Tithe.ly

A full church-management and online-giving tool, including livestreaming and children's check-in

Freemium United States

Tithe.ly is another major player in the church-software market, bundling giving, member management, website, app, and livestreaming into one suite. Its distinctive feature is building in very practical things too — like children's Sunday-school check-in systems and volunteer background checks.

Features and application scenarios

The product portfolio covers online and mobile giving, a church-management system (members, small groups, serving), website and app building, newsletter and SMS communication, and sermon livestreaming. Less common features include a check-in flow for age-grouped children's groups and volunteer background checks via MinistrySafe, which are real compliance needs for churches with children's ministries. Pricing is modular — some basic features are free, advanced modules are billed separately, and payments take a per-transaction cut. Its main market is the US.

Suited to small-to-medium US churches. For Taiwanese readers, the most worth looking at are the children's check-in and volunteer background check — Taiwan's churches, after-school programs, and youth institutions equally bear child-safety responsibility, but the process almost always relies on manual sign-in and verbal confirmation. Turning "who picks up the child" into a recorded system has nothing to do with religion; it's basic infrastructure any children's/youth setting should have.

Main features

Online and mobile giving, billed per transaction
Church-management system (members, small groups, serving scheduling)
Website and app building tools
Newsletter and SMS communication
Sermon livestreaming
Age-grouped children's check-in and MinistrySafe volunteer background checks

Common uses

Church online giving and receipt management
Sunday serving and small-group scheduling
Check-in and safety flow for children's ministry
Sermon livestreaming and online participation

Key Features

Online and mobile giving, billed per transaction
Church-management system (members, small groups, serving scheduling)
Website and app building tools
Newsletter and SMS communication
Sermon livestreaming
Age-grouped children's check-in and MinistrySafe volunteer background checks

Pros

Modular pricing, some basic features free to try first
Children's check-in and background checks are practical features rare in this category
Comprehensive coverage; small-to-medium churches can solve it all in one place

Cons

Payments and background-check services are tied to the US and can't be used in Taiwan
Total cost easily exceeds expectations after stacking modules
Interface and support are in English

Use Cases

Church online giving and receipt management
Sunday serving and small-group scheduling
Check-in and safety flow for children's ministry
Sermon livestreaming and online participation

Editor's Note

Building children's check-in and volunteer background checks into church software is still rarely discussed in Taiwan. It's actually not about faith but about responsibility.

FAQ

How far can the free part take me?

Basic giving collection and some management features can start free, but payments still take a per-transaction cut, and advanced modules (website, app, SMS, etc.) are billed separately. Calculate the real cost by including transaction fees — don't just look at the monthly-fee number.

Is there a similar alternative in Taiwan?

There aren't many fully corresponding products. Taiwanese organizations usually use a combination of "local payments + Google Forms + a LINE official account." If what you care most about is children's check-in and safety records, you can actually achieve it with a general check-in system plus a clear pickup-authorization flow, without necessarily using religion-specific software.