Compare Churchteams and Planning Center - Apr 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Churchteams or Planning Center?

Planning Center is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Churchteams, and Churchteams is rated higher (90/100) than Planning Center (85/100).

Looking for the right Church Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Churchteams Vs. Ministry Centered Technologies

Churchteams: Churchteams began as a discussion between Boyd Pelley and Mark Horan over lunch at Godfather’s Pizza in Lincoln, NE in 1999. Boyd Pelley was the discipleship pastor at New Covenant Community Church and Mark was a software developer for a direct marketing company and had worked with Boyd in developing a church database for use at New Covenant. Heavi...

Ministry Centered Technologies: We understand the Ministry. Planning Center was birthed at our local church and most of our team have worked at a church in some capacity. We know what it’s like to schedule volunteers, plan events and reserve rooms. We are committed to continue to make products to support you in your ministry so you can focus on what is most important. What we do,...

Who is more expensive? Churchteams or Planning Center?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Church Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Churchteams and Planning Center.

Churchteams price starts at $37 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Churchteams is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Church Management software. Planning Center price starts at $14 per month , When comparing Planning Center to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Church Management software cost.

Bottom line: Churchteams cost is around the same cost of Planning Center.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Churchteams Vs. Planning Center based on some of the most important and required Church Management features.

Churchteams: We are still working to collect the list of features for Churchteams.

Planning Center: We are still working to collect the list of features for Planning Center.

Target customer size

The software has been designed for faith-based organizations of all sizes and a variety of types. The software is a viable solution for faith-based organizations of all sizes and a wide range of types.