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

> Systeme.io is free to start; Swipefast is a $29 checkout with unlimited bumps and upsell chains. Prices side by side, what the importer moves, and who should stay.

Canonical: https://swipefast.io/systeme-io-alternative

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.

From $29/mo · 7-day free trial · 0% of your sales · 30 days risk-free

## 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

## 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.

## Systeme.io or Swipefast?

|  | Systeme.io | Swipefast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free $0; Startup $17/mo; Webinar $47/mo; Unlimited $97/mo; 2 months free yearly | Starter $29/mo or $290/yr; Pro $49/mo or $490/yr |
| What it is | All-in-one: funnels, email, courses, website, community | A checkout and sales page, with a course Hub |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan, no card, no time limit | 7-day free trial (card needed), no free plan |
| Fee on each sale | 0% | 0% |
| Order bumps | 1 on Free, 10 on Startup, 100 on Webinar, unlimited on Unlimited | Unlimited, from Starter |
| One-click upsells | 1 on Free, 10 on Startup, 100 on Webinar, unlimited on Unlimited | Chains of up to 5 offers with yes and no paths, from Starter |
| Payment processors | Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Razorpay, Flutterwave, Mercado Pago, Xendit, cash on delivery | Your own Stripe, PayPal or Lemon Squeezy |
| Buy now, pay later | Not listed on its pricing page | Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm through Stripe, from Starter |
| Sales tax | Adds VAT for the buyer's country on order forms | Stripe Tax for EU VAT and US sales tax; 0.2% on taxed orders when Stripe is connected through Swipefast |
| Email marketing | Built in, unlimited sends; 2,000 contacts on Free, 5,000 on Startup | Not built in; connects to Kit, Mailchimp, MailerLite and more |
| Courses | Built in: 1 on Free, 5 on Startup | Course Hub; videos play from YouTube, Vimeo, Loom and others |
| Affiliates | Every plan | On Pro |
| A/B tests | 1 on Free, 10 on Startup | No |
| Build and edit with your AI | MCP server on every plan; asks before it changes anything | MCP 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.

## 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

## 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.

## Related

- [How to import your Systeme.io products into Swipefast](https://swipefast.io/blog/import-from-systeme-io): Create 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.
- [How to add a one-click upsell and how the charges appear](https://swipefast.io/blog/add-a-one-click-upsell-in-swipefast): Show 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.
- [How to charge EU VAT on your checkout with Swipefast and Stripe Tax](https://swipefast.io/blog/charge-eu-vat-with-stripe-tax-in-swipefast): Step 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.
- [How to deliver your product: access links, courses, receipts and manual delivery](https://swipefast.io/blog/deliver-your-product-in-swipefast): Choose 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.
- [Pricing](https://swipefast.io/pricing)