Religion · head to head
Elvanto vs Overflow
Elvanto
Religion
Church management with strong volunteer rostering, now owned by Tithe.ly
- From
- $72/month
- Rated
- -
Overflow
Religion
Stock, crypto and donor-advised fund giving for churches and nonprofits, priced per gift type
- From
- $50/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Elvanto tithe.ly owns both Elvanto and Breeze, two overlapping church management systems, and has directed most recent product investment towards Breeze and giving, so Elvanto buyers are betting on a product that is maintained rather than actively advanced.; Overflow crypto carries a 3 percent fee on top of the base rate, which makes it the most expensive channel on the platform at exactly the point where donors expect it to be cheap.
- They diverge on capability: Elvanto covers Volunteer rostering, Overflow covers Stock donation flow.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Elvanto and Overflow actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Religion).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Elvanto
- Volunteer rostering
- Service planning
- People and groups
- Child check-in
- Online giving
- Forms and event registration
- Multi-site support
- Church website and app
Only in Overflow
- Stock donation flow
- Cryptocurrency giving
- Donor-advised fund grants
- Card and ACH giving
- RoundUps
- Tax receipting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Elvanto
- A multi-site church rostering several hundred volunteers across campuses where double-booking is a weekly problemnot Overflow
- A church outside the United States wanting a management system that was not designed solely around American church practicenot Overflow
- A congregation replacing spreadsheets for service planning, song rotation and CCLI reportingnot Overflow
- A church that wants management and online giving on one invoice rather than integrating two vendorsnot Overflow
Overflow
- A church wanting to accept appreciated stock without the finance team processing each transfer by handnot Elvanto
- A capital campaign where major donors are more likely to give assets than cashnot Elvanto
- A nonprofit that keeps being offered donor-advised fund grants and has no clean way to receive and attribute themnot Elvanto
- Adding crypto giving for a younger donor base without holding the asset or managing a walletnot Elvanto
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Elvanto
- Tithe.ly owns both Elvanto and Breeze, two overlapping church management systems, and has directed most recent product investment towards Breeze and giving, so Elvanto buyers are betting on a product that is maintained rather than actively advanced.
- The advertised monthly price excludes card processing on donations, which for a church taking most giving online is the larger of the two costs and is set by the payment provider, not the licence.
- The interface is functional but dated relative to Planning Center, and volunteer-facing screens draw complaints from occasional users who only log in to accept a roster.
- Reporting is adequate for attendance and giving summaries but weak for pastoral care analysis and cohort tracking, so larger churches export to spreadsheets.
- Support is documentation-and-ticket based with no phone line on the standard plan, which is difficult for a volunteer administrator troubleshooting check-in on a Sunday morning.
Overflow
- Crypto carries a 3 percent fee on top of the base rate, which makes it the most expensive channel on the platform at exactly the point where donors expect it to be cheap.
- Card processing at 2.75 percent plus 30 cents on the entry plan is above what a church can get from a dedicated church giving processor, so using Overflow for routine weekly giving costs more than it should.
- It is a giving channel, not a church management system, so contributions must be reconciled into your existing ChMS and finance software, adding a second monthly close step.
- Stock and DAF fees are quoted as a 1 to 3 percent range with the actual rate depending on transfer route, so an organisation cannot forecast net proceeds precisely before the gift settles.
- Non-cash gifts settle over days rather than instantly, and the amount received depends on the price at liquidation, so the receipted value and the cash landed will not match.
Pricing, plan by plan
Elvanto
$72/month- Church Management + Giving$72/month
- Full church management modules
- Volunteer rostering and service planning
- Child check-in
- Church Management + Giving + Custom App$119/month
- Everything in the base plan
- Branded church mobile app
- Push notifications
Overflow
$50/month- Foundation$50/month
- All giving methods including stock, crypto and DAF
- Cards from 2.75 percent plus 0.30 USD
- ACH at 0.50 percent plus 0.20 USD
- Growth$undefined/month
- Reduced processing rates by volume
- Dedicated onboarding and account management
- Token vaulting for recurring donors
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom rate structure for multi-site organisations
- Strategic support
- Custom pricing
Which should you pick?
Choose Elvanto if
- You need volunteer rostering.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want service planning.
Choose Overflow if
- You need stock donation flow.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want cryptocurrency giving.
Questions people ask
- Is Elvanto or Overflow better?
- Neither clearly leads. Elvanto starts at $72/month and Overflow at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Elvanto or Overflow?
- Elvanto starts at $72/month and Overflow at $50/month.
- Does Elvanto or Overflow run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Elvanto best used for?
- Elvanto is most often used for a multi-site church rostering several hundred volunteers across campuses where double-booking is a weekly problem, a church outside the united states wanting a management system that was not designed solely around american church practice, a congregation replacing spreadsheets for service planning, song rotation and ccli reporting, a church that wants management and online giving on one invoice rather than integrating two vendors. Of those, a multi-site church rostering several hundred volunteers across campuses where double-booking is a weekly problem and a church outside the united states wanting a management system that was not designed solely around american church practice are not what Overflow is typically brought in for.
- What can Elvanto do that Overflow cannot?
- Elvanto covers Volunteer rostering, Service planning, People and groups, Child check-in. Overflow covers Stock donation flow, Cryptocurrency giving, Donor-advised fund grants, Card and ACH giving.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Elvanto: Is Elvanto still being developed?
It is maintained and sold to new customers, but Tithe.ly also owns Breeze and has prioritised that product and its giving tools. Ask the vendor directly what is on the Elvanto roadmap before a multi-year commitment.
Overflow: What does Overflow cost?
Foundation is 50 USD a month. Cards start at 2.75 percent plus 0.30, ACH at 0.50 percent plus 0.20, stock and DAF at 1 to 3 percent, and crypto adds 3 percent.
Elvanto: What does it really cost?
$72 a month for management plus giving, or $119 with a branded app, plus payment processing on every donation charged by the provider. Budget the processing rate as the main variable cost.
Overflow: Why give stock instead of cash?
Transferring appreciated shares avoids the capital gains tax the donor would pay on selling first, so the same after-tax cost produces a larger gift.
Elvanto: Is it better than Planning Center for rostering?
For availability handling, clash detection and swap requests it is genuinely competitive. Planning Center is stronger on service and worship team workflow and has a larger integration ecosystem.
Overflow: Does Overflow replace our church management system?
No. It handles giving only and integrates with your existing ChMS.
Elvanto: Can we migrate our data out?
Yes, exports are available, but rebuilding rosters, forms and check-in configuration in a new system is manual work regardless of the export.
Overflow: Do we hold the cryptocurrency?
No. Crypto gifts are liquidated and remitted as cash, so the organisation does not carry price risk after settlement.
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