HighLevel alternatives
By Dana Rourke, Lead reviewer. Reviewed by Campaign Buyer Editorial. Updated 8 September 2026.
You already know what HighLevel does. The question is what to run instead, and why. We read what long-term users report about the tools below and checked each vendor's own documentation and pricing, then ranked them for the reasons buyers actually leave: price, a missing capability, or a better fit for your traffic.
Still comparing? Read our full HighLevel review first, then come back to these.
Quick answer
The best alternative to HighLevel is ClickFunnels. ClickFunnels is the pick if you sell coaching, courses or info products and want the pages, checkout, upsells and email running as one funnel instead of four separate tools. It is fast to launch and covers the whole sales process end to end. The trade-offs are real: it sits at the top of the market on price, the bill climbs as you scale, and billing and cancellation draw the most complaints.
The shortlist
- 1. ClickFunnels is the best HighLevel alternative for creators, coaches and info-product sellers who want a whole funnel live fast without stitching tools together.
- 2. Kartra is the best HighLevel alternative for Coaches, consultants and course creators who would rather run their pages, email, checkout and courses from one login than rent and wire together four separate subscriptions.
Compared at a glance
| Tool | From |
|---|---|
| 2. ClickFunnels | $97/mo |
| 5. Kartra | $59/mo |
The alternatives, ranked
1. ClickFunnels
Best HighLevel alternative for creators, coaches and info-product sellers who want a whole funnel live fast without stitching tools together
ClickFunnels is the pick if you sell coaching, courses or info products and want the pages, checkout, upsells and email running as one funnel instead of four separate tools. It is fast to launch and covers the whole sales process end to end. The trade-offs are real: it sits at the top of the market on price, the bill climbs as you scale, and billing and cancellation draw the most complaints.
What works
- Runs the whole funnel in one account: pages, checkout, email, a light CRM, courses and a community, so you are not stitching four tools together
- Fast to get live. The drag-and-drop editor and prebuilt funnel templates are the most-praised part, especially for non-technical sellers
- Smart Checkout is built for selling, with order bumps and one-click upsells aimed at raising average order value
- Strong aggregate scores: about 4.6 out of 5 across more than 400 G2 reviews and thousands of Trustpilot reviews
- Takes no cut of your sales, includes hosting, and carries a 30-day money-back guarantee
What to watch
- Priced at the top of the market. Plans run $97 to $297 a month, and users say the cost adds up fast, especially if you only need part of it
- Billing and cancellation are the loudest complaints, along with confusion between ClickFunnels Classic and the newer 2.0 accounts
- Some long-time users feel 2.0 was a step back from Classic, and marketers report occasional bugs and page speed that is hit or miss
- Less flexible than a custom stack, and course and membership delivery is weaker than a dedicated platform
Read the full ClickFunnels review.
2. Kartra
Best HighLevel alternative for Coaches, consultants and course creators who would rather run their pages, email, checkout and courses from one login than rent and wire together four separate subscriptions
Kartra is the pick if you sell courses, coaching or memberships and want funnels, checkout, email and a member area running under one login instead of a stack of separate tools. It is a real, established platform used by tens of thousands of creators. The catch is that it earns its price only when you use most of it: support is slow, the editor lags, and the cheapest plan skims 5% off the top.
What works
- Genuinely covers the whole creator business under one roof: pages and funnels, email and SMS, a checkout, memberships and courses, calendars, affiliates and a helpdesk, so you stop paying for and wiring together five separate tools.
- Checkout is designed for selling, not just collecting money. You get branded order forms, coupons, buy-now-pay-later through Klarna, and one-click upsells aimed at lifting average order value.
- The funnel mapper lets you plan and simulate a multi-page journey before you build it, and more than 100 done-for-you campaign templates mean you rarely start from a blank page.
- Established and widely used. Kartra Inc. (Genesis Digital) has run it since 2018, with 60,000-plus customers, and billing is flat-rate with no surprise usage fees stacked on top.
- Plans above the entry tier take 0% of your sales, and a 30-day money-back guarantee lets you build a real funnel before you commit.
What to watch
- Support speed is the loudest complaint from long-term users. Trustpilot reviewers in 2025 report waits of up to a week for simple questions, which hurts most during a launch when something breaks.
- The editor is capable but slow. Reviewers describe lag and glitches, and simple edits taking too many steps. Stress-test it on the trial before you build anything real.
- It is expensive unless you use the whole suite. Buy it for one job, a landing page or email alone, and cheaper single-purpose tools win on price.
- The entry Essentials plan takes 5% of every transaction and caps you at 500 contacts, 5 pages and one product, so most real businesses need Starter at $119/mo or higher.
- It is not a full CRM: it tracks contacts, tags and purchases but has no deal stages, forecasting or task management if a sales team lives in a pipeline. And building everything inside one platform means lock-in, since the work does not transfer cleanly if you leave.
Read the full Kartra review.
How we evaluated these
We ranked these on the same rubric as the incumbent: we read what long-term users report about each one, checked its documentation and pricing, and verified prices with the vendor before forming a verdict. Order reflects fit for the largest group of HighLevel users, not a score out of ten. Where an alternative wins only for a specific traffic source or team size, we say so rather than pretending it wins for everyone. Full detail is on our how we research page.
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3 discussions and reviews read for this page. Quotes are excerpts; open a link to read the original in context.
- [reddit-askmarketing-worth] Is ClickFunnels Actually Worth It for Real Marketers?
- [reddit-digitalmarketing-hate] Does anyone else hate Clickfunnels as much as I do?
- [g2-sellers-cf2] ClickFunnels Products | Read 417 Reviews on G2
Written by
Dana Rourke
Lead reviewer
Dana Rourke is the lead reviewer at Campaign Buyer. She owns the tracker and attribution coverage: reading what long-term users report about each tool, checking its documentation and pricing, and verifying prices with the vendor before writing the verdict. Keeping the rankings honest mostly means writing down what the top pick gets wrong, so she does that first.
Last checked 2026-09-08