Most of Studio comes included with your plan — People, and the modules that define your product (Events, Donations, Groups, and so on). Facilities is different: it's offered as a paid upgrade. Here's the honest reasoning.
It's a full system, not a small feature
Facilities isn't a single screen bolted onto Studio. It's an entire operational platform in its own right — room scheduling with conflict detection, multi-step approvals, work orders, asset and equipment tracking, floor maps, meeting-room display screens, and facility-rental invoicing. Organizations that need this normally buy a separate product for it (tools like eSPACE run $99–$275/month, often on top of whatever else they already pay for).
Not everyone manages a building
A solo missionary, a freelancer, or a small group running online events has no rooms to schedule and no equipment to track. Bundling Facilities into the base price would make everyone pay for something most people never open. Keeping it as an upgrade lets the core plans stay affordable, and you add Facilities only if you actually run physical space.
You still come out way ahead
Because Facilities lives inside Studio, you get it for a fraction of what a standalone facility tool costs — and it's the same login, the same People records, and the same calendar as the rest of your organization. No second subscription, no separate system to reconcile, no double data entry.
What this means in practice
- Free plans can see Facilities in Settings → Modules with an Upgrade prompt — so you can find it before you commit.
- It unlocks on the upgraded tier of your product (for example Events+, Faith Pro, or Cause Pro). See Which plans include Facilities? for the full list.
- Everything else you were already using stays exactly as it is — upgrading only adds Facilities, it never takes anything away.
If you're weighing it up, the simplest test: do you book rooms, track equipment, or handle maintenance requests? If yes, Facilities almost always pays for itself by replacing the spreadsheets, group texts, and (often) a separate paid tool you're using today.