Nave vs Flocknote
More than messaging — a Flocknote alternative that runs the whole parish.
Flocknote is parish email and texting. Nave includes multilingual email and SMS too — but as part of a complete platform: website, giving, sacraments, ministries, and a role-gated back office.
Flocknote. A Catholic communication tool — email and text organized into 'flocks', free under 40 members — that has since added light member management and free online giving (its $75/mo 'Complete' tier). Employee-owned (ESOP) with deep parish adoption. Still not a parishioner website, with no sacramental records and no automatic per-member translation.
| Capability | Nave | Flocknote |
|---|---|---|
| Email + text to parishioners | ✓ email live, SMS rolling out | ✓ core |
| Messages in each member's language | ✓ EN/ES/TL + more | ✗ |
| Full parishioner website | ✓ | ✗ |
| Online giving | ~ offertory live | ✓ |
| Sacraments + records of record | ✓ | ✗ |
| Events, RSVP & calendar | ✓ | ~ limited |
| Safe-environment lifecycle | ✓ | ✗ |
| One platform vs a point tool | ✓ all-in | ~ comms + light ChMS |
✓ ships · ~ partial / gated / rolling out · ✗ not offered. Verified against vendor materials and third-party reviews.
Why parishes choose Nave over Flocknote.
Not one tool — the whole parish
Flocknote handles messages; Nave handles messages plus the website, giving, sacraments, census, and the staff back office — so you stop stitching tools together.
Reach everyone in their language
Every reminder and alert goes out in each member's chosen language — email and SMS — co-equal in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and more.
A home, not just an inbox
Mass times, events, ministries, prayer, and giving live on a real parish site — the front door, not just an outbound blast.
Sacraments & safe environment
Registers of record, certificates, and VIRTUS-style certification — the things a communication tool was never built to hold.
Switching is easy
Keep texting your parish the way you do today — Nave imports your contacts and groups, and adds the website, giving, and records around it.
Questions, answered.
Is Nave a Flocknote alternative?
Yes — but broader. Flocknote is primarily parish email and texting. Nave includes multilingual email and SMS as one part of a complete platform that also runs your website, giving, sacraments, and staff back office.
Does Nave do texting like Flocknote?
Yes — email is live, and SMS is built and pending standard U.S. carrier (A2P) registration. Reminders and alerts go out in each member's own language, gated by their opt-in.
Can we keep our Flocknote groups and contacts?
Yes — Nave imports your contacts and groups as part of onboarding, so you keep messaging your parish while gaining the rest of the platform.
Why move from a free tool to Nave?
Because a communication tool can't be your website, your giving, your sacramental records, or your safe-environment system. Nave is the whole parish in one place — multilingual, and parish-sized in price.
See the full field in our parish software comparison.
Sources
- Flocknote — pricing (free < 40 members; Complete $75/mo)
- Flocknote Complete — member database + free giving
- Flocknote — no auto-translation (use a bilingual admin)
- Flocknote — mission & employee ownership (ESOP)
eCatholic, Pushpay, ParishStaq, ParishSOFT, Flocknote, LPi (4LPi), and myParish are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification and comparison only. Nave is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them. Capabilities and pricing are drawn from public vendor materials and third-party reviews as of the dates cited and can change; verify current details with each vendor.
See the difference on your own parish.
We'll stand up a live demo on your schedule, ministries, and languages — and migrate what you already have.