ChurchPlan vs ChurchSuite

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.

ChurchSuite is a set of connected products for organising church life, spanning contacts, children, bookings, small groups, rotas, calendars, giving, planning, attendance, and networks. Its Address Book module is required, powers the system, and stores adult contacts. Members can use My ChurchSuite to manage their details, sign up for events, join groups, handle rotas, and access church communications. The service is available in web browsers and through free Android and iOS apps. It also provides an API and Embed components with OAuth2 authentication for custom applications, plus integrations including BulkSMS, GoCardless, Mailchimp, PayFast, Planning Center Online, SAML2 SSO, Stripe, and Twilio. Stripe handles online card payments for event tickets, donations, and booking charges; ChurchSuite says it does not retain card details. Listed monthly plans for 0–99 active contacts are $15.50 for Address Book alone, $33.00 for Address Book plus two modules, and $56.00 for all ten modules. Larger-tier pricing is available on request. The monthly cost includes email support and access to support articles. Accounts include 2GB of file storage, with unlimited storage possible.