Shlomi Lavi /
Apr 30, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - MIP Fund Accounting or Shelby Church?
Shelby Church is more expensive to implement (TCO) than MIP Fund Accounting, and Shelby Church is rated higher (89/100) than MIP Fund Accounting (75/100). MIP Fund Accounting offers users more features (15) than Shelby Church (0).
Looking for the right Church Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
Abila Inc Vs. Shelby Systems
Abila Inc: Abila serves strategic leaders and managers in dynamic nonprofit organizations and government agencies through high-value solutions. Organizations trust Abila to simplify and streamline processes in order to perform their best work and focus on delivering their unique mission. For Abila, it’s personal and backed by a team with more than 30 years o...
Shelby Systems: Shelby Systems supplies the software and financial tools needed to help ministries and organizations thrive.
Since 1976, Shelby Systems has been a leader in providing software to churches, parishes, denominational headquarters, independent ministries, and development organizations. There are over 24,000 users who are currently supported all over...
Who is more expensive? MIP Fund Accounting or Shelby Church?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Church Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for MIP Fund Accounting and Shelby Church.
MIP Fund Accounting price starts at $0.10 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 MIP Fund Accounting is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Church Management software. Shelby Church price starts at $35.13 per user/month , When comparing Shelby Church to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average Church Management software cost.
Bottom line: Shelby Church is more expensive than MIP Fund Accounting.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared MIP Fund Accounting Vs. Shelby Church based on some of the most important and required Church Management features.
MIP Fund Accounting: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Audit Trail, Balance Sheet, Billing & Invoicing, Budgeting & Forecasting, Check Printing, Credit Card Processing.
Shelby Church: We are still working to collect the list of features for Shelby Church.
Target customer size
MIP Fund Accounting is suitable for all types of business. Customers of the software include faith-based organizations of all sizes and a variety of types.