Ten ways to build a sales funnel on WordPress, sorted by the part they actually do.
Most comparison posts list features. This one starts with the four stages of a funnel, shows which tools cover which stage, then asks four questions and names one. The tenth option is building it properly on your own site, which is sometimes the right answer. Prices change often, so each button goes to the current offer.
Attract
A stranger lands on a page
A landing page or offer page that loads fast and says one thing. Most funnel tools are judged here on templates, and that is the least important part.
Capture
They trade an email for something
An opt-in, a quiz, a quote request. The tool’s job is a form that works on a phone and lands in a list you own.
Convert
They pay
Checkout, order bumps, one click upsells, downsells. This is where the money actually is, and where cheap tools fall apart.
Keep
They stay bought
Receipts, subscription management, failed payment recovery, the next offer. Almost nobody shops for this, and it is what keeps revenue.
Four questions, one answer.
Most people land here already half decided. These are the four things that actually change the answer, and the last one changes it most.
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WP Funnels
Best overall WordPress funnel builder, no WooCommerce needed
Create landing pages, funnels and checkout flows without dragging WooCommerce along behind them. The lightest full funnel option that still does checkout properly.
Visual drag and drop funnel builder
Built in checkout and upsell flows
Analytics and conversion tracking
Stripe, PayPal and marketing integrations
Upsell Plugin
Best lightweight alternative for WordPress only funnels
Everything from landing page to checkout and upsells inside one plugin, with no SaaS platform and no WooCommerce extensions to maintain.
Stand alone funnel system, no WooCommerce
Upsell and downsell flows
One click order bumps
Clean, optimized checkout
CartFlows
Best for WooCommerce stores that want ready made funnels
Turns an existing WooCommerce store into a funnel engine with prebuilt templates. Tied tightly to Woo, which is either the point or the problem.
Pre designed funnel templates
One click upsells and order bumps
Native WooCommerce integration
Large community and tutorials
WooFunnels
Best advanced funnel builder for WooCommerce
Conversion optimized pages, custom checkouts and one click upsells for stores already committed to WooCommerce, with real A/B testing.
A/B testing for funnels
Opt in, upsell and thank you templates
Customizable checkout layouts
Deep WooCommerce integration
HighLevel
Our pick when the funnel does not need to live in WordPress
Funnels, a CRM, email and text messaging, booking calendars and automation in one hosted platform. Every lead lands in one place, follow up runs on its own, and you are not wiring five tools together. It takes a few weeks to learn properly, and it is a lot of platform if all you need is one page.
Funnels, websites, forms and surveys
CRM with pipelines and one shared inbox
Email, SMS, booking calendars and workflows
Free trial, then a flat monthly plan
ClickFunnels
Best standalone drag and drop builder
Hosted funnels with a big template library and email automation built in. You skip the tech setup and give up some control of the experience.
Proven funnel templates
Built in email automation
A/B testing and analytics
14 day free trial
Kartra
Best all in one business platform
Funnels plus CRM, automation, memberships and analytics in one system. Worth it only if you will actually use most of it.
Funnel builder and page designer
Built in email and automation
Membership management
Analytics dashboard
SamCart
Best checkout focused option
Not a site builder. A checkout that converts, for digital products, memberships and services sold from a site you already have.
High converting checkout pages
Built in upsells and order bumps
Subscription billing and trials
Analytics dashboard
ThriveCart
Best for advanced checkouts and one time pricing
Checkout optimized with upsells, downsells and cross sells, and a lifetime license instead of a monthly fee. Connects to the WordPress site you keep.
One time lifetime pricing
Built in affiliate management
Coupon and promotion tools
Detailed conversion tracking
A custom funnel
Best when your sale has rules a plugin cannot hold
Every tool above assumes the same shape: a product, a price, a checkout. Plenty of businesses do not sell that way. Deposits before scheduling, eligibility before pricing, an approval before an invoice, a quote that depends on six answers. That is where funnel builders get glued to three other plugins and start breaking on updates.
We build the path as a system instead: Gravity Forms for the asking, Gravity Flow for the routing and approvals, Stripe or WP Simple Pay for the money, inside the WordPress site you already own and pay for.
Conditional intake that asks the next right question, not all of them
Deposits, part payments, approvals and sign offs in the path
Pricing rules, eligibility and territory logic you can change later
Every step timestamped and searchable, exportable whenever you want
No per user fees, no platform to migrate off in year three
Included on an Operating plan from $1,600 a month, or a one time build from $6,000.
Talk about your sale Our own work, no affiliate linkMost service businesses do not need a funnel builder.
If you sell one or two things and the money comes from phone calls and quotes, a fast page, a short form and a Stripe checkout will outperform a funnel plugin that nobody maintains. We teach that setup free, and we build it on every Growth Plan.
Funnel builders earn their keep when you have a real product catalogue, repeat offers, or enough traffic that a one percent lift in checkout is worth more than the subscription. If that is you, the tools above are the ones we would actually install.
Tell us what you are selling and we will tell you what to use.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. If the answer is a form and a payment link, we will say so, and show you how to build it.