Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What's the best church management software for a congregation?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

The “best” church management software depends mostly on your church’s size, budget, and what you need most. Top options by use case Planning Center Best for: Most small-to-mid-sized churches, especially those focused on worship planning, volunteers, groups, and check-ins. Pros: Very user-friendly Excellent volunteer scheduling Strong worship/service planning tools Modular pricing lets you pay for only what you use…

Named across its answers: 1. Planning Center2. Church Community Builder3. Breeze ChMS4. Realm5. Rock RMS

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Planning Center is the dominant answer here, named first in all 9 responses across every model, while Breeze ChMS appears in 8 answers but never leads. The gap between first and second place is stark enough that any vendor not named Planning Center is effectively competing for footnote status.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name Planning Center, Church Community Builder and Breeze ChMS on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Planning Center 111111111 9/9 · 9× first · #1

Breeze ChMS 322222222 9/9 · never first · #2.1

Church Community Builder 243346 6/9 · never first · #3.7

Realm 534555 6/9 · never first · #4.5

ChurchTrac 3353 4/9 · never first · #3.5

Tithe.ly 5643 4/9 · never first · #4.5

Elvanto 6444 4/9 · never first · #4.5

Pushpay 8354 4/9 · never first · #5

Subsplash 765 3/9 · never first · #6

Rock RMS 65 2/9 · never first · #5.5

Fellowship One 66 2/9 · never first · #6

Servant Keeper 76 2/9 · never first · #6.5

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 14 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Microsoft Entra ID, AWS, Okta, Realm by ACS Technologies.