c-SPOT vs Lutheran Service Builder
c-SPOT
github.comLutheran Service Builder
music.cph.orgSide by side
| Figure | c-SPOT | Lutheran Service Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 10 |
| Spec score · Worship Planning Software | 8.1 (#7) | 8.1 (#8) |
| Presentations | Songs and other items can be presented as slides, including offline from slides cached to a local computer. | Presentation view fills from the service plan and can export to MediaShout 6. |
| Purpose | c-SPOT helps small churches plan Sunday and midweek services and other events. | Lutheran Service Builder is web-based software for planning worship services, bulletins, and presentations. |
| Service planning | It manages orders of service, staff, resources, worship song lists and other event information. | Users can view daily propers, select lectionary or other readings and hymns, choose an order of service, and add rites and staff notes. |
Plans
Lutheran Service Builder
- One and All Rejoice$60 a year
- Hymn License — 1–199 weekly attendance$150 a year
- Hymn License — 200–399 weekly attendance$260 a year
- The Concordia Organist subscription$300 a year
- Hymn License — 400–699 weekly attendance$375 a year
- Hymn License — 700+ weekly attendance$500 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 1–199 weekly attendance$500 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 200–399 weekly attendance$650 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 400–699 weekly attendance$800 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 700+ weekly attendance$950 a year
In their own words
c-SPOT
c-SPOT is a free, open-source service-planning application for small churches. It organizes Sunday and midweek services and other events, including orders of service, staff, resources, songs, and event details. Song materials can include lyrics, scores, and guitar chords, with OnSong format for musicians. Songs and other items can be shown as slides, including offline from a local cache; presentations can be controlled by a casting device such as Chromecast or a synced smartphone. Role-based permissions govern changes and access to some information, and users can communicate by email or internal messages. The project tracks song use for CCLI reporting and links to SongSelect. It runs on the web and listed desktop and mobile platforms, or can be hosted on a user's own web host. Self-hosting calls for console access, Composer, Git, a database, and configured mail-server connectivity. The responsive web interface requires an up-to-date browser and JavaScript. Synchronized lyrics, chords, or sheet music across devices work only on Apache servers.
Lutheran Service Builder
Lutheran Service Builder is paid web software for planning worship services, bulletins, and presentations. Service plans can include daily propers, lectionary or other readings, hymns, an order of service, rites, and staff notes. Bulletin and presentation views draw from the plan; bulletins export to a word processor, while presentations export to MediaShout 6. Global search filters resources by type, topic, tune, meter, author, copyright, and holiday, and can show hymn text, melody, copyright details, and Scripture references. My Worship Resources stores custom elements and liturgies, supports creating hymns and common service parts, and reuses templates. Desktop databases, including custom resources, can be uploaded. The Concordia Organist add-on creates playlists and downloadable MP3 ZIP files. A separate Hymn License tracks covered use and submits reports, with stated exclusions for LSB 462 tune and LSB 712 text and tune. Core plans start at $500 a year for 1–199 weekly attendance.