Realm 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Realm

4.4

(273)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Realm

Realm is a comprehensive church management software solution designed to facilitate effective and connected ministry operations for churches of all sizes. The Realm platform offers a wide range of features and tools that cater to various aspects of church administration, communication, membership management, and ministry operations, aimed at enhancing engagement, organization, and outreach within congregations.

The Ministry Highlight feature emphasizes the importance of integrating solutions to grow ministries effectively, showcasing Realm's commitment to providing administrators with real-time dashboards, reports, background checks, and stewardship tools to support the achievement of mission-driven objectives. This underscores Realm's focus on empowering churches with the necessary resources to streamline their operations, maximize efficiency, and drive growth and impact within their communities.

Realm offers a user-friendly and integrated platform, which provides administrators, staff, and leaders with the tools needed to succeed across different ministry areas. With a broad range of ministries supported, including Pastoral Care, Administration, Children's & Youth Ministry, Edu...

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Realm Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing

Free Trial

Free Version

Inform

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Connectivity With Members
Customized Profile Field Creation
Deep Insights
Donation Acceptance
History Access
Information Security
Manage Donor Pledges
Manage Funds
Private Staff Notes
Profile Creation & Updates

Connect

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Attendance Dashboards
Automatic Attendance Tracking
Check-in System
Find Connections
Group Organization
Increase Group Participation
Meet Creation Tools
Message Broadcasting
Simple Setup
Staff-Managed Registration

Multiply

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Advanced Trend Analysis
Assign Pathway Oversight
Automated Triggers for Events
Automatic Notifications
Church-Wide Process Sharing
Create Personalized Discipleship
Help Staff Guide

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Realm Features

Popular features found in Fund Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Billing & Invoicing
Budgeting/Forecasting
Expense Tracking
Financial Reporting
Income & Balance Sheet
Partnership Accounting
Payroll Management
Real-Time Reporting
More features of Realm
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
Attendance Tracking
Built-in Accounting
Child Check-in
Compliance Management
Credit Card Processing
CRM
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Donation Management
Donation Tracking
Donor Management
Electronic Payments
Event Management
For Religious Organizations
Fund Accounting
Fund Management
General Ledger
Member Communication
Member Directory
Member Portal
Membership Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Location
Online Calendar
Online Giving
Pledge Management
Recurring/Subscription Billing
Reporting & Statistics
Small Group Management
Volunteer Management
Worship Planning

Realm Integrations

Verified First

Constant Contact

Planning Center

Vanco Faith

Realm User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

55%

36%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.1

Josh E.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2022

Reason for Realm

We have appreciated this upgrade from People Suite to Realm.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our reasons for using Realm out weigh the reasons not to use Realm. It is a robust system that offers your organization a lot of features, maybe more than you will use. It is simple to use and the features available allow you to implement as you need.

Cons:

Some of the products in Realm are not needed but cannot be a la carte. The system can be expensive but they work with smaller organizations to accommodate this.

Reasons for choosing Realm

We are familiar with the ACS products.

Reasons for switching to Realm

moving to web-browser based software

Sandra S.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2024

My take on Realm

overall I like Realm and would definitely recommend it

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the reporting and event section and its not hard to understand

Cons:

the check system, because Realm has not created the capability to connect of their check-in system to wireless printers like Planning Center. We use to have Servant Keeper with the pc ...so we updated to make a more streamline look for check without all the cords and pc's. So I have to use 2 databases Planning Center for Check In and Realm for everything else. We had been told before we transfered to Realm that it was in the works to get wireless printers for check in..that was many years ago 7 or 8.

Reasons for choosing Realm

We still you PC for our Kids checking for security name tags

Reasons for switching to Realm

Servant Keeper was out of date and not giving us what we needed.

Susan G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

Great church management software

I have loved using Realm, it's easy to use, the report feature is crucial and it is reasonably priced.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our congregation loves the online giving feature, the directory and the communication tools.

Cons:

Not all of our congregation members were able to find the communications easy to use.

Janet M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2025

Pros & Cons of Realm

We are almost a year into using Realm and I would say that overall it has been a good experience. The support staff are responsive when you need assistance. I feel like many aspects of my job have been made easier with Realm.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is very user friendly. Reports have a cleaner, more modern look to them and they are much easier to generate. Maintaining a clean database is easy to do with Realm, especially using the "merge profile" feature and the Dashboard that flags any duplicates or unrecognized addresses.

Cons:

For our church members, the initial process of creating their accounts was difficult. We ran into a lot of issues and error messages. Their main complaint with the app is that the pictures are really difficult to see. As an admin, I would love the ability to create forms, so the information is all in one place.

Reasons for switching to Realm

We needed more functionality and a more user friendly platform.

Robin S.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Coming into the 21st century of church management!

It's been a great experience so far and we are all so happy with it. I need some more guidance to do even more with it because there is SO much potential!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Realm has allowed our parish to get into the 21st century of church management! It is so nice having everything in one place and having the ability to provide access to our parishioners so they can see their giving in real time. Realm is opening so many doors for us and we are so happy to be on this path.

Cons:

It was difficult to know exactly what to do when I was handed 'the keys'. I took over a lot of the finance responsibilities as well as administrative tasks and I struggled to know where to start.

Reasons for switching to Realm

We already used Realm for the management of giving so it made sense to make the switch to Realm Accounting when deciding whether or not to get a new subscription to QB.

Jessica W.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed March 2025

First reiview of Realm after 8 months of use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Everything is in one place. I like how giving can load directly into our P&L.

Cons:

The chart of accounts set up is a bit difficult to navigate during initial set up.

Reasons for choosing Realm

Better reviews from the metropolis with Realm

Reasons for switching to Realm

The integration of the parishioner database and accounting software made it more efficient.

Linda B.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2024

Realm is exceptional!

Exceptional product - and service! With each question that we have for the telephone support, the representatives take as much time as needed to provide in depth answers to the questions and solutions to the potential problem. I can't praise them enough!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Realm Connect has been a tremendous way for our congregation and staff to communicate and keep abreast of news and events. Our people love the fact that they can not only see their own profiles, but also the online directory of members.

Cons:

I have not found anything that I do not like about Realm.

Reasons for switching to Realm

Previous product was antiquated and not able to provide the functionality that we need, nor was it as comprehensive as Realm.

Fr. Panteleimon D.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2025

Realm is a great all-in-one system for communicating with and managing a parish

I've really liked it. As the head pastor, the more I learn about it, the more I put it to use. For example, just this week I learned how to create a volunteer team for one of our worship service needs, and I sent out a sign-up link, and people are signing up. It's nice to have all of this functionality in one place.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use. Really like the "newsfeed" - I feel like it's a great way to keep people informed and also follow up on ministry events (with photos). Also, it's nice to have easy access to my giving history and also to be able to make donations easily through the "realm connect" app.

Cons:

Really the only struggle we've had is getting the word out about it - and getting people to use it. There's a little bit of a learning curve and, especially with older parishioners (and we have a fair number of them), there can be a bit of an aversion to technology and learning new things.

Michelle B.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2024

Great Software and Great Customer Service

Realm has been an overall delight. It is easy to use, easy to customize, and it just makes my job a whole lot easier. There is a help section that will help you with anything you need and if you can't find your answer there, the customer service reps are fantastic. They are friendly, knowledgeable, and always happy to help. I have never felt that I was irritating or bothering anyone when I have called for help. I love that we have a rep who contacts us from time to time just check in and make sure we are still good. They are also very knowledgeable and happy to help.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It handles nearly everything. We use it for accounts payable and receivable. I can print checks straight from the accounting software and log it into the register. We keep up with our bank account and bank credit cards this way. Profile Accounts can be customized to fit your needs and reports can run off the information collected. It makes finding information for our Annual Church Charge Conference reports quick and easy. I can also use reports to sort out particular types of members, members by age, and so on and I can create labels from the report inside of Realm itself. We can create News Posts that allow comments and/or email notifications and send them to all members or separate groups. It makes communication a breeze. We are able to create events and allow members to sign up and let us know how many people they are bringing. I have heard that ACS is also working to make a scheduler/calendar that will work with Realm. Right now we use ACS Facility Scheduler and it is a great tool.

Cons:

The only thing I would like to see is a facility scheduler/Calendar that we could use inside of Realm itself.

Anne G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2024

A great experience with Realm