Self-hosted ClickFunnels alternative: install in 10 minutes

ClickFunnels starts at $97/month for 10,000 contacts and one workspace. Every plan above that is priced by contacts, workspaces and emails sent. Pricing is from clickfunnels.com, checked October 2026.

If you'd rather pay for a server than a subscription, you can run the whole stack yourself: page builder, checkout, upsells, CRM and email automation. This guide gets you from a blank VPS to a live funnel in about 10 minutes.

What you're installing

Launchtic is a source-available funnel builder you run on your own server. One install gives you:

• Drag-and-drop page builder with desktop and mobile breakpoints
• Funnels: landing → checkout → upsell / downsell → thank-you, with a custom domain per funnel
• Checkout on your own Stripe and PayPal accounts: one-time payments, subscriptions, order bumps and coupons, with no platform cut
• CRM: contacts, tags, custom fields, pipelines
• Email: broadcasts, sequences and behaviour-triggered workflows
• Built-in AI copy tools using your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or DeepSeek key

There's a live demo if you want to click around before installing anything.

The 10-minute budget

Step	Time
Create a VPS	1–2 min
Run the installer	2–5 min
Create the admin account	1 min
Add 2 DNS records and wait for SSL	1–5 min (sometimes longer)
Publish your first funnel from a template	2 min

DNS is the only step you don't control. Most providers update within minutes, but some take up to an hour.

Step 1: Get a server

Any VPS provider works: Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode and so on. You need:

• Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 12+
• 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
• Ports 80 and 443 free, so start from a fresh server with no nginx or Apache on it

A server that size costs roughly $5–20/month depending on the provider. Full specs are in the system requirements.

You'll also need a domain you can add DNS records to. Launchtic uses two subdomains: one for your dashboard (for example app.yourdomain.com) and one for published funnels (for example pages.yourdomain.com).

Step 2: Run the installer

SSH into the server as root (or a user with sudo) and run:

curl -fsSL https://launchtic.com/install | bash

The installer:

1. checks the server (ports, disk, RAM)
2. installs Docker if it's missing
3. generates secure passwords and keys
4. pulls the Launchtic images and starts the stack: web app, page renderer, background worker, PostgreSQL, Redis and Caddy

When it finishes, it prints the address to open, which is http://<your-server-ip>.

Port 80 or 443 already in use? Another web server is running. Stop it (systemctl stop nginx && systemctl disable nginx) and run the installer again.

Step 3: Create your admin account

Open the address in your browser. Enter your name, email, a password and a name for your first workspace.

Your workspace starts with six page templates (landing, checkout, upsell, downsell and thank-you) and two welcome emails, so you don't start from a blank canvas.

Step 4: Point your domains and get SSL

The wizard shows your server's IP. At your DNS provider, add two A records:

Type	Name	Value
A	app	your server IP
A	pages	your server IP

Click I've added the DNS records. Launchtic checks the records against three public DNS resolvers, issues free Let's Encrypt certificates and redirects you to https://app.yourdomain.com.

Using Cloudflare? Set both records to DNS only (grey cloud) during setup. If the proxy is on, Cloudflare answers with its own IPs and the certificate can't be issued. You can turn the proxy back on afterwards with SSL/TLS set to Full (strict).

Step 5: Publish your first funnel

1. Funnels → New Funnel, then pick a template
2. Edit the headline, form and button in the drag-and-drop editor
3. Click Publish

The funnel is now live on pages.yourdomain.com, and every form submission lands in CRM → Contacts.

Before you send any email, connect an email provider (Amazon SES, Mailgun, Resend or any SMTP) under Settings → Integrations → Email Settings. The SMTP guide walks through each one. To take payments, connect Stripe or PayPal as described in the payments guide.

What it costs compared with ClickFunnels

	ClickFunnels Launch	Launchtic Free (self-hosted)
Software	$97/mo ($81/mo billed yearly)	$0
Contacts	10,000	No limit set by the software
Funnels	Unlimited	Unlimited
Custom domains	5	Unlimited
Server	Included	~$5–20/mo, paid to your VPS provider
Email sending	50,000/mo included	Pay your email provider (Amazon SES charges about $0.10 per 1,000 emails)

The honest trade-offs

Self-hosting isn't free of effort:

• You run the server. Updates are one command (cd launchtic && curl -fsSL https://launchtic.com/update | bash), but backups and uptime are your responsibility.
• You bring your own email provider. That improves deliverability control, but it's one more account to set up.
• Launchtic is younger than ClickFunnels. It has no course or membership area yet, and the project is still labelled alpha.

If you're fine with those trade-offs, you get a funnel stack with no monthly software bill, no contact limits and nobody who can lock you out of your own data.

Next steps: read the full installation guide, or try the live demo first.