Realm
Realm is church management software from ACS Technologies for pastors, staff, and congregations.
What Realm is
Realm is church management software from ACS Technologies for pastors, staff, and congregations. It is web-based, with Android and iOS apps, and the Inform plan organizes congregation data, contributions, and reports. Profiles can contain photo directories, household details, staff notes, role-based access, and up to 75 custom fields. Giving features include online, text, and mobile donations, recurring gifts, pledges, contribution tracking, and giving histories. Connect supports searchable groups, discussions, schedules, check-in kiosks, attendance, and event registration. Multiply adds multi-campus administration, location-specific access, shared processes, and Pathways for church processes. Reporting includes nearly 30 predefined reports plus custom queries and saved, shareable reports. Listed integrations include Constant Contact, Engiven, Go Method, Verified First, Vanco, Growth Method, Yearli, and Planning Center People; that last integration syncs profile information one way. ACS describes role-based permissions, two-step verification, multi-factor authentication, HTTPS encryption, PCI Level 1 transaction processing, support, training, and consulting.
Good
- Supports Android, iOS, and web access
- Handles giving, pledges, and contribution histories
- Provides group, event, attendance, and check-in tools
- Offers multi-campus administration through Multiply
- Includes predefined and custom reporting
Watch out
- No free plan is available
- Inform costs $49 a month after trial
- Planning Center People syncs one way
- Additional fees apply for some services
Who it suits
Realm suits churches managing people, giving, groups, events, reports, and campuses. It also fits congregations wanting mobile engagement and online information updates.
Verdict
Realm brings church records, giving, groups, events, reporting, and multisite administration into one web-based system. The 30-day trial allows evaluation, but ongoing use requires a paid plan and some services add fees.
Plans and prices
From Realm's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Realm Inform | $49 a month | Church staff plan · Additional fees apply for services such as integrated background checks · $49 per month after the free 30 day trial |
The facts
Each one read from Realm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Giving
- Realm supports online, text, and mobile giving, recurring donations, contribution tracking, pledges, and giving histories.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Groups and events
- Connect supports searchable groups, group discussions and schedules, check-in kiosks, attendance tracking, and event registration.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Realm is described as 100% web-based, with no on-premise servers or workstations required and automatic updates.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integration limits
- The Planning Center People integration syncs profile information one way from Realm to Planning Center People.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Constant Contact, Engiven, Go Method, Verified First, Vanco, Growth Method, Yearli, and Planning Center People.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Multisite
- Multiply adds multi-campus administration, location-specific access, cross-campus process sharing, and Pathways for guiding people through church processes.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Realm is church management software that brings pastors, staff, and congregation together to support church ministry.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Profiles
- Inform includes online photo directories, household profiles, staff notes, role based access, and up to 75 custom profile fields.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Realm offers nearly 30 predefined reports as well as custom queries, saved reports, and reports that staff can share.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Realm describes role based permissions, two step verification, multi-factor authentication, and HTTPS SSL-encrypted connections; online transactions are processed with PCI Level 1 compliance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- ACS lists support, training, and consulting services, and publishes the support phone number 1-800-736-7425.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Inform plan
- Inform helps church staff manage congregation data, contributions, and reports.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- ACS Technologies says it was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Florence, South Carolina.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- ACS describes Realm mobile apps for engaging a church throughout the week, and its product page says Realm Connect lets congregants connect with church and small groups, give online, and update information.checked 7 Oct 2026
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