ShelbyNext Financials 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

ShelbyNext Financials

4.0

(163)

Pricing

Starting at $99.00 per month

About ShelbyNext Financials

Shelby offers church financial software that is used by and made for churches, denominational headquarters, faith-based nonprofits, and ministries. A GAAP compliant financial software. Shelby Financials is a cloud-based or on-premise (locally installed) software. Available features include general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank account management, fixed assets, purchasing management, loans, retirement and insurance billing, and more. Fulfills your financial requirements for the church as well as governing boards, financial committees, internal staff, and outside agencies.

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ShelbyNext Financials User Interface

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ShelbyNext Financials Pros and Cons

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Remote Work Flexibility Enabled

ShelbyNext Financials offers cloud-based access, letting users work from any location with an internet connection. You can manage tasks, view reports, and handle records away from your desk, making it easier to stay productive during outages or when working remotely.

ShelbyNext Financials Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $99.00 per month

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Free Version

Basic

$99.00

per month

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ShelbyNext Financials Features

Popular features found in Church Accounting
Asset Tracking
Bank Reconciliation
Billing & Invoicing
Budgeting/Forecasting
Donation Management
Expense Tracking
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
Payroll Management
Receipt Management
More features of ShelbyNext Financials
Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Audit Trail
Compliance Management
Donation Tracking
Donor Management
Event Management
Fixed Asset Management
For Nonprofits
Fund Accounting
General Ledger
Purchasing & Receiving
Recurring Giving
Reporting & Statistics
Website Management

ShelbyNext Financials Integrations

ShelbyNext Membership

ShelbyNext Financials User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.0

Ratings Breakdown

31%

45%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.8

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

3.8

Pier M.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Shelby Next

We were forced to comfort because support for our prior product was to be discontinued. It was communicated that the same functions were going to available and that was incorrect. We are still awaiting several reports and functions that are critical.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

The software is relatively inexpensive compared to other financial accounting packages. It provides many features that are used by religious organizations.

Cons:

The new Shelby Next product lacks many of the previous features in Shelby V5. It is difficult to contact representatives to resolve problems. There are many bugs in the system and processes are not consistent with many other accounting software packages. The product does not seem that it was tested properly prior to rolling out to customers. There are too many workarounds that should be included in any accounting software.

Monica L.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Shelby Next Financials

We are able to process our normal transactions in a timely manner.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It allows us to process transactions (payroll/ap/general ledger) for our multi-campus church in a fairly simple manner.

Cons:

1) I am not aware of any "ticket/notification" process to notify Shelby of a need we have/special report request. There are a couple of routine processes that we do not get good reports from Shelby. 2) The change from Shelby V5 to Shelby Next resulted in a general ledger report filter process that is more difficult.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

The former product was not capable of processing multi-campus transactions.

Mahala W.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Not user friendly

Overall, I would not recommend this system to anything other than a church. As a religous, non-profit educational facility, it doesn't really meet our needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 2

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 4

Functionality

Pros:

The optional reports you can print are great, as well as, the way the system is set up to double check your input before you finalize in the ledger.

Cons:

It's not very user friendly. I have used it for at least 5 years, and there are still areas that I'm not sure about. Also, the reports don't always show what they are suppose to show.

Louie S.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Excellent Church Accounting Program

We do bookkeeping for 75+ churches in Illinois and it adapts for our smallest churches to our very largest ones. Good payroll management is always a challenge for churches. The ShelbyNext Financials payroll module does a very complete job of handling all the aspects of payroll and payroll reporting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to learn to use the software. Focused for the unique needs of a church.

Cons:

More flexibility in designing reports. This would include text edits, data selection, and formatting.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

ShelbyNext Financials is a more fully developed program with better support.

Jennifer M.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Very happy with this product!

Overall I have been very pleased with ShelbyNext Financials. It was easy to use and figure out if you have experience with other accounting software. When you get through to Customer Service they are very helpful and have always been able to help me resolve my issues.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- cloud based so can access from anywhere - user friendly - can do most anything I need

Cons:

- sometimes glitchy - customer service isn't always easily accessible - doesn't communicate with ShelbyNext Membership

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

Arena was more complicated than we needed and the price differential.

Blane P.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Next Financials Pros/cons

The support is top notch and Shelby is constantly adding features and updating the software. We are large non-profit organization and I see no issue with the software handling our needs going forward.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use. Common menus in every module. Customizable dashboard. Add on modules available.

Cons:

Some specialty features would be nice, but feature request are constantly being added.

Reasons for choosing ShelbyNext Financials

It was an easier migration since we had an older Shelby product already.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

To upgrade to a simpler, better product with better features.

Laura H.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Shelby Make It Easy for us

The financials for Shelby is a plus for us. I like that you can create categories for everything.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very helpful with custom lists and financial statements. Easy access and easy to learn and understand quickly.

Cons:

They is nothing that I don't like about Shelby. I've been using the software since it came out. Very happy with it. Just hope we can upgrade to ShelbyNext soon. Currently we are still using Shelby V5 version.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

Shelby was a more up to date software to use.

Kacy P.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Helpful Program

Once you understand how it works, and get it all set up, it is very effective.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Purchasing Management portion of this module makes requesting purchases and the approval a breeze.

Cons:

We were trained on how to use it in 3 days. We needed more time but couldn't afford more training time. It was quite a battle getting everything going and understanding how to use it.

Reasons for choosing ShelbyNext Financials

It was set up more for a church than the others.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

Was told it would be easier to use

Amy N.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Overall good product

Honestly, we switched so that we would have cloud based software. It's nice to be able to do my work anywhere.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software is easier to use than Shelby v5. I like the way in interfaces with ShelbyNext Membership.

Cons:

The reporting function still has a pretty steep learning curve.

Reasons for choosing ShelbyNext Financials

Migration from Shelby v5 seemed like it was going to be easier.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

We wanted cloud based software with more functionality.

Vevette W.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Thankful for ShelbyNext Financials!

ShelbyNext Financials is clean, once learned, easy to understand & navigate, and it communicates across other Shelby products.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I like most about Shelby Financial is the communication between the other Shelby platforms, once I learned the program's logic I like it more than our previous accounting software, and the Outstanding customer service.

Cons:

Some of the report formatting is not my preference.

Reasons for switching to ShelbyNext Financials

Our church was already using Shelby Membership & Shelby Online Giving, and we wanted the streamline capabilities of also having Shelby Financial.

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