I recently answered a question over on Quora about what I think the best sales funnel platform is. This was my answer…
Clickfunnels
I originally subscribed to Clickfunnels and used it’s Basic Plan account for a couple of years but I always thought that at $97/mth it was too expensive for what it offered.
That plan allowed you to build up to 20 funnels, each on their own custom domain if you wanted, and up to 100 pages for those funnels.
In practice, the limiting factor was the 100 pages, a limit I kept hitting again and again.
This version of the service, now referred to as Clickfunnels Classic or Clickfunnels 1.0 is no longer available to new customers though legacy customers like myself can still use it.
It also did not include an inbuilt autoresponder so paying for a 3rd-party service like Aweber or GetResponse was an additional necessary expense.
Clickfunnels 2.0 has since been released and finally includes an inbuilt autoresponder but the monthly price jumped by 50% to $147/mth.
They’ve since dropped the price to $127/mth but it’s still way too expensive in my opinion.
And now you can only add one custom domain to a Basic account rather than up to 20.
If you’re an affiliate marketer, then you can no longer become a Clickfunnels affiliate if you subscribe to the Basic plan.
Instead, you need to subscribe to either their Pro Plan ($157/mth) or Funnel Hacker Plan ($208/mth).
The Funnel Hacker Plan is a “some things unlimited” plan in that you can create an unlimited number of pages and funnels but there are still limitations on the number or websites (different to funnels) you can build, the number of contacts you can collect, the number of custom domains you can add and the number of courses you can create and students you can have (across all courses).
If you want unlimited everything, then you have to go for that $208/mth plan.
That really limits Clickfunnels to being a choice for businesses rather than individual marketers.
Clickfunnels is not a platform for someone new to building sales funnels as it’s a huge drain on your budget.
Builderall
I also tried Builderall and it is far better value for money than Clickfunnels.
There are 40+ different tools integrated into the platform which includes an autoresponder.
But you can only get access to all tools if you subscribe to their Premium or Funnel Club plans.
However, and this is just a personal thing, I found their user interface very frustrating to use. It always seemed to run counter to how I expected it to work.
Rearranging emails in a sequence was unnecessarily difficult for example though I did like their drag-and-drop page builder.
Also, to get access to their full library of page, funnel and optin-form templates, you have to join their “Funnel Club Plan”, which is their most expensive, and pay a $199 one-time fee up-front.
When I joined, that plan was $67.90/mth but later rose to $99.90 per month.
While Builderall had a much better feature set than Clickfunnels, that price was ultimately too expensive.
Combined with its un-intuitive interface, that sealed the decision for me to drop it.
The price for the “Funnel Club Plan” has since been dropped to $87.90/mth but the $199 up-front fee is still required.
Builderall’s “Starter Plan” is no better than Systeme’s (see below) free-forever plan, but costs $17.90/mth.
Their next plan is their “Marketer Plan” which has a huge price jump to $77.90/mth.
It’s still quite limited in allowing you collect up to only 5,000 leads/contacts, add 3 custom domain names and get 5Gb of disk space.
Builderall is the only one of the 3 platforms that allocates a fixed amount of disk space to you depending on your plan.
Builderall’s “Premium Plan” is only $10/mth more expensive than their “Marketer Plan” but allows you to collect up to 10,000 leads/contacts, add up to 15 custom domain names and doubles your disk space to 10Gb.
You also get access to all tools on their platform.
Their “Funnel Club Plan” is the same price with the exception that you have to pay the $199 up-front fee for access to all of their templates plus you can collect up to 25,000 contacts.
So even at this price, this is not a truly “unlimited” plan.
Something to consider if you plan on building a lot of funnels or collecting more than 25,000 contacts.
For affiliate marketers, Builderall does offer an affiliate program. There are two options – 1) subscribe to one of Builderall’s plans and you’ll automatically become an affiliate; 2) sign up as a “Solo Affiliate” without having to join Builderall itself.
In practice, I’ve found it impossible to get accepted as a Solo Affiliate. They kept wanting me to jump through hoops, and when I did they’d put another obstacle in front of me. They definitely prefer you to become a paying member in order to be an affiliate.
Systeme
Systeme is also an all-in-one marketing platform that has been around for several years but seems to fly under the radar.
Where Clickfunnels and Builderall offer time-limited trials before you have to start paying, Systeme offers a free-forever plan that is actually a superb option for those starting out with funnel building or who only want to build a funnel or two.
Their free plan allows you to build up to 3 sales funnels (multiple pages per funnel), an email campaign, a blog, a course, a community and you can collect up to 2,000 leads/contacts/subscribers.
Upgrading to a paid plan increases the number of assets you can create as well as the number of lead/contacts you can collect.
Their autoresponder is easier to use and works they way you’d expect (unlike Builderall’s).
You get unrestricted access to all of their templates, even with the free plan.
Systeme offer 3 paid plans ranging from $27/mth to $97/mth.
The “Starter Plan” ($27/mth) allows you to create up to 10 funnels, 5 courses, 5 blogs, 5 communities, 10 email campaigns and add up to 3 custom domains.
You can send an unlimited number emails, create an unlimited number of blog posts, collect an unlimited number of students for your courses and you get unlimited disk space.
The “Webinar Plan” ($47/mth) increases your account limits to 10,000 leads/contacts, 50 funnels, 20 blogs, 20 courses, 20 communities, 100 email campaigns and you can add up to 10 custom domains.
You can also host up to 10 evergreen webinars.
In fact, Systeme allows you to host any number of videos for no additional cost.
These would typically be sales videos for your landing pages or tutorials for your courses.
Systeme’s “Unlimited Plan” is a truly unlimited plan.
There are no restrictions on the number of assets of any type that you can build.
Systeme is the only platform that offers such a plan.
Even though this plan is 10$/mth more expensive than Builderall’s best plan – their “Funnel Club Plan”, there’s no additional up-front fee to get access to all of Systeme’s funnels and Builderall’s plan still has account limitations.
When compared to Clickfunnels’ Basic Plan, Systeme blows that out of the water on both price and features.
Again, Clickfunnels’ most expensive “Funnel Hacker Plan” still has some limitations and is over twice the price of Systeme’s Unlimited Plan.
For my money, Systeme is the best platform to use.
You can start out for free and scale up to various paid plans as you build your business.
The price differences between plans are small unlike with Clickfunnels and Builderall.
Systeme is also the only platform that offers a fully unlimited plan that costs $30/mth less than Clickfunnels’ Basic Plan and is less than half the price of Clickfunnels’ top plan.
The Systeme Unlimited Plan is a comparable price to Builderall’s “Funnel Club Plan” but the latter still has some significant account limitations.
Again, for the affiliate marketers, anyone can sign up for Systeme’s affiliate program which pays 50% commissions.
So Systeme wins out on price, ease of use, support and features against Clickfunnels.
Builderall has the edge on the number of tools provided but the account limitations are what lets it down.
You may find the articles useful:
- I’m Using Clickfunnels Now, Should I Choose Systeme Instead?
- Need A Less Expensive Alternative To Clickfunnels? Systeme Might Be The Answer!
- Affiliate Marketing Ideas – How To Get Started With Affiliate Marketing: Building The Optin Funnel
All the best,
Gary Nugent
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