Planning Center vs Breeze ChMS
Which church management platform is right for your church? An honest, side-by-side comparison to help you decide.
Overview: Planning Center vs Breeze ChMS
Planning Center and Breeze ChMS both offer church management software, organised in different ways. Planning Center sells separate apps, including People, Services, Giving, Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar and Registrations, each with its own monthly plan and a free tier. Breeze ChMS, a Tithe.ly company now rebranded as Tithely Church Management, sells one plan that covers people, groups, events, check-in, giving, messaging and service planning.
This comparison sets out what each product's own site says about its features and pricing.
At a Glance
Planning Center
A suite of separate church software apps
Strengths
- People: church database with custom fields, forms, workflows, email and texting
- Services: worship planning, volunteer scheduling, a song library and key transposition
- Check-Ins with security labels, medical notes and parent self check-in
- Giving with recurring gifts, pledges, statements, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay and text-to-give
- Church Center: a free member app and website, plus an open, documented API
Best for churches that want to choose separate apps for people, services, giving, check-in, groups and events
Monthly plans per product. People and Church Center are always free. Calendar, Services, Registrations, Giving, Check-Ins and Groups each have a free tier, with paid tiers from $15/month to $239/month set by usage. Planning Center says there are no contracts and you can cancel anytime.
Breeze ChMS
Church management software, now Tithely Church Management
Strengths
- People database with unlimited people and unlimited admin users
- Groups, events and calendar, with room and resource scheduling
- Kids check-in with security codes and allergy information printed on tags
- Online and text giving included in the subscription
- Email blasts, text messaging, automation and follow-ups
- Volunteer tracking and scheduling, plus service planning
Best for small and mid-sized churches, the audience Breeze says it was built to serve
One plan at $72/month, with no pricing tiers based on church size, and a 30-day free trial. Breeze says: no setup fees, no contract, cancel anytime. Worship Tools is an add-on at $29/month.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
How Planning Center and Breeze ChMS compare across key church management categories.
Planning Center People is a church database with custom fields, a directory, forms and multi-step workflows. Breeze offers a people database with unlimited people, member profiles, custom fields, tags and online directories.
Planning Center Giving supports recurring gifts, pledge campaigns, fund management, statements by email or mail, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay and text-to-give. Planning Center lists US card processing at 2.15% + $0.30 per transaction. Breeze Giving is included in the Breeze subscription and supports online and text giving. Breeze lists card processing at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.
Planning Center Services covers worship planning, volunteer scheduling, team communication and rehearsal tools, with song transposition and imports from SongSelect, PraiseCharts and RehearsalPack. Breeze includes Service Planning in its subscription, and its Worship Tools add-on adds SongSelect, a song library and a worship app.
Planning Center's paid plans start with the first 30 days free, and People and Church Center are always free. Breeze offers a 30-day free trial and says it will transfer your data from your current system at no charge. Breeze describes itself as 'The World's Easiest ChMS'.
In Planning Center Services, volunteers can mark days they are unavailable and accept or decline requests, and Services sends reminder emails. Breeze includes volunteer tracking and scheduling, with teams and roles.
Planning Center Giving reports by donor, fund, campus and payout, and Planning Center says all Giving reports can be printed or exported to CSV. Breeze includes attendance and giving reporting and giving statements.
Planning Center publishes monthly plans per product: People and Church Center are free, and each other product has a free tier and paid tiers from $15/month to $239/month. Breeze publishes one plan at $72/month.
Our Verdict
Planning Center suits churches that want to pick separate apps for people, worship planning, giving, check-in, groups and events, starting on free tiers and adding paid tiers as usage grows.
Breeze ChMS suits small and mid-sized churches, the audience Breeze says it was built for, that want people, groups, events, check-in, giving, messaging and service planning on one published plan.
Compare each product's current features and pricing directly before you decide.
Why Consider MosesTab?
Full disclosure: MosesTab is our product. We aim to keep this comparison honest and balanced.
MosesTab brings giving, member management, events and communications together in one platform. Its plans are published on mosestab.com: Free, Growth at $39/month, Pro at $99/month and Enterprise at $199/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I migrate my data from Planning Center to Breeze (or vice versa)?
Both products export data. Planning Center's help centre describes a full People export under People > Actions > Import & Export CSV. Breeze's help centre says you can export People, Tags, Events, Contributions and Notes into Excel files, and Breeze says it will import data from your current system at no charge.
Does Breeze include worship planning?
Yes. Breeze says Service Planning is included in the Breeze ChMS subscription, and it sells Worship Tools, which adds SongSelect, a song library and a worship app, as an add-on at $29/month. Planning Center's worship planning app is Planning Center Services.
How does each product price a small church?
Planning Center People and Church Center are always free, and each other Planning Center product has a free tier, such as Services for 5 team members or Giving for 10 donations a month. Breeze publishes one plan at $72/month, with no pricing tiers based on church size.
Do both platforms offer mobile apps for church members?
Planning Center's Church Center is a free mobile app and website where people can give, sign up for events and watch sermons, on iOS and Android. Breeze includes an admin mobile app and a Check In app for iOS, and sells the Tithely Church App as an add-on product.
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