ClickFunnels vs MailerLite Comparison
Compare ClickFunnels vs MailerLite features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
ClickFunnels
5.5/10
Sales funnel builder for online sellers, coaches and course creators, combining landing pages, checkouts, email automation, courses and a storefront in one platform.
MailerLite
7.1/10
MailerLite is an email marketing platform for small businesses and creators, combining newsletters, automations, landing pages, sites, forms and digital product sales.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 5.5/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Scalability | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Customization | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 4/10 | 8/10 |
| Integration | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Analytics | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $97/mo Launch | $12/mo Comfort |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $297/mo Optimize | $25/mo Power |
| Features | ||
| A/B Testing | ||
| E-commerce Features | ||
| Email Marketing | ||
| Landing Pages | ||
| Segmentation | ||
ClickFunnels vs MailerLite cost by team size
MailerLite costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | ClickFunnels | MailerLite |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $97/moLaunch | FreeFree |
| 5 users | $197/moScale | $25/moPower |
| 10 users | $297/moOptimize | $25/moPower |
| 25 users | $97/moLaunch | $25/moPower |
| 50 users | $97/moLaunch | $25/moPower |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose ClickFunnels
Our data shows no clear advantage over MailerLite.
Why choose MailerLite
- Has a free plan (ClickFunnels does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $25/mo vs $297/mo
- Higher Cost score (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for freelancers (8/10 vs 6/10)
Pros & Cons
ClickFunnels
Pros
- Every plan includes unlimited funnels, pages and visitors, so traffic growth does not force an upgrade.
- The funnel builder handles order bumps, one-click upsells, downsells and conditional split paths without extra plugins.
- Courses, communities, email automation and a store sit in the same account as the funnels, which reduces the number of separate tools.
- A 14-day free trial is followed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Cons
- Live webinars are not built in. The webinar funnel can only play recordings, so live sessions need Zoom or a similar tool.
- Split testing is limited to two variants per test.
- The jump from Launch at $97 to Scale at $197 a month is steep, and webhooks, API access and the code editor are only on Scale and above.
- Reviewers report metered email sending fees on top of the subscription, an editor that can lag or freeze, and no live chat on weekends.
MailerLite
Pros
- The interface is clean, and reviewers say automations are quick to set up even for first-time users.
- Automations are included even on the free plan.
- Paid plans start at $12 a month, which reviewers say is cheaper than Mailchimp or Constant Contact.
- Native e-commerce integrations with Shopify, WooCommerce and Stripe feed purchase-based automations.
- Reviewers report deliverability ranking first in an independent EmailToolTester test.
Cons
- Many users report accounts suspended or terminated with little warning and difficult appeals.
- Support is email-only on Comfort, and some reviewers say replies are slow.
- The free plan has been cut more than once and now allows only 250 subscribers.
- Prices rise steeply as the list grows, according to a competitor's analysis.
- Reviewers find reporting and segmentation limited for larger companies.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
MailerLite scores higher on our Marketing criteria: 7.1/10 against 5.5/10 for ClickFunnels. The largest gap is in Cost: 4/10 for ClickFunnels and 8/10 for MailerLite.
MailerLite costs less for 10 users: about $25/mo on its Power plan, against about $297/mo on its Optimize plan for ClickFunnels, billed monthly.
MailerLite has a free plan; ClickFunnels does not list one.
MailerLite is the better fit for e-commerce: we rate it 7/10 for them, against 5/10 for ClickFunnels.
