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Planning Center

½ 4.8 (2,340 reviews)
Free Plan

Planning Center is a suite of tools designed to help churches plan services, manage people, handle check-ins, track giving, and coordinate volunteers. It's modular — churches can start with one tool and add others as needed. Planning Center Services is the gold standard for worship planning, while Planning Center People powers most mid-to-large church databases.

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Pricing: Free starter — paid plans from $14/mo per module

Key Features

  • People database (CRM)
  • Service planning & scheduling
  • Online giving
  • Check-Ins for kids
  • Registrations & events
  • Groups management
  • Volunteer scheduling
  • Mobile apps

Pros & Cons

What We Like

  • Extremely polished UI
  • Best-in-class service planning
  • Modular pricing (pay only for what you use)
  • Excellent mobile apps
  • Large community & resources

Watch Out For

  • Costs add up with multiple modules
  • Learning curve for newcomers
  • Giving module requires Stripe

Pricing Plans

Free tier: Free plan includes up to 25 people in People and basic Services for small teams.

Starter
$14/mo per module
Basic features for small churches
Standard
$34/mo per module
Most popular for growing churches
Plus
$79/mo per module
Advanced features for large ministries

Best For

Mid-size churches Churches with complex service production Multi-site ministries