--- title: Planning Center People Reviews meta\_title: 'Planning Center People Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 49 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Planning Center People works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.8 review\_count: 49 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Church url: https://www.g2.com/categories/church --- # Planning Center People Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Planning Center People but has limited features. Are you part of the Planning Center People team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Planning Center People is a membership database that helps you centralize information from your ministries. With Planning Center People, you can sync information from across your church into a single place. Send church-wide emails, follow up with visitors using custom workflows, organize personal details of people and their families, record background check completions, create reports based on peoples’ information and activity records, and much more. Planning Center People is part of Planning Center, an all-in-one church management system to help you organize information, coordinate events, communicate with your team, and connect with your congregation. Founded in 2006 in Carlsbad, CA, Planning Center’s products adapt to your church’s needs as it grows. Get 30 days free with full support access, no contracts, and the freedom to cancel anytime. * * * Seller [Planning Center](https://www.g2.com/sellers/planning-center) Discussions [Planning Center People Community](https://www.g2.com/products/planning-center-people/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Gina Patton Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Planning Center People. ### Planning Center People Free [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/planning-center-people/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Breeze ChMS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Breeze ChMS") Breeze ChMS 4.8/5(130) ](https://www.g2.com/products/yourgiving-inc-breeze-chms/reviews) [ ![Text-Em-All](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Text-Em-All") Text-Em-All 4.8/5(823) ](https://www.g2.com/products/text-em-all/reviews) [ ![DialMyCalls](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "DialMyCalls") DialMyCalls 4.7/5(999) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dialmycalls/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/planning-center-people/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 49 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Planning Center People Integrations (2) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Nucleus Web ](https://www.g2.com/products/nucleus-web/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") WordPress.com ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-com/reviews) Show More ![Danny G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Danny G.") DG Danny G. Media Director Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/29/2021 "PC People" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? People give us a location to organize all of our volunteers and attendees in one place. We can input all the information that we can retrieve from those willing to share it. Then whether we need that info for services or check-ins it is there are ready. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? I wish there was a way for mass messaging from the People software for events or anything else needed. Also, a better way of customizing reports throughout the Planning Center software would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Planning Center People: Just be sure that you have all of the informatioin beforehand because it is harder to go back and gather all of that information afterward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? We can keep everyone's information in one secure location, and when needed, it is easily accessed no matter the person's place. It is an online database that stores the information so it is available when away from the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Seth M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Seth M.") SM Seth M. Next Steps Pastor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2021 "Literally the easiest people/data tracking software ever!" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? The amazingly friendly user interface. You literally could have never used a computer before and could still easily navigate your way through Planning Center People. I also really like that it's set up to go to my dashboard right off the bat. I love that it easily builds my people over into its other applications as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? I wouldn't say I dislike it, but rather that I wish it was a bit smoother in one area. I wish it was easier for people to use to log in and edit their own account info. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Planning Center People: You will love the easy user interface and how amazingly it accomplishes so many tasks! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Planning Center People has helped me have one convenient/easy location to go to for all of my contact info and demographics I could ever hope for. I have realized that I no longer spend hours trying to find someone's phone number, or who filled out a form etc... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kim M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kim M.") KM Kim M. Office Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/28/2021 "It is great for what it offers." 4/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? It is easy to navigate and call or email people through. I like the workspace and the ability for people to fill out forms that then can add tasks to a staff member's tasklist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? It does not link cleanly with the other platforms like groups, registration, and such. When I put in a form linked to a registration event, it does not connect to the people database. It often creates duplicates not registering that the person already exists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? We are able to have our whole church database in one place. Whenever someone asks about someone in the church and we don't have their number in our phones, we always have been able to find it on people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Religious Institutions](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Religious Institutions") UR Verified User in Religious Institutions Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/29/2021 "Great Hub for all your Planning Center apps" 4/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? It's free, and it integrates seamlessly with all the other Planning Center apps. But it is also a great app in its own right. You can create lists based on different criteria to find specific people or groups. We also like workflows to ensure every person goes through the same process (for example, we make a phone call to new visitors and schedule a visit the week after they come). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? PC's way of handling duplicates. It basically creates a new contact unless first name, last name, and email are exactly the same. It is a problem for us because in Colombia, many people have two names (and everyone has 2 last names), so when they submit a form, they can choose between many different (but valid) combinations. For example, a guy could enter "Carlos Guzmán", "Carlos Andrés Guzmán", or "Andrés Guzmán" (if he wrote his second last name, you'd have other 3 options) in a form and Planning Center will always create a different profile. This may not be an issue for many countries, but it is a big problem for us. The problem also happens when you import people from a spreadsheet. Another problem is that there is no way to either bulk merge or delete contacts. You need to do it one by one, and it takes a lot of time. We reached a point in which cleaning the database is so expensive that it is not worth it. So we chose the lesser of two evils and have a very faulty database with thousands of duplicate contacts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Even with a faulty database as ours, the pros outweigh the cons and it is definitely better than having everything on several spreadsheets (as we used to have). It is easy to update information (people can do it themselves) and it gives us a great deal of useful information of our people and their interactions with our church. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/1/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite KE Kim E. Accountant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/23/2021 "All in one for People" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? We like that you can keep all the information in one place for all your volunteers and it's very user friendly. Whether you are just keeping track of whom you have or you are using the information for more detailed reasons this works great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? The one thing we have issues with is the fact that at times the information from people doesn't always get transferred over to our planning center check ins or services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Planning Center People: Don't become overwhelmed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? We are able to keep families grouped together which makes it easier when tracking down parents for kids. Also we are able to esport the information we need into other programs for mass communication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management") AN Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/20/2021 "Great ChMS!" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? Ease of use with a lot of flexibility and it is free. I created a whole database with custom tabs and the ability to search what was created for w couple different organizations. It was easy to setup and the struggling user could navigate it pretty easily. All permission based. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? I haven't found anything yet in this module, except for a couple of preference tweaks in custom tabs. I wish it had a few more options when creating custom fields. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Providing a database solution for the budget-minded organization. The best part it is really easy to use and teach others who struggle with technology. I have seniors using the system and they can actually navigate it no problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sarah N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sarah N.") SN Sarah N. Church Administrator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/23/2021 "A Simple and Elegant Software for Ministry Organization" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? Planning Center People allows our ministry to connect with members, visitors, volunteers, and staff through seamless integration with an app. Additionally, we can sort the various stakeholders into specific groups according to our ministry organization, allowing for targeted communication and engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? There is very little to dislike about Planning Center People, except for the fact that whenever it's down for maintenance (which is rare), much of our work comes to a halt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Planning Center People has helped our ministry solve the problem of gathering feedback from all our members into one location. The Forms feature allows us to create highly specific forms for any occation and launch them digitally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Religious Institutions](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Religious Institutions") AR Verified User in Religious Institutions Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/26/2022 "Takes care of our needs" 4/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? It easily connects with other platforms we currently use and gives me quick access to information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? Sometimes the exports from lists can be a little overwhelming with information that I have to resort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Contact database for our church. It's a lot easier to keep current. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Religious Institutions](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Religious Institutions") AR Verified User in Religious Institutions Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2019 "We use Planning Center People to organize the people we have in Planning Center." 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? I like the ability to search for a person and also the way you can add households together. It's fairly simple to learn. They also provide plenty of documentation to learn how to use it. It's very user-friendly. You don't have to go through several steps to get the information you want. Aside from profile management, People also provides Forms where you can collect all sorts of information. Lists allow you to find a specific group of people. Workflows, which are great for moving people "down the pipeline" or passing individuals on to the next staff member who need to do something with their information, are also very efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? Adding a new household seems "choppier" than it should be. It seems to take several different steps to update all of the information for each individual. I'm not fond of the fact that when you change an individual's contact info, that individual receives an email that their information has changed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Planning Center People: Give it time. If you are switching from other data management software, it may take you some time to get used to and love PCO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Planning Center People helps us keep all of our data in one place. We use it for our congregation to fill out "connection cards" where they communicate with us. Using that information, we can filter people through Workflows so they don't get "lost." Someone gets notified that they need to follow up with visitors, those who have counseling needs, along with prayer requests. We use Lists to filter out groups of people...all male members who need to be emailed about an event, parents of children in specific grades, so they can be notified about upcoming children's ministry, etc. We can keep track of who is interested in serving in particular areas so when there is a need, we know who to contact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/23/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Dave G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dave G.") DG Dave G. General Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2018 "Free and Integrates Well" 5/5 What do you like best about Planning Center People? Free and it unites the rest of the Planning Center suite of software solutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Planning Center People? Took a little bit to figure out how to use some of the more advanced features like automations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Planning Center People: Definitely show consider the entire Planning Center suite and this is a vital part of the Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Planning Center People solving and how is that benefiting you? Membership management, storage of membership covenants, tracking background checks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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