Questions and answers

Straight answers before you commit.

Honest answers about pricing, giving fees, migration, privacy, and what ships when — before you ever get on a call.

Fit

We are a small church run by volunteers — is this too much system?

Simply Churches is free for your first 500 people, and unlimited users means every deacon, elder, and volunteer can help without sharing a login. Start with people, giving, and your website; add the rest as it helps.

Giving fees

What does giving actually cost?

Verified churches on paid plans pay a 0% platform fee on giving — only the card or bank processor’s own rates pass through, at cost. The Free plan carries 2%. No per-gift markup hiding in the fine print.

Websites

Can we keep the website we already have?

Yes. Embed giving, connect cards, and registrations into your current site with copy-and-paste snippets — or let Simply Churches host the whole site when you are ready.

Roadmap

Where are check-in, serving schedules, and worship planning?

Coming as ready-made church setups — secure child check-in, serving rotations, groups, and service planning. The database, forms, and automations they run on are live today, and our team can configure these workflows with you now. This page marks each one as it ships.

Privacy

Care notes and giving are sensitive. Who can see what?

Permissions are real boundaries: giving can be treasurer-only and care notes pastors-only, while volunteers see just their ministry. Hosted on AWS with audit history throughout.

Migration

We have years of records in another system.

That history matters — bring it. We migrate people, households, and giving from Planning Center, Breeze, Realm, ACS, or spreadsheets, and the team that builds the platform does the mapping with you.

Sunday keeps coming. Be ready for everyone it brings.

Show us how your church runs today — the lists, the giving tool, the group chats. We will show you the connected version, honestly priced.