Is Breeze or Planning Center cheaper?

Breeze, for most churches. Breeze lists $72/month. Planning Center prices each product separately; for the products most churches use, we estimate $200–$500+/month. Prices were checked July 2026. For guest follow-up, Passport Companion is $49/month and runs alongside either one.

Which is easier to set up, Breeze or Planning Center?

Breeze is generally easier to learn because it is one product with one interface. Planning Center is a set of connected products, each with its own settings, which takes a small team longer to learn.

Does Breeze or Planning Center have better visitor follow-up?

Neither is built around it. Planning Center People has Workflows that can assign follow-up steps, which your team sets up and maintains. Breeze leaves follow-up to your own process. Passport is built for the week after a first visit and works alongside both.

Can I use Breeze and Planning Center together?

It is possible but uncommon; most churches pick one as their main database. A more common pairing is either one with Passport Companion for guest follow-up. Passport works alongside Breeze and Planning Center. Keep your church database where it is: your staff and volunteers go on using the system they know, and Passport handles follow-up with your guests.

Is Breeze being discontinued?

Breeze is still sold as its own product at $72/month (checked July 2026). It is owned by Tithely, which also sells an All Access bundle at $119/month.

How much do Breeze and Passport cost together?

Breeze at $72/month plus Passport Companion at $49/month comes to $121/month. If you would rather run everything in one system, Passport Plus is $69/month.

Is Companion worth $49/month for a small church?

U.S. households that gave to religious congregations gave an average of $2,738 in 2020 (Philanthropy Panel Study, 2020 giving). At that average, one family who stays covers a year of Passport Companion ($588/yr) about 4 times over. You can put in your own church's numbers on the ROI calculator.

Breeze vs Planning Center: which one fits your church?

Breeze suits churches that want one simple database at one flat price; Planning Center suits larger staffs that want deep, separate products, especially Services for worship planning. Whichever you choose, Passport adds guest follow-up alongside it.

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Connect your church database

Breeze

People, tags, events, attendance

Planning Center

People, groups, check-ins, services

Follow-up assigned

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Is Breeze or Planning Center better?

Breeze is the simpler, cheaper choice: one product at $72/month. Planning Center is the deeper one, priced per product, which we estimate at $200–$500+/month as configured (prices checked July 2026). Small teams usually prefer Breeze; larger staffs with complex worship planning often prefer Planning Center. Neither is built around guest follow-up, which Passport adds to either.

Every competitor price carries the month we last checked it, with a link to where it came from.

What a month costs

BreezeOne plan, everything included

$72/mo

Tithely All AccessBundle from Breeze’s owner

$119/mo

Planning CenterThe products most churches use

$200–$500+

Passport CompanionFollow-up alongside either

$49/mo

Breeze: $72/month, from breezechms.com/pricing, checked July 2026.
Tithely: $119/month, from get.tithe.ly/pricing, checked July 2026.
Planning Center: $200–$500+/month, from planningcenter.com/pricing, checked July 2026.

Planning Center prices each product by church size and usage, so its range is our estimate for the products most churches run.

How do Breeze and Planning Center compare, feature by feature?

Breeze keeps everything in one simple product. Planning Center splits the work into specialist products that go deeper. The Passport column shows what you can add to either.

What you need	Breeze	Planning Center	Passport, alongside either
Monthly price	$72/monthAs of July 2026	$200–$500+/monthAs configured, as of July 2026	Companion $49/mo, on top of either
Pricing model	One flat plan	A separate subscription for each product	Four flat plans
People database	Yes	Yes	YesOn Plus, or keep yours
Online giving	Yes	Separate Giving product	YesOn Plus
Worship and service planning	Simple	YesServices, a specialist tool	YesOn Plus
Check-in	Yes	Separate Check-Ins product	YesIncluding kids, on Plus
Small groups	Yes	Separate Groups product	YesOn Plus
App for your congregation	Through the Tithely app, at extra cost	YesChurch Center app	YesiOS and Android app
Automatic texts and emails after a first visit	No	Workflows you build and maintain	YesGuest Journeys
A named person for every first-time guest	Up to your team	Possible with Workflows	YesCare assignment within 48 hours
Learning curve	Quick to learn	Steeper; each product has its own settings	Most churches are live in under 30 minutes

Breeze: $72/month, from breezechms.com/pricing, checked July 2026.
Tithely: $119/month, from get.tithe.ly/pricing, checked July 2026.
Planning Center: $200–$500+/month, from planningcenter.com/pricing, checked July 2026.

Competitor details come from their public websites. Products change, so check anything that decides your choice with the company itself. Passport details describe what each plan includes today.

Which should your church choose?

Budget, staff size and how much your worship team plans ahead usually settle it.

Choose Breeze if

You want one flat price and one product to learn
A volunteer or part-time administrator runs your database
Your worship planning is simple

$72/monthPassport vs Breeze

Choose Planning Center if

You have dedicated staff for worship, admin and volunteers
Your worship team needs detailed service planning in Services
You want each area of church life in its own specialist product

$200–$500+/monthPassport vs Planning Center

Add Passport to either if

First-time guests visit and then never hear from anyone
You want a named person on every guest without building a process
You want to see who came back from the attendance you already take

$49/month on topTry Companion free

How does Passport add guest follow-up to Breeze or Planning Center?

Passport works alongside Breeze and Planning Center. Keep your church database where it is: your staff and volunteers go on using the system they know, and Passport handles follow-up with your guests.

Connect your database
Import your people, tags, events and attendance history from Breeze. Or: import your people, households, groups, events, check-ins and services from Planning Center.
Capture every guest
Guests come in from your Visit page, connection card or QR welcome card. On Breeze, while the connection is set to keep Breeze updated, each new guest Passport captures is added to Breeze, matched to anyone already there so nobody is entered twice.
Follow up by name
Within 48 hours of a first visit, a named person gets a care assignment, and a Guest Journey sends the first texts and emails until the guest is connected to a group, class or ministry.
See who came back
Passport reads attendance from the Breeze events or Planning Center Check-Ins you match to your services, so it knows when a guest returns.

The first few Sundays decide it. In a Lifeway Research survey, 71% of churchgoers who switched churches decided to attend regularly within three visits; only 20% decided after a single visit. Lifeway Research, 2023.

Passport with Breeze Passport with Planning Center

Passport guest inbox with text conversations from visitors and members, and a follow-up message sent to a visitor

Breeze vs Planning Center: common questions

Still deciding? Open the live demo and look around a sample church, or see every plan on the pricing page.

: Breeze, for most churches. Breeze lists $72/month. Planning Center prices each product separately; for the products most churches use, we estimate $200–$500+/month. Prices were checked July 2026. For guest follow-up, Passport Companion is $49/month and runs alongside either one.
: Breeze is generally easier to learn because it is one product with one interface. Planning Center is a set of connected products, each with its own settings, which takes a small team longer to learn.
: Neither is built around it. Planning Center People has Workflows that can assign follow-up steps, which your team sets up and maintains. Breeze leaves follow-up to your own process. Passport is built for the week after a first visit and works alongside both.
: It is possible but uncommon; most churches pick one as their main database. A more common pairing is either one with Passport Companion for guest follow-up. Passport works alongside Breeze and Planning Center. Keep your church database where it is: your staff and volunteers go on using the system they know, and Passport handles follow-up with your guests.
: Breeze is still sold as its own product at $72/month (checked July 2026). It is owned by Tithely, which also sells an All Access bundle at $119/month.
: Breeze at $72/month plus Passport Companion at $49/month comes to $121/month. If you would rather run everything in one system, Passport Plus is $69/month.
: U.S. households that gave to religious congregations gave an average of $2,738 in 2020 (Philanthropy Panel Study, 2020 giving). At that average, one family who stays covers a year of Passport Companion ($588/yr) about 4 times over. You can put in your own church's numbers on the ROI calculator.

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Whichever you choose, follow up with every guest

Try Companion free for 30 days alongside Breeze or Planning Center, and see your next first-time guests followed up by name.