Jlive

What Jlive does

Jlive is a B2B event management and community engagement platform purpose-built for Jewish organizations, operating as a joint venture between Federation CJA (Montreal) and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). Founded in 2019, the platform provides a centralized hub where synagogues, JCCs, Hillels, day schools, museums, and other Jewish institutions can create, manage, and promote physical, virtual, and hybrid events, with ticket sales, donations, custom registration forms, QR code check-in, and recurring/co-hosted events. The product surface includes the core Jlive Platform, the Jlive Passport identity verification add-on (launched June 2024), and Jlive Community Intelligence, an analytics module that turns anonymized participation data into engagement insights for federations.

Under the hood, Jlive uses Stripe and Spreedly for payment processing with PCI-compliant vaulting, AWS Redshift for the anonymized data warehouse, and Make.com as the integration layer connecting to CRMs (Blackbaud, Salesforce, HubSpot) and marketing tools (Constant Contact, Mailchimp). The platform exposes native iOS and Android apps alongside its web application. The stated scale is 500+ Jewish organizations and 8,000+ events created over five years of operation.

The business model is twin-track: free usage for organizers and free events is preserved indefinitely, while monetization starting in 2026 introduces a $1 per paid-ticket fee (requiring a Pro Plan in certain markets) and pass-through Stripe processing fees of 2.9% + $0.30. GTM is hybrid: a self-serve product-led motion for SMBs and congregations, paired with direct sales outreach to large federations, event sponsorships (e.g., the 2022 General Assembly in Chicago), and community-network referrals. Geographic footprint to date covers Michigan, Quebec, and as of June 2026, Washington DC/Northern Virginia.

Name

Jlive

Legal name

JLIVE LLC

Website

https://jlive.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jlive is a B2B event management and community engagement platform serving Jewish organizations. Founded in 2019 as a joint venture of Federation CJA and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, it supports 500+ organizations and 8,000+ events with ticketing, payments, identity verification, and analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Management Software

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Event management software
• Event registration platform
• Nonprofit ticketing solutions
• Identity verification services
• Community engagement analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomfield Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket Transaction Fees: Starting 2026, Jlive charges organizations $1 per paid ticket sold. Free events remain free. This is a transaction-based revenue model where the company takes a per-transaction fee.
2. Payment Processing Fees: Organizations can optionally add order processing fees (fixed and/or percentage) to recoup credit card processing fees charged by their payment gateway. 100% of processing fees go to organizations.
3. Stripe Transaction Fees (Passed Through): Stripe charges 2.9% plus 30 cents per credit card transaction. This is passed through to organizations via their Stripe Express accounts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jlive provides a dedicated event management and registration platform for Jewish community organizations, enabling synagogues, JCCs, Hillels, day schools, and federations to create, manage, and promote physical, virtual, and hybrid events. The platform integrates Stripe payment processing, CRM connectors, an identity verification product (Jlive Passport), and anonymized community analytics, serving as a centralized hub connecting 500+ Jewish organizations with community members.

Product overview

Jlive is a B2B event management platform for Jewish communities operating as a unified platform-plus-modules architecture. The core Jlive Platform serves as the central hub for Jewish events, classes, and activities, connecting organizations with community members through web and mobile applications. The product portfolio includes two distinct add-on modules: Jlive Passport (identity verification product for secure event access) and Jlive Community Intelligence (data analytics and engagement reporting). Core feature modules include Events & Registration (event creation, co-hosting, check-in), Payments (Stripe-integrated ticketing and donations), Communications (messaging and automated reminders), and Data & Reporting (dashboards, CSV exports, CRM integrations). The platform integrates with major CRMs (Blackbaud, Salesforce, HubSpot) and payment providers (Stripe, Spreedly) to serve over 500 Jewish organizations managing 8,000+ events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jlive Passport: Identity verification system allowing Jlive users to verify their identity with a mobile phone to obtain a single passport granting access to restricted events and programs across the Jewish community.
• Jlive Community Intelligence
• Jlive Passport - Communities

Products and services

• Jlive Platform Core event management and registration platform enabling Jewish organizations to create, manage, and promote physical, virtual, and hybrid events, and connecting community members with events across the Jewish community.
• Jlive Passport Identity verification product enabling Jewish community members to verify their identity via mobile phone or government ID to gain access to restricted events and programs across the community.
• Jlive Community Intelligence Data analytics product that transforms anonymized participation data into actionable intelligence for Jewish organizations, enabling engagement trend tracking, demographic shift identification, and data-informed grant decisions.
• Jlive Passport for Communities

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations can recoup credit card processing fees by optionally charging buyers a $1 fee per paid ticket
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• General AssemblymajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 October 2022Annual Jewish community gathering. Jlive was a sponsor of the 2022 General Assembly in Chicago (October 30 - November 1, 2022), the flagship annual event of the Jewish communal world.
• Make.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationMake.com (formerly Integromat) is the recommended integration platform for connecting Jlive to external CRMs and applications. This enables Jlive to pass event, order, and registrant data automatically to Salesforce, HubSpot, Constant Contact, Mailchimp, and virtually any other system.
• Blackbaud CRMcoreTechnology or IntegrationDirect integration with Blackbaud CRM to ensure Events, Registrants, Orders, and Donations are shared between Jlive and the organization's Blackbaud system.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration via Make.com to create custom forms pulling data from existing user profiles and passing event registrations into Salesforce.
• HubSpotcoreTechnology or IntegrationUsing Make.com Integration, Jlive passes new registrants to HubSpot automatically for marketing automation.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationJlive's exclusive secure payment processor, trusted by companies including Amazon, Google, Zoom, and Lyft. Stripe Express accounts enable organizations to receive daily payouts. Stripe charges 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction.
• SpreedlycoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment orchestration platform enabling PCI compliant credit card vaulting with support for multiple payment gateways, allowing organizations to use existing processing rates.
• ZoomcoreTechnology or IntegrationDirect Zoom integration ensures registration data automatically passes to Zoom for virtual events, simplifying virtual event management.
• Amazon Web Services (Redshift)coreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Redshift data warehouse trusted by Adobe, Pinterest, and Yelp for secure storage of anonymized user data. AWS provides the infrastructure for Jlive's community intelligence analytics.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Eventbrite: General-purpose event ticketing and registration platform. Jlive explicitly benchmarks its pricing against Eventbrite (3.7% + $1.79 service fee vs $1) and competes for the same Jewish organizational customers, but Eventbrite lacks community-specific identity verification and federation-style data analytics.
• ShulCloud: Website and member management software purpose-built for synagogues and Jewish organizations. Overlaps directly with Jlive on event management, member directories, payments, and CRM — serving the same Jewish organizational buyer with similar community-tailored features.
• Chaverware: Synagogue management software for Jewish institutions covering membership, events, billing, and communications. Direct competitor to Jlive within the synagogue vertical for the same end users (rabbis, executive directors, office staff).
• WildApricot: Membership management and event registration platform widely used by nonprofits and associations. Competes with Jlive for nonprofit organizational customers on event registration, payments, and member self-service, though not Jewish-specific.
• Whova: Event management platform emphasizing community engagement, mobile apps, and registration for associations and nonprofits. Directly comparable product feature set to Jlive (event app, registration, engagement), though broadly targeted rather than faith-specific.

Emerging players

• Planning Center: Church management suite with modules for events, check-ins, registrations, and giving. Comparable niche-SaaS-for-faith-communities archetype to Jlive, demonstrating the playbook of building vertically integrated tools for congregational institutions.
• Bizzabo: Event experience platform with registration, mobile apps, and analytics for B2B events. Comparable technology stack and feature set (registration, engagement data) for organizations running larger Jewish conferences and federations.
• Givebutter: Free online fundraising and event platform widely used by nonprofits. Competes with Jlive for nonprofit ticketed-event and donation revenue, especially for synagogue galas and JCC fundraisers on a budget.

Broad incumbents

• Cvent: Enterprise event management platform with registration, payment, and attendee engagement. Competes at the larger-institution end of the Jewish communal market (federations, large JCCs), but is not tailored to the Jewish community use case.
• Blackbaud (Raiser's Edge, Luminate): Incumbent nonprofit CRM and fundraising software with which Jlive integrates. Many Jewish federations run on Blackbaud; Blackbaud's own event and CRM modules are an incumbent alternative Jlive must displace or interoperate with — already a confirmed Jlive integration partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/wix
• Facebookfacebook.com/wix
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jlive
• Instagraminstagram.com/wix

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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