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Systeme.io vs Bumbi: which all-in-one actually sells for creators?
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Bumbi is a platform for creators who sell digital products: ebooks, courses, templates and presets. It puts the whole funnel in one account: pages, webinars, WhatsApp, email, checkout, delivery, courses and affiliates, and it starts free. New here? Read what Bumbi is and how it works.
Funnels and pages
Funnels and landing pages you finish in an afternoon
The painYou wanted to sell one ebook and ended up with a funnel map before the first page was live.
Bumbi gives you the whole funnel from one screen: a landing page from a template, a checkout link, a thank-you page with the file, and the follow-up behind it. Open the visual builder, insert a template, swap the headline, image and button, check the phone view and publish. Systeme.io does this well too; the difference is that Bumbi's page is already wired to a local checkout and a WhatsApp follow-up. Read how to build a landing page in Bumbi. Pages: Free 3, Growth 10, Elite unlimited.
A funnel you finish before dinner, not a project.
Pasted HTML
Host a page that Claude or ChatGPT wrote, as it is
The painAn AI wrote you a beautiful sales page, and most builders want you to rebuild it block by block.
Bumbi hosts that file as it is: create a page, choose "Paste your HTML", paste, and the styles, fonts and images render as written. Drop in your Bumbi registration form code so sign-ups land in Bumbi, or point the button at your checkout link, on your yourname.bumbi.io address or, on Elite, your own domain. See how to add custom code to your landing page.
Build with the best tool you have, host where the checkout lives.
Email and recovery
Email automations and abandoned checkout recovery
The painMost visitors are not ready today; the sale often happens on day two or three.
Bumbi runs email automations on your lists: a welcome when someone joins, a nudge the next day, a last call before a deadline, each with a delay or a set time of day, name variables, and opens and clicks per email. Anyone who starts checkout and does not pay gets up to three reminder emails under your name that stop the moment they buy, on every plan. Email automations start on Starter; Free includes 2,000 emails as a lifetime allowance. See how to set up a webinar follow-up sequence.
Buyer left the checkout at 9:04 pm
- Email 1, about 15 minutes later"You were almost done with Interview Prep Guide"
- Email 2, about 1 hour laterWhat the guide includes, one button back to checkout
- Email 3, next morning at 8:30Short, direct, same link. Then it stops.
The sale happens on day two. Be there without lifting a finger.
WhatsApp follow-up from your own number
The painYour buyers reply on WhatsApp, not email, and nobody can chat all day.
Bumbi connects your own WhatsApp number and sends follow-ups from it: a welcome the moment someone buys or signs up, a nudge the next day, a last call before a price goes up, with the first name filled in, and it stops when the person buys. WhatsApp automations start on Starter; Free includes 300 messages as a lifetime allowance. The WhatsApp automations release note shows the setup.
Follow up where buyers read, from the number they already know.
Groups
WhatsApp groups that fill themselves
The painYou announce a free class, 300 people want in, and you add numbers all evening.
Bumbi admits people through one link, fills a fresh group in rotation when one is full, and sends scheduled messages and broadcasts to all of them. A group can also be attached to a course, so a new student gets the join link with their access. WhatsApp groups start on Starter. Read the WhatsApp Group Automation release notes.
One link, and the groups run themselves.
Webinars
Automated webinars and VSL funnels that sell every day
The painA page sells a cheap guide. A bigger programme needs a class, and you cannot teach it live every evening.
Bumbi runs your recording as scheduled live sessions: registration page, reminder emails and WhatsApp reminders, a room with chat, an offer card with a countdown at the minute you choose, and a replay for latecomers. A VSL funnel puts a sales video over the offer on one page. Webinars: Growth 1, Elite 7. VSL offers: Starter 1, Growth 3, Elite 5. Read what a webinar funnel is and how to add an offer to your webinar room.
Record once, sell every evening.
Courses and memberships
Courses, memberships and coaching in the same library
The painThe course lives on one platform, the community on another, and the booking link somewhere else again.
Bumbi Courses gives you sections and lessons of six kinds: video, text, quiz, assignment, download and live session. Quizzes have a pass mark and a set number of attempts, lessons can unlock on a drip schedule, and finishers get a certificate with a code anyone can check. Memberships renew weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly, and coaching gets a booking page where the buyer picks a slot right after paying. Published courses: Free 1, Starter 3, Growth and Elite unlimited; see which Bumbi plan fits which creator.
Interview Prep Masterclass
Course, community and call, one login for the student.
Checkout and payouts
Checkout in local currencies, and the money in your own bank
The painA buyer in another country meets a price in a currency they do not use, and closes the tab.
Bumbi shows buyers in other countries the price in their own currency where supported, and the page confirms the payment by itself. Checkout is built for 99.9% payment uptime, and it is on the Free plan, free forever.
Every sale lands in your Wallet, and each withdrawal is confirmed with a code sent to your email.
Buyers see a price they understand; you get paid at home.
Delivery and bumps
Delivery, a buyer library and order bumps
The painA funnel is only worth building if the thing at the end arrives on its own, and the order gets bigger.
Bumbi delivers the moment a payment is verified: files on the thank-you page plus an access link by email, kept in the buyer's library at bumbi.io/access. There is no cap on products. An order bump is a tick box on the checkout, paid in the same payment. All on every plan.
Same buyer, same moment, bigger order, delivered on its own.
Affiliates and ad tracking
Affiliates, verified reviews and ad tracking
The painYour links reach your followers, and you cannot tell which post or ad brought the sale.
Bumbi lets other people sell your product for a share of each sale, on every plan: switch a product on for affiliates, set what each earns, and they get a portal and tracked links. After each purchase, Bumbi asks the buyer for a review, shown as "Verified purchase" on your product page. For ads, paste your Meta Pixel ID in Integrations and Bumbi adds it to your pages and checkout, no code. Read how webinar affiliate marketing works, how to add retargeting pixels to your funnel, and the limits on the pricing page.
Other people's audiences, proof beside the product, ads that see your sales.
Who should pick which
Systeme.io or Bumbi: which one fits you?
Pick Bumbi if
- You sell digital products, courses or coaching to buyers at home and abroad and want them to pay in their own currency where supported.
- Your buyers reply on WhatsApp, and you want the follow-up and the webinar next to the checkout.
- You want to start free and pay only when you need more webinars, pages or seats.
Pick Systeme.io if
- Your buyers already pay without trouble and WhatsApp is not where they live.
- You run a blog and a newsletter as the centre of your business and the products are an extra.
- Either way, test one real purchase from a buyer in your main market on each before you decide.
How to switch
How to switch from Systeme.io to Bumbi
Create your account
Sign up at bumbi.io/signup; no card needed, and the Free plan is free forever.
Rebuild your pages
Open Funnels, then Pages. Use a template, or ask Claude or ChatGPT for one HTML file and paste it in. There is no importer, so each page is rebuilt by hand.
Add your products and courses
Open Commerce, then Store, add each product with its price and attach the files; rebuild each course from its sections and lessons.
Connect WhatsApp and email
Connect your WhatsApp number in Settings, write the welcome message once, then import your contacts into a list and set up the email automations.
Swap the links and save your bank
Put the new links in your profiles, pinned posts and signature, keep the old pages live for a month, and save your payout account in the Wallet.
Verdict
Bumbi team scorecard: our hands-on test, October 2026
Our verdict: Bumbi 9.2 out of 10, Systeme.io 5.9. We built the same course funnel on both, sold to buyers at home and abroad, then tried to follow up. Systeme.io is a genuinely good all-in-one for pages, email and courses; Bumbi had the same funnel live plus WhatsApp, the webinar and a local Wallet the same afternoon.
5.9/10 overall
9.2/10 overall
| Category | Systeme.io | Bumbi |
|---|---|---|
| Funnels, landing pages and templatesTemplates, a visual builder and pages wired to the checkout. | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Pasted HTML pagesHost the page Claude or ChatGPT wrote, as written. | 6/10 | 9.5/10 |
| Email automations and cart recoverySequences, campaigns, three reminders for abandoned checkouts. | 7.5/10 | 8.5/10 |
| WhatsApp automation from your own numberWelcome, nudge and last call from the number buyers know. | 3/10 | 10/10 |
| WhatsApp group automationOne join link, groups that rotate, scheduled broadcasts. | 3/10 | 9.5/10 |
| Automated webinars and VSL funnelsRecord once, scheduled sessions, countdown offers, replays. | 6/10 | 9/10 |
| Courses, memberships and coachingLessons, quizzes, certificates, renewals, bookings. | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Local checkout and payoutsThe buyer's own currency where supported, withdrawals to your own bank. | 4.5/10 | 9.5/10 |
| Delivery and order bumpsBuyer library and a bump at checkout. | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Affiliates, reviews and ad trackingAffiliates on every plan, verified reviews, Meta Pixel without code. | 7/10 | 9/10 |
Scores are the Bumbi team's opinion from hands-on testing in October 2026. Features change, so check each platform's site for their latest.
FAQ
Systeme.io vs Bumbi: questions people ask
Is Bumbi a good Systeme.io alternative for creators?
Yes, if you sell your own digital products and want more than pages and email. Bumbi gives you funnels, email automations, WhatsApp follow-up from your own number, automated webinars, courses and a checkout in local currencies, in one account. In our October 2026 test Bumbi scored 9.2 and Systeme.io 5.9.
Does Bumbi have email automations like Systeme.io?
Yes, for the emails that sell. Bumbi runs welcome sequences, follow-ups and campaigns on your lists with delays, send times and name variables, plus abandoned checkout reminders. It has no newsletter designer or big template gallery, so a pure newsletter business may still want a dedicated email tool.
Does Bumbi send WhatsApp messages from my own number?
Yes. Connect your number in Bumbi's Settings and automations go out from it: a welcome when someone buys or signs up, a nudge the next day, a last call before a deadline, with the first name filled in. Group automation uses the same connection. WhatsApp is on Starter and up.
Can I host my courses on Bumbi?
Yes. Bumbi Courses has sections and lessons of six kinds, quizzes with a pass mark, drip schedules and certificates, with videos streamed from YouTube, Vimeo, Bunny Stream or any HLS link. Students log in to bumbi.io/access with an emailed code. Courses: Free 1, Starter 3, then unlimited.
How do buyers pay on Bumbi, and how do I withdraw?
Buyers pay on one checkout page that confirms the payment by itself, and buyers in other countries see and pay in their own currency where supported. Sales land in your Bumbi Wallet, and you withdraw to your saved bank account with an emailed code.
What do I lose by leaving Systeme.io?
Whatever is stored there: pages, automations and purchase history. Bumbi has no importer, so each page, product and course is rebuilt by hand. Your contact list comes with you, past students can be enrolled from a CSV, and buyers keep everything they buy on Bumbi.
Build the funnel, run the follow-up, get paid in your own currency
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