Planning Center Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Planning Center costs Free to Free per month as of November 2026, with 10 plans available including a free tier. Plans: People (free), Services (free), Registrations (free), Giving (free), Check-Ins (free), Groups (free), Calendar (free), Church Center (free), Publishing (free), and Essential (free). Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
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- Free tier: Yes
Planning Center offers 10 pricing tiers: People, Services, Registrations, Giving, Check-Ins, Groups, Calendar, Church Center, Publishing, Essential. The Services plan is churches managing worship planning and volunteer teams.
Planning Center is free, but hidden costs like implementation and support still add to the total as of November 2026. Key hidden costs: payment processing fees apply to card and ach donations and payments made through planning center's giving and payment tools; these are charged separately from the app prices., costs add up when combining multiple products, calendar pricing increases with room count. Verified from 2 sources by CostBench.
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