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Modular church management software
Planning Center is a modular church management platform (ChMS) that helps churches manage people, services and worship planning, giving, check-ins, groups, calendars, registrations, and their online presence, with a flexible pay-only-for-what-you-use pricing model. It is one of the most popular and budget-friendly church management tools.
The platform is built as separate but connected modules - People (database), Services (worship planning), Giving (online donations), Check-Ins (child check-in and attendance), Groups, Calendar, Registrations, Church Center (the church's app and member portal), and Publishing - so churches enable and pay for only the modules they need. Its modular, mostly-free-to-start approach makes it accessible to churches of all sizes.
Planning Center offers an unusually generous model where most core modules start at 0 dollars and scale based on usage metrics rather than fixed tiers, so churches pay only for the features and capacity they use, with a median contract around 759 dollars per year and a 30-day free trial with no credit card. Aimed at churches, it competes with Tithely, Breeze ChMS, Pushpay, Church Community Builder, and Subsplash.
Pricing Model
freemium
Starting Price
$0/mo
Free Options
Free version, Free trial
| Feature | Core Modules | Scaled Usage |
|---|---|---|
| People, Services, Giving free tier | — | |
| Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar | — | |
| Church Center app | — | |
| Pay for what you use | — | |
| Scale by usage | — | |
| Usage-based pricing | — | |
| Median about 759 dollars per year | — | |
| Add capacity as needed | — | |
| Publishing and add-ons | — | |
| Cancel anytime | — |
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Compliance Standards
SOC 2 Type II
EnterpriseISO 27001
EnterpriseGDPR Compliant
GlobalHIPAA
HealthcarePCI DSS
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