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A Tithely alternative for church giving websites
Tithely offers free church giving with card gifts at 2.9% plus 30 cents, a $19 a month website, an $89 church app and an All Access bundle at $119 a month. OneCraft writes a church website or app around your own ministries, with giving through your church's Stripe account, from $8 a month.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
3 min read · Published
The short verdict
Tithely is the better pick for a church that wants giving, text giving, kids check-in, church management, an app and a website from one church software company, with a free giving tier and a flat All Access price. OneCraft suits a church that wants a website or app written around its own ministries and events, with gifts going to its own Stripe account and a lower monthly price.
| Feature | Tithely | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free Giving $0 a month; Website $19; Church Management $72; Mobile Church App $89; All Access $119 a month checked 2026-10-21 | Free $0 with 100 credits a month (about 3 AI projects), Starter $8 with 500, Pro $25 with 1,500, Pro+ $125 with 7,500 |
| Card gift fees | Credit and debit 2.9% + $0.30; ACH 1% + $0.30; AMEX 3.5% + $0.30 checked 2026-10-21 | Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your own connected Stripe account; platform fee Starter 2%, Pro 1%, Pro+ 0.5%, Stripe fees on top; the free plan cannot take payments |
| Trial | All plans include free giving plus a 30 day free trial checked 2026-10-21 | Free has no cap on sites (build and preview with its credits); Starter 3, Pro 10, Pro+ no cap |
| Giving channels | Online giving form, mobile giving app, text giving, pledge campaigns, NFC tap discs checked 2026-10-21 | One-off orders, subscriptions from a plans table and the Stripe billing portal, with prices read from the site's own database |
| Church app | Engage your church every day with a custom church app, $89 a month checked 2026-10-21 | Android or iPhone test builds and store builds through Expo, 5 credits each, on paid plans; iPhone needs your Apple key |
| Website | Create an engaging church website in minutes, $19 a month checked 2026-10-21 | An agent plans the pages, builds them in steps with a green build each time, then a fresh agent reviews screenshots at 375, 768 and 1280 and sends up to 12 fixes |
| Check-in and planning | Events and kids check-in, service and worship planning, background checks checked 2026-10-21 | 65 capability guides the agent builds from scratch into the site's own database, nothing pre-made |
| Messaging | Email and text messaging in Church Management checked 2026-10-21 | No SMS and no live calendar feed |
| Bookkeeping | QuickBooks Online integration, offline gift recording, check scanning checked 2026-10-21 | A site_admins table and an /admin area, or Admin tab in an app, shown only to admins |
Where Tithely is better
Giving with no monthly fee
Tithely's giving tier costs $0 a month plus processing. OneCraft needs a paid plan before a site can take any card payment.
Church tools in one place
Kids check-in, service planning, background checks, text giving and QuickBooks Online come with Tithely's church management. OneCraft's agent builds features one at a time from its guides.
Text messages
Tithely sends email and text messages to members. OneCraft has no SMS; it sends email newsletters only.
Where OneCraft is different
Pages for your ministries
The agent writes the pages and forms your brief describes, such as kids ministry, small group sign ups and prayer requests, stored in the site's own database.
Money to your own Stripe account
Gifts run through Stripe Checkout as direct charges on the church's connected Stripe account, so payouts and refunds stay in the church's own dashboard.
Website and app from one brief
An app can be based on the church website, sharing its content and database, and built for iPhone and Android through Expo on a paid plan.
What a small church pays
Tithely's website costs $19 a month and its church app $89, or both and more in All Access at $119 a month, with card gifts at 2.9% plus 30 cents. OneCraft Starter is $8 a month for 3 sites, Pro $25 for 10; the church pays Stripe's processing fees on gifts and OneCraft keeps a platform fee of 2% on Starter, 1% on Pro or 0.5% on Pro+. Work through a typical month of giving to see which costs less.
Giving that matches the church
On OneCraft the agent can build one-off gifts and monthly giving from a plans table, with donors able to change their card in the Stripe billing portal. A fund choice, such as general or missions, is part of what the brief describes, and the gifts are recorded in the site's database once the Stripe webhook marks them paid.
Keeping members informed
Tithely includes email and text messaging. OneCraft offers an admin newsletter to confirmed subscribers, 500 at most per send, and the agent can build announcements and an events page. There is no SMS, so churches that rely on text reminders should keep a texting tool.
Who should stay with Tithely
Stay with Tithely if your church needs check-in, planning and text messaging alongside giving, wants giving with no monthly fee, or prefers one church specific vendor. Move if you want a site written around your ministries, gifts paid straight to your Stripe account, and a monthly bill under Tithely's website and app prices combined.
Questions people ask
Can donors cover the processing fee on OneCraft?
No such option is listed for OneCraft sites. Prices are read from the site's database, so any amount a donor chooses is charged as one Stripe Checkout payment. Tithely's page says 60% of its donors choose to cover fees. Ask the agent for a suggested gift that includes fees if you want one.
Does OneCraft issue giving statements?
Statements are not listed among the product's facts. Gifts are recorded in the site's own database and in the church's Stripe account, where reports and exports are available for the treasurer. An admin area can also list gifts by donor for the treasurer to check, built by the agent from the brief, and the CSV capability can export them for the end of year.
Can members log in to see their giving?
The agent can build sign in with email and password or Google, and pages that show a signed in member their own rows. Row level security on each table keeps one member from seeing another's records. The agent checks those rules as an anonymous visitor and as a signed in person before the build step can finish.
Can we try it before paying?
Yes. The free plan has 100 credits a month to generate and preview a site. Publishing, a custom domain and card payments need a paid plan from $8 a month. The church can generate the site, click through every page in the preview and only pay once it is ready to go live.
Will the app be in our church's name?
Yes. You submit it from your own Apple and Google developer accounts, so the listing carries your church's name. Apple charges 99 USD a year and Google Play 25 USD once for those accounts. A new personal Google Play account also needs a closed test with 12 people for 14 days before release.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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