renewal scenarios. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Email Launches and offers to buyers. [Email →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) How to start ## Your checkout live today. 1. 01 Create the product Digital, physical, service or subscription. Products → New 2. 02 Add checkout to a page Checkout block, gateway connected. Sites → Page 3. 03 Raise the order value Order bump, upsell, promo code. Product → Checkout 4. 04 Recover unpaid orders A reminder 45 minutes later. Scenarios Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create “Toolkit Pro” at $79 with a $19 order bump and a $149 one-click upsell, on a checkout page in my brand style. Then two scenarios: recover abandoned checkouts after 45 minutes, and a 7-day dunning sequence. Show me both graphs, activate nothing. What it does - 1. Creates “Toolkit Pro” at $79 with a $19 order bump and a $149 upsell. - 2. Builds the checkout page in your brand style. - 3. Builds two scenarios: abandoned checkout after 45 minutes and a 7-day dunning sequence. - 4. Activates nothing. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How checkout works →](https://axl.tech/payments) What it replaces ## One plan in place of a funnel builder, an email tool and a DM tool. AXL takes no share of what you sell. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Funnels and checkout | ClickFunnels Launch | $97 | Pages, checkout, upsells | | Email | Kit Creator, 1,001 to 3,000 subscribers | $59 | Broadcasts and automations | | Chat follow-up | ManyChat Pro, 2,500 contacts | $39 | Chat channels and bots | | All of it | AXL | From $49, 0% of sales | Starter includes 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Is AXL a full online store?+ It suits digital products, services, subscriptions and small catalogues. There is no tax engine and no shipping rate calculator. ### Can I take a deposit?+ Yes. The order stays partially paid, and the balance can be paid later from a link. ### What happens when a renewal fails?+ AXL retries the card for the days you set, then pauses access. Each step can send a message. ### Do you take a percentage?+ No. AXL takes 0% of sales. Your payment provider charges its own processing fee. ## Set up your checkout in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See payments](https://axl.tech/payments) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) · [Web designers](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) --- # Showcase: This Website Runs on the Platform > See how axl.tech was built on AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform, with shared page design and direct AI access. Canonical: https://axl.tech/showcase 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. Showcase Showcase # The first site in this showcase is the one you are reading. Every page here is hand-written HTML on a Custom page, published byte-for-byte through the API an agent calls. Exhibit one This site is built on AXL. Hand-written HTML and CSS on Custom pages, published byte-for-byte. Seven palette tokens and two fonts in each page's head HTML, one header and one footer component on every page. The only form here, on /contact, is a platform lead form. The blog is drafted by an agent over MCP. - **View source:** server-rendered HTML, not an empty shell. - **Open `/sitemap.xml`:** every published page is in it. - **Click the theme toggle** in the header: seven tokens swap, nothing else. - **Walk it:** nested URLs under /blog, a comparison table on /vs, a calculator on /pricing. - **In the browser console:** `window.AXLData.siteId`, the field every AXL-hosted site carries. ![AXL Custom page Code view with the axl.tech palette tokens and body HTML.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/mFHCgB5sbEu4vmn7ACjRQw.png) Open the same page in AXL to update its content, code, or design. [The builder it was made in →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) [The API it publishes through →](https://axl.tech/developers) [Website and SEO guides →](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/websites-seo) Order of operations ## How this site is built and published 1. 01 The domain One site bound to axl.tech; SSL is issued on connect. Settings → Domains 2. 02 Pages nested A page under blog lands at /blog/its-segment. Sites → Pages 3. 03 Head and body HTML Tokens and fonts in the head; the body ships as written. Page → Custom 4. 04 Draft, then publish The preview link is noindex. 100 revisions, with revert. Page → Publish **Raw HTML ships as written, with one exception.** Lead-form and checkout markup is wired by literal class names; style it, do not restructure it, or it renders and never submits. Reserved ## What this exhibit cannot show you A marketing site runs no checkout, no course player, no members' area and no webinar room. Four slots wait for customers willing to be named. - ### An online school Catalogue, checkout and student portal on one domain, with the certificate the course issues. [Course platform →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - ### A paid community Spaces whose access rules are CRM filters, so a tier maintains its own membership. [Community platform →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) - ### A designer's client site Built for somebody else and handed over with the account. The harder proof. [For web designers →](https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers) - ### A funnel and a live webinar Registration page, room, replay, and the orders that came out of it. [Webinar platform →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) An entry needs the owner's written permission and a live URL. ## Rebuild any section of this page in your own account. Open the trial, copy a section you are looking at, and time it. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Offer your site for the showcase](https://axl.tech/contact) You approve every word and we link to your live site. Nothing goes up without your sign-off. Start free --- # Skool Alternatives 2026: 5 Honest Options > Compare five Skool alternatives on transaction fees, API access, email and courses, including the case for staying with Skool. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/skool 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Skool Prices # 5 Skool alternatives in 2026, compared on fees, API access and courses The 10%, the missing API and the missing CRM are the three reasons people search this. Skool is deliberately small. Sometimes that is the right answer. The short version Closest community product Circle structure, threads, live rooms and branding Smallest sticker Skool itself $9; the 10% only hurts once the revenue is real An agent that finishes AXL a documented REST API and an agent that writes The trigger ## Why people leave Skool - **The 10% on Hobby.** $9 plus 10% of sales; Pro is $99 plus 2.9% with an identical feature list, so $99 buys a lower rake and nothing else (skool.com/pricing). On $10,000 of monthly sales, Hobby's fee alone is $1,000. - **No public API found.** No REST API, official webhooks or app marketplace; the official programmatic surface is Stripe webhooks and a limited Zapier connection (tools4skool.com/integrations/skool-api). - **No email marketing, no member tagging.** Both are reported as top open feature requests (stickyhive.ai/skool/review and tools4skool.com/skool/skool-updates). - **Automation is one step deep.** An AutoDM on join is reported as the whole of it; there is no post scheduling, at-risk view or retention curve (tools4skool.com). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing page, with Thinkific rechecked on 21 August 2026. Neither Skool's nor Circle's page says whether card processing sits inside its percentage. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Courses | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Skool (yours) | $9 | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | Unlimited, simple | None reported | No public API found | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Unlimited, graded, certificates | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Included on every plan | | Circle | $89 | 2% at $89, 1% at $199, 0.5% on Circle Plus | Reviewers describe as thin | Add-on, +$99/mo | Business $199, 5,000 calls/mo | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | 5 on Basic | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | Thinkific | $54 | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% down to 0.5% with your own provider where applicable | Unlimited | No nurture sequences reported | Plus only, read-only, rolling out | | ClickFunnels | $97 | 0% | 3 on Launch | 50,000 sends/mo on Launch | Scale $197, technical preview | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it Every member is a full contact record, and space permissions are CRM filters: “bought the advanced plan and finished module 2” is the access rule, and it maintains itself. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of your revenue at any volume. **Limits:** one uncluttered feed around a leaderboard is better UX for pure community, and Skool Discover is distribution we do not have. [AXL vs Skool →](https://axl.tech/vs/skool) ### Circle: the closest replacement Spaces and sections, threaded discussion at scale, live rooms and events, with branding that makes the community look like your product. $89 at 2%, $199 at 1%; Email Hub is +$99/month for 10,000 contacts (circle.so/pricing). **Limits:** 20 workflows below $199, where the API also starts; the fee never reaches zero; reviewers describe the courses as thin. ### Kajabi: a community beside a coaching brand The community is one product among courses, coaching, newsletters and podcasts, with unlimited marketing email on every tier. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** the highest entry price here, contacts metered from 2,500, one community below Pro, and agent writes that land as drafts. ### Thinkific: if the curriculum is the product Communities attached to unlimited courses on every tier, and SCORM on Plus. Basic is $54, Start $109, Grow $219 and Expand $499 a month (thinkific.com/pricing, checked 21 August 2026). **Limits:** communities capped by tier, memberships and certificates excluded from Basic, and no nurture email reported. ### ClickFunnels: if you sell into the group Funnels, checkout, bumps and upsells, with 10,000 contacts and 50,000 emails a month on the entry plan and no cut of your sales. $97 / $197 / $297 (clickfunnels.com/pricing). **Limits:** courses capped at 3 on Launch, and reviewers report no student-side community. It is the wrong tool if the group is why people pay. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The 10% on Hobby | Skool Pro at $99 first: the rake drops to 2.9% and nothing else changes | | You need an API or agent access at all | AXL: documented REST API and an agent on every account | | You need email marketing to members | AXL includes email by plan, then charges $0.0006 per extra email; Circle Email Hub is +$99/mo | | You want a more structured, better-looking community | Circle | | You need graded courses and certificates | AXL or Thinkific: reviewers call Circle's courses thin | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the community owner who now runs a business: paid tiers, courses with real assessment, email sequences, a pipeline, affiliates. It does not fit a community whose value is the daily feed. If your members show up for the leaderboard, moving them will cost you more than the fee does. ### Moving off Skool 1. Members Contacts by CSV or XLSX, matched on email 2. Course outlines Rebuilt by an agent 3. Posts, points, streaks, DMs Move nowhere; archive them Treat it as a social event: run both spaces for a few weeks, new content only in the new one. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The arithmetic ## Is Skool's 10% fee really 10%? On the $9 Hobby plan, yes: skool.com/pricing states 10%, and 2.9% on $99 Pro. What it does not state is whether card processing sits inside those percentages, which changes the Pro comparison materially. Every figure here is therefore a Hobby figure and we make no Pro-tier cost claim. We could not find it answered publicly; if you have it in writing from Skool, tell us and we will correct this page. ## Run the new space beside the old one first. Import the members and rebuild one course while the group stays where it is. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [Circle alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/circle) · [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Support: Product, Account and Billing Help > Get help with AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform: setup, account access, billing, migration, security and developer tools. Canonical: https://axl.tech/support AXL support # Get the right help without repeating yourself. Find product guidance, account help and a direct path to the AXL team. [Search the documentation](https://docs.axl.tech) [Contact AXL](https://axl.tech/contact) Fastest path 1. 01 **Check the documentation**Use it for setup steps, feature behavior and common fixes. 2. 02 **Open Technical support in AXL**Use the icon on the top panel. Add a screenshot, file or short video when it helps. 3. 03 **Use the contact form if you cannot sign in**It also covers sales, migration, security and partnership questions. Start with the issue ## Pick the kind of help you need. [Using AXL ### Setup, troubleshooting and product guidance Find instructions for sites, courses, webinars, video, CRM, checkout, messages, automation and the student experience. Open the knowledge base →](https://docs.axl.tech) Account and billing ### Access, plan and payment questions Sign in for account-specific help. If access is the problem, send the account email and site URL through the contact form. [Sign in →](https://app.axl.tech/login) [Pricing and billing →](https://axl.tech/pricing) [Moving to AXL ### Migration planning See what imports, what gets rebuilt and what to prepare before leaving another platform. Plan a migration →](https://axl.tech/migrate) Security and privacy ### Access controls, data handling and legal documents Read how account boundaries, permissions and content controls work. Use the published policies for legal details. [Security →](https://axl.tech/security) [Privacy →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) [Terms →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) A useful support request ## Give the team enough context to reproduce it. A clear first message prevents a round of questions and gets the problem to the right person sooner. - ✓**Where it happened.** Add the account email, site URL and the exact page or feature. - ✓**What you expected.** One sentence is enough. - ✓**What happened instead.** Copy the exact error and include the approximate time. - ✓**How to reproduce it.** List the clicks in order and attach a screenshot or short recording. **Keep secrets out of the message.** Never send passwords, API keys, one-time codes or full payment card details. Common destinations ## Go straight to the part of AXL you are working on. ### Build and deliver [Websites and landing pages →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) [Courses and LMS →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) [Video hosting →](https://axl.tech/video-hosting) [Community →](https://axl.tech/community-platform) ### Sell and follow up [CRM, checkout and payments →](https://axl.tech/crm) [Automation and scenarios →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) [Email and analytics →](https://axl.tech/email-marketing) [Appointments and booking →](https://axl.tech/booking) [Calls and AI telephony →](https://axl.tech/telephony) ### Build with AXL [Developer hub →](https://axl.tech/developers) [REST API →](https://axl.tech/developers/api) [Webhooks →](https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks) [Connect your own agent →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) [Agent guardrails →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) Still stuck? ## Tell us what happened. Use the contact form when you cannot reach support from inside AXL. You can also write to info@axl.tech. [Open the contact form](https://axl.tech/contact) [Sign in to AXL](https://app.axl.tech/login) --- # Switch From Kajabi, Teachable and Thinkific > Move to AXL's AI-native sales and marketing platform. See what imports, what needs rebuilding and how to switch from your current tools. Canonical: https://axl.tech/migrate Moving in # What moves to AXL, and what you rebuild. Contacts, orders, courses, video and files come across. Automations, funnels and pages get rebuilt. Active subscriptions are the hard part; this page says why. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Notes for my platform Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL contact import Mapping step previewing five CSV columns mapped to contact fields before validation.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5AnxhDWQ4EW7Z7GoH7oCIg.png) Map each CSV column first. Validation is a separate step before import. On this page What moves The switching checklist What breaks Notes by platform Get an assessment FAQ What moves ## What moves, who moves it and how long it takes. What moves, who moves it, and roughly how long each part takes. | What | Who does it | How long | | --- | --- | --- | | Contacts, tags, custom fields | Import wizard: TXT, CSV, XLSX or pasted text; name the session, map columns, check the preview, run | Under an hour | | Course content and structure | You, or an AI agent through the API | Hours, not weeks | | Video, files and PDFs | Upload to AXL's hosting | Depends on your library | | Autowebinar event timelines | Imported: JSON or CSV, up to 10 MB | Per template | | Landing pages | Rebuilt: cloned from a live URL | A page in minutes | | Emails and templates | Rebuilt with the AI email builder | Minutes each | | Automations and funnels | Rebuilt from your screenshots | The real work | | Historical orders and payments | Export from the old platform; ask us what lands here as records | Depends on volume | | Active subscriptions | The hard part: read this before you commit | Plan for weeks | | Community posts and history | Not migrated: members arrive as contacts | Not applicable | The switching checklist ## Eighteen steps, in the order that stops you losing something. Three weeks is realistic. Steps 1 to 4 are the ones people skip and regret. Before you touch anything 1. 1Export everything **while the account is still paid**: contacts, orders, content, templates and analytics. Some platforms restrict exports after a downgrade. 2. 2List every URL with inbound links or paid traffic. That is your redirect map. 3. 3List every integration: payments, email sender, pixels, analytics, calendar, sync. 4. 4Screenshot your automations first. Week one: the shell 1. 5Open a free AXL account. No card. Move to Starter before importing more than 500 contacts. 2. 6Connect your payment provider: 20+ options, plus cash and bank transfer. 3. 7Import contacts into [the CRM](https://axl.tech/crm). A mapped column with an empty value clears that field; tags and groups are only ever added. 4. 8Settings → Domains: add the domain, point an A record at the value AXL shows, tick “DNS applied”, confirm. SSL issues itself. 5. 9Rebuild core pages, or clone them from a live URL with the [AI page builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder). Week two: content 1. 10Upload [video](https://axl.tech/video-hosting), or import by URL from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Zoom. Saving the embed domain list replaces the previous one. 2. 11Build [courses, lessons, tests and assignments](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform), or hand an [agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) the outline. 3. 12Rebuild [email templates and sequences](https://axl.tech/email-marketing). 4. 13Rebuild [automations](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation). Delete the flows nobody remembers writing. Week three: the switch 1. 14Set redirects: use 301 for anything with search equity. 2. 15Warm the sending domain. A 20,000-person blast from a fresh sender is a deliverability incident. 3. 16Move *new* purchases to AXL checkout; leave subscriptions alone. 4. 17Migrate subscriptions in cohorts, with a heads-up email. 5. 18Keep the old account read-only for 60 days. What breaks ## What to plan for before you switch. ### Active subscriptions are the real cost of switching AXL owns recurring billing rather than delegating it to your gateway: retry ladders, grace periods, renewal caps, self-service pause. That is why an existing subscription cannot be teleported in. Card credentials live with your payment provider, so whether a token can move at all is a question for them. Plan it as a project. In bulk you can grant product access here for a period while the old billing still runs, pause renewals on your side as each cohort re-subscribes, then suspend the old access. Tell us your provider and your volume. - Course URLs change Redirects are per page, plus one domain rule with a 301/302 switch. No bulk map. A long list is hand work. - Deliverability resets Reputation is per domain. Ramp over a week or two. - Private podcast feeds They need another host; that subscription stays. - No student app in the stores The portal is a web app on your own domain. Notes by platform ## Seven starting points. Contacts, students and course structure export cleanly from all seven; below is what does not. Figures read on each vendor's own pricing page unless stated. ### From Kajabi **Plan for:** rebuilding themes; a new home for the podcast. [Leaving Kajabi:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) the contact ceiling, not the price. Basic is $179/mo for 2,500 contacts; Growth is $249/mo for 25,000 (kajabi.com/pricing). ### From Teachable **Plan for:** losing BackOffice, which handled payouts and tax for 2% to 2.8%. Get your tax answer first. [Leaving Teachable:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable) the 7.5% fee on the $39/mo Starter plan, and API access starting at Growth, $189/mo (teachable.com/pricing). At ~$520/mo in sales the fee equals the plan. ### From Thinkific **Plan for:** a bigger migration than the course export. You are probably running email, CRM and funnels elsewhere too. [Leaving Thinkific:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific) consolidation. Basic is $54, Start $109, Grow $219 and Expand $499 a month. In qualifying regions, using your own provider adds 5% / 2% / 1% / 0.5% by tier on the first $1M of annual sales. API and webhooks start on Grow (thinkific.com and support.thinkific.com, checked 21 August 2026). ### From GoHighLevel **Easy:** contacts, pipelines and opportunities map almost one for one. **Plan for:** agency features AXL does not have: SaaS mode and reselling the platform to clients. [Leaving GoHighLevel:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/gohighlevel) the sticker price is a floor: $97 / $297 / $497 a month, plus AI Employee at $50 to $97 per sub-account, HIPAA at $297/mo, a white-label app at $497/mo, and metered numbers, SMS and email (gohighlevel.com/pricing). Their memberships product does include courses, quizzes with a settable pass mark and certificates issued by a workflow action (help.gohighlevel.com). We found no cohorts or native webinars in their docs. That is not the same as saying they have none. ### From ClickFunnels **Plan for:** rebuilding page designs. Clone from live URLs and drop what never converted. [Leaving ClickFunnels:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/clickfunnels) the course cap. Launch is $97/mo for three, rising to 6, 10 and 20 above (clickfunnels.com/pricing). ### From Skool **Plan for:** losing the archive; run both in parallel. Third-party trackers report no public REST API and no official webhooks, so no scripted export (tools4skool.com/integrations/skool-api). [Leaving Skool:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/skool) the transaction fee: 10% on Hobby at $9/mo, 2.9% on Pro at $99/mo (skool.com/pricing). Their page does not say whether card processing sits inside it; work it both ways. ### From Circle **Plan for:** post history staying behind, and rebuilding your workflows. [Leaving Circle:](https://axl.tech/alternatives/circle) a fee that never reaches zero: 2% on Professional at $89/mo, 1% on Business at $199/mo, and 0.5% on custom-priced Circle Plus. Email Hub adds $99/mo for 10,000 contacts (circle.so/pricing). Running something else? The shape barely changes. [Tell us what you are on →](https://axl.tech/contact) Get an assessment Send us your setup and we will tell you what will be annoying. What you run, how big it is, how many active subscriptions and who bills them. You get a written assessment, including the parts that will take the most work. No card, no call. [Ask about my migration →](https://axl.tech/contact) Questions ## What people ask before they move. ### Can you move my active subscriptions without customers re-entering cards?+ Not as a single step. Card credentials live with your payment provider, and AXL owns the recurring billing itself. Treat it as a project: new purchases first, then cohorts, old billing running until each is across. ### My list will have duplicates. What then?+ Filter the base for possible duplicates, then merge up to five contacts at a time, choosing field by field which values survive. Purchases, courses, payments and chat history come with the merge. It cannot be undone, so merge after the last import, not between two. ### What definitely does not come across?+ Community posts and threads, private podcast feeds, and your sending reputation. A branded student app in the stores is not something AXL provides either. ## Build the shell first. Decide afterwards. Rebuild one page and one automation before you touch a live subscription. Expect a few weeks of paying both platforms. From $49 a month on Starter; [your bill depends on usage](https://axl.tech/pricing). [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Ask about my migration](https://axl.tech/contact) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Teachable Alternatives 2026: 5 Real Options > Five Teachable alternatives compared on transaction fees, student caps and API access, including the upgrade that fixes it without migrating. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Teachable Prices # 5 Teachable alternatives in 2026, compared on fees, caps and API access Two numbers send people here: the 7.5% on Starter and the 100-student cap. One of them is fixed without moving at all. The short version Closest product Thinkific 0% of your sales on any plan, on its own payments Cheapest fix Teachable Builder $89: one tier up and the 7.5% is gone An agent that finishes AXL included rather than gated behind the $189 tier The trigger ## Why people leave Teachable - **7.5% on Starter.** On the $39 plan only; Builder and Growth are 0% (teachable.com/pricing). $5,000 of sales costs $375 in fee alone. - **Students are the meter.** 100 / 1,000 / 5,000 active, with a separate imported-student allowance of 5 / 50 / 1,000. - **No API below $189.** The REST API starts on Growth at 10,000 requests a month, and agent access today is Zapier's two Teachable actions (zapier.com/mcp/teachable). - **Email that does not carry a business.** Reviewers call it too basic and report $50 to $200+ a month of bolted-on tools (learningrevolution.net/teachable-review). Side by side ## The five, in one table Each vendor's own pricing page, with Thinkific rechecked on 21 August 2026. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Metered on | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Teachable (yours) | $39 | 7.5% Starter, then 0% | Active students | Reported basic | REST API from $189 | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Eight usage meters, same overage rates | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Included on every plan | | Thinkific | $54 | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% down to 0.5% with your own provider where applicable | Feature tier | No nurture sequences reported | Plus only, read-only, rolling out | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | Contacts, products | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | Kartra | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | Contacts, 500 → 25,000 | Unlimited from Starter | No first-party MCP | | Skool | $9 | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | Flat | None reported | No public API found | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it No student tier, no product tier, no API paywall. CRM, courses, funnels, community, webinars and payments on one record, with ~1,100 operations open to your agent. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of revenue. **Why AXL:** courses connect directly to websites, CRM, webinars, community, messaging, telephony and automation, with every feature on every plan. [AXL vs Teachable →](https://axl.tech/vs/teachable) ### Thinkific: the straight swap A deeper course product at a similar price, unlimited courses on every tier, and a serious enterprise track above. Basic is $54, Start $109, Grow $219 and Expand $499 a month (thinkific.com/pricing, checked 21 August 2026). **Limits:** Basic excludes memberships and certificates; API starts on Grow; MCP is Plus only, read-only and still rolling out. ### Kajabi: the established brand Podcast hosting, unlimited marketing email on every tier, and an MCP server on every plan. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** the highest entry price here, contacts metered from 2,500, and every agent write lands as a draft. ### Kartra: the widest bundle Pages, checkout, memberships, unlimited email from Starter, video, affiliates and a helpdesk on one bill. $59 / $119 / $229 / $549; Essentials takes 5% (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). **Limits:** contacts become the meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000, and “AI uses” run 30 to 250 a month. ### Skool: the cheapest sticker Unlimited members, courses and live calls on both tiers, with a feed and a leaderboard people actually return to. $9 Hobby at 10% or $99 Pro at 2.9% (skool.com/pricing). **Limits:** no public API, email marketing or member tagging found (tools4skool.com). Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The 7.5% on Starter | Teachable Builder, $89: it is 0% there. Do not migrate to fix this | | You crossed the active-student cap | Thinkific or AXL: neither meters students | | You need an API and cannot pay $189 | AXL: REST API and MCP on every account | | You want the course product to simply be better | Thinkific | | Community engagement is the real product | Skool | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the creator whose Teachable bill is really a stack (course platform, email tool, scheduler, webinar app) with one contact record under all of it. It does not fit someone who only wants a cheap place to host one course. Builder does that at $89, and switching platforms to save $39 is a bad trade. ### Moving off Teachable 1. Students and contacts CSV or XLSX, matched on email 2. Course structure Rebuilt, or built by your AI agent 3. Completion and quiz results Move nowhere, on any platform Count imported students separately before comparing bills. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The one that keeps coming up ## Is there a free Teachable alternative? Yes: AXL. New accounts start on its free plan, with no trial clock: 500 contacts, 5,000 emails a month and courses with checkout, with AXL branding and hard limits. Teachable's own free plan ended, Thinkific replaced its permanent one with a 30-day trial, and Skool's $9 Hobby is the lowest paid entry here. ## Try the replacement before you cancel anything. Import the students and rebuild one course while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) · [Thinkific alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific) Competitor pricing is verified against each vendor's own page. We re-check quarterly. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Terms of Service: Plain-English Summary > A readable summary of the current AXL terms covering plans, trial billing, usage, refunds, telephony, data processing and account responsibilities. Canonical: https://axl.tech/legal/terms Legal # The terms, in plain English. This page is a summary, written so you know what you are agreeing to before you read the contract. It is not the contract. If the two ever disagree, the published document wins. The binding document Your agreement with us is the AXL EdTech Terms & Conditions. It is short enough to read in one sitting, and you should. [Read the full Terms & Conditions →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) ## Twelve things the contract says. Restated from axl.tech/docs/terms. | What | What the document says | | --- | --- | | Who you contract with | AXL EdTech Booster, LLC, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, USA. | | What you get | A personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the platform. The code, the trademarks and the patents stay ours. | | What you pay | Your selected plan can include a recurring Subscription Fee, metered usage, or both. Included volumes and overage rates are published on [the pricing page](https://axl.tech/pricing). | | Trial and first charge | The Subscription Fee is not charged during the Trial Period stated for your plan. Usage still follows the plan. If a payment method is saved, the first Subscription Fee is charged when the trial ends. | | Recurring billing | A saved payment method authorises recurring plan charges. You can cancel in your profile, effective at the end of the current Billing Period. Plan changes show the immediate charge and next full charge before confirmation. | | Refunds | You can request a refund within seven days of payment. Only unspent account balance is refundable. A charged Subscription Fee and incurred Telephony Charges are not. | | Your account and channels | You are responsible for your credentials and connected SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram channels. Instructions sent from a connected channel are treated as yours, including work performed by the AI Assistant. | | Telephony | You are responsible for lawful calling, messaging, consent and recording notices. Carrier registration, number rental, call minutes and message segments are charged under the pricing plan. | | Privacy and GDPR | The [Data Processing Addendum](https://app.axl.tech/docs/dpa/en) is incorporated where applicable. It includes the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and prevails for personal-data processing if it conflicts with the terms. | | Your content | Your content remains yours. You warrant that you hold the necessary rights and grant AXL the licence needed to store, process and display it as part of the service. | | Suspension and termination | An account can be suspended for non-payment or misuse. If the Trial Period ends without a saved payment method, the profile is suspended without a Subscription Fee or new debt until a method is added. | | Law and disputes | Delaware law. Disputes go to confidential binding arbitration under American Arbitration Association rules in Wilmington, Delaware, individually and not as a class action. | Checked against the current [AXL Terms & Conditions](https://app.axl.tech/docs/terms/en) on 28 August 2026. The published document governs. This summary adds nothing and replaces nothing. ## Privacy terms are published too. The EULA now connects the commercial terms to the documents that govern personal-data processing. - •**Privacy Notice.** Explains when AXL is a controller or processor, what data is used, legal bases, retention and individual rights. - •**Data Processing Addendum.** Applies automatically where data-protection law requires a controller-processor agreement. A counter-signed copy is available on request. - •**Sub-processors.** The current provider list is published and updated under the notice process in the DPA. Questions about personal data can go directly to privacy@axl.tech. [Privacy →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/privacy/en) [DPA →](https://app.axl.tech/docs/dpa/en) [Security →](https://axl.tech/security) [Contact →](https://axl.tech/contact) --- # Thinkific Alternatives After the Price Rise > Thinkific raised Basic, Start and Grow about 10% for renewals. Five alternatives compared on price, fees, email and AI access. Canonical: https://axl.tech/alternatives/thinkific 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives) 4. / 5. Thinkific Prices # 5 Thinkific alternatives, after the price rise What each replacement charges, which tools it removes, and how AXL connects learning to the rest of the customer journey. The short version Same category Kajabi unlimited marketing email included, not bought separately Smallest sticker Teachable Builder $89, and no cut of your sales An agent that finishes AXL your agent can build and edit, not only read The trigger ## Why people leave Thinkific - **The price rise.** About 10% on Basic, Start and Grow from 13 August 2026, with Expand unchanged (support.thinkific.com, checked 21 August 2026). - **No nurture email.** Reviewers report no sequence to leads who have not bought, so most creators run an external tool alongside (learningrevolution.net/thinkific-email). - **Basic locks out too much.** Memberships and completion certificates start on Start, and Basic includes one site admin (thinkific.com/pricing, checked 21 August 2026). - **The agent only reads.** API and webhooks start at Grow. Thinkific MCP is Plus only, read-only and still rolling out, so it might not appear on every account (support.thinkific.com, checked 21 August 2026). Side by side ## The five, in one table Thinkific's row uses its own pricing and support pages, checked 21 August 2026. AXL Starter is $49 per month, with every feature included and published usage allowances. | Platform | From | Cut of your sales | Metered on | Email | Agent access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thinkific (yours) | $54 | 0% on Thinkific Payments; 5% down to 0.5% with your own provider where applicable | Feature tier | No nurture sequences reported | Plus only, read-only, rolling out | | AXL | Free; $49 Starter | 0% | Eight usage meters, same overage rates | Included allowance by plan, then $0.0006 per email | Included on every plan | | Kajabi | $179 | 0% on Kajabi Payments; 2% down to 0.5% with an eligible third-party provider | Contacts, products | Unlimited | Every plan, drafts only | | Teachable | $39 | 7.5% Starter, then 0% | Active students | Reported basic | REST API from $189 | | Kartra | $59 | 5% Essentials, then 0% | Contacts, 500 → 25,000 | Unlimited from Starter | No first-party MCP | | Skool | $9 | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | Flat | None reported | No public API found | One card each ## What each one is good at ### AXL: if an agent should run it Closes the two gaps Thinkific users pay third parties to fill: broadcasts and automations on the CRM's own filter grammar, and an API plus ~1,100 agent operations on every account. Start free, paid plans from $49/month, 0% of revenue. **Limits:** no SCORM at all, a smaller integration catalogue, and no learner app we will claim. [AXL vs Thinkific →](https://axl.tech/vs/thinkific) ### Kajabi: the same category, email included Unlimited marketing email, funnels and landing pages on every tier, plus podcasts and an agent on all plans. Basic is $179, Growth $249 and Pro $499 a month (kajabi.com/pricing). **Limits:** more than three times the entry price, contacts metered from 2,500, and agent writes that land as drafts. ### Teachable: the smallest budget The lowest credible entry price for a course business, with a learner app and BackOffice (2% to 2.8%) for author payouts and international tax. $39 / $89 / $189; Starter takes 7.5% (teachable.com/pricing). **Limits:** active students capped at 100 / 1,000 / 5,000, no REST API below $189, and the same email weakness. ### Kartra: the whole stack on one bill Unlimited email from Starter plus pages, checkout, memberships, video, affiliates and a helpdesk. It answers a reported $121 to $424 monthly Thinkific stack. $59 / $119 / $229 / $549 (kartra.com/plans-and-pricing). **Limits:** contacts become the meter at 500 / 2,500 / 12,500 / 25,000, and there is no first-party MCP server. ### Skool: if the cohort is the product Community mechanics and built-in discovery at a price nothing else matches, with unlimited members, courses and live calls on both tiers. $9 Hobby at 10% or $99 Pro at 2.9% (skool.com/pricing). **Limits:** no public API or email marketing found, and no graded assessment to replace what Thinkific gave you. Decide ## Your reason for leaving, and where it points Reasons to leave, and the platform each one points to. | Leaving because… | Pick | | --- | --- | | The renewal price went up | Teachable Builder at $89, or AXL Starter at $49: both are 0% | | You are tired of paying for email separately | AXL or Kartra: both include it | | You need an API without buying the Grow tier | AXL: included on every account | | You want podcasts and a branded learner app | Kajabi | | The group is what students actually pay for | Skool | ## Where AXL fits, and where it does not It fits the Thinkific user whose real bill is three subscriptions and whose real complaint is that a course platform cannot market. It does not fit compliance training. SCORM is the clean loss: Thinkific has it on Plus and we do not have it anywhere. ### Moving off Thinkific 1. Students and contacts CSV or XLSX, with field mapping 2. Sales pages Cloned from their URLs 3. Course outlines Rebuilt, quickly, by an agent 4. Progress, quizzes, posts Move nowhere 5. SCORM Cannot move at all If your renewal fell before the rise, the old price holds until the next one. [The migration checklist →](https://axl.tech/migrate) The one that keeps coming up ## How much did Thinkific go up in 2026? Thinkific raised Basic, Start and Grow by about 10%, its first subscription increase since 2022. New monthly prices are $54, $109 and $219 from 13 August 2026. Expand stayed at $499. Existing non-profit and discounted accounts were exempt. Thinkific's own pages were checked on 21 August 2026. ## Try the replacement before your renewal lands. Import the students and rebuild one course while the old account still runs. Start free; paid plans start at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Estimate your bill](https://axl.tech/pricing#estimate-your-bill) Also weighing something else? [Kajabi alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/kajabi) · [Teachable alternatives](https://axl.tech/alternatives/teachable) Thinkific pricing and plan details were checked on its official pages on 21 August 2026. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it within a week. --- # Video Hosting for Courses With Anti-Download Player > Host lesson and sales videos on AXL with an anti-download player, domain-locked embeds, moving watermarks and per-video analytics, included with your plan. Canonical: https://axl.tech/video-hosting Video hosting # Host videos with access rules, watermarking and viewing analytics. Built-in hosting with its own player: anti-download, a watermark that keeps moving, embeds locked to the domains you list, and per-video analytics that separate opened from actually watched. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) See what you control Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL per-video analytics: views, unique views, the share who actually watched, watch time, and a fifteen-day chart of daily views.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/12w9fxjEKk6bkJIg_Nz6UA.png) What it is ## Upload once. Decide where it plays and see who watched. Host lesson and sales videos with your own player, access rules and viewing data on the contact. ![AXL video page: title and description, privacy settings with course and website access ticked, video versions, chapters with timestamps, and a grid of cover frames to choose from.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/7HAhMtreyEayZMmaR7RtpA.png) One video's page: access rules, versions, chapters and covers. - 01**One library.** Upload from a computer or import from Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or Zoom. - 02**Access rules.** Courses, AXL sites, direct links or the domains you allow. - 03**Protection.** Anti-download player and a moving watermark. - 04**Viewing data.** Views, unique viewers, watch time and share watched. **Good to know:** Recorded video only: live streams run in [webinars](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform). There is no DRM. See it in AXL ## The video page, the library and the watch numbers. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[A video's page: title, privacy settings, versions, chapters with timestamps and a grid of cover frames.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-pI_BeTEXk26ACJb01OPyw.webp) Video page](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/K-K3phob-ku9sahmB2p7Uw.webp) - [!\[The video library: one video uploading at 33 percent, one converting, and a finished video with its cover, date and size.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/v5CCGLqh0U6deM1NHZl17Q.webp) Library and uploads](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/RgCC8MNhuEyVzQByO8Wfhg.webp) - [!\[Video view analytics for one month: 306 views, 82 unique views, 76 percent viewed on average, watch time and a chart of daily views.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/3_q6C5D2X0uHredZBB_dBA.webp) View analytics](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/TO2cIWSGmEGgG1raoE8sKw.webp) - [!\[Viewer retention for one video: how many viewers are still watching at each second.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/rzx-hY4Fy06MR69JtTuQ9Q.webp) Retention](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/KyiJ0uSWbUaC-VkHFbExDQ.webp) What it does ## One video, used everywhere. - In lessons Course steps embed the video, and progress sits next to it. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) - In evergreen webinars Build an automated webinar around a recorded video. [Webinars →](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) - In automations “Video watched” is a condition in segments and scenarios. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - On your pages Paste the embed code; the domain lock decides where it plays. [Sites →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) How to start ## Upload it, then put it to work. 1. 01 Upload It converts before it plays. Videos 2. 02 Pick a cover A frame from the video or your own image. Video → Covers 3. 03 Set the access rule Add your domains first. Video → Privacy 4. 04 Copy the embed code Set size, controls and title. Video → Embed 5. 05 Read the numbers Opened versus actually watched. Video → Analytics Price comparison ## What hosting costs here and on a video host. AXL charges $0.03 per hour watched and $0.10 per GB above your plan. Video hosts charge a plan fee with storage and bandwidth caps. Monthly cost, list prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026. | Library | AXL | Vimeo | Wistia | Mux | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 50 hours of video, 300 hours watched a month | $61.50 | $20 (Starter, 1 user) | $99 (Business) | $0 | | 200 hours of video, 1,000 hours watched a month | $117 | $20 (Starter, 1 user) | $99 + bandwidth over 1 TB | $16 | | 2,000 hours of video, 10,000 hours watched a month | $801 | Enterprise quote | Enterprise quote | $840 | | What the price covers | Video, plus courses, CRM, email, automations, sites and checkout | Player, privacy, analytics | Player, CTAs and forms, analytics | Video API and player; you build the pages | AXL includes the $49 Starter plan with 50 GB and 100 hours watched. An hour of video takes about 2.3 GB once converted. Prices from vimeo.com, wistia.com and mux.com; AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can people download my videos?+ Not through the player. It resists copying, a watermark can move around the frame, and embeds can be locked to your domains. It is protection, not DRM: no web player stops a screen recording. ### What does hosted video cost?+ Every plan includes viewing hours: 100 on Starter. Extra viewing costs $0.03 per hour, and converted videos count toward your storage. ### Can I replace a video that is already embedded everywhere?+ Yes. Upload a new version and make it current; every lesson and page that uses the video updates. ### How do I stop students sharing a paid login?+ Keep playback inside your portal, sites or listed domains, and cap how many devices can be logged in at once. The watermark covers the rest. ### Can I get my videos back out?+ Yes. Every stored version has a download link. ## Upload it once. Keep control of it everywhere. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Put it in a course](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) --- # VS Code MCP Server Setup: Connect Your Agent > Add AXL to VS Code with the MCP Add Server command: choose HTTP, paste the URL, pick workspace or global. A browser sign-in, and no API key anywhere. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/vs-code Developers · MCP · VS Code # Connect VS Code to AXL One command from the palette, one paste, one browser sign-in, no key anywhere, and your editor's agent has tools over your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server Run **“MCP: Add Server”** from the command palette, choose **HTTP**, paste the URL, name the server `axl`, and pick **Workspace** or **Global**. `https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy **Workspace or Global?** Workspace keeps the connection with one project, which is the safer default if you work across several accounts. Global connects everywhere you code. Command and flow checked against Visual Studio Code's own documentation. It is somebody else's UI and it moves. ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “How many contacts do I have, and how many of them opened anything in the last month?” A counting question is the cheapest way to confirm the connection is real before you ask it to build anything. [What it can build →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**You see a 405.** Expected if something tried a `GET`: the server speaks JSON-RPC over `POST` only. A client that insists on a GET stream must go through `mcp-remote`. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the server. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. The agent acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Webhooks: Outbound Calls and Inbound Triggers > Call any endpoint from an automation and branch on the answer, or start one from a system with a single HTTP request. Covers timeout and retry behavior. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/webhooks Developers · Webhooks # Webhooks, in both directions Both live inside a scenario, the admin's word for an automation, so a webhook can sit between a wait and a condition and be branched on. **Outbound:** a scenario calls your endpoint and branches on the answer. **Inbound:** one HTTP request starts an active scenario for a [contact](https://axl.tech/crm), matched or created by email. On this page Outbound Inbound FAQ Outbound ## From an automation to anywhere. The node is **Send webhook**, in the editor's Integrations group under Settings → Scenarios. Set the **method** explicitly: the backend and editor defaults differ, and `GET` sends no body. **Headers** take any pairs, including your own `Authorization`. The **body** is raw with a media type you choose, multipart, or form-urlencoded. Every text field accepts scenario tags, so the request carries this contact's data. **Branching on the answer.** The status code and body land in the run's context: JSON as-is, XML converted, plain text wrapped. A later condition reads them through the `WebhookData` filter, keyed on `StatusCode` or a body path like `result.id`. Comparisons run on trimmed, lower-cased strings, so compare numbers as strings. A run holds one webhook answer, so branch before a second Send webhook overwrites it. ![AXL Send webhook settings with POST URL, header, JSON body, retry option, test controls and success and fail ports.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5rd9ez4Z-k2JoyiBNnyFpw.png) Send structured data with your own method, headers, body, and retry settings. How the step behaves at runtime. | Behaviour | Exactly | | --- | --- | | Timeout and size | 10 seconds, fixed. Responses are capped at 1 MB. A larger one fails the step immediately, with no retry. Slow work: answer at once, work asynchronously. | | Success and failure | Any 2xx takes the success branch, anything else the fail branch. Transport errors and timeouts become status 500, with the exception text as the response. | | Retries | **Opt-in.** Switch on the node's repeat option and a failed call retries up to 10 times, backing off 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, 150, 300 and 500 minutes; the last attempt about 18½ hours after the first failure. Off, the first bad response takes the fail branch. | | Testing and logging | **Test Request** fires the call from the node and shows the status code, timing and body before anything is live. Every real call writes the full request and result, success or not, to the contact's history. | Post a lead to your own system, then branch on the answer `Trigger: form submitted → Send webhook` `POST https://api.yourcompany.com/leads · Authorization: Bearer …` `{"email":"{contact.email}","name":"{contact.firstName}","source":"axl"}` `→ Condition (WebhookData: StatusCode equals 200) · success: tag “synced” · fail: task` SMS needs no webhook; it is a **native channel**: Twilio and RingCentral send straight from a scenario, billed per message on top of your subscription, on your own provider account. Inbound ## One call starts any active automation. 1. 01 Build a Simple scenario One start trigger. Switch it on. Settings → Scenarios 2. 02 Copy the id From the editor's address bar. The scenario editor 3. 03 Mint a scoped key [Run scenario](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes) right, nothing else. Settings → API Keys 4. 04 POST the body The run starts behind the response. Your own system Your checkout or your ERP starts the onboarding flow `POST https://app.axl.tech/api/v1/scenario/run` `{"scenarioId":"…","contactData":{"email":"person@example.com","firstName":"Alex"},"data":{"order":{"sum":500}}}` Copy the body - •Send `scenarioId`, plus a `contactId` or a `contactData` object with at least an email. Neither, and it is rejected. - •**Find or create, on email alone.** No contact with that email and one is created, otherwise it is reused. Either way the fields you sent update it: standard fields, `tags`, `groups`, and custom fields addressed by API key. Phone and custom fields never match: two emails means two contacts. - •`data` is **not** contact fields. It is the run's own payload, nesting allowed, read by a condition through the `DynamicData` filter on a dotted path: the body beside this is `order.sum`. - •Only a **Simple** scenario starts this way: the standalone kind, not one attached to a course, channel or pipeline. Any other kind, or a wrong id, returns `scenarioNotFound`; a switched-off one `scenarioDisabled`; a key missing the right `accessDenied`. The call returns the resolved contact id. - •A `GET` form exists for systems that can only build a URL; use it only when you must, since a token in a URL lands in the logs. Full walkthrough with screenshots: [calling the scenario via the API](https://docs.axl.tech/calling-the-scenario-via-the-api). Response shape and [concurrency limits](https://axl.tech/developers/api#api-limits): the REST API page. Questions ## Two that decide how you build. ### How does my server know the call came from you?+ No signature comes from us. The only credential is the header you set on the node; put a secret in it and check that. ### Can I subscribe my server to events, such as “tell me when a contact is created”?+ You wire it rather than subscribe to it: put an outbound call inside the automation that reacts to that event. There is no separate subscriptions API. The trade is that you get the whole automation's filtering and branching for free. ## Put your own system in the middle of the flow. No plan gate: the webhook node and the run endpoint ship on every account. [Build the automation](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) [Get a scoped API key](https://axl.tech/developers/api#scopes) Free plan, no card needed. --- # Webinar Platform With Evergreen Auto-Webinars > Run live and evergreen webinars on your own domain, with stage layouts, moderated chat, attendance-based automation and revenue analytics. Canonical: https://axl.tech/webinar-platform Webinars # Run it live, then reuse the recording in scheduled evergreen sessions. Live rooms with stage layouts, slides and a chat you can moderate. Then turn the recording into a scripted session that opens the room, swaps the slides and shows the offer at the same second, twice a day, without you. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) Script an evergreen session in 10 minutes ![AXL Template webinar Events editor with eight vertical cards, millisecond timestamps and an open State panel.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/LlzxrsOdHE-VbC2NhSr0ng.png) See the live room, evergreen event list, attendance, sales and follow-up in one walkthrough. What it is ## Run it live, then let it run again on schedule. Registration, the live room, timed offers, attendance and sales in one account. ![An AXL live webinar on air: the presenter on stage with the controls below, and the attendees panel with the menu to invite a viewer to the stage, block chat or mute them.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/jL6FMXaQVU6dBTgHX0R2ig.webp) The live room: you on stage, the audience and its controls beside you. - 01**Live room.** Stream, slides, video and widgets, with layouts you switch live. - 02**Broadcast from AXL.** From the browser or OBS, with guests on stage. - 03**Evergreen.** Replay the session with slides, chat and offers at the same moments. - 04**Results.** Attendance, drop-off, revenue and UTM together. **Good to know:** Viewing through the AXL stream is counted in viewer-hours. A YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook stream can play in the room instead. See it in AXL ## Analytics, automation and the live studio behind each webinar. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[Webinar statistics in AXL: 486 registrations, 272 attendees, view and attendance rates, and the attendance curve across the 75-minute session.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Pu4Fv2uO0USSzQNH6rcCTw.webp) Attendance analytics](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qgeNqD7NHU-wYN4KU6Z_Jw.webp) - [!\[Form submissions and payments plotted against the webinar timeline and the 24 hours after it, above the webinar's sales figures.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/L5HxYACJH0inZWazJ0DE_A.webp) Forms and sales](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/cqedaNvh3UusQmlWSSe0zQ.webp) - [!\[An active webinar automation: confirmation and reminder messages, attendance conditions that create deals, and a task when someone clicks the offer.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/e_x7_BVTHUmT3n8zSxG5Zg.webp) Webinar automation](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/CXZ7bjdJKECGijzMOmCNHw.webp) - [!\[A live AXL webinar sharing a slide on air, with the presenter's camera floating in the corner and the studio controls below.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/BaCmXFQQhkGBuPIiizMCgg.webp) Slides on air](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/rvEJcRukrkuOmzxM0hvt8Q.webp) - [!\[Grid view in the AXL studio: an invited guest and the host side by side on stage during a recorded live stream.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aNd2aJGwv0SNd7OeHWTO3A.webp) Guest on stage](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/aoh9Roh_HUK0pspxMxwE6w.webp) - [!\[The layout menu over a shared slide: Speaker, Screen and Cameras, Grid, or Side by Side.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/qDHNRKeHsk2IyVPo8jCEOw.webp) What viewers see](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ngt44cPw3ESl5Cf4a-Qmkw.webp) - [!\[The AXL studio before going live: the presenter's camera with the camera picker, mirror and background blur settings.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/Np5GoKrpzEaeqMSSGzupSA.webp) Camera setup](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/rSL1Ua8JdkKEL8nK3atSRg.webp) - [!\[The Attendees tab during a live webinar, with the menu to invite a viewer to the stage, block chat or mute them.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/jL6FMXaQVU6dBTgHX0R2ig.webp) Attendee controls](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/LQAFiJmYqE-XSdWJCTH3_g.webp) - [!\[Webinar registration settings: the form fields, a terms of service checkbox, registration through a chatbot and access restrictions.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/JAUUCAsrEEW0WRu6O8d8ig.webp) Registration settings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/48sAV5h-pUOAVJYDXkWvWw.webp) - [!\[Webinar content settings: presentations, the built-in AXL live stream, videos and widgets prepared before going live.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5OGzqY_E5kaYZP1ACd7C1A.webp) Content and slides](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ORxhGLp110CSZH4kLQzMxA.webp) - [!\[Webinar room settings: chat on or off, links in guest messages, attendee names and count, questions and blocked words.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/29kVGBXS5UOsQQHCPESOLQ.webp) Room settings](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ij6iSFOwJUmc-vwW8NHRKA.webp) - [!\[The automated webinar editor: the room preview with scripted chat messages and the event timeline below it.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VhdGiQG2-U-f0zlYgaqTkw.webp) Auto-webinar timeline](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/V03sx78rrUSF8TwBiLxkZA.webp) ## See webinar follow-up in action. Watch the AXL demo: Sell More With AI Webinar Follow-Up. **Sell more with AI webinar follow-up** [Watch on YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDNH_0WRTk) ▶Watch video What it does ## Every registrant becomes a contact. - On the contact “Watched past 40 minutes and did not buy” is one segment. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Follow-up Registered, attended, a timer and a chat keyword start scenarios. [Automations →](https://axl.tech/marketing-automation) - Sales The offer button opens your checkout, and orders keep their UTM. [Registration and sales pages →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Courses Attendance and lesson progress are two conditions on one person. [Courses →](https://axl.tech/online-course-platform) How to start ## Turn one live session into an evergreen webinar. 1. 01 Start from a real live run The timings you need are the ones the room produced. Webinars → New, type auto 2. 02 Registration page and stage Ask only for what you need. Extra fields cost registrations. Event → Registration 3. 03 Place the webinar events Read the seconds off the recording. Guessed ones feel wrong. Template → Events 4. 04 Make the offer button an event Then “saw the offer” and “clicked it” are different branches, for contacts with an email. Timeline → Button 5. 05 Script the chat, set the schedule Never script a question you would not answer honestly live. Template → Chat script 6. 06 Split the follow-up three ways Never attended, under twenty minutes, past the offer. Scenarios Or hand step 06 to AI PromptCopy Create a scenario for the webinar ‘Colour Masterclass’ with three branches: did not attend, attended under 20 minutes, attended over 40. Message each on their preferred channel, email as fallback, then send the offer link to the attending branches. Leave it switched off. What it does - 1. Builds one scenario with three branches by attendance. - 2. Sends each branch a message on its preferred channel, email if there is none. - 3. Adds the offer link for people who attended. - 4. Leaves it switched off, so you review it before anything sends. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can finish →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![An active webinar automation: confirmation and reminder messages, attendance conditions that create deals, and a task when someone clicks the offer.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/e_x7_BVTHUmT3n8zSxG5Zg.webp) The result: a webinar follow-up scenario on the canvas, ready to review. Price comparison ## You pay for the hours you stream, not for the size of the room. AXL charges $0.03 per viewer-hour above your plan. Webinar tools charge a fixed monthly fee for the room size. Monthly cost, list prices billed monthly, 23 October 2026. | Schedule | AXL | Zoom Webinars | WebinarJam | GoTo Webinar | Demio | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | One 1-hour session a month, 100 viewers | $49 | $105.99 | $49 | $69 | $80, billed yearly | | One 1-hour session a month, 300 viewers | $55 | $105.99 | $99 | $69 | $196, billed yearly | | Four 2-hour sessions a month, 300 viewers | $118 | $105.99 | $99 | $69 | $196, billed yearly | | What the price covers | Webinars, plus courses, CRM, email, automations, sites and checkout | Webinars with Q&A, polls and reports | Live and automated webinars, reminders | Webinars, reminders, polls | Live and automated webinars | AXL includes the $49 Starter plan with 100 viewer-hours. Zoom includes the required $16.99 Workplace Pro licence. Demio bills yearly only. Prices from zoom.us, webinarjam.com, goto.com and demio.com; AXL rates on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Can I stream from AXL?+ Yes. Go on air from the browser or OBS, bring guests onto the stage, and the broadcast is recorded to your video library. A YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook stream link works too. ### What is an auto-webinar?+ A scheduled session that replays a live one, or runs from a recorded video, with the same slides, chat and offer at the same moments. It produces attendance data like a live session. ### Can I turn the recording into a replay?+ Yes. “Make a replay” turns a finished AXL broadcast into an auto-webinar people register for. ### Can I follow up by how long people watched?+ Yes. “Attended more than 40 minutes” is a segment, an email audience and an automation branch. ### Can I move my existing webinars over?+ Events and contacts import from files, and timeline events from JSON or CSV. Recordings are uploaded again. ## Run it live once. Let it sell on schedule. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Webinar guides](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/webinars-video) --- # Webinars, Video and Community > Live and evergreen webinars, the attendance gap, video retention curves, hosting choices, and where a paid community earns the money it charges. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/webinars-video 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Webinars, video and community Blog topic # Webinars, video and community Three modules that behave nothing like each other: an event with an attendance gap, an asset with a retention curve, and a subscription that lives on whether members find each other. Two pillars, because an article picks the one its subject belongs to: [the AXL webinar platform](https://axl.tech/webinar-platform) and [the AXL community platform](https://axl.tech/community-platform). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. None of these has published yet, so each is a title rather than a link; it becomes a link on the day it goes live. 1. Evergreen Webinars: How They Work and Where They Fail 2. Live vs Automated Webinars: Which Actually Converts Better? 3. Webinar Registration to Attendance: Fixing the 40% Gap 4. Video Hosting for Courses: YouTube, Vimeo or Built-In? 5. Video Retention Curves: How to Read the Drop-Off 6. Community or Course: Where Should the Value Actually Live? 7. Paid Community Pricing: Membership Tiers That Don't Churn ## Run the event. Keep the room afterwards. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # Website Builder With CRM, Checkout and an SEO Blog > Build landing pages, funnels and an SEO blog on your own domain, with lead forms, checkout, A/B tests and an AI page builder that writes the HTML. Canonical: https://axl.tech/website-builder Website & SEO blog builder # Pages that sell, on your domain, wired to the CRM behind them. Drag elements onto the page, or paste your own HTML. Every form and checkout writes into your CRM: one account, one contact record, no connector. [Build your first page](https://app.axl.tech/) See how a page goes live Free plan, no card needed. ![A finished AXL landing page with a $49 checkout block on it, and beside it the buyer's contact record carrying the paid order.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/zinn2NBR6USdWZ3QkBnDIg.png) What it is ## Build the page, take the payment, keep the lead. Describe the page to AXL or edit it visually. Forms, quizzes and checkout write into the same CRM. ![AXL AI page builder with ChatPanel beside the page preview and Hero 1/4 progress in the WorkingOverlay.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/-dJiDEyYR06m1OjKpvPSbg.png) The page appears section by section while the preview updates. - 01**Build.** With AI, drag and drop, or your own HTML and CSS. - 02**Sell.** Checkout, promo codes and order bumps on the page. - 03**Capture.** Forms and quizzes write into the contact. - 04**Improve.** A/B tests, page analytics, scroll maps and UTM. **Good to know:** Pages are server-rendered, so search engines get real HTML. See it in AXL ## The page editor, forms, tests and page analytics. Screens from a demo academy account. Open any of them to see it full size. - [!\[A landing page open in the AXL page editor, with the AI Assistant chat on the left and the live preview on the right.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/dHoNmnw6YkKt2gZ3pv-meg.webp) Page editor with AI](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/RDFp5hUP9EK_6WD0UG3tRw.webp) - [!\[The same landing page in the editor's mobile preview.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VPYmhGJpXEe8R4iDjYOODQ.webp) Mobile preview](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/VnSlXZWgx02OeLndTloaEw.webp) - [!\[The widget editor with an inquiry form: the form canvas and its settings for the thank-you message, redirect and layout.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ZowkbGPJ4kC24ssGQJoaNg.webp) Form widget](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/BjRl6MFj-0CzugJiY5bIzA.webp) - [!\[An A/B test on a landing page: the current design against a variation, with the traffic split between them.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/PYcOCbgWTE2ndX-afbXXEA.webp) A/B test](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/JJnSHyMAnEaHWlhBYPS-2w.webp) - [!\[Page analytics for a landing page: views, form submissions, orders and sales for the selected period.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/52ubD3c75kmGLGAX_e0wgA.webp) Page analytics](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/jE377DRxYUeV_bLvZcEw-g.webp) - [!\[Page analytics on the Scroll Map tab: views, average scroll depth and how many visitors reached each part of the page.\](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/lV4jbwW49kaH1kthytbN5A.webp) Scroll map](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/CQz-3ZQTjEeASPafvO3P8w.webp) What it does ## Ready for search and for sales. - Your domain Point an A record or use a free subdomain. SSL is automatic. - SEO basics robots.txt, sitemap, Open Graph, redirects and per-page noindex. [SEO guides →](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/websites-seo) - Head code Analytics, pixels or schema at account, site or page level. - Leads in the CRM Every form and order lands on the contact. [The CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) How to start ## From domain to published page. 1. 01 Add the domain Or take a platform subdomain. Settings → Domains 2. 02 Add the page A page under /blog lands at /blog/your-post. Sites → Pages 3. 03 Build it From a template, by hand, in HTML or with AI. The page editor 4. 04 Preview the draft The preview link is private. Page → Preview 5. 05 Publish Visitors see the published copy while you keep editing. Page → Publish Or let AI do it PromptCopy Create a page at /webinar with a hero, three benefit blocks, a short FAQ and a lead form for name and email, in my default brand style. Do not publish. Send me the preview link. What it does - 1. Builds the /webinar page: hero, three benefits, FAQ and a lead form. - 2. Uses your saved brand style. - 3. Publishes nothing and sends you the preview link. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [What an agent can do →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Price comparison ## Pages, checkout and CRM for half the price of a funnel builder. Monthly price of the entry plan, billed monthly. | Platform | Per month | What the price covers | | --- | --- | --- | | AXL Starter | $49 | Sites, checkout, 5,000 contacts, CRM, email, courses and automations | | ClickFunnels Launch | $97 | Funnels, 10,000 contacts, 3 courses | From clickfunnels.com/pricing. Full comparisons: [vs ClickFunnels](https://axl.tech/vs/clickfunnels), [vs Kajabi](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Do I have to use a template, or can I write my own HTML?+ Either. Custom pages take raw HTML and CSS as they are. Keep the class names on forms and checkout blocks, or they stop submitting. ### Is the site good for SEO?+ Pages are server-rendered, with robots.txt, a sitemap, Open Graph and per-page noindex built in. Add the canonical tag yourself in the page head. ### Is there a blog with categories and tags?+ A blog is a set of pages under a /blog parent. Category and tag pages are pages you keep up yourself. ### Can I move a site I already have?+ Yes, page by page. Paste your HTML into a Custom page or rebuild it in the editor. [What moves over →](https://axl.tech/migrate) ## Build the page. Keep the customer. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Moving a site you already have](https://axl.tech/migrate) --- # Website Platform for Freelance Web Designers > Ship your HTML byte for byte, with forms, checkout, CRM and A/B testing behind it. Clone a reference layout with AI and deliver in a day. Canonical: https://axl.tech/solutions/web-designers For web designers & freelancers # Your markup ships exactly as you wrote it. Paste your HTML into a Custom page. Forms, checkout and the client’s CRM are already behind it. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) How to start Free plan, no card needed. ![AXL Custom page Code view beside the rendered page, with matching studio-intro and data-build markers.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/ktH55Dc4ckGBWFLn2Ow_lg.png) Edit the custom HTML and inspect the rendered result side by side. What it is ## Your HTML ships as written, with forms and a CRM behind it. Paste your own markup into a Custom page. Forms, checkout, A/B tests and the client’s CRM are already there. ![The AXL site editor: a page in the visual editor with its blocks and settings.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/dHoNmnw6YkKt2gZ3pv-meg.webp) The site editor. - 01**Custom pages.** Your head and body HTML, published unchanged. - 02**Forms.** Lead forms and quizzes that create contacts. - 03**A/B tests.** Page variations with their own stats. - 04**Domains.** Connect the client’s domain; SSL is automatic. **Good to know:** Each client has their own account and bill. There is no agency console. What you use ## Four parts of AXL a web designer uses. - Website builder Custom pages, components and A/B tests. [Website builder →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - Forms Forms and quizzes on any page. [Forms →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) - CRM Every lead with the page that produced it. [CRM →](https://axl.tech/crm) - Checkout Sell from any page. [Payments →](https://axl.tech/payments) How to start ## A client site in two days. 1. 01 Create the site Connect the domain; SSL issues itself. Sites → New 2. 02 Add your pages Paste HTML or start from the AI builder. Site → Pages 3. 03 Wire the form Form to a pipeline stage. Form → Settings 4. 04 Hand it over Client admin login with limited rights. Settings → Admins Or let AI do it PromptCopy New site for my client on the brand style I just saved. Five pages from the outline below; home follows the structure (not the copy) of https://example.com/reference. A contact form on /contact creating a deal in “New leads”. Preview links, publish nothing. What it does - 1. Builds five pages on your saved brand style. - 2. Lays out the home page like the reference site, with your own copy. - 3. Adds a contact form that creates a deal in “New leads”. - 4. Sends preview links and publishes nothing. Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. [How the builder works →](https://axl.tech/website-builder) What it replaces ## One account to hand over in place of a page builder, a forms tool and a CRM. The client pays one AXL plan. Typical separate tools and their monthly price, billed monthly. | Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pages and checkout | ClickFunnels Launch | $97 | Pages, checkout | | Forms | Typeform Plus | $79 | Forms and quizzes | | CRM | Pipedrive Growth | $49 per seat | Contacts and deals | | All of it | AXL | From $49 | Starter includes one admin and 5,000 contacts | Vendor prices from their own pricing pages, billed monthly. AXL rates and usage allowances on [axl.tech/pricing](https://axl.tech/pricing). Questions ## Questions people ask. ### Will AXL change my HTML?+ No. A Custom page publishes the markup you save. Lead forms and checkout blocks need their class names kept. ### Can I manage several clients?+ Each client is a separate account. You can export pages and blocks from one account into another. ### What SEO settings are there?+ Titles, descriptions, nested URLs, robots.txt, sitemap, noindex, Open Graph, redirects and SSL. ### How do I stop a client breaking things?+ Give them a role with only the rights they need. ## Build a client site in AXL. Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month. [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [See the website builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder) Also for: [Bloggers](https://axl.tech/solutions/bloggers) · [Coaches](https://axl.tech/solutions/coaches) · [Communities](https://axl.tech/solutions/communities) · [Consultants](https://axl.tech/solutions/consultants) · [Creators](https://axl.tech/solutions/creators) · [Online schools](https://axl.tech/solutions/online-schools) · [Sellers](https://axl.tech/solutions/sellers) · [Small business](https://axl.tech/solutions/small-business) --- # Websites, Landing Pages and SEO > Page structure, canonical tags, custom domains, split tests and speed, including how this blog is built and published on the platform it sells. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/topic/websites-seo 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. Websites, landing pages and SEO Blog topic # Websites, landing pages and SEO What a landing page needs and in what order, which SEO tags the platform emits and which you add yourself, and what makes a course site slow. Start at the pillar this topic feeds: [the AXL website builder](https://axl.tech/website-builder). Everything in this topic ## In the order they publish. None of these has published yet, so each is a title rather than a link; it becomes a link on the day it goes live. 1. How We Publish a Blog Article With an AI Agent (Our Own Pipeline) 2. Canonical Tags: What They Do and When You Must Add One Yourself 3. Landing Page Structure That Converts: 9 Sections, In Order 4. How to Run an A/B Test on a Landing Page (And Read the Result Honestly) 5. Custom Domain Setup: DNS, SSL and the 3 Mistakes People Make 6. Page Speed for Course Creators: What Actually Slows Your Site 7. Should Your Blog Live on a Subdomain or a Subfolder? 8. Quiz Funnels: How a 5-Question Form Beats a Contact Form ## Build the page, then publish it from a chat window. Start free. Pricing starts at $49 a month, with included usage and published overage rates. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [Back to every topic →](https://axl.tech/blog) --- # What Is an MCP Server? A Plain-English Guide > An MCP server lets an AI assistant discover and use another system's tools directly. What that changes, what it doesn't, and how to evaluate one. Canonical: https://axl.tech/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Blog](https://axl.tech/blog) 4. / 5. [AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) 6. / 7. What is an MCP server? A plain-English guide for people who run a business # What is an MCP server? A plain-English guide for people who run a business By Dan Muse·Published Aug 14, 2026·Updated Aug 25, 2026·9 min read · [AI agents & MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) An MCP server lets an AI assistant discover and use a product's features after you sign in. Instead of handing an API to a developer, the vendor gives the assistant a documented set of tools. The questions that matter are simple: what can it reach, can it make changes, and which actions remain unavailable? Key takeaways - •MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard. It is not a product, not a model, and not something you install. - •The vendor publishes the server. You connect to it, usually by signing in through your browser, not by pasting an API key. - •**Read-only, draft-only and full-write servers are three completely different things.** Most vendor announcements do not make the distinction; check it yourself. - •What matters is coverage. "We have an MCP server" can mean ten operations or a thousand. - •The safety questions (what the agent cannot touch, what gets logged, whether publishing is a separate step) are more useful than the feature list. On this page - What an MCP server does - What the model gets that it does not get from a plain API - What changes in practice - How to connect one - Five things that go wrong - Nine questions to ask a vendor before you rely on their MCP server - Where AXL fits - FAQ ## What an MCP server does Software has always had APIs. An API is a contract written for a programmer: here are the addresses, the fields, the error codes, go and write some code. It works, and it costs a developer a week. MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard, originally published by Anthropic and now supported by a range of AI clients. It defines a way for a program to hand an AI assistant three things at once: 1. 1.**A list of the tools it offers**: what can be done here. 2. 2.**A description of each tool**: what it takes, what it returns, and what it means. 3. 3.**An authentication handshake**: who is asking, and what they are allowed to do. An **MCP server** is the piece of software that publishes those three things for a specific product. Your CRM might publish one. Your accounting tool might publish one. Your project tracker might publish one. When you connect your assistant to it, the assistant reads the menu and can then act inside your account, with your permissions. The critical word is *discover*. Nobody writes an integration for each thing you want to do. The assistant reads what is available at the moment you ask, picks the tools it needs, and sequences them itself. ## What the model gets that it does not get from a plain API | | Plain REST API | MCP server | | --- | --- | --- | | Who reads the documentation | a developer, in advance | the model, at the moment you ask | | Who decides the sequence of calls | code written ahead of time | the model, per request | | What happens with a task nobody anticipated | nothing; it needs new code | it is attempted from the existing tools | | How access is granted | an API key, copied and stored somewhere | a browser sign-in, with a visible consent screen | | Who can operate it | whoever can write code | whoever can describe the outcome | That fourth row deserves a sentence of its own. An API key is a long-lived secret that ends up in a chat window, a notes app or a screenshot. A properly implemented MCP server uses a browser-based sign-in, so the credential never passes through the assistant at all. If a vendor asks you to paste a key into a chat box, that is worth a raised eyebrow. ## What changes in practice The routine 80% of multi-step work. *Before:* you want last quarter's revenue split by product and by acquisition channel, but the built-in report only does one of those. You export two CSVs and spend forty minutes in a spreadsheet. *After:* you ask, and the assistant pulls both and joins them. *Before:* setting up a new offer means a landing page, a product record, a payment button, a confirmation email and a follow-up sequence: twelve browser tabs and ninety minutes. *After:* you describe the offer, the assistant builds the pieces as drafts, and you review them. *Before:* a customer emails asking to move their subscription and refund a duplicate charge. Four screens. *After:* one instruction and one confirmation. As explained below, you should keep the money part with a human. What does *not* change: judgement, taste, and anything that needs someone to be accountable. An assistant with tool access is a very fast operator, not a decision-maker. If you would rather watch this than read about it, [see what an AI agent can run end to end on AXL](https://axl.tech/ai-agent): pages, products, email and automation in one account. ## How to connect one For most people it is three steps and under five minutes. 1. 1.**Get the server URL from the vendor.** It is a normal HTTPS address, e.g. `https://app.example.com/mcp`. Remote servers are the ones worth having. A "local" server that needs something installed on your laptop is a developer tool. 2. 2.**Add it in your AI client.** In Claude Code this is one line: `claude mcp add example --transport http https://app.example.com/mcp`. In desktop and browser clients it is a settings dialog where you paste the URL. Clients that support remote MCP servers today include Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and Cline. 3. 3.**Sign in and read the consent screen.** A browser window opens on the vendor's own domain. Read what is being granted before approving. This is the one screen in the whole process that matters. Then test with questions before you test with actions. "How many contacts were created last week?" tells you the connection works and costs nothing if the answer is wrong. ## Five things that go wrong **Tool sprawl.** A product with a thousand operations cannot hand a model a thousand tool definitions. It will not fit in the context window, and accuracy collapses long before the limit. Good servers solve this with a small number of *meta-tools* that let the model search for the operation it needs. If a vendor exposes hundreds of raw tools, expect the assistant to get slower and less accurate the bigger your request. **Plausible-but-wrong arguments.** A schema says a field is a string; it does not say the string must be one of four magic values. The model fills something reasonable, the call succeeds, and the result is quietly wrong. The fix is on the vendor's side: worked examples and behavioral notes attached to each operation, not just types. **No undo.** Very few systems have one. Ask what is reversible before you let an agent touch anything in bulk. **Silent partial success.** Step four of six fails, and the assistant reports the parts that worked. Ask for a summary of what actually changed, and verify it in the product's own interface the first few times. **Quotas.** Some vendors meter tool calls; a few thousand per month is common. Fine for occasional work, not fine if you were planning to run something daily. Find the number before you build on it. ## Nine questions to ask a vendor before you rely on their MCP server Copy this into an email. The answers will tell you more than any feature page. 1. 1.Is the server first-party and hosted by you, or a community project? 2. 2.Can the agent **write**, or only read? If it writes, does anything publish automatically? 3. 3.How many of your product's operations are exposed, and which areas are excluded? 4. 4.Which operations are blocked from the AI surface entirely, and why those? 5. 5.How is access granted: browser sign-in, or a key I have to paste somewhere? 6. 6.Does the agent inherit **my** permissions, or does it act as a superuser? 7. 7.Are there quotas or rate limits, and what happens when I hit them? 8. 8.Where do I see a log of what the agent changed, and can I revert it? 9. 9.Which plan is it on, and does the price change if I use it heavily? Question 4 is the one that separates a serious implementation from a demo. A vendor that has thought about this has *removed* dangerous operations from the AI surface (billing writes, token minting, role changes) rather than instructing the model to avoid them. Instructions in a prompt are a suggestion; a missing tool is a guarantee. ## Where AXL fits AXL's remote MCP server covers roughly 1,100 admin operations across 60+ modules. Around 110 verified recipes add working request bodies and the behavioral notes a schema cannot express. The agent signs in through the browser and inherits that person's permissions. Twenty-one sensitive operations, including billing writes, API-token creation, and role changes, are unavailable. Building and publishing are separate calls, so creating a page does not put it live. If you want the setup details, they are in [connecting an agent to AXL](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp), and the account-side permissions model is documented in [the API keys guide](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys). For the wider picture of what an agent can run end to end, see [running your business with an AI agent](https://axl.tech/ai-agent). ## FAQ ### Is MCP only for Claude?+ No. It is an open standard. Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and Cline all support remote MCP servers today, and the list keeps growing. The server does not care which client connects. ### Do I need a developer?+ To connect one, no. It is a URL and a sign-in. To *build* one for your own product, yes. ### Is it safe to give an assistant write access?+ It is a spectrum, not a yes/no. Start read-only, prefer vendors where destructive operations are removed rather than merely discouraged, keep money and permissions on humans, and make sure you can see what changed. ### Does it replace Zapier or my existing automations?+ No. Zapier and native automations are deterministic: same trigger, same steps, every time. MCP is for work that varies: analysis, setup, migration, and one-offs. Most businesses end up using both. ### What does it cost?+ The protocol costs nothing. The vendor may gate it behind a plan, and your AI client bills you for the tokens the conversation consumes. Ask about both. Related reading - •[Every article we have written on AI agents and MCP](https://axl.tech/blog/topic/ai-agents) - •[Nine business tasks to delegate to an AI agent](https://axl.tech/blog/ai-agent-tasks-to-delegate) - •[An abandoned-checkout recovery scenario you can copy](https://axl.tech/blog/abandoned-checkout-recovery-scenario) Connect the assistant you already use. One URL and a browser sign-in, and your agent can operate a whole business: pages, products, email, and automation. Publishing and sending stay separate steps. [Start free, no credit card](https://app.axl.tech/) [How to connect an agent →](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) Go deeper in the docs - •[API keys](https://docs.axl.tech/api-keys): the account-side permissions model an agent inherits. - •[Calling a scenario via the API](https://docs.axl.tech/calling-the-scenario-via-the-api): what the plain-API route looks like on AXL, for comparison. --- # Which Business Platforms Ship an MCP Server > See which platforms ship a first-party MCP server, which plan unlocks it, and whether agent changes go live or wait for human review. Canonical: https://axl.tech/vs/mcp-and-ai-agent-access 1. [Home](https://axl.tech/) 2. / 3. [Compare](https://axl.tech/vs) 4. / 5. MCP and AI agent access Reference # Which business platforms ship an MCP server Six of the nine platforms tracked here ship a first-party MCP server. What separates them is what the agent may write, which plan unlocks it, and whether a write goes live or lands as a draft. Our bias, stated AXL builds one of the servers listed here. We keep this table accurate because being wrong about a competitor is more expensive than being modest about ourselves. On this page The scoreboard How to read it Where we sit FAQ The scoreboard ## Nine platforms, read on the same day First-party MCP servers. "First-party" means the vendor ships and supports it; Zapier wrappers and community projects are named as such rather than counted. | Platform | First-party MCP server, and where we read it | Plan gate | What a write does | What the agent reaches | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AXL | Yes, production: [axl.tech/developers](https://axl.tech/developers) | Every account | Creates the live object; publishing and sending stay separate calls | ~1,100 operations: CRM, sites, checkout, courses and tests, webinars, automations, broadcasts, chats | | Kajabi | Yes, live: https://kajabi.com/product/mcp | Every plan, monthly or annual | Lands as a draft; a human publishes from the admin | Pages, emails, offers, courses, contacts, orders, tags, segments, blog posts, site settings | | GoHighLevel | Yes. The Claude endpoint is documented separately: [its MCP docs](https://help.gohighlevel.com/support/solutions/articles/155000008360-highlevel-mcp-multi-account-support-for-claude) | Not stated in the official docs | Writes only where an exposed API operation and the granted scope allow them | Focused core CRM operations on the general endpoint. Broader client-specific access depends on the endpoint and OAuth grant; neither is the full admin UI. | | Circle | Yes, live on Admin API v2: https://api.circle.so/mcp | Business, $199 | Full writes within the community; 5,000 tool calls a month on Business | Members, spaces, posts, events, courses, tags, search, analytics and transcripts | | ClickFunnels | Yes, technical preview: [its support docs](https://support.myclickfunnels.com/docs/clickfunnels-mcp-server-beta-1) | Scale, $197 | Read-only or full read-write: the admin chooses at setup | Funnels, contacts, products and stores, course creation, sites and blogs, opportunities | | Thinkific | Yes, still rolling out: [Thinkific's MCP guide](https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/41359948404247-What-Can-You-Do-with-Thinkific-MCP) | Plus only, custom-priced | Read-only: retrieves and displays information but cannot make changes | Courses, learners, enrollments, products and bundles | | Teachable | We found none: https://teachable.com/pricing | REST API from Growth, $189 | Via a Zapier wrapper: two actions | Create a user, enrol a user | | Kartra | We found none: [kartra.com/integrations-and-apis](https://kartra.com/integrations-and-apis/) | API on every plan | Via a Zapier wrapper | Inbound API, webhooks and order notifications, described by Kartra as for programmers | | Skool | We found none, and no public REST API; this comes from third-party trackers | Not applicable | Community servers only, on reverse-engineered endpoints with session cookies | Officially: Stripe payment webhooks and a limited Zapier connection | **One plan gate remains weaker than the rest, and we would rather say so.** Thinkific's status, Plus gate and read-only scope come from its official support guide, checked 21 August 2026. GoHighLevel's plan gate is not stated in its official docs; third parties report a specific tier, and we will not print that as fact. "We found none" means we did not find one on the pages named; it does not mean that none exists. How to read it ## Three questions worth more than "do they have one" ### Which plan unlocks it? Kajabi includes it on every plan, which is genuinely generous. Circle starts at $199 and ClickFunnels at $197, Thinkific at a custom-priced tier, and GoHighLevel does not say. ### Does a write go live? Read-only is a different product from read-write, and a draft is a different product from a live object. This is the axis most comparisons skip, and it decides whether the agent finishes a job or hands you one. ### How much of the business does it reach? Each server covers its own product. A community server reaches community objects; a marketing server reaches marketing objects. Coverage is what decides whether one agent can do the whole job. Kajabi, in its own words "All write actions through Kajabi MCP land as drafts. You review and publish everything from the Kajabi admin UI, so there's always a human checkpoint before anything goes live." https://kajabi.com/product/mcp. It is a defensible design, and it is the clearest published statement any of these vendors makes about what its agent may do. Where we sit ## What AXL claims, and what it does not AXL is not "the only platform with an MCP server." Five of the others ship one, and two of those are good. Three narrower claims survive checking. - •**Coverage.** Roughly 1,100 operations across the whole business (CRM, courses, webinars, email, automation, payments and sites) rather than one product's surface. - •**Completion.** The agent builds the page, prices the product, wires the automation and stages the campaign. Publishing and sending are separate calls; the human step is the consequential one rather than every one. - •**Documented guardrails.** 21 sensitive operations (billing writes, API-token minting, role and permission changes, admin creation) are removed from the AI surface in the server, not the prompt. We could not find a competitor that documents which operations it removes. Every client connects the same way: one line and a browser sign-in, from [Claude](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/claude), [ChatGPT](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/chatgpt), [Cursor](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cursor), [Windsurf](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/windsurf), [VS Code](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/vs-code) or [Cline](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/cline). [What an agent actually finishes →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) Questions ## Asked about agent access ### What is an MCP server, in one paragraph?− It is a standard way for an AI assistant to use a product's own operations instead of clicking its screens. You connect an assistant you already pay for, it discovers what the platform can do, and it calls those operations on your behalf under your permissions. The interesting part is which operations the vendor exposes, and what happens when the agent writes. ### Does Kajabi have an MCP server?+ Yes, and it is included on every plan, monthly or annual, which is more generous than most gates on this page. Its own page states that write actions land as drafts and that you publish from the Kajabi admin, and it lists analytics, payments, live email blasts and theme code as out of scope. [AXL against Kajabi in full](https://axl.tech/vs/kajabi). ### Which one should I pick if the agent matters most?+ Pick by the shape of your business, not by the protocol. If you run client accounts, agency-wide reach is the differentiator ([AXL vs GoHighLevel](https://axl.tech/vs/gohighlevel)); if the community is the product, Circle's server covers what you sell ([AXL vs Circle](https://axl.tech/vs/circle)); if you want an agent across CRM, courses, webinars and campaigns at once, coverage is the axis and that is where AXL is strongest. All three are real products, and the table above is how to check us. ### Is it safe to let an agent into a live business?+ Ask each vendor two things: which operations are removed from the agent's reach, and what happens on publish or send. On AXL, 21 sensitive operations are removed in the server, and publishing a page or sending a broadcast are separate calls rather than side effects of building. Whatever you choose, connect it with an account whose permissions you would be comfortable seeing used. ## Connect the assistant you already pay for. One line, then a browser sign-in. Ask it to build something and check its work in the admin. `claude mcp add axl --transport http https://app.axl.tech/mcp` Copy [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [The developer documentation](https://axl.tech/developers) This table is verified on the date printed in its caption and re-checked quarterly, and any vendor listed here is welcome to correct their own row. [Tell us what changed](https://axl.tech/contact) and we will update it within the week, with the new date on it. --- # Windsurf MCP Server Setup: Connect Your Agent > Add AXL to Windsurf in mcp_config.json under Settings, Cascade, MCP Servers. Sign in through your browser, with no API key, then use tools across AXL. Canonical: https://axl.tech/developers/mcp/windsurf Developers · MCP · Windsurf # Connect Windsurf to AXL Windsurf has no dialog for adding a custom remote server, so this one is a config edit rather than a form. It is two lines, then a browser sign-in, and Cascade has tools over your CRM, sites, courses, automations and email. ## 1 · Add the server Open **Settings → Cascade → MCP Servers** and add an `axl` entry to `mcp_config.json` with `serverUrl` set to the endpoint. Clients disagree about that key name; Windsurf wants `serverUrl`, not `url`. `{"mcpServers":{"axl":{"serverUrl":"https://app.axl.tech/mcp"}}}` Copy Menu path checked against Windsurf's own documentation. It is somebody else's UI and it moves. ## 2 · Sign in Your browser opens on an AXL consent screen. It names the client that asked and shows which account the agent will act as; if you administer more than one, switch there before approving. What the client receives is an ordinary admin access token scoped to that account, which is why the agent inherits your permissions rather than a separate set. ## 3 · Ask for something “Draft a landing page for the workshop, don't publish it, and give me the preview link.” Asking for a preview rather than a publish is the shape most work should take here; publishing is its own call. [Where an agent stops, and what it finishes →](https://axl.tech/ai-agent) ![AXL OAuth consent screen with a demo client and school, plus Switch account, Authorize and Cancel controls.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/UJryar2tM0OL9ONOilrDig.png) Review the school and access request before you approve the connection. ## If it does not work - •**Nothing happens after saving the file.** Windsurf reads `mcp_config.json` at start-up. Restart it, or use its own refresh action, before assuming the entry is wrong. - •**The browser never opened.** The client registers itself first, and that step fails quietly if the URL is not exactly the endpoint. Re-check it, then remove and re-add the entry. - •**Approval failed with “no school”.** The token is scoped to an account and you have not created one yet. Finish that, then connect. Cascade acts as you, with your permissions, in one account. It writes without publishing (publishing and sending are separate steps you ask for), and 21 sensitive operations are not on its surface at all. [What an agent can never do →](https://axl.tech/developers/agent-guardrails) [Start free](https://app.axl.tech/) [Every client, and what the agent sees](https://axl.tech/developers/mcp) --- # Your AI product is live. Now get more customers. > Build landing pages, capture leads and keep each customer's history in one place. Start free. Sign up with code ph25 to save 25% on paid plans for life. Canonical: https://axl.tech/ph Product Hunt · For AI product founders # Get more paying customers with AXL. Capture leads, nurture interest, and close more sales. Use AXL's built-in AI assistant or connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor via MCP. Your tools and customer history work together in one system. [Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/register?promo=ph25) No credit card required. **Product Hunt offer: 25% lifetime discount on paid plans.** Sign up with code `ph25` by November 30, 2026. Start free adds the code for you. View paid plans ![AXL demo video cover: Your AI product is live. Now get more customers.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/y0ydc-hVrEeVmjInQAWOhg.webp) ▶️ Watch AXL in action · 1:52 What is AXL? Get more customers for your AI product × Video not playing? [Watch it on YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6SXQslR45k) Connected tools → Customer context → Smarter sales actions → More profit ## Turn connected marketing into more profit. When every tool writes to one record, your team sees who needs attention, your AI writes from real history, and nobody moves data between services. 1. 01 ### Connected tools Pages, email, webinars, CRM, calls, and payments work in one system. 2. 02 ### Shared customer history Clicks, webinar viewing, conversations, bookings, and purchases build one lead profile. 3. 03 ### AI lead scoring Help your AI and sales team decide who to follow up with, when, and how. Paid plans · early access 4. 04 ### Keep more of what you earn Focus on promising leads, make follow-ups more relevant, and reduce time and money spent connecting tools. Every tracked interaction adds context for the next decision. A score sets the order of your follow-ups. It is not a promise that a lead will buy. One lead, one clear next step ## Know who to follow up with, and why. AXL's lead scoring uses each lead's growing interaction history to help your AI and sales team decide who to follow up with and how. 1. Lead signs up on your landing page. 2. Watches the webinar through the offer. 3. Visits pricing and asks about team access. 4. AXL brings those signals into the same customer history. 5. AI lead scoring helps prioritize the lead. Your AI or sales team prepares a relevant follow-up. **What scoring adds:** a priority from 0 to 100 on each new lead with the top reasons behind it, a pipeline you can sort by it, and a trigger that can start a follow-up scenario. Trained on 1M deals · 300+ lead signals These numbers describe the model and its training data, not customer results. Paid plans · early access [Ask us to switch it on](https://axl.tech/contact) ![A demo contact record in AXL: profile, tags and one history with a form, a quiz, a webinar visit, a call and a paid order.](https://cdn.app.axl.tech/2b1aHbg3dU60m7o2bL753w/images/5yXXDH9xmkyZtuVkK3tIgw.png) Demo data One contact record. Forms, webinar visits, calls and orders land in the same history. Where the context comes from ## One customer history, from first click to renewal. Each stage writes to the same record, so the next stage starts with what you already know. 1. ### Capture leads Landing pages, quizzes, and forms. 2. ### Nurture interest Email sequences, chatbots, live and automated webinars. 3. ### Close sales CRM pipelines, AI calls, and AI messages. 4. ### Get paid Checkout forms and memberships. 5. ### Serve customers Courses, assessments, AI tutors, and communities. **1,200+ actions** are open to your AI through MCP, so the assistant you already use can work across all five stages. Try one request > “Build our launch page. Add demo booking. Email this guide to new signups.” - **A launch page with a signup form**Published on your AXL site, ready for traffic. - **Signups land in your CRM**Each one starts a customer history with its source. - **The guide goes out by email**Sent to every new signup by an automation. Needs: your sender address. - **Prospects book a demo**The booking joins the same record. Needs: your available hours. Free plan and the Product Hunt offer ## Start free. Upgrade when you need more. Start with the tools to test your idea and capture leads. Upgrade for higher limits and AI lead scoring. 1. Your first result on Free: 2. Landing page 3. → 4. Signup form 5. → 6. Lead in your CRM Paid column shows Starter. Growth, Scale and Pro include more. Full pricing | Item | Free | Paid | | --- | --- | --- | | Plan fee | $0 | From $49 a month | | Features | All of AXL, within Free limits | All of AXL | | Contacts | 500 | 5,000 | | Emails and messages | 5,000 emails and 5,000 messages a month | 15,000 emails and 25,000 messages | | Site and video hosting | 5 GB, 3,000 site visits and 10 h of video viewing a month | 50 GB, no visit limit, 50 h of video | | CRM, courses and webinars | Included; one live AXL webinar a month, up to 60 min and 50 viewers | Included; 50 webinar viewer-hours | | AI lead scoring | Not included | Early access | | AI assistant | Prepaid credits, $0.01 each | 200 credits included | | Over the limit | Sending pauses; upgrade to raise it | Nothing stops; overage at public rates | | Paid separately | Calls, SMS, phone numbers and domain services, from your prepaid balance on every plan | **At a Free limit, leads are never lost.** New leads still reach your CRM. AXL pauses sending, such as campaigns and automated messages, until your counters reset on your monthly sign-up day. Sign-in emails, receipts and booking confirmations always go out. Free limits cannot be topped up; upgrade to raise them. Product Hunt offer ### Start free. Save 25% when you upgrade. Sign up with code ph25 by November 30, 2026, and get 25% off your plan fee for life. Starter ~~$49~~ **$36.75** a month - **How to apply:** Start free on this page adds the code to the sign-up form. You can also type ph25 in the promo code field. - **Deadline:** the code must be used when you sign up, by November 30, 2026. Upgrade whenever you are ready. - **Lifetime:** the 25% stays on your account and applies to every plan fee you pay. - **Not discounted:** usage above your plan, AI credits, calls, SMS, phone numbers and domains. [Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/register?promo=ph25) Good to know ## Questions before you start. Can I start without connecting my own AI? Yes. Every new account starts with a free setup chat with AXL's built-in AI assistant. After that, the assistant runs on prepaid AI credits on Free. You can also build in the editor without AI, or connect ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor through MCP. What is included in the Free plan? All AXL features within Free limits: 500 contacts, 5,000 emails and 5,000 messages a month, 5 GB of storage, 3,000 site visits and 10 hours of video viewing a month, and one admin. AI, calls and SMS run on prepaid balance. What happens when I reach a Free plan limit? Leads are never lost. New leads still reach your CRM, but AXL pauses sending, such as campaigns and automated messages, until your limits reset on your monthly sign-up day. Free limits cannot be topped up. To keep going right away, upgrade to a paid plan. Is AI lead scoring included in Free? No. AI lead scoring is available on paid plans. It is in early access, so ask us to switch it on for your account. Do I need a credit card? No. You can sign up for Free without a card. You add one only to top up your balance or to pay for a plan. Do I need to move my whole business to AXL? No. Start with one landing page and one form. Add email, webinars, booking or payments when they help, and import your contacts when you are ready. What does the subscription include, and what costs extra? The plan fee covers every feature and the usage included in your plan. Usage above it is billed at public overage rates. Calls, SMS, phone numbers, domain services and AI beyond the included credits are paid from your prepaid balance. How do I redeem ph25, and how long does the discount last? Sign up with code ph25 by November 30, 2026. The Start free buttons here add it for you. The 25% stays on your account for life and applies to your plan fee whenever you upgrade. Usage above your plan, AI credits, calls, SMS, numbers and domains are not discounted. Does signing up for Free reserve the discount? Yes, if you sign up with code ph25 by November 30, 2026. The discount waits on your account and applies from your first paid plan fee. An account created without the code does not get it later. ## Get more customers. Keep more of what you earn. [Start free ↗](https://app.axl.tech/register?promo=ph25) Free plan. No credit card. Code ph25 added for you.