Local evaluation
$0
Website or community modules on your own computer with local D1
No hosted-service charge for local D1 evaluation. You provide the computer and the time.
Cost
$0 for the software. Honest numbers for the rest.
There is no Church4Christ subscription and no per-member fee. Your church pays its providers directly for what it uses, and the code stays yours.
Deployment profiles
Pick the profile that matches the modules you need.
D1 website & community
Often $0 to start
A Cloudflare Worker, D1, and R2 for up to 20 D1-compatible modules
A modest deployment can fit within Cloudflare free allowances. Traffic, storage, and operations beyond the allowances, a domain, and other services can cost money.
Production email
From $5 / month
Sign-in links, reminders, requests, and digests to any recipient
Sending to arbitrary recipients requires Workers Paid, currently a minimum of $5/month including 3,000 emails, then $0.35 per 1,000 emails.
Supabase & full modules
Cloudflare + Supabase plan
Cloudflare plus Supabase/PostgreSQL for the Full Church modules, including Giving and Registration
The selected Supabase plan may add charges. Supabase Free has no automatic daily backups and low-activity Free projects may be paused, so take regular off-site dumps or choose a plan whose backups fit your needs.
These are planning profiles, not price guarantees. Prices are as of August 2026 and can change; confirm them on the linked official pricing pages before you deploy.
Also budget for
A domain
Your church’s own web address, from any registrar.
Stripe processing fees
Only if you take online gifts. Stripe sets its own fees; registered nonprofits may qualify for Stripe’s nonprofit discount.
GivingTechnical ownership
Dependency and security updates, monitoring, backups, restore testing, and future growth all need someone’s time.
How this model compares
Different product categories serve different needs, and provider terms vary. This compares operating models, not prices.
| Aspect | Church4Christ | Self-managed plugin CMS | Hosted site builder | Managed church platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary fit | Customized multilingual website plus modular church workflows | Extensible content website assembled from plugins | Provider-managed public website | Provider-managed church workflows |
| Cost model | Infrastructure and service usage; some profiles may fit free allowances | Hosting, extensions, and maintenance | Subscription and add-ons | Subscription, often by tier or module |
| Customization | Source-level changes and optional modules | Themes, plugins, and source changes where available | Provider-supported templates and extensions | Provider-supported configuration and integrations |
| Operations | Your team or partner deploys, updates, monitors, and backs up | Your team or host manages core and plugin upkeep | Provider manages most platform operations | Provider manages most platform operations |
| Portability | Code and database access support migration, but migration is manual | Depends on hosting, plugins, and formats | Depends on provider exports and terms | Depends on provider exports, APIs, and terms |
| Languages | Twelve interface languages included; each church picks its own | Depends on selected extensions | Depends on the service and plan | Depends on the service and plan |
Cost questions
Will a small church pay nothing?
Possibly for hosting, if a modest D1 deployment stays within Cloudflare’s free allowances. Production email to any recipient needs Workers Paid (currently from $5/month), and a domain usually costs something.
Is there a paid tier of Church4Christ?
No. Every module is in the same free codebase. Implementation partners may charge for their own services, which the GPL allows.
Do prices change?
Provider prices can change at any time. The figures here are from August 2026; always confirm on the official pricing pages.
See it with your own eyes.
Open the demo church in your browser, then read the setup guide when you are ready.