Rock RMS Erfahrungen

RockRMS is the easiest to use, implement, and train on software I have ever used, period!

Kommentare: More people are using our Church Management System than ever. Ministry staff interact with it, and the data helps them to build relationships with people.
Event Registration is enabling us to streamline the process of people signing up and not losing that data in the process
Groups as a central tool (instead of just small groups) gives our teams a common tool that provides clear understanding or what smaller groupings of people look like.
eRA is a revolutionary tool for our team. We've never had this level of insight into who is connected to our church
We haven't even fully integrated our giving processes, and we're anxious to leverage Rock's abilities there, as it's WAY easier.

Vorteile:

The most valuable things about Rock to me: 1. Rock is open AND extensible. We no longer have to compromise on the way we manage our ministry. The software can be configured to work with the way our ministry teams need. 2. Rock's community... I'm continually thankful for Rock's community. From Core developers working with and solicting the community on how to make the next version better, to the level of support we get from other churches, it's all top-notch. We previously paid thousands of dollars per year for a lesser product with less support 3. RockRMS' "Shop" has given us access to tools and ways to accomplish the 'fringe' needs that pop up in a supported way. We can say 'yes' to the "Is it possible" question instead of "not with our software" 4. RockRMS has documentation and real-world examples that work for someone on the administrative/management end, such as myself. However, the documentation and examples are also approachable for my ministry and volunteer staff

Nachteile:

The biggest hurdle that I (and my org) had to work to overcome was taking a more involved and invested approach to integrating and using the software in our ministry areas.

RockRMS

Kommentare: We have been able to automate some of our processes (i.e. either through the data-automation jobs, connection requests, or workflows), which saves us time and allows us to invest that time into our congregation or other areas of ministry. We have been able to do a greater level of personalization through our communications (email and print). For communications we are able to add conditions to show or hide text based on the person's attributes or details. For example, we email quarterly giving notifications letting the giver know they can access their up-to-date giving statement online. In the email we check if they have a login and if they do we present them with a link to the giving history page, however, if they don't have a login we present different text in the email detailing where they can create an account and then how they can access their giving history--you could also send them a personalized link that automatically has them logged in for a specified period of time or only logged in for that specific page and no other without requiring a full login.

Vorteile:

There are many things to love about RockRMS but the customization and flexibility of its core features and plugins, and its active community are by far the best. The core developers for RockRMS are constantly improving and adding new features, many of which you may not see in other church management systems. Rock has many tools that enable customization and uniqueness for the church and its various ministries (e.g. workflows that can be used for simple registrations, feedback forms, surveys, submission requests, automated communication responses, etc.). The two biggest areas of customization for our church are email communication templates and check-in. We are able to make the communication as personalized as we want (pulling details from their registration, groups, or person record). We also do a lot of custom check-in tags for different events (daily designs for KNL/VBS, notification labels about Promotion Sunday, adding group attributes for table assignments when checking in for an event or dinner, etc.). RockRMS doesn't have a typical support team like other church management systems. If you do need support, the RockRMS Core Team and the Community are very active in both the Q&A forums and online chat channels. This provides the benefit of seeing how other churches and ministries set up and use Rock. RockRMS also has a number of Partners who can also help set up and troubleshoot issues, or even do custom development for your instance of Rock.

Nachteile:

I don't really have any cons with RockRMS but what I have seen for the staff-user side of it, it can seem a little daunting or too technical--especially when transitioning from another church management system. The key to overcome this is training; this can be staff training, directing the users to read the documentation, or watching the training videos provided by RockRMS.

ROCK your Church

Kommentare: I've enjoyed the community and the platform. It is very easy jump on board and so many people are willing to go out of their way to help.

Vorteile:

It's versatility and personal touch allows for ministry to feel one-on-one.

Nachteile:

Not necessarily with Rock, but more so with the changes that our instance had prior to my joining our team has made it so there is a lot of cleanup that has to be done due to changes to core and other clutter throughout our instance.

Too complicated to use unless you have a programming team

Kommentare: This would work really well at a church with a large IT team, or group of people who can program.

Vorteile:

The best features are probably how customizable it is. We were able to build groups, a database, forms, registration, etc., all in one platform.

Nachteile:

It required so much development and was not plug-and-play. This may suit larger churches, however, with only one IT person on staff, our development process of the platform was rather slow. We needed more robust registration and application systems, calendar and scheduling tools, and a room reservation system and it was going to take us months to develop.

Best decision we have made!

Vorteile:

The ability to receive both core updates from the development team of Rock RMS, as well as customise Rock RMS using the built in features, plus perform custom development ourselves if necessary.Child Check-in was improved dramatically for us!The community is amazing as well, with forums, ideas, chats, and recipes on how to set new features up using Rocks customisation features.

Nachteile:

It takes a bit of extra work to set it up for countries outside of the USA.

Fantastic Tool!

Vorteile:

I love how easy it is to use. Also the community is the best I've ever seen. Even if something isn't easy the community will be right there by your side to help with anything you need.

Nachteile:

Nothing at this time. It has honestly just been a fantastic resource.

Amazing Community Centric System

Vorteile:

I love the community behind Rock. You are never alone. There is always someone in the community willing to step up and help at any moment.

Nachteile:

There is nothing that I do not like. RockRMS is not perfect but you can customize it based on your needs.

Leave expensive ChMS systems

Vorteile:

Have you ever thought it was weird that a private hedge-fund bought both Fellowship One and Shelby and created a quiet monopoly in the ChMS market? Rock is the free, open-source rebellion against monopoly higher prices and lower service for church software. With Rock you have a church database system that allows you to automate ministry workflows and view ministry reports. Want to see "Show me everyone who's attended twice, who's not in a small group, who lives within 2 miles of an open small group". And then you can put that into a list to send an email to them, or make a list for a pastor to call. The best part of Rock is how easy it is to get help and support in the community slack chat. Rock users hang out there all day and answer each other's questions.

Nachteile:

You install Rock on your own server. 1-click, handled-for-you hosting has not arrived yet (2018-10-18). (But it may have by the time you read this) Going from "I'm interested" to "we are setup and running" is the hardest part. You'll probably need a tech-savvy person at your church OR work with a Rock Partner (professional consultants). One common path is take advantage of Microsoft's $3,000 non-profit credits to host on their Azure cloud hosting. So if between saving the money you'd spend on your current ChMS and having effectively free hosting on Azure, there's a big incentive/budget to get yourself over the "we are now setup" hurdle.

Fully featured, incredibly customizable, and a pleasure to work on

Kommentare: I have heard from many of the church staff from different ministries that they genuinely enjoy using Rock, and it saved us from using multiple different systems with separate, redundant databases of our congregants. Everyone's jobs are made easier with Rock. The community is incredible and the core development team works closely with us to make sure that any changes we're making are the best they can be for us and for the community. It's an absolute pleasure working with Rock.

Vorteile:

Although I am a developer that has made many customizations to the software, I am consistently impressed with how well-designed all of the features are, and how many of them there are. A church could do incredible things with this software without employing a developer. But when we do choose to customize or build new features, Rock makes this process incredibly easy compared to other systems I have worked on. New versions are released all the time with a plethora of new features. Just when you think Rock couldn't possibly do any more for your church, they announce a new version with things you never knew you wanted but now must have!

Nachteile:

Anything I could mention here would be nitpicking.

Rock - CMS

Kommentare: Excellent software and excellent service

Vorteile:

Extremely easy to navigate. Works excellent with MyWell. I love the donor bin data.

Nachteile:

Would like to be able to not only register for an event, but also make payments.

Rock RMS well... Rocks!

Kommentare: We absolutely love Rock RMS, it's helped us scale from up to 20 locations and we can manage a lot through the interface.

Vorteile:

The thing we link most of all is that it included all the features we were trying to use with multiple different platforms and the ability to customize and automate using workflows.

Nachteile:

The cons are that if you really want to dig in a customize. You have to be willing to dive in a little deeper that the surface level. You should start to make workflows and learn LAVA and SQL to be able to pull in information from your church database.

Great package but...

Vorteile:

There is so much that Rock can do. We loved the fact that everything is completely open source and customizable. There is little that Rock cannot do.

Nachteile:

We are a small church and have realized over a long period of time that you almost have to have a full time person or team that is solely responsible to rollout Rock and maintain it. I know that it spectacular for larger churches with large staff but was far too much for a medium sized church to implement.

Rock can do it all

Kommentare: We have been very pleased with Rock's capabilities. What comes in the "out-of-the-box", core features has been so much for us to explore and implement, while also having the ability to grow in almost any way through all the open ended features if you have a capable developer to bring larger churches to the next level. As a medium sized church we have found that with a little work we can have Rock doing so much for us that we weren't able to do with a pervious database. With no developer on staff, I have still been able to learn some basic things that have helped us go beyond the core features and tailor-make Rock do things specific to our needs.

Vorteile:

Adaptability, the community of support, the core features, the cost.

Nachteile:

Finding a good external hosting company, wanting to do more beyond core features but needing increasing skills in IT and Development that we currently do not have.

Changed the game for us

Vorteile:

Implementing the Rock RMS system was the biggest thing that we did to be able to better understand - and structure - our church data. It is user friendly for ministry leaders, yet powerful enough to build strong analytics from it. The open source model creates a network of partners that can help you out if you don't have a large IT team.

Nachteile:

There is still a learning curve with Rock, and probably a few too many data fields (that can cause confusion at times).

Rock enables Ministry

Kommentare: We have been using Rock for about a year, and have already started to allow our church staff to focus more on ministry and less on administration to allow us as a staff to focus on the people and not on the event/administration.

Vorteile:

Flexible and Powerful, but also easy to use with great documentation and a great community of support

Nachteile:

We have yet to find any problems with this system. The community is there to support and work with you whether you are a church of 50 or a church of 30,000

Rock Rocks Data and Event Management

Kommentare: We have been using Rock for over a year and are very happy with the change from our previous management software.

Vorteile:

Rock is so user friendly and intuitive. I use Rock daily for data capture and retrieval and event set-up.

Nachteile:

I have not found anything that I dislike about the software at this point. I have had no difficulties in finding solutions to my needs.

WOW! Great Potential!

Kommentare: I recently walked through the implementation of Rock RMS at a church I was working for. The software functionality is incredible and sports the latest in developmental advancements and functionality from Content Management to Customization. I don't think I have seen a more powerful resource management system (especially that is open source). The collaboration and creation of this software has been miraculous. I attended the Rock RMS conference in Phoenix about one year ago and could see that so many brilliant people were pouring their heart and soul into developing, testing, and refining this software. While it may always be in development, the team behind the software is great and the software itself offers capabilities well beyond other systems. While the implementation and setup may require some special skills (as well as the customization), there is support to help from a willing and intelligent community, which is the backbone of any great software.

Vorteile:

This product can be tailored to handle anything.

Nachteile:

May be difficult to initially customize.

Great RMS system

Kommentare: We have been using this system for over a year, and the customization you can do is immeasurable.

Vorteile:

This system is easy to use out of the box, but also has many areas for customization.

Nachteile:

There is not a customer support area, but there is a huge community of users that can be utilized.

The RockRMS, Becoming the Standard

Vorteile:

The Rock RMS is a church management software that we recently began transitioning to from another leading provider. Our big attractions to The Rock were based in it's cost-effectiveness (it's an open sourced platform) and it's power. With knowledgeable programmers, it can be integrated to perform nearly anything your team can think of. It can also integrate with Planning Center Online. In addition, there are many options out there for help getting started with RockRMS if you are lacking the expertise within your local church.

Nachteile:

The length of time it takes to transition from our current church management platform to The Rock. It's understandable why it takes so long but it should be noted that it isn't a quick transition.

Game Changer

Vorteile:

It can be entirely customized to your church's needs. This means you can build the system to fit the ministry, as opposed to having to alter your ministry based on the limitations of the Church Management Software.

Nachteile:

A bit of a learning curve for an average joe, but there are great resources available and a very helpful community.

Engagement Director

Vorteile:

It's customization makes it so adaptable

Nachteile:

communications module is a little clunky, but I know there is some improvements in the works.

RockRMS is ROCK SOLID

Kommentare: Extremely well-documented software, very high quality, we've encountered very few bugs and glitches.

Vorteile:

Everything is highly customizable. The content channels allow you to maximum flexibility to present all types of information whether blogs, video, or documents.

Nachteile:

I'm a fan, no negatives for me.

My Well Ministry

Vorteile:

They allow a church to choose whatever backend processor they want to choose without profiting on the tithes and donations to the church. They let churches choose My Well Ministry.

Nachteile:

There is nothing from from our standpoint that we don't like about Rock RMS.

Years of Experience Applied to Open Source Church Management

Kommentare: Pro: Open source. Strong community. Community driven development. Excellent documentation. Con: As of 2015 it's still early version, but growing stronger each release. Rock RMS is a collaborative effort of several churches and developers who know exactly what church software should do - or be flexible enough to handle. In addition, Rock is a very powerful Website Content Management System (CMS). No more needs for a separate staff mobile app. Rock uses Twitter's Bootstrap as it's visual framework which means everything you can do on your desktop scales beautifully down to tablet or phone. In addition, that means anything your congregation needs to do (online giving, prayer request submission, etc.) works perfectly from their mobile device as well. If you want a church app for your congregation, Rock can be the brains for it. One of the founding churches has put their source code on GitHub for anyone to use.

Rock full service

Kommentare: Improved communication with our members and much more...

Vorteile:

It is easily accessible. You can keep track of team members. We can control the amount of information that other people can see. You can access from your phone or computer.

Nachteile:

It takes time to configure. Of the rest there is nothing of which I can complain. It covers all our needs