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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/clearstream-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/clearstream-profile/alternatives/) # Clearstream User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 698 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.7/5 - Customer support: 4.8/5 - Value for money: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 580 reviews (83%) - 4 stars: 108 reviews (15%) - 3 stars: 10 reviews (1%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - Given that we have a dedicated church phone number within Clearstream, we have been able to text individuals from our community with benevolence ministry information, which is preferable to using personal mobile phones. - What I use the app for most is texting my youth student's about pick ups and drop offs and I love how quick and seamless the texts are, it feels like I'm texting on my personal number. - They like being able to add the number to their contacts and bypass potential spam and we like that it does not have to come from an individuals phone number. ### Most mentioned cons - There’s not much I would see as a con, but if I had to pick one then it would be lack of some features the app has compared to the browser such as being able to send a note in a text from the app - I guess the credit system, because it limits what I can say and sometimes it is hard to condense it, especially went - I am not able to change a subscribers Number, I need to make a new subscriber. ## Clearstream customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 698 (page 1). ### Clearstream is made for ministry! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Paul D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Excellent. My church's boys club uses Clearstream to schedule parent communication via both email and text messages. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ability to send blast text (SMS) messages, in particular the ability to scheduled them ahead of time! This is very, very valuable, as SMS has a much higher read rate than email. #### Cons Dealing with false optouts is a little clunky. Emails who optout can resubscribe, but only by opening a past email. There should be a way to send an email so somebody can resubscribe. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream ClearStream can send mass texts as well as email. It allows me to schedule email and texts, too. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review, Paul! I'm glad to hear Clearstream has been a good fit for your church. I've passed along your feedback about opt-outs as well. Feel free to reach out if you need anything! Replied May 2026 --- ### A gamechanger for a great price - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tyler D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall we are incredibly satisfied with Clearstream. We've seen an increase in guest next steps and follow-up with the use of Tap Tags, and Text Keywords. It's been a great addition to our tech stack and we hope to use it for years to come to help us spread the Gospel. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Clearstream has been a gamechanger for communication at our church. It has allowed us to simplify our systems and unify them into a single communication platform for both E-Mail, Text, and Tap Tags. The price is great as well. For the same price that we were paying another company, we were able to get more value from Clearstream. #### Cons Clearstream has a lot of customization options, but it is lacking a few that I would really like. The biggest is not being able to edit their digital connect card, and also not being able to edit sign-up forms to make them match brand customization. I also find that the Planning Center integration is a bit lacking, but it does seem that they are working on adding more features. I wish I had the option to hold an automated workflow until someone filled out a PCO form, or entered a certain step in a PCO workflow, and then continue them on from there. I also wish there were a way to make it so that if someone fills out a form, or answers yes to a specific field in PCO, they get added to a list in Clearstream for messaging. I was able to make this with a custom integration, but it would be nice if it was just a feature with the default PCO integration. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream We wanted to add SMS Messaging and could get a clearstream account for the same price as what we were paying Constant Contact --- ### Clearstream Works Great for Our Needs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Molly C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We love the integration of Clearstream with Planning Center. It's easy for our staff to pull lists and target our communications to specific groups. #### Cons Trying to stay within our credit limit. We would love the ability to send more photos, graphics, etc and not use up so many credits. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream More robust capabilities, could utilize across more ministries, integration with Planning Center, cost, etc. #### Vendor response Hi Molly! Thank you for your review! We're glad to hear you've been enjoying the Planning Center integration. When it comes to credits, notes can be a great way to easily share PDFs, longer messages with images, formatted announcements, and more! More info here: https://clearstream.io/features/note Replied April 2026 --- ### Simple and Reliable Texting Tool for Churches - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Tim W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Clearstream has been great. It’s reliable, consistent, and gets the job done every time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Customer service is great — they’re always quick to help and genuinely care about churches. The learning resources are nice to have, and the system itself is simple to use. Clearstream is also very supportive of church plants, which is a big plus. #### Cons It doesn’t function like a normal two-way SMS conversation platform. It’s more geared toward sending announcements than managing text threads. The user interface looks dated, and the pricing can feel high for smaller churches. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream Because I wanted to be able to integrate with Zapier for Facebook Lead communication #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream 4 Church is a corrupt company that is expensive and lies. I also had the free Gloo system. But used www.4.church for SMS. --- ### Clearstream Lives up to the Hype! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Karin H. - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Clearstream has been amazing. From the customer service, to the ease of use of the platform, to all the features available (and more being added all the time), I am a big fan. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clearstream is one of the best platforms that I have seen out there. I love the intentionality of the staff team and the ease of communicating with them using the chat feature when I have questions. Their website and platform are very clear and so easy to use. I love how user-friendly it is. I also really like that they provide access to tap tags, emails, and texts from their platform. This is definitely worth it and a great value, and the staff were super helpful, worked with me, and answered all of my questions in a very timely manner. My church used Mailchimp, and I discovered that Clearstream did the same things as Mailchimp but was way easier to use and had more options such as with sub-accounts. Clearstream can easily be scaled for a mega-church, larger church, or even small-medium sized churches. From the moment I started exploring their features, I was sold on Clearstream, and my church liked it so much that we switched over from Mailchimp to Clearstream! #### Cons The thing that I liked least about Clearstream was the sizes of minimum batches when ordering tap tags. I had to order 50 minimum tap tags, and my church wanted to try out a small sample batch that we could customize and use before ordering enough for our sanctuary, and 50 was too many for that. Additionally, we only needed a few metal-safe ones, but we still had to order 25 I think. I did like that they were only $1 each for the tap tags though; that was a great price for what we got. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream I was very impressed with Clearstream and we got more for our money with the addition of tap tags --- ### Positive benefits of using Clearstream - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Leila W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, we are pleased with the experience so far. We are going to be developing keywords and encouraging responses from our congregation through the use of the QR code feature. We look forward to seeing what kind of response this effort will get. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros We are still new to Clearstream, but so far we love the ease of use in creating text threads for our members. Given that we have a dedicated church phone number within Clearstream, we have been able to text individuals from our community with benevolence ministry information, which is preferable to using personal mobile phones. We also like the email feature and have found that many of our deliverability problems have been resolved by using Clearstream. #### Cons One of our ministry groups reported that they are disappointed by the group text options. They want members to be able to read and respond to one another in the common thread, but they have found the responses only come to the generator of the text. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream The other products we considered did not offer the extent of functionality with text (Pushpay) or the security (WhatsApp) we wanted. #### Vendor response Hi Leila, thank you for your review! I'm happy to hear Clearstream has been helpful for your church so far! If you have any questions as you get things set up, you can chat with our support team in minutes via the purple chat icon in your account. They'd love to help! Replied July 2026 --- ### A helpful texting tool for church and campus ministry that supports consistent communication and intentional guest follow-up - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan R. - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We use Clearstream for church and campus ministry communication, including event reminders, invitations, and guest follow-up. It helps us stay intentional about connecting people with community while supporting a more consistent communication routine. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clearstream helps us stay connected with our church members, new guests, and college students. I appreciate being able to schedule texts, organize follow-up messages, and connect our communication with Planning Center. #### Cons I would appreciate a simpler setup for follow-up sequences involving Planning Center. Making it easier to see where each contact stands and what message comes next would help our team manage communication more efficiently. Personally, I have run into obstacles when setting up branches but needing to make a separate workflow to continue from there. I would appreciate it if it just branched and I could continue the sequence after all the branches in the same workflow. --- ### Very pleased! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ronald T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Having switched from other texting apps to Clearstream, we have found this to be an incredible "upgrade". #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clearstream has really simplified our mass texting. We use it frequently for our church to communicate upcoming events and important announcements that we don't want replies going to the group. We love that it is very user-friendly and dependable. #### Cons We really have not found any problems with Clearstream at all. I do wish that the leftover credits would roll over each month. In my thinking, I pay for a certain number of credits, so they should roll over. --- ### Satisfied Customer - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Just now starting to utilize the service and understanding all it entails…couldn’t be happier with the results #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros How convenient it makes reaching our membership in a timely manner…we’re able to create real time communication #### Cons Not enough credits…once we sent out our first message we discovered that the amount of credits we had wasn’t sufficient --- ### Most great! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Audrey H. - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It's been a positive experience so far! It's super simple to use. Love the two-way communication. Not wild about the credit limits. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Love the ease of use, especially tying into Planning Center. I like the inbox management options for teams. #### Cons Credit limits are the most challenging. I also don't love that the emojis add a disproportionate amount of credits. --- ### So glad that we made the switch! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Natalie J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Seemless transition from our previous platform. Great product for the value. Innovative tools and integrations. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros We love that Clearstream is created for what churches need! The tools and integrationsare wonderful! Having long messages, short codes, microsites, taps and email functionality all in one place is very convenient. The customer support articles, videos and chat have made our transition very easy! #### Cons We would like to update all subscriber information, instead of creating a new subscriber. Tracking the microsite clicks without having to create shortcodes for each link would be ideal. Also, being able to add icons for each microsite, without having to add emojis would be helpful. We would like to be able to assign inbix messages to users. Also, having all fonts and font colors available for emails would allow for consistent branding and visual interest. A bit more formatting opions for emails would also be useful. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream Features, pricing, and focus on church ministry #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream This tool was not created for churches. We lost the short code functionality. The price also went up and the number of credits did not increase. --- ### Overall satisfies - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Teri E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Clearstream is currently meeting the need of our prayer chain at church. We often have messages for prayer requests and then we can post updates as well. I would like to expand the usage from just our prayer chain to other ministries but we have been using it for 3 months and each month I have had to change my plan to the next level due to my usage. I will have to see how we do over the next few months as the next level is a significant jump in cost. I am still evaluating. Overall I am satisfied with the product but want to be a good steward of the church financial resources. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy of use. Customer support has been awesome and adding members is very simple. Even upgrading my plan as the need arises has been simple. #### Cons The small number of characters allowed in a text. We use Clearstream as a prayer chain and it is often difficult to get the message in one text and uses additional credits if you go over just by one character. Cost is also a factor since I came from a free product, however the cost is not prohibitive at this point. I have had to upgrade the plan each month and hopeful that we have found the correct plan for our use now. I am not sure about adding other ministries due to the additional cost of communicating in this way. I am still in the evaluating process. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream It is meant for schools and they removed the option of other users. --- ### Review from Wolfforth Methodist Church - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Audrey S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In general it has been good so far. I wish a few kinks were worked out, and maybe that is on our user end. We like having a personal account phone number and for multiple people to be able to send texts. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The integration with planning center is really great. It helps us for our multiple ministries to be able to text each of their respective groups #### Cons I wish the integration was a little smoother in the sense of being able to edit the messages from the Planning Center side. As it is now, each person who schedules texts has to be able to login to clearstream to edit or change their messages. The number of characters per credit also is very low, it costs us a lot to send messages compared to the system we came from #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream It was easier to set up and offered 2 way texting #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream We are moving our whole church management system to planning center and we needed a texting option --- ### Our Church’s Win is Clearstream - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Abril B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall we came to Clearstream from a competing platform & we are so grateful we made the switch. We’ve been able to reach more people on our church and create customizable follow up experiences. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Things we like most about Clearstream is the customer service, user friendly platform, & seeing where each subscriber belongs to in a workflow, list, or tag. #### Cons Something we’ve experienced with a competitor that we wish we could have in Clearstream is the automatic removal of subscriber in workflow once they have been removed from its list. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream Initially because one of our sister churches were using Clearstream. Overall, similar cost but better value. #### Vendor response Hey Abril, thank you for your review! We're happy to hear you've enjoyed working with our support team and have been able to reach more of your people! Thanks for your feedback on workflows as well — I'll pass that along to our dev team as a feature request. Replied January 2026 --- ### Great software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Duane D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Enjoy the software! I'm still getting to know it but so far - so good! Having lists for different ministries is amazing! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease of use of the software - especially the desktop site. Everything I need is right there! Names & numbers - lists & lists! #### Cons I wish the app was able to do a little bit more. The app is fairly limited as far as things I can do - but it does work exceptionally well! #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream We liked the user friendly layout of the desktop site as well as the ease of use. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream Remind was a free app and they stopped offering service to any organization that wasn't a school. #### Vendor response Thanks Duane! Really appreciate you leaving us a review. We're actually launching our new mobile app for iPhone users this week! If you use Android, your mobile app will be updated in a few months (possibly sooner)! Replied July 2025 --- ### Clearstream is amazing!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Glenn S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Love clearstream!!!! Setup was easy. Our users love it. Prefect for our church. So glad we made the move to Clearstream. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros User friendly. Sunaccounts make it so you don't send to the wrong lists and list management. Support is amazing. #### Cons Admin can't move or copy people from subaccount lists to other lists without exporting and importing. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream Admin features and subaccounts list management #### Vendor response Hi Glenn! Thank you for your review. We're so happy to hear you've enjoyed using Clearstream and working with our support team. I've passed along your feedback about lists/subaccounts. That makes total sense, and would be a great add. Thanks for the feedback! Replied December 2025 --- ### Refreshing way to communicate with the congregation. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jeanette M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall this has been very well received by our congregation. They like being able to add the number to their contacts and bypass potential spam and we like that it does not have to come from an individuals phone number. Meeting our needs very well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Face-up the application is very user friendly. I especially like being able to schedule messages so items are not missed. #### Cons The church that referred us to Clearstream had led us to believe there was a free version. I have not found that to be the case. Also, it is annoying that each time I sign in I get bombarded with the chat agents trying to solicit some sort of interaction. Unnecessary. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream Better reviews for Clearstream. Referred by a local pastor --- ### Great Customer Service - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Clearstream is meeting a need that makes things simple for users. So far they have been one of the best companies to work with, and when I needed some extra time they were right there to say no problem we can extend your trial and they did it twice. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy and very simple to set up. Customer service is the absolute best. They were very responsive and some of the fastest customer service I've ever received. #### Cons The App... while yes it is simple there are features inside the website that could be brought over to the app. Once such beenfit is being able to attach notes easier to the texts. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream Other options were just too expensive and for churches we need better options. #### Reasons for switching to Clearstream Gloo was a nightmare. They were constantly broken. --- ### Good & Simple - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lee J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall I use it for this current ministry and would use it where God put me next. Unless a cheaper option was available. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The functionality of Clearstream is great. I like the iOS app and the ability to sync with planning center. I just use the simple features but it's good to know that you can get in-depth reports for more growth. Also the ability to add users and delegate to volunteers is nice. #### Cons I dislike how there is no standalone iPadOS app. I use my iPad a lot for work and have recently moved away from a smart phone. It's usable just not at nice. --- ### Clearstream review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love it. It’s different from Text In Church, and in my experience, it works much better. Instead of having messages split into two or three parts because of character limits, you can simply purchase additional credits and send the entire message at once. This makes communication much clearer, more seamless, and far less confusing for everyone receiving the message. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I really like how this allows me to communicate with my entire youth group through one message. Instead of sending multiple texts or trying to track people down individually, I can share important information all at once and know that everyone is receiving the same message. This makes communication much more efficient and helps keep students, parents, and leaders on the same page. It saves time, reduces confusion, and makes it easier to keep our whole group connected and informed. #### Cons I wish there were an AI option that could help tailor a message to a specific character limit. Being able to adjust wording while staying within required character counts would make it much easier to communicate clearly and efficiently without having to manually trim or rewrite messages. #### Vendor response Hey there, thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear you're enjoying using Clearstream, and that it's helping you connect with your youth group! I'll pass along your feedback about trimming down messages. Replied January 2026 --- ### Excellent texting service. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jordan M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I used the free trial with a selection of members from our church. Having received positive feedback from them, I moved to a full paid account.. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The price point and integration to Planning Center certainly made choosing Clearstream and easy decision. #### Cons I would like to see a bit more of the Planning Center function (specifically the ability to text people who are assigned positions in PCO Services), but what is currently there is sufficient for my immediate needs, with provide provided workarounds. #### Vendor response Hi Jordan, thanks for your review and your feedback. I'll pass on your input about Planning Center Services to our team! Replied July 2026 --- ### Life Community Church - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mark G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It's been very good. [sensitive content hidden] was a great help in getting us set up and answering all of our questions! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clearstream has been extremely easy to use so far! The customer service has been very helpful with getting texting rolled to our congregation. The dashboard is very intuitive as well. #### Cons I wish you could click on someones name and go into a profile of some kind. Like see their text history or click their name and send them a text. I know you can do this with the 3 dots to the right. #### Vendor response Hey Mark, thanks so much for your review! I'm glad to hear you've enjoyed working with our team. Thanks for sharing your feedback as well - you're correct that you can use the 3-dot icon to view, edit, or message a subscriber, but I can see how we could build more on those features. I'll pass your thoughts along to our team! Replied July 2026 --- ### Clearstream is the way to go! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Phillip G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It does exactly what I expect it to, and Clearstream also exceeds those expectations! I use it as often as I need to send text blast to different groups and multiple groups. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The UI is very intuitive and the automatic help chat bubbles while I try to figure things out on my own is very helpful! #### Cons Nothing I can tell so far. External integrations are a bit complicated. Although I had a hard time on the external side, Clearstream offered no speed bumps or hindrances. #### Vendor response Hi Phillip, thanks for your review! Feel free to reach out via the purple chat button if you have any questions. Our customer support team would love to help! :) Replied May 2026 --- ### Thankful for Clearstream - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Denise B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We are so thankful for a way to communicate with our volunteers and Church Family outside of Facebook. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy to use! Key words are so helpful to add people to a subscriber list. The subscriber lists make weekly text communication with volunteers a breeze. I also love the NOTE feature on texts so I can give all the details for serving. #### Cons The only concern we've had is our messages going to people's spam. We know that this was an issue on our end and that in initial communication we should have alerted folks to the number in which it would be coming from. This has been resolved. #### Reasons for choosing Clearstream Clearstream is significantly less expensive. #### Vendor response Hey Denise, thanks so much for your review! I'm glad our team was able to resolve the issue you initially experienced. If you ever need help again, our team is always happy to help, so reach out anytime. :) Replied March 2026 --- ### A must have for church communication. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adam O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I am very happy with Clearstream. They were recommended to me by another church plant and I can clearly see why! We will continue using this service for all our communication needs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Their customer support is so very helpful! And being able to email and text from the same place is amazingly helpful! My people now get a weekly email and a text with a link to our email, they have said how helpful this has been! #### Cons It was difficult at first because I didn't realize it doesn't automatically sync up with Planning Center, but since I received help from the customer support, It links well with Planning Center and even allows people to text back. #### Vendor response Hey Adam, thanks for your review! Happy to hear you're enjoying using Clearstream and working with our support team. Please reach out if you need anything! 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