# Elvanto Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Elvanto the right Membership Management solution for you? Explore 126 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/125780/Elvanto/reviews --- Elvanto 4.5 (126) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/125780/Elvanto/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Elvanto Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews JM Jana M TreasurerReligious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I liked the reports I could run, the information I could maintain, how to group people and families.“ June 26, 2023 MP Monica P Lead PastorReligious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It is challenging for onboarding people (can be difficult for new users to get the hang of it); it is not always intuitive in functions.“ April 14, 2025 GW Greg W Lead PastorReligious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “This product offers everything you need for a church management software.“ May 18, 2023 GW Greg W Lead PastorReligious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I have messaging on tithe.ly but I can't use it with Elvanto.“ May 18, 2023 JK Jason K ManagerAccounting, Self-employedUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “I like the ease of use, quickness of operations.“ October 25, 2024 JA Janet A AdministratorReligious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “There were also a few bugs like the expanding menus on the left side of the screen not going away when I went away from that menu.“ February 1, 2023 NC Nathan C IT DirectorReligious Institutions, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “They have lots of built in stuff that helps you accomplish tasks, and they allow you to adjust just about everything to your needs.“ January 22, 2023 SC Sherie C Vice President Religious Institutions, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The one thing that I do not care for is that it doesn't appear that you can rescind a category once created. If there is a way to do this, I have not been able to figure it out.“ May 9, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 126 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Curt S. Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Super Easy to Use" September 1, 2019 5.0 Tithely has been a great addition to our online giving mechanism. The forms presented to the user are super clean and easy to use. We have had no major issues at all. Any questions we have had have been answered by the Tithely support people quickly. Pros Tithely makes it easy to track online giving. Users are immediately issued a customizable giving receipt when donations are made. Reports can be run with just a few mouse clicks. There are options for recurring giving, which makes it easy for people to setup automated donations on a recurring basis. Cons Emails to notify that donations have been received are sent only once per day. These emails contain no details whatsoever how much was given, how many donations were received, etc. Clicking a link in said email is required to view the actual donations. This isn't terrible, and I can see why they did this (for privacy reasons, as well as to keep the admin's inbox from getting cluttered with repetitive emails), but a tad more info, such as the total for the day, would be nice to have. Review Source MP Monica P. Lead Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Elvanto for Church Database Management" April 14, 2025 5.0 Very positive; we originally moved to Elvanto from another church database management system because of cost and the excellent customer service Elvanto provided; this was in the early years of Elvanto starting up. Pros Its integration with Tithely and our website platform; app integration; ability to send reminders, emails, text messages to church members and volunteers; scheduling reminders. Cons It is challenging for onboarding people (can be difficult for new users to get the hang of it); it is not always intuitive in functions. Switched from [CCIS Church Management Software](https://www.capterra.com/p/13491/CCIS-Church-Management-Software/) Cost and easier use, more features, more customization, better email capabilities; integration with website and giving platforms Review Source KK Kirsten K. Children's Pastor Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awkward and difficult" July 17, 2016 3.0 After a year of searching for an "all inclusive" church management software, we landed on Elvanto. Unfortunately, it's been difficult to implement, not user-friendly, and most of the features we look for ended up being such long processes it's never really stuck. Support is a timezone away and many of our issues come back with a "not our fault." 3 years in, and we've had so many bad experiences that half our staff team is unwilling to even try to make it work anymore. This may be a one-stop-shop, but without serious tech experience on your staff, and a high commitment level from the users, it's just not worth it. Pros \[Should be\] everything in one: it was meant to get rid of the myriad of different systems we used for child checkin, accounting, communications, booking venues, and volunteer follow up... They recommend having a dedicated technician for the first 2 years full-time to help integrate. I can see why, but that's just not in our (or many church) budgets, and without it we just couldn't seem to get off the ground. Cons Child checkin: only supports one printer (the most expensive & most glitchy), doesn't work well with Macs, couldn't get the iPad/tablet system to work at all, and tech support was pretty slim. After 3 years, parents still aren't used to the system (not intuitive). Bookings: allows users to double book spaces without flagging problems to an overseers - people assume since they "booked it" it's fine, but program just puts duplicate entries rather than denying access. Accounting: after a month of training, our accountants vetoed using the software, saying it was too complicated and didn't accomplish their needs. Volunteer management: allows for some management, if you have a consistent team. If your team changes weekly, then you might as well just email them yourself - there's no nice solution for this. Review Source Response from Tithe.ly October 20, 2016 Sorry to hear about your bad experience Kirsten. It really sounds like our customer support was lacking in your case as some of the issues you have faced (like setting up multiple check-in printers and getting them to work) should be easy to sort out. At this stage we are stuck with DYMO label printers (those expensive ones you mentioned) simply because other label printers don't have good web support. We are keeping an eye on the other manufacturers and will integrate with them as soon as we can! Bookings I believe we did have a bug where it wasn't bringing up conflicts but this has been fixed since. We're constantly improving and fixing any bugs that appear. Accounting is not something we fully support. We focus on tracking giving and let proper accounting software to handle that side of things. We plan to create some integrations though. Lastly volunteer management. We've recently released scheduling preferences that should help make it easier to manage volunteers. NC Nathan C. IT Director Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product with a steep learning curve" January 22, 2023 4.0 I’ve enjoyed the journey. It’s been fun to dig into the product and feel like we got a custom setup for our church. Anyone who wants to get a product and really spend some time tweaking it to be perfect for their church will enjoy Elvanto. Pros I’ve had dozens of requests from staff members for something they would like to do in Elvanto. Every time, I’ve been able to adjust the program to match what was requested. It’s just that flexible. They have lots of built in stuff that helps you accomplish tasks, and they allow you to adjust just about everything to your needs. Cons With a great amount of flexibility comes a great amount of setup and learning. It took me a couple of weeks to get us started and many more weeks tweaking things to our liking. This is not the product for you if you need a simple deployment or don’t like software. Alternatives considered [Planning Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/76708/Planning-Center/)[Realm](https://www.capterra.com/p/146265/Realm/)[Tithely Church Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/132513/Breeze-ChMS/) Reason for choosing Elvanto It was the only one that gave us online management, and group reports like we wanted. Switched from [ACS](https://www.capterra.com/p/2668/ACS/) Way more features, specifically kids checkin, and accessing it online instead of through an old program. Review Source JM Jana M. Treasurer Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Okay but Tithe.ly integration a bit bumpy" June 26, 2023 4.0 I only used Elvanto as an integration with Tithe.ly and my experience soured on the lack of support offered for this platform. Pros Elvanto did people management very well in my opinion. I liked the reports I could run, the information I could maintain, how to group people and families. Very user friendly. Cons The giving integration with Tithe.ly that was only one-way was a source of irritation. Switched from [FlockBase](https://www.capterra.com/p/98528/FlockBase/) I made the switch to integrate online giving with the People and Church Management portion. Review Source CB Clint B. Director of Media & Communications Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Tithe.ly ChMS gives us the mechanism to track discipleship " August 19, 2019 5.0 Overall, I'm excited to see how Tithe.ly ChMS transforms our daily work flow and impacts church growth. It's seems like a very cool company that has a great product and we're happy to be partnering with them! Pros What's great about Tithe.ly ChMS is how discipleship-centric it is. The People manager is easy to use and easy to manage. The People Flow feature gives a very unique and useful way to place people - new guests, people on discipleship pathways, etc.. - in a specific flow so that they don't fall through the cracks. We'll now have the ability to get some true metrics beyond just attendance on Sunday. My other favorite feature is the Services feature, which gives us the same capability as Planning Center, but doesn't have the people limitations. We will soon drop our Planning Center subscription because Tithe.ly fills that need. Cons The part of the experience that was the least enjoyable was migrating data from our old system to Tithe.ly. First line support seemed to be out of order in where we were in the process. Once we got connected with our migration specialist at Tithe.ly, it got a lot better. He was very knowledgeable and was able to answer just about every question. Alternatives considered [Planning Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/76708/Planning-Center/)[Realm](https://www.capterra.com/p/146265/Realm/)[ChurchStaq](https://www.capterra.com/p/211982/ChuchStaq/) Reason for choosing Elvanto Tithely offered the best combination of features, intuitive use, cost, and the best connected giving platform. Switched from [ACS](https://www.capterra.com/p/2668/ACS/) ACS ChMS was unusable in the modern day. And of the features it offered, we couldn't take advantage of any of them because it was so hard to use. Review Source JA Janet A. Administrator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Better than most, but could be better" February 1, 2023 4.0 I will say that my experience with Elvanto was pretty good. I was able to figure out how to do things much easier than with other systems. I just wish it had a more modern look and feel and that some of the bugs mentioned in the "Cons" section were fixed. It just felt, as I mentioned above, a little clunky. But, overall, it did what we needed it to do and it had a wide range of features, so I call that a good product. Pros Easier to use that other church management software, it had a lot of features we were looking for, lots of customization options, lots of great options for membership directory Cons I wish it had a more modern looking/feeling interface. There were still some features that felt a bit clunky (For example, I wasn't exactly sure what my login information was because I always logged in via Tithely. I wish that the login process was more clear, especially coming from an outside source like Tithely.). There were also a few bugs like the expanding menus on the left side of the screen not going away when I went away from that menu. Switched from [Pushpay](https://www.capterra.com/p/142580/Pushpay/)[ChurchStaq](https://www.capterra.com/p/211982/ChuchStaq/) The customer service was much better and the system was WAY easier to use. Review Source DT Douglas T. Young Adult Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool to help churches be more organized" October 10, 2019 4.0 We are solving the issue of ensuring no one falls through the cracks at our church. Being a church of almost 500 people, we could no longer just store information on excel spreadsheets and in our minds. This system helps us to better care for our people. No longer do we need to use multiple google spreadsheets to manage different areas of our church since we do only the managing within the system. In only a few months using the system, we are already seeing a great benefit. Pros I like that I can both see at a high level how many people are coming to our church, how many people are attending small group, how people are getting engaged, etc. and also drill down into specific people to see how they individually are involved. Getting both a macro and a micro view help pastors to better care for the church as a whole and individual people. Cons There is a learning curve to understanding the product, especially since it has a LOT of features. I certainly could not "hit the ground running with it". This also impacts other users. I need to make sure I adequately train users so that they do not make errors while using the system. Alternatives considered [Tithely Church Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/132513/Breeze-ChMS/) Reason for choosing Elvanto Tithe.ly seems to have a good sense of where they want to go. They seem to have a clear vision to expand their product and integrate their different offerings (app, giving, ChMS), which is really exciting to us. I imagine Tithe.ly will one day have many offerings to meet many different church software needs. Review Source JE Josh E. Executive Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Expansive Church Management System" May 23, 2019 5.0 Pros Tithe.ly purchased Elvanto. I've been an Elvanto client since 2016. I'm a huge fan of the types of reports you can run on this church management platform. It's very easy to create groups to manage people and there are so many integrations with other services. Cons It takes a WHILE to import contacts from a previous church management system. A great feature is you can create so many fields on this platform but that requires a lot of detailed work when importing contact cards from a previous platform. Alternatives considered [FellowshipOne](https://www.capterra.com/p/230779/Fellowship-One/)[ChurchStaq](https://www.capterra.com/p/211982/ChuchStaq/) Reason for choosing Elvanto I was previous using Church Community Builder but it didn't have the features that Tithe.ly did. Review Source EV Elizabeth V. Bookkeeper Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lots of features but not super user friendly. " July 6, 2023 4.0 Pros That it can group contacts together. Also that I can schedule emails. Cons The set up for registration for an event is very clunky with so many steps & seems too complicated. Several times I’ve had to call support because it wasn’t working to find I had one thing not clicked in all the options so it wouldn’t work. Switched from [Planning Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/76708/Planning-Center/) Elvanto was included for free with the Tithe.Ly service we purchased. Review Source JT John T. Deacon Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very happy with Elvanto cloud based mobile friendly Church Management System" October 20, 2016 5.0 We were looking for a church membership database software that was cloud based and mobile friendly so that all our pastoral staff could access it anytime, on the go, from anywhere, on any device, without installing any software. We also needed it to support Chinese characters, and Elvanto was one of the few that worked for us. After signing up for a trial, we found the system super easy to use and very intuitive. The price was very reasonable so we were very comfortable to give it a go and signed on. They are more than just a membership database and over the years we have have steadily used more and more of their features to manage many aspects of our church activities like scheduling volunteers, and planning services. We even managed to use their event management system to handle room and resource bookings. We successfully got our small group leaders to submit reports after every meeting thanks to the very handy email reminders. It is very helpful for our pastoral care staff to assign tasks to follow up. It is very easy to customize to our needs and they keep improving it on a regular basis. Their customer support is very friendly, helpful, and responsive to customer requests and suggestions. Pros so easy to use that even our most tech averse pastoral staff are able to use it Cons Difficult to track extended relationships (aunts / uncles / cousins / etc.) beyond the standard family unit Review Source JN Janel N. Staff Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing System" October 13, 2017 4.0 Would love to really implement new integrations to help engage people in new ways and make it easier for volunteers and staff to use Elvanto on the run. An App would be AMAZING that has full function. As well as integrations to elevated reporting dashboards. We would love to build a follow-up app as well that links with Elvanto to make it easy for people to make calls, add notes, tag others while on the run. Pros Great customer service and high functionality! We as users have a lot of freedom to manipulate advanced searches and reports to cater to what we need. Top class in that department. Also the reporting functions for groups is amazing. Cons Doesn't have a full functioning app. Not user friendly for volunteers that are on the run and not working from our church office (for follow-up purposes). Dashboards could be better to show key indicators digitally and graphically inspiring. We don't use Elvanto currently for our rostering, only for database and pastoral/follow-up. We also create all our reports manually based on exported reports on Elvanto. We find the display is just as important and the numbers. Review Source WG Wes G. Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good product" October 20, 2016 4.0 As a church plant, we appreciated getting off the ground with this software. It helps you organize your church with service planning, scheduling, groups, and communication. There are a few functions we wish were added, but the team regularly adds greater functionality. It has been extremely reliable with almost zero downtime. We been pleased for the three years we've used it. Pros Financial management, scheduling, church directory, awesome introductory price for church plants Cons It doesn't currently integrate with our online giving platform (EasyTithe), limited on the groups side with members being able to see and communicate with each other, Some things are difficult to figure out how to customize. Review Source Response from Tithe.ly October 20, 2016 Thanks Wes! We'll be sure to reach out to EasyTithe to see what we can do about integration! We are currently working on message boards for groups in the Member Area and will be adding more features like group search and more. What are the areas you found difficult to customize? I'd love to look to see what we can do. Cheers, Ben DB David B. Assistant Pastor Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Tons of features, great customer support, everything you would need in a ChMS at a great price!" August 12, 2017 5.0 Pros 1\. Elvanto has a very intuitive admin interface (similar to Wordpress). It's very easy to navigate and full of features. 2. Elvanto features many integrations with other services, such as Songselect, Proclaim, Mailchimp and Tithely, all of which we use at our church. 3. Elvanto gives you the ability to add endless custom fields for each person. These become useful for generating just about any kind of report. 4. Elvanto's customer support is fantastic. They respond quickly and with detailed and clear information. 5. It's great for scheduling volunteers (like a worship team, or nursery workers). 6. It's great for keeping track of attendance, and following up with new people, 7. The Elvanto team is constantly making improvements and working on new features. 8. Elvanto lets you create event registration forms, that allow you to add registrants to your database. That is helpful for follow-up. Cons The mobile app could use some more of the admin functionality. Also, without 'conditional logic' (like Gravity Forms or Ninja forms) the Elvanto registration forms can be limiting for certain types of events. Review Source bM bruce M. IT Service Delivery Manager Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Elvanto offer a great product supported by very helpful and responsive service." October 20, 2016 5.0 The Elvanto product is very suited to medium and larger churches. It offers very flexible configurations and supports people, services, events, volunteers and music teams very well. In rare cases where additional functions are required, it can be extended if required through a very flexible API. The support staff are very responsive and willing to help resolve problems, or propose enhancements. The product continues to improve and many requests for features have been incorporated. Pros It is very easy to use and has all the features that a medium to large church needs. It is reliable and doesn't cost much for what it does. Cons None worth mentioning. Review Source KK Kayla K. Administrative Assistant Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A growing company with excellent customer service!" October 20, 2016 5.0 Our church has used Elvanto as our primary church management system for nearly three years at this point, and we love it! They have a great customer service team. They are always working to improve and expand their services and functionality. They truly listen to the needs of their customers and do their best to meet them. There is of course a learning curve to find the best ways that it fits into your church's needs, but they really do a great job offering solutions for everything from volunteer schedules and check in (for kids and volunteers) to small group managment and tracking church members through classes. Pros Always growing, flexible, well designed, reliable Cons Customer service is offered based on Australian time zones (but this really isn't a problem for me 98% of the time) Review Source CB Caleb B. Student Pastor Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Elvanto is a great software that emphasizes the importance of real people." June 7, 2017 5.0 Pros The relational aspect of Elvanto has been extremely helpful. I'm a pastor that uses this software with the church and keeping up with people is the most important thing for our team. We want to keep track of people, but we also want to know what's going on in their lives. Elvanto gives our team the opportunity to share with each other notes about people we've connected with during the week. This is extremely helpful for us to keep each other up to date with what's going on in people's lives in our community. Cons This software doesnt have many downsides, but an issue would be the service programming. It just takes a few extra steps to do certain things like add notes for a specific department within that service. Sometimes just the organization of creating a service with different elements seems like it could be simpler. Review Source AD Angela D. Church Administrator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great product for building & managing church contacts!" October 25, 2016 5.0 I've been using Elvanto since early 2015 and have been the primary person responsible for building/maintaining our church's database. While there are a few features that seem counterintuitive, I've found the customer service to be excellent and highly responsive. The team works hard to meet customer's needs and they offer training to make sure you know how to use all the available features. They're continually updating and improving, and I'm regularly finding new ways that Elvanto can streamline my job as a church administrator and ministry director! Pros Friendly and knowledgable customer service; very powerful software once you learn how to use it! Cons Certain minor features don't work as expected; there is a learning curve. Review Source RC Raymond C. Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Church Management Software!" January 23, 2023 5.0 Pros Program is easy to use and easy to teach someone how to use it Cons It would be nice to have it more customizable. Review Source DO David O. Executive Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid and simple" October 20, 2016 4.0 A solid and simple church database with some really good features. It has helped us tremendously in getting people organised and in the flow of church life. There always seems to be a way of extracting the information you need, even if it isn't always obvious. Overall, we are really pleased our church is on Elvanto. Pros Ease of use. Practical features for organising church life. Cons Not always intuitive, but solutions are usually workable. Review Source NA Nelson A. Administrator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful online church membership database " November 4, 2016 4.0 We've found consolidating our service, contacts and calendar management into one database has been very beneficial. Members use the site and the calendar flows into our website, we're also able to modify and create our own fields to manage volunteer training. The only frustration is the lack of functionality for printing a nice contact list with photos. Review Source SP Simon P. Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great all-rounder" October 20, 2016 4.0 For a small church like us, Elvanto provides an excellent all-round database with many functions that are not usually found within the same software (e.g. people AND songs AND children). Pros Wise range of features. Cons Reports and outputs are not always very easy to make user-friendly and human-readable. Review Source AB Andy B. Assistant Minister Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent church management software" October 24, 2016 5.0 Great software that really enhances our ministry with church membership, service preparation and church communication. Behind the software is a great team who respond very timely to questions, and suggestions. I've used one of the other big church management systems and much prefer Elvanto! Thanks Elvanto. Review Source SG Shirley G. Database System Administrator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best thing about this software is the Tech Support/Customer service is top notch excellent!" October 20, 2016 5.0 Fairly easy to understand and use. The Customer service and tech support is excellent. Very quick to respond to enquiries. Has always been helpful with technical difficulties and been supportive in all queries. Pros Customisability Cons apps is still to improve. Review Source MH Mike H. Assistant Minister Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Love elvanto" October 26, 2016 5.0 Love elvanto. Very powerful. Fantastic support. Plus they're improving features/interface regularly. Pros Power of searching/reporting. 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