Is WorshipDeck an alternative to Proclaim?

Yes, if you want the editor and operator console to be the browser itself and you are not buying into the Faithlife stack. Proclaim remains the better fit for churches already running Logos who want simultaneous desktop editors plus SongSelect and Planning Center connected.

Can two people edit a WorshipDeck service at the same time like Proclaim?

Not in the same way. WorshipDeck is a shared church library with edit locking on a deck: everyone can prep in the browser, but one person holds the lock on a given presentation at a time. Proclaim markets genuine simultaneous editing, and if several people really do build one service together at once, that is a fair reason to choose it.

Can we import our Proclaim presentations?

There is no Proclaim importer. PowerPoint and Keynote files do import, so anything already exported as .pptx or .key comes into the presentation library as an editable deck. Sermon content is usually better restarted in WorshipDeck sermon notes, which can generate a draft deck for you rather than reproducing the old slides.

WorshipDeck vs Proclaim

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WorshipDeck team library shared in the browser

The short version

Neither product wins outright. Here is the honest split before you read any further.

Choose WorshipDeck if

The operator might be on a Chromebook, Linux box, or phone
You are not buying into the Logos ecosystem
Sermon notes and slide generation should live in the same product
You do not need broadcast video I/O

Choose Proclaim if

The church already runs Logos and Faithlife
Several people editing the same service at once is essential
You want SongSelect and Planning Center connected
NDI and SDI are needed on every plan

WorshipDeck and Proclaim, line by line

Competitor details checked 6 September 2026

WorshipDeck compared with Proclaim
Getting set up
	WorshipDeckThis is us	Proclaim
Install and devices	Any modern browser on any OS. Optional Android TV, Fire TV, and a Windows or Mac display host.	Mac or Windows install, unlimited seats on one subscription.
Where the library lives	One church cloud workspace. Sign in anywhere and it is already there.	Cloud-synced, but it lands inside the installed app.
Bringing existing decks in	Drop in PowerPoint .pptx or Keynote .key and keep editing. Lyrics and services are rebuilt natively.	Desktop import plus Logos library content.
Prep during the week
Team prep during the week	Invite the team and everyone opens the same library in a browser.	Simultaneous cloud editing, inside the desktop app.
Scripture and songs	Church-approved Bibles with dual-translation insert, a read-only global catalog, and church-owned ChordPro songs. No SongSelect.	60+ Bibles, SongSelect, Planning Center, and Logos.
AI and media tools	Ezra drafts slides, sermon notes, and lyric arrangements. You approve or skip every change.	Media library size is what sets the plan tier.
Sunday morning
Live edit without stopping screens	Yes. Fix a slide or reorder the service from present mode without touching what people see.	Edit on the desktop; the cloud pushes it out.
Outputs and multi-screen	Local browser windows, Android TV, Fire TV, and multi-monitor desktop hosts, each able to show its own variant.	Multi-screen, NDI and SDI, signage, and virtual screens.
If the booth computer fails	If the display hosts still work, sign in on another laptop, Chromebook, or tablet because the church library is not stored only on the failed operator. Monitors hosted by the failed computer need another host.	Install on another Mac or Windows machine and sync.
Cost and fit
Pricing model	Subscription. Starter and Church include the same features and differ only in capacity.	Subscription, with tiers set by media library.
Best fit	Volunteer teams on mixed devices who want one shared library and no booth-PC dependency.	Teams already living inside Logos and Faithlife.

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Proclaim and WorshipDeck both call themselves cloud church presentation software, but they mean different things by it. Proclaim is a desktop app that syncs; WorshipDeck is the browser. That single distinction is most of what separates a web-based alternative to Proclaim from the Faithlife product.

Who Proclaim is for

Proclaim (Faithlife / Logos) is a cloud-synced desktop presenter for Mac and Windows. Their official pages highlight unlimited seats and installs on one church subscription, simultaneous multi-user editing, Logos integration, CCLI SongSelect, Planning Center, 60+ Bible translations, and outputs including NDI, SDI, virtual screens, and digital signage. Plans differ by media library rather than by core presenting features. Confirm current plans on their site.

That is the right tool when the church already lives in Faithlife and wants real simultaneous desktop editors backed by a sermon-prep ecosystem.

What being browser-native actually buys

Proclaim's cloud removes the file-copying problem, which is genuinely the hard part — so this comparison is narrower than most on this site. What is left is whether the app has to be installed at all.

It matters more than it sounds:

Any device, including the awkward ones. Chromebooks, Linux machines, tablets, and phones all run the full editor and operator console, because there is nothing to install. See web-based.
Sermon prep and slides in one product. Sermon notes live next to the deck, and Ezra can turn finished notes into a draft presentation, generate speaker notes, or tighten a headline — always as a proposal you approve. See Ezra AI.
Per-screen output without broadcast hardware. Content variants plus screen layouts send a translation to one screen, a lower third to another, and confidence output to the platform.
Chords as a first-class thing. Songs are ChordPro, so transposing is a field and the band gets a real chart through presenter views.
Cheap displays. Paired Android TV and Fire TV devices drive lobby and overflow screens. See wireless displays.

Where Proclaim still wins

Simultaneous editing is the clearest gap. WorshipDeck deliberately locks a deck to one editor at a time to avoid two volunteers silently overwriting each other. That is a reasonable trade for most churches and the wrong trade if your worship pastor and media director genuinely co-build a service in the same half hour.

The integrations are the second gap, and they are not close. Proclaim connects to Logos, CCLI SongSelect, and Planning Center. WorshipDeck connects to none of those. If your sermon pipeline starts in Logos, or your volunteers are scheduled in Planning Center, Proclaim keeps that chain intact and WorshipDeck asks you to break it.

Proclaim also ships NDI and SDI on its plans and lets one subscription cover unlimited Mac and Windows installs. WorshipDeck has no broadcast video protocols. Its browser operator needs connectivity, while the desktop app can sync presentations and services marked Ready offline and start them locally after an outage or app restart. Proclaim remains the better fit when its installed workflow and connected ecosystem are the point.

Moving your Sunday over

The Faithlife question comes first: if you are keeping Logos for sermon prep, decide whether you are happy having prep in one product and slides in another. Some churches are. If you would rather have both together, WorshipDeck's sermon notes are the reason to switch, not the slides.

For existing decks, use the file path. Export from Proclaim to PowerPoint where you can, then drop .pptx or .key files into the presentation library and edit from there. Review fonts and embedded media afterwards.

Songs go into songs as ChordPro rather than being imported, and scheduling moves out of Planning Center into services — which is the part most churches underestimate, so plan it as a process change rather than a data migration.

Related comparisons

For the other cloud-synced desktop presenter, see WorshipDeck vs WorshipTools. Production rooms usually end up at WorshipDeck vs ProPresenter. If you are really weighing whether you need church presentation software at all, read WorshipDeck vs PowerPoint.

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