Tithe.ly vs Planning Center Comparison

As a church planter, I needed something affordance, easy to implement and effective. Tithe.ly is all of these things. I’ve recruited other churches small and large to Tithe.ly.

Service planning is not as robust as Planning Center. But there are always improvements coming down the pike.

Customer service, pricing

Not full service, we may switch to a full-service option eventually (like Planning Center Giving)

Building the church app and website with them was such a smooth process!

I do feel like there are some glitches and didn't love that I had just learned all of the tithe.ly software and then had to learn the elvanto as well.

Thank you Elizabeth! We're so happy to hear that you are served well by our Tithe.ly team, and also enjoy using the product.

Their giving suite is very easy to use and we've seen consistent increases in digital giving since implementation in 2018.

I feel like Tithely's ChMS could be built out more to include more robust service planning and event an accounting feature.

I like how easily accessible this software is and encouraging ease of use through an app at any given time. As a busy working mom and ministry leader volunteer, my mind is often wandering and catching up at odd times where when I think about giving towards something specific I can have that option at my fingertips.

What I like least about this software is also offering a sign up/registration with an event within the giving portion as well.

How easy it is to use even for beginners and those for whom technology is difficult/new.

There are still some features not as robust so we have to use a separate program that doesn't integrate with Breeze/Tithe.ly. Events Manager and externally received donations (PayPal, etc.) are too manual.

Within one family of software much of what a church needs is available. Also critical is their mission-oriented customer support.

There are some growing pains and a bit of over-promise not quite yet delivery on their next-gen CMS. We began with Tithely Giving - best-in-class and then Elvanto, a CMS that they bought and integrated. It's a good CMS and they have been working on improving the backbone to allow seamless sync'ing of the various products, but Elvanto is feeling dated now and lacking some love. For example, Tithely Messaging is good but not available directly from Elvanto, and Elvanto features not available yet to Messaging.

Thank you Pastor Robert! We're so happy to hear that you are served well by our Tithe.ly team, and also enjoy using the product.

We started using this service for an online giving option prior to the COVID pandemic. Great timing. I have attended numerous webinars and want to continue using more of their services as I feel that it is a great bang for your buck. They offer so much more than just online giving. They offer management and planning. It's well worth it.

There's nothing I don't like about it. It's great!

Tithely has built an amazing suite of tools for the church, at an amazing price: $99/ month. Really can't beat the price, when you consider that this provides Church Management, Text Messaging, Website, Giving, Media, and a Mobile App

There are TONS of missing features and functionality, and this isn't disclosed or known until after you've made the conversion and are in too deep to switch again. For example, in ChMS, -The framework is outdated - 20 years old or more. -Automated reports really aren't reports, just an email reminder to run a report -Due to bugs, Giving transactions dont auto-populate in ChMS -No conditional rules...

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