Pushpay vs. Tithe.ly

Pushpay is a SaaS solution that offers comprehensive giving, community engagement and Church management software (ChMS), including a customized Church app and mobile giving, that helps Churches of all sizes simplify their management, receive donations, engage with their congregants, and ensure the success of their mission.

Pushpay’s founders believed mission-based organizations deserved great software. That vision has fueled the company’s work and people every day for more than ten years to create industry-leading software and a culture of generosity trusted by more than 14,000 customers.

Pushpay provides:

My Church App

Pushpay’s My Church App enables you to communicate through push notifications, easily livestream your service, simplify donating to your Church, as well as manage calendars, schedule events, and organize child and volunteer check-ins—and all of this whether you are a single Church or a multi-campus organization. Plus, you get added benefits from the following rich features:

Additionally, if you also use Pushpay’s Giving product, you’ll get access to extensive donor development solutions and the benefits of in-house processing, making it a more comprehensive (and beneficial) solution.

LEAD App

Only Pushpay has an app specifically for church administrators. Pushpay’s LEAD App helps you and your leaders keep everything together while they are on the go. You can access member profiles, volunteer schedules and worship plans, all from the palm of your hand. That means you’ll always be prepared and never miss a ministry opportunity, no matter where you are.

Top-of-the-Line App Analytics

Many Churches today realize analytics are key to helping them achieve their mission, and Pushpay’s App Analytics Dashboard delivers with many features you can’t get anywhere else. It can help you know if you are engaging your community effectively, with easy access to rich analytics that go beyond basic statistics, including:

Secure Child Check-In

Child check-in plays a vital role in Church services, and Pushpay has you covered. The Pushpay App not only has an option that helps parents check their children in, but also ensures their safety and security. Our child check-in has the following features:

Easy Giving and Comprehensive Donor Development

Pushpay’s Giving product is a simple and powerful platform that can help you grow generosity. Annually, churches with our Giving and ChMS products receive an average of 12% more in total dollars given than our ChMS customers who don’t have our Giving product. But what really makes it special is the care demonstrated in the experience.  Pushpay understands how important generosity is to your organization, and has made sure your givers feel the love by showering them with an explosion of hearts when they complete a gift and showing their impact via Impact cards, letting them know how their gift will be used. Givers also receive a custom thank-you note based on the fund they are supporting!

Plus, the Donor Development feature gives you a seamless donor journey that helps you grow giving AND engagement through valuable insights such as first-time gifts, new recurring donors, or even individual and household gifts. In fact, Pushpay customers using our giving solution see a higher share of recurring giving, a 24% increase overall, compared to other giving solutions.

Other benefits include:

With simple, accessible giving and insights into your donor metrics, you can weather any storms more easily and still keep your financials on target. And when you combine Pushpay’s Giving and ChMS products, giving records can be integrated with your member database, making accounting a breeze. (Church admins LOVE this feature!)

Super Quick In-House Payment Processing Services

How fast funds are available matters to Churches and donors—and this is where Pushpay excels. Because Pushpay has in-house payment processing services, funds are available faster than many other solutions. While other Church software services like Tithe.ly can process funds in 10-14 days, Pushpay deposits credit card funds in 2 days, and ACH in just 5.

Powerful Church Management Software

Pushpay’s ChMS helps you know, grow, and keep your people with powerful software that helps you connect with new faces, shepherd and engage existing members, and put meaningful ministry opportunities right at your fingertips.

You can keep and see rich details about your congregation—all on one screen—and track involvement by things like attendance, groups, and giving, as well as leverage automated or custom reports to get an accurate view of your Church’s health.

You can easily schedule volunteers for every role across every ministry, and save details about their schedules and preferences for more efficient management—and if you also have the LEAD App, your volunteers can use it to respond to requests and customize their availability.

The built-in forms in the ChMS allow you to collect sign-ups, event registrations, and payments, and keep track of it all in one place.

The most robust feature of Pushpay’s ChMS, Process Queues, allows you to shepherd your members on their faith journey, assigning and tracking them through a series of steps. It helps ensure no one falls through the cracks, and that every step for things like new member engagement or volunteer scheduling gets done. This kind of automation lets you focus on your people instead of on technology, freeing up you and your staff to disciple and lead.