Campium vs MyVBS

Campium brings camp registration, billing, attendance and communication into one platform. It is intended for day camps, sleepaway camps, bungalow colonies, after-school programs and youth organizations. Registration supports custom forms, document uploads, e-signatures, waitlists and session or product capacity limits. Billing includes family balances, card and ACH payments, payment plans, autopay, discounts and financial aid. Staff can record attendance and check-ins or check-outs, while families manage approved pickup permissions. Bus tracking provides a live GPS map, rider status and estimated arrival times. Medication records include dose and staff attribution, overdue-dose flags and access restrictions for authorized staff. The platform also supports staff scheduling, reports, mass email and SMS, announcements, targeted sends and one-way family messages. Contacts can sync with Mailchimp and Constant Contact, and QuickBooks is listed for accounting. Campium offers responsive web access and iOS and Android apps for parents and staff. There is no free version; pricing is discussed with the company, which offers a no-cost demo and setup walkthrough.

MyVBS is a free web platform for churches and organizations managing Vacation Bible School programs. Organizers can publish a registration website with a unique web address without needing web skills, allowing parents and volunteers to register online. Forms can collect standard and custom information and can be configured separately for children, volunteers, and other participant types. An account can manage multiple events and retain information from previous years. Organizers can sort participants by age or grade, create groups, assign volunteers to classes, and generate attendance rosters. Email tools support promotional and follow-up messages to parents and volunteers, including scheduled sends. MyVBS provides branding for nine Concordia Supply VBS themes and also allows users to use their own theme. The site directs organizers to Concordia Supply to browse and order VBS materials. The Free plan costs nothing, with no subscription costs or charges for features, and includes registration websites, participant and volunteer registration, event and group management, and email campaigns.