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Head-to-head · Church Website Builders

Digital Church vs Church123

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Digital Church #1 in Church Website Builders 9.4/10 45-day trial Free trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Digital Church
Church123 #7 in Church Website Builders 8.6/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 6 features Visit Church123

Digital Church leads on 0 checks, Church123 on 0, and 7 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreDigital Church · 9.4/10
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresDigital Church · 6 of 6

Digital Church scores higher on our rubric for church website builders: 9.4 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #7.

Digital Church is the better fit for churches wanting broad affordable website tools. Church123 is the better fit for churches needing templates, donations, and integrations.

  • Digital Church fits best

    Churches wanting broad affordable website tools

  • Church123 fits best

    Churches needing templates, donations, and integrations

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Side by side

Feature Digital Church 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Church123 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 8.6
Ranking #1 in Church Website Builders #7 in Church Website Builders
Best for Churches wanting broad affordable website tools Churches needing templates, donations, and integrations
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price $190/yr $295/yr
Free plan — —
Free trial 45 days 30 days
Free trial length 45 days · no card needed 30 days · no card needed
Deployment Cloud, Mobile Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Live chat, Docs Email, Phone, Docs
Integrations 5 integrations 15 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market
Features Digital Church 6/6 · Church123 4/6
Custom domain ✓ ✓
Sermon publishing ✓ ✓
Event calendar ✓ ✓
Donation links ✓ ✓
Staff pages ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Multi-site support ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Website, events, forms, giving, and livestreaming start at $19/month
  • Standard adds sermons, podcasting, resources, and prayer requests
  • Premium supports groups, ministry teams, and multisite locations
  • More than 200 templates with unlimited pages and updates
  • Publishes audio sermons and podcasts alongside calendars and media
  • Supports donation links, payments, maps, calendars, and major platforms
Cons
  • There is no free plan
  • The platform is web-only
  • Advanced ministry features require higher-tier plans
  • No free plan; access starts with a paid subscription
  • Web-only platform with 4 GB file and image storage
  • Pricing varies by region, which can affect local cost comparisons
Our verdict

Digital Church is a web-based church website and online ministry platform from Digital Church Limited. It combines templates and configurable page modules with event management, online giving, livestreaming, forms, sermon publishing, small…

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Church123 is a browser-based website builder and hosting service for churches and Christian organisations. It is suited to congregations that need a complete public website with an online page editor, more than 200 templates, domain…

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  1. Digital ChurchChurch Website Builders 9.445-day trial
  2. Church123Church Website Builders 8.630-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Digital Church — where it wins

    • Website, events, forms, giving, and livestreaming start at $19/month
    • Standard adds sermons, podcasting, resources, and prayer requests
    • Premium supports groups, ministry teams, and multisite locations

    Where it doesn't

    • There is no free plan
    • The platform is web-only
    • Advanced ministry features require higher-tier plans
  • Church123 — where it wins

    • More than 200 templates with unlimited pages and updates
    • Publishes audio sermons and podcasts alongside calendars and media
    • Supports donation links, payments, maps, calendars, and major platforms

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; access starts with a paid subscription
    • Web-only platform with 4 GB file and image storage
    • Pricing varies by region, which can affect local cost comparisons

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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