{ "name": "EmployeeDeskHQ Church Comms Stack", "title": "Church Comms Stack", "url": "https://employeedeskhq.com/datasets/church-comms-stack/", "csv": "https://employeedeskhq.com/datasets/church-comms-stack.csv", "markdown": "https://employeedeskhq.com/datasets/church-comms-stack/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-05", "license": "https://employeedeskhq.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Church Comms Stack is 2.90 percent across 3 sources' own pages in percent (range 2.15 to 2.90 percent; 5 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Church Comms Stack is 2.90 percent across 3 sources' own pages in percent (range 2.15 to 2.90 percent; 5 sources publish a figure), read 12 September 2026.", "5 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 12 September 2026.", "Church Comms Stack, price giving-rate: median 2.90 percent across 3 sources, read 12 September 2026.", "Church Comms Stack, size under-500: median 75 USD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"EmployeeDeskHQ Church Comms Stack\", updated 2026-10-05, https://employeedeskhq.com/datasets/church-comms-stack/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 3, "median": 2.9, "min": 2.15, "max": 2.9, "p25": 2.15, "p75": 2.9, "mean": 2.65, "units": { "%": 3, "USD": 3 }, "published_sources": 5, "named_sources": 23, "read_sources": 19, "not_published": 14, "published_share": 0.263 }, "by_axis": { "price": { "giving-rate": { "%": { "n": 3, "median": 2.9, "min": 2.15, "max": 2.9, "p25": 2.15, "p75": 2.9, "mean": 2.65 } } }, "size": { "under-500": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 75, "min": 75, "max": 75, "p25": 75, "p75": 75, "mean": 75 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Planning Center pricing", "url": "https://www.planningcenter.com/pricing", "figure": "2.15%", "value": 2.15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "price": "giving-rate" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "All payments (for donations through Giving and for events through Registrations) are processed at the 2.15% + $0.30 rate for credit/debit and ACH bank transfers at 0% + $0.30 in the United States (see processing fees above for Canada, New Zealand, and Australia).", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "2e8df0d76e0da67bee5a5067da2e27fb258be2ec83eb52987d0201f8c19c7642" }, { "source": "Givelify pricing", "url": "https://www.givelify.com/pricing/", "figure": "2.9%", "value": 2.9, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "price": "giving-rate" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "No signup or monthly fees Low 2.9% + $0.30 per donation", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "0a6091c58b9ee06b97aabb4a30f2c95a13b4a481a9a87de3b0aecaa3cc2daf50" }, { "source": "FaithTeams pricing", "url": "https://www.faithteams.com/pricing/", "figure": "$75 ", "value": 75, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "size": "under-500" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "$75 per month for up to 499 active people", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "1dcfff6c79ebd3080c3a4f708b489696c0c916286389979442768cc5a7d3e50e" }, { "source": "Breeze ChMS pricing", "url": "https://www.breezechms.com/pricing", "figure": "$72", "value": 72, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Pricing for 1,000 Contacts $72", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "d921c844bb209e6633bae76a84985a7f7f8a04b750dcb5d2672df904dbed0538" }, { "source": "Tithely pricing", "url": "https://get.tithe.ly/pricing", "figure": "$119", "value": 119, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Simple pricing for giving, people, messaging, forms, check-in, volunteers, website, app, and worship tools. $119", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "0a68c02f04ea3970d9d7ac8076fc2dfb5d6262f52cea1879026e32db8b52d1a0" }, { "source": "Tithely pricing", "url": "https://get.tithe.ly/pricing", "figure": "2.9%", "value": 2.9, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "price": "giving-rate" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "- 2.9% + $0.30 per credit or debit card gift", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "0a68c02f04ea3970d9d7ac8076fc2dfb5d6262f52cea1879026e32db8b52d1a0" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Aplos pricing", "url": "https://www.aplos.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "ChMeetings pricing", "url": "https://www.chmeetings.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Clearstream pricing", "url": "https://clearstream.io/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Cokesbury pricing", "url": "https://www.cokesbury.com/bulletins", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Concordia Supply pricing", "url": "https://www.concordiasupply.com/Church-Bulletins", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Donorbox pricing", "url": "https://donorbox.org/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Flocknote pricing", "url": "https://flocknote.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "One Church Software pricing", "url": "https://onechurchsoftware.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Pushpay pricing", "url": "https://pushpay.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Rock RMS pricing", "url": "https://www.rockrms.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Servant Keeper pricing", "url": "https://www.servantkeeper.com/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Sharefaith pricing", "url": "https://www.sharefaith.com/category/church-bulletin-templates.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Subsplash pricing", "url": "https://subsplash.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Text In Church pricing", "url": "https://www.textinchurch.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aplos.com/pricing", "label": "Aplos pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.breezechms.com/pricing", "label": "Breeze ChMS pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.chmeetings.com/pricing", "label": "ChMeetings pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://clearstream.io/pricing", "label": "Clearstream pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cokesbury.com/bulletins", "label": "Cokesbury pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.concordiasupply.com/Church-Bulletins", "label": "Concordia Supply pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://donorbox.org/pricing", "label": "Donorbox pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.faithteams.com/pricing/", "label": "FaithTeams pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://flocknote.com/pricing", "label": "Flocknote pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.givelify.com/pricing/", "label": "Givelify pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://onechurchsoftware.com/pricing", "label": "One Church Software pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.planningcenter.com/pricing", "label": "Planning Center pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://pushpay.com/pricing", "label": "Pushpay pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.rockrms.com/pricing", "label": "Rock RMS pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.servantkeeper.com/pricing/", "label": "Servant Keeper pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.sharefaith.com/category/church-bulletin-templates.html", "label": "Sharefaith pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://subsplash.com/pricing", "label": "Subsplash pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.textinchurch.com/pricing", "label": "Text In Church pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://get.tithe.ly/pricing", "label": "Tithely pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.churchtrac.com/pricing", "label": "Churchtrac pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ministrydesigns.com/pricing", "label": "Ministrydesigns pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.capterra.com/church-management-software/", "label": "Capterra Church Management category", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.capterra.com/church-management-software/", "label": "capterra.com", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 5 of the 19 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 14 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 63 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the price a congregation of 50, 250 and 1,000 pays across every church communication and management vendor that publishes a price, most price by people, not seats, so the only comparable figure is cost per congregation size, which no vendor publishes; beside it the giving-processing rate each charges (percentage plus per-transaction), because that is the real second price; plus the count publishing versus quote-only and what a bulletin contains across the template libraries read", "embed": "

2.90 percent

median published figure, Church Comms Stack, across 5 sources, read 12 September 2026

Source: EmployeeDeskHQ Church Comms Stack
" }