Trellis
Trellis is an app for campus ministries that brings study guides, events, announcements, group messaging, and attendance together.
What Trellis is
Trellis is an app for campus ministries that brings study guides, events, announcements, group messaging, and attendance together. Events can use RSVPs, recurring schedules, and attendance tracking. Chats and direct messages are organized by group, while announcements can be sent to leaders, one group, or the entire ministry as push notifications. Leaders also get a private pastoral inbox that flags patterns such as students no longer attending, groups no longer meeting, or missed leader debriefs. Care tools let leaders record study debriefs and complete periodic soul-care check-ins; members can privately request a conversation. Free and paid plans include the same features and allow unlimited members, groups, and staff. The paid plan is $35 a month, plus $10 a month for each additional staff account. Trellis is campus-first, though its maker says other group types may suit it. It is available on Android, iOS, and web. Its policy says messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and its at-rest encryption posture is unconfirmed.
Good
- Free plan includes the same features as paid.
- Unlimited members, groups, and staff on both plans.
- Events support RSVPs and recurring series.
- Pastoral inbox highlights attendance and debrief concerns.
Watch out
- Paid plan is $35 a month.
- Each additional staff account costs $10 a month.
- Messages are not end-to-end encrypted.
- At-rest encryption posture is unconfirmed.
Who it suits
Trellis suits campus ministries that want events, group communication, attendance, and pastoral care tools in one app. Other kinds of groups may also find it a fit.
Verdict
Trellis combines ministry coordination and care features, with no feature limits between its free and paid plans. Ministries should weigh the paid staff-account charge and the stated messaging and at-rest encryption limitations.
Plans and prices
From Trellis's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PAID | $35 a month | Unlimited members, groups, and staff · No locked features · $35/month + $10/month per additional staff account |
| FREE | — | Unlimited members, groups, and staff · No locked features · $0/month |
The facts
Each one read from Trellis's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Age requirement
- Users must be at least 14, and those aged 14–17 need parent or guardian consent under the terms.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Announcements
- Announcements can target leaders, one group, or the whole ministry and arrive as push notifications.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Trellis is campus-first, though the maker says groups of other kinds may also be a fit.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Care tools
- Leaders can record study debriefs and complete periodic soul-care check-ins, while users can privately raise a hand to request a conversation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- After account deletion, messages and group and attendance records may be retained disconnected from the account for up to three years.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Events
- Events support RSVPs, attendance tracking, and recurring series.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker links to the Apple App Store and Google Play and names Firebase for push notifications, Supabase and Railway for hosting and database, and Vercel for web hosting.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The app has group chats and direct messages organized by group.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Pastoral inbox
- The leadership-only pastoral inbox ranks concerns such as students who stopped attending, groups that stopped meeting, and leaders who missed debriefs.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Trellis says it does not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, and currently does not use third-party analytics or crash-reporting tools.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Trellis combines study guides, events, announcements, group chat, and attendance in one app for campus ministries.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says connections use TLS encryption, messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and its at-rest encryption posture is listed as unconfirmed.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says support replies within one business day and that each ministry is set up by hand.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Fishers, Indiana, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Plans
- Free and paid plans have the same features, including the pastoral inbox, and both allow unlimited members, groups, and staff.checked 4 Oct 2026
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