Moving from Breeze.
Breeze and Trellis both run month to month, so there’s no contract to wait out. Run them side by side until everyone has moved over, then cancel.
What changes, and what doesn’t.
Breeze is one flat price for everything. Trellis is priced by the part, so you pay for what you turn on.
- Pay for the parts you useBy partnot one flat price
- Groups free for a small church
- Turn a part off and stop paying for it
- Silas and Lighthouse AIAIthat suggests, and a person decides
- Silas drafts roll and notes from a leader’s few lines
- Lighthouse AI forecasts Sundays and suggests series
- What Breeze has that Trellis doesn’t yetNot yetin Trellis
- Text messages
- A church app in the app stores, through Tithely
Get your records out.
Breeze downloads Excel files. Open each one and save it as CSV, which is what Trellis reads. Menu names can differ by account; if a step isn’t where we say, search Breeze’s help for its name.
- People
On the People tab, Select All, then Export, then Excel, then Download. You need the People export permission to see Export. Breeze’s steps
- Groups
If you use tags for groups, show the people with one tag on the People tab, then export them the same way. Do that for each tag you want as a group in Trellis. Breeze’s steps
- Contributions
The same Export page, with Contributions picked. If it takes more than a couple of minutes, export from Giving one year at a time. Breeze’s steps
Events, attendance and notes don’t come into Trellis (Lighthouse AI can import past Sunday counts), so export what you want to keep for your own records before you cancel.
Bring it into Trellis.
- People, with Add many
Upload the people file, check how its columns are matched to names, emails, phones, addresses and families, and look over the preview. Anyone whose email is already in Trellis isn’t added twice. Add your people
- Groups, a tag at a time
Create each group, then import the people with that tag, with the group picked under Put everyone in a group. Anyone already in Trellis joins the group too. Add your people
- Gifts, with Import
Upload the contributions file. Givers are matched by email, then by name, and funds by name. Gifts already in Trellis are skipped, so nothing is counted twice on year-end statements. Gifts and funds
- Recurring gifts, set up again
Trellis doesn’t bring card or bank details across, so givers set theirs up again on your church’s giving page. Send them the link, and keep Breeze giving on until they have. Recurring gifts
Side by side.
| Tool | Pricing | Contract | Free to start | Texting | Church app | When you leave |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeze | $72 a month, flatworship tools $29 a month more | Nonecancel any time | 30-day trial | Yes250 a month, then $10 per 500 | With Tithelyin a $119 a month bundle | An Excel file for each kind of record |
| Trellis | Published, by part | Nonemonthly, or a year paid ahead | Groups freeFree up to 25 people in groups; the other parts start with 30 days free | Not yetemail only | Noworks in the phone’s browser | One downloadevery record and file in one ZIP, any time |
Breeze’s side is from its pricing page and help center, read November 8, 2026. Giving fees next to other tools
What each part costs.
Turn on only what you use. Priced per church, not per seat, and free for 30 days with no card on your first plan. Pay for a year up front and it costs the same as 10 months.
- GroupsAttendance, events and follow-up for every group.Free up to 25 people in groups
- ServingVolunteer teams, schedules and Sunday’s open seats.$49 a month
- Worship planningThe whole service on one timeline, every team’s part.$69 a month with Serving
- CommunicationsEmail in your church’s name, to lists that update as People changes.$29 a month
- GivingOnline and recurring gifts, funds and year-end statements to print.$39 a month
- RegistrationSign-up pages for VBS, retreats and events that stop at the number you set.$29 a month
- Check-inKids checked in, tagged, and handed back to the adult with the matching stub.$39 a month
- Lighthouse AIAI that pays attention.Included with Trellis
Straight answers.
If yours isn’t here, write to us. We answer our own email.
Can we try Trellis with our own people first?
Yes. Import your people into a new church on Trellis and keep Breeze running. Importing your people doesn’t email them. Or open the demo church first, with a week already in it.
Will it cost more than Breeze?
It depends on the parts you use. Add up the ones you’d turn on in What each part costs, above, or see every price on Pricing.
We have more than one campus
Trellis keeps them as one church, with one set of people, one team and one bill, and each campus can see its own. More than one campus
Can someone help us move?
Write to support@trellischurch.app with what you’re moving, and we’ll help you plan it.