We make Drry, one of the alternatives below, so read accordingly. The best Systeme.io alternatives are ClickFunnels, Kajabi, GoHighLevel, Podia, Kit and Drry, and which one fits depends on the part of Systeme.io you have outgrown: the funnels, the courses, the CRM, the email, or the community. Systeme.io's own figures are in the box below, with the date we checked them. Other platforms are described without prices, because theirs move; follow the links for dated numbers.
Start by being fair to it. Systeme.io has a free plan that never expires, 2,000 contacts and unlimited email sends on it, and 0% transaction fees on every plan. Paid plans run $17, $47 and $97 a month. Very little on this list beats that on price, so the only good reason to move is a job it does not do well enough for you. For the plan-by-plan detail, see our Systeme.io pricing guide.
ClickFunnels: when the funnel is the business
ClickFunnels is what Systeme.io's pricing page is aimed at, and it is still the deeper funnel and checkout builder. If you live in split tests and one-off offers, it is the natural step up.
- Best for: launch-driven sellers whose revenue comes from the page itself and who will use the builder daily.
- Pricing structure: paid plans only, after a trial, with a 0% platform fee on sales. The entry plan costs several times Systeme.io's Startup.
- What you give up: the free plan, and a lot of monthly budget for the same 0%. See the ClickFunnels pricing breakdown and Drry vs ClickFunnels.
Kajabi: when the courses are the business
Kajabi wraps courses, email, a website, podcasts and a community in one heavyweight suite. It is what Systeme.io looks like with a much bigger budget and more polish.
- Best for: established course businesses that want one tool for the product and the marketing and can absorb a suite-level bill.
- Pricing structure: no free plan, public plans in the hundreds a month, card processing on Kajabi Payments at a rate that improves as you climb, and an extra platform percentage if you bring your own processor.
- What you give up: the price, by a wide margin, and payment portability. See Kajabi pricing and Drry vs Kajabi.
GoHighLevel: when you need a CRM, or run clients
GoHighLevel is a CRM and marketing platform built for agencies: pipelines, SMS, calling, reputation tools and sub-accounts you can resell. Systeme.io has pipelines and sub-accounts too, but GoHighLevel goes much further.
- Best for: agencies and service businesses that sell by phone and text, and anyone managing several client accounts.
- Pricing structure: no free plan, a monthly subscription, then usage-based charges for SMS, email and calls on top.
- What you give up: simplicity, and a predictable bill. For a solo creator it is a lot of machine. See GoHighLevel pricing and Drry vs GoHighLevel.
Podia: when you want less, done simply
Podia sells courses, downloads, webinars and coaching from a clean storefront with email built in. It does less than Systeme.io and is easier to live with because of it.
- Best for: creators selling a few courses and downloads who found the funnel builder more than they needed.
- Pricing structure: no free plan, a trial, and a transaction fee on the entry plan that the higher plans remove.
- What you give up: the free plan, Systeme.io's list size for the money, and funnels as a first-class tool. See Podia pricing and Drry vs Podia.
Kit: when email is the part you use
Plenty of people on Systeme.io mostly use the email. Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is a better email tool: stronger automations, forms, landing pages and a creator recommendation network, with a commerce feature for selling digital products and paid newsletters.
- Best for: newsletter-led creators who want the best email tooling and are happy to host courses elsewhere.
- Pricing structure: a free plan, then paid plans priced by subscriber count, with a fee on sales made through its commerce feature.
- What you give up: everything that is not email. Courses and a community become separate tools. See Kit pricing, Kit alternatives and Drry vs Kit.
Drry: when the community is the business (ours)
Our product, so treat this as a pitch with numbers you can check. Drry overlaps with Systeme.io more than anything else on this list: funnels, email, courses, a community, booking and 0% of your sales. The difference is the center of gravity. Systeme.io is a funnel tool with a community alongside; Drry is a member home that the funnels feed, with a feed, direct messages, an audio library, events and courses in one branded place.
- Best for: coaches whose members pay monthly to be in the room, with courses and live sessions inside it.
- Pricing structure: a free plan with 100 members, unlimited courses and one funnel, no card, then $29 and $99 a month. 0% of member payments on every plan, through your own Stripe account.
- What you give up: Systeme.io's free-plan list size and unlimited sends, its A/B testing (we have none), its evergreen webinars and a custom domain on the free plan. For a list-and-funnel business Systeme.io is the better deal. See Drry vs Systeme.io and how funnels work here.
How do you choose a Systeme.io alternative?
Questions coaches ask
What is the best alternative to Systeme.io?
It depends on which part of Systeme.io you have outgrown. For deeper funnels and checkout, ClickFunnels. For a course business with marketing built around it, Kajabi. For an agency CRM with SMS and pipelines, GoHighLevel. For simple courses and downloads, Podia. For email alone, Kit. For a paid community with courses inside it, Drry, which we make, so weigh that.
Is there a free alternative to Systeme.io?
Two on this list start free. Kit has a free email plan, and Drry's free plan carries 100 members, unlimited courses, a community feed, a funnel and email with no card. ClickFunnels, Kajabi, GoHighLevel and Podia are paid plans after a trial. None of them matches Systeme.io's free plan on contacts and email sends, which is the honest reason many people stay.
Why do people leave Systeme.io?
Usually for one of three reasons: the funnel builder feels basic next to a dedicated one, the community and courses feel like add-ons to a funnel tool rather than the product, or the list outgrows a tier and the next one is priced by contacts. Cost is rarely the reason, because Systeme.io is among the cheapest all-in-one tools there is.
Is ClickFunnels better than Systeme.io?
For building and testing sales funnels, ClickFunnels is deeper, and that depth is what you pay for. For price, Systeme.io wins clearly: it has a free plan and ClickFunnels does not. Both state 0% on sales. If your business is a funnel, try both free trials on the same page and compare the editor, not the feature list.
Does Drry take a cut of sales like some alternatives do?
No. Drry takes 0% of member payments on every plan, the same as Systeme.io. Money runs through your own Stripe account, so only Stripe's standard processing applies. Plans are free, $29 and $99 a month.