If you're making a decision about which church software is right for your organization, it's important to do a deep-dive comparison. In the following article, we've done the heavy lifting for you. Keep reading for a thorough comparison between Tithely, Pushpay, and easyTithe.
Pushpay, easyTithe, and Tithely all started primarily as tools for receiving church donations.
The easier you make it for your church members to give, the more likely they are to be generous. Your church needs an online giving platform to offer a quick, convenient option for donors to give.
Your online giving platform should offer low platform pricing (or even a freemium version), donation management tools, and options for making recurring gifts or a one-time payment.
Tithely offers a wide range of online giving options, including six different payment methods. Tithely is also committed to card payment industry standards for safety and security.
Tithely has also evolved into church management software (similar to Planning Center, but far more affordable). Today, Tithely offers a full-featured church app, on-demand customer support solutions, event registration tools, child check in, a church website builder, and much more.
The bottom line is that Tithely has a wide range of key features, a low monthly cost, and low processing fees. And, it's built to support and engage your church community.
As a solution for churches, Tithely is cost-efficient and comprehensive. As a church management software, Tithely is thorough and intuitive.
To choose the best online giving platform for your church, you'll want to consider ease of use and the ability to scale. What kinds of church giving features are offered on the platform? How easy is it to scale?
Next, are you looking for an entire suite of tools–including marketing tools, administrative tools for handling different aspects of church management, and digital tools for running church online?
Lastly, consider pricing. Are the monthly plans offered at a low price?
These factors (ease of use, scalability, functionality, and pricing) will help you choose a digital giving solution that's right for your church.
In the following article, we'll compare three platforms–Pushpay, easyTithe, and Tithely. Of course, we strive to be as factual as possible. If there are any discrepancies, then please let us know!
Tithely is an online giving platform that provides the ability for donors to give on their phones, desktop or laptop computers, and tablets. It's a beautiful, effective solution for church leaders to make it easy for their church members to partner with them financially.
As an online donation platform, Tithely provides six different ways to give–including an online giving option for crypto and an option for churches to process checks.
As a donor management software, Tithely provides in-depth reporting functionality that includes everything you need to manage your church financials.
Tithely also includes an amazing suite of church tech products that make it easy to plan services, communicate with church members, and build an awesome online presence. (To learn more about Tithely's additional tools–including Tithely's ChMS Church Management System–click here).
Tithely can be used on your church website or mobile app (or, Tithely has its own app for churches) to offer the option for your church members to give with just a couple clicks.
Your church members can access the Tithely app, your church app, or your church website to make a quick, easy payment. Tithely even offers a Text to Give option so that donors can give over a text message.
Tithely integrates with many major software tools, including Quickbooks, Planning Center, Salesforce, and more. Typical customers of Tithely include small- to medium-sized churches, although Tithely can be used by Christian faith-based organizations to improve fundraising efforts.
Tithel'ys giving feature is absolutely free to use. $0 a month covers the cost of a mobile giving app, cash and check recording, debit/credit/ACH giving, recurring giving and Cover the Fees, and much more.
To learn additional pricing details about using Tithely, click here.
Pushpay is a payment platform for churches and nonprofits, allowing them to collect payment online from donors. It has also expanded to include church management software.
Typically, Pushpay integrates with your existing church website to provide a simple method for making a payment with a credit card (such as Visa, Mastercard, or American Express), debit card, of bank/ACH payment (for users in the United States). There's also a transaction fee associated with each payment.
Donors can access Pushpay on their desktop, mobile phone, tablet, or other digital device. Pushpay also offers its own mobile giving app.
Pushpay starts at $149 per month. Users of their church giving features pay a monthly subscription fee, which scales according to the size and needs of the organization.
easyTithe is an online giving platform that handles a few aspects of church management, such as event registration, reporting, and fund management. It should be noted that easyTithe provides contribution tracking and donation tracking.
easyTithe can integrate with existing tools to offer electronic giving options for donors. They charge a flat rate of 39 cents per transaction, and send automated emails to donors to help them keep track of their transaction history.
easyTithe offers several pricing models depending on church size. For example, midsize churches pay $49 a month to use easyTithe's complete suite of products. A major church of 1,000 members or more will pay $69 (at minimum) to use easyTithe.
easyTithe has a freemium plan (starting at $0 a month), but does charge a $10 fee for churches that process less than $300 in monthly transactions. There's an additional cost of $15 per month for their text giving feature.
easyTithe's standard plan is $49 a month, for small- to medium-sized churches, and $69 per month for churches of 1,000+ members.
Pushpay, easyTithe, and Tithely all offer software solutions that make it simple to give to church through digital transactions.
However, each fundraising solution listed above has core differences. The best choice for churches is a solution that offers flexibility, simplicity, and great pricing.
As payment processors, Pushpay, easyTithe, and Tithely all have flexible payment options and can integrate with most church website and mobile platforms.
However, when it comes to flexibility as a church management software tool, Tithely wins. easyTithe is extremely limited in what it offers: it has few tools beyond its giving platform. And if you'd like to use some of the additional features of Pushpay, you'll need to explore their outside product suites, including ChurchStaq, ParishStaq, and ChurchCommunityBuilder.
Tithely tools live under one roof and can be accessed for one low monthly subscription fee.
A simple, easy-to-navigate user interface is key for any church donation platform.
A real customer from each of these platforms–Pushpay, easyTithe and Tithely–has reviewed them each as "simple" to use. 👏👏👏 Way to go!
Let's be real: pricing is super important, especially for churches. Not-for-profit organizations don't typically have massive budgets to spend on fundraising tools (that would sort of defeat the purpose of fundraising, right?) A cloud-based fundraising solution should be extremely affordable–even free–to use.
Payment processing fees apply to all three of these software solutions. However, Tithely's freemium version wins out over easyTithe's standard $19 per month version, and Pushpay's super pricey $149 per month solution.
To get a good idea of what each solution offers, it's important to compare the top features of each platform.
The top features of Pushpay include:
The top features of easyTithe include:
Tithely's top features include:
Tithely's powerful software suite has everything your church needs to not only receive and manage donations, but to engage its members, manage events, and create awesome promotional material.
Pushpay is an effective donation tool, but the high cost means that this tool is realistic only for very large churches.
easyTithe may be a useful tool for small churches, but it doesn't offer the functionality required to scale up church management or marketing efforts.
Tithely is ideal for small- to medium-sized churches that want dynamic functionality (including online giving, event management, and digital marketing) at an extraordinarily affordable price.
Not all online donation platforms are created equal. Receiving donations shouldn't be a hassle, and it certainly shouldn't be expensive. To learn more about Tithely's free, easy-to-use online donation platform at your church, click here.
