Which Software Is Best?
ClickFunnels vs. Leadpages
I know that I've been leaving a lot of money on the table over the last few years. I've heard of other companies in my industry who are collecting customer emails and potential customer emails and then building a relationship with their email lists to increase sales. I knew that I should be doing that but how?

I did some research and learned that I needed to create something called a "sales funnel," which is a way to lead potential customers through the buying process. And in order to create a sales funnel I needed to create a landing page to capture email addresses of potential customers. So I started researching all of the top landing page software companies and got it down to the 2 most affordable and popular companies, ClickFunnels and Lead Pages. After speaking with business owners who have used one or both, I decided to use ClickFunnels.

I chose ClickFunnels because after watching a Click Funnels Webinar I realized that not only could I create great landing pages through ClickFunnels but I could create "complete" sales funnels and do a lot of other things to grow my business. I can set up my email auto responder through click funnels, create membership sites, manage affiliate programs and host my websites all through click funnels for a similar price to Leadpages, which only provides landing pages. So I canceled my auto responder account, my membership platform account and my website hosting accounts and now I only use click funnels for everything. I'm actually saving money each month by only using ClickFunnels. Not to mention the training Click Funnels provides that walks you through how to create successful funnels.

So far I'm happy with my choice. On the 1st day after creating my 1st funnel using ClickFunnels I got 2 new client (not leads, actual clients) through my funnel which was over $1000 in revenue so ClickFunnels has already more than paid for itself. And that was the 1st funnel I ever created. Since that 1st day I've gotten better at creating funnels and have made more money each day.

If you're looking to grow your business fast, I would suggest watching this webinar.  In the webinar, the Founder of Click Funnels explains the difference between Click Funnels and Lead Pages and then gives you an amazing ClickFunnels offer that you can only get on the webinar including a 14 Day Free Trial. He also provides information on a bunch of other free software tools that I'm currently using to grow my business. Enjoy the webinar.

Below is the best of the research I found on ClickFunnels vs. Lead Pages.
ClickFunnels is an exceptional landing page building tool. It is intuitive and easy, with a lot of great built-in templates.

As the name suggests, ClickFunnels is not just about landing pages. You can also create sales funnels. It might be somewhat similar to Leadpages regarding landing page designing, but it also has features beyond landing pages. 

There are funnel templates that will let you create and organize your entire sales funnel. Hence, it is evident that the landing pages you create using ClickFunnels are not a stand-alone landing page. 
They are part of a complete sales funnel. 

You can create various funnels for webinar registration, Thank You pages and so on. The best part is you can even accept payment through ClickFunnels. Sales are seamless with this tool.

ClickFunnels presents some impressive numbers! 

When we look at a detailed comparison with some of the other leading tools, we see that ClickFunnels offers a lot of functionality and features that others don't:
Features

Since ClickFunnels has already made it very easy to draw a comparison, I will quickly walk you through the main features of this tool:

• Easy and powerful drag and drop editor
• Landing page software
• Complete website hosting
• Professional themes and templates
• Simple WYSIWYG Editor
• Email autoresponder software
• A/B Split Testing
• Various Sales Funnels, aka ‘Funnel-in-a-box’
• Conversion tracking
• Membership sites
• Affiliate Management Program
• Opt-ins (Two step & Instant); and so much more.
Using ClickFunnels: Simple Steps

ClickFunnels gives you a detailed guide on how to use all of the tools including video training. There are images, GIFs, and videos to help you at every step.

1) The first step is to choose a Sales Funnel. ClickFunnels has six pre-built in funnels:
ClickFunnels- 6 Types of Sales Funnels

1. Bestseller Book Funnel
2. Product Launch Funnel
3. Perfect Webinar Funnel
4. The “Real Stuff” Funnel
5. Fishbowl Funnel
6. Networking Marketing Bridge Funnel

2) Drag and drop your message. Customize by moving elements as needed.

3) Setup the action sequences of your Funnel, like emails, texts, etc.

4) Launch your funnel
ClickFunnels Integrations

ClickFunnels allows integration of some of the familiar names like Mailchimp, AWeber, Drip, ConstantContact, Pureleverage, Sendlane and more. You can add shopping cart software like Strip, Infusionsoft, Clickbank, Taxamo, Ontraport and JVZoo too. But the great thing is, you can find most of the functionality of all of these tools within ClickFunnels so you can save a lot of money by canceling your other subscriptions and managing your complete sales funnels through ClickFunnels. 

ClickFunnels Pricing

They offer a 14 Day FREE Trial in the webinar, which fully explains each plan. The plans are:

Basic plan starting at $97/month. This includes:
• 20 Funnels 
• 100 Pages
• 20k visitors/month
• Integration with shopping cart CRMs and email autoresponders.

The value pack including ‘Actionetics’ and ‘Backpack’ comes at $297/month but there is a special promotion at the end of the webinar.

This is how ClickFunnels displays their value:
Role of Leadpages in Your Business

Leadpages can create landing pages but it does not have email marketing functionality. Leadpages helps you capture leads but without the ability to send emails to your leads, you need additional software.  

You might ask why should you use Leadpages? The answer is: If you only want to grow your email list, you may be able to do so effectively using Leadpages but you'll also need an email auto responder tool to send out emails to that list.

Leadpages Integration

Leadpages provides a host of integrations to make your job easy. Whether it is analytics or CRM, social media or email marketing, Leadpages allows you to integrate. Primarily, the Leadpages’ integrations can be segmented as:

Analytics

Without analytics, it is impossible to do anything. Unless you get detailed insights about your marketing efforts, you cannot strategize your next move. Leadpages allows integration with Google Analytics and is compatible with Google Tag Manager and all Javascript analytics platforms.
 
CRM

CRM integrations help in running successful campaigns after capturing leads. Leadpages integrates with Infusionsoft and Salesforce. It is also compatible with Zoho.
 
eCommerce

Are you running an online retail store? Well, Leadpages integrates with 1ShoppingCart and Interspire to leverage your eCommerce capabilities. Leadpages is also compatible with Shopify.
 
Email campaigns

This is the most important aspect. Leadpages integrates with a host of email marketing software, like Mailchimp, SendReach, GetResponse, iContact and much more.

Digital Advertising

Leadpages is compatible with Facebook Ads and Google AdWords, helping you to increase your traffic by sending targeted ads and dedicated PPC landing pages respectively.
 
Marketing Automation

LeadPages lets you integrate with Hubspot, Marketo, and Ontraport for advanced B2B and B2C campaigns.
 
Payment

Online payment is the future, and it has already begun! Leadpages is compatible with two of the most popular transaction tools: PayPal and Stripe.
 
Social Media

Integrate Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus to capture leads quickly. It is also compatible with the professional networking site LinkedIn.
 
Webinar

Here are two tools that can be integrated with Leadpages: GoToWebinar and WebinarJam/EverWebinar.
 
Website

You can use LeadPages if you are running your website on WordPress (Integrate the WP Plugin), Drupal, Joomla, Squarespace, Weebly and Wix (Compatible with Leadpages).

Leadpages Pricing

Leadpages offers monthly, annual and 2-year plans. The ‘Advanced’ plan is not available for annual subscriptions.

If you are opting for monthly subscriptions:

• Standard plan for Home Businesses and Solopreneurs starts at $37/month
• Pro Plan for Small Businesses and Professional Marketers starts at $79/month

The same plans are available at $25/month (Standard) and $49/month (Pro) when you opt for an annual subscription. For Marketing teams and agencies, you have to choose annual subscriptions. 
The ‘Advanced’ plan start at $199/month.
Leadpages vs ClickFunnels

I am sure after going through the details of both the tools, it is evident that ClickFunnels is more powerful.

Leadpages is a tool that has 1 primary focus... building landing pages. That’s all. The problem is we need more than just landing pages to build a successful sales funnel so we would need to piece together multiple pieces of software to really get value from Leadpages.

ClickFunnels goes beyond landing pages. It is a complete package that offers complete sales funnels. The landing page builder is a part of the entire funnel. ClickFunnels is a highly advanced version of Leadpages that is still very easy to use and provides a complete sales funnel in one tool.

In some ways the tools are similar. Some of the features common to both are:

• Creating landing pages using simple WYSIWYG Editor
• Landing pages are mobile responsive
• Host of themes and templates
• A/B split testing
• Two step opt-ins
• Webinar Funnels
• Instant opt-ins

However, ClickFunnels then takes it to the next level.

While both tools have Webinar funnels to promote online events, ClickFunnels offers advanced and automated Webinar Funnels.  ClickFunnels also provides:

• Smart email sequencing
• Full funnel conversion view, or, Tracking per page conversions
• Change funnel order on the go
• Easy page/funnel replication
• Member metrics
• Drip content
• Lock membership content
• Payment integrations
• And much more

ClickFunnels pricing is slightly higher than Leadpages but with all the additional features that ClickFunnels provides, you actually save money since you can cancel many of your other software subscriptions including your email auto responder. With the features and conversions you will get, this price is well worth it. 

Both of the tools have great dashboards, but the ClickFunnels dashboard wins with its flat icons and robust statistical data. Next, comes the editor. ClickFunnels has a powerful editor that gives more variety. Leadpages has some limitations when it comes to editing page structure and headlines. ClickFunnels customization option is a clear winner.  

The main reason I chose ClickFunnels is that it does many of the things I need to do to grow my business instead of just one thing. That's only one tool I have to learn, which saves me a lot of time on a daily basis. Who wants to learn, manage and PAY FOR 10 different software tools to manage different areas of a sales funnel. Not me! 

Regarding integrations, ClickFunnels surpass Leadpages with the payment integrations.  I'm not a techie guy so I've done my best here to explain the differences between ClickFunnels and Leadpages but you should really spend a few minutes viewing this webinar to get a full understanding of the features and functionality of ClickFunnels vs. Leadpages and make the best decision for your business.   
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