Subsplash vs ACS

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Tithely Church Management

ChurchTrac

Two-way enabled mass texting, integrations with popular ChMS and other 3rd party apps, multi-management capabilities, text-to-join keywords, automated workflows with conditional logic, native apps, live polls, and dedicated short codes.



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ChurchTrac is a church management software with features for membership management, donation tracking, accounting, reporting and attendance management

Subsplash Church Management equips you to plan services, schedule volunteers, check in kids, and communicate with your congregation. Plus, your volunteers can accept or decline volunteer requests, and set their availability right inside your church's app.

Access Controls/Permissions

Accounting Integration

ACH Payment Processing

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Alerts/Notifications

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Budgeting/Forecasting

Campaign Analytics

Campaign Management

Child Check-in

Communication Management

Contact Database

Contact Management

Contribution Tracking

Credit Card Processing

Customizable Branding

Customizable Fields

Customizable Forms

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Dashboard

Data Import/Export

Donation Management

Donation Tracking

Donor Management

Electronic Payments

Email Management

Email Marketing

Email Reminders

Event Management

Event Scheduling

Event Ticketing

Financial Management

Financial Reporting

Forms Management

For Nonprofits

For Religious Organizations

Fund Accounting

General Ledger

Goal Setting/Tracking

Historical Trend Analysis

Member Communication

Member Directory

Membership Management

Mobile Access

Mobile Giving

Multi-Channel Communication

Multi-Location

Online Calendar

Online Forms

Online Giving

Payment Processing

Personalization

Pledge Management

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Reporting

Recurring Giving

Recurring/Subscription Billing

Registration Management

Reminders

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Role-Based Permissions

Small Group Management

SMS Messaging

Social Media Integration

Summary Reports

Third-Party Integrations

Transaction History

Visitor Tracking

Volunteer Management

Website Management

Worship Planning

Subsplash

Web-based

Windows

Linux

Android

iPhone

iPad

Planning Center

Aplos

ShelbyNext Membership

Tithe.ly

Basic

Founding Pastor

I LOVE the ability to store, manage and present my weekly messages, and the engagement options they provide through my church App.  

Pastor of Digital Discipleship

The host media very well, and provide great features for categorizing what we store on their platform.

The SnapPages web builder is not as intuitive and effective as their other products.

The customer service is incredibly difficult to reach, which has also caused major issues.

Owner

Helping to spread the great news of the gospel to all ages.

Creative and Communications Director

We found that their app and giving platforms are comprehensive and easy to implement.

All and I believe that Subsplash has helped connect with members.

They also have very responsive customer support.

Tech Director

User info can’t be linked to any external database (i.e. giving, account info, user notes, etc), so you have to run everything through them (which currently is not robust enough of a ChMS).

Pastor

I know that there are many companies that do that and we are technically paying more now than we were with Subsplash. With Subsplash though there was no trial periods or no option to drop a service if you found you weren't using it. If you signed up for it you were stuck with it whether or not it fit your ministry.

the price was a bit steep for smaller organizations

Director of Finance & Office Support

Assistant Pastor

The transaction fees are still higher than competitors even with their GrowCurve option.  

Communications Director

Subsplash comes with a hefty price tag that is a large investment for churches. And while most of the features are what churches need, some will find limitations on the platform such as tweaking the app and website to look exactly like you want.

One of the main things I did not like about Subsplash was their tendency to charge for every small add on.

Subsplash is very easy to implement and train the users on basic operations, whether for one-time giving or recurring.  

Owner 

This include donor data fields, exporting capabilities and third party app integrations.

However we are constantly told to take pictures and record the glitches.  

Overall, we liked working with Subsplash and we are still using it for our website and media management.

Music Director

The app is simple, and perhaps isn't completely necessary for every church.  

No login is required to use the app, and I find this very freeing.

Uploading media and information is simple, and it's seamlessly added throughout the platform, from the app to the website.

We have yet to see a decrease in our fees after years of use.

Dispatcher

I love receiving notifications of my anticipated giving so that I can make sure the funds have been properly deposited before withdrawal.  

Worship Leader

They have consistently been adding new features as well which make video tagging, etc. more accessible to the user.

I love the recurring payment option and the drop down for multiple categories for giving.  

User

This allows you to go back months later and still have the connection between the notes you took and the sermon, even allowing you to easily watch the sermon again.

Your videos are searchable, archived with great organization, and playable on any device.

Building an app can be complicated and they really help you through the process all the way to getting your app approved to launch.

The video post-processing after a video upload can take a long time.

This was especially true during the beginning of COVID when churches were switching to using more online video.

The way videos are sorted is also a bit strange (It doesn’t seem to be by time.).

Director of Administration

The ease of the backend interface for the website platform and the mobile app version is superb.

Minister

I love the flexibility to customize and send push notifications on the go where things seemlesly share between the app and the website portal.

I would like the header bar to be horizontal versus vertical - like reading a book left to right.

The features are limited and I would say it is only useful for actual churches.

Once you are emailed the link, it is easy to set up to have your giving go directly to the organization(s) of your choice.  

Usually I end up having to retype every single line of the Notes I took during the sermon and hope that it synchronizes at some point.

It is mainly informational content that you can add.

Finance & Operations Manager

Our communications team has been thrilled with the ease of building and modifying our church app and the functionality the Subsplash app has provided.

It’s been very easy for our church to use the app builder to publish events, media, and notifications.

Director of Student Ministries

The development and launching went flawlessly for us and while we're pretty competent with tech, I really attribute it to their intuitive and simple software and interface.

There are more affordable options out there that essentially do the same thing and cost way less per year but they aren't as beautifully designed.

The hardest part is the initial setup and roll out of the product but the team will walk you through step by step instructions.

Creative Arts Pastor

However, it also allows web embeds, which makes it easy to integrate into your website as well.

It also integrates with online giving platforms and a personalized app.

Subsplash has developed one of the most user-friendly and affordable app interfaces for churches.

Church Management

Ease of Use

Pricing

Video Management

Website Builder

Customer Support

User Interface

Phone Support

Bugs and Issues

Small Business

Freelancers

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.

Accounting

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Application Management

Asset Tracking

Bank Reconciliation

Built-in Accounting

Committee Management

Dues Management

Member Database

Member Portal

Membership Renewals

Member Types

Mobile App

Payroll Management

Administrative Assistant

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!

Director of Family Ministries

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.

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

Parish Administrator

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

Office Manager

Although we no longer use ACS, it was a great church software for us.

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

Great customer service and mostly user friendly.

Every module I've used has been fairly user-friendly.  

Worship Pastor

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.

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