ParishSOFT vs. TouchPoint Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ParishSOFT
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
ParishSOFT, a Ministry Brands company, provides church management software designed to streamline operations, foster collaboration and improve communication. The ParishSOFT church software is designed to help Catholic churches, dioceses, and other organizations become more effective in their ministry and to save time and money. They include free web solutions with a web page, email, online calendar, and facility scheduler.
$19
TouchPoint Software
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
TouchPoint Software, now a division of Pursuant, provides what they offer as a robust and flexible yet affordable church management software system for mobile devices and computers that enables and equips church leaders to manage their church, engage their people, and fund their vision.N/A
Pricing
ParishSOFTTouchPoint Software
Editions & Modules
ParishSoft
$19
High Volume
$25k
Most Popular
$49
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ParishSOFTTouchPoint Software
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
ParishSOFTTouchPoint Software
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
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User Testimonials
ParishSOFTTouchPoint Software
Likelihood to Recommend
Ministry Brands
The system fits extremely well with our non-profit requirements and provides us the capability to report to our congregation their payments to the Church. The system is set up for recurring events and not one time events. This would not fit a for profit business very well.
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Pursuant
For our church size (1000 weekly attendees), Touchpoint has been a great option for us. We moved from a legacy server based system to Touchpoint which has brought a much needed transition to a web-based product with all its advantages. The various features that stand out in our use of Touchpoint includes: good child-care check-in process, the integration of volunteer background checks with third party vendors, increasing integration with accounting packages like Sage Intacct, strong contributions module with flexibility on selecting various providers for the front end, generally intuitive ease of use combined with good flexibility to tailor to our needs.
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Pros
Ministry Brands
  • Posting deposits, creating bills, Journal entries, and running reports.
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Pursuant
  • Connects well with online merchant processors for ACH and Credit card gifts
  • Integrates well with our accounting software (Sage Intacct)
  • Retreat and event management that require fees is also very robust.
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Cons
Ministry Brands
  • The only thing I can suggest is frequency of memorized transactions, to allow for bimonthly billing. Right now, the system allows for 26 week cycle.
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Pursuant
  • The onboarding/training process was not as smooth as it could have been.
  • As new features roll-out, sometimes the communication is not as clear as it could be.
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Likelihood to Renew
Ministry Brands
We have been on ParishSoft for over ten years and it is interfaced with all of our critical systems. We know the system as well as our users. Changes in systems never go very well
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Pursuant
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Usability
Ministry Brands
For the simple reason of ease of use.
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Pursuant
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Reliability and Availability
Ministry Brands
If we have had an outage it has never been long enough to affect our business processes.
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Pursuant
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Performance
Ministry Brands
They are cloud based and ParishSoft has not affected out speed and integration processes.
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Pursuant
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Support Rating
Ministry Brands
Sometimes the support team is very busy and can take a while to get in contact with them. When we do, the individual is very knowledgeable about the system and they collaborate with us for solutions
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Pursuant
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Online Training
Ministry Brands
Just like any system, while trying to explain your issue, it was difficult to be on the same page. ParishSoft was very patient through this process
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Pursuant
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Implementation Rating
Ministry Brands
Implementation was seamless. ParishSoft assisted us at the time of downloading our existing information from the system we were on and uploading the information into ParishSoft. We found no errors in the conversion.
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Pursuant
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Alternatives Considered
Ministry Brands
As mentioned previously, this is a corporate wide installation, and meets the needs of our business.
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Pursuant
We moved from Shelby to Touchpoint 5 years ago. Although Shelby has moved on to the web, it has been a more recent development after a 40 year history as a server based product. We wanted to go with a web-based option that started on the web.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Ministry Brands
The annual renewal of the license for usage of the product is extremely reasonable.
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Pursuant
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Scalability
Ministry Brands
Has met every need we have to assist us in managing the process around the need.
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Pursuant
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Return on Investment
Ministry Brands
  • This ParishSOFT that we use is a company-wide product, and meets the needs of all our churches, schools and other entities.
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Pursuant
  • Touchpoint's value has been in the ability of staff and lay leaders to be able to connect with and manage others.
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