Trellis
Fishers, Indiana, United States
What it is
Trellis brings study guides, events, announcements, group messaging, and attendance tools into one app for campus ministries. Event tools include RSVPs, attendance tracking, and recurring series. Group-organized chats and direct messages sit alongside announcements that can be sent to leaders, one group, or the whole ministry as push notifications. Leaders have a private pastoral inbox that ranks concerns such as students who have stopped attending, groups that have stopped meeting, and leaders who missed debriefs. They can also record study debriefs and complete periodic soul-care check-ins; users can privately ask to speak with someone. Free and paid plans share the same features, including the pastoral inbox, and both allow unlimited members, groups, and staff. The paid plan is $35 a month, plus $10 a month for each additional staff account. Trellis is available on Android, iOS, and web. Its privacy policy says connections use TLS encryption, while messages are not end-to-end encrypted and at-rest encryption is unconfirmed.
For and against
For
- Free plan includes the same features as paid.
- Unlimited members, groups, and staff on both plans.
- Events support RSVPs and recurring series.
- Available on Android, iOS, and web.
Against
- Paid plan costs $35 a month.
- Additional staff accounts cost $10 a month each.
- Messages are not end-to-end encrypted.
- At-rest encryption posture is unconfirmed.
The verdict
Trellis combines ministry communication and organization with attendance and pastoral care tools. The free plan has no feature lockouts, while readers should note the paid-plan staff charge and the stated encryption limits.
Who it suits
Trellis suits campus ministries that want group communication, events, attendance, and leader care tools in one place. Its maker says other kinds of groups may also be a fit.
Plans and prices
PAID
Unlimited members, groups, and staff · No locked features
Read 4 Oct 2026 · trellis-hq.com
FREE
Unlimited members, groups, and staff · No locked features
Read 4 Oct 2026 · trellis-hq.com
On the record
- Age requirement
- Users must be at least 14, and those aged 14–17 need parent or guardian consent under the terms.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Announcements
- Announcements can target leaders, one group, or the whole ministry and arrive as push notifications.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Trellis is campus-first, though the maker says groups of other kinds may also be a fit.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Care tools
- Leaders can record study debriefs and complete periodic soul-care check-ins, while users can privately raise a hand to request a conversation.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- After account deletion, messages and group and attendance records may be retained disconnected from the account for up to three years.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Events
- Events support RSVPs, attendance tracking, and recurring series.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker links to the Apple App Store and Google Play and names Firebase for push notifications, Supabase and Railway for hosting and database, and Vercel for web hosting.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The app has group chats and direct messages organized by group.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Pastoral inbox
- The leadership-only pastoral inbox ranks concerns such as students who stopped attending, groups that stopped meeting, and leaders who missed debriefs.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Plans
- Free and paid plans have the same features, including the pastoral inbox, and both allow unlimited members, groups, and staff.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Trellis says it does not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, and currently does not use third-party analytics or crash-reporting tools.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Trellis combines study guides, events, announcements, group chat, and attendance in one app for campus ministries.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says connections use TLS encryption, messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and its at-rest encryption posture is listed as unconfirmed.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says support replies within one business day and that each ministry is set up by hand.trellis-hq.com · read 4 Oct 2026
