Built for small churches
Church management software for small churches
One person can run the whole thing. That is the design constraint, not a marketing line — and it is why some things are deliberately missing.
Psalmly is church management software built for churches without office staff.
Prayer, events, groups, announcements, the member directory, online giving, a member app on iOS and Android, and a church website — in one place, set up in an afternoon, free forever up to 50 people. A paid plan adds offering and expense records and the AI tools.
It is deliberately not a large-church platform. The things a staffed church runs on Sunday morning are left out on purpose, and the page below says which.
At a glance
| Who it is for | A church without office staff — usually one person doing this alongside everything else. |
|---|---|
| What it covers | Prayer, events and groups, announcements, the member directory, online giving, offering and expense records, a document vault, the member app, and your church website. |
| What it leaves out | Recording who came on Sunday, building the order of service by rota, and assigning volunteers to slots. Named below, on purpose. |
| Cost | Free forever up to 50 people. Paid plans add offering and expense records, Graphics, Scribe and the AI assistant, a custom domain, no Psalmly fee on online gifts, and a higher cap. |
What a small church actually gets
Free, up to 50 people
- Prayer board
- Events & groups
- Announcements
- Member directory
- Member mobile app
- Church website
- Online giving (platform fee)
- Document vault
What Psalmly deliberately does not do
A church that needs these is better served elsewhere, and we would rather say so here than have you find out in month three.
- Recording who came on Sunday
- No roll call and no scanner at the door. Events take RSVPs and registrations, so you know who said they were coming — but nobody is counted on the way in.
- Building the order of service
- Song lists and run sheets live outside Psalmly. The weekly bulletin can carry an order of service, but Psalmly is not where the music is planned.
- Assigning volunteers to Sunday slots
- Groups have members and events take sign-ups, but nothing here tells someone they are on next week. There is no rota to build or swap.
- Anything that needs a staff member to run it
- If a feature only makes sense when somebody is in an office five days a week, it is out of scope. That is the line we hold, and it is why the rest stays simple.
Questions churches ask
How small is small?
The free plan covers up to 50 people and Community up to 250. The design assumption underneath both is a church without office staff — one person, often a pastor, doing this between everything else.
Do we need someone technical to run it?
No. Setup is an afternoon, there is nothing to install, and the parts a church touches weekly — announcements, events, the bulletin — are the parts we work hardest to keep simple.
What if we outgrow it?
Nothing breaks and nobody is turned away. Past 50 people, you move to Community to keep sending announcements and bulletins, with two weeks’ notice. If your church grows into needing Sunday rotas and a desk that logs arrivals, we would rather tell you plainly than sell you a worse version of a bigger platform.
Do our members need to download an app?
Not unless they want to. Everything works on the web, and the Psalmly app on iOS and Android is there for the members who prefer it. Your church website is open to anyone, no account at all.
Can we move what we already have?
Your member list, yes — import it from a spreadsheet when you invite people. Past giving is not a self-serve import; talk to us and we will help you move it. Saved cards and recurring gifts cannot be moved by anyone — those live with the payment processor, so givers re-enter them once.
What does it cost?
The core app is free forever for churches up to 50 people. Community and Growth add the church's books — Sunday's cash and checks, expenses and pledges — and the AI tools: Graphics for the poster, Scribe for the write-up, the assistant for the questions. Plus a custom domain, no Psalmly fee on online gifts, and a higher cap.
Keep reading
New to church software?
Plain-language answers to the questions that come before choosing a tool.
- What is church management software?The jobs it actually does for a church, in plain words.
- The kinds of church softwareGiving apps, website builders, all-in-one platforms — and which one a church needs.
- What church software costsHow these tools are priced, what drives the number, and what to watch for.
- Church mobile appsWhat a church app is for, and the difference between building one and being given one.
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