Church Online Platform is a free page around someone else’s video.
It is free. That includes chat, prayer, calls to action, a custom domain, and support. It does not host the video. You embed a stream from YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, or another provider.
Their site says you can set up the first service in less than five minutes, and that chat can be translated into more than 60 languages. They do not describe live captions or translation of the sermon itself. Giving is a call to action to your own giving page.
Flockwell is not free. Seed is $69 a month for 8 hours and live transcription. Chat, giving, and translation languages start on higher plans.
Comparison
| Church Online Platform | Flockwell | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free, including chat, prayer, and calls to action. The video host is a separate service | Seed $69/month. There is no free plan |
| Video | They do not host the video. You embed YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, or another provider | Flockwell hosts the live stream |
| Live captions of the sermon | Not in Church Online Platform. Depends on the video host | Live transcription on every plan |
| Translation | Chat can be translated into 60+ languages. Sermon translation is not described | 1, 2, or 5 live sermon languages by plan. Not on Seed |
| Chat and prayer | Yes, included | Chat is on Sprout and above. Not on Seed |
| Giving | A call to action to your own giving page. Not a built-in giving product | Built in on Sprout and above. Not on Seed |
| Support | Customer support is included | Flockwell support |
Pricing estimate
This example stays on Flockwell Seed: $69, 8 hours, live transcription. Translation languages and giving are not on Seed. None of these other services publish a per-viewer price, so there is no viewer slider. “+ external service” means their public pages do not include that in the video itself.
Platform is free. The video host is separate
$0 / mo
- + external service — Live transcription
- + external service — Live translation
- + external service — In-room captions on a phone
Flockwell Seed
$69 / mo
8 hours/month — no per-viewer fee
- Live transcription — included
- Live translation — not on Seed. Sprout has 1 language, Harvest 2, Kingdom 5
- In-room captions on a phone — included
Flockwell stays on Seed in this example: 8 hours and live transcription, no per-viewer fee. Subsplash does not publish a platform price. Church Online Platform is free and does not host the video. “+ external service” means that feature is not described for their video.
Bottom line: Church Online Platform is the right free tool when you already have a video host and you want chat and prayer around it. Flockwell is the host, with live transcription on every plan.