Overview
Planning Center provides software for churches to run smoother operations. Its product suite covers worship planning, volunteer scheduling, online donations, and family check-ins, and is designed to work together as a fully connected system. Each product is maintained by a dedicated team that updates features based on real feedback from churches. The company differentiates itself by offering an integrated, church-focused platform that supports a wide range of ministries from small congregations to multi-campus organizations. The goal is to reduce administrative busywork so church staff and volunteers can spend more time with people and ministry activities.
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What believers are saying
- Planning Center shipped 65 features in the last 90 days, showing strong execution.
- On November 5, 2026, it added cross-product search and recently visited navigation.
- On April 6, 2026, Planning Center launched a free admin app and upgraded Tasks into it.
What critics are saying
- Pushpay markets deeper multi-campus reporting and unified giving, pressuring Planning Center in 2026.
- Subsplash and Pushpay both bundle branded apps, media, and giving, weakening Planning Center's app moat.
- Planning Center's product sprawl across many modules risks confusing buyers and slowing migrations.
What makes Planning Center unique
- Planning Center bundles People, Giving, Calendar, Check-Ins, and Services around one church database.
- The November 2026 app unifies admin workflows across products, unlike app-only competitors.
- Church Center reaches congregants on web and mobile without custom developer work.
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