ChurchTrac alternatives for small and mid-size churches

Why do churches look for ChurchTrac alternatives?

ChurchTrac is a well-liked all-in-one, so churches looking around usually want a different shape of tool. Common reasons:

• Pricing tied to names. Every person you track (adults, children, visitors, donors) counts toward your tier, and the price steps up as your name count grows (ChurchTrac pricing, verified as of 2026-10-06). Some churches would rather add every visitor freely.
• A different member experience. Some churches want an app built around groups, chat and announcements.
• They don't need accounting. If your treasurer already uses accounting software, an all-in-one with fund accounting may be more than you need.
• Two products are enough. A church that only needs groups and kids check-in may not want an all-in-one system at all.

If ChurchTrac fits, it's a solid choice and worth keeping. ChurchTrac has served churches since 2002 and is still run by its founder. Their team also offers to build your website and app for you.

What should you look for in a ChurchTrac alternative?

Be clear about what you'd be giving up and what you'd gain:

1. Accounting. If you use ChurchTrac's fund accounting, decide where your books will live before you switch.
2. Pricing that suits how you grow. Per-name tiers suit stable churches; flat prices suit churches adding lots of visitors and children.
3. The member app. Download it and try it the way a member would.
4. Kids check-in. Test printing a label on your own printer during the trial.
5. Migration help. Ask who moves your people and history, and what it costs.

Where does Churchory fit?

Churchory is church management software for small and mid-size churches. Start free with Core (your people directory, families, roles and church-wide email and push), then add only the products you need, like groups, events, Sunday serving and check-in, kids, care, chat and voting, or get everything with Churchory One.

Each Churchory product is $99 a year, a $201 saving over paying $25 a month. Churchory One (every product, including every future product and your church's own branded app) is $599 a year, a $949 saving over paying $129 a month. Core is free forever, there are no contracts or people-count tiers, you can cancel any month, and prices are in USD. Because there are no people-count tiers, you can add every visitor, child and occasional attender without watching a counter. Members use the Churchory Mobile app, or your church's own app with Churchory One. Kids check-in uses letter-and-number security codes and prints to Brother label printers or plain paper, and a live room dashboard refreshes every 30 seconds.

Switching from ChurchTrac is free: our team moves your people, households, groups, serving teams and up to two years of attendance. See Churchory vs ChurchTrac for a side-by-side table and switching to Churchory for the steps.

Honestly: Churchory doesn't do fund accounting, and texting and websites are still in beta. If you need all three in one place, ChurchTrac may still be the better home.

Per-name or per-product: which pricing suits your church?

It depends on how your church grows. ChurchTrac includes every feature and sets your tier by how many names you track, so the price moves as visitors, children and new members are added (ChurchTrac pricing, verified as of 2026-10-06). Churchory sets the price by the products you choose and never counts people: Core is free forever, each product is $99 a year, and Churchory One is $599 a year for everything.

Per-name pricing suits a church with a steady roll that wants accounting in the same system. Per-product pricing suits a church that adds lots of visitors, children and occasional attenders and wants a number it can put in next year's budget without guessing at growth.

What are the other ChurchTrac alternatives?

Details come from each company's public page, verified as of 2026-10-06:

• Breeze: one flat monthly plan with unlimited people, owned by Tithe.ly and now called Tithely Church Management. See Churchory vs Breeze.
• Tithe.ly: an All-Access bundle with giving, church management, a custom app and a website. See Churchory vs Tithe.ly.
• Planning Center: separate products priced by usage, with a free people database. See Churchory vs Planning Center.
• Subsplash: apps, websites, media and church management; Subsplash One pricing isn't published. See Churchory vs Subsplash.

How do you move from ChurchTrac to Churchory?

Free staff-run migration lists ChurchTrac as a source: people and households, groups and leaders, upcoming events, serving teams, documents and up to two years of attendance history (giving ledgers stay with your giving provider). Self-serve: export people and attendance as spreadsheets and use the people CSV import and the generic spreadsheet history preset. Fund accounting is not migrated; Churchory doesn't do accounting.

Read the full switching and setup guide.