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Congregate
What it is
Congregate combines a church website, member management, and leadership tools in one platform for web, Android, and iOS. Its member features include a directory, attendance tracking, visitor registration and follow-up, and a leadership CRM. Communications include email, premium SMS, and premium text-to-speech voice messages. A worship scheduler assigns worship positions and volunteer tasks, with support for unavailable dates, replacements, confirmations, and reminders. Churches can upload sermons as MP3, PowerPoint, PDF, or YouTube links, with automatic podcast feeds and social sharing. The members app includes member modules, a directory, Bible, and sermon audio. Congregate says more than 30 modules are included in every service plan. Plans start at $20/mo, and standard plans carry a one-time $499 setup fee, reduced by $50 for churches with fewer than 50 members. Free technical support is included, and the company says it responds to tickets within 24 hours or less.
For and against
For
- More than 30 modules in every service plan
- Includes a worship scheduler and volunteer reminders
- Supports sermon uploads and podcast feeds
- Free technical support is included
Against
- Standard plans have a one-time $499 setup fee
- No free plan; a free test drive is offered
The verdict
Congregate brings church website, member, leadership, and worship-planning tools together, with apps for Android and iOS. Plans start at $20/mo, but standard plans add a one-time setup fee.
Who it suits
Congregate suits local churches looking to combine member administration, volunteer scheduling, communications, and a church website. Its members app and visitor follow-up tools also address church members and visitors.
Plans and prices
Virtual Library
135+ books and study resources · unlimited membership users
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Sermon Transcriptions
7 hours/month · AI transcription · downloadable text files
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Economy
5 GB storage · 15 email accounts · public website and mobile app · all Congregate features
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Members Only
No public website · no email accounts · member-management tools · members mobile app
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Voice Messaging
1,000 minutes/month · US phone numbers · text-to-speech messaging
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Text Messaging
2,000 messages/month · US mobile numbers · MMS available as add-on
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Classic
10 GB storage · 15 email accounts · public website and mobile app · all Congregate features
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Unlimited
Unlimited storage · 15 email accounts · public website and mobile app · all Congregate features
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
Self-Hosted WordPress
WordPress hosting excluded · no email accounts · unlimited storage · WordPress themes and plugins
Read 21 Oct 2026 · congregateonline.com
On the record
- API and SDKs
- Official documentation mentions a Congregate API for the WordPress integration, but no separate public SDK catalog is presented.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Attendance tracking
- Attendance can be recorded overall, per member, and for visitors with reporting tools and mobile entry.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Availability limitation
- Terms say the platform may become inaccessible because of maintenance, equipment faults, network failures, attacks, or other causes and is provided without an uptime guarantee.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Bible class tracking
- Administrators can record Bible and Sunday-school classes, teachers, materials, topics, and grade levels.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Billing limitation
- Billing policies state that monthly invoices or email receipts are not sent and that manual monthly credit-card payments are not accepted.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Calendars and events
- Multiple calendars serve public users, members, and leaders and can be viewed in the app or personal calendar programs.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Communications
- The platform supports email messaging, premium SMS messaging, and premium text-to-speech voice messages.congregateonline.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Support provides quick-start guides, feature documentation, tutorial videos, FAQs, launch instructions, and ticket support.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Finance tracking
- Finance tools record contributions, budgets, and expenses and export data in a QuickBooks-compatible format.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Free access
- The site offers a free test drive, but does not state a trial duration on the pages reviewed.congregateonline.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Google Play privacy declaration
- The Android listing says the developer reports no data sharing, no data collection, and encryption in transit.play.google.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Google Play update
- The Android listing records a May 4, 2026 update that added Visitor Tracker as a native module.play.google.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Included modules
- The company says over 30 feature modules are included in all service plans.congregateonline.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Independent adoption
- Ellisville church of Christ publicly identifies its website as powered by Congregate.simplychristians.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Congregate supports embedded or linked live-stream and online-giving providers and offers Google Analytics and Google Maps API settings.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Congregate describes its service as built for local churches and their visitors, members, and leaders.congregateonline.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Terms assign Congregate platform intellectual-property rights to Congregate and its licensors and prohibit copying, reverse engineering, and derivative works.congregateonline.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: app feature gaps
- An Apple-app reviewer said the dashboard lacked useful at-a-glance information and that several functions still required the website.apps.apple.com · read 21 Oct 2026
