Chabad Suite review (2026)
A hosted, customized CiviCRM-based CRM with an integrated website builder and fundraising pages built for Chabad shluchim.
Quick facts
- Published price
- Basic (CRM only) $165/mo; Basic + (CRM only) $350/mo; Upstart (Full Suite) $255/mo; Grow (Full Suite) $355/mo; Professional (Full Suite) $499/mo
- Setup / onboarding
- Not stated
- Payment processing
- Fundraising campaign platform rate 1.49%/1.19%/0.99% by plan (annual campaign credit on Full Suite); processors Authorize.net, Stripe, PayPal; processor fees not stated
- Target size
- 2k to 40k contacts by plan
- Region
- Worldwide
- Company
- Not stated (founder was at Chabad of Berkeley, CA) · since Coding began 2012; launched 2015; SaaS since 2018
Score: 68.0/100
Jewish-specific workflows10.0/20
Membership, dues and money16.0/20
Communications and engagement14.0/15
School and events5.0/10
Data portability and migration8.0/10
Pricing transparency15/15
Independent customer evidence0/10
Computed by the published rubric from the feature evidence below. 80% of feature fields verified.
Documented strengths
- Transparent public pricing with explicit limits
- Open-source CiviCRM core; data export and REST API
- Website, fundraising and CRM synced
Documented limitations
- Highest entry price of the three Chabad CRMs
- Site pages are served through meta-refresh redirects; content invisible to simple fetchers
- Processor fees and setup fees not stated
Chabad Suite pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annualized | Limit | Includes | Excludes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic (CRM only) | $165 | $1,812 | 10 admins; 3.5k contacts; 8k emails/mo | Contributions, invoicing, yahrzeit/Hebrew birthday tracking, events, mass email, intake forms, mobile web app, support; 1-page site; campaign rate 1.49% | Full website builder, donate page, Chai Partners platform, birthday/yahrzeit automation, member logins |
| Basic + (CRM only) | $350 | $3,852 | 20 admins; 40k contacts; 60k emails/mo | Same as Basic with higher limits; campaign rate 1.49% | Same exclusions as Basic |
| Upstart (Full Suite) | $255 | $2,808 | 3 admins; 2k contacts; 6k emails/mo | Full website builder, donate page, 50 Chai Partners, $150 campaign credit ($10,000 raised free), 1.49% campaign rate, birthday/yahrzeit automation, member user logins | |
| Grow (Full Suite) | $355 | $3,900 | 10 admins; 15k contacts; 30k emails/mo | 100 Chai Partners, $300 credit ($25,000 raised free), 1.19% campaign rate | |
| Professional (Full Suite) | $499 | $5,484 | 20 admins; 40k contacts; 60k emails/mo | Unlimited Chai Partners, $350 credit ($35,000 raised free), 0.99% campaign rate |
Pricing model: tiered. Terms: Monthly or annual billing (annual shown as per-month equivalent: $234/$325/$457/$151/$321). Memo 'CRM from $165/mo; full suite from $255/mo; tiers by users/contacts' CONFIRMED. Annual_usd here is the page's discounted per-month annual rate x12. Source: https://www.chabadsuite.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-12 (vendor-page). Prices exclude payment-processing fees unless stated.
Feature coverage, with evidence
"Yes" means we found the capability described on a vendor page (linked). "Partial" means limited, add-on or third-party. "Not verified" means we could not find it documented; it may exist. Ask the vendor.
| Capability | Status | Notes and evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Membership & household records | Yes | Households/organizations, relationships, membership sign-up forms and renewal reminders source |
| Yahrzeit tracking & reminders | Yes | 'Automated Yahrzeits' emails to mourners; yahrzeit tracking & reporting on all plans source |
| Hebrew calendar integration | Yes | 'Hebrew date converter'; 'Hebrew calendar integration' (about page) source |
| Dues, billing & receivables | Yes | Invoicing on all plans; membership management source |
| Online payments | Yes | Authorize.net, Stripe, PayPal; Apple Pay & Google Pay (help center) source |
| Donations, pledges & campaigns | Yes | Donate page, matching campaigns with teams/bonus rounds, Partners recurring platform; pledges not named source |
| General ledger / fund accounting | No | Not an accounting system source |
| QuickBooks integration | Partial | 'Create and export accounting batches to upload to quickbooks' source |
| Religious school management | Not verified | Not stated on the pages fetched. source |
| Events & registration | Yes | Event forms, registration, payments, reminders source |
| High Holiday seating | Not verified | Not stated on the pages fetched. source |
| Honors, aliyot & gabbai tools | Not verified | Not stated on the pages fetched. source |
| Cemetery management | Not verified | Not stated on the pages fetched. source |
| Website / CMS | Yes | Site builder (Full Suite); CRM-only plans get 1 page source |
| Email & newsletters | Yes | Mass email with open/click tracking, A/B testing, template builder source |
| SMS / texting | Yes | 'Easily send SMS to individual contacts or groups' source |
| Member self-service portal | Yes | Member login and dashboard (Full Suite plans) source |
| Mobile app | Partial | 'Mobile web application'; help article 'Chabad Suite Mobile' source |
| API / data export | Yes | 'Export all your data at any time'; help article 'CRM REST API' source |
| Automation & workflows | Yes | Automated reminders, smart groups, automated report delivery, workflow management source |
Migration
Assistance: Not described on fetched pages (CSV import exists for donations/registrations)
Fees: Not stated
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What independent sources say
Individual experiences, not survey data. Review platforms are sparse in this niche; treat counts under 20 as anecdotes.
- Capterra/G2. No listing found source
Questions to ask Chabad Suite before you sign
- Migration assistance from ChabadOne or spreadsheets?
- Is the mobile app native or web only?
Alternatives to Chabad Suite
| Product | Published price | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChabadOne CRM | Small Community $60/mo; Growing Community $85/mo; Larger Community $110/mo | 52.0/100 | compare |
| Shluchim (Donarius Synagogue Edition) | Flat one-time | 46.5/100 | compare |
Sources
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/pricing
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/product/crm/features
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/our-story
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/about-us
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/product/CRM
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/product/donations
- https://www.chabadsuite.com/product/website
- https://support.chabadsuite.com/article/what-civicrm
- https://support.chabadsuite.com/
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