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ClickFunnels vs Systeme.io

Both products' published prices and terms, read off their own pages on 6 August 2026. Neither of them is ours. No scores, no rankings, no affiliate links.

What's the difference between ClickFunnels and Systeme.io?

ClickFunnels is A funnel and page builder that has grown outward into courses, email, a store, a CRM and a community. It is sold to marketers and business owners whose model is built around funnels. Systeme.io is An all-in-one funnel, email, course and affiliate platform with a genuinely usable free tier. It is sold to solo operators and small businesses who want one cheap login for everything. Both read off their own pricing and product pages on 6 August 2026.

People type this comparison both ways round — clickfunnels vs systeme io and systeme io vs clickfunnels— and this is the one page for both. It publishes no verdict, because the two are built for different people and a ranking would be an opinion wearing a measurement’s clothes.

The two, side by side

ClickFunnels

A funnel and page builder that has grown outward into courses, email, a store, a CRM and a community. Sold to marketers and business owners whose model is built around funnels.

from $97/month · no free plan or trial published · 30-day money back

Published plans

  • Launch$97, or $81/mo billed annually
  • Scale$197, or $164/mo billed annually
  • Optimize$297, or $248/mo billed annually
  • Dominatenot published, or $5,997 for the year

Billed on top

Their pricing page states nothing is billed on top of the plan.

On your sales: None. Their FAQ answers "does ClickFunnels take a percentage of my sales?" with "No. You'll keep every penny you make."

What it genuinely does better

  • Unlimited funnels on every plan, including the entry one, and unlimited hosting with it.
  • Contact and email allowances are the most generous in this set at the price — 10,000 contacts and 50,000 sends a month on the $97 tier.
  • 0% on your sales, stated plainly, with no processor conditions attached.
  • The editor and the funnel model have had the longest run in this category and the deepest body of teaching around them.
  • Courses, a store, a community, a CRM and email are in the box, not sold separately.

Where it is hardest on an owner running it alone

  • The pricing page does not state how long the free trial is.
  • Courses are capped low — three on the $97 tier — on a platform many people buy in order to sell courses.
  • Workspaces, not sub-accounts: one on the entry tier, so running a second brand means the next plan up.
  • It is still a builder. What goes inside the funnel is your job.

Systeme.io

An all-in-one funnel, email, course and affiliate platform with a genuinely usable free tier. Sold to solo operators and small businesses who want one cheap login for everything.

from $0/month · free plan

Published plans

  • Free$0, or $0/mo billed annually
  • Startup$17
  • Webinar$47
  • Unlimited$97

Billed on top

Their pricing page states nothing is billed on top of the plan.

On your sales: 0% on every plan, including the free one.

What it genuinely does better

  • A free plan that is not a trial: 2,000 contacts, three funnels, a course and unlimited email sending, permanently.
  • Unlimited emails sent on every plan, free tier included. Almost nobody else in this set does that.
  • 0% on your sales at every tier.
  • Unlimited sub-accounts on every plan, free tier included.
  • $97/mo removes every cap in the product — the same sticker several rivals charge for their entry tier.

Where it is hardest on an owner running it alone

  • The builder and the templates are plainer than ClickFunnels' or Kajabi's, and it is not pretending otherwise.
  • One automation rule and one workflow on the free plan, so real behavioural automation starts at $17.
  • Fewer native integrations and a much smaller ecosystem of people who already know it.
  • It is the clearest example in this set of the thing these pages are about: extremely capable, and completely empty on day one.

Which is cheaper?

Systeme.io is cheaper to start: $0/month against $97/month. ClickFunnels: Launch is $97/month, or $81/month billed annually. Scale is $197/month, or $164/month billed annually. Optimize is $297/month, or $248/month billed annually. Dominate is $5,997 for the year. Systeme.io: Free is $0/month, or $0/month billed annually, or $0 for the year. Startup is $17/month. Webinar is $47/month. Unlimited is $97/month. The entry price is not the bill. On what is billed on top: ClickFunnels — their pricing page states nothing is billed on top of the plan. Systeme.io — their pricing page states nothing is billed on top of the plan. On fees taken from your sales: ClickFunnels — None. Their FAQ answers "does ClickFunnels take a percentage of my sales?" with "No. You'll keep every penny you make." Systeme.io — 0% on every plan, including the free one. All checked 6 August 2026.

Is ClickFunnels or Systeme.io better?

Neither, in general — they are built for different people, and this page publishes no score or ranking. What ClickFunnels genuinely does better: Unlimited funnels on every plan, including the entry one, and unlimited hosting with it. Contact and email allowances are the most generous in this set at the price — 10,000 contacts and 50,000 sends a month on the $97 tier. 0% on your sales, stated plainly, with no processor conditions attached. What Systeme.io genuinely does better: A free plan that is not a trial: 2,000 contacts, three funnels, a course and unlimited email sending, permanently. Unlimited emails sent on every plan, free tier included. Almost nobody else in this set does that. 0% on your sales at every tier. Where ClickFunnels is hardest on a small business owner running it alone: The pricing page does not state how long the free trial is. Courses are capped low — three on the $97 tier — on a platform many people buy in order to sell courses. Where Systeme.io is hardest: The builder and the templates are plainer than ClickFunnels' or Kajabi's, and it is not pretending otherwise. One automation rule and one workflow on the free plan, so real behavioural automation starts at $17. That is our reading of their published plans, limits and product pages as of 6 August 2026 — check clickfunnels.com/pricing and systeme.io/pricing before deciding anything on the strength of ours.

More questions people ask about these two

Does ClickFunnels or Systeme.io take a percentage of your sales?

ClickFunnels: None. Their FAQ answers "does ClickFunnels take a percentage of my sales?" with "No. You'll keep every penny you make." Systeme.io: 0% on every plan, including the free one. Both from their own pages on 6 August 2026. A percentage of sales usually outgrows a subscription difference faster than people expect, so compare it at the revenue you actually plan to do, not at zero.

Do ClickFunnels or Systeme.io have a free plan or free trial?

ClickFunnels: no free plan, and no published free trial, with a 30-day money-back window. Systeme.io: a permanently free plan, and no published free trial. Checked 6 August 2026.

Who publishes this

KBD Systems. We are not in the comparison above and we did not put a thumb on either side of it — everything on this page is ClickFunnels’s and Systeme.io’s own published material, read on 6 August 2026, with both pages linked so you never have to take our word for a figure. We do sell software these two compete with, and what it costs is on our own pricing page rather than in the middle of somebody else’s comparison.

Figures checked 6 August 2026 (2026-08-06).