# Planning Center pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (People (Free)). Among the 7 church management we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** planningcenter.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Mailchimp, Zapier, Clearstream, SongSelect, ProPresenter, BoxCast
**Best for:** multi-product churches; worship teams; volunteer scheduling; online giving

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| People (Free) | $0 | — | flat | Free forever for unlimited users. Member database and reporting. All other modules (Services, Giving, Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar, Registrations) add on top of this free base. Church Center member app included free. | planningcenter.com |
| Services (Entry, calculator) | Quote-only | — | flat | Lowest paid Services tier. Official page is calculator-driven with no static amount; aggregators report a lowest tier around $14-$15/month scaling up roughly $14/$29/$59/$99/$149/$199 by team members. Set to null because the official page publishes no fixed price. Each module (Giving, Check-ins, Groups, Calendar, Registrations) priced separately by usage. Music Stand add-on $5/month; toll-free texting number $5/month; text credits $0.02 each. | planningcenter.com |

**Key features:** Modular a-la-carte pricing — only pay for modules you use; SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI Level 1 certified; Church Center free member-facing app and web platform included; No contracts, cancel anytime.

**Plan limits:** Free People module has unlimited contacts; paid modules limited by usage (donations/month, team members, check-ins/day, group members, rooms); Text credits cost $0.02 each; Music Stand add-on is $5/month extra; Official pricing page shows no static per-tier amounts (calculator only).

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Pricing fetched from planningcenter.com/pricing (interactive calculator, no static per-tier amounts shown on official page). Lowest paid tier left null because aggregators disagree ($14 G2 vs $15 costbench) and the official page shows no fixed amount. SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI Level 1 confirmed at planningcenter.com/security and the company SOC 2 blog post.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/church-management/planning-center/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Planning Center's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/church-management/planning-center/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl