TL;DR: Tithe.ly and Breeze used to be competitors. Now they’re the same company. Tithe.ly acquired Breeze in 2021 and has folded it into the Tithely Church Management platform. But the Breeze brand still exists, the standalone Breeze plan is still available at $72/month, and many churches are still deciding between the two. So which should you pick? Breeze’s simplicity and flat pricing are best for small US churches that want the easiest possible setup. Tithe.ly’s All-Access plan at $119/month adds online giving, a custom church app, a website builder, and worship tools. If you’re outside North America, neither supports WhatsApp, mobile money, or regional payment methods, so you’ll need to look elsewhere.
Wait, Aren’t Tithe.ly and Breeze the Same Thing Now?
Sort of. And that’s exactly why this comparison still matters.
Tithe.ly acquired Breeze in 2021 and has been integrating it into the broader Tithely platform. Breeze’s member management, check-ins, and follow-up features now form the foundation of “Tithely Church Management.”
But here’s what confuses people: Breeze still exists as a product. You can still sign up at breezechms.com. The Breeze brand is still active. And the $72/month flat-rate plan still works for churches that only need member management and basic giving.
Meanwhile, Tithe.ly offers its own tiered plans that bundle church management with its industry-leading giving platform, a custom church app, a website builder, and worship tools.
So the real question in 2026 isn’t “Tithe.ly or Breeze?” It’s: “Do I need the basics, or do I need the full suite?”
This comparison will help you answer that. For individual deep dives, see our full Tithe.ly review and Breeze review.
Quick Comparison at a Glance
| Category | Breeze | Tithe.ly (All-Access) |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Price | $72/month flat | $119/month |
| Pricing Model | Flat rate, everything included | Bundled tiers |
| Free Tier | No (14-day free trial) | Yes (giving only) |
| Member Database | Good | Good (same core as Breeze) |
| Online Giving | Basic (US cards, ACH) | Best in class (text-to-give, Cover the Fees, card readers) |
| Custom Church App | No | Yes (included) |
| Church Website | No | Yes (included) |
| Worship Planning | None | Basic |
| Check-Ins | Good | Good |
| Communication | Email only | Email, SMS, push notifications |
| Automation | Basic follow-ups | Basic follow-ups |
| Reporting | Basic | Basic |
| Integrations | Limited (Zapier, Mailchimp) | Moderate (Zapier, Mailchimp, more) |
| Multi-Campus | Basic | Basic |
| Ease of Use | Easiest in the industry | Easy |
| Setup Time | 1-2 days | 1-3 days |
| No | No | |
| Mobile Money (M-Pesa) | No | No |
| International Payments | No | Limited (select countries) |
| Offline Support | No | No |
Pricing: Simple vs. Bundled
This is where most churches start, and it’s where the decision often gets made.
Breeze Pricing
$72/month. Unlimited members. Unlimited users. All features included.
That’s the whole pricing page. No tiers, no per-member charges, no add-on fees. A church of 50 members pays the same as a church of 2,000. You get member management, giving, check-ins, groups, events, follow-ups, and communication tools for one flat rate.
Breeze also offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.
Tithe.ly Pricing
Tithe.ly uses a tiered model with more options:
| Plan | Monthly Cost | What’s Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free Giving | $0/month | Online giving, mobile app, recurring giving, pledge campaigns |
| Church Management + Giving | $72/month | Everything in Free Giving + member database, volunteer tools, email/text messaging |
| All-Access | $119/month | Everything above + custom church app, website builder, worship tools |
| Custom Church App (standalone) | $89/month | Branded mobile app for your church |
| Church Website (standalone) | $19/month | Drag-and-drop website builder |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | For 2,000+ attendees, negotiated rates |
Transaction Fees
Both platforms charge standard processing fees on donations:
| Payment Method | Breeze | Tithe.ly |
|---|---|---|
| Credit/Debit Card | 2.9% + $0.30 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| ACH Bank Transfer | 1% + $0.30 (capped at $5) | 1% + $0.30 |
| American Express | 2.9% + $0.30 | 3.5% + $0.30 |
The card fees are identical. Breeze has a slight edge on ACH with the $5 cap. Tithe.ly charges more for American Express.
The real pricing difference is what you get for the money. Breeze at $72/month gives you church management. Tithe.ly at $119/month gives you church management plus giving tools, a branded app, a website, and worship planning. That’s only $37/month more for significantly more product.
Key takeaway: If you only need member management, giving, and basic communication, Breeze at $72/month is the simpler deal. If you want an all-in-one platform with a custom app and website, the All-Access plan at $119/month delivers more value per dollar.
Online Giving: Tithe.ly Has a Clear Edge
Giving is where Tithe.ly started, and it remains the company’s strongest product. This is the biggest functional gap between the two options.
| Feature | Breeze | Tithe.ly |
|---|---|---|
| Credit/debit cards | Yes | Yes |
| ACH bank transfers | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring giving | Yes | Yes |
| Text-to-give | Yes | Yes |
| Giving kiosk | Yes | Yes |
| Pledge tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Cover the Fees (donor absorbs cost) | No | Yes |
| Card reader (in-person) | No | Yes |
| Custom church app giving | No | Yes (branded app) |
| Giving statements | Yes | Yes |
| QuickGive (one-tap donation) | No | Yes |
| Passwordless login | No | Yes |
Breeze’s giving is solid for the basics. Members can give online via cards or bank transfer, set up recurring donations, and receive tax statements. It gets the job done.
Tithe.ly’s giving is in a different league. The “Cover the Fees” feature alone is worth the upgrade for many churches. About 60% of donors opt in, letting the church receive the full gift amount without absorbing processing costs. On $10,000/month in giving, that can save your church over $300/month in fees.
Text-to-give is available on both platforms, but Tithe.ly’s mobile giving experience is smoother and faster. The QuickGive feature and passwordless login reduce the steps between “I want to give” and “done.” According to Tithe.ly’s marketing materials, some churches saw online donations increase by 30-35% after switching to their giving platform, though results vary by congregation size, prior digital giving adoption, and how the transition was communicated.
The in-person card reader is a nice bonus for churches that want a giving kiosk in the lobby without a separate point-of-sale system.
Winner: Tithe.ly. If online giving is important to your church (and it should be), this is the most significant advantage Tithe.ly holds over standalone Breeze.
Member Management: Same DNA, Similar Experience
Here’s where things get interesting. Since Tithe.ly acquired Breeze, the church management features are built on the same foundation.
Both platforms offer:
- Member profiles with contact info, family connections, and custom fields
- Tags for flexible categorization (visitor, new member, volunteer, small group leader)
- Household grouping with family relationships
- Activity timeline showing giving, attendance, communication, and notes
- Advanced search with filter combinations
- CSV import/export for data migration
- Follow-up tasks for visitor and member follow-up
The Breeze-era simplicity carries over to Tithe.ly’s church management module. If you’ve used Breeze, the member management in Tithe.ly will feel familiar. The interface is clean, navigation is straightforward, and your team can get comfortable quickly.
What’s different: Tithe.ly’s platform ties giving data more deeply into member profiles because the giving engine is more robust. You get richer donation history, giving trend insights, and tighter integration between who your members are and how they give.
Neither platform offers advanced automation. If you need multi-step workflows like “when a visitor is added, wait 2 days, send a welcome email, then assign a follow-up task,” you’ll need Planning Center. Both Breeze and Tithe.ly stick to manual follow-up tasks and basic tag-based organization.
Winner: Tie. The member management experience is effectively the same. Tithe.ly adds richer giving data integration, but the core people management is identical.
Communication: Tithe.ly Has More Channels
Communication is where Breeze’s limitations show most clearly.
| Feature | Breeze | Tithe.ly |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes (drag-and-drop editor) | |
| SMS/Text messaging | Third-party integration only | Built-in (US only) |
| Push notifications | No | Yes (via custom church app) |
| In-app messaging | No | Yes (via custom church app) |
| Email templates | Limited | Better |
| Email scheduling | No | No |
| Email analytics | No | Basic |
| No | No |
Breeze’s communication is email-only out of the box. You can send emails to individuals or groups filtered by tags. That’s about it. No built-in texting, no scheduling, no open rate tracking. For anything beyond basic email, you’ll need a third-party tool like Mailchimp.
Tithe.ly includes SMS messaging in the Church Management plan and push notifications through the custom church app on the All-Access plan. This gives you three channels to reach members: email, text, and push notifications. It’s not the strongest communication suite, but it covers the basics without needing external tools.
Neither platform supports WhatsApp. For churches in Africa, Latin America, Asia, or the UK diaspora, this is a critical gap. WhatsApp has 98% open rates compared to roughly 20% for email. If your congregation communicates primarily through WhatsApp, both Breeze and Tithe.ly leave you without your most important channel. Read our guide on why WhatsApp matters for church communication for more on this.
Winner: Tithe.ly. Built-in SMS and push notifications give it a meaningful edge over Breeze’s email-only approach. But both are limited compared to dedicated communication platforms.
Custom Church App and Website: Tithe.ly Only
This is the clearest differentiator. Breeze does not offer a custom church app or a website builder. Tithe.ly does.
Custom Church App (Tithe.ly All-Access)
The All-Access plan includes a branded mobile app published to the App Store and Google Play with your church’s name, logo, and colors. Features include:
- In-app mobile giving
- Sermon audio and video playback
- Live stream access
- Interactive sermon notes
- Prayer wall
- Group chat and small group management
- Push notifications
- Event listings and registration
The Automatic App Builder lets you generate the app by inputting your church’s website and logo. No developer needed. For churches that want a mobile presence but don’t have a tech team, this removes a real barrier.
Building a comparable app independently would cost thousands of dollars and months of development. Getting it included in a $119/month plan is genuinely good value.
Church Website (Tithe.ly All-Access)
Tithe.ly includes a drag-and-drop website builder. It’s basic compared to dedicated website platforms, but for churches that need a clean, functional site with giving integration and event listings, it works.
Breeze offers neither of these. If you’re on Breeze and want a church app, you’ll need to buy one separately (Tithe.ly’s standalone app plan is $89/month, or look at other providers). If you need a website, you’ll use Squarespace, Wix, or another builder.
Winner: Tithe.ly. If a custom app matters to your church, this alone may justify the upgrade.
Worship Planning: Neither Excels
Let’s be direct. If worship planning is a priority for your church, neither Breeze nor Tithe.ly is the right choice.
Breeze has no worship planning tools at all. No service builder, no song database, no team scheduling for musicians.
Tithe.ly’s All-Access plan includes basic worship tools: service planning and team scheduling. But they’re lightweight compared to the industry standard. There’s no CCLI reporting, no ProPresenter integration, no rehearsal mode, and no chord chart management.
For churches with a worship team that needs to coordinate songs, musicians, and media across multiple services, Planning Center Services remains the most feature-rich option available. Nothing in either the Breeze or Tithe.ly ecosystem matches it.
For churches with simple services (a worship leader, a few songs, a sermon), neither platform’s lack of deep worship planning will matter.
Winner: Tithe.ly has basic tools. Breeze has none. But for serious worship planning, look at Planning Center.
Check-Ins: Comparable
Both platforms include children’s check-in with core safety features:
- Name tag printing
- Security code matching for parent pickup
- Allergy and medical alerts on labels
- Self-service kiosk mode
- Headcount tracking
Since Tithe.ly’s check-in system is built on Breeze’s original check-in feature, the experience is similar. Both handle the essentials for children’s ministry safety without overcomplicating things.
Winner: Tie. The check-in experience is effectively the same across both platforms.
Ease of Use: Breeze Has the Edge
Breeze was built to be the simplest church management software on the market. That reputation is well-earned.
The interface has one navigation menu. Everything is where you’d expect it. Your volunteer church secretary can learn Breeze in a single afternoon. There’s no “which apps do you need?” decision, no tiered feature gates, no product selection process. You sign up and everything is right there.
Tithe.ly is also easy to use, but the broader product suite means more settings, more navigation, and more decisions. The giving platform, ChMS, app builder, website builder, and worship tools each have their own sections. It’s well-organized, but there’s simply more surface area to learn.
For non-technical church admins who just want to track members, record giving, and send an occasional email, Breeze’s stripped-down simplicity is hard to beat.
Winner: Breeze. Not by much, but the focused simplicity makes it the easiest to pick up and use immediately.
The Global Church Perspective
Here’s what the marketing pages for both platforms don’t mention.
Both Tithe.ly and Breeze are built for US churches. The giving assumes credit cards and bank accounts. The communication assumes email and SMS. The pricing assumes US dollars and US church budgets.
| Need | Breeze | Tithe.ly |
|---|---|---|
| M-Pesa giving | No | No |
| MTN Mobile Money | No | No |
| Paystack/Flutterwave | No | No |
| WhatsApp messaging | No | No |
| USSD payments | No | No |
| Regional pricing | No | No |
| Offline/low-bandwidth support | No | No |
| Multilingual admin | No | No |
For churches in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, or anywhere that relies on mobile money for transactions, neither platform can process your members’ gifts. For congregations that communicate through WhatsApp, neither platform can reach them on their primary channel.
Tithe.ly does support giving in a handful of countries (Australia, UK, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand) via credit/debit cards. But for the vast majority of churches outside North America, the core features simply don’t work as intended.
This isn’t a criticism. Both platforms were built for the market they serve. But if you’re a church outside the US, choosing between Tithe.ly and Breeze means choosing between two tools that weren’t designed for your reality. For a deeper look at this issue, read our piece on why US church software doesn’t work for African churches.
Who Should Choose Breeze
Breeze is the right pick if:
- You’re a small US church (under 300 members) that wants straightforward software
- Ease of use is your top priority. If your admin team isn’t tech-savvy, Breeze has the lowest learning curve in the industry
- You’re migrating from spreadsheets or paper records for the first time
- You don’t need a custom church app or website
- You don’t need advanced giving features like text-to-give optimization or Cover the Fees
- Predictable flat-rate pricing matters more than bundled extras
- Your church doesn’t have a worship team that needs scheduling tools
Who Should Choose Tithe.ly
Tithe.ly’s All-Access plan is the right pick if:
- Online giving is a priority and you want the best giving tools in the industry
- You want a branded church app in the App Store and Google Play
- You need a church website and don’t want to manage a separate website builder
- You’re a church plant launching your entire digital presence at once
- You want everything under one roof: giving, member management, app, website, and worship tools for $119/month
- You’re a growing church (200+ members) and the bundled value makes financial sense
- You want SMS and push notifications built in, not just email
Who Should Choose Neither
Look elsewhere if:
- You’re outside North America and need mobile money, WhatsApp, or regional payment support
- WhatsApp is your primary communication channel. Neither platform supports it
- Your members give via M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, or other mobile money. Neither platform can process those payments
- You need advanced worship planning. Planning Center Services is the better choice for worship teams
- You need offline capability. Both platforms are fully cloud-based with no offline mode
- You need advanced automation and workflows. Planning Center offers multi-step workflows that neither Breeze nor Tithe.ly can match
For help evaluating your options, see our complete guide to choosing church management software.
The Verdict
The Tithe.ly vs Breeze decision in 2026 is really about scope.
Breeze is the focused option. It does member management, basic giving, follow-ups, and check-ins with the simplest interface in the industry. At $72/month with no surprises, it’s perfect for small churches that want to get organized without dealing with features they’ll never use. If “simple and affordable” is your criteria, Breeze still earns its reputation.
Tithe.ly All-Access is the everything option. For $37/month more than Breeze, you get significantly upgraded giving tools, a branded church app, a website builder, and basic worship planning. The giving platform alone, with Cover the Fees, text-to-give, and card readers, can pay for the price difference through increased donations and reduced processing costs.
Our recommendation:
- If you’re a small US church that values simplicity above all else, Breeze at $72/month is an excellent choice. You’ll be up and running in a day.
- If you’re a US church that wants the full digital package, the Tithe.ly All-Access plan at $119/month is the better value. The custom app and giving upgrades justify the extra cost.
- If online giving is your main concern, start with Tithe.ly’s free giving plan. Test it with your congregation. Upgrade to Church Management or All-Access when you’re ready.
- If you’re a church outside North America, both platforms share the same limitations: no mobile money, no WhatsApp, no offline mode, and no regional pricing. Look at platforms designed for your context instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Breeze the same as Tithe.ly now?
Breeze was acquired by Tithe.ly in 2021. Breeze’s member management features now power “Tithely Church Management.” However, Breeze still exists as a standalone product at $72/month. New users can sign up for either Breeze or Tithe.ly’s broader plans. Over time, Tithe.ly has been migrating Breeze users into its unified platform.
Which is cheaper, Tithe.ly or Breeze?
Breeze is $72/month flat. Tithe.ly’s Church Management plan is $72/month, and the All-Access plan is $119/month. So technically, Tithe.ly’s base ChMS plan is $10/month cheaper than Breeze, but Breeze includes some features (like its standalone giving) in the flat rate. For the full suite, Tithe.ly’s All-Access at $119/month includes significantly more product for only $37 more than Breeze.
Can I start with Breeze and switch to Tithe.ly later?
Yes. Since they’re under the same company, the migration path from Breeze to Tithe.ly is relatively smooth. Your member data, giving records, and church info carry over. It’s one of the easier platform transitions you can make in the church software space.
Does Tithe.ly still support Breeze customers?
Yes. Existing Breeze customers continue to receive support and product updates. Tithe.ly has maintained the Breeze product while building out the broader platform. That said, the long-term trajectory is clearly toward the unified Tithely platform.
Which has better online giving?
Tithe.ly, by a significant margin. Text-to-give, Cover the Fees, in-person card readers, QuickGive, and the branded church app giving experience all give Tithe.ly a clear advantage. Breeze’s giving works fine for basic needs but lacks these premium features.
Do either work for churches outside the US?
Both are primarily built for US churches. Tithe.ly supports giving in select countries (Australia, UK, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand) via credit/debit cards. Neither supports mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo), WhatsApp messaging, or regional pricing for churches in Africa, Latin America, or Asia.
Should I use Tithe.ly or Planning Center instead?
If worship planning is essential, Planning Center is the better choice. If bundled value and online giving matter most, Tithe.ly wins. Breeze doesn’t directly compete with Planning Center on feature depth. It competes on simplicity.
Can I use Breeze with Planning Center Services?
Some churches do. They use Breeze for member management and giving, then Planning Center Services for worship planning. There’s no native integration between them, so you’ll manage two platforms and two bills. But it works if worship planning is your only gap with Breeze.