Kajabi Video Hosting That Doesn’t Punish a Bigger Course Library
Kajabi hosts your course videos on Wistia under the hood — and as your library grows past the bundled allowance, your bill grows with every lesson. SmartVideo replaces that with views-based pricing, generous included storage, unlimited bandwidth, and a clean player that drops into your Kajabi pages. Add lessons without watching your invoice climb.
14-day free trial · from $19/mo · Card required, no charge until day 15
Why a Bigger Kajabi Library Means a Bigger Video Bill
Kajabi’s Bundled Allowance Has a Ceiling
The video included with your Kajabi plan covers your first courses fine. Cross the bundled allowance and you’re pushed up a Kajabi tier — regardless of how often those lessons actually get watched.
Per-Tier Limits Punish Library Growth
Bringing your own Wistia or Vimeo account doesn’t fix it. Wistia’s Business plan caps storage at 250 GB and includes only 3 seats ($25/each additional). Vimeo caps lifetime storage per plan (2 TB on Starter, 4 TB on Standard, 7 TB on Advanced). Either way, growing your library — not your traffic — is what pushes you up a tier.
Course Launches Make It Worse
A launch lands and views spike for a few days, then settle. Seat licenses and bandwidth caps are exactly the wrong shape for that pattern — you pay for a high ceiling all year for a few days of demand.
How SmartVideo Fixes Kajabi Video Hosting
Pricing Tied to Views, Not Video Count
Add a bonus module, re-cut last year’s intro, stockpile evergreen content. Your bill doesn’t move unless your audience does. Plans start at $19/month and scale with monthly views, not your library size.
Unlimited Bandwidth for Launch Spikes
Every plan includes unlimited bandwidth and automatic video encoding. Drop a 40-lesson course in a weekend without re-pricing. A launch-week traffic spike is a view bump, not a tier bump.
Drops Into Kajabi Via Embed URL
Paste the SmartVideo URL into the same video block where the Wistia URL lived. No Kajabi app, no theme edits, no replatforming — it’s a one-by-one paste swap inside the Kajabi page editor.
A White-Label Player That Looks Like Your Course
The SmartVideo player shows your brand — no third-party logo, no suggested videos, no “powered by” footer. Your colors, your course, your students staying inside it.
A sample course lesson in the live SmartVideo player — no branding, no related videos, no logo in the corner.
See it on a Kajabi page →Built for the Way Course Libraries Actually Work
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Embed Anywhere Inside Kajabi
Lesson pages, sales pages, module previews, opt-in trainings — any Kajabi page that accepts an embed URL works.
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Fast Mobile Playback on Flaky Connections
Adaptive streaming switches to a lighter version on coffee-shop Wi-Fi — the lesson keeps playing instead of buffering.
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No Suggested Videos Pulling Students Out
No recommendations, no “next up,” no end-screen distractions. The only place a student can go from a lesson is wherever your Kajabi page sends them.
SmartVideo vs. Wistia vs. Vimeo vs. Kajabi’s Bundled Allowance
| Feature | Wistia (BYO) | Vimeo Advanced | Kajabi bundled | SmartVideo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Seat + bandwidth tier | Per-GB / cap | Tier-bundled | Per-view |
| Hard storage cap | Yes (250 GB) | Yes (7 TB lifetime) | Yes (per tier) | No (1–5 TB included by plan) |
| Bandwidth | Included | 2 TB / mo cap | Subject to Kajabi limits | Unlimited |
| White-label player | Paid tiers | Paid tiers | Wistia-flavored | Yes |
Built for Kajabi Creators Who Take Video Seriously
More than 150 million video plays a year run through SmartVideo.
- 50%cut in hosting expenses, with hours of development saved
“Swarmify saved us hours of development, significantly reduced our disk space and bandwidth utilization, which in turn cut down our hosting expenses in half.”
- Wistiaswitch gave really fast load times
“I was using Wistia and changed to Swarmify. My video now loads really fast!”
- Amazinghosting video without outrageous expense
“I truly love this product. Having the ability to host video without the outrageous expense is absolutely amazing.”
- ~200videos without buffering problems
“Bye, Vimeo 👋 … I was using Vimeo for the courses, but Vimeo can be expensive, … The solution was Swarmify. … From the moment you press play, it plays. Very good picture and sound quality and no buffering problems. … I've used it for almost 200 videos that were on Vimeo and that now are in my Dropbox, and it works like a charm.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Get in touch or browse the help center.
Can I keep my existing Wistia and Kajabi videos?
Yes — nothing is deleted. To move a lesson, upload the source to SmartVideo and swap the Wistia URL for the SmartVideo URL in your Kajabi page editor. It’s a one-by-one paste swap, not a sweeping auto-conversion. Most creators migrate their highest-traffic lessons first. For a larger library, contact our support team to plan a bulk migration, or start from the migration guides. If you also have Vimeo embeds outside Kajabi, those can be auto-converted on supported platforms.
What counts as a "view"?
A view is recorded each time a SmartVideo player on your site loads the start of its video, whether or not the visitor presses play. Plans start at 10K views/month (Startup, $19) and scale to 150K (Pro, $99). See pricing for plan details.
Will my students leave my course to YouTube?
Not from your video player. SmartVideo has no suggested videos, no end-screen recommendations, no third-party branding, no “watch on YouTube” button. The only place students can go from a lesson is wherever your Kajabi page sends them next.
Does this work for Teachable, Thinkific, or Podia too?
Yes. The same embed-URL swap works on any course platform that accepts a video URL or HTML embed — Teachable, Thinkific, Podia, and similar. The pitch is the same: views-based pricing, generous included storage, a clean player your students stay inside.
Can Vimeo self-serve plans host paid course videos?
Worth checking where you stand before you scale. In July 2026, Vimeo told one four-year self-serve customer — in emails that customer shared with us — that “selling online learning and courses” falls “outside of the scope of our self-serve plans, which are designed for non-commercial use.” That account had averaged about 60GB a month until a single free event pushed one month to 12TB, roughly six times Vimeo’s published 2TB monthly threshold. Vimeo quoted $6,550 a year and gave seven days to accept or have the account paused. That is one customer’s experience rather than a stated blanket policy, so check your own bandwidth report. SmartVideo has no bandwidth threshold and is built for commercial use, and existing Vimeo embeds convert in place — see how the two compare.
What happens if I exceed my view limit?
You’re never cut off. Startup includes 10,000 monthly views, Growth 50,000, and Pro 150,000. A small per-thousand overage rate applies. No throttling, no interruption to your students. Use the price calculator for an estimate.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every plan comes with a 14-day free trial. A credit card is required to start, but you are not charged until day 15 — cancel before the trial ends and you will not be charged.
Solo creator with 50 lessons or a course academy with 1,000+ — the pricing model is the same. Views-based, generous storage, no library-size penalty. Add a bonus module without re-quoting your video bill — the same switch with which Proficiens Academy cut its hosting costs 50%.
Build Your Course Library Without Watching Your Bill Grow With It
Start a 14-day free trial. Migrate your highest-traffic lessons first, run a launch through it, and check the math. Your existing Wistia or Kajabi-bundled videos keep working while you test.
14-day free trial · from $19/mo · Card required, no charge until day 15