Alliance CORE vs Parent
Alliance CORE
earlylearningventures.org
Parent
parent.appSide by side
| Figure | Alliance CORE | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Early Childhood Education Software | 7.5 (#61) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Attendance | Parents can check children in and out, providers can approve entries, and staff can log their hours. | Digital check-in/out records children and staff, tracks attendance in real time and monitors room ratios. |
| Attendance and check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | The system supports recurring and one-time billing, multiple billing cycles, scholarships or discounts, payment tracking, and ledgers. | Parent automates tuition invoicing, payment reminders, subsidy tracking and agency billing. |
| Billing and payments | Yes | Yes |
| Communications | CORE offers parent communications through messaging, broadcast messages, text, email, and its mobile apps. | The platform provides a newsfeed and in-app messaging, with automatic translation in 198+ languages. |
| Enrollment management | Yes | Yes |
| Family communication | Yes | Families receive real-time updates, photos, videos, secure messages, forms, permissions and billing information in the app. |
| Founded | 2009 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Englewood, Colorado, USA | LinkedIn lists Copenhagen, Denmark as headquarters; Parent also lists offices in Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, the UAE and the United States. |
| Mobile apps | both | Parent’s materials list the app as available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. |
| Purpose | Alliance CORE is a cloud-based child care management system built and managed in-house by Early Learning Ventures. | Parent is a childcare management platform for providers to manage records, communication, billing, and children’s learning journeys. |
| Support | The provider brochure lists 12+ hours a day of virtual client support coverage and ongoing one-on-one trainings. | Official terms describe onboarding, training, troubleshooting and ongoing support through in-app live chat and email. |
Plans
Alliance CORE
- 0–30 licensed capacityPrice not published
- 31–60 licensed capacityPrice not published
- 61+ licensed capacityPrice not published
- Initial setupPrice not published
- Alliance COREPriced on request
Parent
- BasicPrice not published
- ExclusivePrice not published
- Basic PlanPriced on request
- Exclusive PlanPriced on request
In their own words
Alliance CORE
Alliance CORE has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Parent
Parent is a childcare management platform for providers handling enrollment, family communication, attendance, billing and children’s learning journeys. It is built for childcare centers, including enterprise groups, franchises and organizations with multiple branches. Educators can record meals, naps and diaper changes, share photos and videos, and prepare daily summaries. Families and staff can use a newsfeed and in-app messaging, with automatic translation in 198+ languages. Enrollment features include centralized digital waitlists, custom forms, digital signatures, and QR code or link sign-ins. The product also supports lesson planning, check-in, billing and payments. Parent names integrations including WhatsApp, Gmail, Office 365, Zoom, QuickBooks, Zoho and Sage. It is available through a browser-based web app and Android and iOS apps. The maker, Parent, is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and was founded in 2015. The paid service has pricing on request and offers a 14-day trial; there is no free plan. Listed Basic and Exclusive plans have no listed prices.