ShulHub vs Temple Tools (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. Temple Tools: Full CRM $370/mo. For a 150-household congregation that is roughly $1,800 vs $4,440 per year before processing and setup fees.
- Membership, dues and money: Temple Tools leads (10.5 vs 13.5 of 20 points).
- Communications and engagement: ShulHub leads (14.0 vs 11.5 of 15 points).
- School and events: Temple Tools leads (7.5 vs 10.0 of 10 points).
- Overall: ShulHub 62.5/100 · Temple Tools 66.0/100
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).
Temple Tools
- Full CRM: $370/mo · Unlimited congregants; unlimited users · '100% of features included', unlimited users, unlimited congregants, 10,000 newsletter sends/mo, collect payments, support included.
Setup: Comparison table on /pricing lists Temple Tools onboarding fee as 'Free' (vs. '$5000+' claimed for ShulCloud).. Processing: Stripe Connect; FAQ: 'The fee is set by Stripe Connect, at an industry-standard rate of 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction.' Disputes handled in a Stripe Connect dashboard.. Source: vendor page, 2026-10-12 (vendor-page).
Feature by feature
| Capability | ShulHub | Temple Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Membership & household records | Yes Member Management (CRM), directory, custom fields; all tiers. | Yes Account/family management, member directory, membership status. |
| Yahrzeit tracking & reminders | Partial Yahrzeit Management is Professional and Enterprise only (not Standard). | Yes Linked to family members, automatic anniversary calculation, calendar entries. |
| Hebrew calendar integration | Partial Calendar & zmanim widget in all tiers; a full Hebrew-date engine is not described. | Not verified Not mentioned on homepage, pricing or features pages read; yahrzeit anniversary calculation implies Hebrew-date handling but no calendar/zmanim feature is described. |
| Dues, billing & receivables | Partial Billing system and invoicing from Professional up; automatic invoices and reminders per accounting page. | Yes Automated recurring dues billing and reminders, overdue balances, charges and refunds, income forecasts. |
| Online payments | Partial Online member payments from Professional up; donations accepted in all tiers. Processor and fees not published. | Yes Stripe Connect; 2.9% + 30¢ per FAQ; cards never stored by Temple Tools. |
| Donations, pledges & campaigns | Partial Accept donations in all tiers; DAF integrations mentioned on homepage; Fundraising Campaigns is a paid add-on; ShulGift is Enterprise. | Partial Shareable donation link, recurring donations, saved payment info. Pledges and campaign pages not described. |
| General ledger / fund accounting | No Syncs to external accounting software; no native GL described. | No Tracks donations, dues and expenses; no GL or fund accounting described. |
| QuickBooks integration | Partial Real-time sync with QuickBooks, Zoho Books, FreshBooks; Professional and Enterprise only. | Not verified Comparison table row 'Quickbooks Integration' reads 'Included' for Temple Tools, but no feature page describes it. |
| Religious school management | Partial ShulSchool is a paid add-on on any plan. | Yes Student programs, classes, camps, parent signup forms. |
| Events & registration | Yes Advanced event management in all tiers. | Yes Calendar, recurring events, self-registration, High Holiday tickets. |
| High Holiday seating | Partial Event seating management is Enterprise only. | Yes Assigned seating for events; HH tickets. |
| Honors, aliyot & gabbai tools | Partial Gabbai and kibbudim management from Professional up. | Not verified Not mentioned. |
| 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 Drag-and-drop, mobile-friendly website builder. |
| Email & newsletters | Yes Email campaigns and segmentation in all tiers; rates not published. | Yes Newsletters; 10,000 sends/month included. |
| SMS / texting | Partial SMS campaigns and keywords require the SMS Messaging add-on (own textable number); price not published. | Not verified Not mentioned. |
| Member self-service portal | Yes Payments, donations, seat reservations, profile updates. | Yes Members manage accounts, donations, registrations. |
| Mobile app | Yes Separate iOS/Android admin and member apps per homepage and compare page. | Partial FAQ: mobile-responsive web app; no native app described. |
| 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 CSV import described; export/API not described. |
| Automation & workflows | Yes Advanced automation system / lifecycle journeys in all tiers. | Partial Automated recurring billing, reminders and recurring events; no general workflow builder described. |
Evidence links for every cell are on the individual review pages: ShulHub, Temple Tools.
Rubric scores
| Group | ShulHub | Temple Tools | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish-specific workflows | 9.0 | 10.0 | 20 |
| Membership, dues and money | 10.5 | 13.5 | 20 |
| Communications and engagement | 14.0 | 11.5 | 15 |
| School and events | 7.5 | 10.0 | 10 |
| Data portability and migration | 5.5 | 5.0 | 10 |
| Pricing transparency | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Independent customer evidence | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 62.5 | 66.0 | 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.
Temple Tools: strengths / limitations
- Single all-inclusive price ($370/mo) with unlimited users and congregants, a 30-day trial and a 30-day refund policy stated on the vendor page.
- Onboarding listed as free; ShulCloud migration program with hands-on data transfer.
- Published processing rate (Stripe Connect 2.9% + 30¢).
- Flat rate means small congregations pay the same as large ones.
- Several synagogue-specific areas are not documented: Hebrew calendar/zmanim, honors/gabbai, cemetery, SMS, data export/API.
- No independent review footprint found; the only comparison data is the vendor's own, and it contains unverified claims about ShulCloud.
- Company details (location, founding, team) are sparse on the site.
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