A free Memberful alternative with more features
Systeme.io is an all-in-one Memberful alternative with a powerful free plan
Get more for free
Memberful's Free plan only lets you create membership sites.
Systeme.io's Free plan gives you access to a full stack of business-building tools that don't require a single integration.
Save up to $372 per year
That's if you choose the systeme.io Unlimited plan instead of Memberful's Premium Plan.
Plus, you'll get access to 6X more features to run your business.
Stop wasting your time
No need to waste time and money trying to connect your Memberful account with other tools.
Systeme.io gives you everything you need, all in one place
Is systeme.io a good Memberful alternative?
Systeme.io is a free Memberful alternative that bundles membership sites with the marketing tools Memberful doesn't include. Memberful's free plan charges a 10% transaction fee on every sale, and at $10,000 per month in revenue you'd pay $490 to $1,000 per month to use the platform. Systeme.io caps at $97 per month flat, with email marketing, sales funnels, automation, and an affiliate program included from the free plan up, none of which Memberful offers at any tier.
Comparing systeme.io and Memberful:
| Feature | systeme.io | Memberful |
|---|---|---|
| Price | FREE | FREE + 10% transaction fee |
| Contacts | 2,000 | No |
| Sales funnels | Yes | No |
| Deadline funnels | Yes | No |
| Emails sent | Unlimited | No |
| Email campaigns | Yes | No |
| Blogs | Yes | No |
| Blogs posts | Unlimited | No |
| Courses | 1 | 2 |
| Students | 500 | Yes |
| Automation rules | Yes | No |
| Workflows | Yes | No |
| Tags | Yes | No |
| File storage space | Unlimited | No |
| 1-Click upsells | Yes | No |
| Order bumps | Yes | No |
| Stripe integration | Yes | Yes |
| Paypal integration | Yes | Yes |
| A/B tests | Yes | No |
| Coupon codes | Yes | No |
| Run your own affiliate program | Yes | No |
| Custom domains | 1 | No |
| Support 7 days a week | Yes | No |
Why choose systeme.io over Memberful?
Systeme.io is free to use
Memberful starts charging you the moment you make a sale, and 10% turns into a lot of money once you're doing well. Systeme.io lets you set up your entire business, grow your audience, and make sales without paying a dime
Send marketing emails
You can't send marketing emails with Memberful. You'll need to pay hundreds of dollars for other services to help you do it.
With systeme.io, you can send an unlimited number of emails per month, for free
Memberful is expensive
If you make $10,000 per month with Memberful, you'll need to pay between $490 - $1,000/month to use the platform.
With systeme.io, you'll never pay more than $97/month, and you'll never be charged more just because you're making more sales
Move faster with systeme.io
You'll be switching from one tab to the next to manage all the integrations you'll need with Memberful.
Systeme.io gives you access to all the tools you need to run your online business, with built-in automation rules and workflows that seamlessly connect every feature we have to offer
systeme.io outperforms Memberful, every time:
Website builder
Easily set up your website in under 10 minutes.
Business automation
Save time and energy by automating your business.
Sales funnels
Create funnels easily based on proven templates.
Email marketing
Send unlimited emails and create email campaigns.
Affiliate management
Create an affiliate program, automate affiliate payouts.
Online courses
Build your online course, manage your students.
Physical products
Become a dropshipper or sell your own products.
Evergreen webinars
Run evergreen webinars to grow your audience and make sales.
Booking calendar
Book meetings directly with the built-in calendar.
Subaccounts
Manage multiple brands or clients with ease.
Pipelines
Track leads and close deals with the CRM pipeline.
Communities
Build and grow your own online community.
See how systeme.io compares to other membership platforms:
Frequently asked questions about systeme.io vs Memberful
For most creators building membership sites, yes. systeme.io's free plan offers membership functionality, courses, email marketing, funnels, and affiliates at $0 with no transaction fees. Memberful's free plan charges 10% per transaction — at $2,000/month in membership revenue, that is $200/month in fees. For low-volume creators just starting out, Memberful's free plan can have a lower immediate cost; as revenue grows, its fee model makes systeme.io significantly cheaper. Memberful's advantage is its integrations and its reputation as a specialist membership tool trusted by large creator communities (it powers memberships for major podcasters and newsletters).
Memberful has deep integrations with Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Slack, and Discord, making it easy to layer membership access onto an existing workflow. It is trusted by large creator businesses and has a mature member management interface. For creators who already have an established website, email audience, and community platform — and just need to add paid membership access — Memberful slots in without requiring a full platform migration.
No. systeme.io charges 0% transaction fees on all plans, including the free plan. Memberful's free plan charges 10% per transaction, and the $49/month Premium plan charges 0%–4.9% depending on your revenue. For membership businesses doing significant revenue, the difference is substantial — $1,000/month in fees at $10,000/month in membership sales on Memberful's free plan, vs $0 in fees on systeme.io's free plan.
No. systeme.io is completely standalone. Memberful requires an existing website to embed its checkout and member portal. systeme.io hosts your membership area, checkout pages, and course content on its own infrastructure — no external website, CMS, or hosting bill needed. You connect your custom domain directly to systeme.io.
Yes. Export your member list from Memberful as a CSV and import it into systeme.io under Contacts — or let our migration team handle everything for you.
Our team can fully migrate your business (contacts, memberships, funnels, emails, and more) for free if you’re on the Unlimited plan or any annual plan. Simply contact support and provide access to your current setup, and we’ll take care of the transfer for you.
If you prefer to do it yourself, once your contacts are imported, enroll your existing members in your systeme.io membership or course to restore their access. Then rebuild your membership levels and pricing in systeme.io’s product settings, and update your checkout and payment links before switching live traffic.
Finally, set up your email automation in systeme.io’s workflow builder to handle new signups. When everything is live and fully tested, you can safely cancel Memberful.
Last updated: May 2026
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