Excellerate
Excellerate is church management software for organizing member records, attendance, giving, groups, and visitor follow-up.
What Excellerate is
Excellerate is church management software for organizing member records, attendance, giving, groups, and visitor follow-up. Member and family records can include profile details, visits, meetings, attendance, and small-group involvement. Visitor tools assign follow-up and record results and feedback, with reporting on retention and assimilation. Groups and classes support attendance tracking, online leader reporting, and growth analysis.
Contribution features include tithe and pledge tracking, check scanning, imports from online giving services, statements, and reports. Check-in supports barcode, touchscreen, or attendant workflows for children, events, youth, and volunteers. ServePoint adds online volunteer scheduling, reminders, conflict notifications, and resource sharing. Users can customize fields, tabs, picklists, views, and reports, and the support team offers report creation. Atom cloud access supports simultaneous users on computers, tablets, and phones, with automatic backups. Desktop church management and check-in products are Windows-only and can work without internet access; check-in can also operate at remote locations without a network. Churches with fewer than 50 members can get the software for free, according to the maker. Listed options include a desktop product for 100 members at $145, paid once and cloud management for 100 members at $50 a month.
Good
- Tracks visitor follow-up and assimilation reporting.
- Offers child, event, youth, and volunteer check-in.
- ServePoint includes reminders and conflict notifications.
- Atom supports simultaneous users and automatic backups.
- Churches with fewer than 50 members can get it free.
Watch out
- Desktop church management and check-in are Windows-only.
- Desktop church management is listed for 100 members.
- No free trial is listed.
Who it suits
Excellerate suits churches managing member and family records, contributions, attendance, groups, and volunteer schedules. Its cloud option supports several device types, while the desktop products are for Windows computers.
Verdict
Excellerate combines church records, contribution tools, check-in, group management, and visitor follow-up. Churches should distinguish its Windows-only desktop products from Atom cloud access when choosing a setup.
Plans and prices
From Excellerate's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic desktop support | $49 a year | Basic support · No upgrades · $49 quarterly |
| TrustRadius Basic cloud plan | $49 a month | cloud deployment · monthly |
| Cloud solution (100 members) | $50 a month | cloud church management · check-in included · accessible on any device · monthly |
| Cloud Church Management (100 members) | $50 a month | 100 members · Check-In and support included · monthly |
| Desktop support and upgrades | $89 a year | Support and all upgrades · $89 quarterly |
| Desktop solution (100 members) | $145, paid once | Windows installation · 100-member level · one-time software payment |
| Desktop check-in add-on | $145, paid once | Windows desktop check-in module · one-time add-on |
| Desktop Church Management (100 members) | $145, paid once | 100 members · Windows computers |
| Multiple-computer desktop option | $245, paid once | multiple computers on church network · one-time option |
The facts
Each one read from Excellerate's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and SDKs
- The opened manual documents file-based web integration and SQL customization but does not describe a public REST API or SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Backup
- The desktop utility makes one-time backups to a chosen drive or Dropbox folder, so administrators are instructed to run backups periodically.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Check-in
- Check-in supports barcode express, touchscreen and attendant modes plus child pickup security, room assignment, labels and offline operation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Check-in offline use
- The check-in system can operate without internet access and at remote locations without a network.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Classes
- Class features support signups, multi-session classes, attendance and reports showing people who have not taken a class.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud access and backups
- Atom supports access from computers, tablets, and phones, simultaneous users, and automatic data backups.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Contributions
- The contribution module tracks tithes, pledges, funds, check scans, online-giving imports, statements and unlimited contribution reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Administrators can add fields, tabs, views, queries, picklists and reports, and can rename modules to fit church terminology.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customization and reports
- Users can customize fields, tabs, picklists, views, and reports, and the support team offers to create reports.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data formats
- The desktop product uses Microsoft Access MDB databases, CFG files, QR report styles and a Pictures directory.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The vendor offers a cloud edition with simultaneous multi-user access and a locally installed desktop edition.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop requirements
- The order page describes the desktop church management and check-in products as Windows-only, and the desktop version does not require internet access.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Giving
- Contribution tools include tithe and pledge tracking, check scanning, imports from online giving services, statements, and reporting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Groups and classes
- It supports small groups, classes, attendance, online leader reporting, and group growth analysis.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists contribution imports for services including PushPay, Tithely, Planning Center, Clover, PayPal, Stripe, and Givelify-SK for Atom.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The manual grants a non-exclusive proprietary license; single-user licenses cover one machine and multi-user licenses cover copies within the purchasing organization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: advanced needs
- The Lead Pastor review says large churches, mobile-dependent teams and organizations needing complex analytics or extensive integrations may find the product restrictive.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: desktop access
- A reviewer noted the desktop edition was not accessible from home, while another wished it were web-based.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: donation entry
- A Capterra reviewer says entering donation batches takes more mouse work and time than desired.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: setup
- A reviewer reported that check-in setup was time-consuming and required several support calls.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Independent company data lists Micro System Design's Excellerate business as founded in 1989.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Company-directory data places Micro System Design in Cordova, Tennessee.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- A 2017 industry directory listed a two-person team for Micro System Design.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free eligibility
- A maker article says churches with fewer than 50 members can get the software for free.checked 8 Oct 2026
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