shulcloud and other shul management systems: experiences & recommendations

[yuneeq]

From the posts here it looks like it would be beneficial to make it scalable so smaller places can get more of a bare bones system for cheaper and pay for more features

Or it can be more robust and price scales with amount of members or something similar

[Onefishtwofish]

Has no one made a Salesforce app for shuls?

[yesitsme]

Has no one made a Salesforce app for shuls?

It's either good or cheap

[Onefishtwofish]

It's either good or cheap

I assume you meant"neither".
Isn't general Salesforce license for non profit free?

[AsherO]

I assume you meant"neither".
Isn't general Salesforce license for non profit free?

If you’re making the app then it isn’t free?

There are a lot of things Salesforce does great, but a lot of customizing and shoehorning that would be easier if you start from scratch. Also, quality Salesforce development work isn’t cheap, and you need a developer who really understands the concepts (or someone who knows Salesforce development well and understands the concepts to write the spec).

ETA: it isn’t necessarily free, and depending on what’s needed might be cost-prohibitive for small Shuls https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ngo-pricing-guide-spring-release-04-06-22.pdf

[jose34]

Have you seen this? https://github.com/ShomreiTorah

Is this usable in its current state to the end user?

[Alexsei]

I'm thinking that notion can do the job

[lcm]

Anyone done anything based on civicrm?

[ShverSupportsMitMiles]

There already exists something built on salesforce https://congregationconnect.com/, I think they were bought out by Shulcloud...

https://www.chabadsuite.com/ is also built on something...

I'm hoping shulspace or banquest will have a normal product soon

[lcm]

https://www.chabadsuite.com/ is also built on something...

It runs on civicrm, but I believe it is more geared to shluchim and fundraising, not as much a shul

[ml59]

The 770 and many shul here in crown heights use the ichessed.com donation kiosk. It seems lile a new saas maybe it includes shul management goodies too

[talmid chuchem]

The 770 and many shul here in crown heights use the ichessed.com donation kiosk. It seems lile a new saas maybe it includes shul management goodies too

mighty expensive fees, its probably done by a Lubavicher, thats why you see it around there & the ohel etc.
you can get donation tablets for free from https://nedivim.org/ with your own CC processor

[gozalim]

mighty expensive fees, its probably done by a Lubavicher, thats why you see it around there & the ohel etc.
you can get donation tablets for free from https://nedivim.org/ with your own CC processor

*free:
with one of their specific list of 4 processors, plus installation fee.
the need to be integrated with DONARY is also a bit confusing

[talmid chuchem]

*free:
with one of their specific list of 4 processors, plus installation fee.
the need to be integrated with DONARY is also a bit confusing

No clue what fees, because my shul installed it for free with them using stripe.
My shul uses donary. But I think you do t have too

[ml59]

mighty expensive fees, its probably done by a Lubavicher, thats why you see it around there & the ohel etc.
you can get donation tablets for free from https://nedivim.org/ with your own CC processor

I spoke with Y.Kratz (which manage those things in the 770) and he told me that they had nedivim before in the 770 Shul and they took it off because the touch wasnt working properly and people were not giving through the tabs. Also he like the fact that the ichessed kiosk is directly connected to their stripe. From what i see there the ichessed kiosk are really nice and bright compared to the nedivim ones. Also don't forget that nothing is free in life... usually when it's free your are the product...
Also imo nedivim tabs are doing 100 things, at the end people get confused if it's a donation tab or an ipad for shul.