ShalomCloud vs ShulHub (2026)
Two synagogue management options compared on verified pricing, Jewish-specific workflows, billing depth, communications, migration and independent evidence.
Quick answer
- Price: ShalomCloud: Small — Standard Support (homepage) $36/mo; Small — Premium Support (homepage) / Small Plan (/pricing) $72/mo; Medium — Standard Support (homepage) $54/mo; Medium — Premium Support (homepage) / Medium Plan (/pricing) $108/mo; Large — Standard Support (homepage) $72/mo; Large — Premium Support (homepage) / Large Plan (/pricing) $144/mo. ShulHub: Standard $99/mo; Professional ('Most Popular') $150/mo; Enterprise $180/mo. For a 150-household congregation that is roughly $648 vs $1,800 per year before processing and setup fees.
- Jewish-specific workflows: ShalomCloud leads (14.0 vs 9.0 of 20 points).
- Communications and engagement: ShulHub leads (3.0 vs 14.0 of 15 points).
- School and events: ShalomCloud leads (10.0 vs 7.5 of 10 points).
- Overall: ShalomCloud 59.0/100 · ShulHub 62.5/100
Pricing side by side
ShalomCloud
- Small — Standard Support (homepage): $36/mo · Up to 125 member families · Full platform; support by ticket/email only, ~2 business day response.
- Small — Premium Support (homepage) / Small Plan (/pricing): $72/mo · Up to 125 member families · Full platform; priority triage, phone/email, minutes-to-hours response.
- Medium — Standard Support (homepage): $54/mo · 126 to 250 member families · Full platform; email/ticket support.
- Medium — Premium Support (homepage) / Medium Plan (/pricing): $108/mo · 126 to 250 member families · Full platform; priority phone/email support. Labelled 'Most Popular'.
- Large — Standard Support (homepage): $72/mo · Over 250 member families · Full platform; email/ticket support.
- Large — Premium Support (homepage) / Large Plan (/pricing): $144/mo · Over 250 member families · Full platform; priority phone/email support.
Setup: Conflicting on the vendor's own site: homepage says 'Conversion fee $200 for all levels'; /pricing says 'One-time conversion fee $400'.. Processing: Not stated anywhere on the site. No payment processor named; Capterra tags 'Payment Processing Software' but the site describes donation 'collection' only.. Source: vendor page, 2026-10-12 (vendor-page).
ShulHub
- Standard: $99/mo · Unlimited members, users & subscribers · Mobile-friendly website builder, hosting, SEO, calendar & zmanim widget, CMS, premium themes, forms, Google Analytics, social integration, user permissions, member management (CRM), member directory, accept donations, event management, automation system, email & SMS campaigns (SMS needs add-on), SMS keywords, visitor messages, ShulBoard.
- Professional ('Most Popular'): $150/mo · Unlimited · Everything in Standard plus multi-language support, ShulShmooze (ShmoozeBoard & WhatsApp), online member payments, resource booking, billing system, accounting software integration, financial & member reporting, gabbai management, kibbudim management, yahrzeit management.
- Enterprise: $180/mo · Unlimited · Everything in Professional plus ShulGift gift campaigns, event seating management, Rabbi Workspace (pastoral care).
Setup: 'No Setup Fees, No Contracts, and No Surprises' (pricing page).. Processing: Not stated on the pricing page; terms refer to an unnamed third-party payment processor. SMS and email 'at our low rates' with no figures.. Source: vendor page, 2026-10-12 (vendor-page).
Feature by feature
| Capability | ShalomCloud | ShulHub |
|---|---|---|
| Membership & household records | Yes Families, households and members with demographics, attributes, roles; custom attributes per household and member (Capterra description). | Yes Member Management (CRM), directory, custom fields; all tiers. |
| Yahrzeit tracking & reminders | Yes Reminders by email or surface mail, bimah lists; tracks Hebrew and Gregorian dates, observer chooses which. | Partial Yahrzeit Management is Professional and Enterprise only (not Standard). |
| Hebrew calendar integration | Partial Hebrew-date handling for yahrzeits ('dual-dating'); no congregation calendar or zmanim feature described. | Partial Calendar & zmanim widget in all tiers; a full Hebrew-date engine is not described. |
| Dues, billing & receivables | Partial Capterra description: track pledges, payments, contributions; monthly statements and annual tax letters. Vendor site itself describes 'Financials' only as recording payments and categories; invoicing not described. | Partial Billing system and invoicing from Professional up; automatic invoices and reminders per accounting page. |
| Online payments | Not verified Event registration allows purchases and donations are 'collected', but no processor, card/ACH support or fees are stated. | Partial Online member payments from Professional up; donations accepted in all tiers. Processor and fees not published. |
| Donations, pledges & campaigns | Partial Donation tracking and reporting; pledges per Capterra text; no campaign pages described. | Partial Accept donations in all tiers; DAF integrations mentioned on homepage; Fundraising Campaigns is a paid add-on; ShulGift is Enterprise. |
| General ledger / fund accounting | No Posts to QuickBooks rather than keeping its own GL. | No Syncs to external accounting software; no native GL described. |
| QuickBooks integration | Yes 'Automatically create entries in QuickBooks as funds are received'; tutorial 'Connecting to QuickBooks'. | Partial Real-time sync with QuickBooks, Zoho Books, FreshBooks; Professional and Enterprise only. |
| Religious school management | Yes Students by grade, rosters, email/text parents; registration via form builder. | Partial ShulSchool is a paid add-on on any plan. |
| Events & registration | Yes Member and non-member registration, item purchases, reminders, RSVPs. | Yes Advanced event management in all tiers. |
| High Holiday seating | Not verified Not mentioned (honors are, seating is not). | Partial Event seating management is Enterprise only. |
| Honors, aliyot & gabbai tools | Yes High Holiday honors: nominations, accept/decline tracking, reminders. Year-round gabbai scheduling not described. | Partial Gabbai and kibbudim management from Professional up. |
| Cemetery management | Yes Responsible party, reserved-for and occupant by plot; documents and pictures per plot. | Not verified Not mentioned anywhere on the site pages read. |
| Website / CMS | No No website builder offered. | Yes Website builder, CMS, hosting, SEO, 100+ premium themes in every tier — the platform's foundation. |
| Email & newsletters | Partial Email used for reminders, forms and parent communications; no newsletter/marketing tool described. | Yes Email campaigns and segmentation in all tiers; rates not published. |
| SMS / texting | Partial Text parents (religious school); general SMS campaigns not described. | Partial SMS campaigns and keywords require the SMS Messaging add-on (own textable number); price not published. |
| Member self-service portal | Not verified Capterra tags 'Member Portal' but the vendor site does not describe one. | Yes Payments, donations, seat reservations, profile updates. |
| Mobile app | No None described. | Yes Separate iOS/Android admin and member apps per homepage and compare page. |
| API / data export | Not verified Rosters/bimah lists/reports; no export tool or API described. Audit trails exist. | Partial Compare page claims export 'at any time without restrictions'; no API or export tool described; terms do not describe an export process. |
| Automation & workflows | Partial Automated reminders and QuickBooks posting; no workflow builder. | Yes Advanced automation system / lifecycle journeys in all tiers. |
Evidence links for every cell are on the individual review pages: ShalomCloud, ShulHub.
Rubric scores
| Group | ShalomCloud | ShulHub | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish-specific workflows | 14.0 | 9.0 | 20 |
| Membership, dues and money | 10.0 | 10.5 | 20 |
| Communications and engagement | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15 |
| School and events | 10.0 | 7.5 | 10 |
| Data portability and migration | 5.0 | 5.5 | 10 |
| Pricing transparency | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Independent customer evidence | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 59.0 | 62.5 | 100 |
ShalomCloud: strengths / limitations
- Lowest published price of the five ($36-$144/mo by size and support level) with a two-month no-card trial.
- Covers several synagogue-specific records the cheaper competitors skip: cemetery plots, HH honors workflow, dual-dated yahrzeits with bimah lists.
- Direct QuickBooks posting; audit trails documented.
- No website builder, no member mobile app, and no clearly described member portal or online dues billing/invoicing.
- Payment processing, data export and security practices are not described on the site.
- Vendor's own pages conflict on price and conversion fee ($200 vs $400; two-column vs single-column pricing).
- No usable third-party reviews (0 on Capterra, 1 unverified on G2); company location and team undisclosed.
- Standard-support tier is email-only with ~2 business day response.
ShulHub: strengths / limitations
- Lowest entry price of the tiered vendors ($99/mo) with no setup fee and unlimited members/users in every tier.
- Website builder with many themes, email, automation, member and admin mobile apps included from the base tier.
- Professional tier at $150/mo includes billing, online payments, accounting sync (QuickBooks/Zoho/FreshBooks), gabbai/kibbudim and yahrzeits.
- Published security page and multilingual UI.
- Standard tier is essentially a website + CRM: no billing, online member payments, yahrzeits, gabbai tools or accounting sync.
- School management, fundraising campaigns and SMS are unpriced add-ons; event seating and pastoral workspace need Enterprise.
- 'No contracts' on the pricing page sits alongside auto-renewal, no-partial-refund and 30-day-notice language in the Terms.
- No cemetery module described; no independent user reviews found anywhere.
- Payment processor and processing fees not published.
Full reviews: ShalomCloud · ShulHub · all comparisons