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Planning Center pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Planning Center. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the religion tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Planning Center pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Planning Center catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Planning Center review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Planning Center feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Service Planning
- Volunteer Management
- Check-in System
Integrations
- Accounting Software
- PayPal
- Stripe
- Pushpay
Platform
- Web support
- IOS support
- Android support
People bring Planning Center in for integrated church management and scheduling, volunteer coordination and event management, worship service planning and scheduling, online giving and donation tracking. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Planning Center are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Religion
Too few religion tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Center (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Overflow | $50/month | Per month plus a published fee per asset type | - | vs Planning Center |
| Elvanto | $72/month | Per month by plan | - | vs Planning Center |
| Ministry Brands | On request | quote | - | vs Planning Center |
| Ecclesia | On request | quote | - | vs Planning Center |
| Gloo | Free | Free tier for churches, paid tiers and campaign services quoted | - | vs Planning Center |
| easyTithe | $19/month | Per month, with the card rate set by the plan | - | vs Planning Center |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Planning Center badges page.
Before you pay for Planning Center
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Planning Center runs on web, mobile (church center app), and is published by Planning Center Online of Jacksonville, FL. The full record is on the Planning Center review, and the rest of the category is under best religion tools.
Planning Center pricing questions
- How much does Planning Center cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Planning Center, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Planning Center have a free plan?
- Yes, Planning Center is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which religion tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 religion tools listed alongside Planning Center have a free tier: Gloo, ChurchTrac.
- What am I actually paying for with Planning Center?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for integrated church management and scheduling, volunteer coordination and event management, worship service planning and scheduling.
- Does Planning Center charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Planning Center prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Planning Center against before paying?
- The closest religion tools in this directory are Overflow, Elvanto, Ministry Brands, Ecclesia. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Planning Center covering price, platforms and features.