Assemblea vs SimpleServ

Assemblea is web-based church management software for member records, giving, events, attendance, and finances, designed around evangelical and Protestant congregations. Member profiles can link families and record church acts and roles. Event tools support attendance check-in, named guests, child check-in with printed security codes, and a public calendar with an iCal feed. A guided importer has presets for exports from Planning Center, Breeze, ChurchSuite, and ChMeetings, plus a generic CSV option. Members can use a password-free magic link to update profiles, view giving, manage recurring gifts, confirm volunteer shifts, join groups, and browse events. Online donations go directly to the church’s Stripe account; Assemblea charges a 1% platform fee plus standard Stripe processing fees. The maker says data is hosted in the European Union, encrypted, and GDPR compliant. Security controls include field-level encryption for sensitive notes and prayer requests, granular permissions, and a tamper-evident audit trail. Churches can export, restrict, or erase an individual’s data using built-in tools. The responsive product works on phones and tablets without installation. The Free plan costs nothing; paid plans are Starter at $19/mo and Pro at $49/mo.

SimpleServ is web-based volunteer scheduling software for small churches. Coordinators can email service requests and see confirmations on a dashboard; volunteers accept or decline using email buttons, without an account or app download. Churches can save weekly services as templates and add the next unscheduled week with one tap. For open roles, the fill feature proposes volunteers asked least recently, while skipping people marked away or already serving. Starter and Pro include reminders after 48 hours without a response and the day before a service. Volunteers can add accepted assignments to iPhone, Google or Outlook calendars, and churches can import volunteer names, contact details and teams from CSV. The free plan is $0 forever and supports up to 5 volunteers and 1 admin account. Starter costs $15 per month and supports up to 50 volunteers; Pro costs $35 per month and supports up to 200. A 14-day trial is listed. Two-way text messaging and Pro reporting are listed as coming soon.