Pastor-to-pastor guides on choosing church software and spending less on it. Real prices, real downsides.
An honest pastor-to-pastor comparison of Planning Center and Breeze (now Tithely Church Management): real prices, real complaints, and who each one fits.
Real card and ACH fees for Tithe.ly, Planning Center Giving, Givelify, Vanco, Subsplash, Zeffy and more, with what a $100 gift actually costs your church.
Real published prices for 15+ church management systems, the three pricing models, and the hidden costs that change what you actually pay.
Free and low-cost ChMS options for churches under 250 people: ChMeetings, Planning Center, ChurchTrac, Flocknote, ChurchCRM and more, with honest downsides.
FreeShow, WorshipTools Presenter, OpenLP and other free worship lyric software compared with ProPresenter, EasyWorship, Proclaim and MediaShout prices.
Free and low-cost ways to stream your church service: YouTube, Facebook, OBS, StreamYard, BoxCast, vMix and more, with real prices and honest tradeoffs.
Clearstream, Text In Church, SimpleTexting, EZ Texting, Textedly, Call Multiplier and free group apps compared for churches, with honest pros and cons.
Which nonprofit tech programs churches can use (Google Ad Grants, Microsoft, Canva, TechSoup, Mailchimp and more) and which ones exclude churches.
How a church sets up a Venmo charity profile, what the 1.9% + $0.10 fee means next to Tithe.ly and Planning Center Giving, how receipts work, and the real downsides.
14 pages, pastor to pastor, on cutting what your church spends on software and giving fees. Includes a savings scorecard and a five-day plan.
One email a week: price changes, one honest comparison, one meme. Free.