ClickFunnels 2.0 tried to do it all.
It just didn't do it well.
ClickFunnels 2.0 was rebuilt to be the all-in-one platform. Funnels, email, courses, community, CRM — the whole stack. The problem isn't ambition; it's execution. The platform is widely reported as buggy, clunky, slow, with broken migrations from 1.0, automations that miss sends, and crashes during launches. Simplero is the calm all-in-one — bootstrapped for 17 years, built by the founder who still answers customer emails.
The 2.0 problem
nobody talks about on stage.
Buggy, clunky, slow.
Reviewers consistently describe 2.0 as bloated, sluggish, and unstable. Pages don't load. The editor freezes. Automations miss sends. The platform has been live for years and the bug reports keep coming. Many veterans openly recommend that new users stay on ClickFunnels Classic (1.0) instead.
Migrations that broke.
Users moving from 1.0 to 2.0 reported funnels, automations, and contacts not transferring correctly. Support is fast but reviewers cite limited 2.0-specific technical depth. If your business is mid-launch, that's not a place to be.
Losing ground to competitors.
For a brand that defined the funnel-builder category, ClickFunnels has been losing share to platforms that ship faster, run cleaner, and treat customers as professionals instead of audiences for the next event. The brand still has heat. The product has stopped keeping pace.
In their own words.
"After the third time their system crashed during a product launch, I started questioning my life choices. I wanted to love ClickFunnels. I really did. But after burning through $762 on this platform, here's what I actually discovered — the platform tries to do everything but doesn't really excel at any particular function."
"The pricing is predatory for beginners. $197/mo is a huge hurdle when you haven't made your first dollar."
"Migrating my funnels from 1.0 to 2.0 was a nightmare. Many things didn't transfer correctly. Customer support is fast, but they often don't have the technical depth to fix 2.0-specific bugs yet."
"There are still problems that require several rounds of conversations with a customer service agent to get sorted. It exposed the fact that the platform is not as robust as it needs to be. Now, if I'd had my entire business set up on the platform, this would have seriously impacted it."
"Too many bugs in the email automation (Workflows). Sometimes emails just don't fire."
"The 'all-in-one' approach means if ClickFunnels goes down, your entire business — site, email, and store — goes down with it. The dashboard is also cluttered with 'Guru' training videos that are basically just long-form ads for their other products. The software is 'bloated' — so many features it's overwhelming for a simple business."
Side by side.
No spin.
| ClickFunnels 2.0 | Simplero | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price (annual) | $81/mo Launch ($97/mo monthly) | $59/mo Starter |
| Mid-tier price (annual) | $164/mo Scale ($197/mo monthly) | $149/mo Scale |
| Top-tier price (annual) | $248/mo Optimize ($297/mo monthly) · $5,997/yr Dominate | $249/mo Skyrocket |
| Contact limits | Launch 10K · Scale 75K · Optimize 150K · Dominate 400K | Can add more without upgrading plans |
| Email send limits | 50K/mo · 300K/mo · 750K/mo · 2M/mo | No hard cap on sends — included with all plans |
| Transaction fees | 0% on ClickFunnels Payments · standard payment processor fees apply | 0% on every plan, every processor, every sale |
| Funnel/page builder | ✓ Funnels are the core strength | ✓ Page builder + funnel sequences + opt-ins |
| Courses | ✓ Capped: Launch 3 · Scale 6 · Optimize 10 · Dominate 20 | ✓ 10 on Starter, unlimited on Scale+ |
| Email marketing | Built-in but light — many users still pay for a separate email tool | Deep automations + segmentation + tagging on all plans |
| CRM | Basic contact management | Full native CRM with activity tracking, deals, and pipelines |
| Community | ✓ Added in 2.0 — widely described as basic | ✓ Native community on all plans |
| Affiliate program | Pro / Optimize tiers and up | Scale+ ($149/mo) |
| Workspaces | 1 / 5 / 10 / 20 | Multi-site included on Scale+ |
| Branded mobile app | — | — |
| Automations | Visual workflow builder — some users report bugs and missed sends | Native automations with triggers, conditions, multi-step workflows |
| AI features | Limited | AI transcripts & subtitles, AI-enhanced search, custom AI bots, Simplero.coach AI coaching |
| Support | Email and chat · reviewers cite limited 2.0 technical depth | Real humans. Fast. 232 of 289 testimonials mention support. |
| Company | Founded 2014 · Russell Brunson · hype-and-events brand | Founded 2009 · bootstrapped, profitable, independent |
ClickFunnels pricing pulled directly from clickfunnels.com/pricing. ClickFunnels itself charges no platform-side transaction fee — your payment processor (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) still takes its standard 2.9% + 30¢.
The difference that doesn't fit
in a feature matrix.
Same ambition. Different execution. Both ClickFunnels 2.0 and Simplero want to replace your stack — funnels, email, courses, community, CRM, payments. Simplero ships a calm, working version of that. ClickFunnels 2.0 has been live for years and reviewers still describe it as bloated, slow, and bug-prone. The difference shows up the first week.
Bootstrapped 17 years — the founder still answers customer emails. Not as a marketing line. Calvin built Simplero for his own coaching business and uses it every day. Your feature requests don't get filtered through a VP of product or a stage tour. They land in the inbox of the person who can ship them.
No movement, no Inner Circle, no "one funnel away." Simplero is software that does what it says, with a team that picks up the phone. We don't run conferences, we don't sell a $25K mastermind, and we're not building an audience around one personality. We're building a tool that respects you as the actual professional doing the work.
Founded 2009 · Bootstrapped · Proud of it.
What Simplero
customers say.
"I scored 12 platforms on a spreadsheet. Simplero won. I have never worked with a software company whose support team is fast, courteous, and knows what they're talking about."
"When I found Simplero, it literally changed my life. I migrated my entire business and never looked back. My income tripled, quadrupled in the last six years."
"I ended up paying my annual plan for Simplero in what I was paying for one month of all my subscriptions. And I had it just in one place."
"Over the years Simplero has become increasingly easier to use. What I love most is access to personal professional support. There are no chatbot-gates you have to get through to get support from an actual human."
Simple, honest
pricing.
Starter
$59 /mo
billed annually · or $70/mo monthly
10 products, 10 courses, 2 sites, 500 contacts. Funnels, opt-ins, email, courses, payments, website, automations — all in one place from day one.
Choose StarterScale ✦
$149 /mo
billed annually · or $179/mo monthly
Unlimited products, courses, and sites. Affiliates, helpdesk, upsells, text messages, API. Where most growing businesses land.
Choose ScaleSkyrocket
$249 /mo
billed annually · or $299/mo monthly
Everything in Scale plus unlimited storage, AI transcripts, AI bots, split testing, sales pipelines. The full power of the platform.
Choose SkyrocketAll plans include email delivery, video hosting, and zero transaction fees. Need more contacts? Add them in blocks — $15/mo per 2,500 above 10K. Pay annually, save 17%.
Quieter platform.
Same business outcomes.
14 days. Every feature unlocked. We'll help you migrate your funnels and offers from ClickFunnels, answer questions in plain English, and won't charge a dime if it's not a fit.
Founded 2009 · Bootstrapped · Proud of it.
Make it simplero™
