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Giving Solutions

I'm a firm believer in using the right tool for the right job. So, I'm really sorry if you came here looking for a plugin to facilitate giving. As a pastor I know that functionality through a dedicated solution or ChMS is much better for the church than finding a Instead, I'm going to suggest you focus on a dedicated giving platform, and I want to share a few of my faves.

My #1 Pick

PCO Giving

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PCO is my go-to for Churches that are using Planning Center as their ChMS. Sidenote, PCO is my favorite ChMS. I love all their modules and I appreciate their a-la-carte approach so you only have to purchase what you need.

  • Beautiful dashboard and reporting to keep a pulse on generosity.
  • Talks to PCO people to let you create workflows around Giving (like sending a letter to a first time giver).
  • Pricing based on the number of donations.
  • Ties into Stripe as their payment processor (we love stripe).
  • Easiest solution I've used to send giving statements.
  • Can now batch process checks! A must for ANY church.
  • Offers a dedicated giving page or embeddable forms to put into your giving page.

Other Solutions

Bluefire and PCO are definitely my most recommended Giving solutions. But I want to offer a few more as well. My top recommendation would be for tithe.ly. Besides that, I recommend a few Church Mngt Systems.

I also recommend a few giving solutions to stay away from. There's not reason to pay exorbitant fees a month just for a giving platform. There's also zero reason a non-profit should be using PayPal to handle donations when there are full service solutions built with a church's needs in mind.

  • Tithely (great ChMS integrations, fully giving solution)
  • Subsplash (solid ChMS integrations plus easy in-app giving)
  • Church Community Builder (ChMS)
  • Breeze (ChMS that uses Stripe)
  • Kindrid (high monthly cost)
  • PushPay (high monthly cost)
  • Paypal (sacrifices org credibility)