Unity Messaging
Unity Messaging is a web dashboard for churches and other groups to send email, text messages, and automated phone calls.
What Unity Messaging is
Unity Messaging is a web dashboard for churches and other groups to send email, text messages, and automated phone calls. Churches can use it for service changes, weather closures, volunteer reminders, ministry notices, and member outreach. Contacts can be added manually or from a spreadsheet, organized into lists, and selected by group for messages. Teams can send immediately or schedule communications across all three channels. Delivery reports show recipient-level status for messages and calls, helping teams identify who may need follow-up. Emails can include attachments and accept replies routed back to the organization. Admin and messenger roles let approved team members send without sharing one password, and the service describes support for people managing multiple organizations from one account. The free tier costs nothing forever, includes all features, and covers up to 5 contacts without a credit card. Monthly Billing is $0.50 a month per contact, while Annual Billing is $4 a year per contact. Each contact can have up to 2 email addresses and 2 phone numbers.
Good
- Supports email, text messages, and automated phone calls.
- Messages can be scheduled across all three channels.
- Delivery reports show recipient-level status.
- Team roles allow sending without sharing one password.
- Free tier includes all features for up to 5 contacts.
Watch out
- Free tier is limited to 5 contacts.
- Pricing is based on contact count.
- Each contact supports up to 2 email addresses and 2 phone numbers.
- No free trial is offered.
Who it suits
Unity Messaging suits churches and other groups that need email, text, and automated phone updates from one dashboard. The service also describes use by nonprofits, schools, property managers, HOAs, and community groups.
Verdict
Unity Messaging groups three communication channels, scheduling, and delivery reporting in one web dashboard. Review the per-contact billing and contact details limit as your lists grow.
Plans and prices
From Unity Messaging's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free | Up to 5 contacts · all features included · no credit card required · Free forever; no time limit |
| Monthly Billing | $0.50 a month | Each contact can include up to 2 email addresses and 2 phone numbers · add contacts as needed · 50¢ per contact per month; billed monthly |
| Annual Billing | $4 a year | Unlimited messaging · each contact can include up to 2 email addresses and 2 phone numbers · add contacts anytime · $4.00 per contact per year; billed once per year |
The facts
Each one read from Unity Messaging's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Channels
- The platform supports email, text messages, and automated phone calls from one dashboard.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Church communications
- It gives churches and religious groups one dashboard for email, text, and phone updates.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Church use cases
- Churches can use it for service changes, weather closures, volunteer reminders, ministry notices, and member outreach.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Contact lists
- Users can import contacts manually or from a spreadsheet, organize them into lists, and target messages to selected groups.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Delivery reports
- Reports show recipient level delivery status for messages and calls so teams can identify who may need follow-up.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Email features
- Emails can include attachments, recipients can reply, and replies are routed back to the organization.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The contact management page says Unity Messaging is not intended to replace every database teams use; it describes spreadsheet imports but names no third-party integrations.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Multiple organizations
- The features page describes multi-organization support for users who assist more than one group in the same account.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Notable limits
- Pricing is based on contact count, and each contact can hold up to 2 email addresses and 2 phone numbers.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Scheduling
- Messages can be sent immediately or scheduled for a selected date and time across email, text, and phone.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security and compliance
- The features page describes team roles as a way for approved people to send without sharing one password; the opened product pages do not state a security certification or compliance standard.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- The contact page lists a toll-free number, says responses usually arrive by the next business day, and offers help with setup, imports, list planning, and pricing.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Who it is for
- The product describes itself as serving nonprofits, schools, churches, property managers, HOAs, and community groups.checked 9 Oct 2001
The company
- Team access
- Team access supports admin and messenger roles, and the features page says approved team members can send without sharing one password.checked 9 Oct 2001
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