ChurchLume vs Digital Church

ChurchLume is a web platform for building a church website and managing online ministry activity. Website Studio lets teams visually edit pages, sections, images, and content before publishing. The ministry hub combines giving, events, forms, prayer, live streaming, and people management. Churches can create branded watch and attend-online pages, collect registrations and prayer requests, and use workflows, reminders, and structured journeys for follow-up. Giving supports Zelle, Stripe, and provider-based options. Launch tools include domain setup, checklists, templates, and readiness cues. Starter costs $29 per month and includes a ChurchLume subdomain, website and studio, events and forms, prayer requests, and basic people management. Growth costs $59 per month and adds a custom domain, email notifications, unlimited people and teams, and analytics. Pro costs $99 per month and adds SMS notifications, advanced automations, multi-campus support, and priority support. A 14-day trial requires no credit card and can be cancelled at any time.

Digital Church is a web- and API-accessible suite for managing church online ministry through a website or app. Its website builder supplies templates for more than 20 page types. The event calendar supports free or paid registrations and connections to streaming services. Sermon publishing can pull from YouTube automatically and handle notes, PDF downloads, audio podcasts, and series. The platform also includes online giving, live streaming, forms, and private small-group spaces for communication and sharing worksheets or notes. Forms can use Digital Church, Elexio, or Planning Center sources. Stripe Giving accepts card donations through Stripe Connect and routes them to the church’s connected Stripe account. The Unlimited plan includes hosting, updates, backups, security, and full content management for one website. A native app is not included in that plan but can be added for $49/mo. Plans are billed monthly: Starter is 19.00 USD, Standard 39.00 USD, Premium 59.00 USD, and Unlimited 199.00 USD. A 45-day trial is available, and there is no free plan.