Planning Center is the US market leader — but it's modular, priced per product, has no built-in chat, and wasn't designed for UK churches. Here's how Aurnet compares.
Planning Center charges separately for People, Services, Giving, Check-ins, Registrations, and Groups. A mid-sized UK church using four of those products typically pays $150–$300/month — and still has no native messaging, no Gift Aid, and no training module.
Aurnet is a single subscription that covers everything: mobile apps, chat, events, rotas, giving, Gift Aid, sermons, training, pastoral care, and the admin dashboard. Your treasurer doesn't need to manage four separate billing relationships.
| Feature | Aurnet | Planning Center |
|---|---|---|
| Native iOS & Android app | ||
| Web admin dashboard | ||
| Built-in chat & messaging | ||
| Gift Aid (HMRC compliant) | ||
| UK GDPR compliance | Partial | |
| Stripe giving (0% App Store fee) | ||
| Event registration forms | ||
| Volunteer & rota management | ||
| Live streaming (in-app) | ||
| Training & discipleship programs | ||
| Accountability partners | ||
| Pastoral care tracking | ||
| Bulk SMS | Add-on | |
| Push notifications | ||
| Household management | ||
| White-label branding | ||
| Flat monthly pricing | ||
| Free plan available |
Gift Aid alone is worth thousands of pounds per year to most UK churches. Planning Center has no mechanism to collect, store, or export Gift Aid declarations. You'd need a separate system — more admin, more cost, more risk of HMRC non-compliance.
Aurnet automates Gift Aid declaration collection at the point of giving, stores declarations against each member record, and exports a clean report for HMRC submission. No separate tool. No paper forms. No gaps.
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