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Planning Center

Schedules volunteers and plans worship services, tracks donations, and runs a church member app for congregations.

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At a glanceswept 2026-10-13

≈ 538kvisits/mo

Established · estimate, read 2026-10-13

For
Churches of every kind and size coordinating worship services, volunteers, giving, and groups
Price
Free plan · From $5/mopricing page, read 2026-10-14 ↗
App
iPhone & iPad · 3.7★ from 2.2k ratingscurrent version 2026-10-13 ↗
Activity
Actively maintainedrelease yesterday · site updated yesterday
Company
since 2006 · ~200 peopleper their About page
Runs as
Mobile app
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What people do with itread off planningcenter.com on 2026-10-14
  • build service plans and assign volunteers to roles
  • schedule volunteers and coordinate rehearsals
  • accept donations and process event registrations
The companyeach fact with its source · read 2026-10-14
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read 2026-10-14

“We may use a third-party AI model provider to power these features; these providers would act as our subprocessor(s) and are contractually prohibited from using your information to train their models.”

privacy policy ↗

These are Planning Center's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read 2026-10-14
  • MCP servercom.planningcenter/mcpverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, requires sign-inchecked 2026-10-14
  • Address to connectmcp.planningcenteronline.com/mcp
  • API docsplanningcenter.com/developersthe vendor's page ↗
  • Status pageall systems operationalstatus.planningcenter.com ↗

MCP server details →

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

Alternatives in Lifestyleby use, among tools still maintained

Figure and bar: visits/mo, estimate · year: online since

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Questions this page answers
  • What is Planning Center?

    Schedules volunteers and plans worship services, tracks donations, and runs a church member app for congregations. It is listed in the Atlas under Lifestyle.

  • Who is Planning Center for?

    Churches of every kind and size coordinating worship services, volunteers, giving, and groups

  • How much does Planning Center cost?

    Planning Center has a free plan; paid plans start at $5/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-14.

  • Is Planning Center free?

    Yes, Planning Center has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-14.

  • Do people use Planning Center?

    Established: ≈ 538k visits/mo · estimate, 2026-10.

  • Is Planning Center still maintained?

    Actively maintained: release yesterday · site updated yesterday.

  • Does Planning Center train AI on your data?

    No, per its privacy policy (2026-10-14): “We may use a third-party AI model provider to power these features; these providers would act as our subprocessor(s) and are contractually prohibited from using your information to train their models.”

  • Is Planning Center safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What Planning Center publishes, read 2026-10-14: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR stated on its security page; on training with your data, “We may use a third-party AI model provider to power these features; these providers would act as our subprocessor(s) and are contractually prohibited from using your information to train their models.”.

  • Does Planning Center have an iPhone app?

    Yes: “Planning Center Services” on the App Store, rated 3.7 from 2.2k ratings; current version released 2026-10-13.

  • How do I cancel Planning Center?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-14): “An email or phone request to cancel the Account is not considered cancellation.”

  • Does Planning Center give refunds?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-14): “Subscription fees are non-refundable, except as required by applicable law.”

  • What are alternatives to Planning Center?

    In Lifestyle, by use: Alter, SplitSync, Nimbus, CurrentOrigin AI, aiDo, STRMLYN.

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