Arly vs CampBrain

Arly is a program management platform for organizations that run youth programs, including schools, camps, youth organizations, and summer and afterschool programs. It connects online registration and payment collection with billing, enrollment data, rostering, attendance, and participant management. Teams can use auto-enrollment, waitlists, participant grouping, staff assignments, and real-time verification of authorized pickup contacts. Arly Compass uses AI to find curriculum for program goals and age groups, then generate a scope, sequence, and materials list. Dashboards, analytics, customizable reports, and exports cover program data. Staff can use the iOS and Android Arly Teams app for updates, messages, photos, and team collaboration; Arly Families gives families announcements, direct messages, and photos. The Family Portal translates content into eight languages according to browser settings. Arly describes procedures to safeguard personal information and protect student information consistent with applicable laws, including FERPA. It offers customer experience support, self-paced staff learning, and implementation training and services. Pricing is on request.

CampBrain is web-based camp management software for summer, auxiliary, day, overnight, faith-based and special-needs camps, plus YMCA, agency and conference-center programmes. Its modules cover camp, staff, medical, camp-store, attendance, conference-center, fundraising and payment management. Online registration provides a parent-facing process with customizable forms for programmes and sessions. Attendance tools work on phones, tablets and computers and track absences, authorized pickups and camper notes. Users can generate weekly financial summaries, rosters and parent statements, then customize or build reports. CampBrain’s store works with Square for payment and point-of-sale functions, including an online store. Conference-center calendars can synchronize with MS Outlook, Google or iOS calendars. A dedicated implementation team helps customers learn the system, build forms and prepare a registration site before launch. Support is available weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, with emergency weekend coverage. Pricing is on request.