Church Management Software Pricing 2026: Real Stack Costs by Church Size

As of October 2026, church management software (ChMS) costs from $0 to $276 a month for the published plans we checked, depending on the vendor and how much your church uses it. Flat-rate vendors such as Breeze and Tithely charge $72 a month regardless of size. Planning Center charges per product and per usage tier, so its total grows with your church.

Third-party price comparisons often disagree with each other, partly because Planning Center has no single price. Some vendor pages also publish tables of competitors' prices. We used only each vendor's own figures. Every figure below comes from the vendor's own pricing page, opened on October 18, 2026. Where a vendor doesn't publish pricing, we say so instead of estimating.

Published prices at a glance

Vendor	How it charges	Published price (as of October 2026)
Planning Center	Per product, by usage	People free; each paid product $0 to $239/month
Breeze	Flat rate, unlimited contacts	$72/month; bundle with app and website $119/month
Tithely	Flat rate per product	Church Management $72/month; All-Access $119/month
ChurchTrac	By names in the database	$29 to $119/month
Pushpay	Not published	Demo required for pricing
Realm (ACS Technologies)	Not published	Plans listed without prices
Subsplash	Not published for Subsplash One	"Pricing based on church size and usage"

Planning Center tiers

Planning Center's pricing page says it offers "monthly plans per product". People (the member database) is free with unlimited people. Each paid product uses the same price ladder, measured differently:

Product	Measured by	Free tier	Paid tiers
Services	Team members	5	20: $15 · 50: $32 · 150: $69 · 400: $115 · 1,000: $179 · unlimited: $239
Check-Ins	Check-ins on your busiest day	10	30: $15 · 75: $32 · 200: $69 · 500: $115 · 1,000: $179 · unlimited: $239
Giving	Donations per month	10	75: $15 · 200: $32 · 500: $69 · 1,000: $115 · 1,500: $179 · unlimited: $239
Groups	Group members, counted once	15	75: $15 · 200: $32 · 500: $69 · 1,000: $115 · 1,500: $179 · unlimited: $239
Registrations	Attendees at your largest event	5	20: $15 · 50: $32 · 150: $69 · 400: $115 · 1,000: $179 · 5,000: $239
Calendar	Rooms for facility booking	1 room	5: $15 · 15: $32 · 30: $69 · 50: $115 · 75: $179 · unlimited: $239
Publishing	Features	Essential	Plus $15 · Premium $32 (sermons)

Planning Center says going over a limit doesn't disrupt service; it emails a suggestion to upgrade if you exceed a limit more than once. It also offers church planters one year free and an application for Giving free for 12 months.

Flat-rate vendors

Tithely's pricing page lists Church Management at $72/month with unlimited people and admin users, a Mobile Church App at $89/month, a Website at $19/month, and All-Access at $119/month for all five products. Giving itself has no monthly fee.

Breeze's pricing page lists church management plus free giving at $72/month, with unlimited contacts, no setup fees and no contract. Worship Tools are a $29/month add-on, and a bundle with Breeze Worship Tools, Tithely Church Apps and Tithely Sites is $119/month.

ChurchTrac charges by names tracked: 75 names $29, 125 names $39, 250 names $59, 500 names $79, 1,000 names $99, unlimited $119 per month. Every individual you add counts as one name; archived names don't count. ChurchTrac says every plan includes a website and app.

Worked totals for three church sizes

These totals cover a core stack: member database, volunteer scheduling, child check-in, giving and groups. The usage numbers are our illustrative assumptions, not benchmarks. Swap in your own counts, which you can pull from your current system. Annual figures are the listed monthly price × 12.

For ChurchTrac, we assume the database holds about as many names as the church size. Many churches keep more records than they have regular attenders, so check your real count.

100 people

Assumptions: 15 on volunteer teams, 25 check-ins on Sunday, 60 donations a month, 50 in groups.

Vendor	Monthly math	Monthly	Annual
Planning Center	Services $15 + Check-Ins $15 + Giving $15 + Groups $15	$60	$60 × 12 = $720
ChurchTrac	125 names tier	$39	$39 × 12 = $468
Breeze	Flat	$72	$72 × 12 = $864
Tithely Church Management	Flat	$72	$72 × 12 = $864
Tithely All-Access (adds app and website)	Flat	$119	$119 × 12 = $1,428

300 people

Assumptions: 40 on volunteer teams, 70 check-ins on Sunday, 180 donations a month, 150 in groups.

Vendor	Monthly math	Monthly	Annual
Planning Center	$32 + $32 + $32 + $32	$128	$128 × 12 = $1,536
ChurchTrac	500 names tier	$79	$79 × 12 = $948
Breeze	Flat	$72	$864
Tithely Church Management	Flat	$72	$864
Tithely All-Access	Flat	$119	$1,428

800 people

Assumptions: 120 on volunteer teams, 180 check-ins on Sunday, 450 donations a month, 400 in groups.

Vendor	Monthly math	Monthly	Annual
Planning Center	$69 + $69 + $69 + $69	$276	$276 × 12 = $3,312
ChurchTrac	1,000 names tier	$99	$99 × 12 = $1,188
Breeze	Flat	$72	$864
Tithely Church Management	Flat	$72	$864
Tithely All-Access	Flat	$119	$1,428

Pushpay, Realm and Subsplash One aren't in these tables because they don't publish prices. Ask each for a written quote at your size.

A lower subscription isn't automatically the better choice. Planning Center's per-product model lets a church pay only for what it uses, and a small church that needs only the free People database and a few volunteers in Services may pay $0. Compare features against your actual workflow before switching. To see how your church software compares with nonprofit pricing on your other tools, run the free audit.

The catch: what the sticker price leaves out

• Per-product add-ons. Planning Center's total is the sum of every product you turn on. Adding Registrations, more Calendar rooms (5 rooms is $15/month) or Publishing Premium ($32/month) raises it. Music Stand is $5/month and a Text2Give number is $5/month.
• Giving fees on top. Subscriptions don't include processing. Planning Center lists 2.15% + $0.30 per US card gift and $0.30 per ACH gift; Tithely lists 2.9% + $0.30 for cards and 1% + $0.30 for ACH; Subsplash lists 2.3% + 30¢ for cards in its plan summary, though its feature list elsewhere says 2.99% + 30¢, so confirm the rate. ChurchTrac uses Stripe's discounted nonprofit rate and says to contact it for details. On a large giving volume, these fees can exceed the software cost. See church giving platform fees for worked examples.
• App and website extras. Tithely's app is $89/month on its own, which is why All-Access at $119 can cost less than buying pieces separately. Planning Center's Church Center essentials are free, with paid Publishing tiers for custom pages and sermons. ChurchTrac includes a website and app but sells a one-time "Website & App Build" starting at $477 and an accounting setup starting at $399.
• Texting. Breeze includes 250 texts a month, then $10 per 500. Planning Center charges $0.02 per text. ChurchTrac's Enhanced Messaging is $7/month for 250 credits.
• Annual vs monthly billing. ChurchTrac says paying yearly saves 10%, and Tithely says paying yearly saves "about 25%" on its Church Management + Engagement plan. Neither page lists the yearly dollar total, so confirm before you budget. We didn't find an annual discount on Planning Center's page.
• Growth tiers. Usage-based pricing moves in steps. On Planning Center, going from 200 to 201 monthly donations moves Giving from $32 to $69 a month.

How to price your own stack

1. Count your real usage. Database names, volunteers, busiest-day check-ins, monthly gifts and group members.
2. Price the products you'll actually use, including app, website and texting.
3. Add giving fees from last year's giving total and card vs ACH split.
4. Get written quotes from vendors that don't publish pricing, and ask about contract length.
5. Check discounts on the rest of your software. Many tools churches use have nonprofit pricing; see church software discounts and church accounting software pricing.