Realm Church Management vs. Vanco Faith (GivePlus)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Realm Church Management
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Realm is a church management system from ACS Technologies, designed to create real ministry opportunities by making it easier for your church family to connect with each other throughout the week.N/A
Vanco Faith (GivePlus)
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Vanco Faith (formerly GivePlus), powered by Vanco Payment Solutions in Twin Cities, is an e-giving solution for faith-based nonprofits, and church management.
$5
per month
Pricing
Realm Church ManagementVanco Faith (GivePlus)
Editions & Modules
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Text - Add-On
$5
per month
Start
$10
per month Debit/Credit Card Rate 2.75% + $0.45/transaction ; ACH Processing Rate 1.00% + $0.45/transaction
Kiosk
$29
per month + one-time hardware cost
Sustain
$49
per month Debit/Credit Card Rate 2.35% + $0.35/ transaction ; ACH Processing Rate 0.80% + $0.35/transaction
Streaming - Add-On
$60
per month
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Pricing Offerings
Realm Church ManagementVanco Faith (GivePlus)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Realm Church ManagementVanco Faith (GivePlus)
Considered Both Products
Realm Church Management
Chose Realm Church Management
Realm, from my vantage point, has more ways to engage the community. It allows for planning and scheduling, but has a dashboard which allows the congregation to see ways they can connect and get involved in the community. Having graphics and links available is key for people …
Chose Realm Church Management
From my experience Realm is fatter than SQLite. Realm has less Query and is easy to understand. even new developers also can use it In his/her project. It has a good document so a new developer can read and understand and apply it to the project. SQLite is old and not so easy …
Chose Realm Church Management
Before switching to Realm, we used Church Windows. It was outdated and not intuitive. Customer service wasn't great, either--I felt that some of the reps "talked down" to us when we had questions. I hated it. Realm was a significant improvement--updated interface, intuitive, …
Vanco Faith (GivePlus)

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User Ratings
Realm Church ManagementVanco Faith (GivePlus)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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User Testimonials
Realm Church ManagementVanco Faith (GivePlus)
Likelihood to Recommend
Realm is a user-friendly, intuitive web-based database manager, great for church membership and financial information. Transitioning was easy--even our 90-year old attendance volunteer made the switch with ease. The customer service staff at Realm is fantastic. As I mentioned before, my one big complaint is the inability to pull a report with children outputted on the same row in excel as their parents.
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Pros
  • Tracking attendance
  • Running reports, both financial and membership-related
  • Nursery check-in
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Cons
  • As it has all type of necessary feature which should have any Data base.
  • If we can save full structure in Realm easily then i think it will be good for developer.
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Support Rating
Our transition to Realm was fantastic. We had a rep do two days of training with staff. She also provided us with a step-by-step plan for our rollout to the congregation. In addition to the fabulous customer service team, the "help" section of the Realm website is useful--it includes written answers and also video tutorials/webinars. The search function in the help section is built effectively.
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Alternatives Considered
From my experience Realm is fatter than SQLite. Realm has less Query and is easy to understand. even new developers also can use it In his/her project. It has a good document so a new developer can read and understand and apply it to the project. SQLite is old and not so easy to understand. we need to add a third-party library to easily use SQLite.
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Return on Investment
  • Because of Realm our app is very fast and light weight.
  • It has all types of features that should have any Data base, because of that we actives all required features of the app.
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