Our verdict
ChurchCRM and Admidio are both nonprofit tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, ChurchCRM scores 3.7/5 versus 2.9/5 for Admidio. Choose ChurchCRM if you're Churches and congregations needing free, full-featured membership and giving management or Organizations wanting complete data ownership with no subscription fees; choose Admidio if you're Clubs, associations, and volunteer groups managing member contact data and relationships or Organizations with no budget needing free, full-featured membership CRM.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | ChurchCRM | Admidio |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 3.7/5 | 2.9/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 3 · Softaculous (one-click install), LAMP stack (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP), OpenAPI-compatible external integrations… | 3 · Docker, PHP/MySQL hosting environments, CSV data import/export… |
| Best for | Churches and congregations needing free, full-featured membership and giving management, Organizations wanting complete data ownership with no subscription fees, Multilingual congregations needing right-to-left language support | Clubs, associations, and volunteer groups managing member contact data and relationships, Organizations with no budget needing free, full-featured membership CRM, Nonprofits wanting self-hosted data control with no per-user or feature fees |
| Category | nonprofit | nonprofit |
| Founded | 2015 | 2004 |
| HQ | — | — |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
ChurchCRM
- Completely free — no licensing, no per-user fees, no vendor lock-in
- Actively maintained: version 7.3.3 released May 11, 2026
- Comprehensive church management features including finances, attendance, and giving
- Supports 45+ languages including RTL for global congregations
- Narrowly scoped to churches — not suitable for secular nonprofits or other use cases
- No built-in payment processor integration for online giving
- Requires LAMP stack (PHP 8.4+, MySQL 8.0+) setup and maintenance
Admidio
- Completely free and open-source with no limits on users or features
- Actively maintained: version 5.0.10 released May 2026 with 459 GitHub stars
- Flexible role model adapts to any organizational structure
- Self-hosted with Docker support — full data sovereignty
- Not a sales CRM — no deals, leads, pipeline, or marketing automation
- Limited integration with third-party business tools
- Primarily for membership management — weaker fit for nonprofits needing fundraising CRM
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