# MinistryPlatform Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026 > Review of MinistryPlatform Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. Source: https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/ministryplatform-profile --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Church Accounting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/category/3574-church-accounting/) / MinistryPlatform Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/ministryplatform-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/ministryplatform-profile/alternatives/) # MinistryPlatform 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing Wondering if MinistryPlatform is right for your organization? Our Church Accounting Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview MinistryPlatform 4.5 [(49)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/ministryplatform-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About MinistryPlatform MinistryPlatform is a web-based church management suite of software solutions designed to help large churches create groups and connect and communicate with members. Key features include forms management, child check-in, member directory, worship planning, event management and SMS messaging. Congregations using MinistryPlatform can manage online giving, event registration, contribution statements and mission trips from within the Portal. MobileTools enables ministries to contact and manage small groups using mobile devices. The Care Cases solution allows churches to input, save and access data at any time. MinistryPlatform's check-in functionality helps users to print a variety of labels for each person checking in and generate reports from within the platform. It is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via phone and email. Wondering if MinistryPlatform is right for your organization? Our Church Accounting Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## MinistryPlatform User Interface ## Popular MinistryPlatform Alternatives Main Product MinistryPlatform 4.5 [(49)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/ministryplatform-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.08Ease of use - 4.56Value for money - 4.62Customer support - 4.64Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Clearstream](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/clearstream-profile/) 4.8 [(682)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/clearstream-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.72Ease of use - 4.55Value for money - 4.84Customer support - 4.59Functionality Pricing Starting at $29.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Tithely Church Management](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/breeze-chms-profile/) 4.8 [(624)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/breeze-chms-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.83Ease of use - 4.87Value for money - 4.89Customer support - 4.59Functionality Pricing Starting at $72.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [ChurchTrac](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/churchtrac-profile/) 4.8 [(864)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/churchtrac-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.71Ease of use - 4.85Value for money - 4.87Customer support - 4.66Functionality Pricing Starting at $9.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Planning Center](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/planning-center-profile/) 4.7 [(1138)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/planning-center-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.44Ease of use - 4.53Value for money - 4.58Customer support - 4.54Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Chmeetings](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/chmeetings-profile/) 4.9 [(162)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/church/chmeetings-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.82Ease of use - 4.87Value for money - 4.87Customer support - 4.69Functionality Pricing Starting at $12.00 per month Get Price ## MinistryPlatform Pricing and Plans Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing Free Trial Free Version Basic Pricing available upon request No plan information available Confused about pricing? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## MinistryPlatform Features - Popular features found in Church Accounting Asset Tracking Bank Reconciliation Billing & Invoicing Budgeting/Forecasting Donation Management Expense Tracking Financial Management Financial Reporting Payroll Management Receipt Management - More features of MinistryPlatform Accounting Integration Activity Dashboard Alerts/Notifications API Attendance Management Attendance Tracking Child Check-in Communication Management Contact Database Contact Management Credit Card Processing Customizable Reports Customizable Templates Data Import/Export Email Management Event Management Event Scheduling Forms Management For Religious Organizations Media Library Member Communication Member Directory Member Portal Membership Management Mobile Access Multi-Location Online Calendar Online Giving Pledge Management Registration Management Reminders Reporting & Statistics Scheduling Scripture Database Small Group Management SMS Messaging Third-Party Integrations Visitor Tracking Volunteer Management Worship Planning ## MinistryPlatform Integrations Verified First Integration rated undefined from -1 review iDonate Integration rated undefined from -1 review Kindrid Integration rated undefined from -1 review Pushpay Integration rated undefined from -1 review SendGrid Integration rated undefined from -1 review Vanco Faith Integration rated undefined from -1 review See all 10 integrations ## MinistryPlatform User Reviews Overall Rating 4.5 Ratings Breakdown 5 65% 4 22% 3 10% 2 2% 1 0% Secondary Ratings Ease of Use 4.1 Value for money 4.6 Customer support 4.6 Functionality 4.6 Chuck R. Verified reviewer Non-Profit Organization Management 501-1000 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed May 2022 The most robust church management system on the market 5 Our former CMS platform was outdated and was no longer being developed. After looking at many other companies we chose Think Ministry due to the fact that it was already a robust database with many ways to present data to end users in the form of views and reports. Their development team has worked with us to customize many of our unique needs. Finally, we LOVE the continuous support of staff, especially \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] ! Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 4 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: Administering the platform is mostly painless when you get used to roles and permissions. Donation management for our parishes is simple to train them on and get them to use regularly. Keeping track of individuals and families is also easy for our church users. End-to-end it's better than any CRM/CMS. Cons: They have made improvements to the UI this past year. This presented a bit of a new learning curve for IT and for end users as many items were moved, some unintuitively. Reasons for switching to MinistryPlatform Outdated and wasn't being updated. Read More DM Danise M. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 51-200 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed November 2020 Ministry Platform is a great choice! 5 Very very positive. The quality of the software is excellent. The support is timely, accurate and the team is friendly. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: I like how it covers most all of the bases you need right out of the box, and what you may need specifically for your organization is usually available through their professional services department. Don't let the learning curve dissuade you from selecting Ministry Platform. It's SO worth it in the long run. It's very flexible and they are always adding features to make it easier to use and even more comprehensive. Cons: The only challenge is the learning curve. It's very logical and methodical. Non-admins will have that difficulty no matter what software you choose. Even people who are slower catching on in the beginning find out they love it when it's accomplished something for them and they see the power of it. Reasons for choosing MinistryPlatform It fit our needs and seemed to have the power to serve large churches. Reasons for switching to MinistryPlatform The software was slow, clunky and didn't perform well at all. Vendor Response Thanks for taking the time to review MinistryPlatform we truly appreciate the feedback! Yes, it's definitely a challenge to create a product that is powerful, flexible, and comprehensive, while also making it easy to use. We do our very best and we are so glad that you have found that MP provides the ministry tools you need, whether it's "out of the box" or customized. And speaking of 'easy to use' we're not allowed to spill the beans on the AMAZING interface and features that our dev team is currently working on, so be sure to get a front row seat at our 2021 MP User Group. You are going to LOVE it!! We are grateful to partner with Bethel World Outreach! Replied November 2020 Read More GR Gretchen R. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 51-200 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed January 2020 You need to be an IT person 3 I have been using MP for two years and the only benefit I get from it is pulling groups of people and sending stuff to the people. Ratings Breakdown 2 Ease of use 2 Value for money 1 Customer support 3 Functionality Pros: I like that you can put people in groups and email them. I like that there is a place that you can put all information about people and groups. Cons: This software is not at all easy to use. When you go to knowledge Base to figure out what you need to do it makes no sense and just trying to find on how to use MP in knowledge Base is awful. Trying to get a person to help you is not an option. Like I said you need to be an IT person to figure out how to use this software. Reasons for choosing MinistryPlatform Because it could accomplish what was needed, but we knew that it was hard to use. Reasons for switching to MinistryPlatform they needed something for groups and events. Vendor Response Thank you so much for your review. We're glad you are able to manage your People and Groups, but it's disappointing to hear that you've been struggling to use the rest of the system. Our desire is that our platform will be helpful to anyone on your church staff, whether they are IT or not, to help usher your congregation and community into their best next steps towards Christlikeness! We want to make ministry easier, not become a barrier to it. And so we'd like to offer you and your SPoC an hour of coaching, free of charge!, to move you forward. You should be getting this response in an email, so you can simply respond and I will personally connect you to our Education Director. We want to partner with you and walk alongside you as you serve and bless the people that God has brought to your church. Thanks again for your review, and I hope to hear from you soon! Replied January 2020 Read More LH Lissa H. Verified reviewer Non-Profit Organization Management 501-1000 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed December 2025 Ministry Platform for Mega Church 4 Overall it functions and does what I need it to do. My primary role is inputting and tracking background check information and ensuring that when records expire we are notified and that function works really well. We have not lost any information and find that when it comes to holding the info we put it, it does really well. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: We currently utilize Ministry Platform to house all people data for volunteers as well as employees. It has been helpful is communicating important information to select groups of people as we decide. When it comes to the big church events that we put together, we use MP to blast the information to all volunteers for updates and information. Cons: There are multiple steps to complete different tasks and sometimes it can become cumbersome or confusing which way to choose and what is the better option. When it comes to sending out email blast - you have to create a group to send it to first and from the training that I received you can't delete someone from that group because it would effect something else. Rather it is better to create a whole new group or choose an end date for that specific person. We've had a person that was separated involuntarily that was still receiving manager information directly from MP because their profile wasn't end dated. Read More CD Celeste D. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 501-1000 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed May 2022 From the first Catholic Diocese in North America to have all parishes using MinistryPlatform 5 We have more parishes using Groups and Event functionality for tracking Religious Education since w3e moved to MP. We are tracking Safe Environment compliance in MP; eliminating a separate database previously used to do that. We were very aggressive in our migration from another system and while that was difficult for our team, the MP staff worked with us to make that happen. We have been very pleased with the new tools and enhancements that are being rolled out frequently. MP was a good product when we signed on - now it's even better! Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The power of the database. The people with whom we work to adjust the features to best suit our needs. The commitment by ACST to growing a better tool for our end users. That it's truly web-based. Cons: I feel we are still struggling with Sacramental reporting. Reasons for choosing MinistryPlatform Features, price, migration team could work with our timeline, and MP was a mature product - features were all developed and in use by other customers. Not vapor-ware and not under construction. Reasons for switching to MinistryPlatform Our previous database offered no enhancements, no future development path. We could not add features or functionality. MP had everything we needed, most of what we wanted, and offered capabilities we didn't know we'd want but now consider "must-have" items. Read More KG Kate G. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 51-200 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Reviewed March 2024 Very satisfied customer! 5 Our team is very pleased overall. Trace worked at Christ Fellowship when we initially jumped on the MP bandwagon. She set us up well, and created several processes in place that have made our job so much easier and more efficient over the years. I am grateful for the time and dedication she put into this database. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: I absolutely love the ACST team and how amazing they are. The database is super user-friendly and innovative. Our team is very pleased with Ministry Platform overall. Cons: Occasionally, we run into minor hiccups that keep us from pulling data as efficiently as we would like. However, when I reach out to MP support I typically find that the development team is already navigating a solution! Read More JP Janet P. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 201-500 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed April 2022 Thanks for all you do MP Team. 4 MP is loaded with functionality. There are features that you may not love 100% (no system does this) but you can work with what is offered or customize it. Don't expect to just sit down and start using MP without training, you will not get the most out of it. Take time to get to know it, it will be worth it. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The product has many features and I still have yet to uncover them all. The flexibility makes this all possible. Cons: Tools and Reports need revamping. The interfaces these tools look antiquated and are confusing to use. Event Rooms and Groups has a very confusing display and its not intuitive. Reports are equally outdated. Vendor Response Thank you so much for leaving a review! I really appreciate your kind words and I will pass your suggestions on to our developers! Replied April 2022 Read More SG Stacie G. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 51-200 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed May 2022 We LOVE MinistryPlatform 5 Our overall experience with MinistryPlatform has been amazing. The customer service is fantastic. It's easy to use and easy to customize. We are seeing more and more ways to connect information between ministries making its value grow daily. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: One of the features of MP is that it is super customizable. We can make the user experience valuable for any of our users by removing or adding features that are specific to their ministry while being able to connect that same information across multiple ministries. Cons: It would be nice to have an integration with MinistrySafe. Read More Brandon H. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed November 2017 Ministry Platform has everything we need to do ministry right. 5 Easy donation processing, checkin system, movement & assimilation program, group and organization. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: \- Extendibility & customization allow us to configure MP to suit our needs - we don't have to be pigeon holed into a specific way of doing things. - Customer support is wonderful - The community surrounding this product is great - from third party developers to other churches willing to give advice - it really sets MP apart from other ChMS. Cons: \- This isn't a con per say, but the capabilities of the system mean that it can overwhelm some on staff. A way to ensure this doesn't happen is to have regular staff training sessions, and to limit security roles so that staff can only "see" what they need to - and no more. Vendor Response Aw, thanks for the awesome review! We love working with Church of the Nativity and so glad you've been a part of the MP community for all these years. Sounds like you've tapped into every reason behind why we created MP ... we want you to be able to "do church your way" and benefit from all the other great systems out there, but integrate w/us, so you have one source of data truth. Thanks for the tip to other churches on training and security roles... great advice! Blessings to you and your team. Replied January 2020 Read More Nicholas S. Verified reviewer Religious Institutions 51-200 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed December 2018 A software behind it's time, but still effective 4 Ratings Breakdown 3 Ease of use 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: This product is very intuitive and incredibly customizable, making it a great product for ministries who possess a high amount of tech and programming background. Cons: This software is not attractive or user-friendly. It requires a lot of training for new users. Vendor Response Thanks for taking the time to review our system. We've enjoyed getting to partner with Grace Community for several years now! Glad to hear you are finding it intuitive and yes, we built it for customizations so you guys could "do church your way." I know our UI isn't very pretty (stick around though... ssh! you didn't hear it from me!), we do tend to put a lot of our thought and effort into making it the powerhouse that it is. And we've worked very hard to get our implementation to a very successful process that provides the training that everyone needs, at exactly the moment that they need it. Thank you again for your review and for being part of the MP Community! 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