Aria is one of the newest agents in the AI space for worship leaders. The church at large probably has AI agents, but worship teams have just a few. So, if you are a worship leader or you are in a worship team and are looking for an AI agent, here’s what you should know.
If you are new to the world of AI agents or AI assistants and chatbots it is vital that you know the difference. This is a fundamental branching choice.
Did you scan through that article? Don’t need to? Cool. Let’s get back to Aria vs Nova.
Aria
First of all, Aria is an addon for Planning Center. If you do not use Planning Center (who doesn’t?) then Aria is of no use. It really just makes up for the gap between Planning Center and AI.
If you are paying for Planning Center and find the UI difficult and would rather just chat with an AI to take action, then Aria is the tool.
Is Aria an AI agent?
Debatable. I’ll let you form your own conclusions. Should be easy, if you had read the recommended article above ;).
But let’s go through Aria features.
- Team Members
- Volunteers
- AI Queries
- Aria AI Assistant
- Planning Center Integration
- iOS App
- Push Notifications
- Team Communication
- Analytics Dashboard
- AI Care Insights
- API Access
- Custom Branding
- Multi-Campus Support
- Priority Support
Of all the features, AI queries and AI assistant are the only AI features. To be honest, it is a chatbot. Nothing wrong with a Chatbot. But it’s important to know the difference.
You talk to Aria. Aria talks to Planning Center and gets you the information. It’s just a conversational layer. Agents need to be much more autonomous and complete. They are not just “fetchers of information”. They should be able to take action with minimal instruction.
Nova – the Worship Leader AI Agent
Nova is truly an AI agent for worship teams, leaders, or any team member who wants a premium experience for their personal use. You can test Nova for free on the home page with limited features. Paid users unlock all features.
Nova is conversational. You can ask Nova to build set lists conversationally – without taking the heart out of the process. It just handles the grunt work. You can choose the songs then simply say “Create a new set list from these songs”.
Learn more about Nova the Worship AI Agent here.
You can do a whole lot more in Nova. You can ask Nova to find replacement, fill-in musicians should you be lacking a bassist on Sunday. Manage your team, manage your library and your entire process in minutes.
How do the pricing and features stack up against Aria?
- Aria counts users. Every plan has a user limit. WorshipTeam does not. You can have 1000 or more people in your team. More the merrier.
- Aria relies on Planning Center. Worship Team AI does not. It is a stand alone app for worship teams. Nova is built right into Worship Team AI and constantly learns about you, your church, your teams etc.
- Aria has iOS aps. Worship Team AI does not – as of now.
- Aria’s Team plan for $40/m allows 15 team members, this is on top of your Planning Center cost. Worship Team AI similar plan is $49. Remember, there is no Planning Center cost and it’s an “I don’t care” number of team members.
- Aria Integrates with Planning Center. Worship Team AI also integrates with Planning Center – should you want that.
- Aria is more of a team and communications layer. Worship Team AI is a state of the art set list and practice app with stellar wave forms, looping, regions, and even AI stem splitting.
Yes, you can upload a song and tell Nova “Create stems for this song” and Nova will do it and report back to you when it’s done.
Intrigued? You can try Worship Team AI for just $5 a month and easily upgrade.