Culminate LifeEvery price on the page, no quote.
Church Community Builder is now Pushpay ChMS, sold by quote. Culminate Life puts every price on the page and starts free on every solution.
5 reasons to choose Culminate Life over Church Community Builder
Prices you can see today
Every price is on our pricing page, and you can sign up now without booking a demo.
With Church Community Builder
No published prices. You get pricing through a demo, on a 1, 2, or 3 year contract, and leaving early means paying the rest of it.
Start for $0
Check-in, Groups, Teams, Giving, and Community each have a free tier, so a small church can run all of them before it pays for anything.
With Church Community Builder
No free plan. Check-in and volunteer scheduling come in the Advanced tier.
Texts people can answer
Text from your own numbers, and replies land in your dashboard for your team to follow up.
With Church Community Builder
Group texts are one-way and limited to 140 characters, and members can’t reply.
A website builder, included
Build your website with drag and drop, free with Community, on the same records as your app.
With Church Community Builder
Pushpay says it isn’t a website builder. It adds calendars, sign-ups, and giving to the site you already have.
Streaming without a second company
Video on demand is $65 a month and live streaming $10 more, in your app, on your website, and on Apple TV.
With Church Community Builder
Video hosting comes from Resi, sold separately: live streaming from $99 a month and an on-demand library from $49.
Any size
From a church plant to a megachurch.
- Free tiers while you’re small, and prices that grow with each solution’s size.
- Every solution’s top tier is unlimited. Community has no member limit past 6,000 members, for $400 a month.
- Built to handle large non-profits and large to mega churches.
- More than one location? Each location runs as its own organization on Culminate Life.
Texts your people can answer.
- Replies land in Messages, where your team can assign them, add notes, and use templates
- People text a keyword to join, give, send a prayer request, or fill in a form
- Everyone chooses how they hear from you in the app, and anyone can reply STOP
- $2 a month per phone number, plus 2¢ per text sent or received
Teams fills your schedule for you.
- Auto-fill drafts eligible volunteers and skips anyone who’s away, not cleared, or already serving.
- When someone declines, Teams asks the next best person. Leaders only hear about it if no one is left.
- Volunteers answer from a push, an email, or a text, without signing in.
- Blackout dates, cover for me, and trade dates let volunteers sort out changes themselves.
- Free for up to 50 people on teams.
Your services, live and on demand.
- Live chat while you’re live, and the app shows people when you’re on
- Unlimited video storage, with captions from the audio or your own file
- Relay the same stream to YouTube and Facebook
- Any RTMP encoder works, including OBS, vMix, and Blackmagic ATEM
- Video on demand $65 a month; live streaming $10 more
A website, built with drag and drop.
- Six site styles to start from, then change anything
- Giving, forms, plan a visit, and prayer requests feed your records
- Connect your own domain, with HTTPS set up for you
- Landing pages for a campaign or an event
- Draft your changes, preview them, then publish
Church Community Builder and Culminate Life
Everything your church runs on, in one platform, starting free.
| At a glance | Church Community Builder | Culminate Life |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Kids check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Online giving | Yes | Yes |
| Events and tickets | Yes | Yes |
| Rooms and facilities | Yes | Yes |
| Member app | Yes | Yes |
| App with your church’s name | Yes | Yes |
| Website | No | Yes |
| Text messaging | Yes | Yes |
| Hosts your video and live stream | Yes | Yes |
| Volunteer scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Point of sale | No | Yes |
Every detail, side by side
| What you need | Church Community Builder | Culminate Life |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No free plan. Pricing questions go to a demo. Qualified pre-launch church plants can get a 12-month grant. | Yes. Every solution has a free tier, such as Community for up to 100 members and Check-in for up to 50 check-ins a month. |
| How pricing works | Quote only, through a demo, on 1, 2, or 3 year contracts. Cancelling early means paying the rest of the contract. | Turn on only the solutions you need. Each is priced by its own size, with 2–10% off when you pay for two or more. |
| Kids check-in | Kiosks with name tags and pickup labels, in the Advanced and Complete tiers. Labels can’t be customized. | Self check-in, two-color labels, digital checkout, and one-time pickup codes. |
| Online giving | Card, bank, Apple Pay, Google Pay, text, kiosk, and tap giving, plus stock and crypto through Engiven. Donors can cover a fixed 2.2% fee. | One-time and recurring gifts by card or bank, plus cash, check, and non-cash gifts in one record. Donors can choose to cover the fee when they give. |
| Events and tickets | Events with RSVPs and registration forms for up to ten people, with payments. | Events with forms, free or paid tickets, and payments, in Community. No charge per event or attendee; card fees of 2.9% + 30¢ (2.1% + 30¢ for non-profits), with nothing added. |
| Rooms and facilities | Room and resource requests with approvers, in the Advanced tier. | Free: buildings, rooms, booking requests with approval, setups, and equipment. |
| Member app | The Lead app comes with ChMS Core, and MyChurch with the Complete tier. | The Culminate Life app on iPhone and Android: give, check in, groups, and announcements. |
| App with your church’s name | A Custom Church App, in the Giving Advanced and Complete tiers. No separate price listed. | Yes, $100 a month: your name, icon, and colors in the App Store and Google Play. |
| Website | Not a website builder. Adds calendars, event sign-ups, and giving to your existing site. | Drag-and-drop website builder, free with Community. |
| Text messaging | One-way group texts, limited to 140 characters. Members can’t reply. | $2 a month per phone number, plus 2¢ per text sent or received |
| Live streaming | Through Resi, a Pushpay company, sold separately: live streaming from $99 a month and an on-demand library from $49. | Your sermon library and live stream, hosted by us, in your app, on your website, and on Apple TV. Video on demand $65 a month; add live streaming for $10. |
| Volunteer scheduling | Volunteer scheduling and service planning with SongSelect, in the Advanced tier. | Teams: plans from your services, auto-fill, automatic replacements, blackout dates, swaps, reminders, and no-show tracking. Free for up to 50 people on teams. |
| Point of sale | Not listed on their site. | Point of sale, $20 a month. |
| Moving your data | Exports to Excel or CSV from reports and people searches, or a $150 data export service through support. | Tell us what you use today and we’ll help you bring your people and records across. |
Church Community Builder details come from Church Community Builder’s public pages, checked November 2026.
Switching from Church Community Builder
Start free
Set up the solutions you need on their free tiers. No demo needed.
Bring your people over
Tell us you’re coming from Church Community Builder and we’ll help you move your people and records across.
Invite your people
Share the app and your website, then retire the old tools.
Switch one piece at a time
You don’t have to move everything at once. Start with check-in or giving, and add the rest when you’re ready.
Good questions
What happened to Church Community Builder?
Pushpay bought Church Community Builder, and now sells it as ChMS, on its own or in its ChurchStaq bundle.
How much does Church Community Builder cost?
Pushpay doesn’t publish prices. You get pricing through a demo, on a 1, 2, or 3 year contract. Every Culminate Life price is on our pricing page.
Can people reply to our texts?
Yes. Replies land in Messages, under Texts, in your dashboard, where your team can assign them, add notes, and follow up.
Is volunteer scheduling included?
Yes. Teams schedules your volunteers, replaces anyone who declines, and sends reminders. It’s free for up to 50 people on teams.
Do you have point of sale?
Yes. Point of sale is $20 a month, with inventory, in-person and order-ahead sales, gift cards, and rewards.
Can we bring our data from Church Community Builder?
Yes. Pushpay lets you export people, groups, events, and transactions to Excel or CSV. Tell us you’re coming from Church Community Builder and we’ll help you bring your records across.
Can Culminate Life handle a large church or non-profit?
Yes. Culminate Life is built for large non-profits and large to mega churches, and every solution’s top tier is unlimited. If you have more than one location, each location runs as its own organization on Culminate Life.
Do we have to switch everything at once?
No. Start with one solution, such as check-in or giving, and add the rest when you’re ready.
Sources
Church Community Builder’s own pages, checked November 2026.
- Pushpay pricing (opens in a new tab)
- Pushpay ChMS (opens in a new tab)
- Pushpay rename announcement (opens in a new tab)
- Pushpay Giving (opens in a new tab)
- Pushpay church apps (opens in a new tab)
- Facility management (opens in a new tab)
- Church communications (opens in a new tab)
- Communications and texting (help) (opens in a new tab)
- Donor covers fees (help) (opens in a new tab)
- Check-in FAQ (help) (opens in a new tab)
- Data export (help) (opens in a new tab)
- Church website guide (opens in a new tab)
- Resi pricing (opens in a new tab)
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Church Community Builder is a trademark of its owner. Culminate Life isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Start free today.
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