Planning Center vs Subsplash
Which church management platform is right for your church? An honest, side-by-side comparison to help you decide.
Overview: Planning Center vs Subsplash
Planning Center and Subsplash both offer church management and online giving. Planning Center is a set of products (People, Services, Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, Calendar, Registrations and the Church Center app) that churches can use separately or together. Subsplash One brings a custom church app, website, giving, media, live streaming and church management into one subscription.
This comparison sets out what each company says its products do, so you can check the details that matter to your church.
At a Glance
Planning Center
A flexible system that brings ministry details together
Strengths
- Services for worship planning, volunteer scheduling, team communication and rehearsal tools
- People: church database with custom fields, forms, workflows and automated welcome emails
- Check-Ins with security labels, medical notes and self-check-in for parents
- Giving with recurring gifts, pledge campaigns, statements and text-to-give
- Church Center, a free mobile app and website for people in your church
- Open, documented API and an integrations directory
Best for churches that want to choose individual products for people, services, check-ins, giving, groups and events
Monthly pricing per product, based on usage. People and Church Center are free; Calendar, Services, Registrations, Giving, Check-Ins and Groups each have a free tier and paid tiers from $15/month to $239/month. First 30 days free.
Subsplash
One platform for app, website, giving, media and church management
Strengths
- Custom-branded mobile and TV apps
- Upload a sermon once to publish it to the app, website, podcast feed and TV apps
- Live streaming, including to Facebook Live and YouTube
- Subsplash Giving by app, web, text, tap and live stream
- Church management with people profiles, check-in stations, volunteer scheduling and service planning
- Workflows, forms, and group messaging with polls
Best for churches that want app, website, giving, media and church management in one subscription; Subsplash says Subsplash One scales from a 50-person church plant to a 20,000-person multi-site church
Subsplash Giving is $0/month plus processing. Subsplash One and Enterprise pricing is not published; Subsplash says pricing is based on church size and usage.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
How Planning Center and Subsplash compare across key church management categories.
Planning Center Services covers worship planning, volunteer scheduling, team communication and rehearsal tools, with song transposition and imports from SongSelect, PraiseCharts and RehearsalPack. Subsplash lists service planning as part of its church management software.
Church Center is Planning Center's free mobile app and website where people can give, sign up for events and watch sermons, and Planning Center Publishing lets churches customise it. Subsplash builds custom-branded mobile and TV apps with AirPlay and Google Cast support.
Planning Center Publishing supports sermon audio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, interactive sermon notes, and livestream or video links from YouTube or Vimeo. Subsplash publishes an uploaded sermon to the app, website, podcast feed and TV apps, and streams to Facebook Live and YouTube.
Planning Center People is a church database with custom fields, forms, workflows and lists. Subsplash's church management software includes people profiles, family connections, custom fields, forms and connection cards.
Planning Center Giving supports ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay, text-to-give, pledge campaigns and giving statements. Subsplash Giving supports giving by app, web, text, tap and live stream, and stock and crypto giving through a partnership with Engiven.
Planning Center Services schedules volunteers, lets them mark days they won't be available and sends reminder emails. Subsplash lists volunteer management and in-app scheduling in its church management software.
Planning Center publishes monthly per-product pricing with free plans and paid tiers from $15/month to $239/month. Subsplash Giving is $0/month plus processing, and Subsplash One pricing is not published.
Our Verdict
Planning Center suits churches that want to choose individual products for people, worship planning, check-ins, giving and groups. It describes itself as made for churches of every kind and size.
Subsplash suits churches that want a custom-branded app, website, media, giving and church management in one subscription. Subsplash says Subsplash One scales from a 50-person church plant to a 20,000-person multi-site church.
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, with a free plan to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Planning Center and Subsplash work together?
Subsplash's help centre has an article on its Planning Center integration for Subsplash Giving. Check that article for the current details of what it connects.
Does Planning Center have a church app?
Yes. Church Center is Planning Center's free mobile app and website for people in your church, available on iOS and Android.
Does Subsplash include church management?
Yes. Subsplash's church management software includes people profiles, check-in stations, volunteer scheduling, service planning and workflows.
How does each platform price its products?
Planning Center publishes per-product monthly pricing on planningcenter.com/pricing. Subsplash Giving is $0/month plus processing, and Subsplash offers a personalised quote for Subsplash One through a demo.
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