The Planning Center alternative with real accounting
Planning Center is excellent at worship planning — and charges per module for everything else, with no accounting at all. Assemblea bundles people, services, check-in, giving and double-entry finance in one flat price, in 6 languages.
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Why churches switch from Planning Center
One flat price, not eight subscriptions
Planning Center is priced per product, and the total grows with every module and every size tier. Assemblea includes every module in one plan from $19/month — free up to 50 members.
Accounting included
Planning Center offers no accounting — churches bolt on QuickBooks or Aplos. Assemblea has double-entry fund accounting with budgets, journals and giving auto-posted to the ledger.
Built for churches outside the US too
Planning Center is English-only with giving available in a handful of countries. Assemblea speaks 6 languages, prices in your local currency, supports SEPA/iDEAL/Bancontact and is GDPR-first with EU hosting.
Assemblea vs Planning Center at a glance
| Feature | Planning Center | Assemblea |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per module, grows with size | Flat plans, all modules included |
| Free plan | Free People CRM only | Full platform up to 50 members |
| Fund accounting | No | Yes |
| Worship planning | Excellent (Services) | Yes |
| Interface languages | English only | 6 languages |
| EU hosting & GDPR toolkit | US-East hosting | Yes |
| Congregational voting & minutes | No | Yes |
| Guided data migration | No | Planning Center import preset |
Comparison based on publicly available Planning Center pricing and documentation, updated August 2026. Found something outdated? Write to [email protected] and we'll fix it. All trademarks belong to their owners.
Switch from Planning Center in an afternoon
Assemblea's guided importer has a ready-made preset for Planning Center exports: people, families and giving history come across deduplicated, with a dry-run preview before anything is written.
Frequently asked questions
Can I import my data from Planning Center?
Yes. Assemblea's importer has a Planning Center preset: export your people and donations as CSV, preview the mapping in a dry run, and import people, families and giving history deduplicated.
Does Assemblea do worship planning like Planning Center Services?
Assemblea includes service planning with a song library (keys, CCLI numbers), a drag-ordered service flow with assignments and durations, and printable run sheets. Teams switching from Services keep their weekly workflow.
How much does Assemblea cost compared to Planning Center?
Assemblea is free up to 50 members, then a flat price from $19/month with every module included and local pricing per country. Planning Center is priced per product, so comparable coverage typically costs several times more.
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