Side by side

Churchly vs Nucleus

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.

Churchly

Free trial Web

Choose Churchly if your church wants a website built by a team alongside tools for pages, email, and audience engagement. The no-card 14-day trial lets you explore the product before going live. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or a platform beyond web.

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Nucleus

Free trial Web

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.

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The facts

	Churchly	Nucleus
Free plan	A free trial	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Web
Lowest paid plan	Site Build: $297, paid once	Essential: $65 a month
Plans published	1	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	churchly.com	nucleus.church
On church website builders	#13 of 24	#17 of 24

Churchly: what it does well

Team builds the selected design using existing words and images.
Churchly says a new website is built in three weeks or less.
Email supports newsletters, segmentation, and action-triggered follow-ups.
AI assistant can generate and revise copy.
Includes a free SSL certificate for every account.

What to know first

No free plan is available.
Pricing starts at $89.99/mo (annual).
Churchly is available on web.

Nucleus: 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%

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