Church Accounting Software for Free
Mar 31st, 2009 by Nathan Jackson
Managing money is difficult. It is perhaps even more difficult to manage a Church’s money with a limited budget. In today’s poor economy many churches are feeling the financial crunch. If you are looking for a way to save a few dollars, then maybe finding some free church accounting software can help.
Many Internet sites offer free church management software. However, these offers can be misleading. The following is a list of web pages that offer free church software along with any potential hidden costs.
The author has no vested interest in any of the following sites. The author is trying to save the reader’s time by creating a synopsis of the offers for free church accounting software.
Churchradius.com
Church Radius is an Internet based software site. They offer free church accounting through the Internet. In other words in order to access your accounting information you need a connection to the Internet.
Although you can’t beat the price, having your churches financial information stored on the net may not be the safest route. In addition, sometimes web-based software has annoying banner ads. These ads are what make it possible to give the software away for free.
Sunday Software
Sunday Software is a well known site for anyone serious about church software. Unfortunately the site doesn’t actually make or sell any church accounting software. Nonetheless the site does have some great resources for churches.
Churchtrac.com
Churchtrac makes and sells church accounting software. The software appears very user friendly. They even offer the software for free for up to 100 contributing members. In other words when you start accounting for your 101st member, they start charging you.
Churchbizonline
If you searched for the term (free church accounting software) at Google, then the first site you came across was probably Churchbiz. No offense to this site, but it actually doesn’t offer any church accounting options. It offers Open Office for free, but this is definitely not accounting software.
Finding free software can be challenging. Hopefully this list will give you some ideas, though it is likely that you will have to spend some money to get quality software. Good luck accounting for your church.
