GabbaiPro vs ShalomCloud (2026)
Two synagogue management options compared on verified pricing, Jewish-specific workflows, billing depth, communications, migration and independent evidence.
Quick answer
- Price: GabbaiPro: Starter $149/mo; Growth $399/mo; Pro $499/mo. 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. For a 150-household congregation that is roughly $4,788 vs $648 per year before processing and setup fees.
- Membership, dues and money: GabbaiPro leads (17.5 vs 10.0 of 20 points).
- Communications and engagement: GabbaiPro leads (8.0 vs 3.0 of 15 points).
- School and events: ShalomCloud leads (2.5 vs 10.0 of 10 points).
- Data portability and migration: GabbaiPro leads (7.5 vs 5.0 of 10 points).
- Overall: GabbaiPro 65.5/100 · ShalomCloud 59.0/100
Pricing side by side
GabbaiPro
- Starter: $149/mo · Unlimited members · Household records, yahrzeits and reminders, announcements, congregant portal, card/ACH payments, data export, email support 48h SLA
- Growth: $399/mo · Unlimited members · Starter + batch billing, recurring dues, sponsorships, aliyah pledge-to-invoice, kibbudim reporting, weekly schedule, rule-based scheduling, events, yahrzeit-to-aliyah pipeline, membership/donation reports, legacy migration support, 24h email SLA
- Pro: $499/mo · Unlimited members · Growth + fundraising, campaign module, QuickBooks integration/export, custom domain + SSL included, 4h email SLA
Setup: Self-service signup; 'Managed implementation setup' $2,500 one-time for non-self-service signups. Add-ons on all plans: custom domain + SSL $49/mo (included on Pro), SMS reminders $0.008/SMS, High Holiday seat module $199/year; data migration, guided setup calls and seat management are add-ons without published prices.. Processing: Stripe Connect; funds settle to the synagogue's own bank account and 'Stripe processes and deducts fees'. Rates not published on /pricing or /security-payments.. Source: vendor page, 2026-10-12 (vendor-page).
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).
Feature by feature
| Capability | GabbaiPro | ShalomCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Membership & household records | Yes Household record with members, relationships, status, join date, category, balances; CSV import with field mapping; searchable directory. | Yes Families, households and members with demographics, attributes, roles; custom attributes per household and member (Capterra description). |
| Yahrzeit tracking & reminders | Yes 'Yahrzeit records and reminders are included on every plan'; yahrzeit-to-aliyah pipeline on Growth/Pro. | Yes Reminders by email or surface mail, bimah lists; tracks Hebrew and Gregorian dates, observer chooses which. |
| Hebrew calendar integration | Partial Yahrzeit dates 'converted between Hebrew and civil calendars'; live zmanim; a general Hebrew calendar is not described. | Partial Hebrew-date handling for yahrzeits ('dual-dating'); no congregation calendar or zmanim feature described. |
| Dues, billing & receivables | Yes 'Run a full dues billing cycle at once, or automate recurring charges' (Growth and Pro); PDF statements, receipts, annual giving summaries. | 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. |
| Online payments | Yes Card and ACH via Stripe Connect, settling directly to the shul's bank. | Not verified Event registration allows purchases and donations are 'collected', but no processor, card/ACH support or fees are stated. |
| Donations, pledges & campaigns | Yes Fund designations, bimah pledges attached to household billing, sponsorships; structured campaigns are Pro only. | Partial Donation tracking and reporting; pledges per Capterra text; no campaign pages described. |
| General ledger / fund accounting | Partial Giving routed to named funds tracked separately from dues; no general ledger. | No Posts to QuickBooks rather than keeping its own GL. |
| QuickBooks integration | Partial 'Accounting-ready records exported to QuickBooks. Pro only.' Export, not a live sync. | Yes 'Automatically create entries in QuickBooks as funds are received'; tutorial 'Connecting to QuickBooks'. |
| Religious school management | Not verified Not mentioned on any vendor page read 2026-10-12. | Yes Students by grade, rosters, email/text parents; registration via form builder. |
| Events & registration | Partial 'Events and registration' listed on Growth/Pro; not described on the features page. | Yes Member and non-member registration, item purchases, reminders, RSVPs. |
| High Holiday seating | Partial 'High Holiday seat module' add-on $199/year; details not described. | Not verified Not mentioned (honors are, seating is not). |
| Honors, aliyot & gabbai tools | Yes Aliyah request queue, kibbudim history, role-scoped gabbai workspace, pledge-to-invoice. | Yes High Holiday honors: nominations, accept/decline tracking, reminders. Year-round gabbai scheduling not described. |
| Cemetery management | Not verified Not mentioned on any vendor page read 2026-10-12. | Yes Responsible party, reserved-for and occupant by plot; documents and pictures per plot. |
| Website / CMS | Not verified Only a custom domain for the portal is offered; no website builder mentioned. | No No website builder offered. |
| Email & newsletters | Partial Announcements to all members from the admin dashboard; no marketing campaign tooling described. | Partial Email used for reminders, forms and parent communications; no newsletter/marketing tool described. |
| SMS / texting | Partial SMS reminders add-on, $0.008 per message. | Partial Text parents (religious school); general SMS campaigns not described. |
| Member self-service portal | Yes Congregant portal: balances, payments, receipts, household updates, aliyah requests. | Not verified Capterra tags 'Member Portal' but the vendor site does not describe one. |
| Mobile app | Partial No native app; portal is mobile-friendly ('Submit requests, on mobile too'). | No None described. |
| API / data export | Partial Data export 'included on every plan'; no public API mentioned. | Not verified Rosters/bimah lists/reports; no export tool or API described. Audit trails exist. |
| Automation & workflows | Partial Recurring billing, rule-based scheduling, yahrzeit-to-aliyah pipeline; no general workflow builder. | Partial Automated reminders and QuickBooks posting; no workflow builder. |
Evidence links for every cell are on the individual review pages: GabbaiPro, ShalomCloud.
Rubric scores
| Group | GabbaiPro | ShalomCloud | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish-specific workflows | 14.0 | 14.0 | 20 |
| Membership, dues and money | 17.5 | 10.0 | 20 |
| Communications and engagement | 8.0 | 3.0 | 15 |
| School and events | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10 |
| Data portability and migration | 7.5 | 5.0 | 10 |
| Pricing transparency | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Independent customer evidence | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 65.5 | 59.0 | 100 |
GabbaiPro: strengths / limitations
- Fully published pricing and add-on schedule with per-plan support SLAs
- Gabbai-specific workflows (aliyah queue, kibbudim history, pledge-to-invoice) rarely found elsewhere
- Stripe Connect settlement directly to the shul; free migration audit from ShulCloud
- Brand-new with a single named founder and no independent footprint (no Wayback, no search results)
- No religious school, cemetery, website builder or API
- QuickBooks is export-only and Pro-only; Starter lacks batch billing and recurring dues
- No compliance attestations
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.
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