In this article, we will explore the differences between two types of accounts offered by ChMeetings:

Diocese Account - Designed specifically to fulfill the needs of diocesan communities with medium to large congregations.
Standard Church Account (Paid) - Designed for individual churches with small to medium congregations.

More Cost-Effective

You only pay for and manage one account per Diocese, rather than multiple accounts for each church. This reduces cost, especially for large Dioceses.

Optimized Performance

Diocese accounts can handle hundreds of thousands of member records without worrying about software performance.

The Diocese and its churches operate independently from each other, although hierarchically, for security reasons. The Diocese represents the main account, while each church is a separate subaccount.
Diocese Administrators can make Diocese-level configurations and have access to all churches to communicate with people or run reports.
Cross countries support allows Dioceses to add churches in different countries, so that the address and map features will operate based on the country.
Optionally, the branded mobile app provides a custom online platform for the Diocese and its churches.

Each church operates independently, using the web and mobile apps, including the branded mobile app, if opted for.
Each church has its own Admin, name, logo, custom fields, in-app settings, members and Member Portal settings, text service packages, payment providers, third party integrations and API. Configurations made for one church do not affect any others.

The Diocese account comes with a hierarchical structure (Diocese, Churches, Ministries, Groups). Each level has dedicated access settings and security features. The users with Diocese level access can manage all of the others, while those with access to a specific church, ministry or group can be restricted to their own area of responsibility (Church, Ministry or Group).
Leaders can have different roles in churches, for example: a member in church 1 and a leader in church 2.
The same members can attend multiple churches but every member will belong to one home church. The members’ home church can be changed and a history of these changes is available on their profile, as well as in a dedicated Home Church Log Report. Additionally, members can freely join or leave multiple churches within the Diocese as secondary churches.

Private database for improved performance and security.
Dedicated domain.
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Below is a table that shows you the key differences at a glance:

	Diocese Account	Church Account
Billing	Per Diocese	Per Church
Structure	Four Levels (Diocese, Churches, Ministries, Groups)	Three Levels (Church, Ministries, Groups)
Centralized management, communication and reporting for multiple churches.	Yes	No
Interconnected yet independent churches	Yes	No
Shared church members	Yes	No
Different member roles in each church	Yes	No
Elections	Yes	Yes (Unlimited Plan)
Diocese Directory	Yes	No
Priest Vacation Requests	Yes	No
Set the timezone for each church	Yes	No (one timezone per account)
Privacy Policy Updates and Acceptance Reports	Yes	No
Join Another Church	Yes	No
Move home church	Yes	No
Home church history	Yes	No
Private database	Yes	No
Dedicated domain	Yes	No
Access to the Branded Mobile App	Yes	Yes