ChildPilot vs Parent
ChildPilot
childpilot.com
Parent
parent.appSide by side
| Figure | ChildPilot | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · Early Childhood Education Software | 7.8 (#46) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Spec score · Child Care Software | 7.8 (#11) | 8.0 (#8) |
| Attendance and check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Billing tools handle tuition, recurring invoices, late fees, sibling discounts, subsidies, drop-in charges, and one-off line items. | Parent automates tuition invoicing, payment reminders, subsidy tracking and agency billing. |
| Billing and payments | Yes | Yes |
| Enrollment | Enrollment features include website inquiry forms, lead tracking, tour scheduling, digital registration, e-signatures, waitlists, deposits, and document tracking. | The platform manages inquiries, digital waitlists, applications and enrollment forms across locations. |
| Enrollment management | Yes | Yes |
| Family communication | Yes | Families receive real-time updates, photos, videos, secure messages, forms, permissions and billing information in the app. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Integrations | ChildPilot lists integrations and workflows for Gusto, QuickBooks, KinderConnect, and keyless facility entry. | The Exclusive plan lists Zoom, QuickBooks, Zoho, Sage, WhatsApp, Gmail and Office 365 integrations; Stripe powers payments. |
| Intended customers | ChildPilot serves childcare and preschool programs, before-and-after-school programs, drop-in centers, school-age care, camps, and multi-site networks. | The product is built for childcare centers, including enterprise groups, franchises, and multi-branch organizations. |
| Lesson planning | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile apps | ChildPilot lists Staff Portal and Parent Portal apps for Apple and Android devices. | Parent’s materials list the app as available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. |
| Purpose | ChildPilot is an all-in-one childcare management platform for childcare and preschool directors, owners, and operations leads. | Parent is a childcare management platform for providers to manage records, communication, billing, and children’s learning journeys. |
| Security | ChildPilot says its data is hosted on Google Cloud Platform and protected with encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, and activity logging. | Parent’s security page states that it is SOC 2 Type II compliant and lists MFA, TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, and role-based access controls. |
| Support | Plans include onboarding and training; ChildPilot says customers receive ongoing support and a named account representative. | Official terms describe onboarding, training, troubleshooting and ongoing support through in-app live chat and email. |
Plans
ChildPilot
- EconomyPrice not published
- BusinessPrice not published
- FirstPrice not published
- Business ClassPrice not published
- Economy ClassPrice not published
- First ClassPrice not published
Parent
- BasicPrice not published
- ExclusivePrice not published
- Basic PlanPriced on request
- Exclusive PlanPriced on request
In their own words
ChildPilot
ChildPilot 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.