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Nucleus
What Nucleus is
Nucleus is a web platform for churches that combines a church website, communications tools and ways for congregants to take next steps. Its Launcher puts actions such as planning a visit, joining a group, registering for an event, requesting prayer and giving in a menu across a website. Flows provides guided forms with templates and conditional logic, plus capacity or deadline limits, follow-up messages and submission reports. Prayer requests can remain private or be shared on a moderated Prayer Wall, with access controlled through logins, connection types and administrator permissions. Standard and Complete add Posts, Messages and Mission Control for ministry updates, email campaigns, automated follow-up and internal communication guidance. Complete also includes Nucleus Media, a library of more than 30,000 church-focused creative assets. Plans start at $65 USD per month, and a 15-day trial is available; there is no free plan. Giving accepts one-time and recurring gifts but is available only to U.S. churches. Listed processing costs are 2.3% for card payments and $0.25 for bank-account gifts, with no percentage fee charged to the church.
Who it suits
Nucleus suits churches looking to manage a website, congregant forms, prayer requests and communications in one web platform. The Giving feature is relevant only to U.S. churches.
What it does well
- Launcher surfaces next-step actions across a website
- Flows supports conditional logic and submission reports
- Prayer requests can be private or moderated and shared
- Complete includes more than 30,000 creative assets
- 15-day trial is available
What to know first
- No free plan
- Giving is available only to U.S. churches
- Complete costs $199 USD per month
- Card processing is listed at 2.3%
Limits
The cheapest plan, Essential, costs $65 USD per month and includes the website, Launcher, Prayer, Flows, and People, but not the higher-plan additions such as Posts, Messages, Sermons, Giving, and Media. Giving is included only with Complete and is available only to U.S. churches.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Complete | $199 USD/month · Everything in Essential and Standard · Giving · Media · Giving available to U.S. churches only · unlimited users · unlimited pages | $199 a month |
| Essential | $65 USD/month · Web · The Launcher · Prayer · Flows · People · unlimited users · unlimited pages | $65 a month |
| Standard | $99 USD/month · Everything in Essential · Sermons · Posts · Messages · 7 Building Blocks · Mission Control · unlimited users · unlimited pages | $99 a month |
As nucleus.church lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://www.nucleus.church/
- Start the 15-day trial
- Choose Essential, Standard, or Complete
- Set up the church website and Launcher
- Configure Flows or Prayer according to the actions and access you need
Verdict
Nucleus combines a church website with forms, communications and congregation next steps, with features varying by plan. Churches considering Giving should note its U.S.-only availability and the listed processing costs.
Questions
How much does Nucleus cost?
Essential costs $65 USD per month, Standard costs $99 USD per month, and Complete costs $199 USD per month.
Does Nucleus have a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. A 15-day trial is available.
Which platforms does Nucleus support?
Nucleus is a web platform.
Which plan includes Giving?
Giving is included in Complete, the $199 USD per month plan. It is available only to U.S. churches.
What are the listed Giving processing costs?
Nucleus lists card processing at 2.3% and bank-account gifts at $0.25, with no percentage fee charged to the church.
Which integrations are supported?
Flows and Posts support native Planning Center integrations. Posts can connect to other ChMS or mailing systems through Zapier.
Facts from Nucleus's own pages
- Communications
- Standard and Complete include Posts, Messages, and Mission Control for ministry updates, email campaigns, automated follow-up, and internal communication guidance. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Company
- Nucleus describes itself as independently owned and bootstrapped, and identifies Brady Shearer as its founder. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Forms
- Flows provides guided forms with templates, conditional logic, capacity or deadline limits, follow-up messages, and submission reports. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2017 · nucleus.church, 28 Sept 2026
- Giving
- Nucleus Giving accepts one-time and recurring gifts, states that it does not mark up processing rates, and is available only to U.S. churches. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Giving fees
- The pricing page says card processing cost is shown as 2.3% and bank-account gifts cost $0.25 with no percentage fee charged to the church. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Flows and Posts support native Planning Center integrations, and Posts can connect to other ChMS or mailing systems through Zapier. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Media
- Complete includes Nucleus Media, a library of more than 30,000 church-focused creative assets that users can download as needed. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Next steps
- The Launcher puts actions such as visit planning, group joining, event registration, prayer, and giving in a menu accessible across a website. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Prayer
- Prayer requests can be kept private or shared on a moderated Prayer Wall, with access controlled by logins, connection types, and administrator permissions. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Nucleus combines a church website, communications tools, and congregation next steps in one platform. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Nucleus says customer churches retain rights to stored data, which it processes as a service provider or subprocessor, and says it does not sell customer data. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support includes step-by-step help documentation, live classes, and access to a real person; the homepage reports a 2-hour 3-minute average support response. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
- Website
- Web supports unlimited pages, customizable templates and layouts, custom domains, hosting, SSL, scheduled publishing, and page-level team access. · nucleus.church, 4 Oct 2026
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