# Church Base Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Church Base Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Church Management products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/175791/Church-Base --- # Church Base Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Church Base ## What is Church Base? Church Base provides churches and organizations solutions to their day-to-day and long-term challenges with a cutting-edge, all-in-one software suite. Our Purpose: To empower ministers with the right tools for the Harvest, so they can faithfully lead, serve, and grow their church communities. Thanks to the generous support of ISM and their ministry partners, you get to use the entire platform (including publishing your church’s website and app) for free for an entire year. ## What is Church Base used for? [Church Management](https://www.capterra.com/church-management-software/) Overall rating Based on 16 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $0.01 Other, Per Year Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Church Base?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://churchbase.com/&name=Church Base) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Church Base 3.7 (16) VS. [4.8 (655)](https://www.capterra.com/p/158103/Clearstream/reviews/) Starting Price $0.01 Other, Per Year Starting Price $29 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.9 (16) Ease Of Use 4.7 (655) Value For Money 3.9 (14) Value For Money 4.5 (586) Customer Service 3.9 (16) Customer Service 4.8 (560) ## Church Base alternatives [4.8 (857)](https://www.capterra.com/p/125787/ChurchTrac/reviews/) Starting price $9.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.7 (1,137)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76708/Planning-Center/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.9 (151)](https://www.capterra.com/p/184192/Chmeetings/reviews/) Starting price $12.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 99% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.6 (254)](https://www.capterra.com/p/142758/Text-In-Church/reviews/) Starting price $37.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/175791/Church-Base/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Built-in Accounting 4.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Accounting functionality within the system, not requiring integration with third-party tools Donation Management 2.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track/record financial donations made by members, along with the issuance of tax receipts/documents For Religious Organizations 2.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Primarily serving churches and religious organizations Member Communication 3.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Contact members listed in the database through email, SMS, social, phone, etc. Member Directory 3.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Comprehensive list that contains information and details of all the members associated with a particular organization or group Mobile Access 3.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Access software remotely via mobile devices Church Base 20 features Integrate with a third-party accounting system Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups Accounting functionality within the system, not requiring integration with third-party tools Secure process of tracking children during activities Track/record financial donations made by members, along with the issuance of tax receipts/documents Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings Primarily serving churches and religious organizations Contact members listed in the database through email, SMS, social, phone, etc. Comprehensive list that contains information and details of all the members associated with a particular organization or group Online gateway through which members can access/update personal information Database of members to track personal information of individuals and families Access software remotely via mobile devices Manage and support multiple locations Online calendar of upcoming events/activities viewable to members and visitors Outlet for members and visitors to submit donations electronically Track commitments to donate in the future Organize members and schedule recurring small group meetings Manage volunteer information and direct volunteer resources Built-in website builder or integration with third-party site Coordinate and schedule the flow of services, plan musical selections, and assign team members Features 3.8 (16) 3.8 Based on 16 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 3.9 (14) Free Trial Basic $0.01 Other,Per Year Value for money 3.9 (14) 3.9 Based on 14 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.9 (16) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.9 (16) 3.9 Based on 16 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 3.7 Based on 16 reviews Filter by rating 5(9) 4(1) 3(1) 2(2) 1(3) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent Walter T. Media Director Religious Institutions ### "Dont use ChurchBase unless you like complaints from your users." 2.0 Overall Rating 2.0 2.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 2.0 2.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 May 15, 2022 Good early on, with very friendly support and implementation staff, but as soon as problems begin with giving, access to sermons, notifications, etc. These will continue on forever with new problems every other month that will hurt your audience retention. Pros ChurchBase was the best looking Church Application available when we purchased in 2020. Cons This application looks fine on the surface, but as soon as you start using it you will realize that the company/team/whatever that implements this product doesnt have a clear understanding of what they are doing. They will constantly make changes that seem to indicate they are in the VERY EARLY stages of developing apps and they cannot capably handle the complaints/frustrations/etc. of their buyers. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. FF Floremie F. billing officer Hospital & Health Care ### "What is Church Base kind of software" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 November 8, 2021 I have a great experience with Church base software. Pros This is the kind of software which can help you draw closer to God. They have a lot of features which can make your worship easy, help you connect your church member, manage your event in church activity, or small group management, and even donating something to the church. Cons What i like least in this kind of software is when I first to download it takes a time to register because they need you mobile number, I think its better to register through email or social media account. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Ganiyu S. Digital marketing Design ### "Made for church ease" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 June 12, 2021 Pros It makes work easier in church and I will strongly recommend it Cons Was not clear how to use it but I got the trick later Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DJ David j. Lead Pastor/Technology Management/Web Developer Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Avoid at all cost (for now)" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 1.0 1.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 2.0 2.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 January 29, 2021 Excited at first, extremely let down now. Pros Lots of potential, but almost nothing works without bugs. The biggest pro is seeing that there are companies with great intentions/vision.... but even with the best intentions they end up being toxic to ministries. If these people cared about ministry as they say then they would be upfront and tell all the people signing up that this is not a turn key solution as of now. It's cool to see what may be possible... one day. However, they aren't actively looking for bugs it seems or the foundations of the app would at least work. Instead, they are counting on users to stumble across them after wasting time learning their software. SMH, super let down by these people. Cons I read the reviews and thought, nah there's no way they are that bad. So I signed up. If you do that you will remember reading this review too and you will be thinking the same thing I am: I have been a terrible steward of my time and staff by allowing them to waste days transferring to this app when from day 1 there were issues. If you have any integrity what so ever you will not force your staff to use this. Basic features (sermons, uploading media, editing posts, front page cards, essentially everything) are filled with bugs. The only reason we have gotten as far as we have with setup is because I am familiar with web development and have utilized their word press option to work around their glitches. The app can, at MOST, be a fancy Youtube front end right now. Even their word press (DIY Website side) works slow and has major glitches, which is phenomenally shocking I'm not even sure how they accomplished that. I have not found a single area of this software that I didn't have to find a work around with. A normal person with no tech experience will never get this functional mainly because you assume the features work like they say... until you message their help center and they either promise you they will fix it which remains just that, a promise for weeks until you find an alternative way of doing it, or they just plain tell you after they work on it that the feature won't work and you'll need to use some obscure method to produce a shotty way of doing it. Reasons for choosing Church Base Features, but none of them work so there's literally no reason to switch to them. Hopefully one day they will have the basic bugs fixed so that we can use their system in the most basic sense. Then perhaps they will work on all the other bugs. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ST SERGIO T. Pastor Religious Institutions ### "Please avoid this company " 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 December 20, 2020 Pros How inexpensive it is compared to other similar companies Cons Sadly I have to urge you not to trust your church’s finances with this company. We joined bc of the price difference compared to other similar companies. Well the reason why it’s a “better” financial option rapidly shows in their lack of professionalism specially when it comes to the dealing with the finances. We have had several problems and glitches with the giving side of things. As a fellow pastor to hopefully a next one avoid this company. They still have ways to go to be a trusted site to handle in a responsable manner your church’s finances. Feel free to contact me if you have specific questions. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. WH William H. Lead Pastor Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Total dumpster fire!" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 1/10 March 3, 2020 They truly want to have a great product but they over promise and under deliver in every aspect. Pros The promise to deliver is great, the product looks great, the people are nice and genuinely want to help. Cons A new problem EVERY DAY. Literally everything will break when you use it. It is full of empty promises that don't deliver. This software takes away from ministry time and will frustrate you beyond belief and you are constantly left hanging with a "were working on that" promise that has no follow through. Switched from [Elvanto](https://www.capterra.com/p/125780/Elvanto/) Pricing increases and options that were available. Reasons for choosing Church Base What was being offered for the price. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MS Michaela S. Director of Media & Promotions Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Above and beyond expectations!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 3, 2019 From the start of this process (July 2019) to present, our experience with Churchbase has been above and beyond. The team has delivered on the things they promised and is willing to address areas of growth. For our first experience ever with a church app, we've felt taken care of, with the perfect amount of freedom to design and customize, as well as support to address the more in-depth elements. Pros I have been most impressed with the customer service! Their response is prompt (within 24-48 hours) and their team is polite and patient. Each rep I have worked with has answered my questions and helped coach me through the entire process. They are communicative and open to feedback. The app and web design is clean and professional, I've been impressed with how modern and intuitive the app and website are. Cons Every piece of critical feedback around this software has been "fix-able". We have not run into any major shortcomings or unexpected snafus. Alternatives considered [Tithe.ly](https://www.capterra.com/p/154664/Tithe-ly-Church-Giving/) Reasons for choosing Church Base Churchbase offered more features that fit our needs for a more affordable price. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TC Tyler C. Production Director Religious Institutions ### "Has potential, but is a let down." 2.0 Overall Rating 2.0 2.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 November 4, 2019 We initially subscribed to Church Base because after a lot of research, it appeared to be the best bang for our buck. When we first started the service, everything was going great and no complaints. After a few months they started making "updates", but rather than improving any experiences they usually just broke things within the system. I spent more time getting support to fix things than I was actually able to improve anything for our congregation. The final straw for us, Church Base kept experiencing down time \*on Sundays\*! several times it was just the notes section that went down (which is a big deal), and one time the whole app was down (bigger deal). Ultimately, we had to end our subscription and move on to another company. I truly believe Church Base could be a great contender in the app market, but they have to crack down on quality control before that can happen. On the plus side, their support is pretty good and they try to get things fixed as quick as they can. Pros Great support and friendly staff. Has potential to be better. Cons Many "updates" to created that usually broke something in the system, i.e. They updated the portal to upload sermons to the app, but it wouldn't work. They had to revert me back to the old portal to get sermons to upload. The app was terribly slow, and toward the end of our use experienced serval interruptions of down time \*one Sundays\*! a couple of those times were the notes section not working, on time the entire app would not load. The admin portal is very cluttered. They use frames within the site to control different aspects of the app which makes for a pretty bad and laggy experience trying to keep the app updated. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 19, 2019 Tyler, Thank you for your feedback in all aspects. We're not here to make excuses, but we do want to address the things that you all had complaints about and express appreciation for the kind words. Every software company has issues. Some are avoidable, and others can be out of our control. We did in fact have one short period of time which unfortunately was a rare issue completely out of our hands. We have since mitigated any risk of this happening again by making necessary changes so our church partnerships won't suffer any downtime. We have since got everything under control and are making improvements daily. Processes have been implemented, and we've invested in the best staff. We are genuinely sorry that things happened the way they did and we're sorry you chose to move on. With that said, we do wish you and your church the best and maybe we'll have the opportunity to serve you in the future. Again, our sincerest apologies. God Bless! Respectfully, The Church Base Team CS Craig S. Communication Director Religious Institutions ### "All in One Platform" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 June 18, 2019 Overall I am extremely please with the software and the support of Churchbase staff. Our church continued to onboard members and we've maintained a largely elderly user base which continues to wean themselves from the antiquated communications vehicles from decades ago. Pros Churchbase software is designed to easily managed by small to large organizations. the administrative interface makes content management a breeze. The connected platform provided built-in efficiency by allowing one content entry point which seamlessly feeds website, app and social integrations. Most importantly, the support at Churchbase is second to none. Even for one-off, individual needs, they are support you at every step from initiation to ongoing availability. Cons Marketing to your church or audience can become overwhelming. I would like to see Churchbase build internal marketing media when new platforms, features are added which can be used to train and get the core audience onboard. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 19, 2019 Craig, We sincerely appreciate the kind words! Our goal is to provide every church and organization we work with solutions to things that help reach more people, spread the gospel, communicate effectively within and so much more. Craig, I'm happy to report that we have built internal marketing media to help effectively and efficiently get your congregation and staff on board with everything. Also, anytime we put out new features, platforms, etc. we will notify every church and provide resources not only to teach admins about them, but also how to market them to the core audience/congregation. We're very excited at Church Base and are looking forward to 2020. I think every church we work with will be happy with what's around the corner!!! Thank you for being a partner with us, we appreciate you and value you all very much! Respectfully, The Church Base Team DG David G. Administrator Religious Institutions ### "Terrific Potential! Not quite there yet!" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 4/10 June 5, 2019 Pros The versatility of churchbase's ChMS is great! Being able to have all of our congregation information in one place and have the potential to communicate and interact them is great Cons Currently, we use the app and are attempting to use other portions of the ChMS. Right now the app runs very slow and we find it difficult to convince our congregation to use it. The support staff also seem very busy and only seem to be able to help with one step of a process per day if that. There is definitely a lot of potential in this software but currently, it really is a pain to use Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 19, 2019 David, We always appreciate feedback and value it greatly. First and foremost I want to apologize for any issues you have had in the past with the speed in which your app is operating. Such an issue can be caused by internet connection, cellular reception and also possible bugs. We haven't received multiple churches with this feedback, but it's definitely something we want to resolve for you and/or anyone else having this issue. We have recently hired and trained additional support staff to help with any client issues. If you all, or anyone else reading this review EVER have a problem getting through to support here is an alternative. I'm providing my personal cell # to demonstrate how much we care about our partnerships and taking care of issues IF you feel like things aren't being taken care of effectively & efficiently by support. Thank you again for your feedback, and hopefully you aren't still having issues! Respectfully, Scott Fischer General Manager (469) 450-9721 (c) [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/175791/Church-Base/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/proprietary-data-research/) How Capterra verifies reviews Capterra carefully verified over 2.5 million+ reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. 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