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ChurchRaise + Planning Center

Planning Center is a modular church management platform known for its worship planning, check-in, and deep feature set. It's an excellent tool for what it does, but it doesn't offer digital bulletins, a website builder, SMS, AI assistants, or P2P fundraising. ChurchRaise adds all of that for free.

Gaps ChurchRaise fills

5 features

Cost to add ChurchRaise

$0/mo

AI assistants included

9

What ChurchRaise adds to Planning Center

Digital bulletinsWebsite builderSMS messagingAI assistantsP2P fundraising
Feature
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ChurchRaise
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Planning Center
Monthly cost
Free
$0-$250+/mo
Online giving
Yes
Yes
Digital bulletins
Yes
No
Website builder
Yes
No
Email campaigns
Yes
Basic
SMS messaging
Yes
No
People / CRM
Yes
Yes
Groups management
Yes
Yes
Event management
Yes
Yes
Check-in system
Yes
Yes
Giving statements
Yes
Yes
Custom forms
Yes
Yes
Reports & analytics
Yes
Yes
AI assistants
9 specialists
No
Background checks
Yes
Yes
P2P fundraising
Yes
No
Platform fees
Free
Per-module pricing
Worship planning
Coming soon
Yes
All-in-one platform
Yes
Separate modules
No per-module fees
Yes
No

About Planning Center pricing

Planning Center charges per module. Individual apps range from free (limited) to $49+/month each. A full suite for a mid-size church typically costs $150-$250/month.

How the two work together

Planning Center is a mature, well-loved platform, especially for worship planning and check-in. Keep using what works. ChurchRaise adds the tools Planning Center doesn't have: digital bulletins, a church website builder, SMS messaging, 9 AI assistants, and P2P fundraising, all at no cost. The two work beautifully together. Ask Planning Center about integrating with ChurchRaise so your teams stay in sync.

Where Planning Center leads today

These are features Planning Center has that ChurchRaise is still building. Use Planning Center for these and ChurchRaise for everything else.

  • Worship planning (Coming soon)

Ask Planning Center to integrate with ChurchRaise

The more churches that ask, the faster integrations happen. If you'd love to see Planning Center and ChurchRaise share data seamlessly, reach out to your Planning Center rep and let them know. We're building integration partnerships and your voice matters.

Add ChurchRaise alongside Planning Center for free

Keep Planning Center for what it does well. Add ChurchRaise for the 5 features it doesn't cover. No disruption, no cost, no lock-in.

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