lower-priced & very lacking
Subsplash is a lower-priced alternative for local churches, but it is so lacking in features as to be nearly unusable. The positives: 1. It has a wonderful chat function which creates a mini-forum for each group (home group, kitchen team, youth group, etc.) but only on mobile. 2. Sign ups for events, meals, etc. work very well. 3. Sermons can be grouped into series. The negatives: 1. The website it creates for your church looks awful, but also has almost no functionality. "Media" (where sermon recordings go) demands a password every time you click, so a visit to Media page, then search for a sermon, then listen requires 3 password fill-ins! And the search doesn't work at all. Searches for words in the sermon title come up empty; it's possible the database hasn't been implemented yet. 2. None of those nice chat groups on your website. 3. No calendar of events (or Upcoming Events) on website. 4. Your church's Subsplash website will be a basic Wix-style website with none of your graphics, making Subsplash a non-starter for churches concerned about their "brand" or "identity." It is certainly our hope that Subsplash is able to fix the many bugs and add the many missing features, as it's much more affordable than competitors, and the chat enables communication between members, something competitors like CCB and Planning Center don't allow.