--- title: "CareDay Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of CareDay Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/careday-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Daycare Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/) / CareDay Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/careday-profile/reviews/) # CareDay Review On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview CareDay 4.9 [(38)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/careday-profile/reviews/) FrontRunner 2026 Pricing Pricing available upon request Top Alternatives ### About CareDay CareDay is designed for quality-focused childcare operators who want to plan further ahead, standardize operations, and keep classrooms full. It is an especially strong fit for growing multi-location organizations and childcare franchisors managing networks of 1–50 franchisees, particularly those with primarily private-pay families and standardized tuition by classroom or schedule. CareDay’s approach begins with each child’s living schedule. Teams can plan a child’s journey from their first day through future room or program transitions, see openings before they occur, and reserve known future capacity for expecting or waitlisted families. When unused part-time days become available, eligible parents can book extra care—helping centers meet family needs and earn more from capacity they already have. Enrollment, availability, billing, and projected revenue stay connected to the same schedule, reducing separate contract updates when classrooms or schedules change. CareDay also brings attendance, invoicing, staff management, parent communication, reporting, and multi-location oversight into one platform. Franchisors gain a solution built for visibility across their network while ind... ividual locations retain the tools needed to manage daily operations. Staff can sign in with existing organizational Google or Microsoft accounts, reducing separate passwords while allowing company identity-provider security policies to remain in effect. CareDay supports teams through phone and help-desk assistance, a knowledge base, documentation, videos, and live online or in-person training. It is best suited to operators with consistent pricing and enrollment continuity; organizations with highly complex agency billing, multiple payers, or frequent custom billing exceptions may require workflows beyond CareDay’s current focus. For operators who want to move beyond forecasting and actively manage the capacity behind future openings, CareDay provides one living schedule for fuller classrooms and more predictable revenue. ## CareDay User Interface ## Popular CareDay Alternatives Main Product CareDay 4.9 [(38)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/careday-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.87Ease of use - 4.94Value for money - 4.97Customer support - 4.89Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Procare Solutions](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/) 4.6 [(2809)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.43Ease of use - 4.48Value for money - 4.55Customer support - 4.38Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [brightwheel](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/) 4.7 [(3257)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.61Ease of use - 4.55Value for money - 4.56Customer support - 4.46Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Lillio](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/himama-profile/) 4.6 [(3623)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/himama-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.56Ease of use - 4.61Value for money - 4.56Customer support - 4.44Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Daily Connect](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/daily-connect-profile/) 4.8 [(306)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/daily-connect-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.75Ease of use - 4.75Value for money - 4.74Customer support - 4.64Functionality Pricing Starting at $1.40 per month Alternative Product [Playground](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/playground-profile/) 4.8 [(194)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/playground-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.66Ease of use - 4.74Value for money - 4.86Customer support - 4.65Functionality Pricing Available upon request ## CareDay Pricing and Plans Starting price: Pricing available upon request Free Trial Free Version ## CareDay Features - Popular features found in Daycare Alerts/Notifications Billing & Invoicing Daily Reports Employee Management Immunization & Allergy Tracking Meal/Nutrition Management Parent Portal Payment Processing - More features of CareDay Activity Dashboard Activity Tracking API Attendance Tracking Certification Tracking Check-in/Check-out Class Scheduling Communications Management Contact Database Customer Accounts Data Security Document Management Electronic Signature Enrollments/Onboarding Lesson Planning Mobile Access Multi-Location Records Management Registration Management Reporting & Statistics Role-Based Permissions Student Information/Records Wait List Management ## CareDay User Reviews ## CareDay customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.9/5 - Total reviews: 38 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 36 reviews (95%) - 4 stars: 2 reviews (5%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.9/5 - Value for money: 4.9/5 - Customer support: 5.0/5 - Functionality: 4.9/5 --- ### One stop shop for center management! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rob L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We previously used a separate billing, scheduling and communications system, and we have now centralized all of those needs on CareDay. The system is very intuitive and our staff and parents love the ease of use and the wide breadth of functionality available. #### Cons No complaints! Customer service has been spot on whenever I’ve had any questions and I’ve had no concerns thus far. #### Vendor response Rob, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. CareDay is truly one-of-kind when it comes to the multitude of functions that it offers our customers and we couldn't be happier that your team is enjoying their experience with us! We look forward to our continued partnership! Replied January 2024 --- ### Single Day Add-On Solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Courtney H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Child Day Care Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The single day add-on solution has been the most beneficial feature that CareDay offers our program. It has allowed us to increase our utilization rates while helping out as many families as possible. Parents have the opportunity to see if spots are available and confirm these bookings ahead of time, which gives them peace of mind that their child has care when they need it most. In July, families were able to book 71 additional days between our three centers! These added days made such a difference in helping us reach our goals when it comes to enrollment, and I am so thankful that CareDay helps us manage this scheduling option for our families. #### Cons Nothing! CareDay has been an amazing addition to our program and they are always adding new updates that make the experience even better than before. #### Reasons for choosing CareDay More features were offered, and ease of use. #### Reasons for switching to CareDay For live daily report updates, single day scheduling feature, and building out our enrollment a year ahead. #### Vendor response Thank you for the fantastic feedback! We're thrilled to hear that CareDay's single day add-on solution has been such a game-changer for your program, helping increase utilization rates and giving families peace of mind with flexible scheduling. Hearing that families booked 71 additional days in July alone is amazing—it’s rewarding to know CareDay is helping you reach your enrollment goals! We’re so glad you’ve found the platform user-friendly and full of features that benefit your centers, especially compared to other tools. We’re committed to continuous improvement, so stay tuned for more updates. Thanks again for sharing your experience! Replied November 2024 --- ### BFA Gahanna Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ehryah C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have been very pleased with CareDay so far! It is very efficient and provides exactly what we need! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a wonderful app! As far as usability it is very efficient. Everything is very user friendly and easy to train new users on. #### Cons Occasionally there are glitches and you have to update. Nothing Crazy! #### Vendor response Ehryah, Thank you for your review. CareDay was designed to be very user friendly so we are thrilled that your team had an easy time implementing our software. We look forward to our continued partnership. Replied January 2024 --- ### If you are looking for a great software to manage your childcare, CareDay is what you need! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Annie S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I am VERY pleased with my CareDay experience! It has been such a wonderful software to use at our center to store data and communicate. Out of all the childcare software I have used in the past, CareDay is hands down the BEST! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros CareDay helps me stay on top of all childcare management tasks! I am able to keep track of enrollment, parent/child data, and communicate with my staff and families! It really helps to ensure that the children and families are receiving the best care possible. #### Cons I wish it were easier to distinguish schedule changes from transitions on the schedule feature. Also, I wish there was an easier way to see if a classroom has an available space in their room for the day (child on vaca, etc.) #### Reasons for switching to CareDay The app we were using was not tailored to fit our needs as a center. #### Vendor response Annie, we are so happy that CareDay has helped your center with communication and analyzing your data. CareDay strives to be an all inclusive childcare management tool. Thank you for leaving us a review! Replied January 2024 --- ### CareDay is Essential to our Success! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sarah F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. If you are looking for childcare management system that can truly revolutionize your business, you haveto look at CareDay. We looked at Brightwheel and Procare pretty heavily, but neither of those productsallowed us to maximize our enrollment. Our full-time children, called FTCs in CareDay, went from about72% full to around 98% in about 6 months’ time.CareDay also does a really good job of allowing me look across many centers at once to understandwhere I need to focus my time. The analytics are amazing and allowed me for the first time to makedata informed decisions.In addition to all of this, CareDay allows parents to buy unused days right from the app, has a vendorportal that allows parents to buy additional services for their children, and has a babysitting module thatallows parents to buy sitting services from our staff on nights and weekends.When you add this all up, CareDay helps me realize a significant financial reward for my non-stopworkday! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the extensive features CareDay has for our team as well as for our families. Prior to using CareDay, we were using 4 softwares to accomplish all the tasks we are able to use by switching to CareDay. On the parent side, CareDay handles everything from the time a family is touring until their child graduates from our school! Parents can easily access all their child's daily activities, communicate with the teachers, and see all the events happening at the center. From an administrative side, my team and I are seeing 4x the amount of productivity within our daily operations, and this efficiency (that has also eliminated an abundance of human error) is priceless! #### Cons There are no features is dislike when it comes to CareDay. If anything, every time I reach out to the CareDay team with ideas for feature enhancement, they are eager to jump on the task and are able to recreate our vision with more capabilities than we proposed! #### Reasons for choosing CareDay The ability to maximize enrollments and project sales over the course of several years in the future. #### Reasons for switching to CareDay We were simply looking for more! More features, better customer service, and most of all, better ability to find efficiencies within our day to day operations. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review, Sarah! We are thrilled that you've used CareDay to grow your childcare. We are always looking for ways to improve and value your feedback! Replied November 2023 --- ### CareDay Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jenna S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with CareDay has been exponentially positive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I greatly enjoy the efficiency and organization it provides. #### Cons I can't think of anything that I would list as a "con" because the customer service and response team is always so quick to help and provide solutions when any hiccups or pain points occur. #### Reasons for switching to CareDay The company I currently work for made the switch. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review Jenna! Efficiency is one of CareDay's top priorities and we know how valuable our customers time is to them! We are glad we could help you gain some of that time back after your organization implemented CareDay. We appreciate your business! Replied January 2024 --- ### Careday is the best childcare app I've used! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sara V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I love this so much more than any competitive app, and in my opinion, there is no competition to the ease of using Careday and how critical it is to put daily use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the ease of using the app and how there are so many things that the app covers. Careday allows me to see scheduling, which kiddo has an allergy, any medications a child uses, and be able to filter potties, photos, naps, notes ECT. I love that it really has everything on there! #### Cons As a teacher, I would say I like least how many photos you are able to select at one time to post, BUT in the grand scheme of things, that is so miniscule. #### Reasons for switching to CareDay Careday has everything we needed that the other apps couldn't provide and is so much easier to navigate and won't crash like the old apps did. #### Vendor response Sara, Thank you for your wonderful review! We're thrilled that you find the app comprehensive and easy to use. We appreciate your feedback on the photo selection feature and will consider it for future updates. Your support and insights are invaluable to us! Replied May 2024 --- ### Careday is above the rest! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: meghan s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Careday helps me run our school efficiently. I know when a room is out of ratio and can quickly help. I can make sure pictures and messages are sent out and I can message parents in group sizes. #### Cons I'm pretty happy overall with careday and what it has done for our school and teachers! #### Reasons for switching to CareDay What we were using before wasn't daycare friendly #### Vendor response Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Meghan! CareDay has so many functions that help centers run more efficiently and we are happy to hear that it is making your life easier as an Administrator! Replied January 2024 --- ### CareDay Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Katie B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very pleasant experience! Love how easy it is to navigate. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very user friendly! Love how easy it is to navigate. #### Cons At this time I don't have any feedback for areas of improvement. #### Reasons for switching to CareDay We felt that Careday was better tailored to our needs. #### Vendor response Katie, thank you for leaving us a review! We are happy to hear that CareDay has been a great fit for your team. We appreciate your business! Replied January 2024 --- ### CareDay is a one-stop shop! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Erin M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I am extremely impressed with CareDay! It makes #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the scheduling and billing integration. It is so easy to project monthly revenue for budgeting purposes! #### Cons I would love to see an updated dashboard for administrators! #### Reasons for switching to CareDay For the scheduling and billing functionality. #### Vendor response Erin, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review! CareDay was meant to make everyones days run smoother at your center and it sounds like it has done just that! We look forward to your continued partnership! 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