Clickfunnels Alternative – 4 Cheaper Sales Funnel Builders
Since you are here, you are probably looking for a Clickfunnels alternative.
Luckily for you, I made a list of several services similar to Clickfunnels that can help you create astonishing sales funnels without having a huge budget.
If you just landed on this page without knowing what Clickfunnels is, I’m going to give you a brief introduction to Clickfunnels and what this software is all about.
Clickfunnels is an online service that helps you creating sales funnels quick, effortlessly and without any coding knowledge.
While I think that Clickfunnels is a truly exceptional funnel builder, I find it a bit expensive for the ordinary guy who’s just starting his online business.
The higher plan of Clickfunnels costs $297/month and besides unlimited funnels, pages, and visitors, it also includes two additional tools called “Actionetics” (email automation platform & autoresponder) and “Backpack” (enables you to create your own affiliate marketing management platform).
Clickfunnels is more than a simple landing page builder, but even so, as an internet marketer, you will still need to purchase additional tools in order to run your business and the monthly costs of the needed tools can add up very fast.
Personally, I think you should consider paying for Clickfunnels only if you already have a business that’s already generating money. Otherwise, you should focus on using a cheaper software until your business takes off.
If you have funds to spend and you want to use Clickfunnels right from the start, then go ahead; It’s a great software and you can test it for free for 14 days.
If you think Clickfunnels is too expensive for you at this moment, I’ll introduce you to a few services that can be used as a cheaper alternative to Clickfunnels. I’ve used these tools in the past and I’m still using some of them.
1. BuilderAll
BuilderAll is probably the service that has the closest features to what Clickfunnels offers.
Even though this service started in 2011, I’ve only recently heard about the BuilderAll platform from a video on YouTube.
What I like at this platform is that it’s including a set of marketing tools and services for a very affordable monthly price.
The cheapest plan of BuilderAll is only $9.90/month, but this plan comes up with some missing features that you might need.
I found it that the best value for your money lays in the $29.90/month plan. This pricing plan gives you access to all the tools provided by the platform.
There’s also a $49.90/month plan. This only targets the people interested in becoming an affiliate of BuilderAll and earning commissions by promoting the platform to other marketers. BuilderAll has a two-tier affiliate payment plan which can become very lucrative if you know how to promote the business opportunity side of the platform to other affiliates.
You get the same tools for the $29.90 and the $49.90 plan. The only difference is that you can’t promote BuilderAll at the $29.90 plan. Additionally, the $49.90 plan contains several done-for-you sales funnels that promote BuilderAll and marketing training material for the affiliates.
Below is a list of the tools you get access to for only $29.90/month.
As you can see, these marketing tools worth way more than $29.90/month. If you’d have to pay for each individual tool, you’d probably end up paying more than $200 per month.
2. Thrive Architect
Unlike Clickfunnels, Thrive Architect is not a hosted service.
Thrive Architect is a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create landing pages using a visual drag & drop page builder.
With Thrive Architect there are no monthly commitments. You pay a one-time fee and you can continue to use the plugin as long as your website exists.
However, don’t let the one-time fee impact your decision; There are additional expenses involved.
Because Thrive Architect it’s a WordPress plugin, you’ll need a domain name ($10-$15 per year) + web hosting ($15-$20 per month).
Also, if you send a decent volume of traffic to your website and you only have a basic shared hosting plan (like $5 per month), it’s very likely for your website to go down frequently. In that case, you’ll have to upgrade to a more expensive hosting plan.
I’d recommend you to get at least a VPS, but setting up and maintaining a VPS by yourself requires a good understanding of web servers. You need to deal with security issues, keep multiple software up-to-date, you need to know how to optimize your server for performance, and the list goes on.
Thrive Architect is available under three licenses: Single License ($67), 5 License Pack ($97), and 15 License Pack ($147). I’ve personally purchased the 5 License Pack ($97).
I’m pretty happy with this plugin, but sometimes I would prefer a hosted solution so I won’t have to deal with all the WordPress updates, plugins conflicts, server issues, and all those headaches.
Even though the customer support is limited to 1 year (with the possibility to be renewed for a small fee), I love the fact that this plugin is frequently updated and you get lifetime updates without being forced to pay for updates.
I can’t say that this plugin can fight side by side with Clickfunnels in terms of features, but it’s definitely an option which is worth considering especially when you are getting started and you need a quick software to build your landing pages and sales funnels.
3. Leadpages
LeadPages is probably one of the most well-known landing page building services.
This service is cheaper than Clickfunnels but doesn’t give you all the options that Clickfunnels make it available for you at one click distance.
I would say that LeadPages it’s a valid alternative to Clickfunnels if you just need a quick solution for creating professional looking landing pages and opt-in pages.
It’s true that LeadPages integrates very well with many services, but that automatically means you’ll also need to pay for these services if you need them.
LeadPages has a “STANDARD,” a “PRO,” and an “ADVANCED” plan (only available when you choose to pay annually or for a 2-year period).
The longer the period you pay for, the bigger the monthly discount will be. You can choose to pay monthly, annually, or for 2-year in advance.
If you choose to pay on a monthly basis, the “Standard” plan costs $37/month, while the “Pro” plan costs $79/month.
4. Instabuilder
Just as Thrive Architect, Instabuilder is a WordPress plugin that allows you to use landing pages using a drag & drop interface. Therefore, you’ll also need a domain + web hosting + a WordPress installation to use this software.
Instabuilder is available under three different licenses.
You also need to know that after one year, you will have to pay $37/year if you want to get access to the future plugin updates and support for Instabuilder.
After one year, if you don’t pay that $37/year fee, you will also won’t be able to activate your license for new domain names even if you’ve purchased the “Unlimited License.”
Unfortunately, I’ve only realized that after one year when I couldn’t use my “unlimited” license key for new domain names.
Conclusion
Without any doubt, Clickfunnels is one of the best funnel building services available and there aren’t any free or too many cheap alternatives that can compete with it.
Clickfunnels price can be a bit intimidating for the people who are just starting out in the internet marketing industry. I would rather say that it’s a software inclined more towards the experimented business owners than for the beginners.
I hope I was able to give you several cheaper alternatives to Clickfunnels. Now choose the option that you think best suits your needs and start building your landing pages and sales funnels.
As a WP developer, you know the Page Builder BEAVER Builder that is assessed as the superior tool for developers, compared to DIVI or even THRIVE (although Thrive Architect is superb for the semi-professional level, let us say, no need to discuss this). And, to come to the point, you forgot that there is a UK based group of developers , that made a WP plugin called BEAVER FUNNELS, with which you can draw the logic and relationships between the different WP pages, connect your WP installation to a mail system of your choice (most think of ACTIVECAMPAIGN here) and handle the FUNNEL building service under one WP installation.
In terms of doing one page at a time, I developed a WP Multisite installation in 2015 which is built upon BEAVER BUILDER as well) which however does not take new customers due to repositioning.
My idea was that making a major upgrade by installing the upcoming Beaver Funnels as well. I am not sure if this is a winner for the market of professional marketers. My gut feeling is that professionals want their own licenses and hosting and not depend on managed hosting, but the success of Leadpages and Clickfunnels speak a different language. The niching down and offering dedicated training for that niche is probably the most feasible way.
The main WP related idea is, however, that services as above are not necessary, you build funnels starting with WP site, build certain stand-alone WP pages and connect them in an appropriate onboarding way.
What do you think?