“Can a church management SaaS become the operating system for congregations while Tithe.ly monetizes the payment flow underneath?”
Elvanto is a cloud-based church management software (ChMS) now operating as 'a Tithe.ly company' per its site footer. Its embedded finance surface centers on event payments and church donations, using Tithe.ly's payment gateway alongside Stripe and PayPal as alternatives. The Tithe.ly relationship is the defining financial rail — Elvanto is the CRM/admin layer, Tithe.ly is the payments and giving engine.