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ParishSOFT vs. Shelby Systems

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ParishSOFT
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
ParishSOFT, a Ministry Brands company, provides church management software designed to streamline operations, foster collaboration and improve communication. The ParishSOFT church software is designed to help Catholic churches, dioceses, and other organizations become more effective in their ministry and to save time and money. They include free web solutions with a web page, email, online calendar, and facility scheduler.
$19
Shelby Systems
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Shelby Systems, a Ministry Brands company, offers church management software providing membership tracking, contribution processing, attendance tracking, fund accounting and financial reporting, volunteer management, small groups and contact management, nursery security and check-in, event registration, online giving and online registration.N/A
Pricing
ParishSOFTShelby Systems
Editions & Modules
ParishSoft
$19
High Volume
$25k
Most Popular
$49
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ParishSOFTShelby Systems
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
ParishSOFTShelby Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ParishSOFTShelby Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
Ministry Brands
The system fits extremely well with our non-profit requirements and provides us the capability to report to our congregation their payments to the Church. The system is set up for recurring events and not one time events. This would not fit a for profit business very well.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
The three modules we use are well integrated and work together well. The membership module does not communicate with the financial modules if I recall correctly.
MJ
Marty Javornisky
Business Manager
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Pros
Ministry Brands
  • Posting deposits, creating bills, Journal entries, and running reports.
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Ministry Brands
  • Integration across modules
  • Enable attachment of document images
  • Free user support
MJ
Marty Javornisky
Business Manager
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Cons
Ministry Brands
  • The only thing I can suggest is frequency of memorized transactions, to allow for bimonthly billing. Right now, the system allows for 26 week cycle.
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Anonymous
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Ministry Brands
  • Extra key strokes required when searching for account numbers
  • Negative adjusting entries not allowed in account payable
  • Financial report formatting is not intuitive
MJ
Marty Javornisky
Business Manager
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Likelihood to Renew
Ministry Brands
We have been on ParishSoft for over ten years and it is interfaced with all of our critical systems. We know the system as well as our users. Changes in systems never go very well
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Usability
Ministry Brands
For the simple reason of ease of use.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Ministry Brands
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Reliability and Availability
Ministry Brands
If we have had an outage it has never been long enough to affect our business processes.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Performance
Ministry Brands
They are cloud based and ParishSoft has not affected out speed and integration processes.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Support Rating
Ministry Brands
Sometimes the support team is very busy and can take a while to get in contact with them. When we do, the individual is very knowledgeable about the system and they collaborate with us for solutions
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Online Training
Ministry Brands
Just like any system, while trying to explain your issue, it was difficult to be on the same page. ParishSoft was very patient through this process
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Implementation Rating
Ministry Brands
Implementation was seamless. ParishSoft assisted us at the time of downloading our existing information from the system we were on and uploading the information into ParishSoft. We found no errors in the conversion.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Alternatives Considered
Ministry Brands
As mentioned previously, this is a corporate wide installation, and meets the needs of our business.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Ministry Brands
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Ministry Brands
The annual renewal of the license for usage of the product is extremely reasonable.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Scalability
Ministry Brands
Has met every need we have to assist us in managing the process around the need.
CS
Canon1955$ Sommer
Parish Manager
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Ministry Brands
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Return on Investment
Ministry Brands
  • This ParishSOFT that we use is a company-wide product, and meets the needs of all our churches, schools and other entities.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Ministry Brands
  • Provided us with a means to report financial information to stakeholders
MJ
Marty Javornisky
Business Manager
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