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Church123 vs ChurchLume
Both stand on church website builders. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Choose Church123 if your church or Christian organisation needs a hosted website with page, sermon, event, donation, and member-area features. Its free 30-day trial lets you evaluate the service without entering payment details; the listed annual plan costs $295 a year, and extra storage carries an additional fee.
Visit Church123Choose ChurchLume if your church wants its website and ministry tools together, with plans for small churches through larger ministries. Starter begins at $29 per month; look to Growth for a custom domain or Pro for multi-campus support and priority support.
Visit ChurchLumeThe facts
| Church123 | ChurchLume | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free trial | A free trial |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Webbuilder — Annually: $295 a year | Starter: $29 a month |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | church123.com | churchlume.com |
| On church website builders | #8 of 24 | #12 of 24 |
Church123: what it does well
- Offers more than 200 templates, with page content retained when switching.
- Creates unlimited pages and customizable online contact forms.
- Includes password-protected member pages and sermon publishing.
- Supports an event calendar, donation links, and a custom domain.
- Includes hosting and lists 4GB of storage.
What to know first
- The service has no free plan.
- The listed annual Webbuilder plan costs $295 a year.
- Additional storage costs extra.
ChurchLume: what it does well
- Website Studio supports visual editing and publishing.
- Giving, events, forms, prayer, streaming, and people management share one platform.
- Giving supports Zelle, Stripe, and provider-based options.
- Growth includes a custom domain, unlimited people and teams, and analytics.
- Pro includes multi-campus support and priority support.
What to know first
- There is no free plan.
- Starter uses a ChurchLume subdomain.
- A custom domain is included with Growth, not Starter.
- Multi-campus support and priority support are included with Pro.
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