Broadcasteervs Planning Center.
Not really a rivalry — one manages the ministry, the other runs the broadcast.
This one is honestly not a fight. Planning Center is church management: people, volunteer scheduling, song administration, CCLI reporting — the organizational spine of a ministry. Broadcasteer’s Planner covers the slice a broadcast needs on the day: the run sheet, the cues, the songs and media, in the same app that switches the cameras. Most churches that use both keep Planning Center for the org and let Broadcasteer drive the booth. Where budgets are tight or needs are simple, Broadcasteer’s built-in Planner can be the only plan a small church needs.
Feature by feature, no spin.
Who should pick which.
- You need volunteer scheduling, rotations, and reminders — that is Planning Center’s core and Broadcasteer does not attempt it.
- CCLI reporting and formal song administration matter to your ministry.
- Multiple ministries beyond AV live on the platform already.
- On Sunday morning, the plan should drive the broadcast — cues, songs, and media advancing the live show, not living in a separate tab.
- A small church needs one plan, not a platform: the built-in Planner plus Plan-to-Cloud covers it at $0.
- The booth wants one app: plan, lyrics, cameras, stream, comms.
What each actually costs.
- Planning Center Services — free starter, then ~$14+/mo scaling with church size (July 2026; verify current plans)
- FREE — $0 forever: One phone as your camera. Stream to YouTube or Facebook, record, project and send NDI — free in 720p.
- PRO — $19.99/mo ($199.99/yr): Three cameras, full HD, hardware encode, and a Scheduler that starts Sunday itself.
- MAX — $39.99/mo ($399.99/yr): Broadcasteer streams your service to your own campuses and rooms, in sync, without routing it through YouTube or Facebook. The audience is the screens you enrolled.
Competitor pricing approximate, checked July 2026 — always verify current plans on their site.
How teams run both.
Most churches should not migrate — they should divide: Planning Center plans the ministry during the week; the service order lands in Broadcasteer’s Planner for the live day, where cues actually drive lyrics, media, and cameras.
Small churches starting fresh can begin with Broadcasteer’s Planner alone and adopt Planning Center later if scheduling needs outgrow the booth.
Asked often.
Does Broadcasteer replace Planning Center?
Only the run-sheet slice. Planning Center manages people, scheduling, and song administration for the whole ministry; Broadcasteer’s Planner is the live-day production plan — the cues that actually drive lyrics, media, and cameras. Many churches use both, each for what it is best at.
Can I use Planning Center and Broadcasteer together?
Yes, and that is the common pattern: plan the service and schedule volunteers in Planning Center during the week, then set the same order in Broadcasteer’s Planner so the booth runs it live. Plan-to-Cloud keeps the production plan backed up alongside.
Does Broadcasteer do CCLI reporting like Planning Center?
No. Broadcasteer’s song library exists to put lyrics on screens and streams; licensing administration and CCLI reporting remain Planning Center (or your CCLI tooling) territory.
The free tier is a real tier
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