Looking for an alternative to The Church Co?
The Church Co builds church websites — only church websites — and the data says their churches are well served: of the 48 Church Co sites in our 2026 study of 2,000 small-church websites, 97.9% showed an update within the year — the best freshness of any platform in our table. (48 sites is a small sample; we say so again below.)
So why look at an alternative? Usually one thing: the price conversation. The Church Co routes full quotes through a demo, and third-party reviews put typical full configurations well above the advertised entry plans. Church Digital publishes the whole price: $120/month flat, $0 setup, no contract.
From our 2,000-church study
What we found in the wild
Of the 48 The Church Co church sites in our 2026 study:
- showed an update within the last year
- 97.9%
- had a working online giving path
- 89.6%
- made service times findable
- 91.7%
Small sample: 48 sites is enough to be interesting, not enough to be precise — read these as directional.
For context, across all 1,930 reachable sites in the study: 74% showed an update within the year and 67.3% had working giving. This is correlation, not causation — a platform doesn’t make a church diligent, but diligent churches cluster on certain platforms. Two caveats at once here: The Church Co bundles giving into the product (so the giving number is partly definitional), and this is the smallest platform cohort in our table — read it as directional. See the full study →
What The Church Co does well — for real
Design-forward and church-specific
Their portfolio is genuinely strong — modern, considered work that holds up outside the church-website bubble — and the platform ships church features (sermons, events, giving) as products, not assembly projects.
Built for you, like us
The Church Co builds the site as part of the subscription rather than handing you an empty editor — the same done-for-you shape we believe in. On the build model, we’re more alike than different.
The study numbers are excellent
97.9% updated within the year and 89.6% with working giving — the freshest cohort in our platform table, with the small-sample caveat (48 sites) stated plainly.
Where churches struggle with The Church Co
Pricing takes a meeting
We tried to verify their published pricing directly on 2026-07-16 and couldn’t — thechurchco.com’s pricing page isn’t reachable by automated fetchers, and full quotes route through a demo. Third-party reviews report entry plans around $39/month. If a vendor’s price requires a meeting, budget for the top of the range you’re quoted.
The advertised entry isn’t the typical bill
The most detailed third-party review we found (June 2026) reports churches typically paying around $150–$300+/month for full configurations — app and add-ons included — plus an optional $299 rush-build fee. Those are the reviewer’s observations, not vendor figures; confirm everything in writing.
Exit terms aren’t published
Term length, renewal language, and what happens to the site if you leave aren’t publicly stated. None of that means the answers are bad — it means you have to ask, and get them in writing, before you sign.
The Church Co vs Church Digital, side by side
| The Church Co | Church Digital | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Not published in a form we could verify — third-party reviews report entry plans ~$39/month and typical full configurations ~$150–$300+/month | $120/month flat — published, whole price |
| Setup fee | Build bundled into the subscription; optional $299 rush build (per third-party review) | $0, ever |
| Who builds the site | Their team — built for you, like us | We do — custom design, built for you |
| Who updates it | Mixed — their platform and support, with specifics quote-dependent | We do — email us the change |
| Contract | Not publicly stated — confirm the term in writing | None — cancel anytime, from your account |
| Online giving | Giving tools built into their platform | We connect the giving platform you already use |
Pricing checked 2026-07-16: thechurchco.com’s pricing page isn’t reachable by automated fetchers (HTTP 403 — the same result as our May 2026 check), so no figure here is quoted from their site. Entry plans around $39/month, typical full configurations of $150–$300+/month, and the optional $299 rush build are reported by third-party reviews from April–June 2026 — not published (quoted); confirm directly with The Church Co. Church Digital pricing is our published price list.
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Who should stay on The Church Co
The Church Co earns its churches honestly. Stay (or pick them) if:
- Design is the priority, the budget is flexible, and you don’t mind a quote-driven process — their portfolio earns the look.
- You’re already on The Church Co and happy. Our data says their churches’ sites are kept well; don’t fix what isn’t broken.
- You want a church-specific platform with a branded app as a possibility down the road.
One flat price
Website
A custom-built church website, hosted and maintained for you.
$120/mo
- Custom design for your church
- Service times, sermons, giving, events
- Hosting and updates included
- Live on your own domain
$0 setup · no contract · cancel anytime
Common questions
- Is The Church Co any good?
- Yes — honestly, very. Their design portfolio is strong, and in our 2026 study their churches had the freshest sites of any platform cohort: 97.9% updated within the year, 89.6% with working giving. The sample is small (48 sites), so treat those as directional — but the direction is clearly good.
- What does The Church Co cost?
- We can’t tell you from their website — their pricing page isn’t reachable by automated fetchers (checked 2026-07-16), and full quotes route through a demo. Third-party reviews from mid-2026 report entry plans around $39/month and typical full configurations around $150–$300+/month, with an optional $299 rush build. Get your specific quote, term, and exit conditions in writing.
- Only 48 sites — is that enough to judge the platform?
- It’s enough to be interesting, not enough to be precise — which is why we disclose it everywhere the number appears. The 48 sites are simply every Church Co site that surfaced in a random national sample of 2,000 small-church websites; we didn’t seek them out or screen them. Directional, and honestly favorable to them.
- How is Church Digital different?
- Mostly transparency and shape. Both of us build the site for you. We publish the whole price — $120/month flat, $0 setup — and there’s no contract: cancel anytime from your account, no demo required to learn any of it. If you want the two compared feature by feature, we keep a full side-by-side at /vs/the-church-co.
- Should we take their demo anyway?
- If their portfolio fits your taste and budget flexibility — sure, and go in prepared: ask for the all-in monthly, the term, renewal language, and what happens to the site if you leave, all in writing. Grade your current site first with our free grader so you walk in knowing exactly what needs fixing.
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