A Planning Center alternative built for small, growing churches.

Let's say it plainly: Planning Center is good software. It's one of the most complete church platforms out there, staff genuinely love it, and if you're a large church with a dedicated admin team, it's hard to beat. But complete comes at a price: often around $200 a month once you add the modules you need, plus a learning curve a one- or two-person team feels every week.

If you're a small or growing church and that math doesn't fit, WayHouse is built for you. Here's an honest comparison, including where we're not there yet.

Where WayHouse is different.

• It starts free, and stays free. Not a 14-day trial, but a real plan that runs a church of up to 100 people, permanently.
• One price, not per module. People, communications, sermons, events, and your website come together. You don't assemble and pay for a stack of modules.
• Built mobile-first. Members get a fast, app-like portal they'll actually open, not a bolted-on afterthought.
• Modern and calm. It's designed to feel like the apps you already use every day, not enterprise software from 2010.

Where Planning Center is still ahead.

Honesty matters more than a sale. Planning Center has years of depth WayHouse doesn't match yet: deep service planning and song libraries, a mature check-in system, and a long list of integrations. And native giving, money going straight to your church, is on our roadmap, not live today. If those are what you need right now, Planning Center is a fair choice, and we'll say so.

Who WayHouse is the easy call for.

WayHouse is the clear pick when you're a church of roughly 30 to 500 people run by one or two people who wear a lot of hats, a church plant that needs professional tools before it has a budget, or simply tired of paying more every time your church grows.

You can move in without a sales call. Start free, bring your people over, and see how it feels for a few Sundays, then decide. No credit card, no demo, no pressure.