Best CRM and management software for Chabad houses
A Chabad house's database is a donor and community list first and a membership roster second. The Chabad-specific products are built around that, with recurring giving, event outreach and campaign tools in front.
Quick answer
- Chabad Suite — 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. A hosted, customized CiviCRM-based CRM with an integrated website builder and fundraising pages built for Chabad shluchim.
- Go Shliach — Go Shliach $179/mo. A new web-based all-in-one system for Chabad houses (contacts, donations, Jewish calendar, events, email, website) sold at a single flat price.
- ChabadOne CRM — Small Community $60/mo; Growing Community $85/mo; Larger Community $110/mo. Chabad.org's Salesforce-based CRM for Chabad centers, sold alongside its Sites and Communicator products and bundled as ChabadOne Pro.
Why Chabad is a separate category
A Chabad house's constituency is not a membership roster. It is a donor list, an event attendance list, a Hebrew school list and a community list that overlap imperfectly, and the money comes from recurring giving and campaigns rather than invoiced dues. The Chabad-specific products are built around that model, with campaign tools, recurring gifts, outreach automation and event registration in front, and dues billing either absent or secondary.
That is also why our rubric, built for membership-and-dues congregations, under-rewards these products on the "Jewish-specific workflows" group: honors and seating are not what a Chabad house buys software for. The shortlist above re-weights toward donations, campaigns and communications. Read the scores in that light.
Some Chabad houses with a formal membership and a school find that a general synagogue platform fits better; the small synagogue shortlist covers those.
The shortlist
| # | Product | Published price | Score | Evidence | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chabad Suite | 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 | 68.0/100 | High confidence | 2k to 40k contacts by plan |
| 2 | Go Shliach | Go Shliach $179/mo | Medium confidence | Single Chabad houses; multi-house via custom plan | |
| 3 | ChabadOne CRM | Small Community $60/mo; Growing Community $85/mo; Larger Community $110/mo | 52.0/100 | Medium confidence | 500 to 15,000 households by tier |
| 4 | Shluchim (Donarius Synagogue Edition) | Flat one-time | 46.5/100 | Medium confidence | Small synagogues and Chabad houses |
Chabad Suite
A hosted, customized CiviCRM-based CRM with an integrated website builder and fundraising pages built for Chabad shluchim.
- Transparent public pricing with explicit limits
- Open-source CiviCRM core; data export and REST API
- Website, fundraising and CRM synced
- Highest entry price of the three Chabad CRMs
- Site pages are served through meta-refresh redirects; content invisible to simple fetchers
Go Shliach
A new web-based all-in-one system for Chabad houses (contacts, donations, Jewish calendar, events, email, website) sold at a single flat price.
- Single flat price, unlimited contacts/users
- Unusually candid security page
- Setup/import included
- Early access; waitlist language; no legal entity, address, phone or hours published
- Mobile app 'coming soon' while listed as included
ChabadOne CRM
Chabad.org's Salesforce-based CRM for Chabad centers, sold alongside its Sites and Communicator products and bundled as ChabadOne Pro.
- Lowest published entry price among Chabad CRMs ($60/mo)
- Native integration with ChabadOne Sites and Communicator; Pro bundle discount
- Salesforce platform underneath
- Restricted to Chabad shluchim
- No public pricing page beyond the product page; setup, contract and processing fees not published
Shluchim (Donarius Synagogue Edition)
The synagogue edition of Nuverb Systems' Donarius desktop donor software, sold as a one-time purchase for Windows/Mac.
- Very low one-time cost
- Hebrew-date yahrzeit letters and seating built in
- Desktop software, not cloud; modular add-ons priced separately
- Essentially one review in a decade
Frequently asked questions
Can a Chabad house use ShulCloud or another general platform?
Yes, and some do, particularly those with formal membership and a school. The trade is weaker campaign and outreach tooling against stronger dues billing and seating. The comparisons page pairs several Chabad products with general platforms where both have verified records.