EasyWorship vs ProPresenter
ProPresenter
Live presentation and production software for worship services, events and broadcast.
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Summary
- EasyWorship is paid ($17.50/month or $210/year (Basic)), while ProPresenter is paid ($289/year (one seat)).
- Both run on Windows and macOS.
- Both support: Songs & lyrics: Song library · Songs & lyrics: Automatic lyrics import (e.g. SongSelect, online sources) · Songs & lyrics: Motion backgrounds behind lyrics · Songs & lyrics: CCLI usage reporting · Bible: Free translations included · Slides & presentations: PowerPoint · Media: Video playback · Media: Audio playback · Media: Images · Inputs & other sources: Live camera / capture card · Inputs & other sources: Web pages · Inputs & other sources: Countdown timers & clocks · Inputs & other sources: On-screen messages & alerts · Multilingual: Bibles in other languages · Hardware control: MIDI · Hardware control: Stream Deck / Companion · Screens & outputs: Multiple audience screens · Screens & outputs: Stage display / confidence monitor · Screens & outputs: Lower thirds / alpha key for streaming · Broadcast video: NDI · Connectivity & collaboration: Remote control from phone or tablet.
Only in EasyWorship
No confirmed features where ProPresenter falls short.
Only in ProPresenter
No confirmed features where EasyWorship falls short.
Based on confirmed data only. Unknown values are not counted.
Side by side
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- Partial Partial
- Paid add-on or tier Paid add-on / tier
- Not supported Not supported
- Unknown Unknown
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| Product | EasyWorship |
ProPresenter
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Price | $17.50/month or $210/year (Basic)Free trial | $289/year (one seat)Free trial |
| Open source | No | No |
| Deployment | Desktop app | Desktop app |
| Status | active | active |
| Platforms | ||
| Windows | Supported | Supported |
| macOS | Supported | Supported |
| Linux | Not supported | Not supported |
| Web browser | Not supported | Not supported |
| iOS / iPadOS | Not supported | Not supported |
| Android | Not supported | Not supported |
| ChromeOS | Not supported | Not supported |
| Content | ||
| Songs & lyrics | Supported | Supported |
| Song library | Supported | Supported |
| Import from other presentation software | Unknown | Unknown |
| Paste or import plain-text lyrics | Unknown | Supported |
| Automatic lyrics import (e.g. SongSelect, online sources) | Supported: SongSelect integration (added in 7.4) imports pre-formatted lyrics into the song library. | Supported: Requires a SongSelect subscription and CCLI licence. |
| Chord charts for musicians | Unknown | Supported: Chord charts can be shown on stage screens (e.g. from Planning Center or MultiTracks). |
| Motion backgrounds behind lyrics | Supported: The Premium plan adds a library of motion backgrounds and countdowns. | Supported |
| CCLI usage reporting | Supported: SongSelect activity is auto-reported to CCLI (since 7.4.1). | Supported: Songs triggered from presentations with a CCLI number can be auto-reported once SongSelect is signed in. |
| Bible | Supported | Supported |
| Free translations included | Supported: 100+ translations in 32 languages; a number of free Bibles are included. | Supported: 130+ translations in 25+ languages are available in the Bible module. |
| Licensed translations (NIV, ESV, etc.) | Paid add-on or tier: Copyrighted translations are sold as Bible plug-ins. | Paid add-on or tier: Some translations are sold separately. |
| Slides & presentations | Supported | Supported |
| PowerPoint | Supported: PowerPoint files can be imported into the presentations library. | Supported: Since 21.2, .pptx files can be imported natively as editable presentations without PowerPoint installed. |
| Keynote | Not supported: No direct Keynote import; slides must be exported as images first. | Partial: Keynote files are not converted; on Mac they are triggered from a playlist and Keynote takes over the output. |
| Google Slides | Unknown | Unknown |
| Canva | Unknown | Unknown |
| Unknown | Unknown | |
| Plays slide animations & transitions | Unknown | Partial: The native PowerPoint importer keeps simple builds and transitions; emphasis and some other animations are not supported. |
| Media | Supported | Supported |
| Video playback | Supported | Supported |
| Audio playback | Supported | Supported |
| Images | Supported | Supported |
| YouTube / online video | Supported: A built-in web browser (added in 7.4) can show live web pages and YouTube or Vimeo video. | Unknown |
| Inputs & other sources | Supported | Supported |
| Live camera / capture card | Supported: Capture cards such as Blackmagic, Magewell and AJA are supported, and NDI sources can be used as live inputs. | Supported |
| Screen sharing | Unknown | Supported: AirCast (added in 18) receives AirPlay screens and audio as inputs. |
| Web pages | Supported: A built-in web browser (added in 7.4) can show live web pages. | Supported: Web pages can be shown as a web fill on slides. |
| Countdown timers & clocks | Supported | Supported |
| On-screen messages & alerts | Supported | Supported |
| Audience interaction (polls, Q&A, Slido, follow along) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Languages | ||
| Multilingual | Supported | Supported |
| Interface in multiple languages | Unknown | Unknown |
| Songs in other languages | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bibles in other languages | Supported | Supported |
| Bilingual lyrics on screen | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bible translations side by side | Unknown | Supported: Multiple translations can be shown on one slide using a theme with one text box per translation. |
| Non-Latin & right-to-left scripts | Unknown | Supported |
| Integrations | ||
| Software integrations | Unknown | Supported |
| Planning Center | Unknown | Supported: Planning Center Services plans can be added as playlists; requires a separate Planning Center subscription. |
| ChurchSuite | Unknown | Unknown |
| WorshipTools Planning | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hardware control | Supported | Supported |
| MIDI | Supported: MIDI input and output for cues (e.g. Ableton Live) and MIDI Sync for controlling schedules across computers. | Supported |
| DMX lighting | Unknown | Supported |
| Stream Deck / Companion | Supported: Stream Deck and Bitfocus Companion plug-ins trigger cues. | Supported: Official Elgato Stream Deck plugin since 7.9; Bitfocus Companion also has a ProPresenter module. |
| Automation & extensibility | Unknown | Supported |
| Network API (HTTP / WebSocket) | Unknown | Supported: Public network API (OpenAPI spec) introduced in ProPresenter 7.9; older TCP/IP control also exists. |
| Plugins / extensions | Unknown | Unknown |
| Built-in scripting / macros | Unknown | Supported: Macros run multi-step action sequences from a slide, a device or on demand. |
| Webhooks / triggers to other systems | Unknown | Unknown |
| MCP server for AI assistants | Unknown | Unknown |
| AI features (e.g. verse detection, lyric formatting) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Presenting & control | ||
| Screens & outputs | Supported | Supported |
| Multiple audience screens | Supported: Alternate outputs for additional displays such as in-house or livestream screens (added in 7.3). | Supported: Up to 8 unique outputs; multiple computers can be linked with Network Link. |
| Stage display / confidence monitor | Supported | Supported |
| Lower thirds / alpha key for streaming | Supported: Output supports an alpha channel, with key/fill via Blackmagic ATEM, and there is a lower-thirds media category. | Supported: Separate key/fill outputs are available for broadcast graphics. |
| Output as a web page (TVs, OBS / vMix browser source) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Broadcast video | Supported | Supported |
| NDI | Supported: NDI can be used as a live output and as a capture source, including NDI HX3. | Supported |
| SDI | Unknown | Supported |
| Built-in streaming & recording | Unknown | Supported |
| Stream to any RTMP destination | Unknown | Supported: The Capture feature streams any output over RTMP, records it to disk, or both; Resi streaming is also supported. |
| YouTube Live | Unknown | Supported |
| Facebook Live | Unknown | Supported |
| Record the output to a file | Unknown | Supported |
| TV output | Unknown | Paid add-on or tier |
| Apple TV app | Unknown | Paid add-on or tier: Via ProDisplay (separate per-screen subscription), which runs on Apple TV and select Google TV devices. |
| Android / Google TV app | Unknown | Paid add-on or tier: Via ProDisplay on select Google TV devices (separate per-screen subscription). |
| Fire TV app | Unknown | Unknown |
| Roku app | Unknown | Unknown |
| Chromecast / AirPlay | Unknown | Unknown |
| Connectivity & collaboration | Supported | Supported |
| Cloud sync of library | Unknown | Supported: ProPresenter Cloud syncs playlists, media and settings between machines. |
| Works fully offline | Unknown | Supported |
| Remote control from phone or tablet | Supported: Free EasyWorship Remote app for iOS and Android. | Supported: ProPresenter Remote app is included with an active subscription. |
| Multiple operators at once | Unknown | Partial: ProPresenter Cloud (beta in 22) lets others prepare playlists and make mid-service changes while an operator presents. |
| Web native (runs in a browser) | Not supported | Not supported |
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