Build
Does the packaged experience fit, or is the ministry adapting itself to the software?
Church platform comparison
Rehost vs Pushpay. One team stays after launch.
Pushpay offers giving, church management, and app products in church-focused packages. Rehost builds and runs a custom experience so ministry teams can stay close to people instead of software.
Responsibility ledger
Rehost
Reviewed 2026-08-14
Connect
Which system owns identity, gifts, groups, content, and communication consent?
Run
How much ministry time is now platform administration?
What Rehost is opinionated about
Giving records and member experience do not need to live in the same place.
A trusted giving or church management platform can remain in place while the app, website, communications, and service journeys are designed around the community. The architecture should follow ministry responsibility, not a desire to replace everything.
Start with the real job
A long feature list can hide the decision. Begin with the work customers and staff need completed every week.
Keep useful systems
A booking, giving, CRM, or builder account does not need to disappear simply because the customer experience needs work.
Name every owner
Builds, connections, releases, support, data, and vendor failures need a named owner before anything goes live.
Price the whole relationship
Compare subscriptions, outside help, staff time, upkeep, releases, and the work that waits when nobody owns it.
The short answer
Choose Pushpay when its giving, church management, app, and multi-campus packages fit the church. Choose Rehost when the customer-facing experience needs custom workflows and an operating team. A church may use both when each system has a clear job.
Side by side
Rehost vs Pushpay, responsibility by responsibility.
Feature counts are useful only when they explain who does the work. This table combines the product facts with the Build, Connect, and Run responsibilities that appear after launch.
| Decision | ||
|---|---|---|
| Build: Does the packaged experience fit, or is the ministry adapting itself to the software? | Builds an approved custom app, website, and member workflow around the organization's priorities. | Pushpay packages church giving, apps, management, and related capabilities. |
| Connect: Which system owns identity, gifts, groups, content, and communication consent? | Plans supported connections and assigns one team to the customer-facing path. | Current plan and product capabilities determine supported integrations and API access. |
| Run: How much ministry time is now platform administration? | Handles approved product changes and releases through an ongoing service relationship. | Church staff administers the platform and works with the vendor's support model. |
| Primary product | A managed custom customer or community experience across approved systems. | Pushpay packages giving and apps, church management, and ChurchStaq capabilities for churches.Sources 1, 2 |
| Published pricing model | A monthly managed service with current plan scope and outside costs stated or confirmed in writing. | Pushpay's pricing page describes Core, Advanced, and Complete packages and asks churches to request pricing. It does not publish one dollar amount for every buyer.Sources 1 |
| Integration and scale | Supported connections and multi-location needs are reviewed as part of the operating scope. | The official page associates Advanced with integrations and API capabilities and Complete with added multi-site and per-campus capabilities.Sources 1 |
| Branded app | The app is shaped around the approved customer and ministry workflows, with Rehost operating the releases. | Pushpay describes church mobile app capabilities as part of its product packages.Sources 1, 2 |
By the numbers
Three numbers that define the Rehost model.
They describe the commercial shape of the relationship. The written scope still controls the exact work, systems, access, and outside costs.
14 days
Published launch target
For an approved standard scope with access and decisions ready, Rehost targets a two-week path from conversation to live software.$0
Standard upfront build fee
The published model begins with a monthly operating relationship rather than a separate five-figure build invoice.1 team
App, website, connections, and changes
The useful outcome is one accountable relationship instead of a customer-facing stack your staff has to coordinate.Best fit
Choose the model that matches your real team.
Neither side wins every decision. The right choice depends on the responsibility your organization wants to keep.
Choose Pushpay if
- You want church giving, management, and app capabilities from one established provider.
- The current package and administration model fit the ministry.
- Your team values its church-specific product ecosystem and can operate it.
Choose Rehost if
- You need a custom member experience across current and future systems.
- You want a team to own app, web, integrations, releases, and ongoing changes.
- You want to reduce staff software work without replacing a useful giving system by default.
The practical switch
Pushpay can keep the job it already does well.
A responsible plan may keep giving or church management in Pushpay while Rehost operates a custom member experience. Before promising that plan, verify package access, API support, identity, consent, data movement, reconciliation, and the response when a connection fails.
- 01
Map what exists
Map gifts, people, groups, content, and communication consent.
- 02
Verify the boundary
Confirm current package and supported API access with Pushpay.
- 03
Assign the operation
Assign ownership for reconciliation, member support, and connection failures.
Evidence
See what this comparison is based on.
Pushpay package, integration, multi-site, and mobile-app facts come from official Pushpay pages, reviewed on August 14, 2026. Pushpay uses custom quotes, so verify the current written offer.
- 01Official source
Pushpay pricing and packages
Official Core, Advanced, and Complete package information, including integrations, API, and multi-site positioning.
- 02Official source
Pushpay mobile app
Official overview of the church mobile app product.
- 03Official source
Pushpay product releases
Official dated product-release information for checking current capabilities.
Reviewed 2026-08-14. Prices, promotions, capabilities, and terms can change. A current written quote and signed agreement control over this page.
Questions people ask before changing anything.
Cost, ownership, rebuilds, access, and who keeps the work—answered plainly.
Does Rehost replace Pushpay giving?
Not automatically. A trusted giving system may remain in place. Rehost can operate the approved member experience around it when access, consent, reconciliation, and responsibilities support that plan.
How much does Pushpay cost?
Pushpay describes packages on its official pricing page and asks churches to request pricing. Use the actual quote, transaction terms, add-ons, implementation details, and internal administration time for a fair comparison.
Can Rehost support a multi-campus church?
Rehost can scope multi-campus roles, content, locations, communication, and reporting. Any connection to Pushpay depends on current package access, supported APIs, data rules, and written responsibilities.
Who owns our content, data, accounts, and code?
Customers retain the content and customer data they provide. Software, code, designs, accounts, licenses, exports, transition, and end-of-service terms follow the signed agreement.
What happens first?
We look at the system you have, the work people do around it, and the part that is causing trouble. Then we say what should stay, what needs work, and what Rehost would own.
Does every Rehost project start with a rebuild?
No. A rebuild is expensive and disruptive. We recommend one only when the current foundation cannot support the next responsible step.
Can our current Pushpay specialist stay involved?
Yes. Good people and useful vendors do not need to disappear. The written plan needs to say who decides, who changes what, and who handles a failure.
How should we compare the cost?
Compare the full job. Include subscriptions, outside help, staff time, release work, support, and the cost of work that waits because nobody owns it.
What access does Rehost need before giving an answer?
Enough to verify the problem. That may include a working demo, account settings, error details, store access, vendor notes, or a current bill. Access follows a written scope and appropriate safeguards.
Bring the real setup.
Show us the app, the quote, the systems that must stay, and the work landing on staff. We will map the responsible next step.