Churchflow
Focused church SMS for announcements, reminders, and groups.
At a glance
- Editor score6.5 / 10
- PricingFrom $24/mo
- Best forPlanning Center churches needing focused SMS tools
- Free planNo
- Paid from$24/mo
- Two-way messagingYes
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Planning Center synchronization for people, groups, and lists
- Two-way texting, scheduled campaigns, and personalized merge fields
- Delivery analytics and 10DLC compliance handling
Where it doesn't
- Standard pricing is $24 per month with no free plan
- Planning Center is the listed integration
- Available through the web rather than native mobile apps
Our verdict on Churchflow
Churchflow is a church-focused SMS platform for ministry teams sending announcements, reminders, prayer-chain updates, and event messages. It supports bulk campaigns, audience lists and groups, two-way replies, scheduling, merge fields, and campaign delivery analytics. Planning Center synchronization makes it particularly relevant for churches already organizing people, groups, and lists there. It is available through the web and is aimed at focused church messaging rather than a broad enterprise communications setup.
The Standard plan costs $24 per month and includes 400 messages. Its published features include Planning Center integration, personalized messaging with merge fields, campaign scheduling, delivery analytics per campaign, additional credits, and 10DLC compliance handling. The platform also supports opt-out compliance and lets recipients reply to messages. A BYOT plan is listed with support for connecting an existing Twilio account, unlimited messages at Twilio rates, Planning Center features, delivery analytics, and control over Twilio credentials.
Churchflow’s strongest fit is a Planning Center church that wants a focused SMS workflow with list-based sending, scheduled campaigns, replies, and message personalization in one web service. The narrow integration footprint may matter to ministries that rely on other church-management platforms or want a wider ecosystem. Churches should also account for the paid-only model and the Standard plan’s included message allowance when estimating ongoing costs. Choose Churchflow for Planning Center-centered communication; consider another product if broader platform coverage or a native mobile experience is central to the decision.
Churchflow pricing
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Churchflow fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $24/mo |
| Two-way messaging | Yes |
| Scheduled messages | Yes |
| Recurring messages | Not verified |
| Audience segmentation | Yes |
| Included messages | 400 messages/mo |
| Church software integrations | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 1 integrations: Planning Center |
| Pricing | From $24/mo (source) |
| Website | churchflow.io |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Churchflow integrations
Churchflow lists 1 integrations on its own site.
- Planning Center
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