Better analytics for Planning Center churches.
Planning Center is great at managing your church. Holy Insights is great at making sense of your data. Together, your attendance, giving, volunteers, and NextGen metrics finally tell a clear story.
Holy Insights adds analytics on top of Planning Center: ratio KPIs, research benchmarks, and a weekly AI brief, with Planning Center data syncing daily and about every 30 minutes on Sunday, for $40/mo (Core) or $80/mo (MAX) with a 30-day free trial.
By Braden Murray, founder of Holy Insights · Updated
Planning Center tracks your church.
Holy Insights explains it.
Planning Center is the tool your church runs on, and we don’t replace it. We sit on top of it and turn raw data into the dashboards and reports your leadership team actually needs.
Planning Center shows you raw numbers.
Holy Insights shows you what those numbers mean, with 13-week trend lines and automatic context built in.
Pulling reports takes time every week.
Holy Insights syncs your data automatically. Open your dashboard and it’s already current.
Planning Center doesn’t connect giving to attendance.
Holy Insights puts attendance, giving, volunteers, and NextGen in one view so you see the full picture.
Sharing data with your board means exporting and formatting.
Holy Insights exports a clean one-page executive summary in one click. Board-meeting ready.
Multi-campus reporting lives in a spreadsheet.
Holy Insights gives every campus its own dashboard and a single rollup view, so the lead pastor sees the network without anyone stitching anything together.
You don’t hear about a problem until it’s already growing.
Holy Insights surfaces automatic insights and alerts when a metric is trending the wrong way, before it shows up at the board table.
What we pull from Planning Center.
Holy Insights syncs automatically, with no CSV exports and no copy-paste. Your dashboard stays current every week without any manual work.
Weekend service headcounts (by service time and campus)
Online attendance
First-time visitors
Salvations and baptisms
NextGen ministry headcounts (Kids, Middle School, Youth, Young Adults)
Small group participants and group count
Volunteer counts by team
Midweek service attendance
Don't use Planning Center? CSV upload gets you started in minutes.
The analytics layer Planning Center doesn't include.
Planning Center is excellent at running your church operations. Holy Insights adds the analytics layer on top, with multi-campus support, automatic insights, alerts, and the kind of trend tracking pastors actually use to make weekly decisions.
Multi-campus reporting in one view
Every campus gets its own dashboard, with a network rollup view that brings every location into a single screen. Campus pastors see their campus. Lead pastors see the network. Read more about multi-campus analytics.
Automatic insights with MAX
MAX, the AI coach built into Holy Insights, reads your Planning Center data every week and generates a Staff Meeting Prep brief that compares the most recent week to your trend. You walk into the meeting with talking points already written.
Alerts when something is off
Holy Insights flags any metric that is trending the wrong way, approaching the 80 percent capacity ceiling, or breaking a benchmark from research groups like Barna and the Unstuck Group. You hear about it before the board does.
13-week trend tracking on every KPI
Single-week numbers are noisy. Holy Insights shows the 13-week rolling average for every KPI, with previous-period and 3-year-ago comparisons on the same chart, so you can tell the difference between a one-week dip and a real trend.
Fresh data without the exports
Planning Center data syncs daily, and about every 30 minutes on Sunday, so the dashboard you open reflects the most recent sync. No CSV exports, no copy-paste, no Monday morning spreadsheet rebuilding.
Board-ready exports
One-click Team Deck PDF pulls your five core KPIs with trend indicators, the health scorecard summary, and per-campus breakdowns when you need them. Built for elder meetings, board reports, and lead pastor reviews.
One connection. Zero maintenance.
Connect your Planning Center account
Takes about 10 minutes. Holy Insights reads your Planning Center data and never changes your people, giving, or check-in records. The only thing it creates in Planning Center is its own webhook subscription, so updates arrive automatically.
We build your dashboards
I set up your church overview, NextGen, giving, and volunteer dashboards based on what your church tracks.
Data updates automatically
Planning Center data syncs daily, and about every 30 minutes on Sunday. Open your dashboard and it’s already current, with no manual refresh required.
Frequently asked questions
What data does Holy Insights pull from Planning Center?
Holy Insights syncs weekend service headcounts by service time and campus, online attendance, first-time visitors, salvations and baptisms, NextGen ministry headcounts (Kids, Middle School, Youth, Young Adults), small group participants and group count, volunteer counts by team, and midweek service attendance.
Is connecting Planning Center to Holy Insights safe?
Yes. Connecting takes about 10 minutes. Holy Insights reads your Planning Center data and never changes your people, giving, or check-in records. The only thing it creates in Planning Center is its own webhook subscription, so updates arrive automatically.
How often does Holy Insights sync with Planning Center?
Planning Center data syncs daily, and about every 30 minutes on Sunday. Your dashboard is already current when you open it, with no CSV exports, no copy-paste, and no manual refresh.
Does Holy Insights replace Planning Center?
No. Planning Center is the tool your church runs on, and Holy Insights doesn't replace it. It sits on top and adds the analytics layer, including multi-campus reporting, automatic insights and alerts, and 13-week trend tracking.
What if my church doesn't use Planning Center?
A CSV upload gets you started in minutes if you don't use Planning Center.
Does Holy Insights alert me when a metric is trending the wrong way?
Yes. Holy Insights flags any metric that is trending the wrong way, approaching the 80 percent capacity ceiling, or breaking a benchmark from research groups like Barna and the Unstuck Group, so you hear about it before the board does.
Compare Holy Insights with Vitals, Church Metrics, Planning Center reporting, and spreadsheets.
Your Planning Center data deserves better reporting.
Book a 15-minute call. I'll connect your Planning Center account and walk through what your data is actually saying.