brightwheel vs. Procare

brightwheel

brightwheel

8 Reviews and Ratings

Procare

Procare

9 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
brightwheel	Score 9.2 out of 10	N/A	Brightwheel is a platform for early education that combines SaaS, Payments, and a consumer-like daily experience, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco. With brightwheel, teachers have tools for assessment, communication, and photo sharing; administrators can manage their business with enrollment, reporting, and online bill pay; parents get a real-time view of their child’s day that helps them participate in the learning + continue it at home.	N/A
Procare	Score 9.6 out of 10	N/A	Procare Solutions is a child care software provider headquartered in Denver. For over 30 years, they have supported child care professionals with software designed to manage every aspect of child care centers, enrich classroom and parent interactions, and automate the payment process. Their solutions streamline core administrative functions while making life easier for administrators, teachers, and parents.	N/A

Pricing

brightwheel

Procare

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
brightwheel	Procare
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	brightwheel	Procare
Considered Both Products	brightwheel HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Chose brightwheel Brightwheel does much more for the preschool level than FACTS does. The creators of this app know early childhood. The company also provides helpful webinars that are unrelated to their software, such as staff retention or ways to market. They understand the business of … Incentivized Helpful?	Procare ML Mattie Laley Executive Director Chose Procare We have used Sandbox, which was bought out by Procare and will become obsolete. The program had many good features, but in most ways we find that Procare has surpassed Sandbox. The interface as a staff person is very user-friendly, messages are more easily sent to parents, and … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	brightwheel	Procare
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User Ratings
	brightwheel	Procare
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	brightwheel	Procare
Likelihood to Recommend	Any preschool can benefit from brightwheel, no matter the size. Brightwheel is also excellent for billing, which is especially helpful for schools that do not have other databases and billing systems. Because our school is a PS-12, it is a little cumbersome to have brightwheel along with another management system that we use school-wide. It would be nice to have a separate price point that does not include the things that another database system does for schools that are required to use what the older grades also use. Incentivized HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Read full review	It's good for monitoring and communication, but is very clunky when it comes to billing. It's nice that all messages for a student come up in the same conversation, but it would be nice if I could send message to only Administration or only room staff and also receive notification that my message has been read. Incentivized AD Andrew Defever Teacher Read full review
Pros	Recording data for students. Connecting to parents with photos, videos, and messages. Signing in and out electronically and saving paper daily. Incentivized HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Read full review	Track attendance Accepts monetary payments Customer service Responding to feedback and customer suggestions Incentivized ML Mattie Laley Executive Director Read full review
Cons	Offering a price point that does not include billing. Allowing more freedom of uploading own documents. Incentivized HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Read full review	Formatting of their home screen Changing email addresses attached to accounts (staff and parents) Message filtering for large group messages Incentivized ML Mattie Laley Executive Director Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Brightwheel does much more for the preschool level than FACTS does. The creators of this app know early childhood. The company also provides helpful webinars that are unrelated to their software, such as staff retention or ways to market. They understand the business of early childhood and exist to make the lives of providers easier. Incentivized HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Read full review	We have used Sandbox, which was bought out by Procare and will become obsolete. The program had many good features, but in most ways we find that Procare has surpassed Sandbox. The interface as a staff person is very user-friendly, messages are more easily sent to parents, and parents have found this simple to navigate as well Incentivized ML Mattie Laley Executive Director Read full review
Return on Investment	Value add for parents Saves paper Benefits for teachers who fully utilize Incentivized HD Heidi de la Motte Preschool Director Read full review	parent communication is more fluid changes in daily schedules are quickly communicated child security is handled well we are able to send documents and receive parent signatures through the program Incentivized ML Mattie Laley Executive Director Read full review
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