EDITION 2026

Pricing and evidence checked August 28, 2026

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The evidence records, funnel families, and scoring model behind this edition.

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{
  "publication": "The Funnel Field Guide",
  "edition": "2026 launch",
  "published_date": "2026-08-28",
  "updated_date": "2026-08-28",
  "evidence_checked_date": "2026-08-28",
  "pricing_checked_date": "2026-08-28",
  "product_count": 12,
  "evidence_ladder": [
    "Tested",
    "Demo observed",
    "Documentation verified",
    "Vendor stated",
    "Not verified"
  ],
  "funnel_jobs": [
    "Product & service sales",
    "Lead generation & qualification",
    "Agency & client management"
  ],
  "funnel_families": [
    {
      "name": "Lead generation & qualification",
      "fit": "involve.me",
      "detail": "For lead funnels that use answers to score prospects, calculate quotes, recommend products, and personalize follow-up."
    },
    {
      "name": "Direct-response checkout",
      "fit": "ClickFunnels",
      "detail": "For selling a product or service through sales pages, checkout, order bumps, and upsells."
    },
    {
      "name": "All-in-one marketing",
      "fit": "Systeme.io",
      "detail": "For a compact stack combining funnels, email, automation, and products."
    },
    {
      "name": "Agency & client management",
      "fit": "GoHighLevel",
      "detail": "For managing client accounts, sales pipelines, messages, bookings, and team permissions."
    },
    {
      "name": "Courses and memberships",
      "fit": "Kajabi",
      "detail": "For selling and delivering expert products, communities, and programs."
    },
    {
      "name": "Paid-traffic pages",
      "fit": "Unbounce",
      "detail": "For campaign pages, testing, traffic allocation, and paid-media iteration."
    },
    {
      "name": "WordPress checkout",
      "fit": "CartFlows",
      "detail": "For WooCommerce stores improving checkout, average order value, and recovery."
    }
  ],
  "funnel_completion_model": [
    {
      "dimension": "Page and experience creation",
      "weight_percent": 15
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Interactive qualification and routing",
      "weight_percent": 15
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Offer and checkout",
      "weight_percent": 15
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Contact record depth",
      "weight_percent": 10
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Native email follow-up",
      "weight_percent": 10
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Booking, handoff, and integrations",
      "weight_percent": 10
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Analytics and experimentation",
      "weight_percent": 10
    },
    {
      "dimension": "AI assistance",
      "weight_percent": 5
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Team and agency operations",
      "weight_percent": 5
    },
    {
      "dimension": "Stack cost and complexity",
      "weight_percent": 5
    }
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "slug": "involve-me",
      "name": "involve.me",
      "rank": 1,
      "evidence_type": "Documentation verified",
      "source": "https://www.involve.me/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Advanced",
        "crm": "Built in",
        "email": "Sequences",
        "checkout": "Payments",
        "booking": "Built in",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "clickfunnels",
      "name": "ClickFunnels",
      "rank": 2,
      "evidence_type": "Documentation verified",
      "source": "https://www.clickfunnels.com/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Basic",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Built in",
        "checkout": "Advanced",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "systeme-io",
      "name": "Systeme.io",
      "rank": 3,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://systeme.io/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Basic",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Built in",
        "checkout": "Built in",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Basic"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "gohighlevel",
      "name": "GoHighLevel",
      "rank": 4,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://www.gohighlevel.com/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Advanced",
        "email": "Built in",
        "checkout": "Payments",
        "booking": "Advanced",
        "analytics": "Dashboards"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "kartra",
      "name": "Kartra",
      "rank": 5,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://kartra.com/plans-and-pricing/",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Advanced",
        "checkout": "Built in",
        "booking": "Calendars",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "kajabi",
      "name": "Kajabi",
      "rank": 6,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://www.kajabi.com/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Built in",
        "checkout": "Built in",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "perspective",
      "name": "Perspective",
      "rank": 7,
      "evidence_type": "Documentation verified",
      "source": "https://www.perspective.co/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Logic",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Plan dependent",
        "checkout": "Connect",
        "booking": "Built in",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "heyflow",
      "name": "Heyflow",
      "rank": 8,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://heyflow.com/pricing/",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Advanced",
        "crm": "Connect",
        "email": "Replies",
        "checkout": "Plan dependent",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "getresponse",
      "name": "GetResponse",
      "rank": 9,
      "evidence_type": "Documentation verified",
      "source": "https://www.getresponse.com/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Built in",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Contacts",
        "email": "Advanced",
        "checkout": "Built in",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "cartflows",
      "name": "CartFlows",
      "rank": 10,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://cartflows.com/modern-cart-for-woocommerce/pricing/",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "WordPress",
        "qualify": "Plugins",
        "crm": "Connect",
        "email": "Recovery",
        "checkout": "Advanced",
        "booking": "Plugin",
        "analytics": "Built in"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "leadpages",
      "name": "Leadpages",
      "rank": 11,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://leadpages.com/pricing",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Advanced",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Connect",
        "email": "Connect",
        "checkout": "Connect",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Advanced"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "unbounce",
      "name": "Unbounce",
      "rank": 12,
      "evidence_type": "Vendor stated",
      "source": "https://unbounce.com/pricing/",
      "checked_date": "2026-08-28",
      "stack": {
        "pages": "Advanced",
        "qualify": "Forms",
        "crm": "Connect",
        "email": "Connect",
        "checkout": "Connect",
        "booking": "Connect",
        "analytics": "Advanced"
      }
    }
  ]
}