We make Drry, which competes with Systeme.io, so read this with that in mind. Is systeme.io free? Yes: the free plan never expires, needs no card, and takes 0% of your sales. How much does Systeme.io cost after that? $17 a month on Startup, $47 on Webinar and $97 on Unlimited, or $170, $470 and $970 a year billed annually. Every figure on this page was read from systeme.io's own pricing page and help centre on September 27, 2026. What decides your bill is not features, which are nearly identical across plans, but a handful of counts: contacts, funnels, courses and custom domains.
Credit where it is due. Systeme.io is one of the few all-in-one tools with a real free plan rather than a trial, and "all-in-one" is fair: funnels, email, courses, communities, a booking calendar, a blog and an affiliate program sit on every tier, including free. The question this page answers is narrower: which count you will hit first, and what it costs when you do.
Systeme.io pricing, plan by plan
The four public plans, with the limits that actually move you between them. Features not in this table (unlimited email sends, unlimited file storage, 0% transaction fees, the affiliate program) are the same on every plan.
| Plan | Monthly | Annually | Contacts | Funnels | Courses | Communities | Custom domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 2,000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Startup | $17 | $170 a year | 5,000 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Webinar | $47 | $470 a year | 10,000 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| Unlimited | $97 | $970 a year | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
- Free is the one that sells the product. Its automation is the thin part: 1 automation rule and 1 email campaign (a timed sequence), though newsletters to your whole list are unlimited. The course is capped at 500 students, which is the one student limit on the table.
- Startup ($17) is where most solo creators land, usually because a second course or a fourth funnel arrives before the 2,000th contact does. It also removes the badge, and students become unlimited.
- Webinar ($47) is named for the 10 evergreen webinars it adds, but plenty of people pay for it with no webinar at all, because it is the only way to hold more than 5,000 contacts short of Unlimited.
- Unlimited ($97) removes every count. Above it sits Custom, a quoted plan for teams that adds a dedicated success manager.
Is systeme.io free, really?
Yes, with three honest qualifications. The first is the badge: systeme.io's help centre says the affiliate badge on your pages, and the "Sent with systeme.io" line in your email footers, can only be removed on Startup, Webinar or Unlimited. On free, every page you publish advertises the platform.
The second is the sender. Unlimited sends are real, but systeme.io no longer accepts a Gmail address as the sender, and to send from your own professional address you authenticate a domain. Without one, its help centre says your mail goes out from a systemeapp.com address with replies routed back to you. That is fine for a test and weak for deliverability, so budget for a domain even on the free plan.
The third is what "unlimited" sits beside. Unlimited emails to 2,000 contacts is a generous free email tool. One course, three funnels and one automation rule is a trial of the rest of the suite that happens not to expire.
Contacts decide your tier
Systeme.io's own FAQ describes the plans as "based primarily on contact limits", and that is the right way to budget. Features barely change between tiers; the list size does. Two things to know before your list grows:
- On free, going over restricts the account. Its help centre describes three warning emails, one a day, then a restriction in which opt-ins and payments stop working, scheduled newsletters are not sent and students cannot open their courses. Nothing is deleted, and upgrading or pruning contacts lifts it.
- On a paid plan, going over upgrades you. The same article says a paid subscription is moved to the next tier automatically "to ensure uninterrupted service". Good for continuity, and worth knowing before a big list import lands you on a plan you did not choose.
Monthly or annual billing
Annual billing is ten months' price for twelve months, which systeme.io advertises as two months free. On each paid plan:
- Startup: $204 a year on monthly billing, $170 paid annually, so $34 saved.
- Webinar: $564 a year on monthly billing, $470 paid annually, so $94 saved.
- Unlimited: $1,164 a year on monthly billing, $970 paid annually, so $194 saved.
Because a paid plan upgrades itself when you pass its contact limit, prepay for the tier you expect to be on at the end of the year, not the one you are on today.
Where the pricing page disagrees with itself
Worth knowing if you are checking our numbers against theirs. The FAQ at the bottom of systeme.io/pricing, dated April 2026, says Startup includes "unlimited funnels" and Webinar "unlimited everything". The plan table above it says 10 funnels on Startup and 50 on Webinar. The page's "all plans include" block promises unlimited students while the same table caps free at 500. We have used the plan table throughout, because it is the more specific of the two. If the difference matters to you, ask their support before you buy.
Systeme.io against ClickFunnels and the rest
Systeme.io's pricing is aimed squarely at ClickFunnels, and on price the comparison is lopsided: ClickFunnels has no free plan, and its entry tier costs about what systeme.io charges for Unlimited. What ClickFunnels buys with the difference is depth in the page builder and checkout. Our ClickFunnels pricing breakdown walks through its tiers with the same dated sources. If you are shopping more widely, our roundup of Systeme.io alternatives covers the tools people move to, and when staying is the better call.
How Drry compares (the disclosed pitch)
Our side, stated plainly so you can discount it. Drry and Systeme.io agree on the money: 0% of your sales on every plan, including free. Drry runs payments through your own Stripe account, so only Stripe's processing applies and the customer relationship is yours.
Where Systeme.io is ahead, and it is ahead on real things: its free plan holds 2,000 contacts against Drry's 500 contacts plus 100 members, sends unlimited email where Drry's free plan sends 700 marketing emails a month, and includes a custom domain, which on Drry starts at Creator. It has A/B testing, which Drry does not, and Startup at $17 undercuts our Creator plan at $29. For a list-and-funnel business that is a genuine price advantage.
Where Drry is the better fit is a paid community. The free plan carries unlimited courses (not one), 5 GB of storage, a community feed, direct messages between members, and an audio library, and Creator lifts members to unlimited with 25,000 contacts. Growth is $99 a month. Funnels are included on every plan; see how funnels work on Drry, or the side-by-side in Drry vs Systeme.io.
Questions coaches ask
Is Systeme.io free?
Yes. Systeme.io has a free plan that never expires and needs no credit card, and it takes 0% of your sales. It holds 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 course with up to 500 students, 1 community and 1 custom domain, with unlimited email sends. The catch is the badge: its help centre says users on the Free plan cannot remove the systeme.io badge from pages or email footers. Checked against systeme.io/pricing on September 27, 2026.
How much does Systeme.io cost?
$0 on Free, $17 a month on Startup, $47 on Webinar and $97 on Unlimited. Billed annually the paid plans are $170, $470 and $970 a year, which systeme.io calls two months free. A Custom plan for teams is quoted rather than priced. Every plan takes 0% transaction fees; your Stripe or PayPal account still charges its own processing. Checked on September 27, 2026.
Does Systeme.io take a transaction fee?
No. The pricing page lists 0% transaction fees on all four plans and says you accept payments through Stripe or PayPal at no extra cost. Those processors still charge their standard fees on each sale, because the money moves through the account you connect, not through systeme.io.
What happens when I go over 2,000 contacts on the free plan?
According to systeme.io's help centre, you get three warning emails, one a day, and a dashboard alert. If you do nothing, a free account is restricted: opt-ins and payments stop working, scheduled newsletters are not sent, and students lose course access until you upgrade or remove contacts, though nothing is deleted. On a paid plan the same overage upgrades you automatically to the next tier.
Is annual billing worth it on Systeme.io?
If you are sure you will stay a year, yes. Annual is ten months' price for twelve: Startup is $170 a year instead of $204 on monthly billing, Webinar $470 instead of $564, and Unlimited $970 instead of $1,164. The free plan has nothing to prepay, so annual only matters once you have outgrown it.
Is Drry cheaper than Systeme.io?
Not for a pure funnel-and-email business, and we would rather say so. Systeme.io's free plan carries more contacts and unlimited sends, and Startup at $17 is cheaper than Drry's Creator plan at $29. Drry is built for a paid community: unlimited courses on the free plan, a member feed, direct messages and an audio library, with 0% of member payments on every plan. We make Drry, so weigh that.