Which one among GoHighLevel or Systeme is right for your business?

I’ve used both of these platforms as a funnel marketer and course creator (so that you know what to expect).

In this blog post, I will be comparing these platforms against each other.

Let’s break it down.

Overview

What does Systeme do?

Systeme is an all-in-one marketing platform that helps you build and scale your online business without technical headaches.

I love that Systeme focuses on making everything simple. It lets you create sales funnels, email campaigns, online courses, and digital products – all from one intuitive dashboard.

The platform’s biggest selling point?

Affordability.

You can start with their free plan and only upgrade as your business grows.

What does GoHighLevel do?

GoHighLevel lets you manage multiple clients’ websites, funnels, email campaigns, and more – all from a single, streamlined dashboard.

I like how GoHighLevel lets you create sub-accounts for each client.

You can tailor tools, features, and permissions to fit what each client needs, including third-party integrations. It’s a simple way to manage everything in one place.

Hate jumping between different tools?

Me too.

That’s why HighLevel works so well. It replaces most of your tech stack with one subscription and one dashboard.

What I like about Systeme over GoHighLevel 👍

• Affordable all-in-one business platform: Systeme offers a complete suite of tools at an affordable price, including email marketing, automation, landing pages, and online courses.
• Ease of use: An intuitive user interface makes setting up and managing campaigns a breeze, unlike GoHighLevel’s complex interface with scattered settings.
• Flexible pricing: You can upgrade as your business grows with four incremental plans. No need to pay for what you don’t need right away.
• Free forever plan: No questions asked. It’s great for exploring the platform and testing your business idea, while GoHighLevel has no free option.
• Native webinars: Great, especially if you intend to build a community, email list, or just monetize webinar content/training/memberships. No separate integration is needed.
• No hidden costs: Unlike GoHighLevel, there are no additional charges for email delivery or SMS, making it more predictable for businesses with larger email lists.
• Better email deliverability: Compared to GoHighLevel’s issues with Mailgun, Systeme offers more reliable email delivery.

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What I like about GoHighLevel over Systeme 👍

• All-in-one platform: You can create funnels, email sequences, membership communities, websites, and landing pages all in one place. It even includes online bookings, a social media planner, and calendars.
• Unlimited resources: Unlike Systeme, Kajabi, and ClickFunnels, GoHighLevel offers unlimited contacts, users, courses, students, and funnels across all plans – at no additional cost.
• Multi-channel marketing: One of my favorites! HighLevel funnels and email campaigns can seamlessly integrate SMS, Messenger, WhatsApp, and email messages, as well as phone calls (with tracking).
• Extensive integrations: I noticed more direct integrations here than I did in Systeme. These include dedicated tools for text messages (like Twilio), email marketing automation (AWeber and ConvertKit), and live chat/instant messaging.
• Reputation management: The full-featured online reputation management tool lets you pull, manage, and optimize online reviews from Facebook, Google, and Yelp – all from a single tool.
• Agency-friendly reselling: If you get the SaaS Pro plan, you can resell the platform, third-party apps, and plugins to as many clients (sub-accounts) as you like.
• Visual funnel builder: Makes it easier to see, track, and optimize your funnel – minimizing back and forth compared to Systeme’s approach.
• Superior branding options: Offers more extensive customization capabilities than Systeme’s simpler options.

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Upfront bottom line

Here’s the thing: Systeme gets the job done quickly and affordably.

It’s all about the essentials.

Like funnels, email marketing, automation, and branding – all wrapped up in a simple, user-friendly package.

On the flip side, GoHighLevel shines if you’re managing multiple businesses, running a digital agency, or reselling software. It comes packed with advanced tools to run your growing empire.

But watch out – GoHighLevel’s email marketing comes with extra costs and poor deliverability (that’s a deal-breaker for many).

Let’s break down the key factors before you make your choice.

Funnel building

Systeme’s funnels are objective-based; Build an Audience, Sell, Custom funnel (build from scratch), or Create an evergreen webinar.

You can easily tweak all of them with the simple drag-and-drop builder.

There’s a solid library of funnel step templates too. Perfect for getting started or sparking fresh ideas for your customizations.

Systeme doesn’t have a visual funnel builder like GoHighLevel.

But here’s the good news – its free plan lets you create three free sales funnels (with up to 15 steps).

Want more? You can create 10, 50, or unlimited funnels (with 50, 300, or unlimited steps), depending on which subscription plan you choose.

Creating funnels with Systeme is super easy, especially if you prefer simplicity over fancy customization.

On the other hand, GoHighLevel funnels are packed with powerful features.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Multi-channel marketing: SMS/MMS, email, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, voice mail drops, calls (with call tracking), and more built-in. Perfect for reaching customers wherever they are.
• Booking integration: Schedule bookings directly within funnels
• Visual builder: A visual funnel builder to help you see your customer journey and make changes as needed.
• No limitations: Create unlimited funnels and add unlimited users, emails sent, courses, students, memberships, and more.

🏆 Winner: GoHighLevel for advanced marketers seeking multi-channel (like say SMS) capabilities and visual funnel building, while Systeme wins for beginners with its simple, affordable objective-based approach especially for course funnels.

Email marketing

These platforms share many similarities.

Both offer autoresponders, announcements (newsletters/broadcasts), behavior-based triggers for email marketing automation (campaigns/sequences), and A/B testing.

You’ll also find email scheduling and performance statistics in both.

The Systeme email editor keeps things simple.

Don’t expect fancy templates like you’d find in ClickFunnels or Kajabi.

I’ve noticed something strange – GoHighLevel used to offer loads of email templates, but they seem to have disappeared.

I searched everywhere but couldn’t find a single template in their Email Library.

What you get instead is a basic email editor with a handful of merge fields (pretty similar to what Systeme offers).

The good news? GoHighLevel emails come with more sections and elements you can customize.

Here’s something important: Systeme gives you unlimited emails to 2,000 contacts, unlimited students, and unlimited community members – no Mailgun integration needed.

But with GoHighLevel? You’re paying $0.01 per email for broadcasts plus extra Mailgun fees.

Trust me, those costs pile up fast if you have a big email list.

That said, GoHighLevel does have a major advantage with its multi-channel marketing:

You can mix SMS/MMS, phone calls (with tracking), and WhatsApp messages right into your email campaigns.

Plus, you get Facebook Messenger integration, voicemail drops, and appointment bookings. Perfect for reaching people wherever they are!

🏆 Winner: GoHighLevel offers superior multi-channel marketing with SMS, WhatsApp, and calls integration, while Systeme wins on affordability with better email deliverability and no hidden costs (problem with GHL).

Courses, community, and memberships

Both Systeme and GoHighLevel share many features for courses and memberships, including:

• Unlimited courses: Both platforms offer fully structured courses with modules, lessons, assessments, and quizzes on all pricing plans
• No student limits: Unlimited students, community members, and users
• Unlimited blog posts: Create as much content as you need
• Contact freedom: Unlimited contacts on all paid plans (up to 2,000 free with Systeme)
• Advanced course features: Drip-feed content, track progress, lock premium content, and give completion certificates

I really like Systeme’s straightforward course builder:

What’s great about Systeme is how flexible it is with video uploads.

You can pull videos directly from Dropbox or YouTube.

And if you prefer Wistia or Vimeo, just paste in a simple embed code.

GoHighLevel is more restrictive here.

You can only upload videos directly from your computer. This feels limiting if you’re used to working with content from cloud storage.

🏆 Winner: Systeme offers simplicity with flexible video uploads from various sources, while GoHighLevel provides more robust features but is limited to direct computer uploads.

Website builder

If you’re into branding and design, GoHighLevel is your best bet.

It comes loaded with universal sections, brand boards, and tons of elements you can play with.

With just a few clicks, you can build a complete website using GoHighLevel templates.

And the best part?

You can easily tweak everything to match your style.

Systeme keeps things simple and straightforward when it comes to branding.

It works great for usability, but lacks advanced customization options.

But don’t worry – all the basics are covered. You’ll find order forms, testimonials, and checkout page elements ready to use.

Plus, both platforms let you use custom domains (your own site) and branded subdomains.

🏆 Winner: GoHighLevel for extensive customization options and templates, while Systeme provides a simpler, more straightforward approach for basic site building needs.

CRM and reputation management

With Systeme, capturing leads’ details and building your email list is super straightforward.

The CRM is basic, but it’s intuitive enough to get the job done without any headaches.

It supports basic tagging too, so expect simple contact segmentation and CRM workflows – nothing fancy here.

Now compare that to HighLevel’s powerful CRM features:

GoHighLevel’s built-in calendar packs a punch.

Check this out:

GoHighLevel takes CRM to the next level with these advanced features:

• Lead capture forms with merge fields for collecting detailed customer information.
• WhatsApp integration for direct communication.
• Social media planner that replaces dedicated scheduling tools.
• Call tracking for better lead analysis and follow-up.
• Appointment booking system integrated with funnels and web pages.
• Tagging and segmentation to improve targeting and increase conversions.

But wait, there’s more!

I personally love GoHighLevel’s online reputation management.

It’s one of those features you don’t know you need until you’ve tried it.

For instance, you can automatically send review requests via email and text after a transaction, making feedback collection super simple.

Want to get more customer reviews? With GoHighLevel, you can set up automatic follow-ups through review funnels.

For example, if someone doesn’t respond to your first review request, the system can ping them again two days later. Simple but effective!

Plus, you can pull in reviews from Google, Facebook, and Yelp all in one place. No more jumping between different platforms to check what people are saying about your business.

💡 Note: Find more details about GoHighLevel’s online reputation management in my full GoHighLevel review here.

🏆 Winner: GoHighLevel excels with advanced CRM features and powerful reputation management tools, while Systeme offers a simpler, more intuitive approach suitable for basic contact management.

Integrations

Systeme focuses on helping solopreneurs and small digital businesses create simple workflows and marketing systems.

Their integrations are built with these users in mind, though I’m not completely sure if they’re prioritizing quality over quantity yet.

Systeme’s integrations are quite limited.

They mainly focus on essential payment processors like Stripe and PayPal. If you or your users need more connection options, you might feel restricted.

GoHighLevel, on the other hand, connects smoothly with lots of third-party platforms.

This gives you and your clients (sub-accounts) more functions and a better experience.

Want even more options? You can use Zapier and Webhooks with GoHighLevel to further expand what you can do.

That’s not all.

GoHighLevel has a full app marketplace packed with extra tools and services made for agencies.

This marketplace has everything from email marketing automation to live chatbots and messaging apps.

Systeme doesn’t have anything like this marketplace. This limits how much you (and your clients) can expand beyond the built-in tools.

Here’s something interesting – GoHighLevel lets you resell these apps to your clients as sub-account plugins. This could become a nice extra income stream for you.

🏆 Winner: GoHighLevel offers extensive third-party integrations and a rich app marketplace for agencies, while Systeme provides essential payment processor connections suitable for solopreneurs.

Pricing

Looking at the pricing differences between GoHighLevel and Systeme tells you a lot about who they’re really made for.

GoHighLevel costs more because it targets digital agencies who need advanced features and powerful capabilities.

Systeme, on the other hand, keeps things budget-friendly with flexible pricing that works great for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs.

Let’s break it down:

GoHighLevel keeps it simple with just 2 main plans:

• Starter plan ($97/mo): Perfect for small businesses; gives you all the essential features you need.
• Unlimited plan ($297/mo): Built for growing agencies; comes with unlimited sub-accounts and advanced automation tools.

Now let’s look at what Systeme offers with their four different plans:

You get a:

• Free plan: Offers basic features for free, including unlimited emails to 2,000 contacts, unlimited students, courses, blog posts, and more.
• Startup plan: $17/month, includes essential tools for small businesses.
• Webinar plan: $47/month, adds webinar hosting functionality.
• Unlimited plan: $97/month, which unlocks all features including unlimited sales funnels and emails.

Systeme also offers big discounts on yearly plans, making it super wallet-friendly.

Is GoHighLevel better value than Systeme? Or is it the other way around? I’ll let you decide that one.

🏆 Winner: Systeme offers budget-friendly pricing with a free plan and tiered options, while GoHighLevel provides premium pricing aligned with its advanced agency-focused features.

Conclusion

Those are the main differences between Systeme and GoHighLevel.

Hope this helps you figure out which platform fits your needs better!

If you run a digital agency and need to manage client websites, landing pages, and emails, GoHighLevel is probably your best choice. I see GoHighLevel as more like Kartra and Kajabi than anything else.

But if you want a simple, affordable all-in-one platform for basic products and services, Systeme might be just right for you. If it’s not quite what you need, you might want to check out ClickFunnels too.