#1 childcare management software
Easy-to-use tools to simplify your day
Easy-to-use tools to simplify your day
Join thousands of childcare programs that trust brightwheel to streamline operations and save staff time.
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All the essentials in one integrated preschool & childcare solution
- Billing & Payments
- Communication
- Learning
- Center management
- Payroll
Billing & Payments
Simplify billing & get paid faster
- Easily set up and automate tuition billing and invoices
- Give families the convenience of secure, automatic online payments and never chase a payment again
- Stay on top of your finances and year-end taxes
Communication
Build connections with families & staff
- Improve family engagement with real-time messaging with you and your staff
- Centralize messaging, newsletters, and alerts
- Share milestones, photos, and videos
Learning
Support development in class & at home
- Add, customize, and distribute your own curriculum
- Log and share developmental benchmarks with families
- Add Experience Curriculum to enhance program quality with digital lessons and hands-on learning materials
Center management
Efficiently run your program
- Centralize family, staff, and student information
- Stay compliant with digital check-in, room ratio tracking, and document & reports management
- Manage your admissions process and waitlist online
Payroll
Automate your payroll with ease
- Easily track upcoming & past payrolls
- Auto-sync staff hours to quickly and accurately pay staff
- Get your local, state, and federal taxes filed for you
- Enable your staff to access pay stubs & tax forms online
#1
Rated all-in-one
childcare solution
childcare solution
20hrs
Saved each month on
administrative tasks
administrative tasks
95%
Customer satisfaction
99.9%
Uptime and 24x7 monitoring
(we don’t crash)
(we don’t crash)
Brightwheel support
Partnering for your success.
- Live chat support for you and your program
- Customized onboarding and seamless account set-up
- Dedicated account specialists that understand your program and your needs
- 24/7 access to free resources: Chatbot, Help Center articles, YouTube tutorials, and social communities
Designed with you in mind
Administrators & directors
Manage enrollment, billing, payroll, communication, and business from the brightwheel app.
Teachers & staff
Easily manage daily tasks, from check-in and activities, to messaging with families.
Parents & guardians
Stay connected to your child's learning with messaging and easily set up online payments.