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Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Library | monthly · 135+ books and study resources · unlimited membership users | $10 a month |
| Sermon Transcriptions | monthly · 7 hours/month · AI transcription · downloadable text files | $15 a month |
| Economy | monthly · 5 GB storage · 15 email accounts · public website and mobile app · all Congregate features | $20 a month |
| Members Only | monthly · No public website · no email accounts · member-management tools · members mobile app | $20 a month |
| Voice Messaging | monthly · 1,000 minutes/month · US phone numbers · text-to-speech messaging | $25 a month |
| Text Messaging | monthly · 2,000 messages/month · US mobile numbers · MMS available as add-on | $25 a month |
| Classic | monthly · 10 GB storage · 15 email accounts · public website and mobile app · all Congregate features | $45 a month |
| Self-Hosted WordPress | monthly · WordPress hosting excluded · no email accounts · unlimited storage · WordPress themes and plugins · all Congregate features | $55 a month |
The first 8 of 10 plans, as congregateonline.com lists them, read 21 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Facts from Congregate's own pages
- API and SDKs
- Official documentation mentions a Congregate API for the WordPress integration, but no separate public SDK catalog is presented. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Attendance tracking
- Attendance can be recorded overall, per member, and for visitors with reporting tools and mobile entry. · congregateonline.com, 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, 21 Oct 2026
- Bible class tracking
- Administrators can record Bible and Sunday-school classes, teachers, materials, topics, and grade levels. · congregateonline.com, 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, 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, 21 Oct 2026
- Communications
- The platform supports email messaging, premium SMS messaging, and premium text-to-speech voice messages. · congregateonline.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Support provides quick-start guides, feature documentation, tutorial videos, FAQs, launch instructions, and ticket support. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Finance tracking
- Finance tools record contributions, budgets, and expenses and export data in a QuickBooks-compatible format. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- The Congregate service was launched in 2009. · congregateonline.com, 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, 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, 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, 21 Oct 2026
- Included modules
- The company says over 30 feature modules are included in all service plans. · congregateonline.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Independent adoption
- Ellisville church of Christ publicly identifies its website as powered by Congregate. · simplychristians.com, 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, 21 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Congregate describes its service as built for local churches and their visitors, members, and leaders. · congregateonline.com, 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, 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, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: app reliability
- Apple-app reviewers reported launch failures, blank white screens, and login problems after updates. · appshunter.io, 21 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Congregate is a product and service provided by DP Media Group, LLC. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Member directory
- The directory stores member contact details, photos, family relationships, groups, and custom fields. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Member management
- Features include a member directory, attendance tracking, visitor registration and follow-up, and a leadership CRM. · congregateonline.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The message center supports email, text, and voice communication to members, groups, and mailing lists. · congregateonline.com, 21 Oct 2026
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