Flocknote vs KindEngage

Flocknote gives churches and ministries tools for communication, member records, events, and online giving. Users can send email or text messages to groups or individuals. Member records can include custom profile fields, household groupings, relationships, attendance, and documents. Signups cover registrations, RSVPs, polls, surveys, volunteering, and event payments. The Starter plan is free for life for 0–40 members; for 41–50 members it costs $10 monthly, and for 51–70 members it costs $17 monthly. Complete costs $75 a month plus the Starter price based on total members; for 0–40 members, it costs $75. Enterprise has custom pricing for diocesan and multi-campus organizations. U.S. plans include online giving without setup or monthly fees, but transaction fees are 1.1% plus 30¢ for ACH and 2.9% plus 30¢ for credit or debit cards. Administrators are advised to use a mobile browser; members can receive messages without downloading an app. Flocknote is web-based and offers email support.

KindEngage is a web-based fundraising and engagement platform for nonprofits and faith communities. It combines text-to-give, donation checkout, campaign links, and live donation displays with personalized mass texting and scheduled messages that can include photos, videos, and images. Automated workflows can send multi-step sequences using conditional logic and time-based triggers. Teams share a two-way inbox with assignment, internal notes, filtering, search, and conversation history. The platform lists Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier, Google Sheets, Stripe, Slack, Constant Contact, and more than 50 integrations; API access is available for custom integrations. KindEngage says its payment processing is PCI-compliant and supports TCPA and GDPR compliance with opt-in management and consent records. Nonprofits receive email and chat support, video training, and a resource library; premium plans add a dedicated account manager. The free plan covers organizations with under 500 contacts. Paid nonprofit pricing starts at $99.00 per month, with unlimited SMS recipients and email campaigns.