There are three types of ChMeetings accounts:
- Demo: This account type contains demo data. It comes with all ChMeetings features, except for sending emails, Custom Sender Name and Reply-To Email, form attachments, and profile fields. Custom church URL.
- Permanent - Free: A permanent, free account comes with all ChMeetings features, except for those specified below as being available with paid accounts exclusively.
- Permanent - Paid: This type of account comes with the features mentioned below.
Notes on free accounts:
- For security reasons, free accounts are subject to a 48h approval process, during which the church URL cannot be customized and no email can be sent. These features will be enabled once the account is approved.
- Forms have ChMeetings branding at the bottom.
- SMS Credit prices are higher. Please check Settings > Payments & Credit to check the fee applied to you.
- With a free account, you can create up to 5 custom profile fields.
- Free users cannot access Membre Portal > Builder, so they manage welcome messages and important links within the Member Portal Settings area. These elements are seen by members when logging into their accounts.
- When you have a free account, all of the features listed below will be visible within your ChMeetings account, but they will be inactive and will show an Upgrade badge.
You can get access to the feature by signing up for any of our paid plans.
PLAN-SPECIFIC FEATURES
- Elections are only available with the Unlimited and Diocese plans.
EXTRA FEATURES WITH PAID ACCOUNTS
Events
- Event Registration: You can create ticketed events that require guests to register before they can attend.
- Paid Events: Allows you to organize events that you can charge for, via Stripe or PayPal.
- Volunteer Scheduling: This feature lets you create a list of scheduled volunteers for each of your events.
- Kiosk Mode Check-in/Check-out: You can switch the check-in page to kiosk mode so attendants can check in independently.
- Event Managers: You can assign someone as a manager for an event, without giving them access to your database.
- Location: You can set the physical location where the event takes place, including using a Google map.
- Guests can register for events, by simply providing their name, email and mobile number.
Contributions
- Online Giving: Members can donate to your church online, via Stripe or PayPal.
- Pledges: Create pledge campaigns, track payments and generate statements.
- Add contributions from Non-Members / Contacts, and Organizations: You can add contributions from non-member individuals, or from organizations; and track & manage these contributors from within a dedicated section.
People
- Unlimited custom profile fields: You can store any required data using custom people profile fields.
- People Map to see where your members are located in the country or the world.
Communication
- Unlimited Emails and the ability to add attachments to emails and push notifications.
- Unlimited Push Notifications: You can send mobile notifications to congregation members.
- Scheduled Emails, Texts, and Push Notifications: This feature lets you schedule exactly when to send a particular communication to people.
- Lower SMS Credit Price for the USA and Canada: Paid users get SMS credits for 1¢ per credit in the USA and Canada. Please check Settings > Payments & Credit to check the fee applied to you.
- Recurring Follow-Ups: You can configure follow-ups that take place on a recurring basis.
Member Portal
- Custom Member Registration Forms, available under the Member Portal area. This feature allows you to choose the fields that are added to the Member registration form and which of them are mandatory.
- Guest / Member View Builder: Your church URL main page can be customized with cards linking to your events, forms, donation page, social media, and more.
- Blog: This allows you to create a church blog and share it with everyone.
Forms
- Digital signature.
- Add Profile Fields to Forms (Forms - Edit Form - Profile Fields);
- Add conditional fields to forms which only display if they fulfill certain criteria.
- Add attachments to Forms (Forms - Edit Form - File);
- Add a Star Rating Field allowing respondents to provide rating feedback.
- Restrict forms only to members who fulfill certain criteria (Forms - Select Form - Settings),
- No ChMeetings branding at the bottom of forms.
More Reports
- Monitor member activity, using the People Log Report;
- Track event registrations and payments, with the Event Registration Log Report;
- Keep track of and restore deleted people, with the Deleted People Report;
- Monitor all user access to the app, via the Access Log Report.
- Generate statistical reports: Attendance Rate, Follow Up Stats, Geographical Distribution, New People Rate, People Count.
Extra Settings
- Integrations and Developer API.
- Create automated tasks to send emails to members on their birthday or anniversary; or to follow up with new givers;
- Custom App Color (Settings - Account Settings - Custom Color);
- Custom Sender Name and Reply To Email, for system messages (Settings - Account Settings - Email Settings);
- Custom Member Invitations: You can customize the emails and texts that go out when inviting members to register with your church;
- Add Attachments to Profile Fields (Settings - Profile Fields - Additional Fields - File);
- Add conditional profile fields which only display if they fulfill certain criteria.
Other Extras
- Free data migration/import to ChMeetings when you sign up for any paid account;
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Priority Support from our team;
- Compatible with the branded church app: If you have any paid plan, you can opt for the branded version of ChMeetings. Learn more.