How is LiveSunday different from MyOpenDoor Translate for church translation?
MyOpenDoor Translate is a church-native suite. Every software feature ships on every plan, including a glossary editor, announcements, decision cards, a sermon notes hub, church branding, and recordings with transcripts. Starter is $149/month for 6 hours, 200 listeners, and 3 languages.
LiveSunday does a narrower job. Live captions, translation, overlays for the main screen and livestream, and unlimited listeners, starting at $5/hour or $59/month. This page compares the bundle to the focused tool, and works through what the caps mean for a typical Sunday.
How does LiveSunday compare to MyOpenDoor Translate?
| Feature | LiveSunday | MyOpenDoor Translate |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | 100+ catalog; 3 at once on Pro, 5 on Advanced | 3 at once on Starter, 5 on Congregation, 7 on Multi-Site |
| Starting price | Pay-as-you-go ($5/hr) or $59/mo (Pro) | Starter $149/mo ($124/mo annual) |
| Included hours (entry plan) | 12 hrs/mo on Pro ($59) | 6 hrs/mo on Starter ($149); overage $25/hr |
| Listeners | Unlimited | 200 on Starter, 600 on Congregation, 2,000 on Multi-Site |
| How hours are billed | Session hours | Microphone time, not full service length |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | Weekend trial, no card |
| Spoken translation (TTS) | Yes on Advanced ($99/mo) | Included; voice cloning is a paid add-on |
| Streaming integrations | OBS, ProPresenter, vMix, EasyWorship | ProPresenter sync listed as coming soon |
| Custom branding | Included on Pro+ | Included on every plan |
| Congregation tooling | Captions, translation, transcripts | Announcements, decision cards, sermon notes hub, recordings |
Why do teams choose LiveSunday over MyOpenDoor Translate?
1.Unlimited listeners against a 200-listener cap
MyOpenDoor Starter allows 200 listeners, Congregation allows 600, and Multi-Site allows 2,000. For many churches 200 is enough, but a growing congregation or a multi-language Easter service can cross that line. LiveSunday has unlimited listeners on every plan, including pay-as-you-go. The plan is chosen by hours and languages, not by how many people show up.
2.Twice the hours at less than half the price
MyOpenDoor Starter is $149/month, or $124/month on annual billing, for 6 hours and 3 languages, with overage at $25/hour. Congregation is $469/month for 20 hours and 5 languages. Multi-Site is $1,299/month for 60 hours and 7 languages. LiveSunday Pro is $59/month for 12 hours and 3 languages, Advanced is $99/month for 25 hours and 5 languages, and pay-as-you-go is $5/hour. MyOpenDoor meters microphone time rather than the full service length, which helps if worship music runs long. Even so, two weekly services with 75 minutes of preaching each is about 10 hours of microphone time a month and would exceed the 6 hours on Starter.
3.Overlays that ship today
LiveSunday puts captions on the main screen and the livestream through OBS, ProPresenter, vMix, and EasyWorship. MyOpenDoor lists ProPresenter sync as coming soon. If captions on the screen are part of the plan for this season, that is a concrete difference.
4.Where the MyOpenDoor bundle earns its price
MyOpenDoor includes in-language announcements, decision cards for altar calls, a sermon notes hub, church branding on every plan, and recordings with transcripts. If your pastoral team wants translated follow-up tooling in the same app as the captions, that is real value LiveSunday does not offer. LiveSunday focuses on captions and translation with a 100+ language catalog, 60+ transcription source languages, branding on Pro, and transcripts. It is the simpler tool for the Sunday morning job.
Should you choose LiveSunday or MyOpenDoor Translate?
Choose LiveSunday if
- You want captions, translation, and overlays with unlimited listeners at $59/month rather than $149/month with a 200-listener cap.
- You need OBS, ProPresenter, vMix, or EasyWorship overlays shipping today.
- Two weekly services push you past 6 hours a month and you do not want $25/hour overage.
- You want pay-as-you-go at $5/hour for occasional services or events.
Choose MyOpenDoor Translate only if
- You want in-language decision cards, announcements, and a sermon notes hub in the same tool as translation.
- Your services have long worship sets and metering microphone time instead of full service length matters to your budget.
- You want voice cloning as an add-on and church branding on the entry plan.
Learn more
- LiveSunday vs OneAccord — pricing, languages, setup, and Sunday moderation
- LiveSunday vs Aurelo — desktop operator app and euro plans vs browser setup
- AI live translation for churches — the full product walkthrough for real-time sermon translation
- Real-time captions for churches — live captions on phones, screens, and livestreams
- Pricing — pay-as-you-go, Pro, and Advanced plans
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