ParishSOFT
About ParishSOFT
ParishSOFT is a church management software that helps parishes and dioceses manage operations related to religious education, event scheduling, donations, pledges, and more on a centralized platform. The family and member database allows parish administrator to register members for formation classes, create volunteer lists, update contact information, and track donation history.
ParishSOFT's accounting module enables employees to monitor bills, deposits, journal entries, restricted funds, and budgets for specific departments, projects, and committees. The facility scheduler functionality provides a built-in master calendar, which lets users schedule and track events, equipment, and meetings. Church employees can create invoice templates to generate tuition invoices and track payment transactions based on specific families or funds. It also lets users create purchase orders and manage processes related to payroll, deductions, benefits, and clergy allowances.
ParishSOFT's ledger report writer enables chancellors and auditors to create custom activity and financial statements. THE ParishCast communication too within ParishSOFT allows ministers to send SMS alerts about upcoming events, schedule updates, surveys, prayer requests, and volunteer sign-ups, among other activities.
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- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Still learning after several years of use!
Reviewed on 02/09/2020
Overall, I like using the Family Suite. It is easy to input data to, and I think, it's very user...
Overall, I like using the Family Suite. It is easy to input data to, and I think, it's very user friendly. I like the reports it makes. But I need to learn how to modify those reports. I'm sure there is a way..just haven't had the time to investigate.
Also, whenever I have had to call Customer Service, which, lately, has been almost daily, or more, whomever I get is VERY patient with me and VERY helpful and knowledgeable! I would give them all 5 stars!
Pros
My church became a Collaborative with another church about two years ago. When that happened I needed access to both parishes. At first, I would need to log into the two different software's separately, but after contacting ParishSoft's GREAT Customer Service, they were able to make it so I can log in once and toggle from one parish to another! THAT makes my life at work MUCH better!!
Cons
Even after using ParishSoft for many years now, I am still learning new 'tricks'. The only thing that bugs me is when I toggle from one parish to the other and say, go to the Family Directory, and want to look up a family, then go to a different tab, like Religious Ed, the parish I'm looking at doesn't stay there! It reverts back to the previous parish. I've mentioned this to their Customer Service reps, and THEY have the same problem...and they deal with a lot more than 2 parishes! I think that when you choose parish #1 and want to work there, it should stay at #1 until you choose to go to parish #2. I'm not a software person, but there must be a way to do that.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Data Management
Reviewed on 28/08/2020
I have had a very positive experience with Parish Soft overall. Customer Support has been superb,...
I have had a very positive experience with Parish Soft overall. Customer Support has been superb, the software itself has been easy to work with. I am not at all computer savvy, but I have come to love working with ParishSoft. I started with learning to enter people's basic information, to entering and tracking donations, mailing out end of year donation statements, to managing class enrollment, tuition payments and tracking attendance in Religious Ed, entering and printing Sacrament certificates and now I am learning to build my own queries! Of course I get to call Customer Support every couple of tasks that I get stuck on and they have been very friendly and knowledgeable. They also are very patient and do not get exasperated when it take me awhile to understand the process (if they do, they do not show it, haha!, and I appreciate that!)
Pros
It is very user friendly. As someone who works with the database on a daily basis, the ease with which I can extract and isolate specific groups and information and the amount of time involved in the process makes a big difference to my day. Plus, should I get stuck on a particular process, Customer Support is very knowledgeable as well as very accessible, which is one of the factors we have stuck with Parish Soft for the last 6 years or so!
Cons
I don't like how there is no flexibility in Lookups, Celebrants. I wish I did not have to go out of inputting Sacraments so I can enter the name of a Celebrant who is not yet on the system and then have to go back to finish entering that Sacrament information. I wish there was an option of entering a Celebrant's name that is not yet on the system and it would just capture that information unto the list for future use.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Poor support
Reviewed on 14/09/2023
The worst experience ever. The support team does not know how to solve the problem within their...
The worst experience ever. The support team does not know how to solve the problem within their soft ware.
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I don't like a thing because I can't use it. The soft ware booths me out.
Cons
How can I like something that does work.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
This software supports our mission of connectional ministry!
Reviewed on 01/09/2020
At every church, I have worked, we have been able to streamline processes and improve connections...
At every church, I have worked, we have been able to streamline processes and improve connections and communication with ParishSoft. Good data in equals informed staff and great customer service which ultimately lead people to Christ!
Pros
Parishsoft has all of the key data fields to know and contact your congregation. If you are committed to good data in, this software can enhance your knowledge of who you need to serve. With the development of MyChurch, PS opened another door for updating old family info, egiving and more. I have used ParishSoft since 2005 and over the moon with the upgrade in the Software. It is better visually organized for the user & runs reliably. Support and development are responsive to your challenges and needs.
It is relatively easy to train new users because the way data populates to related suites is intuitive. They have a good list of essential reports that all churches would need.
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What I Like Least:
I am still wishing for a feature that allows users with admin permission to create simpler, data specific reports with user chosen fields feature. :-) The standard reports are comprehensive, but are hard to read. I have to spend a lot of time eliminating the data I don't need from the csv. Perhaps there is an easy way to get what I need??
That I can't create a custom registration form based on the fields in the religious ed module. Our form asks all of the questions based on these data fields. Why not? We spend so much time entering data that could populate when approved. Pretty Please??
Your written help needs to be visually simplified. It is often difficult to get a result that answers my question.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Comprehensive program for all churches
Reviewed on 25/08/2020
I feel the program overall is excellent. It has features that can includes any possible scenario...
I feel the program overall is excellent. It has features that can includes any possible scenario that even huge businesses or organizations can use with great results. The program is far-reaching in the aspects of data keeping, storing, importing, exporting, assembling in various modes, statistical records--- this program does it all. I am sure it has features that I have not even begun to explore or will ever use. But there are organizations that can use all it has to offer. This is a very good program for all types of business.
Pros
The accuracy of keeping all the data I need to access is great. Most of the features I use are fairly easy to learn. There are so many features of this program that it will literally do whatever command you need as it stores so much data that you will never lose anything important. Switching over from our old parish data system was not simple. It took a while to learn the features in order to feel comfortable using it.
Cons
I feel there cannot possible be any features missing from this software. We are a small church and do not use hardly any of the brilliant features that this program has to offer. However, the features I use I had to learn little at a time. It was difficult for me as I am not very computer savvy. Some things still are difficult for me to figure out such as reports with specific data. But as I learn the system, I learn to access the reports. At times I call on the support team who are brilliant and very quick to answer my request.
ParishSOFT FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for ParishSOFT.Q. What type of pricing plans does ParishSOFT offer?
ParishSOFT offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: USD 19.00/one-time
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
ParishSOFT Giving Subscription $19 - ParishSOFT Managed Giving Subscription $49 - Current eGiving Solution (25k+)
Q. Who are the typical users of ParishSOFT?
ParishSOFT has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does ParishSOFT support?
ParishSOFT supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does ParishSOFT support mobile devices?
ParishSOFT supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does ParishSOFT integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations ParishSOFT has
Q. What level of support does ParishSOFT offer?
ParishSOFT offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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