Elvanto alternatives
Elvanto alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Elvanto: A$19 to A$39 a month by active adults, plus A$149 setup, up to A$468 a year.
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The options
What people compare Elvanto with
Elvanto charges A$19 a month for 50 active adults or A$39 a month for 100, plus a A$149 setup fee, with the annual monthly-billing totals coming to A$228 and A$468. Many church offices start looking for an alternative once they want their records to stay theirs and a system that fits their own rules, rather than a subscription that moves with head count.
Yours to own
Church for Claude Code
The open-source church management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Elvanto data brought across.
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How to choose a Elvanto alternative
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What the bill is tied to
Elvanto's monthly charge moves with how many active adults attend, volunteer or give, so the same plans cost A$19 or A$39 a month depending on that count. Check whether a growing congregation means a growing bill, or a fee structured a different way.
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Whether your records stay yours
With Elvanto, your people, giving and service records live inside its subscription. Ask whether you can hold those records in a database your church owns outright, separate from any vendor's platform, and what happens to that data if you ever stop paying.
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Whether it fits your own rules and fields
Elvanto's feature set is fixed and included in the price. Consider whether your office needs its own fields, its own follow-up steps or its own reporting layout, and whether a system can be shaped around how your coordinators actually work rather than a standard template.
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What the switch involves
Moving off Elvanto means exporting people records and reviewing giving, household, group and attendance history separately, since each needs its own mapping. Ask what gets tested before go-live, including duplicate checks on the people import, so nothing is lost in the move.
The option that fits
Your own version, built around how your church runs
Church for Claude Code is a database your church owns, run in plain language with Claude Code instead of per-seat software. Enterprise DNA builds your version around your existing office process, brings your Elvanto records across with a reviewed migration, and runs it for you for one setup fee then a monthly retainer. A free version exists if you would rather run it yourself.
- check Records live in a database your church owns
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Make it yours
Design your own Elvanto replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Elvanto. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Elvanto alternatives, answered
Is there a cheaper way to run church records than an Elvanto subscription? expand_more
Elvanto's cost is A$19 or A$39 a month depending on active adults, plus A$149 setup, with its features included at that price. A free, self-run version exists as an alternative, though it still needs hosting, maintenance and someone to operate it, so weigh that against what you currently pay Elvanto.
What happens to our Elvanto records if we switch to something else? expand_more
Elvanto documents a people export and a separate giving export. The people list can be brought into a new system with a test run and duplicate checks against the existing member identifier. Giving, household links, groups, attendance history and attachments each need their own reviewed mapping before they are trusted in a new place.
Can a replacement handle our rostering and volunteer scheduling the way Elvanto does? expand_more
Elvanto's subscription includes worship planning and volunteer scheduling as part of its price. A workflow covering phone access, requests, responses and recorded attendance can be built and tested with your coordinator before it replaces your existing routine, rather than assumed to work the same way from day one.
Who is responsible for safeguarding checks and tax receipts if we move off Elvanto? expand_more
Neither Elvanto nor a replacement system certifies a worker, contacts a regulator or signs a receipt on its own. A system can check entered evidence and prepare draft paperwork, but your safeguarding lead still confirms which checks apply and your finance reviewer still confirms gift eligibility before receipts go out.
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