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Realm

ACS

Overview

Realm by ACS Technologies is a church management system with an emphasis on online community

ACS is a church management software designed to help churches of all sizes handle finances, members, services, background checks, contributions, accounting processes, payroll, purchase orders, and more on a centralized platform.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

279.95

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

273

152

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

78%

would recommend this app

3.9

126

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

46%

would recommend this app

Pros

“I can also use reports to sort out particular types of members, members by age, and so on and I can create labels from the report inside of Realm itself.”

Michelle B.

Office Administrator

“We can create News Posts that allow comments and/or email notifications and send them to all members or separate groups.”

Michelle B.

Office Administrator

“Maintaining a clean database is easy to do with Realm, especially using the "merge profile" feature and the Dashboard that flags any duplicates or unrecognized addresses.”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Pros

“Also has various report options that go along with these registrations that are very helpful. Whenever we have a problem or question, customer support is very helpful and friendly!”

Kathy V.

Administrative Assistant

“The company itself is working to move customers to newer products (Realm in particular) and current ACS users should get themselves into the cloud ASAP.”

Andrew R.

Director of Family Ministries

“We really liked how easy it was for our members to find each other in the directories”

Cole S.

CEO

Cons

“Features work differently in Realm as the admin than a regular congregant on connect - it becomes confusing trying to learn two different ways of accessing what I need and communicating that to congregants.”

Kim S.

Realm admin, membership secretary

“Their main complaint with the app is that the pictures are really difficult to see. ”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

“For our church members, the initial process of creating their accounts was difficult. ”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Cons

“We use it every day in our office, but people using it from home often have problems. ”

Kathy V.

Administrative Assistant

“Some days we notice it's "sluggish" (may be an internet issue). ”

Kathy V.

Administrative Assistant

“There seemed to be a disconnect between how we were (poorly) implementing the software and struggling with teaching staff and the way in which the ACS team communicated to us and told us to get excited about functionality that never worked in our context because of difficulty of implementation.”