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Planning Center

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 33 - Reviews of Planning Center

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Taylor O.  
Volunteer  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Worship Team Resource and Planner"

September 21, 2019

5.0

It has greatly benefited our worship team at church and everyone involved in the Sunday service.

Pros

Planning center is very helpful when volunteering on the worship team at my church. I find my schedule on their. I can block off dates that I can’t serve. It also holds the library of music I need to practice.

Cons

No cons anymore. Everything works well and is super easy to use.

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SC

Scott C.  
Rep Communications Manager  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Works well for scheduling church volunteers"

January 2, 2020

4.0

All in all, a convenient way to track user availabilty, see where there may be a scheduling need, and maintain a calendar of who will be serving and when.

Pros

Planning Center works well for scheduling people for activities that may occur at different times from week to week or month to month. It's a great tool for scheduling church volunteers who may or may not be available to serve on a given Sunday. People can accept or decline an invitation to serve via an email request. The system also allows people to block out dates on which they are unavailable. Upcoming appointments can be viewed online, allowing users to view their schedule as needed.

Cons

At times I've found it difficult to access my schedule of upcoming appointments.

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EP

Erik P.  
Director of Technology  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "THE program for planning worship services"

May 22, 2019

5.0

Pros

Been a light user for years as someone who plays the cello on the worship team just occasionally. But, the day finally came where I decided to make a personal account as my family is thinking about doing more music for nursing homes and the like. It's just the best thing out there for planning services or concerts.

Cons

We just started using their Music Stand feature where you can use a tablet to see your music and a foot pedal to turn the pages. I found this a little harder to get used to than expected, but I'll keep trying. I doubt there's anything else out there much better, it just has its inherent limitations (and advantages) over sheet music.

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MB

Mylinda B.  
Office manager  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for small and growing church"

November 11, 2019

5.0

We are a small church and the features plus the price are just right for us.

Pros

We love the different features (giving, services, contact list, etc) and the ease of using different features.

Cons

It can be a little overwhelming getting through the different parts of the dashboard and figuring out who has access for each section.

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Response from Planning Center

November 14, 2019

Thank you for your review Mylinda. We are so happy it has been a great tool for you and your team. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions on the dashboard view or with permissions. You can email our support team at support@planning.center

LD

Ladina D.  
Pastor of opperations  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "This is a must have"

October 23, 2018

5.0

Pros

We love it software. We use it for everything!!

Cons

There is honestly nothing I don’t like. One thing is I wish the giving software could combine families

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JB

John B.  
Technical Director  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning Center is the best ChMS around"

March 26, 2019

5.0

PC has been great for us. I've used it at two separate churches and have loved it!

Pros

Planning Center covers all of the bases - member database, check-ins, room reservations, service flow, and more. It's extremely powerful.

Cons

There's not much to dislike. But, for a small church like ours, the accumulated costs can be kind of high, once you add in multiple apps.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Production assistant  
Music  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning center"

December 5, 2019

5.0

Planning center has been a plug and play platform for organizing events in the church with great customer service.

Pros

The software contains all you need to organize events including media, music sheets, and various places for notes

Cons

There are a few things that are not intuitive about it. They are constantly updating it, so it’s becoming more intuitive as time goes on

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Derek P.  
Data Conversion Specialist  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Planning Center has saved our Music Director."

April 19, 2018

5.0

Pros

We use Planning Center for planning out all of our services. Great way to keep the team caught up and also scheduled in advanced.

Cons

The only con I can think of is when adding people through the mobile app, it adds them as a limited viewerand not just a viewer.

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WH

Whitney H.  
Preschool Director  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Preschool Director Using Planning Center"

December 4, 2018

5.0

Pros

I love the texting and group email features. I use them both weekly to schedule my volunteers for Preschool Ministry in our church. I love the ability for them to be able to text their response for scheduling as well.

Cons

I don't like that I don't receive text responses back. But that is only because I switched to Verizon for my wireless carrier. So, I don't think its anything that planning center can change. But I can still login to the app and see if people have confirmed or declined, and I still get the emails as well.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Project Manager  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great Tool for Churches"

November 21, 2019

4.0

It really takes a tough job and makes it easy. Without it, I know organizing volunteers would be a nightmare of a job.

Pros

Planning Center makes it super easy to communicate with a large group of volunteers and organize a church service easily.

Cons

Sometimes the app glitches out and won't show my scheduled events unless I restart the app. Other than that, it's great!

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Office Administrator  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Helpful in scheduling people and hosting files"

February 12, 2019

4.0

The software is very helpful for our music ministry and scheduling our nursery volunteers, so thank you!

Pros

The ability to edit the music lead sheet on the screen is very convenient.

Cons

It's not always easy to find what I want. Also, there's a limit to how many people you can add to have access to a single business account.

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nS

natalie S.  
owner  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Planning Center Review "

November 22, 2020

5.0

I love it. If you need a simple software that anyone can use to help schedule and plan out your event to the minute this perfect! It's an excellent way to keep everyone in the loop and on task.

Pros

I love how easy it is to use and share with others. It's ease of use is so simple that it takes little to no time to train others how to use it.

Cons

I really have no negative comments on this software. It fit all the needs we have for our events to a T!!

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Response from Planning Center

January 7, 2021

Hi Natalie - Thanks for the review! We're so happy Planning Center has been easy to use and helpful in your ministry. Let us know if you run into any questions!

AM

Alan M.  
Office Manager  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning Center...a great tool for our church!"

July 25, 2019

5.0

Pros

Planning Center allows our users to quickly and efficiently communicate and get the information they need where they need it to be. This saves time for everyone and ultimately, creates a seamless experience for all.

Cons

I've had no problems with Planning Center whatsoever since we started using it. We highly recommend this product.

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PE

Paige E.  
Media Manager  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Essential for church infrastructure "

November 12, 2020

5.0

Overall I’ve loved using this product and working with the customer service team. They’ve been really helpful during this whole process!!

Pros

I absolutely love this product! We’ve needed a fully in-house system to manage all the contacts, events, information, and communication of our ministry. Planning Center has made all of that so easy at and extremely affordable price.

Cons

It has been a little difficult to on-board our team and volunteers. It’s been a crazy season with Covid as well, so it’s been a trial and error process to introduce the products to our team.

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Response from Planning Center

January 8, 2021

Thanks for the review, Paige! Let us know if we can help you further onboard your team. Just reach out at support@planningcenteronline.com!

Paul R.  
Marketing Success Manager  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Used as a church volunteer"

March 25, 2021

5.0

It was great to get the entire team on the same page with what we were doing and what was expected of us.

Pros

We were told as volunteers of the church that we were going to use this software. It is great for seeing your schedule, who you'll be serving with, and the agenda for the day.

Cons

There were a lot of text and email notifications sent by the software that seemed to be a little overkill.

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Response from Planning Center

April 15, 2021

Hi Paul - thanks for the review! We're grateful that Planning Center was useful to you and your team. :-)

HZ

Hannah Z.  
Volunteer  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Does the job well"

October 8, 2020

5.0

It’s good, solid software. It’s broken down by teams even, so you only see the plans for the team(s) youre on, so that’s nice.

Pros

It’s clean, and to the point. It organizes everything well, and lets you see your requests and services listed clearly.

Cons

I guess just that it doesn’t clear notifications quickly..? Literally my only complaint with the program.

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CB

Caleb B.  
Student Pastor  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning Center makes planning weekly services a piece of cake."

June 7, 2017

5.0

Pros

I primarily use the service planning aspect of planning center. I love it! It's so easy to create a service full of multiple elements. And within those elements, you want add notes for each department specific to them and their roles in the service. Planning center has through through all of these details and makes it easy to explain to each role what their expectations are throughout the service. And their LIVE feature is great to keep everyone on the same page while the service is happening. Great product.

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JL

Joshua L.  
Sound Tech  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Easy to use church planning service"

January 25, 2022

5.0

Pros

I like how simple and clean the interface of the app is and how you can get details about your volunteer schedule and worship services easily once you know where to look.

Cons

Honestly, I haven’t been able to find anything I don’t like so far. I had my leader point out how to find where to find people who were serving on the worship team and that has been pretty much the extent of the type of difficulty.

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joshua J.  
President  
Internet  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great Planning Service"

August 30, 2023

5.0

Pros

Great for keeping up with volunteers and planning for services

Cons

found nothing i did not like about the service

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BB

Brandon B.  
Associate Pastor  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Good for the price"

October 12, 2022

4.0

Pros

It generally does what we want it to do. We are able to set up some good looking web pages and a member’s portal. The best part is that you can pay for features as you need them.

Cons

Some of the features are needlessly complicated, and other more expensive options do them a lot better.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Lead Manufacturing Engineer  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "The Best Scheduling Platform...Period"

September 26, 2018

5.0

Worship Team Scheduling and Planning. Volunteer Team Scheduling and Planning.

Pros

Planning Center is extremely easy to setup and begin using right after signing up. Great features that keep your team organized and in the know so that there are no questions about whether or not someone is going to be there. I wish we would have started using it years ago. Our worship team absolutely raves over it.

Cons

Planning Center is a great scheduling platform that is extremely easy to use and setup. No Cons.

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KW

Kevin W.  
Pastor  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning Center is the single most helpful online tool available to churches"

May 7, 2019

4.0

We love PCO and use it constantly!

Pros

In addition to the comprehensive feature set, it's easy to use for both administrators and the average user.

Cons

Because of the power of its feature set, there is a learning curve for the regular user. However, this is mitigated by the best training videos available from any CMS out there.

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kH

karl H.  
Manager  
Media Production  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Saves A Lot of Time in Planning Services and Events"

December 5, 2019

5.0

Planning Center is a time saver and a great way of staying organized and everyone on the same page.

Pros

Planning Center is a great tool when planning and running services and events. It is flexible and fast. It makes scheduling a breeze.

Cons

Only real con with Planning Center is I wish there was a bit more flexibility with the live feature.

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RA

Rochelle A.  
Employee  
Fine Art  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Planning Center"

October 18, 2018

5.0

Pros

Planning Center really has thought of all of the ways that the average church volunteer needs to be notified and communicated with. It works great as a single spot to keep track of schedules and multiple ministries within one organization.

Cons

It would be helpful to have more viewing control for the average user.

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NS

Nick S.  
Pastor  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Highly Recommend"

December 3, 2019

5.0

We use planning center to track attendance, organize worship, and follow up with visitors.

Pros

Planning Center is price friendly and versitile, has an excellent mobile app, and integrates well into many other software titles.

Cons

There isn't anything I don't love about Planning Center. I look forward to working with it for years to come.

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