Gathrik vs Planning Center

Gathrik is a web-based church management platform for pastors and church administrators. It brings member records, attendance, events, communication, giving, and volunteer scheduling into one service. Profiles can include contact details, photos, birthdays, anniversaries, custom fields, and family connections. Churches can run one-time or recurring events, record attendance by QR code, manage registrations, and set capacity limits or waitlists. Members can use a portal to join groups, studies, teams, committees, or classes. Messaging includes email and SMS, and the homepage also describes WhatsApp. Giving tools cover online and recurring donations, multiple funds, statements, and reporting. Churches can create volunteer roles, open sign-up slots, and send reminders. Data imports from CSV or Excel and can be exported as CSV. Gathrik offers free data import, a live onboarding call, and ongoing support. The Free plan costs nothing with no time limit and covers up to 75 members; Premium is $149 a month, billed monthly.

Planning Center is a church ministry platform with products for people management, events, worship planning, donations, groups, and church apps. People centralizes membership information and ministry activity such as attendance, giving, and volunteering. Services supports worship planning, volunteer scheduling, team communication, and rehearsal tools. Other listed capabilities include group management, event registration, child check-in, and SMS messaging. Free plans are listed for Calendar, People, and Services: Calendar includes one room, People has an unlimited database and reporting, and Services includes five team members and 100 MB of storage. The pricing note lists paid access from $5/mo and a 30-day trial; a member limit of 75 is also listed. Services plans include unlimited feature access, teams, service types, and plans, with pricing based on the number of people accessing the system. The Services app supports iOS and Android phones and tablets, but not Windows devices. Integrations include SongSelect, PraiseCharts, Checkr, Mailchimp, Zapier, and third-party tools; an open API is also available. Planning Center states its products suit churches of any size.