Switching to SoapBox
Moving from Planning Center to SoapBox
If your church uses Planning Center today, your first question about moving is probably a simple one: what happens to our people? Here's how moving to SoapBox works, one step at a time.
Switching to SoapBox
If your church uses Planning Center today, your first question about moving is probably a simple one: what happens to our people? Here's how moving to SoapBox works, one step at a time.
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Ministry is people, from their very first visit. On SoapBox, when a guest checks in at an event, a follow-up opens for your team automatically. In the web app, your staff can tag people, note their interests, and save segments to follow up with.
Posts from your church are translated into each member's own language. And ORA, a built-in research aid, can draw on your own sermons when someone asks about the Bible.
| What you bring from Planning Center | Where it goes on SoapBox |
|---|---|
| Your member list (your Planning Center People export) | In the web app, open People, then Members, and choose Import from CSV. SoapBox recognizes the export and matches the columns for you. You can undo the import within seven days. |
| Your giving history | In the web app, open Giving, then Import past giving. Cash and check gifts can be added by hand. |
| Your members | Share your invite code from Invite Members, and your people join you in the app, on iPhone, Android and the web. |
Save your member list and your giving history from Planning Center. Then bring that history in: in the SoapBox web app, open Giving, then Import past giving. Cash and check gifts can be added by hand.
In the SoapBox web app, open People, then Members, and choose Import from CSV from the menu. Choose your Planning Center People export. SoapBox recognizes it and matches the columns for you. Check each match, and pick a column for anything it missed. Then you see exactly what will happen before anyone is added: who's new, and who's already on your list. Changed your mind? You can undo the import within seven days.
Share your invite code from Invite Members, and your people join you in the app. They get sermons, groups, events, prayer requests and giving, on iPhone, Android and the web.
Gifts land in your church's own Stripe account. SoapBox takes no platform fee on donations, and Stripe's processing fees still apply. Givers can choose to cover the estimated card fee, so your church keeps about the full gift.
Yes. In the SoapBox web app, choose your Planning Center People export in Import from CSV. SoapBox recognizes it and matches the columns for you. Check each match, and pick a column for anything it missed.
Yes. You see exactly what will happen before anyone is added, and you can undo the import within seven days.
Yes. Save your giving history from Planning Center, then in the SoapBox web app, open Giving, then Import past giving. Cash and check gifts can be added by hand.
Churches up to 100 members can use SoapBox free. To compare costs, start from your own Planning Center invoice.
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Planning Center is a trademark of its owner. SoapBox is not affiliated with Planning Center. Comparison based on publicly available information as of October 9, 2026.
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