--- description: Learn how Elvanto can help your business. GetApp provides users in South Africa with the most detailed information on software tools, prices and features. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Elvanto Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Church Management Software](/directory/166/church-management/software) > [Elvanto](/software/103571/elvanto) # Elvanto Canonical: https://www.getapp.za.com/software/103571/elvanto Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/103571/elvanto?page=2) > Elvanto is an easy-to-use cloud-based church management software and service planning solution for churches of all sizes, all for one simple price. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 126 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Elvanto Online dashboard-based access within the browser, providing intuitive admin tools, and notifications – all fully customizable to match church colors and branding. Use People Categories to log custom details of congregation members, link families, create groups, register volunteers with full search and existing data import options. Child check-in tools safely log attendance across multiple rooms or locations, printing name labels, scanning barcodes and sending SMS notifications to parents. Schedule services or events with Elvanto Calendars or additional Google Calendar support and the option to embed calendars within the church’s own website. View rosters, accept or decline requests and view song lists on the move with companion Elvanto apps for Android and iOS devices. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 126 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Tithe.ly - **Location**: Los Angeles, US - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$72,00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: A free 21-day trial is available, after which: Up to 50 active adults: €10.80/month (billed annually) or €13.50/month (billed monthly) Up to 100 active adults: €21.60/month (billed annually) or €27/month (billed monthly) Up to 200 active adults: €43.20/month (billed annually) or €54/month (billed monthly) Up to 500 active adults: €108/month (billed annually) or €135/month (billed monthly) Up to 1000 active adults: €129.60/month (billed annually) or €162/month (billed monthly) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Accounting Integration - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Application Management - Attendance Tracking - Child Check-in - Committee Management - Communication Management - Contact Database - Contact Management - Credit Card Processing - Customizable Branding - Customizable Forms - Customizable Reports - Data Import/Export - Donation Management - Email Management - Email Marketing ## Integrations (5 total) - Continue to Give - Mailchimp - PayPal - Stripe - Tithe.ly ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Church Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/166/church-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Church Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/166/church-management/software) - [Membership Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/171/membership-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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All in all this is definitely a contender\! > > **Cons**: The only thing was a lack of follow up from the Tithely team when I tried to setup a sales conference. ----- ### "Easier for our staff, empowering for our congregation" — 4.0/5 > **Gordon** | *20 October 2016* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: A very comprehensive solution to church management, with flexible pricing, customisable appearance and functions, secure access control, and freedom from software compatibility issues. > > **Cons**: Getting the broader congregation to draw on its capabilities. Staff and key leaders have taken this up well. There can be cultural expectations that church life is 'low-tech' and simple - I can respect this is some ways. But passwords and online comms are as common as cars and phones in the 21st century. It's ok for people to have to learn. > > We've been with Elvanto since 2012 . It now supports all the core activities of daily life in our congregation - in one program, with one subscription, and without any software compatibility hassles. This is easier for our staff who ride one learning curve then rise to draw on all Elvanto's capability. This is also empowering for the congregation, because we use Elvanto in a way that empowers the congregation. They plan, communicate, and take action though Elvanto. As a result... We follow up and support our people better through accurate attendance and directory information. We know more specifically what's been happening through the wide range of reports on hand. We plan our calendar more clearly and book facilities and resources with more confidence. We communicate more frequently and clearly with our congregation in our emails and SMS. We organise more effectively for our worship life through the rostering, service planning, and song selection capability in Elvanto. We equip people with resources through blog posts, sermon outlines, and documents whenever needed. We have learned to use the new functionality of a program that is in active development \[in a good way\], as they are responsive to user feedback. We relax over costs because we only pay for people who are actively involved in church life now - and can still keep in touch with others as Contacts. We have even more ways we COULD use Elvanto but choose not to so far - such as the online giving or the small group attendance. Why Elvanto compared to other church management software \[CMS\] solutions? It was flexible pricing, customisable functions and appearance, software-as-a- service convenience, and a complete set of functions across the board - pastoral, worship, communication, and calendar planning. Elvanto fulfils and exceeds our congregation's expectations and agendas. Criticisms? Frankly the larger challenge with CMS is the church culture. For some, church life is a sanctuary which they wish was free of passwords or pins. This shift is small pain for large gain, if they take it up. The usage curve is far from level - about a quarter of our people use E most days - and about a quarter log in maybe once every few months. I'm ok with that. In short, choosing to go with a CMS, and Elvanto specifically, has been the single most significant step forward in organising church life that we have made in the past ten years. ----- ### "Elvanto review" — 3.0/5 > **Terry** | *31 January 2023* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Elvanto is a product that is great at a lot of things, but really isn't the master of anything. It's a massive suite that does a whole lot and it works for the most part, but it has some quirks. The potential is there to being amazing. > > **Cons**: It seems as though, since being purchased by Tithe.ly that the suite is being put on the back burner in terms of development. > > I like Elvanto and have become accustomed to it's size and quirks. ----- ### "Best Church Management Software I've used" — 5.0/5 > **Chris** | *20 October 2016* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of use. Feature Rich. Fantastic Support. Competitively Priced. Integrates with many 3rd party applications. Simply makes church management easier. > > **Cons**: Check-In printing can be hit and miss (your average volunteer struggles if things go sideways). No "Offline" check-in mode, so mobile churches need to consider internet services (and speeds). BI is a little behind and could be improved. There are reports, but true "BI" and dashboards are missing. > > I have used Elvanto for many years now and find it by far the easiest, feature rich ChMS around. Whilst functionality and UI are important, solid backup and support is critical. The Elvanto team are always on hand to answer questions quickly and the support team know their product (sounds obvious but not always the case\!). There is a cost to using the software, but for those trying to weigh up the difference between a manual system vs Elvanto, it's a no-brainer. I wouldn't run my business off excel so why run a church using excel? Everybody I have ever recommended Elvanto has started using it, and within 6 months they say why wasn't I using this before? Is everything great? There are some areas that have been a frustration. The Check-In system has pro's and con's. Pro is it's web based and works from an iPad. The downside is the printing software is frustrating and doesn't always do what it's told. If you are a portable church this can be an impediment as you must have internet, and the print server can be a little hit and miss. Whilst it may seem retro-grade, I would like to see a rock solid, offline enabled application for child-check in, it's one of those areas that if it fails, goes sideways quickly. Would this prevent me from using the check-in system? Categorically NO. Unlike some ChMS systems the printers are cheap DYMO's so the overheads and supply options are cheap and easy. Elvanto have a strong record with feature updates that are well thought out and 'released when market ready'. Product development has been strong and the team are always willing to listen to new ideas or feature requests. Not everything get's implemented, but they do listen and good ideas (or necessities) get implemented quickly. Elvanto is agile. It's not a perfect system (none are), but compared to most other ChMS systems around Elvanto is one that must be in the top 1-2 on your evaluation list. ----- ### "Elvanto has been great to use, work with, and so helpful for our church\!" — 5.0/5 > **Brandon** | *05 December 2017* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like how intuitive it is and how easy it is to figure out. I can teach functions to even the most tech-challenged people in our church and they are able to know what they need to do with ease. I also like the umbrella of functions it has under the one program for the price point offered. When you go from 100 to 200 active users the price doubling is a bit steep (this is why I gave value 4 stars), but it is comparable to similar programs, but easier to work with. Lastly, the customer service as well has been fantastic from day one and that was a major reason I chose Elvanto over other programs. Their speed of response is typically within 1 day, despite being in Australia, while I'm in the US. > > **Cons**: More than anything it is their phone app, which is fairly useless at this time compared to just logging into the website on your phone (this is where 4 stars on Features comes in). The phone app has yet to be integrated with the majority of functions offered and the development has been too slow to get it going. Elvanto has a community Post board, which we love as a church, but to not have that on the phone app that can give you notifications of a new post seems like a huge oversight. The normal software I really have no issues with at all, if there is something hard to understand or more complicated, there is help available in the forms of tutorials or customer service is an email or chat away. The phone app, however, needs to be pushed through development and in big ways and then Elvanto will be a force to be reckoned with, and our church would have greater integration as people who don't get in front of a computer on a daily basis (i.e. young moms, blue-collar workers, etc.) would have it in their phones too. > > Overall organizational unity and efficiency. Streamlined, standardized and unified volunteer coordination. Centralized mass communication, and a highly user-friendly worship service planning platform and the ability to store the church worship song inventory online for all to utilize as needed. ----- Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/103571/elvanto?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/103571/elvanto) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data