SoChurch vs. The City

Open and Integrated vs. Exclusive and Duplicative.

Communication is about connecting with people where they are at, and the last thing your busy members need are more social networks, inboxes, friend requests, or status updates to manage. When using The City you have to put their brand before your own. With SoChurch people engage the more important brand, your church’s.

• Elaboration

  When the whole point of social media is to bring people together, it doesn’t make sense to sequester yourself and your church members from the rest of the world and each other. Our fellow competitors have chosen a communication model that’s centered on the individual, not the group, complete with personal walls, inboxes, and friend requests. Even more limiting is that The City marginalizes existing social media channels like Facebook in favor of attempting to establish its own. When you factor in a major upfront investment of time and money, as well as higher monthly costs, it becomes abundantly clear that The City’s model is not as capable of serving a large amount of churches. SoChurch, on the other hand, emphasizes accessibility in its integration with existing social networks, emphasis on the group, and the ease with which you can get started.

  What’s the difference?
  Setup Fees	$250+	$0
  Monthly Cost of Entry (Excluding Discounts)	$25	$19
  Highest Price Listed for…	325 Members	25,000 Members
  Monthly Cost for 325+ Members	Unavailable	$29

• Need more help deciding?

  • Our brothers and sisters at The City have a  different business model. We’re not saying it’s wrong, but we definitely think we can provide more value to more churches. But don’t take our word for it. We thought we’d let you decide which is a better value. That’s why we like to post our pricing for almost all member levels so our customers know exactly what the costs are going to be.
  • SoChurch does not erect walls by essentially bypassing existing popular social networks in favor of attempting to establish its own
  • SoChurch plays nice with Facebook and Twitter, the world’s leading social media destinations
  • The City bases their communication model around individuals and at the expense of groups by creating personal walls, inboxes, and friend requests
  • SoChurch is designed for group interaction, connection, and communication
  • The City requires an initial expenditure of time and money and has higher monthly fees
  • SoChurch makes it easy to go for a test drive and inexpensive to get up and running