HelpYouSponsor vs Subsplash
Subsplash builds church engagement. HYS builds the sponsor record.
Subsplash is a strong, well-loved church-engagement platform — custom mobile apps, websites, livestreaming, media hosting, child check-in, service planning, and Subsplash Giving — used by 20,000+ churches and ministries. Subsplash One bundles the suite at quote-based pricing; Subsplash Giving is $0/mo with 2.3% + 30¢ on cards and 1% on ACH (lower at scale via GrowCurve). HelpYouSponsor is not a church-engagement platform. HYS is a purpose-built donor CRM with sponsorship, fundraising, mission trips, AI-translated sponsor-recipient messaging, journeys automation, and AI wealth intelligence — categories Subsplash does not ship. Most missions-focused churches and faith-based nonprofits run both: Subsplash for Sunday-morning ops, HYS for the donor and sponsor record.
Feature comparison
| Feature | HelpYouSponsor | Subsplash |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free up to 10 commitments/mo. Pro $50/mo. Published. | Subsplash Giving $0/mo. Subsplash One bundle is quote-based; Enterprise tier is custom-quoted. |
| Pricing transparency | Published pay-per-commitment pricing with no contract required. | Subsplash One and Enterprise are quote-based. Only Subsplash Giving has public rates. |
| Stripe / payment processing for nonprofits | 2.2% on cards via Stripe nonprofit pricing. Full stop. | 2.3% + 30¢ on cards, 1% on ACH (Subsplash Giving). GrowCurve drops to 1.9% / 0.5% at scale. |
| Full donor CRM (records, households, major gifts, segmentation) | Full CRM on every plan. Households, giving history, major-donor tracking, moves management, custom fields, segmentation, activity log. | Giving-side donor management — donor list, giving activity, recurring gifts. No household relationships, moves management, or major-donor tracking surfaced. People management lives inside the church-management product, not as a fundraising-grade CRM. |
| Sponsorship programs (1:1, community, pooled, hybrid) | Purpose-built. Matching, transfers, lifecycle, multi-program, hybrid models. | Not available. Subsplash supports campaigns, funds, and pledging — no sponsor-to-recipient program type. |
| Sponsor-recipient messaging with AI translation | Moderated 1:1 messaging with automatic translation in 50+ languages. | Not available. Groups & Messaging is church-internal community, not sponsor-to-recipient cross-language communication. |
| Mission trip management | HYS Trips. Registration, individual fundraising pages, Checkr background checks, e-signatures. | Generic Events product handles registration. No background checks, no individual trip-fundraising pages, no e-signature workflow as a bundled trip program. |
| AI donor intelligence (wealth capacity, ask calculator) | HYS Insights. AI wealth capacity scoring, optimal-ask calculators, major-gift prospecting. Built in. | Trends AI for giving analytics. No wealth capacity scoring or optimal-ask calculators. |
| Fundraising campaigns (targets, match pools, recurring conversion) | HYS Fundraising. Campaign pages with donation targets, match pools, honor gifts, one-click recurring conversion on checkout. | Campaigns and funds inside Subsplash Giving. No native match-pool product. |
| Peer-to-peer fundraising | First-class program type. Sponsors, participants, and ambassadors each get a branded fundraising page tied to the donor record. | Not a first-class product type. Possible to construct via custom forms. |
| Journeys (automation & workflow builder) | Journeys. Multi-step automations across email, SMS, tasks, and portal events. Visual workflow editor. | Workflows (newer module). Strong for church-engagement triggers (new visitor, child check-in, etc.) — narrower for fundraising lifecycle automation. |
| Email, newsletters, and print mailings | Appeals, newsletters, auto emails, and print mailings (tax summaries, year-end letters, labels) from one composer. | Email + SMS for church communication. Tax statements available. No dedicated print-mailings composer. |
| Text-to-Give | Available on every plan via the Sendblue integration. | SMS giving (text-to-give) included. |
| Native mobile app | Included mobile app for donors and sponsors on every plan. | Custom-branded church apps (iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, CarPlay) — a category Subsplash genuinely owns. |
| Live streaming and media hosting | Not in scope. HYS is a donor CRM, not a media platform. | Live streaming, sermon hosting, podcast distribution, Pulpit AI for sermon repurposing. Core Subsplash strength. |
| Church management (child check-in, service planning, volunteers) | Not in scope. HYS is a donor CRM, not a ChMS. | Child check-in, service planning, volunteer scheduling, groups & messaging. Designed for Sunday-morning operations. |
| Websites | Not in scope. HYS provides Smart Embed for donor experiences on your existing site. | Drag-and-drop website builder. Core Subsplash product. |
| In-person tap-to-give | Available via the Stripe Reader integration. | Subsplash Tap. Native in-person giving terminal. |
| Bulk check scanning | Manual check entry with batch tools. | Bulk check scanning (100+ checks per scan). Native. |
| Embeddable donor experiences | Smart Embed. Six embed types with auto-resizing, brand matching, three lines of code. | Embeddable giving links and forms. |
| Payment recovery | Built in. Smart retry on failed recurring gifts, abandoned-checkout recovery, automatic card updates via Stripe's Account Updater. | Recurring gift retries. |
| API, webhooks, MCP server for AI agents | Full REST API, webhooks, Zapier, and an MCP server. Every plan. | API integrations available; custom API integrations are Enterprise tier only. |
| Time to go-live | Self-service setup. Most organizations live in 1–2 weeks. | Subsplash One implementation guided by onboarding team. Typically 2–8 weeks depending on the modules deployed. |
Why switch to HelpYouSponsor
Subsplash is church engagement. HYS is the donor record.
Most missions-focused churches and faith-based nonprofits run both. Subsplash powers Sunday morning — apps, livestream, sermons, child check-in, websites. HYS powers the donor and sponsor record — sponsorship programs, mission trips, fundraising campaigns, AI-translated sponsor messaging, major-donor cultivation, retention. They sit on different sides of your operation.
Sponsorship, trips, and AI-translated messaging are categories Subsplash does not ship
Subsplash Giving handles tithing, campaigns, funds, and pledging beautifully. It does not handle 1:1 child or family sponsorship, sponsor-to-recipient messaging across languages, or mission trip programs with background checks and individual fundraising pages. If your operation includes any of those, you need a sponsor CRM.
A real fundraising-grade donor record
Subsplash's donor management is giving-side: who gave, when, to which fund. HYS is a fundraising-grade CRM — households, moves management, major-gift cultivation, retention cohorts, segmentation, AI wealth scoring, optimal-ask calculators. Different category of tool.
Stripe nonprofit pricing on cards
HYS uses the Stripe nonprofit rate at 2.2% on cards. Subsplash Giving runs 2.3% + 30¢ on cards (down to 1.9% via GrowCurve at high volume). Across a year of giving volume, especially for low-to-mid-volume programs, the delta is real money returned to mission.
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