ChurchCMS vs ChurchPlan

ChurchCMS is church management software for member administration, attendance, online giving, events, congregation communications, and a church website. Its CRM stores searchable member profiles, family links, giving and attendance history, messages, and printable QR membership cards. Giving supports one-time and recurring donations, donor records, statements, fundraising campaigns, and Stripe, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, and Paystack. A branded Android app provides sermons, events, giving, member messages, prayer requests, and a church calendar. The product exposes a REST API for core modules and describes payment and third-party integrations through it. Churches can self-host under the MIT license or use managed hosting. Self-hosting is free forever with all six core modules, the Android app, and no usage limits. Managed Hosting costs $29 a month; annual managed hosting costs $290 a year. A one-time installation service costs 99.00 USD. The maker says it serves small and medium churches, with no minimum congregation size.

ChurchPlan combines giving, events, member records, education, liturgies, calendars, and communications in a church app and administration portal. It serves churches and parishes, including dioceses and multi-church organizations. Giving accepts cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, with recurring donations and automated tax receipts; Stripe processes card transactions, and standard payment processing applies without added ChurchPlan fees. People records are unlimited and can connect household family relationships. Churches can publish events, take free or paid registrations, issue QR tickets, and check attendees in by mobile. Education tools cover curriculum and lesson plans, attendance tracking, and parent access to children's curriculum. Essentials is free forever and includes unlimited members, giving, automated receipts, a personalized church mobile app, donation links, and QR codes. Engagement costs $99 a month, billed $1,188 yearly, and adds events and ticketing, announcements, push notifications, and mobile admin search and outreach. Education costs $199 a month, billed $2,388 yearly. Enterprise has annual volume pricing and includes API access, webhooks, custom integrations, and dedicated support. The listed platforms are Android, iOS, and web.