Ministry Motion vs. the Competition

See exactly what you get with Ministry Motion compared to Planning Center and One Church. We don't just match their features—we add AI-powered capabilities no one else has.

The Quick Version

CapabilityMinistry MotionPlanning CenterOne Church
Core ChMS
Service Planning
AI Vocal Coaching
Service Video Analysis
Learning Management18 courses
Unified Communications
Real-Time Service Insights
Rehearsal Track Generation
Community Platform
Discipleship Tracking

Our Honest Assessment

What Planning Center Does Well

  • 19 years of stability and trust
  • 90,000+ churches (market validation)
  • Polished, mature UX
  • Modular—pay only for what you use
  • Music Stand integration

What One Church Does Well

  • Modern, intuitive interface
  • Full-featured ChMS
  • Strong people management
  • Integrated giving platform
  • Good for growing churches

Where Ministry Motion Surpasses Both

  • AI-powered everything
  • Vocal coaching & team development
  • Service video analysis
  • Full learning management
  • Discipleship journey tracking

Our positioning: PCO is excellent at organizing worship ministry. One Church is great for full-featured church management. Ministry Motion does both AND develops your team, analyzes your services, tracks discipleship journeys, and moves members toward spiritual maturity—all with AI that works for you instead of workflows you have to build.

Detailed Feature Comparison

Click any category to collapse or expand. Highlighted rows are capabilities unique to Ministry Motion.

FeatureMinistry MotionPlanning CenterOne Church
Service Planning
Volunteer Scheduling
Auto-Scheduling
Song Library Management
AI Song RecommendationsUnique
Theme Alignment ScoringUnique
Unified CalendarAdd-on

Cost Comparison

What it actually costs to get comparable capabilities

Building it yourself with separate tools

Planning Center Services(Scheduling)
$199/mo
Circle.so(Community)
$89/mo
Yousician(6 team members)
$180/mo
Coursera Business(Training)
$399/mo
Zoom Pro(Rehearsals)
$16/mo
Pushpay(Giving)
$200/mo
Total~$1,083/mo

Plus: No integration, separate logins, duplicate data entry, no AI service analysis, no ministry-specific training, no unified communications

Ministry Motion Pro

Service planning & scheduling
AI vocal coaching
Digital rehearsal rooms
Rehearsal track generation
18+ course LMS
Service video analysis
Real-time insights
Unified communications
Community platform
Integrated giving
Mobile apps
Multi-campus support
Total$249/mo
You save$834/mo ($10,008/year)

Switching is easier than you think

We help you migrate from Planning Center, One Church, or any other ChMS. Free data migration assistance included.

1

Export your data

Download from your current platform

2

We import it

Our team handles the migration

3

You're live

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