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The cheapest way to sell digital products in 2026

Selling a download, a template or a small course needs three things: a page, a checkout and a way to deliver the file. Buying those separately is how a $20 product costs $60 a month. These are the real prices for the four tools we track that do all three, re-checked from the vendors' own pages this week.

Prices last re-checked 2026-10-05. Every number below is read from the vendor's own pricing page.

Which one should you pick?

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The short answer

Short answer: Cheapest all-in-one, by a wide margin: Systeme.io Systeme.io is free up to 2,000 contacts and one course, then $17/mo Startup ($14/mo billed annually) for 5,000 contacts, 10 funnels and 5 courses - the page, the checkout, the email and the file delivery in one bill.

ToolEntry priceBest for
Free$0/mo (no annual discount published)2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course, unlimited emails. Never expires, no credit
Startup$17/mo, or $14/mo billed annually5,000 contacts, 10 funnels, 5 courses
Webinar$47/mo, or $39/mo billed annually10,000 contacts, 50 funnels, 20 courses, evergreen webinars
Unlimited$97/mo, or $80/mo billed annuallyUnlimited contacts, funnels, courses, and automation rules

Prices checked 2026-10-05.

Cheapest all-in-one, by a wide margin: Systeme.io

Systeme.io is free up to 2,000 contacts and one course, then $17/mo Startup ($14/mo billed annually) for 5,000 contacts, 10 funnels and 5 courses - the page, the checkout, the email and the file delivery in one bill. ClickFunnels Launch is also under $100, at $97/mo, and Kit's free plan can sell a download for $0. The honest caveat is that its funnel builder is simpler than ClickFunnels'.

See Systeme.io pricing

Cheapest if you already have a list: Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Kit is free up to 10,000 subscribers and its free plan can sell digital products, so if the audience exists and the product is a download, the storefront costs nothing. The trade-off: Kit is a sending tool, not a funnel builder - you get a product page, not a whole funnel.

See Kit (formerly ConvertKit) pricing

Best if the funnel is the business: ClickFunnels

ClickFunnels 2.0 is $97/mo Launch ($81/mo billed annually) with 10,000 contacts and 3 courses. It is five times Systeme.io's price and it is the right answer only when the funnel itself is what you are selling - the template ecosystem and the checkout optimisation are what you are paying for.

See ClickFunnels pricing

The prices, plan by plan

Systeme.io

Systeme.io is free up to 2,000 contacts, then $17/mo Startup, $47/mo Webinar and $97/mo Unlimited on monthly billing. Annual billing gives you two months free. Every plan includes unlimited email sends, unlimited sub-accounts, and 0% transaction fees. The free plan never expires and does not require a credit card.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0/mo (no annual discount published)2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course, unlimited emails. Never expires, no credit card.
Startup$17/mo, or $14/mo billed annually5,000 contacts, 10 funnels, 5 courses
Webinar$47/mo, or $39/mo billed annually10,000 contacts, 50 funnels, 20 courses, evergreen webinars
Unlimited$97/mo, or $80/mo billed annuallyUnlimited contacts, funnels, courses, and automation rules

What to watch: Monthly rates $17, $47, and $97 were read on systeme.io/pricing on 2026-10-13, in the page's own FAQ. That FAQ prints Webinar as 50 funnels and 20 courses, Unlimited as unlimited courses and automation rules, and every plan as unlimited email sends, unlimited sub-accounts, and 0% transaction fees. The free plan never expires and does not require a credit card. The same FAQ lists extra free-plan caps of 1 blog, 1 affiliate program, 1 custom domain, 1 automation rule, 1 email campaign, and 500 students. The pricing page prints Annual billing and 2 months free. The page HTML does not print the annual dollar amounts. Those dollars stay the 2026-10-05 reading from systeme.io's own affiliate page.

Source: https://systeme.io/pricing, read 2026-10-05.

See Systeme.io pricing

Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Kit is free up to 10,000 subscribers on the Newsletter plan. At 1,000 subscribers Creator is $39/mo billed monthly or $390/yr and Pro is $79/mo or $790/yr. Yearly billing also prints an extra 25% off Pro for the first year only: $50/mo, $593 billed, then it renews at the standard rate. Both plans scale with list size (Creator $169/mo at 15,000, Pro $249/mo).

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free (Newsletter)$0/moUp to 10,000 subscribers, unlimited landing pages and forms, unlimited broadcasts, tagging and segmentation, sell digital products
Creator$39/mo, or $32.5/mo billed annuallyEverything in Free plus unlimited visual automations, unlimited sequences, A/B subject lines, SMS, remove Kit branding
Pro$79/mo, or $65.83/mo billed annuallyEverything in Creator plus Subscriber Signals, engagement analytics, unlimited users, deliverability reporting, newsletter referral system. Yearly billing at 1,000 subscribers prints an extra 25% off the first year ($50/mo, $593 billed). The page says that discount is the first year only and the plan then renews at the standard rate.

What to watch: Free / Creator / Pro were read from kit.com/pricing itself, at 1,000 email subscribers, on 2026-10-12. The monthly toggle prints Creator $39/mo and Pro $79. The yearly toggle prints Creator as $33/mo ($390 billed yearly); that $33 is the page's rounding of $390/12, so the table keeps $32.50. The same yearly view prints an extra 25% off Pro for the first year ($50/mo, $593 billed) with $66 struck through, and says the plan renews at the standard rate after that year. The card does not print the standard Pro yearly total of $790. Kit's paid plans scale with list size, so the price shown is the price at 1,000 subscribers, not a flat rate. Both paid plans say the trial is 14 days and that no credit card is required.

Source: https://kit.com/pricing, read 2026-10-05.

See Kit (formerly ConvertKit) pricing

ClickFunnels

ClickFunnels 2.0 is $97/mo Launch, $197/mo Scale and $297/mo Optimize, or $81 / $164 / $248 per month billed annually. Dominate is $5,997/year, annual only. Each plan button says Start Free Trial. The page description says that trial is 14 days. The FAQ markup says that 14-day trial plus a 30-day money-back guarantee is 44 days. The FAQ you can read on the page only mentions the 30-day money-back and does not say how long the trial is.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Launch$97/mo, or $81/mo billed annually1 workspace, 2 team members, 10K contacts, 50K emails/mo, 3 courses, 5 custom domains, 1,000,000 AI words/mo
Scale$197/mo, or $164/mo billed annually5 workspaces, 5 team members, 75K contacts, 300K emails/mo, 6 courses, unlimited domains, 2,000,000 AI words/mo, 5 calendars
Optimize$297/mo, or $248/mo billed annually10 workspaces, 10 team members, 150K contacts, 750K emails/mo, 10 courses, 5,000,000 AI words/mo, 10 calendars
Dominatecustom quote20 workspaces, 20 team members, 400K contacts, 1.2M emails/mo, 20 courses, 10,000,000 AI words/mo, 20 calendars, VIP support. Annual only.

What to watch: Every plan price, annual rate and contact/email limit on this page was read from clickfunnels.com/pricing itself. Dominate is annual-only and is not sold month to month. On 2026-10-11 the same cards still showed those prices, and every plan card labeled Unlimited Funnels as Limited Time. The feature table still listed Funnels as Unlimited. The contact and email caps were not marked temporary. On that same read, every plan button said Start Free Trial. The page description said the trial is 14 days. The FAQ markup said that 14-day trial plus a 30-day money-back guarantee is 44 days. The FAQ you can read on the page only mentions the 30-day money-back and does not say how long the trial is. On that same read, the Scale card carried ClickFunnels' own Most Popular badge. This page does not treat that badge as a count of customers. On 2026-10-11, one Start Free Trial button on the Launch card opened clickfunnels.com/launch-annual-step-1-7dt, titled Step 1 Create Account. The heading was Start Your Free Trial Today, and the form said Create Your Account: Step 1 of 2. That screen showed Full Name and Email Address, and a Continue button. It did not show a card number, expiry, or CVC field. Step 2 was not opened, so this page does not say whether a card comes later, and it does not say the other plans open the same screen. On 2026-10-12 the comparison table listed AI Tools (Words) as 1,000,000 on Launch, 2,000,000 on Scale, 5,000,000 on Optimize, and 10,000,000 on Dominate, and the plan cards printed those same caps as 1M, 2M, 5M, and 10M words. That table listed Calendars as a dash on Launch, then 5 on Scale, 10 on Optimize, and 20 on Dominate. Dominate's card lists 20 courses.

Source: https://www.clickfunnels.com/pricing, read 2026-10-19.

See ClickFunnels pricing

Kajabi

Kajabi is $179/mo Basic, $249/mo Growth and $499/mo Pro on monthly billing, or $143 / $199 / $399 per month billed annually. Kajabi takes no revenue share.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Basic$179/mo, or $143/mo billed annually5 products, 2,500 contacts, 1 website, 1 community, 2 admin users
Growth$249/mo, or $199/mo billed annually50 products, 25,000 contacts, 1 website, 1 community, 11 admin users
Pro$499/mo, or $399/mo billed annuallyUnlimited products, 100,000 contacts, 3 websites, 3 communities, 26 admin users

Prices checked 2026-10-05.

What to watch: Every plan price, annual rate, contact limit and payment fee on this page was read from kajabi.com/pricing itself. Kajabi takes no revenue share, but its own card rate and the third-party processor fee are listed separately above because they change the real cost.

Source: https://www.kajabi.com/pricing, read 2026-10-19.

See Kajabi pricing

Questions people ask

What is the cheapest option here?

Systeme.io is the cheapest all-in-one at $17/mo Startup ($14/mo billed annually) after a free tier to 2,000 contacts and one course, and Kit is free up to 10,000 subscribers if you only need a product page and a checkout. ClickFunnels is $97/mo and Kajabi $179/mo, so neither is the cheap answer.

Can I start for free?

Yes. Systeme.io's free plan covers 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels and 1 course, and Kit's free plan covers 10,000 subscribers and selling digital products. Both are real free tiers, not trials - the limit you hit first is Systeme.io's single course.

Are these prices first-party?

Every number on this page is read from the vendor's own pricing page or from the source named under each tool. Where a vendor renders prices in JavaScript, the caveat under that tool says so and names the source we used instead.

How often are these prices re-checked?

The dataset behind this page is re-checked against the vendors' own pricing pages every week, and the date at the top of the page is the last time every tool on it was confirmed.

Do you take payment for placement?

No. Some links are affiliate links and we may earn a commission if you buy through one, at no extra cost to you. The order of the picks is set by price and fit, not by commission.

Some links on this page are affiliate links. If you buy through one we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We do not accept payment for placement, and the price tables are generated from the same dataset we re-check weekly. Full disclosure. How we check prices.

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