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Seteo and Planning Center Services: what each does
So read this knowing that. We checked every statement about Planning Center against its own public pages on October 30, 2026, and the sources are at the bottom. If something has changed, write to hello@seteoapp.com and we’ll fix it.
The short version
A full system, and a narrower one that starts with the sermon.
Planning Center Services is a complete service-planning system, and part of a wider family of church management products. It does a lot.
Seteo is narrower. It starts with the sermon, composes a set from your own library, puts charts on every phone, and reaches volunteers through one private link. The two overlap on plans, charts and scheduling.
Keep Planning Center if you love it. Seteo imports your songs from it.
Side by side
What each one does for your week
| What it does | Planning Center Services | Seteo |
|---|---|---|
| Planning a service | A plan for each service with songs, volunteers and notes. Service types, plan templates and a drag-to-reorder order of service. | A set for each service with songs, keys and notes. Seteo proposes it from the sermon, or you build it by hand. |
| Starting from the sermon | Its Services page describes no feature that drafts a set from a sermon. Its AI page lists read-only access to Services for outside AI tools, and in-product help. | Paste the sermon in the web planner. Seteo proposes songs from your library, with keys, an order, and a reason for each. |
| Songs | A library with arrangements, keys, tags and transposing. Connects to SongSelect, PraiseCharts and RehearsalPack. Reports song usage to CCLI automatically. | Your church’s library, imported from Planning Center or brought in as ChordPro, CSV or PDF. No automatic CCLI reporting. |
| Scheduling | The Matrix shows many plans at once. Templates, auto-scheduling from last assignment, preferences and blockout dates, signup sheets and reminder emails. | A drafted rotation from availability and serving history, for you to approve. Worship and AV/Media on one grid on Whole Ministry. |
| How volunteers answer | For a single request, Accept or Decline sits in the email, and a decline opens the Services website. The Services app lets them respond, view plans and chat. Text notifications depend on the carrier. | One private link, with no account and no app to install. Email, Discord if your team uses it, and notifications in the app. No text messages. |
| Charts on stage | Music Stand, a separate app for phones and tablets: annotations, swipe or foot pedal, an audio player, a metronome, and a leader who can turn pages for linked devices. | The Stand, in any phone’s browser or in the apps: Chords, Numbers, Grid and Lyrics, key and capo, Dark, Paper and High contrast. Pen marks in the apps. |
| During the service | Services LIVE shows the team which item is happening right now. | A leader can lead from the Stand, and phones set to Follow move with them. |
| Rehearsal | A media player with full songs, isolated parts and looping, plus Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. | No media player. On Whole Ministry a volunteer’s link can open the library for midweek practice, church-controlled. |
| Discord | Not listed in its integrations directory. | On Whole Ministry, Seteo builds a channel for each Sunday and re-syncs it on every publish. |
| Price | By team members who access the system: free for 5, then $15 a month for 20, $32 for 50, $69 for 150, $115 for 400, $179 for 1,000, $239 for unlimited. Music Stand is an add-on, listed at $5 or $10 a month. | Flat per church, every volunteer included. $29 or $59 a month, charged when you subscribe. Cancel any time. |
| The rest of the church | Part of a wider family: People, Calendar, Check-ins, Giving, Groups, Registrations and Publishing. | None of that. Seteo is not a church management system. |
Where it’s the stronger choice
When Planning Center is the better fit.
- You want one system across giving, groups, check-ins and worship.
- You want song usage reported to CCLI automatically.
- Your team relies on SongSelect, PraiseCharts or RehearsalPack connections.
- Your musicians rehearse with isolated parts and loops.
- Your team is five people or fewer, and its free plan covers you.
- You have years of plans in it and they’re working.
Where Seteo is different
What we built Seteo to do.
- It starts with the message. The set is composed from the sermon, from songs you already have, with a reason for each pick.
- Volunteers never make an account. One private link does all of it, and it works in any browser.
- One price. A new volunteer never moves the bill.
- You see who it reached. Each publish keeps a per-person record: who was emailed, who opened, and who it couldn’t reach.
- Discord is built in. On Whole Ministry, each Sunday gets its own channel, with linked teammates added for you.
Using both
You don’t have to choose this week.
Seteo imports your songs from Planning Center. You can try a set in Seteo and leave the rest of your church where it is. See how a week runs in Seteo, or try the free chord transposer, which works for any chart.
Pricing
Flat per church. Every volunteer included.
No per-seat fees, ever. The set composer, chat edits, The Stand, and the volunteer loop are in every plan — you only move up for more teams and deeper insight.
Getting started. Flat per church, every volunteer included. $29 or $59 a month, charged when you subscribe. Cancel any time.
Sources
Where this came from
Planning Center’s own pages, checked October 30, 2026. We re-check this page every 90 days. Seteo is not affiliated with Planning Center. Its name is used only to identify it.