Scout
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Scout, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Scout's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Under 250 | $69 a month | Average weekly participation under 250 · All features · $69/month |
| 250 to 750 | $99 a month | Average weekly participation 250 to 750 · All features · $99/month |
| 750 to 2,000 | $199 a month | Average weekly participation 750 to 2,000 · All features · $199/month |
| 2,000+ | Priced on request | Average weekly participation 2,000+ · All features · Custom |
The facts
Each one read from Scout's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Scout says giving and pastoral notes never go below staff, and team leads only hear observations rather than volunteers' written reflections.checked 9 Oct 2001
- AI oversight
- AI narratives are decision support for church staff; they do not take action affecting a person without a human staff member acting on the suggestion.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Fees
- Scout says it charges no Scout fee on giving.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Scout's privacy policy identifies Planning Center Online as an import source for people, households, groups, and giving data; the importer reads but does not write back to Planning Center.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Intelligence
- Scout generates pastoral briefings that surface changes in participation and suggest next steps for staff.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Intended customers
- Scout sells its church management platform to churches and ministries.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Migration
- Scout includes guided migration with a 45-minute mapping call and moves people, households, groups, and giving while the existing system stays live until the church is ready.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Payments
- Scout uses Stripe and Stripe Connect for subscription payments, donations, and giving disbursements, and says card and bank details are sent directly to Stripe rather than stored on Scout servers.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- Scout says it does not sell personal information or use congregant data to train AI models, and its AI provider is contractually prohibited from doing so.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Product
- Scout is a church management platform that connects serving, giving, groups, prayer requests, pastoral notes, and check-ins on one person record.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Sunday operations
- Scout supports serving schedules, Run of Show planning, and secure check-in.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- Scout includes direct implementation help on every plan and lists [email protected] as its contact email.checked 9 Oct 2001
The company
- Company
- Scout is operated by Scout Intelligence LLC, a California limited liability company headquartered in Riverside, California.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Riverside, California, USAchecked 28 Sep 2001
Where it runs
- Member app
- churchHQ lets members give, confirm serving, join groups, and stay connected, and is available for iOS, Android, and web.checked 9 Oct 2001
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