Altar Live 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Altar Live

4.3

(21)

Pricing

Starting at $69.00 per month

About Altar Live

Altar Live combines the best of live streaming and videoconferencing to encourage and facilitate deep engagement.

Your audience sits together in small groups in pews or rows during the live stream event, discussing among themselves the meaning and impact of the worship and message. After the live stream event completes, people gather at tables in the lobby, freely moving around to catch up with others, sit in private prayer, speak with a pastor or leader about next steps and learn about volunteer opportunities in the church and in the community.

Stream your event directly to Altar Live, or leverage your existing YouTube and Facebook live streams. The easy wizard-based setup process takes just a minute. You can integrate Altar Live as part of your church website, with your own branding, logo and colors. Greeters can see and interact with each individual attendee, without waiting for them to declare their presence in chat in front of everyone. Groups create their own private chat to catch up, discuss, pray, and support each other.

Altar Live Screenshots

Altar Live Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $69.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$69.00

per month

No plan information available

Altar Live Features

Popular features found in Church Presentation
Drag & Drop
For Religious Organizations
Media Library
Multi-Screen Support
Presentation Streaming
Scripture Database
Text Editing
More features of Altar Live
Activity Dashboard
Audience Analytics
Audience Engagement
Chat/Messaging
Communication Management
Conferencing
Customizable Branding
Engagement Tracking
Event Management
Event Scheduling
Interactive Content
Live Chat
Live Streaming Production
Multimedia Support
Real-time Broadcasting
Timer
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Call Recording
Video Conferencing
Video Management
Video Streaming
Video Support

Altar Live User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

48%

33%

19%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.1

Jonathan J.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Very Good

They listen to our feature quests and are genuinely interested in making AltarLive better.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The AltarLive team is responsive to feature requests and really know the needs of churches for online ministry.

Cons:

The Apple App doesn't work well in landscape mode.

Reasons for choosing Altar Live

AltarLive offers the same functions and is easy to use.

Reasons for switching to Altar Live

It has all the features of Zoom plus more that fit churches and ministries.

Andy F.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

This is the way online church should be in 2022

Wonderful. I find the team supportive and helpful and responsive, and I really like what they have developed.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

That there can be interaction between attendees.

Cons:

Some of the technology issues. We had issues with streaming, and in the beginning there were some issues with the video chat function. I’m eagerly awaiting the custom sized tables function.

Reasons for choosing Altar Live

It’s made for churches.

Reasons for switching to Altar Live

Because Zoom has some distinct disadvantages for churches.

Elizabeth H.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Experimenting

Mostly positive

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Allows members to "go to church" from the comfort of their home.

Cons:

It's not intuitive for many members to name themselves and take a seat. Most stay un-named and "stand" and don't participate in chat

Reasons for choosing Altar Live

Interactivity of attendees

Reasons for switching to Altar Live

Hoped people would interact more with each other

Joel T.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Dynamic platform for engaging online participants

The folks at Altar Live have been responsive and super helpful. They have been a delight to work with.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The responsive developers at Altar Live have created a product that makes it possible for us to engage our remote participants in real community. We have found it to be a flexible and intuitive tool for discipling people, empowering small group leaders, facilitating conversation, and enjoying real interaction. We love Altar Live!

Cons:

Initially I found some of the constraints (four people in a row, for instance) to be an irritating challenge. But those "constraints" became features as we creatively adapted to the medium and the ongoing improvements to the software have made it easier to do that. Now I'm grateful for those things.

Reasons for choosing Altar Live

Using Altar Live with our preferred live stream platform (streamyard) gave us the most potential interactivity by being able to incorporate participants on the participation end through streamyard, while involving participants on the experience end through Altar Live.

Chloe M.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Innovative platform to engage and build relationships virtually

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We began hosting worship online after pandemic began. We originally streamed via Facebook, which was great visibility, but did not seem like a sustainable solution. Now that we are able to gather again in person with precautions, Altar Live has allowed us to continue engaging those who can only access worship from home (due to their geographical location, traveling, health, etc.). Different from social media platforms, Altar Live allows us to virtually sit with one another and share camera/ audio. At first I wasn't sure how this would feel, but have found this feature to be a beautiful way to build community across distance and time. I now know and have worshipped with people who I have yet to meet in person. It's hard to navigate this time of in-person/ virtual, but Altar Live (and their awesome team) are working hard to find creative solutions.

Cons:

The primary challenge with Altar Live is that it is a new type of platform that people have to learn. I've found it very easy to navigate; however, in order to participate in the chat and to sit with others, people need to sign in. It's simple and easy to do, but I think it may feel like a barrier to some people. I think it's a growing edge and the support team has offered tips on how to deepen engagement with those who choose to log in and participate more actively online.

Sharon W.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Altar Live Review

Quite frustrating. We have stayed with it, as we want to support this type of platform as we see its value longterm. The Altar Live staff have been very supportive, quick to respond. They have honestly been one of the reasons we have stayed with Altar Live.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

That our congregation can interact during a worship service.

Cons:

Very unstable. Many of our users have had trouble logging onto the platform.

Reasons for switching to Altar Live

We liked that Altarlive was more interactive.

Bryan K.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Couldn't be happier!!

I couldn't be happier with my experience. The development team is reachable and will work with you to make integrating Altar Live a success!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I have been an Altar Live user for over 6 months. Our digital congregation considered Zoom, Facebook Live, Youtube, and other means of hosting worship but did not feel that any other product provided the features that Altar does.

Cons:

Honestly, there were some limitations when it first came out, but the development team has worked closely with users and continuously makes updates based on user needs and experiences. There are some users that have difficulty with technology and have had challenges using Altar Live, but the users would probably have challenges with other software as well.

Ashley B.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Altar Live Great for Church Online

I really love this program. I love the goal of it. I love the overlapping functionality of it. I think it has a ton of potential and I’m looking forward to watching it grow more.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love that it creates space for people to see each other and interact over audio and video online for church. It makes the experience a much less isolating one.

Cons:

The chat feature could be a bit better. I wish I could add someone else to a chat after I’ve created it. I wind up having extra chats going because someone joins late and i want to include them in a conversation. For example - we make a chat for all of our greeters and if I miss someone, we have to make a new chat but I can’t delete the old chat. I’d also love if there was a tab that only greeters can see that we can add notes too for them.

Reasons for switching to Altar Live

We liked the option to video chat while watching online and the group room functionality.

Daniel C.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Review

Overall is experience good. During technical difficulties we had people step in and assist even on the weekends.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love that people can come in and select a virtual seat. I love the fact that after church services people can interact with one another. It's affordable and easy to access.

Cons:

I don't like that once the event is over people can't go back and have access to the event. It has several glitches that takes you in and out of the service.

Michelle D.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

We love Altar Live

We have only used Altar Live for one week and being able to engage participants is a game-changer for us. Our online broadcast was primarily on Facebook and it was so limiting - some people aren't on Facebook, those that are on are hesitant to comment for the entire world to see. Altar Live allows for confidential conversations when there is a need, but also public meeting new people in the lobby after the service.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Love the ability to choose a seat and have a conversation with someone in the sanctuary. Also appreciate the lobby where you can label tables for people to have somewhere to ask questions.

Cons:

Would like for set-up to be a bit more intuitive. The videos are good but it feels like it is still a bit clunky on the setting up people's roles and also events.

Reasons for choosing Altar Live

additional features that allow for engagement

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