Tested limits · Real invoices · Every check dated
Every tool reviewed here runs in an account we pay for or personally registered. No press seats, no vendor demos.
02“Unlimited” gets tested until it isn’t. Caps, walls, and upgrade prompts are documented from inside the dashboard.
03Prices change quietly. Every guide carries a checked date and a changelog showing exactly what moved.
Systeme.io has four plans: Free ($0), Startup ($17/month), Webinar ($47/month), and Unlimited ($97/month). The pre-payment checkout showed Startup at $17; another live official page still shows $27. Systeme.io says it charges no transaction fees, although payment-processor fees can still apply.
Yes — Systeme.io's Free plan costs $0 with no card and includes 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, and one custom-domain slot. The tighter constraints are the single automation rule, workflow, tag, and campaign — and an unexplained 'Revenue limit' meter at 0/10000.
The free-plan walls, real fees, and when the $27 tier actually pays for itself.
View pricing guides →What $97 vs $297 vs $497 really buys — including the usage fees nobody itemizes.
View pricing guides →Credits decoded: what your plan actually converts to in minutes and dollars.
View pricing guides →Why this exists
Vendor pricing pages are marketing. Help docs are written to close tickets, not to tell you what a plan really includes. HowItStacks exists to close that gap: tested claims, dated screenshots, honest math on when upgrading pays — and when it doesn’t. If a tool’s cheaper rival wins, the page says so.
Each month: every price move, limit change, quiet nerf, and new pricing guide.
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