Church Office Online 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Church Office Online

4.3

(110)

Pricing

Starting at $35.13 per month

Top Alternatives

About Church Office Online

Church Office Online's church management software (ChMS) is simple, easy to use, and integrated, giving you a whole church management system at your fingertips.

Church Office Online ChMS will help your church:

-Access church information from any device, anywhere, and at any time
-Communicate with your members via text, email and voicemail
-Create smart reports and dashboards to track attendance and contribution trends
-Leverage automated workflows to prevent church attenders from falling through the cracks
-Manage church events and reservations with an integrated calendar
-Coordinate your worship services with Worship Planning, included at no extra charge
-Schedule volunteers for all your classes and events
-Gather information on registrations through online forms

And with integrated add-on features, you can:

-Increase donations with digital giving options
-Connect your attenders to a customized mobile app
-Stream your services
-Manage everything from payroll to reporting to compliance
-Design your church website with ease to get noticed
-And more....

Discover how Church Office Online is the smart church management system for you!

Start your free trial today!

Church Office Online User Interface

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Main Product

Church Office Online

4.3

(110)

Ratings Breakdown

4.44Ease of use
4.32Value for money
4.60Customer support
4.26Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $35.13 per month

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Church Office Online Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $35.13 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$35.13

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Background Check Integration
Calendar
Church Check-in
Church Coaching
Church Communication
Church Health Dashboards
Contributions
Email
Event Management
Forms

Popular features found in Church Management
Attendance Tracking
Event Management
Member Communication
Member Directory
Online Calendar
Online Giving
Pledge Management
Small Group Management
Volunteer Management
Worship Planning
More features of Church Office Online
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
Built-in Accounting
Child Check-in
Communication Management
Contact Database
Contact Management
Credit Card Processing
Customizable Branding
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Donation Management
Electronic Payments
Email Management
Event Scheduling
Forms Management
For Religious Organizations
Member Portal
Membership Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Location
Registration Management
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
SMS Messaging
Social Media Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Visitor Tracking
Website Management

Church Office Online Integrations

Twilio

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Mailchimp

Church Office Online User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

47%

42%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.3

Verified

Reviewer

Civic & Social Organization

201-500 employees

Used other for free trial

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Works for the Mid-sized Church

Great experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

They have great functionality on certain levels of the software for leaders to connect with their small groups easily which has been nice.

Cons:

I think as you grow and want to see more data flow, it's hard to see everything with the reports that they give you.

Brian H.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Church Office Online Review

Overall, I am a huge fan of Church Office Online. We are adding more features, online giving and streaming and ministry one which I believe will be hugely beneficial as we move forward.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Before we set up the chms we kept track of small group attendance by filling out forms which was a pain to say the least. Leaders had to remember to fill out their form and bring it to church. Many times it was forgotten. Now with the mobile app leaders can take attendance immediately after their group gets done and I have it in my office the next day. What a time saver!! We love the kid check in feature also!!

Cons:

Sometimes reporting for attendance gets a little difficult to get the results I want. for example, I wanted a group of adults outside a particular group. it worked to get all people outside a particular group but when I wanted to separate out the kids it would not do it.

Reasons for choosing Church Office Online

N/A

Danny A.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed October 2012

Church Office Online

A small organization that could fit very neatly into the way COO is structured should consider this. I know there are larger organizations that use this product and I would think they have had to address some of the same issues we have discovered. I have no doubt the program could be expanded to be outstanding. Just needs a little attention in some of the areas listed above.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Pros:

The cost of the program is certainly great and the support Mike gives also seems to be outstanding. The basic concept is very easy to understand as databases go. The interface is not cluttered with lots of things that look like a programmer designed it. The various levels of rights is a nice touch as is the ability for members to access and update their own data. Although we haven't implemented yet, the ability to integrate with online giving is also a plus.

Cons:

Very limited in its ability to be customized in basic areas such as membership labels and categories are static and unchangeable. Student's email and phone numbers are unavailable in directories. Inability to directly sync with Google contacts and calendars is a big drawback. Current calendar is not useful for our organization and because of this we will have to duplicate every event on 2 calendars. The inability to import data apart from sending in to COO seems antiquated. Using the product has revealed shortcomings in usability such as simple navigation links that have been omitted. Although highlighted as a feature, lack of a native iOS or Android app makes the program virtually unusable on a smart phone. Overall this is certainly a step up for anyone who hasn't had an online database, and yet it seems to be a bit immature for a product that has been available for 7 years.

Michele G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

Great for Our Church

Once I contact the office they respond promptly and ai am able to make good decisions about the church software needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We are a small church and needed some software that would allow us to take care of giving reports and document membership. This software is easy to use and will allow us to expand functionality as we grow.

Cons:

The only drawback Insee so far is that it is sometimes hard to communicate directly to the company. They have different titles for the different versions or parts of the software and that sort of confuses me. I think because I am not a robust user.

Reasons for choosing Church Office Online

I choose Church Office because the price was best for our church. We are still a very small congregation, and I could not see spending too much on financial reporting. If that would be the case, I would go back to doing it by hand.

Reasons for switching to Church Office Online

It was time to bring the church into the 21st century and have a more professional looking giving report to our congregation.

PAULA K.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

Nice software for churches

Their customer service support is outstanding. If I have had questions, they have always worked to provide answers, even if they didn't have them immediately.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I appreciate that this software is robust enough to handle multiple functions, ie giving reporting, data base for church membership, directory options, and linking to security checks for our volunteers. I would appreciate a few more options on reporting, but we have used work-arounds. Most data can be downloaded into spreadsheets to manipulate.

Cons:

I find the entering of new people cumbersome in the ways they have to be assigned to families.

Reasons for switching to Church Office Online

This product was more robust.

Lisa p.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

Church Office Online

My experience overall has been positive

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the interface and most of the functionalities

Cons:

There are glitches in giving batches and sending giving reports with templates is difficult and you cant preview what you are sending.

Reasons for choosing Church Office Online

The functionality was better

Reasons for switching to Church Office Online

Church Windows was very out dated and clunky

Jeff K.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Great Church organization software

Very positive!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the total integration of the attendance features and the ability to create groups for targeted communication.

Cons:

It does not work the best on iPhones and tablets. Especially when you go to rotate the screen it doesn’t move which is irritating.

Reasons for choosing Church Office Online

My tech director made the choice.

Aaron G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Comprehensive and Scalable Church CRM

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Comprehensive church management and communication platform integrated with online giving and background checks. Unlimited user logins

Cons:

Price increases and inability to repeat scheduling assignments and more flexibility in workflow setting

Reasons for choosing Church Office Online

Appeared to be the best value

Reasons for switching to Church Office Online

Price and ease of use

Tolu M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Church Office Online Review

Church office online have been highly responsive to all my inquiries. Overall, I'm satisfied with my experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Tracking of givings Mass contact via text or email Ability to create groups

Cons:

The cost changed significantly over the year. The pricing model is per record in the system. There are people that are not members that we should still be able to keep track of without paying the yearly cost.

Reasons for switching to Church Office Online

We switched from an home grown system that could no longer support the growth of the church.

Connie S.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed October 2012

Highly Recommend

Church Membership Online has been a great tool for our Church and I would highly recommend it. It offers many user friendly, useful, tools that help make my job easier. I appreciate the fact that I could begin immediately using the program without attending off site training seminars which are costly. They are very dedicated to continuing to enhance the features of the program to meet the need of growing churches.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Pros:

Choosing a new membership management software can be very stressful and overwhelming. I really appreciated the free trial period offered. It gave me a chance to work with the program to see if it would meet the needs of our church with no cost or obligation. It took a lot of the pressure off. The data import from previous software based program was very smooth. I found the program to be very user friendly. I can easily find answers to any questions I encounter through the Knowledge Base online. On the one occasion I did need to contact Customer Support I found them to be very friendly, helpful and quick to respond. The video tutorials are also very helpful. The ability to allow members of the congregation to access certain areas of the program allows them to access the most up to date contact information for fellow members and in return, saves me the time of answering phone calls to relay that information and also money as we no longer need to print a directory.

Cons:

I have none at this time.

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