ChurchSoftware Accounting vs Tyler Eden

ChurchSoftware Accounting is a free accounting suite for churches, with fund tracking, income and expense records, and financial reporting. It can track designated funds for purposes such as missions, building projects, and benevolence, and record tithes, offerings, donations, bills, payroll, and ministry expenses. Reports include financial statements, giving reports, and custom summaries. Online giving and donations connect to accounting for automatic recordkeeping. The vendor says its core platform is free for eligible 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches, parachurch organizations, nonprofits, and mission organizations, with no fees or trial period. The free core also includes people, groups, and volunteer management; check-in; event registration and forms; a sermon library; a church mobile app; custom reports; and customer support. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Optional services have separate listed prices, including a church website for $59/mo and payroll for $25/mo + $9 per employee. The vendor says it serves churches ranging from church plants to multi-site megachurches.

Tyler Eden is a web-based ERP system for government organizations, with functions spanning finance, human resources, utility billing, and IT. Tyler's materials address clients in small cities, large counties, special districts, authorities, and school districts. Its financial management is described as multi-fund accounting with fiscal controls for grants, project costs, performance, and budgeting. Eden applications described by Tyler also include utility billing, permits and inspections, code enforcement, project accounting, licensing, cashiering, and Notify communications. Tyler describes phased rollouts, including an example for a smaller city with limited finance and IT staff. Time & Attendance can integrate with Eden to reduce or eliminate duplicate entry between timekeeping and payroll. For remaining Eden clients planning an upgrade, Tyler presents Enterprise ERP, powered by Munis, as an option. That product supports third-party integrations and real-time reporting. Tyler says its implementation team assists from the first implementation meeting through final signoff; Eden clients can submit support cases online at any time. Eden has no free plan, and pricing is available on request.