Church Office Online, a company that was born with a mission of creating inexpensive, user friendly and accessible church management software, says that cloud computing has changed the way, churches are managed today. 

Church Office Online offers a fully featured church management software service at an affordable price. Leveraging cloud computing technology, this ChMS system can save average church thousands of dollars, the company claimed in a press release.

According to Church Office Online, cloud based church management software can be a cost effective alternative to the traditional ChMS. Church administrators are tasked with an incredible number of daily operations. Recognizing the church administration’s need for keeping track of these tasks and information, Church Office Online offers a ChMS, which is affordable, powerful and intuitive.

In addition of being expensive, the traditional, desktop or server based church management software is complex to install and configure. Church management software requires recurring expenditure for support, maintenance, upgrades, and training. After making the investments, the responsibility for backups and security is left up to the church staff.

Storing all church management data on a local church computer often proves risky. The cloud based Church Office Online provides the churches with secure and reliable storage solution. The cloud based system also gives the volunteers anywhere/ anytime access to the church database.

According to the company website, this cloud based service enables the individual members of a church to update contact information, download church directories, view contributions, and consult the church calendar.

Leveraging the power of cloud computing, Church Office Online is able to offer its SaaS (News - Alert) church management software at incredibly low prices. In contrast to the traditional ChMS that require thousands of dollars in setup fees and hundreds of dollars per month in subscription fees, Church Office Online’s SaaS services costs $14.75 per month. With Church Office Online, the total yearly cost for a church with 200 members comes to $340.00.

Earlier this year, Church Office Online announced that it will offer a full featured individual access application at no additional cost to subscribers. The Church Office Online individual access application enables individuals to access and maintain a large portion of information traditionally managed by church administrators and volunteers.

This application enables members to view and update their own contact information, download end of the year contribution statements, view the current church calendar, search and download the church directory, and view the status of any contribution they have made.