Last Updated: September 2026
Many churches searching for the best ChurchTrac alternatives are not unhappy with the software. ChurchTrac rates 4.8 out of 5 across 864 reviews on Capterra, and its support team scores 4.9 in the same reviews. It has been family-run and bootstrapped since 2002. Its published pricing bundles fund accounting, giving, check-in and worship planning into one login from $29 per month. There is no ownership story here and no pricing trap.
The churches that go looking have usually outgrown it. The reporting engine will not bend to the question the finance committee is asking. There is no phone number to call when check-in freezes at 9:40 on a Sunday morning. There is no API, so nothing else in the building can talk to it. And the admin side still lives in a browser tab rather than an app. This page ranks the platforms worth a call when one of those is the wall you have hit, and it is honest about where ChurchTrac is still the better answer. You can also browse our full alternatives hub for other platforms.
Key Takeaways
- ChurchTrac’s most cited limit is reporting: weak and non-customizable once a church grows past a few hundred people. It is the complaint that starts most of these searches.
- There is no phone support. Email tickets are answered quickly, including weekends, but nobody picks up when something breaks mid-service.
- ChurchTrac repriced in 2026. The entry tier is now $29 per month for 75 names with accounting included, up from $9 plus a $15 accounting add-on earlier in the year.
- Best for full church management at scale: Planning Center if you want modular best-in-class tools, Breeze if you want one flat price and a phone line.
- Best for membership, events and communication rather than congregational management: Raklet. It is not a ChMS and we say so below.
- The fastest way to choose: scan the comparison table.
Why churches look for ChurchTrac alternatives
The themes below come from Capterra reviews, from migration guides published by competing platforms, and from ChurchTrac’s own pricing and feature pages. None of them is about reliability or support quality, which reviewers consistently praise. They are about the ceiling.
1. Reporting is weak and cannot be customized. This is the most consistent complaint across every review page we read. Treasurers describe the reports module as limiting, income statements that do not roll costs up to parent categories, and generic descriptions that are hard for a non-accountant to read. ChurchTrac redesigned its reporting engine in 2024, and reviewers through early 2026 still describe exporting raw data to Excel to get the view they need. If your finance committee asks questions the built-in reports cannot answer, this is where you feel it first.
2. The admin side runs in a browser. ChurchTrac shipped a native Church Connect app for congregants in July 2025 and a dedicated Worship App in April 2026, so members and worship teams now have something to download. Administrators do not. Entering attendance, running check-in stations or editing a giving record on a phone still means a mobile browser session. Pastors and administrators who work from their phones flag this repeatedly.
3. No phone support. Support runs through email, chat and weekly live workshops. Reviewers rate it 4.9 out of 5 and describe replies within one business day, including weekends. What they also describe is the moment that model fails: a system that freezes on a Sunday, a first-time accounting setup with a 15-minute onboarding call that felt rushed, and no number to dial when a ticket is not fast enough.
4. Stripe only. Online giving runs through Stripe at a discounted nonprofit rate. There is no PayPal, Venmo or Cash App option, which a few congregations with older or lower-income givers notice more than others.
5. No API, so nothing integrates. ChurchTrac has no public API. Outside its few built-in integrations, external tools cannot connect to it, and leaving means building a custom report field by field and exporting CSVs. Three competing platforms, including Breeze and ChMeetings, have each published a dedicated ChurchTrac migration guide, which tells you the switching friction is real and recurring.
6. The 2026 price change. Earlier in 2026, ChurchTrac’s entry tier was $9 per month with fund accounting sold as a $15 per month add-on and messaging as a $7 add-on. As of September 2026, the pricing page starts at $29 per month for 75 names with accounting bundled in, rising to $119 per month for unlimited names. For a church that never wanted accounting, that is a higher floor. Enhanced Messaging is still a $7 per month add-on, with additional credits billed automatically in $7 blocks of 250, which is the one line item reviewers say they did not expect at signup.
What to look for in a ChurchTrac alternative
Each criterion below answers one of the complaints above. If a platform does not clear the one that matters to you, the rest of its feature list is irrelevant.
Report customization for a growing congregation. Ask to build one report from scratch during the trial: giving by fund, filtered by date, grouped by household, exported cleanly. If you cannot do it without a support ticket, you will be back in Excel within a year.
Support you can reach on a Sunday. Find out whether there is a phone line, what the published response time is, and whether anyone is working on weekend mornings. Breeze, Churchteams and Servant Keeper publish phone support. Planning Center staffs email on Sunday mornings. Raklet’s phone and video support is a paid add-on.
A real mobile admin app, if your staff need one. Separate the member-facing app from the admin one. Several platforms here have both. Others, like ChurchTrac, have only the former.
Payment processor choice. If your givers ask for PayPal or bank transfer, check which processors the platform supports and what it charges on top of them. Every platform on this page charges processor fees; some, including Raklet, add a platform fee as well.
Integration and API needs. If you run accounting in QuickBooks, email in Mailchimp, or a livestream platform, you need either a native integration or an API. ChurchTrac has a short list of built-in integrations, such as Twilio for texting and SongSelect for worship, but no API, so anything outside that list is out of reach. Rock RMS, Breeze and Raklet (on Premium) all publish one.
The real monthly cost at your size. Price the platform at your people count, not the entry tier. Add the modules or add-ons you will use. The cost by congregation size table below does this for every platform here.
The Best ChurchTrac Alternatives in 2026
How we evaluated these alternatives
We scored each platform on four dimensions. Pricing transparency: is there a public price grid, and does it include add-ons and fees? Ownership stability: independent, PE-owned, or recently acquired. Product cadence: how often meaningful updates ship. And church management feature depth: people records, giving, check-in, groups, worship planning, reporting. Pricing comes from each platform’s published pricing page, fetched in September 2026; Churchteams publishes its tiers as an image, so its figures come from its Capterra listing. Where a vendor does not publish a price, we say so rather than guess. Review scores come from Capterra. We found no ChurchTrac mentions in our own sales-call transcripts, so no customer quotes appear on this page. Raklet is one of the alternatives reviewed and we list ourselves first because this is our site, so treat the ordering as our opinion rather than a neutral ranking. Where Raklet loses we say so: it is not a church management system, it has no fund accounting or service check-in, it charges a platform fee on top of the payment processor, and its AI features are on the roadmap rather than shipped.
1. Raklet
Raklet is a membership and community platform, not a church management system, and that distinction is the whole point of listing it here. It is built on a CRM with custom fields, membership types that renew and collect dues, event ticketing with QR check-in, and email and SMS campaigns. Members get a searchable directory, a private community space, and a free native iOS and Android app on every paid plan. Reporting is built on the same filters you use to segment contacts, so the report you can imagine is usually the report you can build. On Premium there is a public REST API, custom domain and SSO.
What Raklet does not do matters as much. There is no fund accounting, no giving statements tuned to church reporting, no child check-in with security labels, and no worship planning. If those are why you bought ChurchTrac, Raklet is not your replacement. It fits churches and faith communities that want to manage members, communicate, run events and collect dues or donations, and that either do not need congregational management workflows or run them elsewhere. It also fits the organizations ChurchTrac’s church-only scope leaves out: parachurch ministries, denominational offices, dioceses and religious nonprofits.
Pricing: Permanent free plan for 100 contacts with no credit card, which is a plan and not a trial. Essentials $49/mo on annual billing (500 contacts), Professional $99/mo (1,000 contacts, adds integrations and event check-ins), Premium $399/mo (10,000 contacts, adds API access, SSO and a custom domain). Additional 1,000-contact packs cost $29/mo on monthly billing, or $290/yr on annual billing, rather than forcing a tier jump. Pricing scales on contacts and features together, since each tier also unlocks capabilities. Raklet charges a platform transaction fee that varies by plan on top of the payment processor’s fee, and payments run on Stripe plus limited PayPal. Every figure is published: see Raklet pricing.
Best for: Churches, ministries and faith communities that need membership records, a directory, events and communication in one place, in the 100 to 10,000 contact range, and that do not need a full ChMS.
Not ideal for: Churches whose core need is fund accounting, Sunday check-in or worship scheduling. ChurchTrac does all three for less money.
For the direct head-to-head on features, fees and migration, read ChurchTrac vs Raklet.
2. Planning Center
Planning Center is the platform church operations staff recommend to each other, and it is the natural upgrade for a ChurchTrac church that has outgrown the reporting. Its People database is free at any size with reporting included, and every other product is a separate module priced by usage: Services for worship planning and volunteer scheduling, Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, Registrations and Calendar. The Services module is widely treated as the standard for Sunday logistics, and the company ships updates weekly. It is founder-owned, has never taken outside funding, and states on its about page that more than 90,000 churches use it.
Pricing: People is free. Each paid module runs the same ladder: $15/mo at the smallest paid tier, then $32, $69, $115, $179 and $239/mo as usage grows. The unit differs per module, so Check-Ins for 30 daily check-ins is $15/mo and for 200 is $69/mo, while Groups for 75 members is $15/mo and for 500 is $69/mo. Giving processes cards at 2.15% plus $0.30 and US bank transfers at $0.30 flat. No contracts, cancel anytime, first 30 days free. See Planning Center pricing.
Best for: Mid-size and large churches that want best-in-class worship planning and check-in and are happy to assemble the stack module by module.
Not ideal for: Small churches on a ChurchTrac budget. Three or four modules at moderate usage can cost several times ChurchTrac’s unlimited tier, and there is no phone support: email only, answered in about a business hour on weekdays and Sunday mornings.
3. Breeze ChMS
Breeze is often the first platform ChurchTrac churches shortlist, and Breeze knows it: it publishes its own ChurchTrac export guide. The pitch is simplicity and one flat price. Members, attendance, giving, groups, check-in, email and text messaging, contribution statements and an admin mobile app are all included, with unlimited users and unlimited people. Breeze was acquired by Tithely in 2021 and is now marketed as Tithely Church Management, so new signups should ask whether they are onboarding to classic Breeze or to the unified Tithely platform.
Pricing: $72/mo flat with no tiers and no limits based on church size. Giving is included at $0/mo with unlimited donations, texting includes 250 messages a month then $10 per 500, and a bundle with worship tools, church apps and a website is $119/mo. Free phone and email support, 30-day free trial, no contracts and no termination fees. See Breeze pricing.
Best for: Small and mid-size churches that want everything ChurchTrac does with a phone line, an admin app and a price that never changes as you grow.
Not ideal for: Churches under 250 people that only need the basics, where ChurchTrac at $29 to $59/mo is meaningfully cheaper, or churches that want detailed worship service planning, which Planning Center does better.
4. Churchteams
Churchteams has been owner-operated since 1999 and organizes everything around groups and relationships rather than a giving ledger. Every plan includes check-in, communication, a dashboard, giving, groups, membership, registration, text-to-church, volunteers and workflow automation. Workflow automation is included on every plan, which covers the follow-up tracking ChurchTrac users tend to build by hand in spreadsheets. The company publishes a phone line, which is the specific thing ChurchTrac churches say they miss, and data import is free for smaller, simpler databases. It rates 4.6 out of 5 across 471 reviews on Capterra.
Pricing: Three tiers by database size, listed on Capterra at $37/mo, $97/mo and $197/mo. The exact people boundaries are published on the Churchteams site as an image rather than text, so confirm which tier you land in before you compare. 500 texts a month are included with overages at 2 cents each. 30 days free, no credit card, no contract. See Churchteams pricing.
Best for: Churches built around small groups and follow-up workflows that want automation and a human on the phone.
Not ideal for: Churches that want a modern interface or published API. Neither is a Churchteams strength, and the tier jumps are steep.
5. Tithely
Tithely started as a giving platform and has grown into a suite: Free Giving, a mobile church app, websites, text giving, worship planning, and church management, which is Breeze under the Tithely name. It reports serving more than 53,000 churches. It belongs on this list separately from Breeze because a church that mostly needs online giving done well, with the option to add a website and an app later, can start at $0 and add pieces. Tithely shipped AI Insights in 2025, which analyzes giving patterns and flags donors whose behavior is changing.
Pricing: Free Giving is $0/mo with transaction fees only: 2.9% plus $0.30 on cards, 1% plus $0.30 on ACH. Church Management is $72/mo, the mobile church app $89/mo, websites $19/mo, and the All Access bundle of all five products is $119/mo with no growth-based increases. Enterprise pricing applies above 2,000 attendees. No contracts, 30-day trials on paid plans, and a $599 one-time premium onboarding option. See Tithely pricing.
Best for: Giving-led churches that want a strong donor experience first and can add management, a website and an app as they grow.
Not ideal for: Churches that only need the ChMS. In that case compare Breeze directly, since it is the same product at the same $72/mo.
6. Rock RMS
Rock RMS is the answer for churches with technical capacity that want full control. It is open source, governed by the nonprofit Spark Development Network, with people management, giving, check-in, workflow automation, event registration, volunteer scheduling, a REST API and the most configurable reporting on this page. It is also the platform that most directly solves ChurchTrac’s two structural gaps, reporting and integration, because you can build any report and connect anything. The cost is that someone has to.
Pricing: No license fees, no contract. Rock asks for a voluntary annual commitment of $4.45 per average weekend attendee, so a 100-person church would be asked for $445 a year. Hosting is separate, through Rock Cloud, Cloud 9 or your own servers, and partner hosting is priced by the partner. Support is community forums, documentation and the Rock U training platform. See Rock RMS pricing.
Best for: Large or multi-site churches with a developer on staff or a church-tech contractor, that have outgrown every off-the-shelf reporting engine.
Not ideal for: Almost everyone else. Without technical support in-house, Rock costs more in staff time than a Breeze subscription.
7. ChMeetings
ChMeetings is the budget option with a genuinely free tier, and it reports more than 7,000 churches, ministries and dioceses. The free plan covers 50 people with email, calendar, a member portal and a church app. Paid tiers add attendance, giving, groups, events, advanced reports, accounting features and a branded app, and the interface runs in multiple languages, which is why it is popular with international and multilingual congregations, something ChurchTrac’s English-first platform does not offer. ChMeetings also publishes its own ChurchTrac migration guide. Its AI features have been on the roadmap since 2025 and have not shipped.
Pricing: Free for up to 50 people, then $12/mo for 100, $25/mo for 250, $40/mo for 500, $50/mo for 1,000 and $60/mo unlimited. Annual billing charges 10 months instead of 12. SMS and voice credits are extra, as is a custom branded app. No setup fee, no termination fee, cancel any time. See ChMeetings pricing.
Best for: Church plants, small congregations and dioceses that want broad features at a lower price than ChurchTrac’s new floor.
Not ideal for: Churches that need fast, US-hours support or that were promised AI features. Ask for a shipped date before you decide on that basis.
8. Servant Keeper
Servant Keeper has been selling church software since 1994, when Ed Newman started calling churches from a converted apple house in his backyard. It has since moved from desktop to cloud without losing its long-tenured customer base. Both plans include unlimited families and members, and phone, email and chat support is standard even on the entry plan. The Complete plan adds premium support with a kick-off call and white-glove data transfer, 1,000 texts a month, a website and app, and livestreaming.
Pricing: Core is $79.99/mo, or $73.32/mo on annual billing ($879.89/yr), for around 4 users. Complete is $159.99/mo, or $146.66/mo annually ($1,759.89/yr), for around 8 users. Check-in is a $199 option on Core and included on Complete. See Servant Keeper pricing.
Best for: Established churches that value a 30-year vendor, phone support and white-glove migration over a modern interface.
Not ideal for: Budget-driven small churches. Core is roughly the price of Breeze with fewer users, and there is no free tier.
ChurchTrac alternatives compared
Prices as of September 2026 based on published pricing pages. Quote-based figures are ranges from verified customer reports. “Not stated” means we found no primary source and chose not to guess.
| Tool | Ownership | Best for | Starting price | Support | Contract | Mobile app | Public API | AI features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raklet | Privately held, independent | Membership, events and communication without a full ChMS | Free (100 contacts); $49/mo (500) | Email and chat; phone and video a $100/mo add-on | Monthly or annual | Yes, free native iOS and Android member app | Yes, on Premium | On the roadmap |
| ChurchTrac | Privately held, family-run since 2002 | Small churches wanting everything in one login | $29/mo (75 names); $119/mo unlimited | Email, chat and weekly workshops; no phone | Monthly, or annual at 10% off | Member app (Church Connect) and Worship App; admin is browser only | No | None shipped |
| Planning Center | Founder-owned, bootstrapped | Modular ChMS with best-in-class worship planning | People free; modules from $15/mo each | Email, about 1 business hour, weekdays and Sunday mornings | None, cancel anytime | Yes, Church Center member app free | Yes | Yes, AI list building |
| Breeze ChMS | Owned by Tithely (acquired 2021) | Simple all-in-one at one flat price | $72/mo flat, unlimited people | Free phone and email | None, no termination fees | Yes, admin mobile app included | Yes | Yes, via Tithely AI Insights |
| Churchteams | Owner-operated since 1999 | Group-led ministry and follow-up automation | $37/mo (Capterra listing) | Phone, text and support portal | None, 30 days free | Yes, member app | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tithely | Privately held | Giving-led churches adding a suite over time | Free Giving $0/mo; All Access $119/mo | Help center; $599 premium onboarding | None | Yes, church app ($89/mo or in bundle) | Integrations with major ChMS; API not stated | Yes, AI Insights for giving |
| Rock RMS | Open source, nonprofit-governed | Tech-capable churches wanting full control | Free software; $4.45 per attendee/yr suggested, plus hosting | Community forums, docs and Rock U | None | Buildable with Rock Mobile; needs configuration | Yes, REST API | None natively |
| ChMeetings | Privately held (Jios Apps Inc) | Budget churches and multilingual congregations | Free (50 people); $12/mo (100) | Email; priority support on higher tiers | None, cancel any time | Yes, church app; branded app extra | Not stated | Roadmap only, not shipped |
| Servant Keeper | Privately held since 1994 | Established churches wanting phone support and migration help | $73.32/mo annual (Core) | Phone, email and chat | Monthly or annual | Yes, on Complete | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tool | Ownership | Best for | Starting price | Support | Contract | Mobile app | Public API | AI features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raklet | Privately held, independent | Membership, events and communication without a full ChMS | Free (100 contacts); $49/mo (500) | Email and chat; phone and video a $100/mo add-on | Monthly or annual | Yes, free native iOS and Android member app | Yes, on Premium | On the roadmap |
| ChurchTrac | Privately held, family-run since 2002 | Small churches wanting everything in one login | $29/mo (75 names); $119/mo unlimited | Email, chat and weekly workshops; no phone | Monthly, or annual at 10% off | Member app (Church Connect) and Worship App; admin is browser only | No | None shipped |
| Planning Center | Founder-owned, bootstrapped | Modular ChMS with best-in-class worship planning | People free; modules from $15/mo each | Email, about 1 business hour, weekdays and Sunday mornings | None, cancel anytime | Yes, Church Center member app free | Yes | Yes, AI list building |
| Breeze ChMS | Owned by Tithely (acquired 2021) | Simple all-in-one at one flat price | $72/mo flat, unlimited people | Free phone and email | None, no termination fees | Yes, admin mobile app included | Yes | Yes, via Tithely AI Insights |
| Churchteams | Owner-operated since 1999 | Group-led ministry and follow-up automation | $37/mo (Capterra listing) | Phone, text and support portal | None, 30 days free | Yes, member app | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tithely | Privately held | Giving-led churches adding a suite over time | Free Giving $0/mo; All Access $119/mo | Help center; $599 premium onboarding | None | Yes, church app ($89/mo or in bundle) | Integrations with major ChMS; API not stated | Yes, AI Insights for giving |
| Rock RMS | Open source, nonprofit-governed | Tech-capable churches wanting full control | Free software; $4.45 per attendee/yr suggested, plus hosting | Community forums, docs and Rock U | None | Buildable with Rock Mobile; needs configuration | Yes, REST API | None natively |
| ChMeetings | Privately held (Jios Apps Inc) | Budget churches and multilingual congregations | Free (50 people); $12/mo (100) | Email; priority support on higher tiers | None, cancel any time | Yes, church app; branded app extra | Not stated | Roadmap only, not shipped |
| Servant Keeper | Privately held since 1994 | Established churches wanting phone support and migration help | $73.32/mo annual (Core) | Phone, email and chat | Monthly or annual | Yes, on Complete | Not stated | Not stated |
What does each platform cost at your congregation size?
Prices as of September 2026 based on published pricing pages. Annual figures use each vendor’s annual-billing rate where one is published and the monthly rate times 12 where it is not. Planning Center does not price by congregation size, so its figures are hypothetical examples derived from its published per-module tiers for a Services, Check-Ins and Groups stack, assuming team members at 10% of people tracked, daily check-ins at 20% and group members at 40%. Your modules and usage will differ, possibly by a lot. Rock RMS figures are the suggested voluntary commitment if every person tracked attends weekly, before hosting. Quote-based figures are labeled.
| Platform | 500 people tracked | 1,000 people tracked | 2,000 people tracked | 5,000 people tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raklet | $588/yr (Essentials) | $1,188/yr (Professional) | $1,478/yr (Professional + one 1,000-contact pack) | $2,348/yr (Professional + four packs), or $4,788/yr on Premium for API and SSO |
| ChurchTrac | $948/yr ($79/mo, 500 names); about $853/yr on annual billing | $1,188/yr ($99/mo, 1,000 names); about $1,069/yr annual | $1,428/yr ($119/mo, unlimited); about $1,285/yr annual | $1,428/yr ($119/mo, unlimited); about $1,285/yr annual |
| Planning Center | People free; roughly $1,596/yr for a Services, Check-Ins and Groups stack (hypothetical, derived from published tiers) | People free; roughly $2,484/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) | People free; roughly $4,140/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) | People free; roughly $7,164/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) |
| Breeze ChMS | $864/yr ($72/mo flat) | $864/yr | $864/yr | $864/yr |
| Churchteams | $444/yr or $1,164/yr; Churchteams publishes its size boundaries as an image, so confirm which tier 500 people lands in | $1,164/yr or $2,364/yr; confirm tier with Churchteams | $2,364/yr (Extra Large) | $2,364/yr (Extra Large) |
| Tithely | $0 (Free Giving) to $1,428/yr (All Access) | $0 to $1,428/yr | $1,428/yr (All Access), or Enterprise quote above 2,000 attendees | Quote only (Enterprise, 2,000+ attendees) |
| Rock RMS | $2,225/yr suggested, plus hosting | $4,450/yr suggested, plus hosting | $8,900/yr suggested, plus hosting | $22,250/yr suggested, plus hosting |
| ChMeetings | $400/yr (Medium, annual billing) | $500/yr (Large, annual) | $600/yr (Unlimited, annual) | $600/yr (Unlimited, annual) |
| Servant Keeper | $879.89/yr (Core, annual) | $879.89/yr | $879.89/yr | $879.89/yr, or $1,759.89/yr on Complete for more users |
| Platform | 500 people tracked | 1,000 people tracked | 2,000 people tracked | 5,000 people tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raklet | $588/yr (Essentials) | $1,188/yr (Professional) | $1,478/yr (Professional + one 1,000-contact pack) | $2,348/yr (Professional + four packs), or $4,788/yr on Premium for API and SSO |
| ChurchTrac | $948/yr ($79/mo, 500 names); about $853/yr on annual billing | $1,188/yr ($99/mo, 1,000 names); about $1,069/yr annual | $1,428/yr ($119/mo, unlimited); about $1,285/yr annual | $1,428/yr ($119/mo, unlimited); about $1,285/yr annual |
| Planning Center | People free; roughly $1,596/yr for a Services, Check-Ins and Groups stack (hypothetical, derived from published tiers) | People free; roughly $2,484/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) | People free; roughly $4,140/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) | People free; roughly $7,164/yr for the same stack (hypothetical, derived) |
| Breeze ChMS | $864/yr ($72/mo flat) | $864/yr | $864/yr | $864/yr |
| Churchteams | $444/yr or $1,164/yr; Churchteams publishes its size boundaries as an image, so confirm which tier 500 people lands in | $1,164/yr or $2,364/yr; confirm tier with Churchteams | $2,364/yr (Extra Large) | $2,364/yr (Extra Large) |
| Tithely | $0 (Free Giving) to $1,428/yr (All Access) | $0 to $1,428/yr | $1,428/yr (All Access), or Enterprise quote above 2,000 attendees | Quote only (Enterprise, 2,000+ attendees) |
| Rock RMS | $2,225/yr suggested, plus hosting | $4,450/yr suggested, plus hosting | $8,900/yr suggested, plus hosting | $22,250/yr suggested, plus hosting |
| ChMeetings | $400/yr (Medium, annual billing) | $500/yr (Large, annual) | $600/yr (Unlimited, annual) | $600/yr (Unlimited, annual) |
| Servant Keeper | $879.89/yr (Core, annual) | $879.89/yr | $879.89/yr | $879.89/yr, or $1,759.89/yr on Complete for more users |
Which ChurchTrac alternative is right for you?
Start with the reason you are leaving, because it sorts this list quickly. If you need full church management and have outgrown the reporting, you want a ChMS with deeper reports and a phone line. Breeze is the pick if you want one flat $72 price and the simplest migration, since it publishes a ChurchTrac export guide. Planning Center is the pick if worship planning and check-in at scale matter more than price and you are comfortable assembling modules. Churchteams or Servant Keeper fit if a vendor with 25 or more years behind it and someone who answers the phone are the priority.
If giving is the center of your church’s online life, Tithely lets you start free and add the rest of the suite later. If you have a developer on staff and every reporting engine on this page feels too small, Rock RMS is the only one with no ceiling, and the only one that will cost you more in time than in money. If the new $29 floor is the problem, ChMeetings is free to 50 people and $60 a month unlimited.
If what you need is a membership database, a directory, events, dues and communication, and the congregational workflows in ChurchTrac were features you paid for and never used, that is Raklet. It costs more than ChurchTrac at most sizes on this page and it does not do fund accounting or Sunday check-in, so it is the right answer for a specific kind of church, not for every church. The permanent free plan for 100 contacts costs nothing to test. You can compare Raklet plans and fees or start a free Raklet account and see whether the membership side does what you need.
One last honest word. ChurchTrac is well-liked, family-run, and still among the cheapest full church management platforms, even after its 2026 repricing. If none of the gaps above describes your church, keeping it is a reasonable decision.
Frequently asked questions about ChurchTrac alternatives
What is the best ChurchTrac alternative?
It depends on why you are leaving. For a church that has outgrown ChurchTrac’s reporting and wants a phone line, Breeze at a flat $72 per month is the most direct replacement and publishes its own ChurchTrac migration guide. For worship planning and check-in at scale, Planning Center. For membership, a directory, events and communication without a full church management system, Raklet is the closest fit.
What is the cheapest ChurchTrac alternative?
ChMeetings, which is free for up to 50 people and $60 per month for unlimited people, or $600 a year on annual billing. Tithely’s Free Giving costs nothing but only covers online giving. Planning Center’s People database is free at any size, though every other module is paid. ChurchTrac itself starts at $29 per month for 75 names, so it remains cheaper than most full platforms here.
Is there a free ChurchTrac alternative?
Yes. ChMeetings has a free plan for up to 50 people. Planning Center’s People module is free with unlimited records. Rock RMS is free open-source software, though hosting and setup cost real money. Raklet has a permanent free plan covering 100 contacts with no credit card required, which is a plan rather than a trial. ChurchTrac has no free plan, only a 30-day trial.
Does ChurchTrac have an API?
No. ChurchTrac has no public API, so external tools cannot connect to it directly and leaving means building a custom report and exporting CSVs field by field. If integrations matter, Rock RMS, Breeze and Planning Center all publish APIs, and Raklet includes API access on its Premium plan.
Does ChurchTrac offer phone support?
No. ChurchTrac support runs through email, chat and weekly live training workshops, and reviewers rate it 4.9 out of 5 for responsiveness. There is no phone line for urgent issues. Breeze, Churchteams and Servant Keeper all publish phone support, and Planning Center answers email in about a business hour on weekdays and Sunday mornings.
How much does ChurchTrac really cost in 2026?
As of September 2026, ChurchTrac starts at $29 per month for 75 names and rises through $39, $59, $79 and $99 to $119 per month for unlimited names, with fund accounting, giving, check-in and worship planning included. Annual billing saves 10%. Enhanced Messaging is a $7 per month add-on with extra credits billed in $7 blocks, and giving runs on Stripe’s nonprofit rate.
The bottom line on ChurchTrac alternatives
Churches leave ChurchTrac for three predictable reasons: reporting that will not bend, no phone to call on a Sunday, and no API to work around either problem. Breeze answers all three for a flat $72 a month and is the easiest migration. Planning Center answers them with more depth and more cost. Raklet answers a different question, for churches that need membership, events and communication rather than congregational management. Below are comparisons for the platforms most often shortlisted alongside these.
Compare to other membership and church software alternatives
Best Aplos alternatives
If fund accounting is the part of ChurchTrac you rely on most, this comparison ranks the church and nonprofit accounting platforms against each other.
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If you run a member-led organization rather than a congregation, start with this comparison instead.
See the best ClubExpress alternatives →Best Wild Apricot alternatives
If association-style membership management with dues and renewals is closer to your need, this ranks the field.
See the best Wild Apricot alternatives →
