Hubl Life vsPlanning Center
With Hubl Life, your website IS your platform. Events, giving, groups, and sermons all live on your domain in one cohesive design. With Planning Center, you assemble modules and link out to a separate portal.
Pricing at a Glance
Planning Center People is free and genuinely useful. But the paid modules — Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, Registrations, Services — add up quickly.
Full Access — every feature, one price. Free tier includes with a ready-to-go church website, directory, and VBS tools.
People is free. Each additional module (Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, Registrations, Services, Calendar) bills separately and scales with usage.
Planning Center pricing varies by module and usage volume. Ranges shown are from planningcenter.com as of early 2026.
Where Hubl Life Has the Edge
Planning Center is excellent at what it does. Here’s where Hubl Life offers something different.
One Platform, One Website
With Hubl Life, your public website IS your church platform. Events, giving, groups, sermons, prayer board, and forms all live on your domain in one cohesive design. With PC, your website is separate — you link out to Church Center (on their subdomain) for everything interactive.
One Price, Everything Included
No module math. Check-in, giving, groups, registration, and events are all in one $30/mo plan. No per-usage pricing that grows as your church grows.
Works Alongside PC
Already invested in Planning Center? Keep it. Hubl Life syncs members, families, and children bi-directionally, and imports events one-way from PC.
Dedicated VBS Tools
PC can handle VBS registration and check-in using its modules. But Hubl Life has purpose-built VBS features: team competitions, scoring, badge printing, and family messaging — free on every plan.
Community Prayer Board
A public-facing prayer board with categories, anonymous submissions, follow/subscribe, and moderation. PC handles prayer requests through forms and notes — not a shared community space.
No Per-Module Scaling
PC’s paid modules scale by usage (daily check-ins, monthly donations, group members). Hubl Life is the same $30/mo whether you have 50 or 5,000 members.
Where Planning Center Wins
We believe in honest comparisons. Here’s where Planning Center has a genuine edge.
Worship Service Planning
PC Services is a dedicated worship planning tool: song scheduling, volunteer rotation, and set lists. Hubl Life doesn’t have an equivalent.
Church Center App
A polished native mobile app where members can give, RSVP, check in, and browse groups. Hubl Life works great on phones via Add to Home Screen — but isn’t in the app store yet.
Lower Credit Card Processing
PC Giving charges 2.15% + $0.30 per card transaction vs Stripe’s 2.9% + $0.30. For high-volume giving, that adds up — though PC also has a monthly module fee.
Massive Ecosystem & Maturity
PC has been around since 2006 and serves tens of thousands of churches. The ecosystem of integrations, training resources, and community is enormous.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
A detailed look at what each platform includes. Where Planning Center requires a paid module, we’ve noted the price range.
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Planning Center module prices scale by usage volume ($0 for free tiers with strict limits, up to $239/mo for unlimited). Check planningcenter.com for current rates.
Keep Planning Center. Add Hubl Life.
You don’t have to rip and replace. Hubl Life’s Planning Center integration syncs members, families, and children bi-directionally, and imports events from PC.
Start by adding Hubl Life as your church’s public website with its own custom domain. Sync your member directory. Let your website stay current automatically. Then decide if you want to consolidate or keep both running.
Switching from Planning Center
Can I use Hubl Life alongside Planning Center?
Yes. Hubl Life integrates with Planning Center. Members, families, and children sync bi-directionally between both platforms. Events import one-way from PC into Hubl Life. Many churches start by adding Hubl Life as their public-facing website while keeping Planning Center for internal management, then gradually consolidate.
How does the pricing compare for a typical church?
Planning Center People is free and includes quite a lot: member database, forms, workflows, email, and dynamic lists. But the moment you need Check-Ins, Giving, Groups, or Registrations, each module adds $15–239/mo that scales with usage. A mid-size church running several paid modules typically pays $100–300+/mo. Hubl Life’s Full Access is $30/mo flat regardless of church size.
Planning Center People is free — why not just use that?
Planning Center People is a great free tool for member management. But it doesn’t include giving, check-in, groups, or event registration — those are all separate paid modules. And none of them give you a public church website on your own domain. Hubl Life bundles everything into one platform where your website, events, giving, groups, and more are all tightly integrated under one design.
Does Hubl Life have worship planning like Planning Center Services?
Hubl Life doesn’t include a worship service planning tool (song scheduling, volunteer scheduling for services). If your church relies heavily on that specific module, you might keep Planning Center Services alongside Hubl Life. Everything else — people, events, giving, check-in, groups — is covered.
What about migrating our data from Planning Center?
Hubl Life’s Planning Center integration makes migration straightforward. Connect your account with one click, then sync your members, families, and children bi-directionally. Events import one-way from PC. You don’t have to migrate everything at once — run both systems in parallel and move at your own pace.
Planning Center Giving has lower processing fees. Isn’t that better?
Planning Center’s credit/debit rate is 2.15% + $0.30 vs Stripe’s standard 2.9% + $0.30. That is genuinely lower per transaction. However, Planning Center Giving also has a monthly subscription ($15–239/mo based on donation volume). Factor in that subscription cost and the gap narrows significantly, especially for smaller churches. Hubl Life has no separate giving subscription — it’s included in the $30/mo.
Try It Alongside Planning Center
Start with a free Hubl Life website, connect your Planning Center data, and see the difference. No migration required. No commitment.