Assemblea vs WorshipTeam.com

Assemblea is web-based church management software for member records, giving, events, attendance, and finances, designed around evangelical and Protestant congregations. Member profiles can link families and record church acts and roles. Event tools support attendance check-in, named guests, child check-in with printed security codes, and a public calendar with an iCal feed. A guided importer has presets for exports from Planning Center, Breeze, ChurchSuite, and ChMeetings, plus a generic CSV option. Members can use a password-free magic link to update profiles, view giving, manage recurring gifts, confirm volunteer shifts, join groups, and browse events. Online donations go directly to the church’s Stripe account; Assemblea charges a 1% platform fee plus standard Stripe processing fees. The maker says data is hosted in the European Union, encrypted, and GDPR compliant. Security controls include field-level encryption for sensitive notes and prayer requests, granular permissions, and a tamper-evident audit trail. Churches can export, restrict, or erase an individual’s data using built-in tools. The responsive product works on phones and tablets without installation. The Free plan costs nothing; paid plans are Starter at $19/mo and Pro at $49/mo.

WorshipTeam.com is an online planning service for worship ministries and music teams. It combines service planning with team administration, including people and skills management, scheduling, invitations, calendars, communications, and document sharing. The library has more than 20,000 preloaded songs with original audio, chord charts, and lyrics. Teams can build sets, transpose songs, set transitions, prepare lyric presentations, notify musicians, customize charts, and upload private songs. Audio, charts, and arrangements are synchronized. Imports include chord chart files, SongBase songs, CCLI song files, and sheet-music PDFs; lyrics can be exported to presentation software such as MediaShout. Website, mobile-web, Android, and iOS access are listed, and subscriptions include WorshipTeam and WorshipStand apps. WorshipStand provides chart viewing, user sync, and Bluetooth pedal compatibility. A subscription for up to five users costs $14 a month; new groups receive one month of free access. Pricing depends on the number of people accessing the group, not church size.