Subsplash alternatives for small and mid-size churches

Why do churches look for Subsplash alternatives?

Subsplash is known for apps, websites and media, and most churches looking at alternatives are thinking about price visibility and focus rather than quality:

• No published price. Subsplash One is priced "based on church size and usage" and Subsplash asks churches to contact sales (Subsplash pricing, verified as of 2026-10-06). Some small churches want to see a number first.
• Media isn't the priority. For a church whose sermons already live on YouTube or a podcast host, paying for media tools may not be the best use of budget.
• They want the week-to-week work first. Groups, serving schedules, kids check-in and care can matter more than the website.

If Subsplash is serving you well, there's no reason to move.

What should you look for in a Subsplash alternative?

Think about what your church uses Subsplash for today, and make sure the alternative covers it:

1. The app. Will members get an app with your church's name, and what does it cost?
2. Media. Decide where sermons will live. Many churches use a free video or podcast host.
3. Website. If Subsplash builds your website, plan where it moves.
4. Church management. Groups, check-in and serving should be strong, not an afterthought.
5. A price you can see. Published pricing makes it easier to plan a budget and get a board's approval.
6. Giving. Compare per-gift fees and whether donors can cover them.

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 on paying monthly) or $25 a month. Churchory One (every product, every future product and your church's own branded app) is $599 a year, saving $949, or $129 a month. No contracts, cancel any month, prices in USD, and no people-count tiers. With Churchory One, your church gets its own branded app in the App Store and Google Play, published under your church's own Apple and Google developer accounts. Free Core includes the Churchory Mobile app, with groups, chat, events and announcements in one place. Sunday covers serving schedules, worship planning and Sunday check-in; Kids prints security labels; Giving runs through your church's own Stripe account.

Where Churchory isn't a fit: it doesn't host sermon media or live streams, there's no TV app, and Church Websites is still in beta. A church that leans on those may be better served by Subsplash, or by pairing Churchory with a separate media host.

See Churchory vs Subsplash for a side-by-side table, and switching to Churchory for how our team moves your data for free.

What does Churchory replace for a church?

Churchory replaces the four to six separate tools many churches juggle (a directory, groups, events and registration, kids check-in, chat, newsletters, giving and a church app) with one platform and one directory, so nobody enters the same family twice. Fewer tools means fewer subscriptions, fewer logins and fewer admin hours spent keeping lists in sync.

• Core is free forever: the people directory, families, roles and permissions, church-wide email and push, and the Churchory web, mobile and Mac apps.
• No platform fee on giving: Churchory takes no percentage of gifts. Gifts run through your church's own Stripe account, so only Stripe's processing fees apply.
• Free, staff-run migration: our team moves your people, groups and attendance history for you.
• Your own branded app in the App Store and Google Play with Churchory One.
• Support from the people who build it: a husband-and-wife team, not a ticket queue.
• Pricing that fits a budget line: $99 a year per product, or $599 a year for everything with Churchory One. Churchory One is the better deal from the seventh product on yearly billing.

If you pay for a separate check-in tool, chat app and newsletter tool today, add up what those cost and compare it with $99 a year per product or $599 a year for everything.

What does moving away from Subsplash look like?

A move goes most smoothly in stages, so members never lose the app or the sermons they rely on:

1. Start with people and groups. Export your people as a spreadsheet; Churchory's import matches each column for you, or our team does it free.
2. Pick a home for sermons. Set up your video or podcast host and link to it before you switch apps.
3. Run Sundays side by side. Use the 45-day trial to schedule a few Sundays and check in kids on Churchory while your current app keeps running.
4. Move giving last. Give recurring givers a simple new link and a date, and leave the old page up for a season.
5. Then switch the app. Announce the Churchory app (or your own app with Churchory One) once everything people need is already in it.

What are the other Subsplash alternatives?

Each description comes from the company's public page, verified as of 2026-10-06:

• Tithe.ly: an All-Access bundle with giving, church management, a custom app and a website, or the app as a separate plan. See Churchory vs Tithe.ly.
• Planning Center: separate products priced by usage, including Publishing for custom pages, video and audio. See Churchory vs Planning Center.
• ChurchTrac: website and app included in every plan, priced by number of names. See Churchory vs ChurchTrac.
• Pushpay: giving, church management and a custom church app, quote-based. See Churchory vs Pushpay.

How do you move from Subsplash to Churchory?

Subsplash is not a named source on the free migration form; choose "Something else" and send exports. Staff-run migration moves 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: people CSV import and the generic spreadsheet history preset. Sermon media is not migrated.

Read the full switching and setup guide.