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How to Budget for a Church AI Assistant

Budget $99, $249, or $500 a month by weekend attendance. No setup fees, 30-day free trial. Put AskMyChurch on the communications line, next to the website.

Budget $99, $249, or $500 a month depending on your weekend attendance — that is the entire cost of AskMyChurch, with a 30-day free trial before you pay anything, a money-back guarantee, and no setup or per-question fees. The natural budget line is communications, right next to the website, because that is the job it does: answering the questions people already bring to your website.

Which budget line it goes on

There are two honest answers, and both work.

Communications. AskMyChurch answers from your church's own website and sermons — service times, kids check-in, what you believe, where to park. If the website budget lives under communications, this belongs beside it. It is the front door of your church, always open.

Office/admin. Some treasurers put it here instead, because the practical effect is fewer repeated phone calls and emails landing on the office. If your admin answers "what time is the Christmas Eve service" forty times every December, this is the line that feels the relief.

Pick whichever line your finance team already understands. The amount is small enough that the conversation is usually about the name of the line item, not the money.

The three tiers, by weekend attendance

Pricing follows attendance, not a feature list:

TierWeekend attendancePrice
BaseUnder 500$99/month
Growth500–2,000$249/month
Premium2,000+ or multi-campus$500/month

Every tier gets the same product: answers drawn only from your church's website and sermons (it never invents an answer), sermon citations that link to the exact minute of the message, English and Spanish, and a handoff to a real person when a question needs one. Crisis routing is hard-coded — anyone who mentions self-harm sees 988 and the Crisis Text Line, in English and Spanish, before any AI response. The tiers exist because a 3,000-person multi-campus church has more traffic and more content to keep current, not because features are held back at the lower prices.

Total cost, spelled out

The monthly price is the whole bill. To be specific about what is not on the invoice:

The first 30 days are free, so the first budget cycle it touches is the one after you have already watched it answer real questions from your congregation. If it does not earn its line, there is a money-back guarantee behind that.

For comparison inside your own budget: $99 a month is about what many churches pay for one or two pieces of software the congregation never sees. This one is the thing a first-time visitor talks to at 11pm on a Saturday.

How to bring it to the finance team

Keep it to three sentences: it is a flat monthly amount tied to our attendance size, the first 30 days are free, and we can cancel anytime. That covers the three questions a treasurer will actually ask — how much, what if it does not work, and how do we get out.

If you want a fourth sentence, use the trial as the plan: run it free for a month, save the questions it answers, and bring the transcript to the next meeting. A treasurer deciding between a printed list of real answered questions and a $99 line item is a short conversation for a Base-tier church.

See it before you budget for it

In several metros, working previews are already built and waiting for churches to claim them — Atlanta has 84, Nashville 79, Charlotte 63, Columbia 60, Charleston 53, and Knoxville 38. Those are not customers; they are previews built from public information, sitting ready so you can watch it answer questions about your actual church before the trial even starts.

Start at askmy.church. See it answer, then take the number to the budget meeting.

Frequently asked

How much does a church AI assistant cost per month?

AskMyChurch costs $99 a month for churches under 500 in weekend attendance, $249 for 500–2,000, and $500 for 2,000+ or multi-campus. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial and you can cancel anytime.

Which budget line should a church AI assistant go under?

The communications line is the natural fit for AskMyChurch, next to the website, since it answers questions from the church's own site and sermons. Some treasurers use the office/admin line instead, because it cuts repeated calls and emails to the office — either works.

Are there setup fees or hidden costs with AskMyChurch?

No. The monthly price — $99, $249, or $500 by weekend attendance — is the whole bill, with no setup, training, or per-question fees, a 30-day free trial, and a money-back guarantee.

What does the AskMyChurch price include?

Every tier includes answers drawn only from your church's website and sermons, sermon citations linked to the exact minute, English and Spanish, hard-coded crisis routing to 988 and the Crisis Text Line before any AI response, and a handoff to a real person. It never invents an answer.

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Updated 2026-06-26 · AskMyChurch by Vision Genesis · Knoxville, TN

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