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Planning Center Services
Digital worship planning and service execution platform
As of 1 September 2026, Planning Center Services's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Planning Center Services helps worship leaders plan services, manage volunteers, and execute flawless church services. Softwr lists it under Religion. Planning Center Services is made by Planning Center Online, launched in 2003, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Planning Center Services does
Planning Center Services helps worship leaders plan services, manage volunteers, and execute flawless church services. Includes setlists, cue sheets, and real-time coordination.
What people use it for
- Member management
- Donation tracking
- Event planning
- Volunteer scheduling
- Communication
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Planning Center Services.
- The free tier of Services stops at 5 team members
- Each Planning Center product is billed separately, so Registrations, Giving, Check-ins, Groups and Calendar each carry their own free cap and their own subscription
- The Music Stand add-on is a further $5 a month
- Text messaging costs $5 a month for a toll-free number plus $0.02 per message
- Card payments are charged at 2.15 percent plus $0.30 per transaction, with a further 1.5 percent on international cards
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Pricing
What Planning Center Services costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Basic
$49 /mo
- Service planning
- Basic volunteer scheduling
Plus
$99 /mo
- All features
- Advanced scheduling
- Mobile app
Capabilities
Features
Service Planning
Volunteer Scheduling
Song Setlists
Planning Center Giving
Integration with Planning Center Giving
Music Database
Integration with Music Database
Calendar Systems
Integration with Calendar Systems
Web support
Available on Web
IOS support
Available on iOS
Android support
Available on Android
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How much does Planning Center Services cost?
Planning Center Services pricing is not publicly available. The pricing page requires account authentication and redirects to the login portal. Contact Planning Center sales directly for rate information.
SourceDoes Planning Center Services offer a free plan or trial?
No public information about free plans or trial availability is accessible without logging in. Contact Planning Center directly to inquire about trial options.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Planning Center Services
- Company
- Planning Center Online
- Based in
- Carlsbad, California, USA
- Founders
- Jeff Berg, Aaron Stewart
Timeline
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Compare Planning Center Services with
- Breeze
- Rock RMS
- Logos Bible Software
- ChurchPlanner
- EasyWorship
- Praise.com
- Ministry Scheduler Pro
- Subsplash
- MediaShout
- ProPresenter
- Quelea
- Servant Keeper
- ParishSOFT
- PastorsLine
- PowerChurch Plus
- Pushpay Church App
- Praise.com
- ProPresenter
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