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Church Flow
What Church Flow is
Church Flow is a church management platform that combines people records, visitor follow-up, children’s check-in, giving, and communications. Person records can hold family and group links, attendance, giving, prayer, and follow-up details. Check-in supports self-serve kiosks, children’s security tags, badge printing, and live headcounts. A shared inbox places WhatsApp, SMS, and email conversations in one thread per person. Churches connect their own messaging and payment-provider accounts, and those providers charge separately; donations settle directly through the church’s payment account. Plans are based on average weekly attendance, with database capacity for six times the attendance band under fair use. Pricing starts at 79 ZAR per month, with a 30-day trial and no free plan. CSV imports from Planning Center, ChurchTrac, Excel, and Google Sheets are available on every plan. Android, iOS, web, and a phone-browser staff portal are supported. Data is hosted in South Africa; Church Flow says it has no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification.
Who it suits
Church Flow suits churches needing shared records, attendance, check-in, giving, and messaging. Its attendance-based plans and multi-site support fit congregations managing one or more locations.
What it does well
- Combines records, follow-up, giving, and communications
- Supports kiosks, security tags, badges, and headcounts
- Imports CSV files on every plan
- Works on Android, iOS, web, and phone browsers
- Includes multi-site support and attendance reports
What to know first
- No free plan
- Messaging and payment providers charge separately
- No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification
- Custom domains excluded from several plans
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sprout | R149 / mo · Up to 100 average weekly attendance · short links and custom domain not included | 149 ZAR a month |
| Sprout | R1 490 / yr · Up to 100 average weekly attendance · short links and custom domain not included | 1,490 ZAR a year |
| Rooted | R299 / mo · Up to 200 average weekly attendance · short links and custom domain not included | 299 ZAR a month |
| Rooted | R2 990 / yr · Up to 200 average weekly attendance · short links and custom domain not included | 2,990 ZAR a year |
| Growing | R449 / mo · Up to 300 average weekly attendance · short links included · custom domain not included | 449 ZAR a month |
| Growing | R4 490 / yr · Up to 300 average weekly attendance · short links included · custom domain not included | 4,490 ZAR a year |
| Flourishing | R699 / mo · Up to 500 average weekly attendance · short links included · custom domain not included | 699 ZAR a month |
| Flourishing | R6 990 / yr · Up to 500 average weekly attendance · short links included · custom domain not included | 6,990 ZAR a year |
The first 8 of 10 plans, as church-flow.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Church Flow brings core church administration tasks into one workspace, with broad import and check-in support. Review the attendance-based pricing and separate provider charges before choosing a plan.
Facts from Church Flow's own pages
- Cancellation and export
- Churches can export people, giving, and attendance at any time; after cancellation Church Flow says it purges its copy after a 90-day retention window. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Certifications
- Church Flow states that it does not hold SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Check-in
- The product supports self-serve kiosks, children’s security tags, and live headcounts. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Communications
- A shared inbox brings WhatsApp, SMS, and email conversations into one thread per person. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- Church Flow says congregation data is hosted in a cloud data centre in South Africa and is processed only to provide the workspace. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Giving
- Donations use the church’s own payment-provider account and settle directly to the church. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Import
- Built-in import tools accept CSV exports from Planning Center, ChurchTrac, Excel, or Google Sheets on every plan. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Churches connect their own WhatsApp, SMS, email, and payment-provider accounts, and provider charges apply separately. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- The staff portal is mobile-first and works in a phone browser without an install. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- People records
- Person records can combine family, groups, attendance, giving, prayer, and follow-up information. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Plan limits
- Plans are sized by average weekly attendance, and each includes database capacity for six times its attendance band under fair use. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Church Flow brings church people records, visitor follow-up, kids check-in, giving, and communications together in one platform. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The service says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, isolated between church workspaces using database row-level security, and administrative actions are audit-logged. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The company says a real person replies to inquiries within one business day. · church-flow.com, 7 Oct 2026
Where Church Flow stands on Freedom251
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