Planning Center vs. Tithe.ly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Planning Center
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Planning Center in Carlsbad offers modular church management applications, providing CRM, tithe management, event registration and attendance, and volunteer resource scheduling.
$14
per month
Tithe.ly
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Tithe.ly, from the company of the same name in Los Angeles, is designed to help local churches thrive by providing mobile giving and church engagement apps that connect with people on the go.N/A
Pricing
Planning CenterTithe.ly
Editions & Modules
Calendar
14+
per month
Check-ins
14+
per month
Giving
14+
per month
Groups
14+
per month
Registration
14+
per month
Services
14+
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Planning CenterTithe.ly
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrices increase based on the number of members and attendees.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Planning CenterTithe.ly
Considered Both Products
Planning Center
Chose Planning Center
We use Planning Center for volunteer scheduling and service planning because they are the best... we use the other products because they are the best in their fields.
Chose Planning Center
Planning Center provides more integrated people management than FellowshipOne or CCB at a better monthly price. Planning Center Giving is more competitive than PushPay and also available at a better rate. Planning Center Services is hands-down the standard for worship planning …
Chose Planning Center
At one point, I was presented with both Asana and Trello as helpful tools to facilitate teamwork and collaboration amongst a large group of people. However, when it comes to putting on productions/services/events, Planning Center just seemed to have everything we need. I have …
Chose Planning Center
I've used worshipteam.com for worship resources, which has a few advantages. It's much easier to transpose music sheets AND audio recordings with a click making for an easier practice session. Planning Center does not provide an easy-to-use function like that (though they do …
Tithe.ly
Chose Tithe.ly
I like Tithe.ly's online giving integration with our people management system.
Chose Tithe.ly
Breeze CHMS is far less expensive and infinitely less complicated than CCB. Yes, CCB is a fantastic platform for large organizations, but it is not very well suited for our congregation with ~400-500 weekly attendance. Breeze, while being surprisingly powerful, remains quite …
User Ratings
Planning CenterTithe.ly
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
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User Testimonials
Planning CenterTithe.ly
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are a music/worship leader in a local church, Planning Center will be your absolute best friend. It changed the way I interact with my team, our songs, and our order of worship each week. If you are involved in a small church with a limited budget or you have very few volunteers, Planning Center may offer more than you need
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[Tithe.ly is well suited as an] easy to learn online giving platform where your online giving and people management system can be connected.
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Pros
  • Planning Center is great for scheduling services.
  • I love using Planning Center to schedule volunteers in quarterly time frames.
  • Allowing people to confirm or decline assigned positions helps us out.
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  • Text Giving
  • Custom profiles
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Cons
  • Could improve the "timing" tool (as in, adjusting the time when events start)
  • Could add personalization options (as in, the ability to upload a logo for an event)
  • Could add a "copy and paste" feature (maybe there is one, but I haven't seen it)
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  • Lacks the ability to customize some "vital" data, such as family relationship.
  • I'd like to see more customization in "child check-in" ticket prints.
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Usability
Planning Center is very user friendly on both the front and back ends.
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Support Rating
I've not needed to use Planning Center support. In the few instances that I would have thought would "require support," tips and notices popped up on screen letting me know what was happening. There are very VERY few issues that I've found with Planning Center. The interface has been intuitive and powerful, so I've not needed to use their support service.
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Every experience I've had with Breeze's customer support has been... incredible. While being exceedingly polite, they are prompt and helpful. When addressing my concerns, they often anticipated other potential concerns and provide answers to them. Very proactive. The support staff seems to be very knowledgeable. I feel like there's no problem that could arise, that they couldn't tackle.
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Alternatives Considered
At one point, I was presented with both Asana and Trello as helpful tools to facilitate teamwork and collaboration amongst a large group of people. However, when it comes to putting on productions/services/events, Planning Center just seemed to have everything we need. I have never really once given thought to moving on from Planning Center. I'm sure Asana and Trello have much to offer, and I did briefly consider the, but Planning Center (for what we needed) was a grand-slam, home run.
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Breeze CHMS is far less expensive and infinitely less complicated than CCB. Yes, CCB is a fantastic platform for large organizations, but it is not very well suited for our congregation with ~400-500 weekly attendance. Breeze, while being surprisingly powerful, remains quite easy to use, integrate into our website and email platform has a great mobile application and is pretty customizable.
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Return on Investment
  • Reliable and consistent scheduling options for volunteers. Keeps them happy and us staffed.
  • Better communication makes for a better planned and executed service.
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  • Much lower price point than alternatives makes it fiscally responsible.
  • Easy to use platform makes it easy to use for volunteers.
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