--- description: Review of Planning Center Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Planning Center | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Worship Software](/directory/4224/worship/software) > [Planning Center](/software/361780/planning-center) # Planning Center Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/361780/planning-center Page: 1 / 47\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/361780/planning-center?page=2) > Planning Center’s the all-in-one church management software that helps churches help people. It gives leaders, teams, and congregants a single place to organize, connect, and get involved. No matter your size, Planning Center’s the easy-to-use platform for: - Scheduling volunteers - Accepting online donations - Creating event signups - Establishing safe and secure family check-ins And so much more\! Find out all you can do from the freedom of a 30-day trial. No credit card needed\! And, when you’re ready to upgrade, you only pay for what you need, when you need it, and cancel whenever you want. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 1138 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 1138 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Planning Center - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: A 30-day free trial is available after which the product is available on module-based pricing outlined below. Calendar (10 rooms, unlimited events) - starts at $14 Check-ins (50 daily check-ins) - starts at $14 Giving (100 monthly donations) - starts at $14 Groups (125 group members) - starts at $14 Publishing - starts at $14 Registrations (20 event attendees) - starts at $14 Services (25 team members) - starts at $14 - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Attendance Management - Attendance Tracking - Campaign Planning - Catalog Management - Child Check-in - Collaboration Tools - Communication Management - Configurable Workflow - Contact Database - Contact Management - Content Library - Content Management - Credit Card Processing - Customisable Forms - Customisable Reports ## Integrations (13 total) - Aware3 - Checkr - Clearstream - Kindrid - Mailchimp - MediaShout - PastorsLine - ProPresenter - Proclaim by Logos - Pushpay - Stripe - Subsplash - Text In Church ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Worship Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4224/worship/software) ## Related Categories - [Worship Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4224/worship/software) - [Church Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4520/church/software) - [Donation Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/418/crm-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The program is intuitive - to a point. Some of the back-end work takes some effort to figure out, but there are good resources available to help learn the product. > > **Cons**: The biggest drawback we've found is the directory. Every person must opt-in to have their information public, and there is no option to change that. This has proven to be difficult - we've gotten a lot of people to adopt this, but it's not always been easy. And, for some users it's proven too technically difficult. There are a few glitches that we've noticed among users, depending on which OS they use. So church-wide rollout wasn't quite as smooth as I would have liked. > > On the whole, this is still a good product that allows for a lot of leadership and administrative tasks. We've found usage for lots of tasks. ----- ### "Planning Center Online Review" — 4.0/5 > **Stephanie** | *27 February 2025* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The organized convenience of having almost every form of information about church members using features like groups, checkin, registrations, services, etc. is highly valuable. I do enjoy the customization opportunities to use specific church language, as well as the ability to use other supported platforms in combination. > > **Cons**: I don't enjoy the updated group chat feature as much as I did the functionality of it before. > > Overall, very pleased with the functions of Planning Center. This product allows our church to successful run ministries, track member engagement, steward relationships and connection with people, among many other capabilities. ----- ### "Incredible Software to help Manage your team\!" — 5.0/5 > **Mitchell** | *9 November 2023* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We love how easy it is to add people to the program, how intuitive it is to create services plans and items and adding people into various positions, and we love how you can upload the music and chord charts for each song so that volunteers can easily rehearse and practice on their own\! > > **Cons**: It is a little more on the expensive end of the market; however the features they include mostly off set this. We also wish it could do more. ----- ### "This is the worship planning software you are looking for." — 5.0/5 > **Andy** | *25 February 2026* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Planning Center is the most robust, powerful, intuitive, and helpful way to plan worship services, organize team members, and communicate across ministries in our church. I love how the team is always innovating and listening to customers\! > > **Cons**: There is honestly not much to dislike\! Of course, we all wish everything was cheaper. There may be a few UI things that could improve on their apps, but for the most part, this is some of the best software I engage with daily. > > I have been a faithful customer since 2011. Several companies have tried to duplicate what Planning Center does, and no one can come close in my opinion. Design is top notch, customer service is responsive, and the features are so very helpful to me. This software is the lifeblood behind the administrative tasks in the ministry I oversee. ----- ### "Planning Center Worth Every Penny" — 5.0/5 > **Kelsan** | *31 July 2025* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Planning Center was made for churches and by people who work in churches. It is super easy, user friendly, and works well with a variety of different things that are essential in church software. The value of money is great. It is affordable and customer service is awesome\! > > **Cons**: For me personally, there’s not a lot of cons when it comes to Planning Center. I think one of the cons is that you have to be specific when looking something up in the Help form for any of the apps within Planning Center. I sometimes wish there was more videos about each app within but it does a good job. > > I love Planning Center so much that I have incorporated into two different churches that I am part of. ----- Page: 1 / 47\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/361780/planning-center?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/361780/planning-center) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data