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Planning Center

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An all-in-one church management software for every ministry.

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Planning Center FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Planning Center offer?

Planning Center has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $0.00
Free Trial: Available

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Q. Who are the typical users of Planning Center?

Planning Center has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Planning Center support?

Planning Center supports the following languages:
English

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Q. Does Planning Center support mobile devices?

Planning Center supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone

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Q. Does Planning Center offer an API?

Yes, Planning Center has an API available for use.

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Q. What other apps does Planning Center integrate with?

Planning Center integrates with the following applications:
MediaShout, Checkr, ProPresenter, Clearstream, Kindrid, Faithlife Proclaim, Stripe, Pushpay, PastorsLine, Text In Church, Mailchimp, Aware3, Subsplash

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Q. What level of support does Planning Center offer?

Planning Center offers the following support options:
Chat, FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base

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Planning Center product overview

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What is Planning Center?

Planning Center is an all-in-one church management system made to helped you organize information, coordinate events, communicate with your team, and connect with your congregation.

Key benefits of using Planning Center

- Welcome children to a safe environment using secure check-ins and require background checks for every volunteer with Check-Ins.
- Organize get-togethers, classes, camps, and VBS with an easy signup process through Registrations.
- Keep families engaged, follow up with first-time guests, and send invitations with People's automations.
- Help people stay connected by offering event signups, recorded sermons, and much more on the free mobile app and web experience, Church Center.
- Allow volunteers to set their availability and organize schedules and Plan services months in advance, organize volunteer schedules, and allow volunteers to set their availability through Services.
- Host event request forms, plan events, manage rooms and resources, and get a central view of everything at your church with Calendar.

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Chat
FAQs/Forum
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Videos

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Planning Center features

Functionality

4.5

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Total features

40

4 categories

Most valued features by users

Reporting & Statistics
Event Management
Membership Management
Activity Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Mobile Access
Donor Management
Volunteer Management

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Planning Center users reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

/5

1K

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
We love and enjoy nearly all of the products from them. They are so great to work with and they are always open for feedback and much of the growth and change has come from using its users opinions.
The People Module is the best. I love the ability to update the people/family information on the fly is great.
This is a great tool of scheduling volunteers and laying our the plan details. This is super helpful if we have a wide variety of things going on and its easy to list them all out here.
Cons
Additionally, the inability to get support personnel on the phone is a pain at times. Having to run support strictly through email can be a huge barrier and waste of time.
The user experience isn't conducive to those who have no tech experience and can be very confusing.
The one negative I have run into is it is not as customizable as other software I have used.

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Eric M.

Pastor

Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Flexibility and Accessibility makes Planning Center my choice

Reviewed 2 years ago

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Eric M.: My name is Eric and I am a pastor in the nonprofit industry. I give Planning Center a four out...

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Adam J.

Campus Support Team Director

Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

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It's the standard for church software for a reason

Reviewed 2 years ago

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Adam J.: Hi, my name is Adam and I work as a multi-site church director. And I give Planning Center a...

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Darien C.

Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Impressive Church Management Software that is constantly improving

Reviewed 3 years ago

Planning Center is a life-saver for our organization, freeing up our time to focus on the people that truly matter. Planning Center has allowed us to implement robust systems to manage a lot of our administrative work; simplifying our lives and helping keep our teams on the same page.

Pros

Planning Center offers a robust set of applications that help create a comprehensive church management platform. Combining the useful features of PC People (such as workflows, forms, database management, etc) with their Service management system (Services), Group management system (Groups), Calendar application (Calendar), Attendance tracking systems (Check-ins), Giving platform (Giving) and event...

Cons

Planning Center is a platform that is constantly growing, which of course means that there are always areas of improvement. The beauty of PC is that they are constantly monitoring what is missing, and working on improving in those areas - so anything I list here really are minor issues that will likely be addressed in the near future. Two crucial things that they are missing are a few back-end admin...

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Jennifer V.

Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Planning Center is an all in one software that makes management easier.

Reviewed a year ago

Planning Center is easy to learn and manage. It has helped our church navigate managing over 200 members. This includes using online giving, member database, scheduling, music, emailing members, managing attendance to events and conducting background checks. Planning Center certainly has made our life easier in the office!

Pros

I like how it is versatile and allows us to plug in other services that help us navigate our business efficiently.

Cons

I wish we could have access to a live person quickly if assistance with the program is needed.

Vendor response

Hi Jennifer, Thanks for your kind words! You mentioned wishing you could have access to a live person. We are here in the wings ready to support you. You may be surprised how quickly we respond! Our Support Team is a great resource for help in that area. Hit the '?' icon in the upper-right of the screen when you are looking at your List. Send us a message and our team will jump in to help! Thanks!

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Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Extremey frustrated with the new layout. Not logical.

Reviewed 2 years ago

Previously awesome, now frustrating.

Pros

Access to plan, songs and sheet music/chart access.

Cons

I used to absolutely LOVE Planning Center. But the new design is just awful and frustrates me greatly. It is not laid out logically. Common things that need to be done quickly and used to be easy to find, I now have to dig for and if I every find them, where they are makes no sense. What used to be easy to access is now cumbersome and it takes at me least twice as long to plan services. Scheduling teams is too difficult and confusing.

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Manelle M.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Reviewed 3 months ago
Pros

I frequently used Capterra as a platform to help me choose which software to buy. The platform itself is simple to use, and the sign-up process is straightforward. They do offer a good incentive program whereby they give gift cards to reviewers for each review that is accepted.

Cons

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Vendor response

Thank you for your feedback, Manelle! We appreciate it!

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John S.

Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great church management software

Reviewed a year ago
Pros

We've been using Planning Center for years now, and have steadily been adding additional features. One of the best parts is how everything is fully integrated: all of the names from PC People transfer to PC Services and PC Check-in. It makes the use of new services seamless and easy. It's super helpful to have different levels of access, especially in PC Giving. I can get a snap shot of all the financial information for our church without having access to specific donor information, which provides helpful boundaries and financial accountability.

Cons

We recently started using ProPresenter for our Sunday gathering visuals as well as our live stream. PC Services does integrate with ProPresenter, but our Director of Gathered Worship said he doesn't use it because it seems somewhat finicky. We may just need to do some more research into how to best use the products together :)

Vendor response

Hi John, Thanks for your kind words! You mentioned having some trouble with the ProPresenter integration. Our Support Team is a great resource for help in that area. Hit the '?' icon in the upper-right of the screen when you are looking at your List. Send us a message and our team will jump in to help! Thanks!

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