Choosing between Amplify Giving and Breeze means finding the right fit for your church’s generosity goals. Compare giving channels, security, reporting, pricing, and ongoing support, and see how Amplify Giving — Ministry Brands’ dedicated church giving software — supports ministry with multi-channel giving, DonorShield™ transaction protection, AI-powered Amplify Intelligence insights, and dedicated generosity coaching.
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Head to head
Church finance leaders typically evaluate giving platforms across four dimensions: giving channel breadth, security and reliability, reporting and reconciliation, and post-launch support. Amplify Giving and Breeze both serve churches, but they’re built around fundamentally different models.
Churches that want a purpose-built giving platform supported by a full-service partnership, including guided implementation, generosity coaching, AI-powered reporting, and native integration across church management, accounting, mobile app, and website tools within the same suite.
Churches looking for a flat-rate church management platform with giving tools built in. Breeze’s giving module supports online giving, text-to-give, mobile giving, kiosk giving, recurring giving, reporting, and tax statements. Transaction fees apply per donation, making it a straightforward option for churches that want bundled church management and giving in one system.
Amplify Giving includes anonymous giving, giving donors another way to contribute while maintaining privacy. Breeze does not list anonymous giving as a feature.
Amplify Giving includes DonorShield™ technology, which helps queue eligible transactions during qualifying third-party processor outages. Breeze processes payments through Stripe but does not publish equivalent outage-protection capabilities.
Ministry Brands Giving solutions are backed by measurable giving outcomes, including documented increases in payment volume, online donors, and recurring payments. Breeze positions giving as part of its broader church management platform.
Side by side
A side-by-side view of the giving capabilities churches evaluate most, from payment channels to outage protection and onboarding support.
| Capability | Amplify Giving | Breeze | Key Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online giving (cards, ACH) | Yes | Yes | Ministry Brands Giving solutions are backed by measurable giving outcomes across giving volume, online donor adoption, and recurring giving. |
| Recurring giving | Yes, with guided donor-import support for recurring gifts during implementation | Yes | Amplify Giving includes dedicated donor import support designed to help transfer recurring gift data with less disruption during a platform switch. |
| Text giving | Yes | Yes | Both platforms support text giving. Amplify Giving connects natively across the full Amplify suite; Breeze bundles text giving into its flat-rate subscription. |
| Digital wallets | Yes — Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo | Yes — Apple Pay and Google Pay | Amplify Giving supports a broader set of digital wallet options. |
| Kiosk giving | Yes — Kiosk by Ministry Brands | Yes — kiosk giving included in Breeze’s feature set | Both platforms support kiosk giving. |
| Anonymous giving | Yes | No | Amplify Giving includes a way for donors to give without sharing their identity. |
| Stock and crypto giving | Yes | No | Amplify Giving opens giving channels for donors with non-cash assets. |
| Reporting and tax statements | Automated reconciliation and on-demand reporting with Amplify Intelligence | Yes | Amplify Intelligence helps leaders ask questions about giving data in plain language and get faster answers, summaries, and visual insights from the Amplify dashboard. Breeze includes reporting and tax statement tools. |
| Transaction protection during outages | Yes — DonorShield™ helps queue eligible transactions during qualifying outages | Processes payments through Stripe; no equivalent outage-queuing capability is publicly listed | DonorShield™ helps queue eligible transactions during qualifying third-party processor outages and completes them when service resumes. Breeze processes payments through Stripe but does not publish equivalent outage-queuing capabilities. |
| Church management, accounting, mobile app, and website sync | Yes | Partial | Amplify Giving syncs across all four products. Breeze’s broader integration options depend on the Tithely products included in a church’s plan. |
| Onboarding and migration support | Yes — guided implementation, donor import support, generosity consultation team | Yes — self-directed setup with complimentary data import resources | Amplify Giving pairs migration with dedicated generosity coaching. Breeze’s migration is self-directed with documentation support. |
| Published pricing | Tailored quote based on configuration, usage, and giving-processing needs | Published flat-rate subscription model with giving tools included; transaction fees apply per donation | Compare total cost of ownership, including software, processing, implementation, support, reporting, and connected ministry tools. |
Comparison reflects publicly available positioning as of publication. Confirm current capabilities and pricing directly with each vendor.
Why Amplify Giving
When churches evaluate Amplify Giving vs. Breeze, a few specific, verified differentiators consistently drive the conversation.
Feature by feature
The differences that matter most show up in recurring giving, reporting, transaction protection, and donor payment options.
Amplify Giving includes guided donor-import support for recurring gifts during implementation, helping churches move recurring giving data with less disruption for staff and donors. Breeze supports recurring giving as part of its giving feature set within its church management platform, and provides migration documentation for churches moving from many prior platforms. Churches with active recurring donors should evaluate how gift continuity will be handled during a switch.
Amplify Giving includes automated bank reconciliation, on-demand reporting, and Amplify Intelligence, which helps leaders ask questions about giving data in plain language and get faster answers, summaries, and visual insights from the Amplify dashboard. Breeze includes reporting and tax statement tools as part of its giving feature set, and giving data syncs with member profiles for end-of-year tax statements.
Amplify Giving uses DonorShield™ technology to help queue eligible transactions during qualifying third-party processor outages and complete them once service resumes, backed by PCI-compliant payment processing. Breeze processes payments through Stripe and promotes secure digital donations on its website. It does not publish transaction queuing or outage-protection capabilities equivalent to DonorShield™.
Amplify Giving supports cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, stock giving, crypto giving, and anonymous giving, covering a broad range of donor preferences in one platform. Breeze supports online giving, text giving, mobile giving through Apple Pay and Google Pay, kiosk giving, recurring giving, and ACH bank transfers. Amplify Giving offers a broader set of giving channels.
Ease of use and implementation
Amplify Giving starts with hands-on service before software setup, giving churches guided support from the beginning. A dedicated generosity consultation team helps launch the platform, trains staff, and guides donor adoption strategy from day one. Breeze includes complimentary data import and self-directed migration documentation covering dozens of prior ChMS platforms through its Move-in Resources library, plus Breeze University training videos.
A dedicated team helps plan launch, staff training, and donor adoption strategy before the first gift is processed.
Donor import support is designed to help transfer recurring gift data with less disruption for staff and active donors.
Live phone and email support, a training library, and monthly product webinars keep your team moving after go-live.
Integrations and ecosystem
Amplify Giving syncs natively with Amplify church management, Amplify Accounting, Amplify Mobile App, and Amplify Website, all within the same suite, with no manual data exports required. It also integrates with Rock RMS through a bi-directional plug-in, allowing donors to give inside Rock RMS using Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, or Venmo with records staying synced across both platforms.
Donation records stay aligned with congregant and donor profiles.
Contribution data flows into fund accounting for reconciliation.
Giving connects to your branded digital experience.
Bi-directional sync keeps gift records consistent in both systems.
Plain-language questions return summaries and visual insights.
Breeze and Tithely
Breeze is now part of the Tithely platform. Breeze Giving syncs natively with Breeze ChMS, and churches on Tithely’s All-Access plan can access connected products including a church app and website builder.
Pricing and value
Amplify Giving and Breeze use different pricing models, so churches should compare more than the monthly software cost alone. Amplify Giving pricing is provided through a tailored quote based on the church’s configuration, giving volume, implementation needs, and selected Ministry Brands solutions. Breeze publishes a flat-rate subscription model with giving tools included and transaction fees applied per donation. The best-value option is the one that fits your church’s giving goals, staff capacity, reporting needs, and long-term ministry strategy — not simply the one with the lowest monthly starting point.
Ask each provider for an itemized view of the full cost to launch and operate the platform.
Who each fits
Every church’s situation is different. Request a demo from both providers and evaluate each platform against the same implementation, support, reporting, and total-cost questions.
Switching
Churches considering a move from Breeze typically have questions about three areas: data transfer, implementation, and post-launch support.
Breeze provides complimentary data import and publishes export instructions for dozens of prior church management platforms through its Move-in Resources library. Amplify Giving pairs data migration with dedicated donor import support designed to help transfer recurring gift data with less disruption for staff and active donors.
Breeze offers self-directed setup resources and complimentary data import support. Amplify Giving’s guided implementation is backed by a dedicated generosity consultation team from day one, giving churches more hands-on support through launch.
Breeze provides self-directed training through Breeze University, a Help Center, and a platform status page. Amplify Giving offers ongoing live support and a dedicated generosity consultation team post-launch, giving churches access to people who understand ministry-specific giving needs.
Customer proof
Glorious Light Church reported a 90% increase in donations after introducing online giving through Amplify Giving.
If you don’t have a great software, go ahead and determine to make the leap. Look for an organization that is going to serve you the way a church deserves to be served…and I think Ministry Brands does.
Ministry Brands’ solutions allowed us to have people give who have never given before. I don’t know that there’s a better place for small churches.
What I really like and appreciate is your customer service. We had some things we had to learn and understand, and the people who helped us with that were very patient and helpful in making that happen. We were able to get up and running quickly because of that.
I really appreciate how easy it is to use this software. From making online forms, sending out giving records, emails, and finding reports, it’s wonderful! Makes updating the website very easy, as well!
Answers
Amplify Giving is a dedicated church giving platform from Ministry Brands, built around multi-channel giving, generosity coaching, AI-powered insights, and DonorShield™ transaction protection. Breeze offers giving tools as part of its broader church management system, now under the Tithely platform, with a flat-rate pricing model and a focus on simplicity for non-technical church staff.
Yes. Amplify Giving offers anonymous giving, giving donors a way to contribute without disclosing their identity while helping churches maintain financial accountability. Breeze does not list anonymous giving as a feature.
Amplify Giving’s DonorShield™ technology helps queue eligible transactions during qualifying third-party processor outages and completes them once service resumes, helping reduce disruption during high-traffic giving periods like a Sunday service or year-end campaign. Breeze processes payments through Stripe but does not publish equivalent outage-queuing capabilities.
Amplify Giving includes guided implementation and dedicated donor import support designed to transfer recurring gift data with less disruption for staff and active donors. A generosity consultation team trains staff and guides adoption strategy from day one. Request a demo to discuss your church’s specific migration timeline and needs.
Breeze publishes a flat-rate subscription model with transaction fees applied per donation. Amplify Giving pricing is provided through a tailored Ministry Brands quote based on configuration, usage, implementation needs, and processing requirements. To compare fairly, ask for an itemized view that includes software, payment processing, migration, training, support, integrations, and any additional tools needed to support giving and ministry operations.
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