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GiftWell beside the other spiritual gifts tests and church tools
10 pages, each written the same way: what the other test or tool does, what GiftWell does, where each is the better choice, and the questions churches ask before deciding. Prices and features come from each vendor's own pages, last checked 20 October 2026.
The test
Spiritual gifts tests compared: GiftWell beside Lifeway, Team Ministry, SHAPE and the free inventories
How GiftWell's spiritual gifts test differs from the Lifeway Spiritual Gifts Survey, Team Ministry, SHAPE, the UMC and CRC inventories, GiftsTest.com and other free tests, on length, the gifts measured, how the questions are written, how results are shown, and what happens after.
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Church spiritual gifts tools compared: GiftWell beside SpiritualGiftsTest.com, ServeWire, Spiritual Gifts Plus, Pastor Center and Ministry Way
How GiftWell's church service compares with the paid spiritual gifts tools that give a church team a dashboard, on price and what it is priced on, what members take, how results are shown, what the team gets after, Planning Center, AI, and your own website.
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Head to head
One page per tool, with the same questions asked of each.
GiftWell vs SpiritualGiftsTest.com Church Dashboard
SpiritualGiftsTest.com sells churches a $99-a-year dashboard with unlimited tests, a website embed and CSV export. GiftWell is free for 50 people, shows bands with the margin drawn instead of a ranked chart, and runs the follow-up in your serving teams. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs ServeWire VES
ServeWire VES (Ministry Vitals) is $147 a year for unlimited members, with an editable gifts test or the full SHAPE, results as PDF, a "% Fit" for positions, and a push into Planning Center. GiftWell is free for 50 people, shows bands with the margin drawn, never scores fit, and runs the follow-up in your serving teams. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs Spiritual Gifts Plus
Spiritual Gifts Plus sells churches a 112-question, 26-gift test with DISC, a "top gifts" report, team recommendations and, on higher tiers, AI matching and Planning Center, from $299.99 to $599.99 a year. GiftWell is free for 50 people, ten minutes long, shows bands with the margin drawn, and keeps AI away from members. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs Pastor Center spiritual gifts test
Pastor Center sells churches a 112-question test (74 gift items across 24 gifts plus 38 DISC items) that reports a person's "top five gifts" with Scripture and a DISC breakdown, from $49.99 a month, with AI matching and Planning Center on higher tiers. GiftWell is free for 50 people, ten minutes long, shows bands with the margin drawn, and keeps AI away from members. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs Ministry Way
Ministry Way uses AI to rate each person against every ministry as an Excellent, Strong or Good fit, runs a volunteer pipeline with email and SMS follow-up on its $100-a-month Pro plan, and offers a free 27-question gifts test. GiftWell is free for 50 people, never lets AI score anyone, shows bands with the margin drawn, and runs the follow-up in your serving teams. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs the Lifeway Spiritual Gifts Survey
The Lifeway Spiritual Gifts Survey is a free printable PDF of 80 statements across 16 gifts, scored by hand out of 25 and drawn as a bar graph. GiftWell is about 60 statements across nine gifts on a phone, shows bands with the margin drawn, and reaches the church's follow-up list. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs the Team Ministry Spiritual Gifts Survey
The Team Ministry survey from ChurchGrowth.org is a free 108-question test over nine gifts that shows a bar graph of scores and names the dominant gifts, with a Group Edition for churches. GiftWell covers the same nine gifts in about 60 statements, shows bands with the margin drawn, and reaches the church's follow-up list. Which fits your church.
Checked 2026-10-20GiftWell vs SHAPE
SHAPE is Saddleback's framework for gifts, heart, abilities, personality and experiences, run by churches in many versions from a 20-minute class handout to hour-long online tests that report a "Top 3". GiftWell measures nine gifts in ten minutes, shows bands with the margin drawn, and imports SHAPE results on the Growing plan. Which fits your church, and how they fit together.
Checked 2026-10-20
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