Systeme.io pricing: what each contact limit buys, and what every plan includes
systeme.io sells one all-in-one stack for a single online business: funnels, email marketing, a website, courses and an affiliate program, priced by how many contacts you hold. The published ladder has four rungs: Free at $0 for 2,000 contacts, Startup at $17 for 5,000, Webinar at $47 for 10,000, and Unlimited at $97 for unlimited contacts plus the client-account features. Every plan includes unlimited email sending and 0% transaction fees, and annual billing is tagged 2 months free. This guide lays out each rung, what actually moves between them, and the two spots where the vendor's own copy disagrees, with every figure read from the vendor's pricing page on 5 October 2026.
- 2 tools compared
- No paid placement
- Prices checked 5 October 2026
- Updated October 04, 2026
At a glance
- Systeme.io — A solo founder running funnels, email, courses and an affiliate program for one
- GoHighLevel — An agency running client accounts that also needs CRM, calendars, phone and SMS,
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for |
|---|---|
| Systeme.io | A solo founder running funnels, email, courses and an affiliate program for one business, who wants to start at $0 and pay as the list grows |
| GoHighLevel | An agency running client accounts that also needs CRM, calendars, phone and SMS, and will take a usage-based bill on top |
Pricing at a glance
Prices checked 5 October 2026. Every figure comes from systeme.io/pricing and gohighlevel.com/pricing, read on 5 October 2026. One discrepancy to know about: systeme.io's plan cards say Startup and Webinar carry 'up to 10' and 'up to 50' funnels, while the same page's FAQ says Startup carries 'unlimited funnels'; the rows below follow the plan cards and the discrepancy is flagged rather than resolved. Prices are US dollars; taxes, local currency and annual terms vary by region, so check both pages in your own region before you pay.
| Tool | Free tier | Entry price | Next step up | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systeme.iocheapest entry | Free $0: 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 automation rule, 1 custom domain, 1 blog, 1 course, 1 affiliate program, unlimited emailing, no credit card | Startup $17/month: 5,000 contacts; plan card says up to 10 funnels, 10 automation rules, 3 custom domains; the page FAQ instead says 'unlimited funnels' (confirm at purchase) | Webinar $47/month: 10,000 contacts, up to 50 funnels, 100 automation rules, 10 custom domains, evergreen webinars · Unlimited $97/month: unlimited contacts, funnels, automation rules and custom domains, early access to new features | vendor page |
| GoHighLevel | No free plan; a 14-day free trial on every tier | Starter $97/month or $970/year: 3 sub-accounts, unlimited contacts, unlimited users, 24/7 support | Unlimited $297/month ($2,970/year): unlimited sub-accounts, rebilling · Agency Pro $497/month ($4,970/year): SaaS mode | vendor page |
Where each ladder starts and stops
Published monthly prices read 5 October 2026; the track runs from $0 to about $500. Each mark is a vendor's own monthly price for that tier. GoHighLevel's annual prices are ten months of the monthly sticker; systeme.io tags annual billing 2 months free.
The price ladder, step by step
Both ladders quote published monthly prices read 5 October 2026. systeme.io's ladder climbs by contact count, with funnel, automation and domain caps moving along, and annual billing tagged 2 months free; GoHighLevel's climbs by sub-account capacity and resale rights, with annual prices ($970, $2,970, $4,970) equal to ten months of the monthly sticker.
Systeme.io
GoHighLevel
Where the two ladders differ
Cells are copied from systeme.io/pricing and gohighlevel.com/pricing, both read on 5 October 2026. Where a vendor's own copy disagrees with itself, the cell says so rather than picking a side.
| Systeme.io | GoHighLevel | |
|---|---|---|
| Free entry | Permanent free plan: 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 automation rule, 1 custom domain, no credit card | No free plan; a 14-day free trial on every tier |
| Entry price | Startup $17/month | Starter $97/month ($970/year) |
| Contacts | 2,000 free; 5,000 on Startup; 10,000 on Webinar; unlimited on the $97 tier | Unlimited on every tier |
| Funnels and limits | Plan cards: 3 funnels free, up to 10 on Startup, up to 50 on Webinar, unlimited on $97; automation rules 1, 10, 100, unlimited; the page FAQ instead says 'unlimited funnels' on Startup (vendor copy disagrees) | Not part of the plan ladder; the page pitches unlimited contacts and users on every tier |
| Unlimited emailing listed on all plans; 0% transaction fees on Stripe or PayPal payments | Core feature on every tier; emails sent are billed on top (the vendor's FAQ lists them among usage charges) | |
| Phone and SMS | SMS marketing appears in the feature list and a Twilio SMS row appears in the comparison table; no rates published on the pricing page | Phone and SMS available; usage billed on top; rebilling to clients available from the $297 tier |
| Client accounts | Comparison table: every plan can create unlimited sub-accounts, each mirroring your own plan's limits at no extra cost; the FAQ summary lists sub-accounts on the $97 tier; white-label is quote-only via sales | 3 sub-accounts on Starter; unlimited from $297; SaaS mode at $497 |
| Trial and contract | No trial needed: the free plan is permanent; monthly billing, with annual tagged 2 months free | 14-day trial on every tier; month-to-month with no long-term contract |
| Support | Online support; the page cites an average response time under 2 hours, 7 days a week | 24/7 support listed from the $97 tier |
Our picks
Systeme.io
A solo founder running funnels, email, courses and an affiliate program for one business, who wants to start at $0 and pay as the list grows
The ladder is priced by contacts and gets more generous the further you climb. Free covers 2,000 contacts with 3 sales funnels, 1 automation rule, 1 custom domain, 1 blog, 1 course and 1 affiliate program, and the page says it never expires. Startup at $17 raises the limit to 5,000 contacts; Webinar at $47 goes to 10,000 contacts and adds evergreen webinars; Unlimited at $97 removes the contact cap and lifts funnels, automation rules and custom domains to unlimited. All four rungs include unlimited email sending, unlimited students, unlimited file storage and 0% transaction fees on payments through Stripe or PayPal.
Watch out: The vendor's own copy disagrees on two points: the plan cards say Startup carries 'up to 10 funnels' while the page FAQ says 'unlimited funnels', and the comparison table says every plan can create unlimited sub-accounts while the FAQ summary groups sub-accounts under the $97 tier. Confirm both at purchase; white-label pricing is quote-only.
Cost reality: Free $0: 2,000 contacts · Startup $17/month: 5,000 contacts · Webinar $47/month: 10,000 contacts · Unlimited $97/month: unlimited contacts · annual billing tagged 2 months free
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GoHighLevel
An agency running client accounts that also needs CRM, calendars, phone and SMS, and will take a usage-based bill on top
GoHighLevel prices by business capacity instead of contacts: Starter at $97 a month ($970 a year) includes 3 sub-accounts with unlimited contacts and unlimited users; Unlimited at $297 ($2,970 a year) removes the sub-account cap; Agency Pro at $497 ($4,970 a year) adds SaaS mode for selling platform access as your own product. Every tier carries the same 14-day free trial, and the pitch is one stack replacing a CRM, funnel builder, email tool and booking app.
Watch out: There is no $0 rung: the trial rolls into billing unless cancelled, and the vendor's FAQ lists phone numbers, SMS, emails sent and premium AI usage as charges that sit on top of the subscription.
Cost reality: No free plan · Starter $97/month ($970/year) · Unlimited $297/month ($2,970/year) · Agency Pro $497/month ($4,970/year) · 14-day free trial on every tier
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The four plans, rung by rung
Free is the testing rung and, per the page, a permanent one: 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 automation rule, 1 custom domain, 1 blog, 1 course and 1 affiliate program, with unlimited emails and no credit card required. Startup at $17 lifts the list to 5,000 contacts and the plan card's caps to up to 10 funnels, 10 automation rules and 3 custom domains. Webinar at $47 raises everything again (10,000 contacts, up to 50 funnels, 100 automation rules, 10 custom domains) and adds the evergreen webinar feature. Unlimited at $97 removes the caps that remain and adds early access to new features.
The pattern is deliberate: the ladder prices your list size and how much machinery runs on top of it, while the core toolkit stays the same on every rung. That is why the interesting reading is not the sticker but the shape of your business today: a list under 2,000 running a funnel or two is not under-served by the free plan, and a business running evergreen webinars or client accounts is where the upper rungs start to earn their price.
What every plan includes, including the free one
The 'all plans include' block on the pricing page answers most of the small questions before the tier comparison: unlimited emailing to all contacts, unlimited file storage, unlimited students, payments through Stripe or PayPal with 0% transaction fees, your own affiliate program to run inside the account, and support that the page describes as averaging under two hours to a response, seven days a week.
The 0% transaction fee point is the one that separates systeme.io from a lot of funnel builders, where payment processing carries a platform cut. On this ladder the platform gets paid by the subscription, not by a slice of your sales, which matters most at low volume and changes the arithmetic as volume grows.
Where the vendor's own copy disagrees (read before you buy)
Two places on the same page tell different stories. The plan cards describe Startup as carrying up to 10 funnels and Webinar up to 50, while the FAQ answer on the same page says Startup includes 'unlimited funnels'. And the comparison table's note on sub-accounts says every plan can create unlimited sub-accounts whose limits mirror your own plan, while the FAQ summary groups sub-accounts under the $97 tier.
Both are flagged here instead of resolved, and the practical move is the same in each case: if a funnel cap or a sub-account count is load-bearing for your business, confirm it with the vendor before you pay. Nothing in this ladder is expensive enough to make that check not worth a message.
Annual billing, the free plan, and what happens if you cancel
Billing runs monthly by default, with an annual toggle tagged '2 months free' and a 'free migration' offer attached to the switch; the free plan itself needs no card and, per the page, never expires. Upgrades and downgrades happen from account settings at any time.
On cancellation the page is unusually specific: your data stays accessible on the free plan while your list fits inside 2,000 contacts, and if it does not, the contacts above the limit are archived rather than deleted, with full access returning when you reactivate a paid plan. That is a friendlier failure mode than it sounds, and it is worth knowing when you are choosing between starting free and starting at $17.
When $97 buys systeme.io, and when it buys GoHighLevel instead
The same $97 is the top of this ladder and the entry of a competitor's. On systeme.io it buys unlimited contacts and the client-account features for a business you run yourself. GoHighLevel's Starter at $97 ($970 a year) instead buys 3 client sub-accounts with unlimited contacts and users plus a 14-day trial; its ladder then climbs by how many client businesses you run, with SaaS mode at $497.
So the split is not cheap versus expensive, it is one business versus several. If your funnels, emails and courses sell your own thing, the ladder from free to $97 is the honest price. If the job is running other people's accounts with phone and SMS and usage rebilling, the $97 on the other page is the closer fit. The vendor's own stack comparison makes the first case for itself: ClickFunnels at $97 a month plus Mailchimp at $20, Teachable at $39 and Tapfiliate at $89 comes to $245 a month, against a ladder that starts at free and covers the same jobs by $17.
Which rung fits you
You are one person with your own list under 2,000 contacts and a funnel or two
→ Stay on the free plan
It covers 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 course, 1 blog, 1 custom domain and unlimited emailing, needs no credit card and never expires. The only meaningful limits are funnels and courses.
Your list is past 2,000 contacts or you need more than 3 funnels
→ Startup at $17/month
The cheapest rung that lifts the list to 5,000 contacts and the funnel, course and automation caps with it. The step up from free costs less than most single tools in the stack it replaces.
You run evergreen webinars or are heading past 5,000 contacts
→ Webinar at $47/month
10,000 contacts and the automated webinar feature are the two things this rung adds that the one below does not have, on the vendor's own description.
You are past 10,000 contacts, or you manage client accounts
→ Unlimited at $97/month
Unlimited contacts, funnels, automation rules and custom domains, plus the sub-account and migration features the FAQ attaches to this tier. White-label access is a separate quote, so ask before assuming.
Client workspaces, phone and SMS are core to the business, not an add-on
→ Compare GoHighLevel from $97/month
The same entry money buys 3 client sub-accounts with unlimited contacts and users on a 14-day trial there, and its ladder grows by sub-account capacity instead of contact count.
How to choose
- Start from your contact count, because that is what the ladder moves on. The vendor's own guidance: under 2,000 contacts stay on the free plan; 2,000 to 5,000 take Startup at $17; 5,000 to 10,000 take Webinar at $47; past 10,000, or when you manage client accounts, take Unlimited at $97.
- Read the caps that change between rungs: funnels (3 free, up to 10 on Startup, up to 50 on Webinar, unlimited on $97 according to the plan cards), automation rules (1, 10, 100, unlimited) and custom domains (1, 3, 10, unlimited). Keep the FAQ's 'unlimited funnels' wording in mind as a discrepancy to confirm, not a promise.
- Use the free plan for as long as it fits. It never expires and needs no credit card, and the paid rungs exist mainly to lift contact, funnel, course and webinar limits.
- If you sell to clients, price the finish line: on the $97 tier sub-accounts carry the limits of your own plan at no extra cost per the comparison table, and white-label or resell access is quote-only, so contact sales before you count on it. Agencies that need phone and SMS inside the same stack should compare GoHighLevel from $97 a month.
- Compare against the stack you would otherwise rent. The vendor's own comparison puts ClickFunnels ($97/month) plus Mailchimp ($20/month), Teachable ($39/month) and Tapfiliate ($89/month) at $245/month and says systeme.io covers the same jobs from the free plan or $17 a month.
FAQ
How much does systeme.io cost?
From the vendor's pricing page, read 5 October 2026: Free $0 (2,000 contacts), Startup $17/month (5,000 contacts), Webinar $47/month (10,000 contacts) and Unlimited $97/month (unlimited contacts). All plans include unlimited emailing and 0% transaction fees, and annual billing is tagged 2 months free.
Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?
Yes. The free plan supports 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 automation rule, 1 custom domain, 1 blog, 1 course and 1 affiliate program; emails and file storage are unlimited, no credit card is required, and the page says it never expires. The limits that bite first are funnels and courses.
What is the difference between Startup and Webinar?
Mainly capacity: 5,000 versus 10,000 contacts, and per the plan cards up to 10 versus up to 50 funnels, 10 versus 100 automation rules, and 3 versus 10 custom domains. Webinar also adds the evergreen webinar feature. The pricing FAQ wording on funnel counts differs from the cards, so confirm the cap when you buy.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Your account reverts to the free plan and stays accessible while your list fits within 2,000 contacts. Contacts above the free plan's limit are archived, not deleted, and reactivating a paid plan restores full access. Upgrades and downgrades can be made at any time from account settings.
Is systeme.io cheaper than using separate tools?
By the vendor's own comparison, yes: ClickFunnels at $97/month, Mailchimp at $20/month, Teachable at $39/month and Tapfiliate at $89/month come to $245/month before integration, against a ladder that starts at free and reaches $17/month for the same core jobs. Treat it as the vendor's arithmetic and map your own stack before trusting it.
When should I choose GoHighLevel instead?
When the business is running client accounts rather than one list: GoHighLevel starts at $97/month ($970/year) for 3 sub-accounts with unlimited contacts and users, on a 14-day trial, and its upper tiers add unlimited sub-accounts and SaaS mode. Its usage charges for phone, SMS and email are billed on top of the subscription.
Bottom line
Systeme.io's published pricing is a clean contact-count ladder with a generous floor: free for 2,000 contacts, $17 for 5,000, $47 for 10,000, $97 for unlimited contacts and the client-account features, unlimited emailing and 0% transaction fees on every rung, and annual billing tagged 2 months free. The caveats are the vendor's own copy disagreeing on funnel caps and sub-account wording, and white-label pricing being quote-only; both are worth one message before you pay. If you sell your own product and hold fewer than 10,000 contacts, this ladder is probably the shortest path from free to paid. If you run client accounts, compare the $97 tier here with the $97 entry on the GoHighLevel page before deciding. Every figure was read from the two vendors' pricing pages on 5 October 2026.
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