CDM+ vs Paxton Church & Charity Accounting Software
CDM+
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| Figure | CDM+ | Paxton Church & Charity Accounting Software |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | £50/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 11 | 4 |
| Spec score · Church Accounting Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Purpose | CDM+ is fund-accounting and management software built for nonprofit and faith-based organizations. | Paxton Church & Charity Accounting is built for charities and churches, combining fund accounting, donation handling and charity reporting. |
| Security | CDM+ says most hosting facilities are SOC-2 certified and remote access is limited to Suran staff using best-practice security controls. | Paxton states that its online service is hosted in a UK data centre with current security certificates and three password-protected security layers. |
| Support | Every plan includes introductory training, and CDM+ offers phone, online, and in-person training plus online documentation and videos. | Subscriptions include telephone and email helpdesk support, maintenance, updates and new features. |
Plans
CDM+
- CDM+ Essentials$25 a month
- CDM+ Starter$25 a month
- CDM+ Grow 1$50 a month
- CDM+ Grow 2$75 a month
- CDM+ Core$100 a month
- CDM+ Choice$50 a month
- CDM+ Complete$175 a month
- Essentials$25 a month
- GROW$50 a month
- Complete$175 a month
Paxton Church & Charity Accounting Software
- Standard£50 a month
- Standard£50 a month
- Advanced£75 a month
- Advanced£75 a month
In their own words
CDM+
CDM+ is fund-accounting and management software for nonprofit and faith-based organizations. Its accounting includes a fund-accounting general ledger, unlimited accounts, budgeting, bank reconciliation, and customizable reporting. Organizations can track designated and undesignated funds, transfers, expenses, and multiple entities; ledger activity has an unchangeable audit trail. Other capabilities include clergy payroll, electronic 1099 filing, online invoice payments by card or ACH, and receipt submission through the mobile app. Data Hosting comes with every plan and provides continuous database access, secure off-site daily backups, and automatic server upgrades. Plans start at $25 per month for one program and one user. SaaS subscriptions are paid monthly through automatic ACH withdrawals; annual payment is unavailable. Starter and Grow plans limit Individual and Giving Unit records, while Complete includes every program and unlimited concurrent user licenses. The product offers desktop software, Apple, Google, and Amazon mobile apps, and an API. Support is available by phone and email during weekday business hours.
Paxton Church & Charity Accounting Software
Paxton Church & Charity Accounting Software is paid accounting software designed for churches and charities. It runs through a cloud-hosted online version and a Windows desktop version, with access also listed for iOS, macOS and the web. Standard provides multi-fund accounting, purchase ledger, budgets, donations and Gift Aid, document attachments, Charity Commission reports, transaction imports, VAT processing through Making Tax Digital, user access levels, and telephone and email support. Advanced adds sales ledger, invoicing, sales analysis, foreign-currency processing, project analysis and project budgets. Reporting follows Charity Commission SORP requirements and can produce a SOFA in Charity Commission format. The software manages Gift Aid and creates an HMRC-format schedule. Bank transactions can be imported from statements, but there is no automatic bank feed. Standard costs £50 a month and Advanced £75 a month, excluding VAT, with a 30-day trial and no free plan.