--- description: Review of Rock RMS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Rock RMS | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Church Management Software](/directory/4520/church/software) > [Rock RMS](/software/112293/rock-rms) # Rock RMS Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/112293/rock-rms Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/112293/rock-rms?page=2) > Rock RMS is an open source church management system (ChMS) that helps churches manage people, operations, and ministry in one place, backed by the most powerful and native AI Agent in the industry. Rock brings together people management, communications, online giving, event registration, volunteer scheduling, and engagement tools, and an AI Agent that surfaces insights, automates routine tasks, and frees up staff time to focus on people instead of paperwork. Rock is built by churches, for churches. An active community makes sure you are never alone, and its open architecture and flexible workflows let you shape the system around your ministry, not the other way around. Rock uses a suggested donation funding model with a grant program, making it accessible to all churches. Whether you run a single campus or manage several locations, Rock RMS gives you a foundation built to grow with your church. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 102 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 102 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Spark Development Network - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$4.45 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Community-supported open-source with a recommended donation model rather than license fees. We see how traditional pricing models leave small and mid-sized churches behind. By removing financial barriers, we ensure that churches of all sizes, from a single staff member to a multisite team, can have access to the same innovative tools. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Attendance Tracking - Child Check-in - Communication Management - Contact Database - Contact Management - Credit Card Processing - Customisable Branding - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Data Import/Export - Donation Management - Electronic Payments - Email Management - Event Management - Event Scheduling - For Religious Organizations - Forms Management ## Integrations (25 total) - Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT - Checkr - Clearstream - Cloudinary - Donorbox - Eventbrite - Gyve - Mailchimp - Microsoft 365 - My Well Ministry - Online Giving - Planning Center - Protect My Ministry - Pushpay - Sage Intacct ... and 10 more integrations ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Church Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4520/church/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I'm continually thankful for Rock's community. From Core developers working with and solicting the community on how to make the next version better, to the level of support we get from other churches, it's all top-notch. We previously paid thousands of dollars per year for a lesser product with less support 3. RockRMS' "Shop" has given us access to tools and ways to accomplish the 'fringe' needs that pop up in a supported way. We can say 'yes' to the "Is it possible" question instead of "not with our software" 4. RockRMS has documentation and real-world examples that work for someone on the administrative/management end, such as myself. However, the documentation and examples are also approachable for my ministry and volunteer staff > > **Cons**: The biggest hurdle that I (and my org) had to work to overcome was taking a more involved and invested approach to integrating and using the software in our ministry areas. > > More people are using our Church Management System than ever. Ministry staff interact with it, and the data helps them to build relationships with people. Event Registration is enabling us to streamline the process of people signing up and not losing that data in the process Groups as a central tool (instead of just small groups) gives our teams a common tool that provides clear understanding or what smaller groupings of people look like. eRA is a revolutionary tool for our team. We've never had this level of insight into who is connected to our church We haven't even fully integrated our giving processes, and we're anxious to leverage Rock's abilities there, as it's WAY easier. ----- ### "Amazing Community Centric System" — 5.0/5 > **David** | *26 April 2022* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love the community behind Rock. You are never alone. There is always someone in the community willing to step up and help at any moment. > > **Cons**: There is nothing that I do not like. RockRMS is not perfect but you can customize it based on your needs. ----- ### "Rock RMS Review" — 1.0/5 > **Donna** | *10 April 2019* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10 > > **Pros**: Overall the system was adequate for my daily operations. > > **Cons**: The customer service was very difficult\! ----- ### "Leave expensive ChMS systems" — 5.0/5 > **Josh** | *18 October 2018* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Have you ever thought it was weird that a private hedge-fund bought both Fellowship One and Shelby and created a quiet monopoly in the ChMS market? Rock is the free, open-source rebellion against monopoly higher prices and lower service for church software. With Rock you have a church database system that allows you to automate ministry workflows and view ministry reports. Want to see "Show me everyone who's attended twice, who's not in a small group, who lives within 2 miles of an open small group". And then you can put that into a list to send an email to them, or make a list for a pastor to call. The best part of Rock is how easy it is to get help and support in the community slack chat. Rock users hang out there all day and answer each other's questions. > > **Cons**: You install Rock on your own server. 1-click, handled-for-you hosting has not arrived yet (2018-10-18). (But it may have by the time you read this) Going from "I'm interested" to "we are setup and running" is the hardest part. You'll probably need a tech-savvy person at your church OR work with a Rock Partner (professional consultants). One common path is take advantage of Microsoft's $3,000 non-profit credits to host on their Azure cloud hosting. So if between saving the money you'd spend on your current ChMS and having effectively free hosting on Azure, there's a big incentive/budget to get yourself over the "we are now setup" hurdle. ----- ### "Fully featured, incredibly customizable, and a pleasure to work on" — 5.0/5 > **Chris** | *23 August 2018* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Although I am a developer that has made many customizations to the software, I am consistently impressed with how well-designed all of the features are, and how many of them there are. A church could do incredible things with this software without employing a developer. But when we do choose to customize or build new features, Rock makes this process incredibly easy compared to other systems I have worked on. New versions are released all the time with a plethora of new features. Just when you think Rock couldn't possibly do any more for your church, they announce a new version with things you never knew you wanted but now must have\! > > **Cons**: Anything I could mention here would be nitpicking. > > I have heard from many of the church staff from different ministries that they genuinely enjoy using Rock, and it saved us from using multiple different systems with separate, redundant databases of our congregants. Everyone's jobs are made easier with Rock. The community is incredible and the core development team works closely with us to make sure that any changes we're making are the best they can be for us and for the community. 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