ShulCloud

What ShulCloud does

ShulCloud is a New York-based, privately held for-profit software company, founded in 2012, that builds a cloud-based website and member management platform exclusively for synagogues and Jewish religious organizations. Its core product is a hosted member portal — an authenticated web environment (deployed under the customer's subdomain, e.g., tinyc.shulcloud.com/member for Temple Israel of the City of New York) — that gives congregants account access, member-only content, and engagement touchpoints, and gives synagogue administrators a pre-configured back end for member records, event coordination, and community communications without requiring custom development work.

The underlying technology is multi-tenant cloud hosting layered with a vertical-specific member management application, with the differentiator being pre-built workflows for synagogue operations (households, lifecycle events, member directories) rather than a generic church/CRM platform. The company's go-to-market is concentrated almost entirely in one vertical: Reform and other North American Jewish congregations, distributed primarily through denominational channels — most notably the Union for Reform Judaism (reformjudaism.org), whose content and member congregations appear directly alongside ShulCloud-hosted properties.

The business model is vertical SaaS — recurring subscription fees from congregations for website hosting plus member portal access — though pricing is not publicly disclosed. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships outside the URJ ecosystem, leadership changes, or product-launch cadence in the source data, which limits any inference about growth, revenue scale, or strategic momentum beyond its established niche position.

Name

ShulCloud

Website

https://templeisraelnyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ShulCloud is a New York-based vertical SaaS company, founded in 2012, that provides cloud-hosted website and member-management software — including an authenticated member portal — exclusively to synagogues and Jewish religious organizations in North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Organization Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Hosting & Membership Platforms (MPACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH)

Keywords

• Synagogue management software
• Member portal platform
• Religious organization websites
• Cloud member management
• Jewish community software

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

ShulCloud provides cloud-based website hosting and a member management platform specifically configured for synagogues and Jewish religious organizations. The product includes a hosted member portal with authenticated member access, enabling congregations to offer online member accounts, community engagement features, event coordination, and digital communications without custom development. Each client congregation is provisioned on a ShulCloud subdomain (e.g., tinyc.shulcloud.com) and receives a pre-built set of synagogue-oriented workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ShulCloud Member Portal

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Wild Apricot: Membership management software widely used by small membership-based organizations including religious congregations. Comparable to ShulCloud in providing member database, website, and self-service portals to membership-driven nonprofits.
• Membership Toolkit: Website, member directory, and communication tools designed for parent organizations at schools and small groups. Comparable to ShulCloud as a small-org membership + website SaaS aimed at volunteer-run communities.
• Breeze ChMS: Church management software for small and mid-sized congregations, with member management, events, and online giving. Closely aligned with ShulCloud's member portal and event management capabilities for a similar SMB congregation customer.
• Planning Center: Modular church management SaaS covering people, events, check-ins, groups, and giving. Directly comparable to ShulCloud in product surface (member/people database, events, communication), differing mainly in target vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Subsplash: Faith-engagement platform combining giving, mobile apps, media, and community tools for churches and faith organizations. Comparable to ShulCloud in providing digital infrastructure to congregations.
• ACS Technologies (Realm): Long-standing incumbent in faith-based software serving churches and faith communities with management, giving, and accounting tools. A broader incumbent in the same SaaS-for-congregations category as ShulCloud.
• Pushpay: A large faith-engagement SaaS platform offering giving, communications, and church management tools to congregations. Comparable to ShulCloud as a vertical SaaS for religious communities, though it is broader (churches vs. synagogues) and more enterprise-focused.

Others

• Squarespace: General-purpose website builder with strong adoption among small nonprofits and congregations. Functions as an adjacent substitute for ShulCloud's website layer even though it lacks synagogue-specific workflows.

Emerging players

• Tithe.ly: Faith-focused giving, church management, and engagement platform. Comparable in serving religious organizations with digital member/giving workflows, though initially giving-led rather than website-led.
• Aplos Software: Faith-based nonprofit accounting, donor management, and CRM SaaS. Comparable in targeting faith communities with operational software, though it sits in the financial/CRM layer rather than website/portal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/shulcloud

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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