A free Hotmart alternative that won’t charge you for making sales

For most sellers outside of Brazil and Latin America, yes. The most significant difference is fees: Hotmart charges 9.9% plus $0.50 per sale with no cap. systeme.io charges 0% on all plans and costs a maximum of $97/month regardless of revenue. At $10,000/month in sales, Hotmart costs approximately $1,000 in transaction fees alone. systeme.io also includes sales funnels, a website builder, and marketing automation — features that require separate tools with Hotmart. Hotmart's advantage is its built-in affiliate marketplace, which can send external affiliates to your products without any recruiting effort on your part.

Multi-step sales funnels, a website and blog builder, physical product sales, SMS marketing via Twilio integration, a booking calendar, visual marketing automation, and 0% transaction fees. Hotmart does not include a funnel builder, website builder, or the ability to sell physical products. Hotmart's built-in affiliate marketplace (where public affiliates can discover your products) is something systeme.io does not offer — systeme.io's affiliate program is private, meaning you recruit affiliates yourself.

Products and courses need to be recreated in systeme.io — there is no direct Hotmart import. Export your student contact list from Hotmart as a CSV and import into systeme.io under Contacts. Grant existing students course access in systeme.io by enrolling them via the course settings. Affiliates need to re-register through your systeme.io affiliate program link. Redirect your existing Hotmart product pages to your new systeme.io funnels once everything is set up and tested.

Yes. systeme.io's free plan is permanent — 2,000 contacts, 1 course, 3 funnels, unlimited email sends, and 0% transaction fees. Hotmart does not charge a monthly fee but takes 9.9% plus $0.50 on every sale. For very low-volume sellers making a few sales per month, Hotmart's marketplace can provide free traffic through its affiliate network, making the per-sale fee worthwhile. For sellers generating consistent revenue, systeme.io's flat-fee structure saves significantly — particularly at scale.

Yes. systeme.io was founded in 2018 by Aurelien Amacker and has over 500,000 users across more than 190 countries. The platform is bootstrapped and profitable. Unlike marketplace platforms, your student and customer data is stored in your own account and can be exported at any time. You own your email list, your course content, and your affiliate relationships. There is no dependency on a marketplace algorithm to surface your products — you drive your own traffic and own your audience.