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Rock RMS
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#1 Ministry Planner 
Nicole M.“It’s very, very expensive so it’s not a great resource for smaller churches with smaller budgets.”
Meet the testers
Each used Rock RMS side by side with other apps “I think it would be a valuable resource for very large churches, especially because you can customize it more than…”
What they’d use instead
Rock RMS’s pricing
Free
About the app
Summary · not an editor reviewA free, open-source church management and relationship platform trusted by many of the largest churches in the country.
Common questions
Yes. Rock RMS is free and open source with no license or per-seat fees. Churches only pay for hosting and any optional customization, plus a suggested voluntary donation.
Effectively, yes. Rock is powerful but technical, so most churches need someone with development or IT skill to host, configure, and maintain it.
You can self-host Rock on your own server or use a hosting partner such as Rock Cloud, which bundles infrastructure into a monthly fee.
Support is primarily community-driven through forums and documentation, with paid help available from third-party partners rather than an official help desk.
Large, tech-capable, often multi-site churches that want deep customization and control and have the staff or partners to run an open-source platform.
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“I think it would be a valuable resource for very large churches, especially because you can customize it more than other platforms I’ve used. However, small congregations probably wouldn’t find it worth the cost and should probably skip it.”
If you are a church with very, very large congregations, multiple campuses and multiple forms of audio/visual, etc. it would be very helpful for managing everyone and everything.
It’s very, very expensive so it’s not a great resource for smaller churches with smaller budgets.
The one to skip: Rock RMS. Unless you are running a megachurch, it’s not necessary
