Church Flow vs ChurchTrac.
ChurchTrac shows up on budget shortlists everywhere, so let us settle it properly: the full side-by-side, with their prices checked against their live pricing page on the date above. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
Why churches pick Church Flow over ChurchTrac.
Priced for attendance, in Rand
Giving without the US detour
WhatsApp is the inbox, not a credit meter
Built where you minister
Side by side.
| Question | Church Flow | ChurchTrac |
|---|---|---|
| How is it priced? | In Rand, from R79 per month, sized by average weekly attendance. Every module on every plan; VAT included where applicable. | In US dollars, by how many names you track: $29 a month covers 75 names, rising through $39, $59, $79 and $99 to $119 for unlimited. Paying yearly costs 10.8 months. |
| What does the exchange rate do to the bill? | Nothing. The price is set in Rand and stays in Rand. | A dollar bill rides the exchange rate. The software did not change; your invoice did. |
| Giving in South Africa | Through your church's own Paystack account: settles in Rand directly to your bank account, no platform cut, with pledge campaigns, batch counting for cash offerings and year-end statements included. | You connect your church's own Stripe account. Their published rates are 2.9% plus 30 cents per card gift and 25 cents flat on ACH bank debits, and the "as low as 2.2%" rate is a nonprofit application built around US 501(c)(3) tax status. |
| Messaging your congregation | A shared inbox where WhatsApp, SMS and email are first-class channels: one thread per person, templates, automatic opt-outs, mass sends. | Email and push are included; two-way texting is a $7 per month add-on with 250 credits and a dedicated US-style number. No WhatsApp inbox appears anywhere on their published plans. |
| Follow-up | Pipelines and follow-up queues with outcomes and SLAs: a visitor enters a pipeline and someone owns them until an outcome is recorded. | Automations appear on the feature list; the follow-up disciplines (queues, outcomes, SLAs) are yours to assemble. |
| Kids check-in | Self-serve kiosks with printed security tags, secure pickup codes and live headcounts. | Check-in and attendance appear on the feature list, with printer setup guides in their help center. |
| Data care | POPIA-first from day one: your congregation's information is processed only to run your workspace, administrative actions are audit-logged, and you can export or delete it at any time. | A US compliance lens. POPIA is your homework to map onto it. |
| Trial | 30 days, every module open, no card needed. You only add a payment method if you subscribe. | 30-day free trial. |
ChurchTrac prices and tier facts checked against churchtrac.com (pricing page and published help pages) on 14 August 2026. ChurchTrac is a trademark of its owner; this page is our best honest reading of public information, and corrections are welcome.
The bottom line.
ChurchTrac's pitch is a low sticker price, and the small print does the rest: the $29 tier covers 75 names, the bill is in dollars, texting is an add-on with a credit meter, and the giving runs through a US-centric processor stack where the advertised discount wants another country's tax paperwork.
Church Flow prices the way churches actually grow: by the people in the room on Sunday, in Rand, with every module included from the first plan. The WhatsApp inbox your team already lives in, giving that settles into your own account with no cut taken, and follow-up that owns every visitor until someone records an outcome. ChurchTrac counts the names in your database. Church Flow helps you reach the ones who are not in it yet.
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