Key Takeaway
Tithe.ly is hard to beat on price for one campus. Giving costs little. The app tool is easy. There is no yearly contract. The strain shows when you add sites. Plan costs stack per campus. Giving fees of 1.5-2.9% on each gift grow as gifts grow. The app stays a template. And your staff runs all of it. Subsplash is the polished step up. Pushpay is the big-church pick. Planning Center wins on staff tools. SecureGive is the giving expert. Rehost Faith is the done-for-you model: $250/mo per campus, no cut of giving, and your staff never logs into a dashboard. There is no one best. There is a best for your campus count and your staff time.
Tithe.ly earned its spot as the budget pick for church software. Giving costs little. The app tool is easy to learn. A church can go live with no sales call and no yearly contract. Thousands of churches run on it and are happy. Many should stay put. But Tithe.ly was built and priced for one church in one place. The churches that come to us shopping for a switch have outgrown that shape. Two campuses became three. Giving grew. And one staff member slid into a part-time software admin job no one meant to create.
This is a field guide to the real Tithe.ly alternatives in 2026. We look at each one through a multi-campus lens. We cover what each does well, where it falls short, what it costs per campus, and which church it fits. We build and run custom church apps for a living, so we have a horse in this race. We have tried to be fair anyway. We will say it plainly when staying on Tithe.ly is the right call.
What Tithe.ly does well
Credit where it is due. The other options only make sense against a fair baseline.
- Low-cost giving. This is the core of the product, and it delivers. Fees run 1.5-2.9% on each gift, based on how people pay. That is as low as anything in this space. If cheap online giving is your top need, Tithe.ly is a strong answer.
- Easy to start. Plans run about $99-$399/mo per campus, based on what you bundle. There is no sales team to get past. A volunteer can get giving and a basic app live in a weekend.
- A wide set of tools for the price. Giving, an app, texting, media, and church management all live in one place. At this price, that range is rare.
Are you a single-campus church with modest giving and a tight budget? Then you can stop reading here. Tithe.ly is likely your answer. A switch would cost you money and momentum for little gain. The rest of this post is for churches where one of these four things has started to hurt.
Where Tithe.ly strains for multi-campus churches
The app is a template, and your members can tell
The Tithe.ly app builder makes a set-up template. It uses your logo and your colors, but it is the same shell every other Tithe.ly church ships. For one campus, that is a small gripe. For a multisite that wants its own clear brand across sites, a generic app is a real problem. No amount of settings work changes the bones.
Per-campus costs stack
That friendly $99-$399/mo is per campus. Three campuses at the mid tier is no longer a small line item. It is a budget talk. And you pay it three times for the same template app. The sticker that made Tithe.ly the cheap choice at one site stops being cheap at four.
Giving fees grow as giving grows
Percent-based fees hide when giving is small. They show up fast when it is not. At 1.5-2.9% on each gift, a multi-campus church with real giving hands over a five-figure sum in fees each year. That number climbs on its own as your church grows. The plan fee is the part you see. The percent on each gift is the part that scales against you.
Your staff runs it
Tithe.ly is a tool, not a team. Someone on your staff builds the app screens and posts the events. That same person manages each campus, sends the push alerts, and files the ticket when things break. Multiply that by your campuses. It becomes a real slice of a real person's week. The bill never shows this cost. Your staff calendar does.
The alternatives
1. Subsplash: the polished platform upgrade
Good at: being the mature name in the space. Subsplash apps look more polished than Tithe.ly's. Media and sermon tools are strong. Thousands of churches, including large multisites, have proven it at scale.
Where it falls short: you trade one template for a nicer template. Your staff still runs a dashboard. The app still looks like Subsplash with your logo on it. And the multi-campus math is steeper than the one you are leaving.
Cost: about $179-$599/mo per campus, based on tier. A three-campus church is weighing a much higher bill than Tithe.ly's.
Fits: a church that wants a more polished platform and has the budget for it. We wrote a full guide from the other side: Subsplash alternatives for multi-campus churches.
2. Pushpay / ChurchStaq: the large-church enterprise play
Good at: depth for big churches. Polished giving rails and serious donor reports. The ChurchStaq bundle adds a full church management system. If you run a 1,000-plus multisite with an ops team that lives in dashboards, the depth is real.
Where it falls short: it is priced and sold like big business software. Custom quotes, yearly terms, and a sales process. Smaller multisites pay for depth they will not use. And the member app is still a set-up template at heart.
Cost: custom pricing. Most land in the $400-$1,200/mo per campus range, based on size and bundle.
Fits: large multi-campus churches with real giving volume and a staff team ready to run a big system.
3. Planning Center (Church Center): the staff-workflow favorite
Good at: running the church behind the scenes. Planning Center is a set of modular products: services, sign-ups, groups, giving, and check-in. Office staff love it, and its child check-in is among the best there is. The Church Center app comes with its products and gives members one clean front door.
Where it falls short: the member app is shared and generic on purpose. Church Center looks like Church Center, not like your church. That is a product choice, not a settings gap. It solves staff workflow, not a branded member app.
Cost: modular. You pay for the products you use, and the price scales with usage. There is no single sticker to quote. Many churches like that, since they only pay for what they run.
Fits: a church whose pain is staff workflow and check-in, not the public app. It also pairs well with a custom member app on top. We see that stack often.
4. SecureGive: the focused giving specialist
Good at: giving, and only giving, on purpose. SecureGive focuses on the giving flow itself. It even sells kiosks and giving-station hardware that software-only tools skip. If your church sees a lot of in-person giving, that focus shows.
Where it falls short: it is a giving tool, not an app-and-website platform. If part of why you want to leave Tithe.ly is a better app, SecureGive solves one slice. You will build the rest of the stack yourself.
Fits: a church that wants a better giving flow and is fine with its current app and website.
5. Done-for-you operated (Rehost Faith): the no-dashboard option
Good at: being the one option the other four cannot offer by design. There is no platform for your staff to set up. You lease a custom native iOS and Android app plus a website. A team designs, builds, publishes, and runs it for you. Your staff never logs into a dashboard. You send a plain note ('add a Christmas Eve service at the north campus, 7pm') and it ships, most often the same day. The app is custom, not a template. Developer-account responsibilities, domains, code licenses, exports, and handoff are documented in the signed agreement. Your member data remains yours.
Where it falls short: less self-serve. There is no dashboard to open at 11pm to tweak things yourself. You ask, and we change it. A church that wants a hands-on admin role is the wrong fit. A church whose staff is already stretched is the right one.
Cost: $250/mo per campus, flat. No multi-campus markup, no quote, no setup fee. One campus is $250. Four is $1,000. It works with any giving processor, and you can keep Tithe.ly for giving. We take no cut of giving. Processor fees go to the processor and nothing to us.
Fits: multi-campus churches leaving Tithe.ly over the template app or the admin load, not the price of giving alone. The full head-to-head is at Rehost vs Tithe.ly.
Per-campus cost comparison
For a multisite, the number that matters most is the cost of each added campus. Here is the table.
| Option | Per-campus cost (2026) | Custom app? | Staff runs it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithe.ly | $99-$399/mo + 1.5-2.9% giving fees | No (template) | Yes |
| Subsplash | $179-$599/mo | No (template) | Yes |
| Pushpay / ChurchStaq | Custom quote, most often $400-$1,200/mo | No (template) | Yes |
| Planning Center | Modular, per product used | No (shared Church Center) | Yes |
| SecureGive | Giving-focused (no app platform) | No (giving only) | Yes |
| Rehost Faith (done-for-you) | $250/mo flat, no cut of giving | Yes | No (team runs it) |
Want the wider cost picture beyond this shortlist? The faith community app cost guide walks through the full 2026 numbers.
How to pick
Strip away the feature lists. It comes down to two questions.
- What is driving you off Tithe.ly? If nothing is, stay. A single-campus church with low giving and a budget-first mindset is who Tithe.ly is for. None of the other options will pay for themselves. If the pain is app polish, Subsplash is the small step up. If it is big-church depth, Pushpay. If it is staff workflow and check-in, Planning Center. If it is the giving flow itself, SecureGive. If it is the template app and the admin load, only the done-for-you model removes both. Every other option on this list is still a platform your staff sets up and runs.
- How many campuses, today and in 18 months? Per-campus costs grow, and so does per-campus admin. A flat $250 per campus and a $99-$399 per campus plan plus percent giving fees pull apart fast as sites and giving grow. Solve for the cost of campus number four, not the one-campus sticker.
FAQ
What is the best Tithe.ly alternative for a multi-campus church?
It depends on what hurts. Subsplash is the polished step up at $179-$599/mo per campus. Pushpay suits large multisites with ops teams. Planning Center wins on staff workflow and check-in. A done-for-you app (Rehost Faith at $250/mo per campus, flat) is the one where the app is custom and your staff never runs a dashboard. There is no one best. There is a best for your campus count and your staff time.
Is Tithe.ly worth keeping for a small church?
Usually, yes. For one campus with modest giving, Tithe.ly's mix of $99-$399/mo plans and 1.5-2.9% giving fees is hard to beat. The cost of a switch would outweigh the gains. The case for leaving builds with campus count, giving volume, and staff admin load, not with the calendar.
How much does Tithe.ly really cost for multiple campuses?
Plans run about $99-$399/mo per campus, so the platform bill grows with each site. The bigger long-term number is often the giving fees. At 1.5-2.9% on each gift, fees climb on their own as giving grows. For a multi-campus church, that can add up to a five-figure yearly cost on top of the plans.
Can we switch apps but keep Tithe.ly for giving?
Yes, and it is a smart path. Rehost Faith works with any giving processor and takes no cut. Your church can move to a custom app that is run for you, while members keep giving through Tithe.ly just as before. You fix the template-app and admin problems without touching the giving habit you have built.
Do we own the app if we leave Tithe.ly for a done-for-you operator?
With Rehost, your member data remains yours. Developer accounts, domains, code licenses, exports, and handoff follow the signed agreement. The team operates the service while you are a customer.
The bottom line
If Tithe.ly is working, keep it. One campus, low giving, a tight budget, and no admin pain means no reason to move. If you are leaving over app polish, Subsplash is the next step. If you run a large multisite with an ops team, Pushpay's depth earns its quote. If your pain is staff workflow, Planning Center is excellent. And if what you want is a custom app your staff never has to run, with flat per-campus pricing and no cut of giving, that is the done-for-you model on Rehost Faith. There is no one best. There is a best for your campus count and your staff time. Want your own numbers (campuses, members, giving volume) run against the options? Book a discovery call and we will tell you which fits, even when it is not us.