Systeme.io is an all-in-one Ontraport alternative with a powerful free plan
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Forget 14-day trials and providing credit card details.
The systeme.io Free plan is free forever!
Save up to $4,800 per year
That's if you upgrade to systeme.io's Unlimited plan instead of Ontraport's Enterprise plan.
Plus, you'll get unlimited contacts and unlimited emails sent
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Stop making your life harder by using bulky, expensive tools.
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Systeme.io is a free Ontraport alternative used by 500,000+ entrepreneurs that includes business essentials without paid-tier gating. Ontraport has no permanent free plan — only a 14-day trial — and starts at $79 per month for the Basic plan, with payment integration, order bumps, coupon codes, and affiliate management gated behind the $147 per month Plus plan. Systeme.io's free plan covers 2,000 contacts, unlimited emails, sales funnels with built-in checkout, online courses, an affiliate program, and marketing automation, all included at no cost.
| Feature | systeme.io | Ontraport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | FREE | $79/month |
| Contacts | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Sales funnels | Yes | Yes |
| Deadline funnels | Yes | Yes |
| Emails sent | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Email campaigns | Yes | No |
| Blogs | Yes | No |
| Blogs posts | Unlimited | No |
| Courses | 1 | No |
| Students | 500 | No |
| Automation rules | Yes | Yes |
| Workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | Yes | Yes |
| File storage space | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 1-Click upsells | Yes | No |
| Order bumps | Yes | $147/month |
| Stripe integration | Yes | $147/month |
| Paypal integration | Yes | $147/month |
| A/B tests | Yes | Yes |
| Coupon codes | Yes | $147/month |
| Run your own affiliate program | Yes | $147/month |
| Custom domains | 1 | Yes |
| Support 7 days a week | Yes | Yes |
Ontraport is expensive
To integrate payment gateways, run an affiliate program, or create coupon codes and order bumps with Ontraport will cost you a whopping $147/month!
Use systeme.io instead and get access to all of these features — at no cost whatsoever
Monetize your expertise
Ontraport doesn't have a course creation tool. If you want to host online courses with Ontraport, you'll need to figure out a workaround or pay for an additional LMS.
Systeme.io lets you create private membership sites with an unlimited number of members. Plus, you’ll get a full-fledged online course builder to deliver your content to your students
Systeme.io is easy to use
Besides being significantly more expensive, Ontraport is extremely complex.
Systeme.io, however, is praised for its simplicity. You can build your funnels and courses in minutes, without any prior experience!
You can't blog with Ontraport
Blogging is one of the best ways to deliver consistent content to your audience, and unfortunately, you can’t create blogs on Ontraport.
Deliver your content to the world using systeme.io’s powerful blog feature
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.
For most small businesses and creators, yes. systeme.io covers the core features most Ontraport users need — email automation, funnels, payments, and memberships — at no cost or $17/month. Ontraport's advantages are a deeper CRM with contact relationship tracking, more sophisticated behaviour-based automation, and stronger deliverability tools for high-volume email senders. If your business relies heavily on complex CRM workflows and pipeline management, Ontraport's toolset is more mature. If you want a simpler, more affordable all-in-one system, systeme.io provides similar core capabilities at a fraction of the price.
Ontraport's Basic plan ($79/month) does not include Stripe or PayPal payment integration, A/B testing, coupon codes, or affiliate management. These require the Plus plan at $147/month. systeme.io includes payment processing, A/B testing, and affiliate management on all plans including the free plan. This is one of the most significant cost differences between the two platforms.
Export your contact database from Ontraport as a CSV, including tags and custom fields. Import into systeme.io under Contacts — standard fields (name, email, tags) import cleanly. Recreate your automation sequences in systeme.io's visual workflow builder. Rebuild your landing pages and funnels in systeme.io's funnel editor. Set up your products and connect Stripe or PayPal. Rebuild your membership or course content in systeme.io's course builder. Test all checkout flows before switching live traffic.
Yes. Ontraport's entry plan is $79/month with significant features locked behind $147/month. systeme.io's free plan costs $0 and includes everything including payment processing and affiliates. At scale, Ontraport's Enterprise plan reaches $297/month; systeme.io's Unlimited plan is $97/month for unlimited contacts. The live page cites up to $4,800/year in savings against Ontraport's Enterprise tier.
Last updated: May 2026
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