ShulHub vs Shulspace (2026)
Two synagogue management options compared on verified pricing, Jewish-specific workflows, billing depth, communications, migration and independent evidence.
Quick answer
- Price: ShulHub: Standard $99/mo; Professional ('Most Popular') $150/mo; Enterprise $180/mo. Shulspace: Quote only.
- Jewish-specific workflows: Shulspace leads (9.0 vs 16.0 of 20 points).
- Membership, dues and money: Shulspace leads (10.5 vs 15.0 of 20 points).
- School and events: ShulHub leads (7.5 vs 2.5 of 10 points).
- Data portability and migration: ShulHub leads (5.5 vs 0.0 of 10 points).
- Pricing transparency: ShulHub leads (15 vs 5 of 15 points).
- Overall: ShulHub 62.5/100 · Shulspace 52.5/100
Pricing side by side
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).
Shulspace
- Standard: · unlimited transactions, members and admins · Invoicing, customizable public donation/info website, custom campaigns, yahrzeits, family members, member portal, kibbud tracker, SMS, automated collections, document/SMS/email editors, template library, reporting center, kiosk integration, QuickBooks integration
- Enterprise: · unlimited · Everything in Standard plus multi-processor support, custom CRM forms, custom fields, tasks and reminders, seating, advanced campaign management; marked 'coming soon': membership tracking, event management, enterprise reporting, website builder, blog, shiurim/videos
- Small shul discount: · shuls with up to 40 members · Discounted pricing; amount not published
Setup: not stated. Processing: Choice of payment processors (multi-processor support on Enterprise); kiosk/unattended in-person payments; fees not stated.. Source: vendor page, 2026-10-12 (vendor-page).
Feature by feature
| Capability | ShulHub | Shulspace |
|---|---|---|
| Membership & household records | Yes Member Management (CRM), directory, custom fields; all tiers. | Partial Member relationship management and family members in Standard; 'membership tracking' is an Enterprise feature marked coming soon. |
| Yahrzeit tracking & reminders | Partial Yahrzeit Management is Professional and Enterprise only (not Standard). | Yes Yahrzeits included in Standard. |
| Hebrew calendar integration | Partial Calendar & zmanim widget in all tiers; a full Hebrew-date engine is not described. | Partial Vendor page lists 'automated announcements and schedules' and a shul display; the Sept 2024 sponsored DansDeals post describes zmanim and schedule updates by email/text. No general Hebrew-calendar module described on the vendor page. |
| Dues, billing & receivables | Partial Billing system and invoicing from Professional up; automatic invoices and reminders per accounting page. | Yes Invoicing, subscriptions, automated collections (help center: 'Create and Send an Invoice', 'Add a subscription'). |
| Online payments | Partial Online member payments from Professional up; donations accepted in all tiers. Processor and fees not published. | Yes Integrated payment processing, choice of processors, in-person unattended/kiosk payments. |
| Donations, pledges & campaigns | Partial Accept donations in all tiers; DAF integrations mentioned on homepage; Fundraising Campaigns is a paid add-on; ShulGift is Enterprise. | Yes Custom campaigns, pledge and donation cycle, public donation website; advanced campaign management on Enterprise. |
| General ledger / fund accounting | No Syncs to external accounting software; no native GL described. | No No native general ledger described; accounting handled via QuickBooks integration. |
| QuickBooks integration | Partial Real-time sync with QuickBooks, Zoho Books, FreshBooks; Professional and Enterprise only. | Yes QuickBooks integration included in Standard. |
| Religious school management | Partial ShulSchool is a paid add-on on any plan. | Not verified Not mentioned. |
| Events & registration | Yes Advanced event management in all tiers. | Partial Event management is an Enterprise feature marked 'coming soon'. |
| High Holiday seating | Partial Event seating management is Enterprise only. | Yes Seating listed under Enterprise. |
| Honors, aliyot & gabbai tools | Partial Gabbai and kibbudim management from Professional up. | Yes Kibbud tracker; help center article 'Entering Aliyahs'. |
| Cemetery management | Not verified Not mentioned anywhere on the site pages read. | Not verified Not mentioned. |
| Website / CMS | Yes Website builder, CMS, hosting, SEO, 100+ premium themes in every tier — the platform's foundation. | Yes Customizable public donation and info website provided free; full website builder/blog marked coming soon (Enterprise). |
| Email & newsletters | Yes Email campaigns and segmentation in all tiers; rates not published. | Yes Email editor, template library, automated announcements. |
| SMS / texting | Partial SMS campaigns and keywords require the SMS Messaging add-on (own textable number); price not published. | Yes SMS software and SMS editor included in Standard. |
| Member self-service portal | Yes Payments, donations, seat reservations, profile updates. | Yes Member portal included in Standard. |
| Mobile app | Yes Separate iOS/Android admin and member apps per homepage and compare page. | Not verified Not mentioned. |
| API / data export | Partial Compare page claims export 'at any time without restrictions'; no API or export tool described; terms do not describe an export process. | Not verified Not mentioned on vendor site or help center. |
| Automation & workflows | Yes Advanced automation system / lifecycle journeys in all tiers. | Yes Automated collections, reminders, announcements ('Watch it happen by itself'); tasks and reminders on Enterprise. |
Evidence links for every cell are on the individual review pages: ShulHub, Shulspace.
Rubric scores
| Group | ShulHub | Shulspace | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish-specific workflows | 9.0 | 16.0 | 20 |
| Membership, dues and money | 10.5 | 15.0 | 20 |
| Communications and engagement | 14.0 | 13.0 | 15 |
| School and events | 7.5 | 2.5 | 10 |
| Data portability and migration | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10 |
| Pricing transparency | 15 | 5 | 15 |
| Independent customer evidence | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 62.5 | 52.5 | 100 |
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.
Shulspace: strengths / limitations
- Gabbai-oriented features (kibbud/aliyah tracker, announcements, zmanim display) rare in other systems
- Free public donation/info website included
- Unlimited members/admins/transactions on all plans; 14-day no-card trial
- Published security architecture (NIST-aligned, GCP, tokenized payments)
- No published prices
- Several Enterprise features (membership tracking, events, reporting, website builder) marked 'coming soon'
- No native accounting; relies on QuickBooks
- No independent reviews; only a sponsored post
- Religious school, cemetery, API/export not evidenced
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