Caredence combines childcare enrollment, attendance, tuition billing, parent communication, staff management, daily reports, and operational reporting. It is presented for daycare centers, preschools, and home-based childcare providers, with views for owners, staff, and parents. Staff and parents can check children in and out digitally, creating timestamped records and classroom rosters. Billing supports recurring invoices, online card payments through Stripe, payment history, balances, invoice PDFs, and reminders; standard card-processing fees apply. Staff can send reports about meals, naps, diapering, and activities, share photos, message families, and issue push notifications. Staff records, roles, permissions, and classroom assignments are managed in the platform. Owner dashboards cover enrollment, revenue, balances, attendance, and finances. Multiple locations can be handled from one sign-in with data scoped by location. Android, iOS, and web apps are available. Starter costs $59/month for up to 15 children; Center costs $129/month for up to 60.
Who it is for
Caredence suits daycare centers, preschools, and home-based providers needing attendance, billing, family updates, and staff administration. Multi-location operators can manage centers from one sign-in.
What is good
- Digital check-in and timestamped attendance records
- Recurring invoices and Stripe card payments
- Daily reports, photos, messages, and notifications
- Role-based staff and classroom management
- Multiple locations under one sign-in
What to know first
- No free plan
- Starter is limited to 15 children
- Center is limited to 60 children
- Standard card-processing fees apply
Verdict
Caredence brings core childcare operations into one platform, from check-in through billing and family communication. Plan choice sets child capacity and support level, with Multi-site pricing not listed.
Caredence plans and pricing
All plansCompared on early childhood education software
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $59/mo
- Enrollment management
- Yes
- Family communication
- Yes
- Attendance and check-in
- Yes
- Billing and payments
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- both
- Child capacity
- 15 children
