An Orthodox alternative to Breeze.
Breeze is a genuinely good, friendly church database, simple, quick to learn, and a fair price. If your parish only needs a directory and giving, it will serve you well. Symphonia is for the parish that also wants the typikon, the sacramental register, real books, and its own website, on one login.
Breeze earned its following honestly: one flat monthly price, a clean interface, and support people rave about. It's a fine choice for a small congregation that wants membership, giving and events without fuss. Where it stops is Orthodoxy and depth, it doesn't keep a liturgical calendar, a canonical sacramental register or double-entry books, and it doesn't build your public website. That's not a knock; it's simply not what Breeze set out to be.
| Symphonia | Breeze | |
|---|---|---|
| Member directory & households | ||
| Online giving, pledges & funds | ||
| Forms, events & a member app | ||
| Spreadsheet / CSV import | ||
| Orthodox liturgical calendar, feasts, saints & tones | ||
| Sacramental register (Baptism, Chrismation, Marriage, Burial) | ||
| Catechumen progress (Inquirer → Illumined) | ||
| Name-day tracking from the saint calendar | ||
| Priest-only pastoral notes, sealed by design | Shared | |
| Real double-entry books with reconciliation | Add-on | |
| Public parish website on your own domain | ||
| Cemetery management, linked to the directory | Add-on |
Comparison reflects each product's standard, generally-available offering as understood in 2026. Where a product offers something through custom configuration or a separate purchase, we mark it accordingly rather than as a check. Corrections welcome, tell us.
Coming from Breeze?
Your export becomes a directory the same day, switching is an import, not a project. Households stay whole by Breeze Family ID. While you move, a newer Breeze export brings Symphonia up to date: the rector reviews every change first, and a sync can be undone for 14 days. See the full comparison or estimate your price.