ChurchTrac

Great Product... will grow with your church - Used at a previous church and just got for new church

Avantages :

If you are a small church that needs a good online database that doesn't break the bank, this is it. There are numerous features that you can choose what fits your particular ministry and have everything in one area... instead of needing 4-5 different programs to do it all. One of the best things is that you can add more and more names and then simply pay to upgrade to the next level as your church grows, so you don't have to waste money for a database of 1,000 if you only have 70 in your church currently! But (hopefully) as your church grows, you will have the finances to have the program expand with you. I also enjoy ChurchTrac as a pastor, because I can log in on my phone or iPad from wherever I am making a visit to add notes about the visit. We have also added multiple volunteers users who want to help make visits, send cards, make phone calls, etc who can add notes when they do so; there are great restriction capabilities available, so I can allow volunteers access to these note areas without allowing them access to giving records or more confidential pastoral counseling notes. We have also integrated this into our children's ministry/nursery area and purchased a Dymo label printer to give each child a name badge upon check in with emergency phone numbers and allergy warnings. Finally, the congregation access is awesome, so everyone can update their own information or get their own giving records whenever they would like to check!

Inconvénients :

A few of the reporting features are somewhat limited and not able to be as customized as I would like, but this is such a minor issue compared to all the Pros that it's hardly worth mentioning... but it was a required field so I had to come up with something. I did have an issue when I wanted to add more volunteer users, but it was fixed within an hour of opening the ticket due to their AMAZING customer service!

Best church management tool for the price!

Avantages :

I would say that the thing that I like the most about ChurchTrac are the videos on YouTube that are provided for training.

Inconvénients :

I would like there to be an option to provide a separate way for people to donate through text without having to be registered.

Summary of review

Commentaires : Good

Avantages :

Feature to edit and customize People profiles and reports.

Inconvénients :

Some of the category titles I.e. ‘Member Status’ —I believe ‘People Status’ would be more appropriate.

ChurchTrac is the cost effective, complete solution you've been looking for

Commentaires : We were using one of the other big names, and found it didn't meet our needs as well as we wanted. We set out on a journey to evaluate ChMS systems, and after webinars, demos and weeks of comparisons had settled on another solution. Putting together a presentation for the elders led us to stumble on to ChurchTrac, the difference was night and day. ChurchTrac has clearly been a labor of love for a team that has worked in churches. Intuitive, complete and powerful member engagement has been steadily increasing.

Avantages :

ChurchTrac does the heavy lifting to empower churches with the tools needed.-Documentation is great, and if you need more, their support is extremely fast, and super knowledgeable.-Giving is easy and cost-effective, no expensive fees.-Event planning and registrations are easy and get everyone on the same page.-ChurchConnect is member portal and app rolled in to one, enabling giving, registrations, and check-ins.-ChurchConnect isn't as customizable as we're used to, but that is actually proving to be a good thing our website was constantly out of date as it was a chore to update. Connect fixes that with powerful but simple to create cards.

Inconvénients :

-URL customization for Church Connect would be a really great addition.-Group messaging through Connect would be a good way for teams or small groups to communicate.

So Many User-Friendly Features at an Amazing Price

Commentaires : Churchtrac has allowed us to digitalize our accounting which has helped tremendously. It has allowed us to reach our members and the community using digital means like Church Connect and the online giving portal.

Avantages :

Churchtrac allows our church to combine so many things into one online software program such as giving (both online and in person), attendance, event coordination, accounting, and website through Church Connect. I can access our church data from any device by simply logging in.

Inconvénients :

I feel that the financial reports could be improved.