Enterprise DNA

Instead of Elvanto

Stop renting Elvanto. Own your church office system.

We build around your services, volunteers and care routines, map the Elvanto records you need to bring across, and run your version for you.

Elvanto lists A$19 a month for 50 active adults or A$39 for 100, with A$149 setup. The case for your own version is control over the work, not a promised saving.

Get your version built See it working
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What the subscription covers

Elvanto charges by active adults, with its features included

Its Australian pricing includes the feature set. Children and non-active contacts are not charged. Compare the work your office needs with the full cost of operating your own version.

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Active adults determine the plan

Elvanto counts adults who attend, volunteer or give. The monthly plans shown for 50 and 100 adults cost A$19 and A$39 respectively.

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A continuing subscription

At monthly billing, those two plans total A$228 and A$468 over a year. Annual billing has a different rate.

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Setup assistance

The A$149 setup charge includes help migrating records into Elvanto.

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Service planning and volunteers

The subscription includes worship planning and volunteer scheduling. Your replacement needs the process your coordinator actually uses.

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Support and upgrades

Elvanto includes support and upgrades. When you own the system, agree who maintains it and responds when the office needs help.

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People and giving exports

Elvanto documents a people report and a separate giving export. Moving the people list is one part of a reviewed switch.

What your version does

Bring the Sunday work into one review

Sunday

See what still needs a person

Read the service plan alongside its assignments and recorded checks before the weekend.

  • check Empty roles, declined places and responses still pending
  • check Assigned volunteers whose safeguarding evidence needs review
  • check The same person serving more than once on a date
  • check A printable order of service with roles and names

People

Follow up with context

Use recorded attendance, home groups and open tasks to prepare the office follow-up list.

  • check Adults with no recent recorded attendance and their overdue tasks
  • check Newcomers and whether they have joined a home group
  • check Overdue care tasks with a named owner or an ownership gap
  • check Welcome drafts for adults with recorded contact permission

Giving

Reconcile before preparing paperwork

Keep contribution records and fund evidence together, with separate totals for each currency.

  • check Giving totals by fund and month
  • check Gift status kept separate from ordinary contributions
  • check Missing tax eligibility evidence brought into the review
  • check Giving statements and donation receipt drafts for a person to check

Ownership

Change the office process as the church changes

The free version gives you a working base. Enterprise DNA builds the extra workflows you agree for your church.

  • check People, households, groups and service records in your database
  • check People imports with a test run and duplicate checks
  • check Read-only reports carrying your church name and colours
  • check Your own questions across roster gaps, attendance and care tasks

Make it yours

Design your own Elvanto replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Elvanto. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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3. Make it fit

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Your business · your Elvanto replacement Your version
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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Elvanto data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with Church for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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Church for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

Which roles still need attention before Sunday?

Evening gathering

Service_date
2026-10-04
Role
Music
Person
Hana Te Awa
Response
accepted
Finding
ready on recorded evidence

Sunday morning

Service_date
2026-10-04
Role
Kids team
Person
Alex Lee
Response
accepted
Finding
check needs review

Sunday morning

Service_date
2026-10-04
Role
Music
Person
Hana Te Awa
Response
pending
Finding
awaiting response

Sunday morning

Service_date
2026-10-04
Role
Welcome
Person
null
Response
pending
Finding
unfilled

Ask it anything

Questions your church records can answer

These ten questions are answered by the free version today. Elvanto has reports of its own; the difference here is owning and changing the process.

chat_bubble Which Sunday roles are empty, declined or awaiting a response?
chat_bubble Which assigned children’s workers have a check that needs review?
chat_bubble Who has more than one assignment on the same date?
chat_bubble Which volunteers carry the most assignments over the next four weeks?
chat_bubble Which adults have no recent recorded attendance and overdue follow-up tasks?
chat_bubble Which newcomers have no home group yet?
chat_bubble Which care tasks are due, and who is responsible?
chat_bubble Which home groups have space, and who leads them?
chat_bubble How much giving is recorded for each fund and currency?
chat_bubble Which gifts lack the evidence needed to review a donation receipt?

Switching

How to switch from Elvanto

How long this takes depends less on the software and more on how much history you decide to bring across, since names and contacts move in one import but giving, groups, attendance and attachments need their own reviewed mapping first.

  1. 1

    Export your people from Elvanto

    Elvanto exports a Standard Report people CSV with Member ID, following Elvanto's own export instructions for your account type. Export what your account allows, usually CSV or Excel, and check the export screen or Elvanto support if your report options look different. This file is what the import reads, so keep the Member ID column and hold onto the original export as a backup.

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    Load the file in with a test run

    Load the export using the import's built-in test run before anything is saved. It reads the Member ID, brings across names and contact details, checks for duplicates against what is already in the database, and keeps every original column from your export for later reference. Nothing is written until you confirm the test run looks right.

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    Check what the import flags

    Look through what the test run reports back. Records that match an existing person exactly are skipped, records that appear changed are set aside for someone to review by hand, and a bad batch rolls back completely rather than loading half a file. Also check contact permission, which is never assumed, and review child classification and status before relying on any record.

  4. 4

    Run both systems side by side

    For a short period, keep Elvanto running as it is while the new database takes over day to day entry. Enter the same week's rosters, attendance and giving in both places and compare the results. This is where you catch a mapping gap, such as a home group or fund that didn't come across, before you rely on the new records alone.

  5. 5

    Switch off Elvanto

    Once a full cycle has run clean in both systems and you're confident nothing is missing, cancel the Elvanto subscription. Keep your original export and a database backup rather than relying on Elvanto's records once the account closes. Giving, relationships, attendance history and attachments that needed separate reviewed mapping should already be checked off before this step.

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Where the real effort goes

The real work isn't the import, it's mapping your church's own fields and rules and deciding how much history to bring across. Giving, relationships, attendance and attachments need separate reviewed mappings, since the free import only carries names and contact details automatically. Enterprise DNA scopes and builds that mapping for you when they run the switch.

Not ready for a call?

Get your Elvanto switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Elvanto, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

One email with your plan. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.

Three ways to own it

Choose who builds and operates your version

Open source

Do it yourself

Free source

  1. 1 Clone the repo, run npm install and npm run demo
  2. 2 Open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Review the Sunday roster, safeguarding findings and example paperwork
  4. 4 Export your Elvanto people report, preview the import and reconcile the records
Get it on GitHub

Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer for agreed ongoing work

  • check Your roles, care routines, fields and document wording
  • check Your Elvanto exports mapped, with the agreed history brought across
  • check A volunteer phone workflow or web front end when your church needs it
  • check A different technology choice and connections scoped around your team
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a monthly retainer

  • check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
  • check Access, backups and retained evidence managed to the agreed scope
  • check Your coordinator supported through the agreed switch
  • check Ongoing changes as your congregation and office routines change
Book a discovery call

Questions

Instead of Elvanto, answered

Will this cost less than Elvanto? expand_more

Not necessarily. Elvanto starts at A$19 a month for 50 active adults on monthly billing and includes its features. Free source still needs hosting, maintenance and an operator. Compare those costs with your actual subscription and the value of a process you can change.

What actually comes across from Elvanto? expand_more

The free people import brings names and contact details across using the member identifier. It retains other exported values for review, checks duplicates and offers a test run. Giving, household links, groups, attendance history and attachments need separate reviewed mappings. Enterprise DNA scopes that migration with you before the switch.

Can volunteers keep using phones and accepting roster requests? expand_more

We can build a volunteer phone workflow and the access rules your church needs into your version. We agree how requests, responses and attendance are collected, and test that process with your coordinator before changing the existing routine.

Does it certify child safety or issue tax receipts? expand_more

It checks entered evidence and prepares draft paperwork. Your safeguarding lead confirms which rules apply and verifies the original checks. Your finance reviewer confirms gift eligibility and completes official receipts. The free version does not contact regulators, certify a worker or sign a receipt.

Who can see pastoral, children and giving records? expand_more

The free version is an authorised office tool. Anyone given direct database access can read its records. For a wider team, we scope restricted access, retention and backups before shared use. No member directory is made public by the free version.

Build around the way your church runs

Spend 30 minutes with Sam. Bring your Elvanto bill, a typical Sunday roster and the office tasks that keep coming back. We agree what your version needs, what records must move and who will run it.

Book a discovery call Get the free version

Church for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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