ChurchLume vs The Church Co

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.

The Church Co is a website builder and digital platform for churches and ministries. Its drag-and-drop builder offers templates and custom pages, while built-in features cover sermons, events, forms, prayer requests, small groups, sermon notes, online giving, livestreams, and a member portal. A branded church app can sync content with the church website and present sermons, events, forms, prayer requests, giving, groups, and livestreams. A custom app requires the On-demand team and is unavailable on the basic or premium plan. Listed integrations include Planning Center, Tithely, Church Community Builder, Church Suite, Stripe, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Optimize, Facebook, Intercom, and Drift. Planning Center can update events, registrations, groups, forms, giving, and sermons on the website automatically; online giving uses Stripe. The service runs on web, Android, and iOS and offers a 14-day trial. Setup options include a free Simple setup with a yearly subscription, plus one-time packages at $299.00, $799.00, and $999.00. The company offers customer success help, training materials, webinars, articles, and chat support.