Church Management Software by Helpmate Technology

Church Helpmate Version Comparison (versions 2006, 2008, and 2010)
NOTE: This table represents only "highlights". With each full version upgrade of Church Helpmate, several dozen enhancements were introduced.
NOTE: For a comparison table that also includes the 2002 and 2004 versions of Church Helpmate, click here

Product Version	2010	2008	2006

Version release month & year	Dec 2009	Jan 2008	Nov 2005
Detailed information
New Built-in SMTP Email System with HTML Formatting Capability A complete SMTP email processing system makes contacting your people by email easy and simple - without having to rely on other email programs or 3rd party email services. Now you can design & build colorful, attention-grabbing emails with full HTML formatting tools and options (instead of being limited to boring "plain text" emails!). Great for emailing newsletters, announcements, and letters.
Check Reader Interface Checks can be entered into the system via a check reader (scanner) to greatly reduce contribution data entry time and ensure accuracy.
Attendance Entry by Barcode Scanner Entry of attendance data can be done via a barcode scanner - significantly reducing attendance data entry time.
"Quick Search" "Quick Search" tool provides a quick and convenient method for locating Households, Individuals, and Contacts based on specific criteria.
Automatic Switching Between Primary & Secondary Address Sets The system will automatically switch between "Primary" and "Secondary" household address sets based on start/end dates that you specify for each household. No more worrying about having to keep this data manually up-to-date or sending mailings to the wrong address.
Auto-Update Group Membership Group Membership can now be easily updated and maintained based on Custom Filters. This allows for more dynamic group membership - having people automatically added and/or removed from Groups based on specific criteria defined by the Custom Filter.
"Dashboard" summary screen Configurable "Dashboard" summary screen that can present important information such as upcoming birthdays & wedding anniversaries, new members added, upcoming scheduled connections, contribution summary data, etc.
Interactive Demographic Mapping An insightful "Maps" Output option displays an interactive geographical map of multiple addresses - providing you a great demographics tool to visualize the locations of addresses for various subsets of your database (i.e. members, people in the choir, contributors, first-time visitors, etc.).
Name Badge/Tag Printing Configure and print name badges. Great for events and meetings.
Improved Reports, Directories, & Contribution Statements Improved reporting options help you to get the data OUT of the database in the form you need it...with as little hassle as possible. We've added brand new reports as well as added tons of additional options to existing ones.
"Windows 7" Compatibility Complete compatibility with "Windows 7" - the newest version of Microsoft Windows released by Microsoft in October 2009. NOTE: All versions of Church Helpmate still work just fine on older versions of Windows - all the way back to Windows 98.

Product Version	2010	2008	2006

Version release month & year	Dec 2009	Jan 2008	Nov 2005
Detailed information
"Quick Label" Feature Enables users to quickly generate a single mailing label for a Household, Individual, or Contact record. This feature is available from both the Explorer and Detail forms.
Enhanced "Quick Letter" Feature The former "Quick Letter" feature has been redesigned to provide more flexibility and to make it simpler to build templates and insert data merge fields. Additionally, this redesign now allows users to create and maintain an unlimited number of "Quick Letter" MS Word templates (instead of being limited to just 3 templates).
Enhanced Bulk Email Feature More and more email providers are placing a limit on the number of email addresses that can be included in an email message. For example, some churches are not able to have more than 100 email addresses in single email message. We�ve enhanced the bulk email feature by providing a new "Max # of email addresses per email message" setting. This feature allows users to circumvent any such limitation by automatically splitting email messages into multiple email messages as necessary. This feature is also helpful in reducing the chances of email messages being flagged as spam.
Recycle Bin Records that are deleted from Detail Forms are sent to this recycle bin - as opposed to being permanently removed from the database. Deleted records can then be restored from this recycle bin as necessary. The recycle bin includes the option to permanently delete any records currently in the recycle bin. Households, Individuals, and Contacts can be deleted (sent to the recycle bin) without removing their contributions records from existing batches. Therefore, sending these records to the Recycle Bin will not impact any contribution batches. Never worry about accidentally deleting a record again!
Enhanced Security System The built-in security system has been significantly enhanced by providing administrators with much more granularity of control for each user's permissions (allowing much more control over what each user can see and do in the database).
Windows "VISTA" Compatible Complete compatibility with Windows "Vista". This includes compatibility with Vista's User Access Control (UAC), which enables a "standard" user account in Vista to run Church Helpmate. These changes still allow the product to be run on earlier versions of Windows just fine as well (Windows 98 and newer).
Color Themes With the "Color Themes" feature, users can customize the color usage throughout the program from over 30 different themes such as "Coffee", "Chocolate", "The Vineyards", "The 70's", "Radioactive", and many more. There is a theme sure to match every style and mood. Try a different theme each week - and add some color to your day!
Usability Tweaks Throughout Adjustments made throughout the product to improve the overall user experience with the product. These enhancements include simpler functionality, more intuitive navigation tools, more flexibility in reporting and other output types, and more. We've even given the product a major cosmetic "overhaul" - providing a nice, clean, modern look and feel.

Product Version	2010	2008	2006

Version release month & year	Dec 2009	Jan 2008	Nov 2005
Detailed information
Memorized Outputs These new Memorized Outputs (directories, reports, labels, form letters, emails, etc.) literally store all settings necessary to generate the output defined by the user. A "Memorized Outputs" form allows the user to recall these stored outputs by simply selecting the name they gave the Memorized Output. This allows the user to generate the output right from the Memorized Outputs form � without even having to open the report configurator.
Church Health & Statistics Module This module provides week by week tracking and analysis of over 60 important data fields such as Membership Enrollment, # of Members Added, Worship Service attendance, Contributions received, and more. Most of these fields can be �auto-filled� by pulling from the data already in the CH database � though all fields can be manually overridden if desired. This module also allows the user to define targets and ratios for several key church health indicators such as Per-Capita Giving, Small Group Ratio, Conversion Growth Ratio, and more. A weekly health snapshot report provides a comprehensive 20-page report with weekly data comparisons to previous week, previous year, and targets. Snapshot report also includes many insightful charts.
Easily convert and share your CH reports as PDF files Built-in capability to convert any CH report to a PDF file, as well as a one-click process to email any CH report as a PDF file attachment.
Contribution �Auto-Complete� Data Entry Logic Automatically recalls the information from each contributor�s last contribution during data entry � filling in the amounts and fund splits automatically.
Distribute Contribution Statements and Pledge Statements by Email Can send contribution and pledge statements to contributors by Email. Each statement is converted to a PDF file and then attached to a personalized email addressed to each contributor. Supports a �Statement Delivery Preference� setting that lets the user specify each contributor's preference for receiving their statements (by postal mail, by email, or both). This setting is then utilized when generating statements � emailing statements to those who prefer email, and printing hard-copy statements for those who wish to receive their statements in hard-copy form.
MS Outlook� Export Utility Allows the user to easily create and maintain MS Outlook contact records based on the Individual and Contact records in their CH database. Provides an easy-to-use mechanism for getting CH data into hand-held units such as Palm Pilots and Pocket PC's.
Dynamic Date Ranges in Custom Filters Custom Filters support dynamic date ranges � such as �Today�, �Last Weekend�, �Last Month�, �Previous 60 days�, etc. Prevents user from having to periodically edit their custom filters by not having to specify actual date values.
Enhanced Roll-Call Reports Roll-call reports capable of displaying allergy info, special needs, and SecurityID fields.

Product Version	2010	2008	2006

Version release month & year	Dec 2009	Jan 2008	Nov 2005
Detailed information
Households & Individuals Module
Contacts Module
Groups Module
Meeting & Attendance Module
Contributions Module
Pledges Module
Connections/Visitations Module
Reminders Module

For more specific details about the enhancements and new features that were
introduced in each of the version releases of Church Helpmate, please see the following PDF documents:

NOTE: For a comparison table that also includes the 2002 and 2004 versions of Church Helpmate, click here

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