ChurchPress vs. Clover Sites: Full Church Suite or a Focused Website

If you remember Clover Sites as a church website builder, you are not alone. Today, cloversites.com redirects to a Clover page on the Ministry Brands website, which explains that Ministry Brands is moving customers from CloverSites to Amplify, its platform for church management, communications and community. Existing customers still have a CloverSites login link on that page.

So a fair comparison in October 2026 is really ChurchPress compared with Amplify Websites, the website offering that Clover customers are moving to. We use both names here so you can find what you are looking for.

Amplify treats the website as one part of a larger church operations platform. Your site can sit alongside giving, people management, a mobile app, streaming, service planning, accounting, safety screening and communications, all reachable through one login.

ChurchPress does one job: your public church website. It builds the site from what your church already has online, and after launch you keep it current by asking for changes in plain language. It is designed to work next to whatever giving, management or app tools you already use rather than replace them.

Ministry Brands says it has built over 42,000 websites and that churches use Amplify Giving to drive over $6.5 billion in annual donations. That depth shows in the choices it offers. Amplify presents three website paths so a church can pick the level of help it wants.

Amplify's builder and ChurchPress both start from your existing online presence, so the difference is less about the first draft and more about what happens around it. ChurchPress studies your current website for your logo, colors, photos, ministries, service times and voice, and you confirm the key facts before the draft. It designs your homepage first, usually in 15 to 45 minutes after about five minutes of questions, then one click builds the rest of the site to match: typically Plan a Visit, About and Beliefs, Ministries, Sermons, Events, Groups, Giving, Staff and Contact.

From there, ChurchPress stays conversational. You do not need to learn an editor; you ask for changes such as "swap the hero photo for one from the youth retreat," review them in a private preview, and publish when you are happy. One-click undo and version history are always there.

There is also no clock on the preview. Building, building out the full site, previewing and revising are free with no time limit and no credit card, so a church council can take its time deciding.

The clearest way to compare is by the jobs each one takes on.

Ministry Brands did not list website prices on the Clover or Amplify Websites pages we checked in October 2026. It offers a 14-day free trial, and the Pro path begins with a consultation, so the clearest way to compare is to ask for a quote that covers just the pieces your church would use.

ChurchPress publishes its price. On the Founders offer, publishing is $97 per month or $997 per year (about two months free), locked while your subscription stays active, with a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first payment and no long-term contract. That covers hosting, SSL, connecting your domain, unlimited plain-language updates and redesigns, every site tool and support from real people.

Keep in mind that the two are priced around different scopes. An Amplify bundle may include giving or people tools that ChurchPress intentionally leaves to other providers.

Amplify is a strong fit if you want one vendor and one login for your website, giving, member records, service planning and more, especially if you already use Ministry Brands tools. The Pro path is a good option if you want experts to design a tailored site for you.

ChurchPress is a good fit if you want a website partner that does one thing, keeps your site faithful to who you are, and lets anyone on your team make updates by asking. It also fits churches that use a mix of providers, since ChurchPress links out to them instead of replacing them.

If you are a Clover customer weighing the move to Amplify, it is worth comparing both paths with real drafts. Build a free ChurchPress preview from your current Clover site, look at it next to an Amplify draft, and choose the one your team would enjoy maintaining.