Church Flow vs Tithe.ly.
Tithe.ly's bundle shows up wherever churches shop for giving software, so let us settle it properly: the full side-by-side, with their prices and country support checked against their live pages on the date above. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
Why churches pick Church Flow over Tithe.ly.
One plan, not five price tags
Giving that supports South Africa
WhatsApp is the inbox, not an add-on
Priced in Rand, answered in SAST
Side by side.
| Question | Church Flow | Tithe.ly |
|---|---|---|
| How is it priced? | In Rand, from R79 per month, sized by average weekly attendance. Every module on every plan; VAT included where applicable. | All Access is $119 per month in US dollars, built from five products they also sell separately: giving with text-to-give at $19, the church database at $72, custom apps at $89, websites at $19 and worship tools at $29. |
| 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. | Tithely Giving's published supported-country list, updated December 2025, names Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the US. South Africa is not on it. |
| What does "$0 per month giving" cost? | Church Flow takes no cut of donations. The church pays only its payment provider's standard rates, and the money settles into the church's own account. | No monthly fee, then a charge on every gift at their published rates: 2.9% plus $0.30 per card transaction, 1% plus $0.30 on bank transfers, 3.5% plus $0.30 on AMEX, in dollars. |
| 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 text messaging, with text-to-give sold inside the $19 giving product. No WhatsApp inbox appears anywhere on their published plans. |
| Your church website | The website builder ships on every plan, edited from the same admin as everything else. | A separate $19 per month product, bundled into All Access. |
| 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 on the paid bundles; the $0 giving tier earns per transaction from the first gift. |
Tithe.ly prices checked against their live pricing page, and the giving country list against their published help pages, on 14 August 2026. Tithe.ly is a trademark of its owner; this page is our best honest reading of public information, and corrections are welcome.
The bottom line.
Tithe.ly's pitch is a bundle: five price tags rolled into one $119 dollar bill, anchored against the sum of their own list prices. Underneath it, the giving product the company is named after does not list South Africa at all, the messaging is built for American phone plans, and every invoice rides the exchange rate.
Church Flow starts from the other end: not a bundle to assemble but one system that already runs a real congregation every Sunday. One Rand plan with every module included, giving that settles into your own bank account with no cut taken, and a WhatsApp inbox at the centre of ministry. Tithe.ly packages products. Church Flow runs churches.
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