Planning Center vs. TouchPoint Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Planning Center
Score 9.5 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
TouchPoint Software
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
TouchPoint Software, now a division of Pursuant, provides what they offer as a robust and flexible yet affordable church management software system for mobile devices and computers that enables and equips church leaders to manage their church, engage their people, and fund their vision.N/A
Pricing
Planning CenterTouchPoint Software
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 CenterTouchPoint Software
Free Trial
YesNo
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.
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Community Pulse
Planning CenterTouchPoint Software
User Ratings
Planning CenterTouchPoint Software
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Planning CenterTouchPoint Software
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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For our church size (1000 weekly attendees), Touchpoint has been a great option for us. We moved from a legacy server based system to Touchpoint which has brought a much needed transition to a web-based product with all its advantages. The various features that stand out in our use of Touchpoint includes: good child-care check-in process, the integration of volunteer background checks with third party vendors, increasing integration with accounting packages like Sage Intacct, strong contributions module with flexibility on selecting various providers for the front end, generally intuitive ease of use combined with good flexibility to tailor to our needs.
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Pros
  • Easy to use app
  • Helpfully displays order of services/events
  • Provides instant collaboration among several users
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  • Connects well with online merchant processors for ACH and Credit card gifts
  • Integrates well with our accounting software (Sage Intacct)
  • Retreat and event management that require fees is also very robust.
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Cons
  • Groups' Communication Tool
  • Giving app scaled access for volunteers
  • Church-wide communication tool
  • Song-reporting integration with CCLI
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  • The onboarding/training process was not as smooth as it could have been.
  • As new features roll-out, sometimes the communication is not as clear as it could be.
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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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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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We moved from Shelby to Touchpoint 5 years ago. Although Shelby has moved on to the web, it has been a more recent development after a 40 year history as a server based product. We wanted to go with a web-based option that started on the web.
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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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  • Touchpoint's value has been in the ability of staff and lay leaders to be able to connect with and manage others.
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