Ekklesia 360 Reviews

We were assigned team members who walked us through every step of building out our new website. Then once the site was built, additional assistance was made available via phone call or web access. Agents are quick to respond and very helpful. We also love all the services that are available to us through the use of the product, such as event registration, form builders, calendars, integration with other software platforms, interactive calendars, blogs, and so much more!

There was a bit of a learning curve (at first) in figuring out how to build out pages, but for someone who has never built a website, it was fairly easy to work with. There is also an extensive "help" guide to walk you through every aspect of building out and maintaining your web pages and elements--but you have to be patient and willing to read through (a lot) of information. Some elements are also not as easy to identify in the back end interface.

If you want a unique, quality site that is flexible in management--go with Ekklesia 360!

We have a cleaner and more streamlined website. Key items, links, pages, info are so much easier to find and navigate. We also are able to provide every aspect of our ministry & groups with their own corner of the internet by assigning them their own pages on the overall site. We are also able to provide cleaner, clear forms for registrations, purchases, and events. Our congregants really enjoy the look and feel of the site and how easy it is to navigate. It is easy to keep content fresh and up to date, which is also a place for all who visit the site.

It is incredibly easy to store sermons here. The free service allows for up to a year of sermons to be stored, and gives you an RSS feed as well.

I wish this would give us an easy way to set up an iTunes podcast as well. It doesn't as far as I can tell. It also doesn't integrate as well as other softwares, but hey, it's free!

Keep your sermon list clean, clearing out any old ones you don't need, and you can stay free almost perpetually.

Sermon uploading and distribution.

The layout of the software. Everything is compartmentalized so that you can find what you need. Learning it can be confusing, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier.

Trying to figure out what goes under each category. I was trying to put staff pictures up, and it took quite a few steps to do it. Even after doing it a couple of times, I was still confused about the steps.

I am able to set up what I need on my website, any visuals, and registrations; I can also have it come down automatically once an event is over if I forget. The benefits are in place; it's easy for people visiting the site to do what they need to do. It's very clear and does not confuse anyone. Making payments through the site is simple and safe.

Customer service is always super helpful and willing to work out solutions quickly and efficiently.

Certain features are not easily customizable. (Ex. office directory, alert messages, blog author bios, etc.) It is not a drag-and-drop editor or block editor like Wordpress or Wix; more coding (or purchasing) is involved for more complex layouts. Sometimes it is hard to see what a final draft will actually look like from the content editor.

Having a CMS is necessary for our institution to manage its website!

This system is perfect for a team that wants customizations but doesn't have a full time developer on staff. You can lock down certain portions or templates so that's is difficult to break if you're not up to writing code. It's also very customizable. Sky's the limit on your design. Price ranges for most budgets.

It's clunky. Like reminds you of your old myspace on the backend. You'll need to walk through several steps that might not apply to your website when entering in content because while modules can be hidden, pieces within a module cannot. If you don't care how the backend looks or the UIUX, then you'll get over it - it's relatively easy to learn.

Get a quote upfront and then make sure to add about 20% of your initial build out for updates each year. This will keep your website looking fresh without having to do a full redesign every other year. If you're considering a templated solution instead of custom, ALWAYS ask for a price reduction. They'll sell their themes a little cheaper if it means getting a new client!

We have some huge media requirements that other systems just couldn't handle. Custom feeds, three types of video per resources, parallaxing pull quotes - you name it. It was very difficult to build on anything else and still have the ability to search between media items to show related content (like what Amazon does). It's also allowed us to have the multi-campus structure we needed.

Easy to use for basic updating by all employees.

The refreshes/template changes never seem to work the way they were promised.

Allows basic users to do their own updates.

The server is stable and connection is fast.

Support is only on weekdays and not 24hours, emergency number doesn't serve any purpose other than recording cases. Poor internal communication.

This is a good platform if you are from United State, however, we are not. The support is limited to weekdays and normal working hours, not 24/7 even if your website is down, it has a 24hours emergency number however its only purpose is to record your case and not resolve it. If you are running a mission critic service, this is not a platform for you. Thou we are a church, however, our most critical usage is during the weekend but that's when they are off as well. We are leaving the platform.

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