7 church management systems · prices checked October 3, 2026
Church management software: 7 ChMS compared
Church management software is a CRM for your congregation: members and families, giving, groups, check-ins and volunteers. Most price by church size or by the tools you turn on, not by user. Here's what each one costs.
- Members, giving and check-ins
- Free tiers flagged
- Prices from each company's page
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Start free, pay as you go, and build the church system your staff needs: change your app's own code with your AI tools or a developer to add ministries, groups and follow-up steps. Texting, calling and email are built in for reminders and outreach.
- Free to start
- Pay as you go
- Rewrite the software
- Developer friendly
- Build what you need
Side by side
The 7 church management systems
Each one in detail
Best for: Any industry that wants its own fields and workflow
- Your own app code
- Texting and calling built in
Each company gets its own app code that it can change with its own AI tools, so a brokerage can add listing fields, a law firm matter stages, a nonprofit donor history or a recruiter candidate pipelines. Texting, calling, email and AI agents are built in, pricing is per company with no per-user fee, and pay as you go has no monthly fee.
Best for: Churches that want to pay only for the tools they use
- Free member database
- Each product priced separately
Planning Center People, the membership database, is free with unlimited records. Services, Check-Ins, Giving and other products each have a free tier, then paid tiers from $15 to $239 a month per product.
Best for: Small and mid-size churches that want one flat price
- Same price at any size
- Free giving included
Breeze is $72 a month flat, the same price for 100 or 500 people, with free giving included. Worship tools are a $29 add-on.
Best for: Churches that want all features priced by size
- All features on every plan
- Priced by names tracked
Every plan includes all features, priced by people tracked: $29 a month for 75 names, $59 for 250, $99 for 1,000 and $119 unlimited, with 10% off yearly.
Best for: Churches that start with giving and add tools
- Free giving (fees apply)
- All Access $119
Giving is free with processing fees. Church Management is $72 a month and All Access, which bundles giving, people, messaging, church management and apps, is $119.
Best for: Larger and multi-site churches
- Multi-site on Complete
- Formerly Church Community Builder
Pushpay quotes its ChMS Core, Advanced and Complete plans and sells 1- to 3-year contracts.
Best for: Churches that want member access and fund accounting
- Nonprofit fund accounting add-on
- Multi-campus on Multiply
Realm publishes plan names but no prices; its accounting add-on offers double-entry fund accounting.
Checklist
What church management software should handle
- Members and families: households, attendance and milestones in one record.
- Giving: online and recurring gifts with year-end statements.
- Check-ins: secure children's check-in with name tags.
- Groups and volunteers: small groups, serving teams and schedules.
- Communication: texts and emails to groups, with replies logged.
Common questions
What is the best church management software for a small church?
ChurchTrac starts at $29 a month for 75 names with every feature, and Breeze is $72 a month flat at any size. Planning Center's member database is free, with other tools from $15 a month each.
Is there free church management software?
Planning Center People, the membership database, is free, and each Planning Center product has a free tier. Tithe.ly's giving is free with processing fees.
Do church systems require contracts?
Pushpay sells 1- to 3-year contracts. ChurchTrac offers 10% off for paying yearly, and Breeze lists one monthly price.