One bill, one record, one vendor — instead of the four to six tools most churches assemble.
The operational case for consolidating onto Scout: zero giving fees as a clean margin line, attendance-banded pricing your board can justify, and staff permissions and an audit log structured for the way your church already governs itself.
The vendor list, before and after.
Most churches run four to six tools that don’t share a database. Here’s what moving to Scout typically collapses.
Before
Six separate tools
- Church management systemPeople, groups, and serving
- Online giving platformRecurring, one-time, and statements
- Member portalWhat congregants log into
- Forms toolSign-ups, RSVPs, and new-visitor info
- Check-in vendorKids ministry safety and records
- Mass-email toolNewsletter and announcements
After
Two
Scout
People · Groups · Serving · Giving · Member app · Forms · Check-in · Intelligence
Your existing mass-email tool
Unchanged — Scout doesn’t replace this yet
Four numbers that make Scout pencil out.
Zero giving fees
Stripe Connect pass-through. Whatever Stripe charges your church at your nonprofit rate, that’s the cost. Scout takes nothing on top.
No per-seat fees
Unlimited staff, unlimited volunteers, unlimited members. Add the whole church. Pricing scales with attendance, not seats.
Attendance-banded pricing
Under 250, 250–750, 750–2,000, custom. No tier names. Every church gets every feature.
Permissions + audit log
Custom roles for different staff jobs, with a full activity log — the kind of structure your board reporting expects.
See exact monthly numbers on the pricing page.
For executives evaluating the consolidation case.
- Scout doesn’t do mass email or SMS yet. Scout surfaces who to reach; the message still goes out from whatever tool you use now.
- Scout doesn’t have an Excel-style export builder yet. You can export every report, but custom column packaging is on the near roadmap.
See what Scout consolidates. 30 days, full product.
- Zero giving fees
- No per-seat
- No tier names
- Cancel anytime