Arly vs CampSite

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.

CampSite is camp management software for camps of different sizes and specialties, available on the web, Android, and iOS. Its registration tools handle enrollment options, forms, waivers, add-ons, payments, and electronic signatures. Families can register, submit forms, and manage payments through a persistent Parent Dashboard. Communication features include email, text messaging, parent-to-camper messages, and myCAMPapp for announcements, events, photos, videos, and push notifications. Back-office functions cover activity scheduling, bunking, staff and medical management, attendance, transportation, events, a camp shop, and camper spending funds. Camps can create reports and payment schedules, invoice parents, and process credit-card or e-check payments in batches. The transportation module uses Google Maps for route mapping. CampSite says it uses AES-256 and TLS 1.2, configurable user permissions, Amazon cloud hosting, and mirrored databases for real-time redundancy; it also states that customers own the data they enter. Pricing is available on request, and the maker promotes a free personalized demo. Text messaging is limited to US and Canadian numbers, and messages cannot contain images or embedded links.