Pricing
One plan. $129 a month.
Any of the fifteen designs. No setup fee. Cancel any time from your portal. If it is not right for your house, ask for your money back within 14 days.
One plan. Any template.
$129a month
Everything in the list. No setup fee. No contract. Cancel any time from your portal.
- All fifteen designs and every color palette
- Hosting, editor, forms, inbox, sermons, events, giving and live links
- Free Emberline address, plus your own domain
- Help library and email support within two business days
- 14-day money-back guarantee
Billed monthly through Stripe. The first charge is today, and your site is live the same day you finish the ten-minute setup. Support is by email and answered within two business days; there is no phone line. Need a custom build with a designer and a timeline? That is Emberline Studio, starting at $1,500.
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What is included, and what is not.
What is included
- One of fifteen original designs
Every page, every section, built by Emberline Studio. Your photos, words and colors make it yours. - Hosting, security and updates
Fast global hosting, HTTPS, and a site that rebuilds itself. Nothing for you to patch. - An editor that cannot break the layout
Change every word, photo, time and link. The design stays the design. - Forms that reach your inbox
Plan a visit, prayer, contact, booking and email list forms email your team and send a warm reply to the visitor. You see every submission in one inbox. - Sermons from YouTube, automatically
Paste your channel link once. New messages appear on your Watch or Media page every week. - Giving and live links
Paste the giving link you already use (Tithe.ly, Pushpay, Givelify, any provider) and your live-stream link. Every button reads from them. - Events that clean up after themselves
Add an event. After its date passes, it drops off at the next refresh. Sites refresh every Monday and every time you publish. - Your own domain
Launch on a free Emberline address, then connect your domain with a guided setup. Written steps for GoDaddy, Squarespace, Namecheap, Wix and most other hosts. - Privacy and accessibility pages
Included and already written for a church or ministry site. - Your content stays yours
Export your content any time. Cancel any time.
What is not
- Texting
Email only. No SMS, no carrier registration, no compliance headaches. - A mobile app or members portal
We make the front door. If you need an app or a member database, use a tool built for that and link to it. - Layout changes or custom sections
The design is locked on purpose. If you need a custom build, Emberline Studio does those separately. - Setup calls or revisions
Everything happens in your portal and the help library. We answer email within two business days.
We would rather tell you now than have you find out later. If you need any of these, you are better served elsewhere, and we will say so.
How Essentials compares
What you get for the price.
| What matters | Essentials | A custom build with us | Doing it yourself on a general-purpose website builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $129 a month, with every design included. | From $1,500, paid once. | Varies by builder and plan. |
| Time to live | The same day you finish the ten-minute setup. | Set per project, with a timeline agreed up front. | As long as it takes you to build and publish it. |
| Who designs it | One of fifteen designs built by Emberline Studio. You add your words, photos and colors. | A Studio designer builds it from a blank page. | You do, with the builder's own templates and tools. |
| The layout | Locked, so it cannot be broken. | Fully custom. | Fully open. You can change anything. |
| Support | Email, answered within two business days. | Per project, as agreed in the project terms. | Mostly community help and the builder's own guides. |
Essentials is the fixed-design way: fast and simple, with the layout locked. If you need a layout of your own, extra sections, a mobile app or a members portal, a custom build or a dedicated tool is the better fit, and we will say so.
Money questions
Billing, refunds and cancellation.
Does my church need something custom?
Then Essentials is not the right tool, and Emberline Studio is. Studio builds custom church and ministry sites with a designer and a timeline, from $1,500. See custom sites at Emberline Studio.
Is this a custom website?
No. It is one of fifteen original designs that Emberline Studio built, with your words, photos, colors, times and links in it. The layout is locked so you can never break it. If you want a site designed from a blank page, that is a custom build at Emberline Studio, starting at $1,500.
What happens if I stop paying?
Your site stays live for two weeks while we email you. After that it shows a short "temporarily unavailable" notice. Nothing is deleted while it is paused. Pay, and it comes right back. Only if the payment is never fixed and the card processor ends the subscription does the cancellation timeline start: your content is kept for 30 days, archived for 30 more, then permanently deleted.
How do I cancel?
Sign in, open Billing, press Manage billing and choose cancel. It takes under a minute and needs no call or email. Your site stays up to the end of the period you paid for, and you can export your content for 30 days after that. On day 60 it is permanently deleted. If you want it all gone sooner, choose Delete my site and data in Settings.
What about a refund?
Within 14 days of your first payment, request a refund from inside your portal. You get the first payment back and the subscription ends. Once, no questions.
All questions or read the refund policy.