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Overview

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

Send mass texts and emails to your church, have two-way conversations, follow up with workflows, and create text-to-join keywords, QR codes, a custom landing page, and more.

  • 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
  • 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

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

35

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

273

5

4

3

2

1

152

96

18

4

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
78%
would recommend this app

4.8

701

5

4

3

2

1

581

110

10

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
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.”
MB

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.”
MB

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.”
JM

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Pros

“It has allowed us to simplify our systems and unify them into a single communication platform for both E-Mail, Text, and Tap Tags.”
TD

Tyler D.

Creative Director

“I wish I had the option to hold an automated workflow until someone filled out a PCO form, or entered a certain step in a PCO workflow, and then continue them on from there.”
TD

Tyler D.

Creative Director

“It integrates very well with planning center allowing us to keep everything in one system and place and easily add new folks as they visit and to stay in touch with them as they get to know us. ”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Brad J.

Pastor Lead Elder

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.”
KS

Kim S.

Realm admin, membership secretary

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

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

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

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Cons

“The biggest is not being able to edit their digital connect card, and also not being able to edit sign-up forms to make them match brand customization.”
TD

Tyler D.

Creative Director

“By only allowing subaccounts to exist with unique phone numbers, we are concerned about overwhelming our congregation with options. But by having all of our staff/leaders use our main account for their communications, we're concerned about muddying what should be a very simple communication system.”
RD

Reagan D.

Communications Coordinator

“I don’t really like that the limited number of messaging credits expire and are replenished monthly.”
JW

Jeff W.

Technology

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review14 days ago

Key features

  • Total features42
  • 2-Way Messaging
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Replies
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Built-in Accounting
  • Bulk SMS
  • CRM
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Child Check-in
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consent Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Donation Management
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Drip Campaigns
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Management
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Religious Organizations
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fund Management
  • General Ledger
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Link Shortening
  • MMS
  • Mass Texting
  • Member Communication
  • Member Directory
  • Member Portal
  • Membership Management
  • Message Personalization
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Giving
  • Open Rate Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Pledge Management
  • Polls/Voting
  • QR Codes
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Scheduled Messaging
  • Shortcodes
  • Small Group Management
  • Social Media Integration
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Text Scheduler
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visitor Tracking
  • Volunteer Management
  • Worship Planning
  • Total features63
  • 2-Way Messaging
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Replies
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Built-in Accounting
  • Bulk SMS
  • CRM
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Child Check-in
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consent Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Donation Management
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Drip Campaigns
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Management
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Religious Organizations
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fund Management
  • General Ledger
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Link Shortening
  • MMS
  • Mass Texting
  • Member Communication
  • Member Directory
  • Member Portal
  • Membership Management
  • Message Personalization
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Giving
  • Open Rate Tracking
  • Payroll Management
  • Pledge Management
  • Polls/Voting
  • QR Codes
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Scheduled Messaging
  • Shortcodes
  • Small Group Management
  • Social Media Integration
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Text Scheduler
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visitor Tracking
  • Volunteer Management
  • Worship Planning

Integrations

  • Total integrations5
  • BoxCast
  • Constant Contact
  • Meta for Business
  • Planning Center
  • Pushpay
  • Rock RMS
  • Slack
  • Twitter/X
  • Vanco Faith
  • Verified First
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations7
  • BoxCast
  • Constant Contact
  • Meta for Business
  • Planning Center
  • Pushpay
  • Rock RMS
  • Slack
  • Twitter/X
  • Vanco Faith
  • Verified First
  • Zapier