What is the best presentation software for a church?

It depends on your computers, budget, team and needs; the chooser ranks six options with a simple points rule.

Where do the prices come from?

Only vendor prices checked on 15 October 2026. Where no price was shown, the chooser says see vendor.

Is there free church presentation software?

FreeShow and OpenLP are free, and the chooser includes both.

Does the chooser pick a winner for me?

It ranks a shortlist by a transparent points rule. You still check the vendor pages and try a tool before you commit.

Why does a tool not appear for my computers?

A tool must run on your computers to be ranked, so tools that do not are left out.

Church Presentation Software Chooser

Pick your computers, budget, team and needs to get a ranked shortlist of church presentation software with a yearly cost for your seats.

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Presentation software chooser

Pick your computers, budget, team and needs to get a ranked shortlist with a yearly cost for your seats.

Computers you run

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Computers or seats

Budget per yearUS$300

Your team

What you need

Your shortlist, best fit first

EasyWorship, then FreeShow, then OpenLP

Why EasyWorship ranks first: it scores 7 points. Runs on Windows. Inside your US$300 budget. Vendor lists lyrics and scripture. Both plans include live onboarding with a trainer, and a 30-day trial with no card.

Number 1: EasyWorship
Two subscription plans with a campus license for several computers at one location.
7 pts
Estimated yearly cost
From US$210 a year (Basic) or US$330 (Premium), one campus license
Why it fits
- Runs on Windows
- Inside your US$300 budget
- Vendor lists lyrics and scripture
- Both plans include live onboarding with a trainer, and a 30-day trial with no card.
What to check
- The price depends on your average weekly attendance and the tiers are not listed, so yours may differ.
- Premium adds a bundled media library.
Number 2: FreeShow
Free and open source, with lyric search, scripture lookup and several outputs.
5 pts
Estimated yearly cost
Free
Why it fits
- Runs on Windows
- Free, so inside any budget
- Vendor lists lyrics and scripture
What to check
- Free software means community support, not a vendor help desk.
- Test it with your screens before the week you need it.
Number 3: OpenLP
Free and open source, with songs, Bibles and a stage view on any networked device.
5 pts
Estimated yearly cost
Free
Why it fits
- Runs on Windows
- Free, so inside any budget
- Vendor lists lyrics and scripture
What to check
- Free software means community support, not a vendor help desk.
- It can import and control PowerPoint files if your sermon slides live there.

Also considered: Faithlife Proclaim (5 pts), PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote (3 pts), ProPresenter (2 pts).

Yearly cost compared

Your budget, US$300

EasyWorshipUS$210 to US$330
FreeShowFree
OpenLPFree
Faithlife ProclaimSee vendor
PowerPoint, Google Slides or KeynoteSee vendor
ProPresenterUS$578

Solid bars show the lowest vendor price for your seats. The faded part is the dearer plan. A dashed track means the vendor page shows no price.

How the ranking works

A tool must run on every computer you pick. Then it earns points: 3 if its lowest price for your seats is inside your budget (free counts), 1 if the vendor shows no price, and 0 if it is over. It earns 2 for each need the vendor page lists and 2 if it suits your kind of team. Ties go to the lower known price, then the name. It reflects what vendors say, not how the software performs on a Sunday.

Prices are the vendors’ own, checked 15 October 2026. ProPresenter is billed per seat. EasyWorship’s campus license covers several computers at one location and its price depends on attendance, so yours may differ.

Sermon Slides by Church Media Kit builds the sermon deck you then present; it is not presentation software.

Ranks ProPresenter, Proclaim, EasyWorship, FreeShow, OpenLP and PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote with a simple points rule: a tool must run on your computers, then earns points for fitting your budget, for each need its vendor page lists and for suiting your kind of team. Yearly costs use only vendor prices checked on 15 October 2026 (ProPresenter US$289 per seat, EasyWorship from US$210 for Basic or US$330 for Premium set by attendance, FreeShow and OpenLP free) and show see vendor where no price was shown. The default of Windows, US$300, 2 seats, rotating volunteers and lyrics plus scripture ranks EasyWorship first, then FreeShow and OpenLP.

How the shortlist is ranked

A simple points rule
A tool must run on your computers. It then earns points for fitting your budget, for each need its vendor page lists and for suiting your kind of team.
Six choices
ProPresenter, Proclaim, EasyWorship, FreeShow, OpenLP, and PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote.
Yearly cost for your seats
Costs use only vendor prices checked on 15 October 2026 (ProPresenter US$289 per seat, EasyWorship from US$210 for Basic or US$330 for Premium set by attendance, FreeShow and OpenLP free) and show see vendor where no price was shown.
The default
Windows, US$300, 2 seats, rotating volunteers and lyrics plus scripture ranks EasyWorship first, then FreeShow and OpenLP.

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