Systeme.io alternative

Swipefast vs Systeme.io: a checkout-first alternative to the all-in-one.

Systeme.io is free to start and does funnels, email and courses in one place, with order bumps and one-click upsells counted per plan: 1 each on Free, 10 on Startup at $17. Swipefast is a checkout: $29 a month for unlimited bumps and upsell chains, sales tax and pay later, on your own Stripe or PayPal. Stay on Systeme.io if one login for everything at $0 to $17 suits you.

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A typical setup
What they sell
The $97 course you sell in a Systeme.io funnel
Price
$97, or 3 monthly payments of $35
At checkout
Workbook, +$27, ticked at checkout
After they pay
One tap for a group call, $97
Why it fits

Built for the way you sell.

Bumps and upsells on every checkout, from $29

Swipefast Starter, at $29 a month, has unlimited order bumps and upsell chains of up to 5 offers, each with a yes and a no path. Systeme.io counts them per plan: 1 order bump and 1 one-click upsell on Free, 10 on Startup at $17, 100 on Webinar at $47 and unlimited on Unlimited at $97.

Sales tax and pay later at checkout

Starter works out EU VAT and US sales tax with Stripe Tax. Through Stripe, it also offers Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm where the buyer's country, currency and amount qualify, and you're paid in full upfront.

Keep Systeme.io for email

Swipefast is only the checkout and doesn't send newsletters. Keep your list and automations in Systeme.io: on Pro ($49), a Zapier step can add each buyer there with a tag, or give them course access. On Starter, connect Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite or another email tool instead.

Bring your Systeme.io products across

Paste a Systeme.io API key, on any plan. Your products arrive as drafts with their prices, billing, order bumps and upsell, and your coupons arrive paused. The import only reads from Systeme.io, so your funnels keep selling until you switch your links.

See it in Swipefast

The real product, screen by screen.

Every picture here is Swipefast itself, not a mock-up: what your buyer sees, how you build it, and what you see after the sale.

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    What your buyer sees

    A Swipefast checkout, live and taking orders. The order bump sits right above the total, so one tick adds it while their card is already out. This one is the founder's own checkout for The Offer Maker.

    Try the live demo
    A live Swipefast checkout for The Offer Maker at $17, with a one-time offer above the total to add email campaign templates for $27, and a Get instant access button.
    A live checkout on Swipefast, with its order bump.
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    Bring your Systeme.io products

    Create a public API key in your Systeme.io profile settings and paste it in. Swipefast reads your products, the order bumps and upsell their funnel sells with them, and your coupons, and brings them in as drafts. It only reads: the key is used for that scan and isn't saved, and nothing in Systeme.io changes. Active subscriptions keep billing in Systeme.io until they end.

    Import from Systeme.io
    Swipefast's Import from Systeme.io page: a Systeme.io API key field, a Scan my Systeme.io button, and a Not moved card listing courses, customers and order history, active subscriptions, downsells and physical products.
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    Your AI builds it

    Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another AI app once. Then copy a prompt from Pip's playbook and fill in what you sell, the price and where buyers get it. Your AI builds the checkout as a draft. It never publishes on its own, and changes that touch money on a live checkout wait for your yes.

    Edit a checkout with Claude
    Swipefast's AI prompts page, Pip's playbook: a Connect your AI button, then ready-made prompts such as Set up a Swipefast checkout for what you sell, each with a Copy button.
  4. 4

    Change anything by clicking it

    The editor shows your checkout the way your buyer will see it. Click the headline, the guarantee or the order bump and its settings open on the right. Changes save on their own. Payment plans, questions and options are one click each.

    Add an order bump
    The Swipefast checkout editor: a preview of The Launch Playbook checkout with an order bump to add the Swipe File Vault for $27, and a settings list on the right for the offer, what buyers receive, the guarantee, payment and the order bump.
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    One-click upsells after payment

    Straight after they pay, offer the next thing. One tap charges the card they just used, with nothing to type again. Chain up to five offers, each yes or no leading to another offer or the thank-you page. Upsells are on every plan.

    Add a one-click upsell
    The upsell step in the editor: Offers after payment with Upgrade: 1:1 Launch Review Call at $197 and its If yes and If no paths, above the upsell page with a Yes, add it for $197 button and No thanks.
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    See what every offer earns

    Each checkout has its own numbers: revenue, average order, conversion rate, and how many buyers took the order bump and the upsell. You see which offer pulls its weight and which one to change.

    Real order bump numbers
    A checkout's stats in Swipefast: gross revenue, net revenue, average order, refund rate, conversion rate, order bump take rate, upsell take rate and customers.
    Demo account, sample numbers.

Dashboard screens are from our demo account, so their names and numbers are sample data.

Side by side

Systeme.io or Swipefast?

Systeme.ioSwipefast
PriceFree $0; Startup $17/mo; Webinar $47/mo; Unlimited $97/mo; 2 months free yearlyStarter $29/mo or $290/yr; Pro $49/mo or $490/yr
What it isAll-in-one: funnels, email, courses, website, communityA checkout and sales page, with a course Hub
Free plan or trialFree plan, no card, no time limit7-day free trial (card needed), no free plan
Fee on each sale0%0%
Order bumps1 on Free, 10 on Startup, 100 on Webinar, unlimited on UnlimitedUnlimited, from Starter
One-click upsells1 on Free, 10 on Startup, 100 on Webinar, unlimited on UnlimitedChains of up to 5 offers with yes and no paths, from Starter
Payment processorsStripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Razorpay, Flutterwave, Mercado Pago, Xendit, cash on deliveryYour own Stripe, PayPal or Lemon Squeezy
Buy now, pay laterNot listed on its pricing pageKlarna, Afterpay and Affirm through Stripe, from Starter
Sales taxAdds VAT for the buyer's country on order formsStripe Tax for EU VAT and US sales tax; 0.2% on taxed orders when Stripe is connected through Swipefast
Email marketingBuilt in, unlimited sends; 2,000 contacts on Free, 5,000 on StartupNot built in; connects to Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and more
CoursesBuilt in: 1 on Free, 5 on StartupCourse Hub; videos play from YouTube, Vimeo, Loom and others
AffiliatesEvery planOn Pro
A/B tests1 on Free, 10 on StartupNo
Build and edit with your AIMCP server on every plan; asks before it changes anythingMCP on every plan; checkouts start as drafts, and money changes wait for your approval

Written by Jacob, Swipefast's founder, so this is our side of it. Systeme.io prices, plan limits and payment processors from systeme.io/pricing, VAT from its help centre and AI from systeme.io/mcp, all checked November 9, 2026.

Price

What it costs a month

Sales a monthSysteme.ioSwipefast
$1,000$0$29$29 more a month
$5,000$0$29$29 more a month
$10,000$0$29$29 more a month
$50,000$0$29$29 more a month

Systeme.io on Free, its cheapest plan with order bumps and upsells, against Swipefast Starter. Card fees aside: they're the same 2.9% + 30¢ on both. From systeme.io, checked 15 October 2026.

A good fit if
  • You want more bumps and upsells than your Systeme.io plan allows, without moving up to Unlimited at $97
  • You sell to the US or the EU and want sales tax and buy now, pay later on the checkout
  • You're happy to keep Systeme.io, or another email tool, for your list and move only the checkout
Not the right fit if
  • You have under 2,000 contacts and one or two offers. Systeme.io's Free plan covers that, with email, 3 funnels and a course, for $0
  • You want funnels, email, courses, a blog and a community in one login. Swipefast is only the checkout
  • You take payments with Razorpay, Flutterwave, Mercado Pago or Xendit. Systeme.io connects them; Swipefast works with Stripe, PayPal and Lemon Squeezy
Switching

Moving from Systeme.io?

  1. Export your customers and sales from Systeme.io. How to export ↗
  2. Bring your products across with the importer: they arrive as drafts with their order bumps. Use the importer →
  3. Point your buttons and links at your new checkout, and publish.
What stays on Systeme.io

Your past orders and receipts, any subscriptions it already bills, and anything only Systeme.io does.

Questions

The short answers.

Is Systeme.io really free?

Yes. Its Free plan has no time limit and needs no card. It covers 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course, 1 order bump and 1 one-click upsell, with unlimited emails (systeme.io/pricing, checked November 9, 2026). Swipefast has no free plan: you get a 7-day free trial, with a card, then Starter at $29 a month.

What does a $5,000 month cost on each?

Take one $97 course with a bump and an upsell, selling $5,000 a month, about 52 orders. Card fees are the same on both: 2.9% + 30¢ comes to about $160.60. Neither takes a cut of your sales. Systeme.io then costs $0 up to 2,000 contacts, $17 up to 5,000, $47 up to 10,000 and $97 past that. Swipefast Starter is $29 at any list size, but it doesn't send your emails, so if you keep Systeme.io for those, add the two together.

What does the importer bring across from Systeme.io?

Paste a Systeme.io API key and Swipefast reads your account. It only reads, and the key isn't saved. Each digital product arrives as a draft checkout with its price and billing: one-time, monthly or yearly, and a plan with a fixed number of payments becomes a Swipefast payment plan. It adds up to 5 order bumps from the product's order form and the first upsell after it, keeps the old link's path when it's free, and brings your active coupons, paused. One scan reads up to 100 products, 50 funnels and 200 coupons.

Do my subscriptions, customers and saved cards move too?

No. Swipefast doesn't move or cancel anything in Systeme.io, so active subscriptions keep billing there until they end, and buyers' saved cards stay where they are. New buyers subscribe through Swipefast once you switch your links. Customers, order history, courses, affiliates, downsells, physical products, free trials and weekly subscriptions don't come across either.

What do I set up by hand after the import?

A delivery link for each product, order bump and upsell: the import shows how each one was delivered in Systeme.io, such as a course or a file, and the checkout won't publish until the links are in. Then your sales page (each draft comes with a prompt your AI uses to rebuild it from your Systeme.io page), your courses in the Swipefast Hub, and the buttons in your emails and pages, pointed at the new checkout.

When should I stay on Systeme.io?

When you're under 2,000 contacts with one or two offers, since the Free plan does it for $0, or when you use its email, funnels, courses and community together and $17 to $47 a month covers you. If you only want more from the checkout, move just that and keep Systeme.io for the rest.

Go deeper

Guides for this.

How to import your Systeme.io products into SwipefastCreate a Systeme.io API key, paste it into Swipefast and pick your products. They arrive as drafts with their bumps, upsell and coupons. Systeme.io isn't changed.Read How to add a one-click upsell and how the charges appearShow one extra offer on its own page after payment. See what happens when the buyer says yes or no, and how the upsell charge appears on their card.Read How to charge EU VAT on your checkout with Swipefast and Stripe TaxStep by step: turn on Stripe Tax, add your business address and VAT registrations, pick what you sell, and test consumer and business addresses before you publish.Read How to deliver your product: access links, courses, receipts and manual deliveryChoose how buyers get what they paid for, from an access link to a course in your Swipefast Hub, see exactly what they receive, and how their payment is kept safe.Read
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