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ProPresenter or PraisePad Present?
For the booth of a church of 150: an operator or two, a projector, a stream.
ProPresenter 7 is the presentation software most production teams know: lyrics, Scripture, media, stage display, up to eight outputs, NDI and SDI, sold by the seat. PraisePad Present builds the slides from the service plan and runs them from a browser on any computer, priced for the church, not the seat: free in the beta. Here’s what each does better, what each costs, and whether to stay or switch.
From $14 a month for a team of 10. Free for invited churches during the beta.
What ProPresenter does better
- A deep feature set: macros, up to eight outputs, NDI, SDI and alpha key, MIDI and DMX, stage screens
- Hardware outputs from a dedicated machine, on Mac and Windows
- ProContent and a market of media and templates
- MIDI and Stream Deck control built in, and the Stage Display app
- Planning Center and SongSelect integrations
Not in PraisePad yet: NDI, SDI or alpha key, livestreaming of its own, an app in the stores.
What PraisePad does better
- Slides made from the set list in a tap, in the key and order the band plays, so they never drift from the plan In the help: Present: slides for the screens
- Everything in the browser on any computer, planned from home, priced for the church rather than a seat: free in the beta, $9 a month at launch for founding churches In the help: Modules: Present, Serve, Kids, Giving and Events
- The sermon’s slides built from the pastor’s notes, pictures made with AI, Change with words In the help: Build the sermon's slides from your notes
- Phones as remotes and a Follow along page for the congregation In the help: Present: your phone as a remote
- Leaving ProPresenter brings in your songs, library and playlists with their slide breaks In the help: Leaving ProPresenter: bring in your songs and playlists
What it costs
PraisePad Present
Free in the beta founding churches pay $9 a month at launch, for the whole church, with any church plan
For the whole church, on any number of computers. An owner or admin asks for Present under Settings, then Modules.
ProPresenter, 1 seat
$29 a month or $289 a year
A seat is one computer that runs it. Subscription only for new customers, with a 14-day free trial, and no volume discount on monthly: two seats are $58 a month, or $478 a year ($289 for the first and $189 for the second). Each subscription includes 50 GB of cloud storage and two Cloud Editor seats; more are $5 a month each.
From support.renewedvision.com, read October 31, 2026. See a mistake? Tell us.
In the booth
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| What matters | PraisePad Present | ProPresenter |
|---|---|---|
| Song slides | Yes made from the set list, in the band’s key and order | Yes built by hand, or from Planning Center and SongSelect |
| Scripture | Yes on the screens and on phones | Yes a Bible built in |
| The sermon’s slides | Yes built from the pastor’s notes | Yes slides you build; no builder from notes |
| Pictures, video and music | Yes your library; pictures made with AI | Yes plus ProContent and a media market |
| A look for each screen | Yes looks for the lobby, overflow, the stream | Yes looks and props |
| The pastor’s screen | Yes in any browser, with messages from the booth | Yes the Stage Display app |
| Several screens at once | Partly each screen is a browser you pair; no hardware outputs | Yes up to eight outputs from one machine |
| Words over the livestream | Partly a link in OBS or vMix; no NDI, SDI or alpha key | Yes NDI, SDI, alpha key |
| Macros, MIDI, DMX | Partly Moments do several things at once; no MIDI or DMX | Yes |
| A Stream Deck | Yes through Companion | Yes built in |
| Phones as remotes | Yes any phone, no app | Yes the remote app |
| Follow along on the congregation’s phones | Yes the outline, the verses, the blanks | Not listed |
| Live captions and translation | Yes 2¢ a minute after 90 free minutes | Not listed |
| Record the sermon and publish it | Yes to your church page, with a recap | Not listed |
| Plan the slides from home | Yes it’s a browser; the pastor gets their own part | Partly two Cloud Editor seats; more are $5 a month each |
| Bring your old songs in | Yes ProPresenter 6 and 7 songs and playlists | Partly SongSelect and Planning Center |
| Runs on | Yes any computer with a browser | Yes Mac and Windows, installed |
| Try it free | Yes in the beta, free by request | Yes a 14-day trial |
| Price | Free in the beta founding churches pay $9 a month at launch, for the whole church, with any church plan | $29 a month or $289 a year for one seat; seats 2 to 4 are $189 a year each, 5 to 10 $149 a year each; 11 or more by quote |
Every PraisePad Yes opens the help article that shows it. ProPresenter’s column is from renewedvision.com, read October 31, 2026. See a mistake? Tell us.
And the rest of the church
ProPresenter is the booth’s. These come with the church plan Present sits on; two are in beta, free by request.
Bringing your songs over
- Copy the library folder or export a playlist and drop it on Upload: every song with its words, slide breaks, CCLI number and copyright line, checked before it’s saved
- Playlists become draft services on their dates, songs in order
- The files are read on your own computer; pictures and videos stay where they are
In the help: Leaving ProPresenter: bring in your songs and playlists
Stay or switch?
Stay with ProPresenter if your booth runs NDI, SDI, alpha key, props and macros on a dedicated machine, and your operators’ hands know it.
Move to PraisePad if you’d rather the slides came from the plan, anyone could build them from home in a browser, and the church paid one price instead of a seat.
Questions
Is there a ProPresenter alternative for a small church?
PraisePad Present is one: lyric slides made from the set list, Scripture, announcements, a countdown, the pastor’s screen, lobby TVs and the words for your livestream, run from a browser on any computer. It’s in beta: free, by request; founding churches pay $9 a month at launch, for the whole church.
From the help: Present: slides for the screens
How much does a ProPresenter subscription cost?
$29 a month or $289 a year for one seat. Two seats are $58 a month, or $478 a year: seats 2 to 4 are $189 a year each and 5 to 10 are $149 a year each, with 11 or more by quote, and no volume discount on monthly. It’s subscription only for new customers, with a 14-day trial. From support.renewedvision.com, read October 31, 2026.
Can PraisePad do what ProPresenter does?
Much of what a church of 150 uses: slides from the plan, Scripture, media, the pastor’s screen, lobby and overflow looks, words over your stream through a browser source in OBS or vMix, and a Stream Deck through Companion. Not NDI, SDI, alpha key, props, MIDI or video playlists of the same depth.
From the help: Present: the pastor's screen, the lobby and events
Can I bring my ProPresenter songs into PraisePad?
Yes. ProPresenter 6 and 7 songs, a whole library folder or exported playlists come in with their words, slide breaks, CCLI numbers and copyright lines, and playlists become draft services. Themes, looks and macros don’t come across; Present uses your theme.
From the help: Leaving ProPresenter: bring in your songs and playlists
Something else? Search the help centre, or ask Pad, PraisePad’s assistant, with the button at the corner of the page.
More comparisons
- Planning Center or PraisePad? Services, People, Check-Ins, Giving and Registrations, each priced apart, against one plan for the church.
- ChurchTrac or PraisePad? The office in one price, with accounting. Nothing for the booth, and a song library for the stage.
- OnSong or PraisePad? One musician’s charts on an iPad, against a free Solo library and a church library the whole team shares.
- Proclaim or PraisePad Present? Cloud slides with Logos, against slides built from the service and the sermon’s notes.
- Tithely or PraisePad? Free giving plus $72 to $119 a month for the rest, against one plan.
- Every comparison PraisePad against Planning Center, ChurchTrac, OnSong and more, with the ones coming.
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