An Elvanto Alternative With Gift Aid Built In
Elvanto began in Australia and is now part of Tithely. Its help centre has a guide to moving from Elvanto to Breeze, Tithely’s other church system, and its billing pages talk about “Elvanto Legacy customers”. If you’re wondering where that leaves your church, you’re not alone.
Church Member Software was built for UK churches from the start. Gift Aid, the Small Donations Scheme and UK data protection are part of every plan.
Side by side
| Church Member Software | Elvanto | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | In pounds, including VAT: £12, £22 or £35 a month for up to 75, 200 or 500 adults. Children are free. | A pounds price list on the UK site, by number of active adults, plus a setup fee |
| Gift Aid | Included in every plan, with declarations, claims and the 4-year deadline checked for you | Not mentioned in its help centre or on its UK pages |
| Small Donations Scheme | Included, with the £8,000 limit and the 10 times rule worked out | Not mentioned in its help centre |
| Where your data is held | Records stored in the UK | Australia, the US or Europe, depending on your region |
| Consent records | Who agreed to what, when and how, including the charity soft opt-in | The help centre doesn’t mention consent or retention |
| Data protection requests | Requests tracked against their deadlines, a one-click download of everything about someone, and erasure that keeps what HMRC needs | You can export a person’s record. The help centre doesn’t describe a subject access or erasure process. |
| Directory | Opt-in: nobody appears until they choose to, and they pick what’s shown | Opt-in by email link, with fields people can hide |
Elvanto details are from its own website and help centre, checked October 2026. Things change, so check with Elvanto too.
When Elvanto is the better choice
Elvanto has features we haven’t built. It may suit you better if you need:
- service planning, and rotas that schedule people automatically
- children’s check-in with printed labels
- emails sent from your own church’s domain
- two-step sign-in you can enforce for chosen roles
- an app for your members
Bringing your records across from Elvanto
Export your people from Elvanto as a spreadsheet and upload it. We match the columns, link families together and show you every change before anything is saved.
Elvanto doesn’t hold Gift Aid declarations, so you’ll add those from your paper forms or spreadsheet. Declarations that cover the past 4 years make older gifts claimable too.
Questions churches ask
- Is Elvanto closing down?
- We can’t say. Elvanto’s help centre has a guide to moving to Breeze and refers to “Elvanto Legacy customers”. Check with Elvanto about your own account.
- Can Church Member Software import from Elvanto?
- Yes. Export your people from Elvanto as a spreadsheet and upload it. We have step-by-step export instructions in the app.
- Does Church Member Software do rotas?
- Yes. You fill in who’s on each job, volunteers get an email reminder and can say if they can’t make it. It doesn’t plan services or schedule people automatically.
See it with your own records
Try everything free for 30 days, with no card needed. Import a spreadsheet from your current system and see how your church looks.
Sources
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