Excellerate vs MinistryPlatform
Excellerate
excellerate.comMinistryPlatform
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| Figure | Excellerate | MinistryPlatform |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.08/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 1 |
| Spec score · Church Management Software | 8.9 (#7) | 7.2 (#33) |
| Customization | Administrators can add fields, tabs, views, queries, picklists and reports, and can rename modules to fit church terminology. | Organizations can create fields, tables, and structures and customize reports to fit their needs. |
| Integrations | The maker lists contribution imports for services including PushPay, Tithely, Planning Center, Clover, PayPal, Stripe, and Givelify-SK for Atom. | Listed integrations include Realm Accounting, Growth Method, Verified First, MinistrySafe, Twilio, SendGrid, and multiple digital giving providers. |
| Reporting | Built-in and designer-created reports can be modified, emailed, mail-merged to Word and exported to Excel. | A product page describes real-time ministry dashboards and more than 200 customizable out-of-the-box reports. |
| Security controls | Contribution data can be protected with per-user read, update and delete permissions plus a database password. | Administrators can assign role rights down to the field level and restrict page access with filtered pages. |
| Support | Micro System Design documents telephone, email, remote assistance, report and view customization, and software-upgrade support. | ACS Technologies says its support department serves an average of 700 clients per day. |
Plans
Excellerate
- Basic desktop support$49 a year
- TrustRadius Basic cloud plan$49 a month
- Cloud Church Management (100 members)$50 a month
- Cloud solution (100 members)$50 a month
- Desktop support and upgrades$89 a year
- Desktop check-in add-on$145, paid once
- Desktop Church Management (100 members)$145, paid once
- Desktop solution (100 members)$145, paid once
- Multiple-computer desktop option$245, paid once
In their own words
Excellerate
Excellerate is church management software for organizing member and family records, attendance, giving, groups and visitor follow-up. Profiles can include customizable information alongside visits, meetings and small-group involvement. Visitor tools assign follow-up, capture results and feedback, and report on retention and assimilation. For groups and classes, the software supports attendance, online leader reporting and growth analysis. Contribution tools cover tithes and pledges, check scanning, imports from online giving services, statements and reports. Check-in can use barcodes, touchscreens or attendants for child pickup, events, youth and volunteers. ServePoint adds volunteer scheduling, reminders, conflict notifications and resource sharing. Users can adjust fields, tabs, picklists, views and reports; the support team also offers report creation. Excellerate has desktop products and Atom cloud access, which supports simultaneous users on computers, tablets and phones with automatic backups. The desktop church-management and check-in products are Windows-only and do not require internet access. Check-in can also work offline and at remote locations without a network. A 100-member desktop plan is listed at $145 once; cloud pricing is also listed.
MinistryPlatform
MinistryPlatform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.