What you get today inside systeme.io
systeme.io lists four plans: Free at $0, Startup at $17 a month, Webinar at $47 a month and Unlimited at $97 a month. Its pricing FAQ says every plan includes unlimited email sending, unlimited sub-accounts and 0% transaction fees, with payments through Stripe or PayPal. [1]
The plan data loaded by the pricing page lists annual prices of $170, $470 and $970 for the paid plans, and caps such as 1, 5 and 20 blogs, 1, 5 and 20 courses, and 1, 3 and 10 digital stores on Free, Startup and Webinar. Free also carries a $10,000 total revenue cap. [2]
That bundle is the baseline. Any alternative has to be compared against the email, funnel and course tooling you would need to buy separately.
| systeme.io plan | Monthly | Yearly | Contacts | Funnels | Courses | Digital store products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 2,000 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Startup | $17 | $170 | 5,000 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Webinar | $47 | $470 | 10,000 | 50 | 20 | 50 |
| Unlimited | $97 | $970 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Match the gap to the tool
Prices are from each vendor’s pricing page on the access date; card and gateway rates are US standard. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
| Gap you hit | Alternative | Listed price | What you lose leaving systeme.io |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalog with variants, shipping, POS | Shopify | Basic $29/mo yearly or $39 monthly; 2.9% + 30¢ online cards | systeme.io’s bundled courses, funnels and email automation; 0% platform fee |
| One simple landing page | Carrd | Pro Standard $19/year (10 sites); Pro Plus $49/year | Email automation, checkout funnels, courses |
| Design control and CMS | Framer | Basic $10/mo, Pro $30/mo | Email, payments, courses, funnels |
| Course depth, low product count | Teachable | Starter $29/mo annual, 7.5% fee; Builder $69/mo annual, 0% with Teachable Payments | Unlimited email, funnel builder, cheaper entry plan |
| Courses plus several communities | Thinkific | Start $82/mo annual; Grow $164/mo annual | Free plan, low entry price, bundled email |
Store catalog: Shopify
Shopify Basic costs $39 a month or $29 a month billed yearly, with online card rates from 2.9% + 30¢ and a 2% fee when you use a third-party payment provider instead of Shopify Payments. [3]
For downloads, Shopify’s help center says you install its free Digital Products app; variants can hold up to 50 files with a combined 5 GB. The trade-off is that systeme.io’s bundled courses, funnels and email automation would need separate apps or tools on top of the plan price. If you sell mostly courses and a handful of downloads, systeme.io already covers that; Shopify earns its cost once physical inventory, variants and shipping matter. [8]
One page: Carrd
Carrd Pro Standard is $19 a year for 10 sites with custom domains, forms and widget embeds; Pro Plus is $49 a year for 25 sites with advanced forms. The Pro page describes forms that include payment-enabled forms, and widgets for third-party services like Stripe. [4]
This is the cheapest exit for someone who only used systeme.io for one opt-in page, but you will need a separate email tool for the list and a separate checkout or course host if you sell anything beyond a single payment.
Design: Framer
Framer Basic is listed at $10 a month with 30 pages, 2 CMS collections and 1,000 CMS items; Pro is $30 a month with 150 pages, 10 collections, staging and site redirects. Extra editors are $20 each and content editors $10 each. [5]
A common split is a Framer marketing site with systeme.io kept for checkout, email and courses. That costs more than one tool, but it fixes the design gap without moving your list or students.
Course depth: Teachable or Thinkific
Teachable lists Starter at $29 a month billed annually with a 7.5% transaction fee and 5 published products, Builder at $69 a month annually with 0% when using Teachable Payments and 10 products, and Growth at $139 a month annually with 50 products. Standard processing such as 2.9% + 30¢ on US cards still applies. [6]
Thinkific has no free plan; it lists Start at $82 a month billed annually ($109 monthly) with unlimited courses, 1 community and 10 community spaces, and Grow at $164 a month annually with 3 communities. It notes an extra gateway fee when you use Stripe or PayPal instead of Thinkific Payments, without listing the amount. [7]
Compare those against systeme.io Startup at $17 a month with 5 courses and 5 communities in its plan data. Move only if a named feature you need is missing, not just for a different interface. [2]
Stay on systeme.io if
- Your products are courses, downloads, coaching or memberships rather than a physical catalog.
- You rely on its email sequences, automations and funnels and would otherwise pay for a separate email tool.
- Your counts fit a plan: for example under 5,000 contacts, 10 funnels and 5 courses on Startup.
- The design gap can be solved by putting a Framer or Carrd page in front while keeping checkout and email in systeme.io.
- You want 0% platform fees and are already paying only Stripe or PayPal processing.
Questions before you decide
What is the cheapest systeme.io alternative for one landing page?
Carrd Pro Standard at $19 a year covers 10 sites with custom domains and forms, but you would still need separate email and checkout tools.
Does Teachable charge a transaction fee?
Teachable lists 7.5% on Starter and 0% on Builder and Growth when using Teachable Payments; standard card processing still applies.
Does systeme.io take a percentage of my sales?
Its pricing page lists 0% transaction fees on all plans; your payment processor still charges its own fees.
Sources & verification
Product details and prices can change. Check the linked provider before buying.
- systeme.io pricing and plan FAQ Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- systeme.io plan-limit data loaded by its pricing page Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Shopify pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Carrd Pro plans Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Framer pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Teachable pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Thinkific pricing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Shopify Help Center: Digital Products app and digital downloads Accessed 30 Oct 2026
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