Servant Keeper
Church management software
Church software
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
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$69.99 per month
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- Public sector and nonprofit organizations
- Education and training
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation
What is Servant Keeper
Servant Keeper is a church management software (ChMS) product used to maintain member and visitor records, track attendance and contributions, and support church communications and reporting. It targets churches that want a database-centric system for managing people, groups, and ministry activity. The product is offered in editions that include desktop/on-premises style deployments and optional online services, which can fit churches that prefer local control over data and workflows.
Donation and pledge tracking
The system includes contribution tracking features for gifts, statements, and donor reporting. It supports year-end giving workflows that many churches require for tax receipts and internal reconciliation. This reduces reliance on separate spreadsheets or generic accounting tools for donor history.
Comprehensive member database
Servant Keeper centers on a structured people database with household relationships, contact details, and configurable fields. It supports common church recordkeeping tasks such as member/visitor tracking, attendance history, and pastoral notes. This database-first approach suits churches that need detailed record management and reporting.
Flexible reporting and exports
Servant Keeper provides built-in reports for membership, attendance, and giving, with options to filter and segment lists. It also supports exporting data for use in external tools (for example, mail merge or analytics). This can help churches that need custom lists and offline reporting beyond standard dashboards.
Interface feels legacy
Compared with newer, mobile-first church platforms, Servant Keeper’s user experience is often perceived as more traditional and database-oriented. This can increase training time for volunteers and occasional users. Churches prioritizing modern self-service portals and streamlined UX may find it less intuitive.
Online ecosystem varies by edition
Capabilities such as web-based access, mobile experiences, and integrated online engagement can depend on the specific Servant Keeper edition and add-on services. Organizations may need to confirm which features are included versus optional. This can complicate comparisons with platforms that bundle communications, giving, and engagement in a single cloud subscription.
Integrations less standardized
Integration breadth and depth with third-party communications, worship planning, and finance tools is less standardized than in some API-forward church software ecosystems. Churches may rely on exports/imports or manual processes for certain workflows. This can be a constraint for organizations aiming to automate data flow across multiple ministry systems.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Good | $69.99 per month ($769.89 per year — billed annually; one month free with annual billing) | Unlimited users (staff, volunteers); Unlimited families & members tracked; Online Giving; Unlimited Help Desk Support; Self-guided onboarding; Child Check-In available as $399 add-on; White-glove data transfer $249 (new customers only). |
| Better | $129.99 per month ($1,429.89 per year — billed annually; one month free with annual billing) | Everything in Good plus: Online Giving with Text-to-Give; Premium Help Desk Support; Unlimited users & families; Unlimited Emails & 1,000 texts/month; Child Check-In included; Basic Website (10 pages) & Basic Church App; Onboarding kickoff call + onboarding course. |
| Best | $249.99 per month ($2,749.89 per year — billed annually; one month free with annual billing) | Everything in Better plus: Unlimited Emails & Texts; Fully Custom Website; Fully Custom Church App; Event Registration; Unlimited storage & features for website/app; Customer Success Manager and personalized launch call; Premium support. |
