CubbyTrack vs Lillio

CubbyTrack is web-based childcare management software for attendance, enrollment, billing, family communication, staff operations, forms, compliance, and reporting. Attendance tools cover classroom headcounts, check-in and check-out history, authorized pickup workflows, and ratio awareness. Billing includes tuition, invoices, online payments through a center’s Square merchant account, autopay, subsidy tracking, balances, and collections. Staff features organize schedules, time-clock activity, breaks, work hours, training and compliance records, reminders, and payroll-preparation reports. The family portal brings together care information, forms, billing, enrollment details, calendar items, learning updates, and document requests. Enrollment tools track inquiries, tours, applications, classroom capacity, and waitlists. Learning workflows include observations, assessment evidence, and family acknowledgments. Authorized leaders can switch between multiple centers while access remains location-aware. CubbyTrack runs in modern browsers on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops; it has no separate native mobile app. Plans include a free Home Provider option for up to four active children and paid plans starting at $39 a month.

Lillio is childcare management software for early childhood programs, combining center operations, family engagement, curriculum, and professional development. Center tools include staff scheduling, classroom ratio tracking, attendance records, customized reports, waitlist management, and online registration. Billing features cover customized tuition plans, automated invoices, payment tracking, auto-pay, and subsidy management. Its curriculum offering includes research-based lesson plans and activities aligned to standards across North America through FunShine Express. Lillio Academy provides on-demand professional development courses for early childhood educators. The service is available on the web and through iOS and Android apps. Lillio says the app is free for parents whose children attend participating centers, while centers pay for adoption. Pricing for center subscriptions is custom based on center needs and size. Lillio says it operates a security program to protect customer private data. Support is available by phone and email Monday through Friday, 8am–6pm ET.