ChurchRaise vs ChurchTools

ChurchRaise is a web-based church management platform from Faith Systems for people, giving, communications, events, and ministry administration. It includes household records, online giving, bulletins, events, groups, forms, reports, a website builder, and service planning. Child check-in, volunteer scheduling, and SMS messaging are listed, but there is no mobile app. Nine AI assistants can help draft newsletters, plan sermons, and generate graphics. Each account starts with 1,000 free Ministry Credits; additional credits cost extra, and AI is optional for core use. The Free Platform plan has no monthly platform fee, unlimited people, and no feature gates for core ChMS features. Churches can import people, households, groups, and giving history using CSV templates with guided setup. Integrations include Zapier, Slack, Vanco, QuickBooks, Stripe, Square, Google, Outlook, and MinistrySafe. The service says churches receive 100% of donations, while processing uses tips or a service fee plus standard Stripe fees.

ChurchTools is church management software with modules for people, groups, posts, calendars, resources, events, wiki, check-in, chat, Sync and finances. It is designed for Christian churches and congregations of different denominations and sizes, from church plants to multi-site churches. Each package includes unlimited groups, calendars, events, wiki sites, chats, check-ins and reports, as well as a church app, 5 GB of storage, integrations, an open API, a writing assistant, ChurchTools Academy and email support. The service has web access and Android and iOS apps; the mobile app can be signed into several installations at once. ChurchTools lists more than 800 REST API endpoints, with API access free of charge. Packages start at $39 a month, billed monthly, with a 30-day trial and no free plan. Package XS allows 100 people, no additional campuses, 10 resources and 20 rosters. The service was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.