Planning Center alternatives
Planning Center alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Planning Center: People is free, Services is free for five team members, and Music Stand is US$5 a month.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
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The options
What people compare Planning Center with
Planning Center People is free, and Services is free for five team members. You may still look for an alternative if you want your records in a database you own and a system built around how your church works.
Yours to own
Church Services for Claude Code
The open-source church service planning and volunteer scheduling system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Planning Center data brought across.
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How to choose a Planning Center alternative
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What drives the bill?
Planning Center People is free, and Services is free for five team members. Paid Services capacity is based on team size, while Music Stand is US$5 a month. Check the products your church actually uses, including room, attendance and group tools, when comparing costs.
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Who owns your records?
Ask whether you can keep and use your records outside the service you are leaving. Planning Center People includes unlimited records and reporting for free. The free version of the owned option imports exported people records, so check what else needs to be mapped before you switch.
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Does it fit your rules?
Check whether the system can match your church’s fields, review dates, reports and working rules. An owned version can be built around how your church runs, rather than asking you to fit your process to a standard setup. Agree which changes matter before work begins.
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What does switching involve?
People records can be imported with their existing IDs, names and email addresses, with a test run and repeat imports available. Service plans, team membership, songs, messages and other history need separate mapping. Agree the migration scope and check the results before changing over.
The option that fits
A system built around your church
If you want your records in a database you own and your own rules reflected in the system, a tailored church services system may fit better than a standard plan. Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your church runs, brings your Planning Center data across and operates it for you. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer. There is also a free version you can run yourself.
- check Your records in a database you own
- check Built around your fields and working rules
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer
Make it yours
Design your own Planning Center replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Planning Center. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Planning Center alternatives, answered
Is Planning Center worth replacing if People is free? expand_more
Not necessarily for the bill alone. Planning Center People includes a free database and reporting, and Services is free for five team members. Consider switching if owning your records or fitting your church’s own working rules matters more than staying with a standard setup.
Can we bring our Planning Center records across? expand_more
The free version imports exported people records using existing IDs, names and email addresses. You can run a test and repeat imports. Service plans, team membership, songs, messages and other history need separate mapping, so agree what is included and check the results before changing over.
Can the system match the way our church works? expand_more
Enterprise DNA builds each church its own version around how it runs. You can agree which fields, review dates, reports and working rules it needs to reflect. The aim is an option shaped for your church, rather than a promise that every workflow is already covered.
Who runs it, and how is the cost set? expand_more
You can run the free version yourself. If Enterprise DNA builds and operates your version, the arrangement is one setup fee followed by a monthly retainer. The work and migration scope are agreed with you. There is no per-seat plan for the owned option.
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