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Re: shulcloud and other shul management systems: experiences & recommendations
« Reply #60 on: January 29, 2025, 12:05:07 PM »
What features would you want in a shul software?

Looking to get some ideas.
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


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Re: shulcloud and other shul management systems: experiences & recommendations
« Reply #61 on: January 29, 2025, 01:39:00 PM »

That's part of the plan, the question is what features do you consider bare bone?
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Re: shulcloud and other shul management systems: experiences & recommendations
« Reply #62 on: February 19, 2025, 02:07:03 PM »
ichessed is limited.


For example when you donate, I haven't seen a page to enter info for tax receipt.
Also, if payment is direct to stripe, you lose out data of who is donating, name phone number email. Which is valuable for shul data + follow up.

If im wrong, please correct me, its just that I have seen it without place to enter that info.

I hear you, but actually, iChessed does have options for tax receipts and collecting donor info like email, phone number, and name—it just depends on how the shul sets up their donation tablet.

Each campaign can have its own settings, so some shuls might ask for donor details while others keep it simple for quick donations. There’s also a full dashboard where admins can track donations, resend tax receipts, and even download all the data in Excel.

Another cool feature is the Shabbos mode—you can customize what the tablet does based on the shul’s needs. Not every shul enables every feature, but that’s by design, so it stays flexible.

If you need a specific setup, I’d suggest reaching out to them directly—they seem pretty responsive!

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Any news on best system similar to nedivim/ichessed? My shul is looking for one system for quick donation, they have nedivim kiosk but they are not happy with it

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Any news on best system similar to nedivim/ichessed? My shul is looking for one system for quick donation, they have nedivim kiosk but they are not happy with it
What didn't they like?
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Any news on best system similar to nedivim/ichessed? My shul is looking for one system for quick donation, they have nedivim kiosk but they are not happy with it
I use ShulStation. Don't have anything to compare it to, but I've been very happy with it.

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What didn't they like?
the touchscreen is not good, also too many things on screen.

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I use ShulStation. Don't have anything to compare it to, but I've been very happy with it.
Do they have a kiosk/tablet ? I moslty know the saas software but not as a standalone kiosk

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Do they have a kiosk/tablet ? I moslty know the saas software but not as a standalone kiosk
Yes.
I don’t have it though.

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Hey Guys
A quick update on this thread since i saw that the iChessed kiosk is the official ChabadOne donation Kiosk. I asked the rabbi and he told me that they did a partnership and shluchim get a special coupon if they are ChabadOne Pro member.