The Tithe.ly alternative that does your accounting too
Tithe.ly is a solid giving platform, but the giving lives apart from your books. Vestrybooks ties online giving to real fund accounting — with no added platform fee — so gifts land straight in the right fund.
No credit card · free plan forever · $0 added platform fee on giving
| Vestrybooks | Tithe.ly | |
|---|---|---|
| Added platform / subscription fee for giving | $0 | $0 to $149+/mo (by plan) |
| Payment processing fee | Standard (~2.9% + $0.30) | Standard (~2.9% + $0.30) |
| Real fund accounting behind the giving | No — giving & church management | |
| Gifts post straight into your books | Export to accounting | |
| Year-end giving statements | ||
| Full church management (app, website) | yes (their focus) |
Tithe.ly processing (about 2.9% + $0.30 per gift) and plan pricing as of 2026 — check tithe.ly for current rates. Everyone pays standard card processing, us included; the differences are the added platform fee, whether giving connects to your books, and how much church-management the platform does.
Giving and books in one place
$0 added platform fee
We don't add a platform or subscription fee to take giving — you pay only the standard card-processing rate every platform charges, us included. With Tithe.ly, the fuller feature set sits on paid tiers up to about $149/mo; with Vestrybooks, online giving is in every plan, including Free.
Giving that lands in the books
Tithe.ly collects the gift; your accounting lives somewhere else. In Vestrybooks a gift posts straight to the right fund and the giver's record, so your fund balances and board reports are always current — no export, no re-keying.
Statements from the same system
Because every gift is already tracked by donor and fund, year-end IRS-ready statements are one click — from the same place your books live, not a separate tool.
See how the fee model works on the church online giving page, or how gifts get tracked in donation tracking software.
Where Tithe.ly is the better fit
Let's be fair: Tithe.ly is a much broader church-management suite. If what you want is a member app, a church website, worship-service planning, and text-to-give all under one roof, Tithe.ly does far more than Vestrybooks — we don't try to be your church-management system. Vestrybooks is the better pick when your priority is accounting with giving built in: real fund accounting, no added platform fee, and statements from the same place your books live. Plenty of churches run both.
Common questions
- Is Vestrybooks a full replacement for Tithe.ly?
- Not for church management — Tithe.ly's app, website, and worship-planning tools go well beyond what we do. Vestrybooks replaces the giving-and-accounting part: online giving with no added platform fee, tied to real fund accounting and donor statements.
- Does Vestrybooks take a cut of each gift?
- No added platform fee of our own. You pay only the standard card-processing rate — about 2.9% + $0.30 — that applies on every platform, Tithe.ly included. What you don't pay us is a platform or subscription fee just to take giving. See the church online giving page for the full breakdown.
- Can I still give my donors year-end statements?
- Yes — one click. Because every gift is already tracked by donor and fund, Vestrybooks prints IRS-ready year-end statements without an export or a separate tool.
- Is our data safe?
- Yes — encrypted in transit and at rest, per-person logins, an audit history, and automatic backups. Your data is yours to export anytime. See our security page.
Giving tied to your books, no added platform fee
Online giving that posts straight into real church accounting — free plan included.