connectDaily vs OnStage

connectDaily is an online calendar and resource-management system for scheduling events, people, vehicles, equipment, and rooms. Its church edition can schedule rooms, vehicles, and equipment while preventing double-booking. Events can recur daily, weekly, monthly, or on chosen dates with exceptions. Resource management supports unlimited rooms, vehicles, and other resources, including setup and teardown events. Users can subscribe to calendars and view schedules on desktop or mobile devices. The system sends reminders by email or SMS, as well as automatic approval and request messages; an audit trail records event changes and who made them. It imports and exports iCalendar, CSV, JSON, and RSS 2.0 XML events. Integrations include WordPress and Joomla plugins, Facebook and Twitter publishing, recurring Google Calendar imports, and imports from EventBrite and BrownPaperTicket. Deployment options include a Windows installer, a standalone WAR for several application servers, and WordPress or Joomla extensions. A free plan includes one calendar and one user. Paid plans start at $11 a month billed annually, and a 30-day trial is listed.

OnStage is a service-planning platform for churches, bringing event preparation, people, songs and team communication into one place. Teams can set up events and rehearsals, create setlists, assign people to positions and reuse event templates. Its song library handles chords, lyrics and song structures, with PDF import, annotations, key changes and capo settings. Team and event chats support messages, attachments, polls, replies and read receipts. Events, rehearsals and blockouts can sync to Google Calendar; that sync is available on iPhone, iPad and Android. The app also supports offline access during rehearsals and services, and runs on Android, iOS, macOS and web. Starter is free, does not expire and does not require card details, but is limited to five members, 200MB of storage and five events per month. Paid plans are billed monthly or yearly, with member sizes from 20 to 1,000 and different storage and event limits. The listed 20-member plan costs $10 a month; yearly billing is available at 15% off.