— Honest comparison · updated 2026
Pastor Center vs. Subsplash.
Subsplash is the all-in-one church platform — app, website, giving, sermons, push. We don't replace any of that. We sit on top: AI sermon prep, 20 auto-clips per Sunday, gifts assessments, and Ministry AMS that runs your follow-up. Most growing churches run both.
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Pick Subsplash if
You need a custom church app, website, and giving platform in one stack.
Pick Pastor Center if
You want AI doing your sermon research, clipping, and follow-up — without replacing your app/web infrastructure.
Many pastors do
Both. Subsplash for the public-facing platform; Pastor Center for the pastor's actual workflow.
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Feature by feature.
No marketing weasel words. Where they win, we say so.
Subsplash
Pastor Center
Custom mobile app
✓ Industry-leading
✗ Not what we do
Church website builder
✓ Drag-and-drop
✗ Use Subsplash for this
Online giving
✓ Subsplash Pay
✗ Use Subsplash for this
Sermon hosting & podcast
✓ Subsplash Media
~ We don't host; we clip
AI sermon research (23 agents)
✗
✓ 23,000 words in 3 min
Auto-clipping for socials
~ Basic editor
✓ 20 clips per sermon, both ratios
Spiritual gifts + DISC assessment
✗
✓ 112 questions, full church
AI ministry workflow / follow-up
✗
✓ Ministry AMS agent
Theological tradition profiles
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✓ 14 traditions
Sermon archive search & remix
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✓ Talk to your archive
Typical annual cost (mid-size church)
~ $2,400–$8,400/yr
✓ Modules from $19.99 / seat
What Subsplash does better
- A genuinely good custom mobile app — better than any in-house build.
- Sermon hosting infrastructure with podcast feed, RSS, captions.
- Online giving integrated with the app and website.
- Website-builder that produces actually-decent sites without a designer.
- Push notifications for your congregation built in.
What Pastor Center does better
- AI-powered sermon prep — deep research agents, 23,000-word reports in 3 minutes.
- Twenty auto-clips per sermon, both aspect ratios, captioned in your brand colors.
- Spiritual gifts + DISC assessment that routes members to specific ministry seats.
- Ministry AMS — an AI agent that handles follow-up, group health, and volunteer pipeline tracking.
- Theological tradition profiles across 14 traditions — Reformed, Wesleyan, AG, ACNA, etc.
- Talk to your sermon archive — a decade of your own preaching, searchable.
- Lower total cost for the pastor's actual weekly workflow.
What it really costs.
Subsplash · Typical tier
$199–$699/mo equivalent
Subsplash One mid-tier starts ~$199/mo. Add a custom app ($300-500/mo) and giving fees (3% per transaction). Annual: $2,400-$8,400+ for mid-size churches.
Annual cost · $2,400-$8,400
Pastor Center · Module à la carte
From $19.99/mo per seat (AMS)
Pick the modules you need. Sermons from $99.99/mo, Church Media from $49.99/mo, Spiritual Gifts from $49.99/mo, Ministry AMS $19.99 per seat. No transaction fees (we don't process giving).
Module-by-module · 7-day free trial
Common questions about Subsplash vs Pastor Center
Do I need to leave Subsplash to use Pastor Center?
No. Subsplash handles the public-facing platform (app, web, giving, hosting). Pastor Center handles the pastor's back-of-house workflow (research, writing, clipping, gifts, follow-up). They work in parallel, not in competition.
Can Pastor Center push to my Subsplash media library?
Yes, via Subsplash's API. Auto-clipped sermon videos can be pushed to your Subsplash channels for distribution.
What about giving? Do you process payments?
No. We don't process giving — keep Subsplash Pay or whatever giving tool you use. We focus on workflow, not financial infrastructure.
Is the pricing really that different?
Yes, because they're different categories. Subsplash is platform infrastructure (more expensive); Pastor Center is workflow software (cheaper, narrower). Different product, different pricing logic.
Can my small church afford both?
Most can. Pastor Center modules start at $19.99/mo per seat (Ministry AMS) — modest cost compared to Subsplash mid-tier — and the time savings on sermon prep typically pay for it within month one.
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Most churches keep Subsplash for the app and giving. They add Pastor Center for the pastor's workflow. Same week. Better Sundays.
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