Churchease vs Planning Center

Planning Center is a flexible, modular platform used by churches of every size. Churchease is one simple, affordable platform for new and growing churches. Here's an honest, side-by-side comparison.

Churchease and Planning Center at a glance

Planning Center is a respected, modular system — you pick individual products like Services, Giving, or Check-Ins and pay for each separately. Churchease takes the opposite approach: one plan, one predictable price, with the core tools a growing church needs already included. Here's how they compare.

 ChurcheasePlanning Center
Free planStarter — free foreverFree tier on every product
Lowest paid plan$29 / month (Standard)$15 / month per product
Pricing modelFlat tiers, unlimited membersModular — pay per product
Member managementAll plansPeople (free)
Online givingGrowth plan
Text-to-giveGrowth plan
Pledge & fund trackingGrowth plan
Full church accountingGrowth planDonation tracking only
Events & registrationStandard plan and up
Child check-inGrowth plan
Groups & ministryAll plans
Volunteer schedulingStandard plan and up
Forms & surveysGrowth planFree in People
Email to your congregationUnlimited, all plans
SMS / text messagingA2P 10DLC compliant, usage-based
Workflow automationGrowth plan
AI featuresShepherd's Briefing & moreNo native AI
Members' mobile appAll plansChurch Center app
Multi-campus managementGrowth plan
IncludedLimitedPaid add-onNot advertisedNot offered

Planning Center pricing and features reflect that provider's publicly listed information as of May 2026 and may have changed since.

Why churches choose Churchease over Planning Center

AI pastoral insights, including the weekly Shepherd's Briefing, are built in.
One plan and one predictable price — no stacking separate module fees as you grow.
Full church accounting is included on the Growth plan; Planning Center tracks donations but has no general ledger.
A genuinely free full church management plan — not just a free People database.

When Planning Center might be the better fit

We'd rather you find the right tool than the wrong one. Planning Center may suit your church better if:

  • You want best-in-class service planning and worship scheduling tools.
  • You prefer to pay only for the individual modules you actually use.
  • You have staff to set up and manage a larger, highly flexible system.

Churchease vs Planning Center — common questions

Churchease is built around one plan that already includes members, giving, events, communication, and more — instead of separate modules you assemble and pay for individually. For many new and growing churches, that means a faster setup and one predictable bill.

Planning Center prices each product separately, starting around $15/month per product, so the total depends on how many modules you add. Churchease uses flat plans — a free Starter plan, then $29 and $49 per month — with core tools included in each.

Yes. You can import your members from a CSV or Excel export, and Churchease includes free data transfer to help churches switch over.

No. Planning Center's Giving product tracks donations, but it does not include general-ledger accounting or budgeting. Churchease includes full church accounting on the Growth plan.

Yes — the Shepherd's Briefing, an AI giving narrative, and AI form insights. Planning Center does not currently offer native AI features.

It depends on how many Planning Center products you use, since each is billed separately and several scale with usage. Churchease charges one flat price per plan, so the cost stays predictable as you add capabilities.

Yes. Churchease includes a members' mobile app on every plan. Planning Center offers the free Church Center app for congregants.

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