EnrolNow vs Parent
EnrolNow
enrolnow.com.auParent
parent.appSide by side
| Figure | EnrolNow | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 4 |
| Spec score · Early Childhood Education Software | 7.3 (#69) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Attendance | Digital SISO records child and educator sign-ins and outs, supports absence reasons and attendance reports, and can retain data offline until it syncs. | Digital check-in/out records children and staff, tracks attendance in real time and monitors room ratios. |
| Attendance and check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Billing and payments | Yes | Yes |
| Enrollment management | Yes | Yes |
| Family communication | Yes | Families receive real-time updates, photos, videos, secure messages, forms, permissions and billing information in the app. |
| Integrations | The partners page describes integrations with Kinderloop, Payrix, and Burst SMS, plus Department of Education functionality. | The Exclusive plan lists Zoom, QuickBooks, Zoho, Sage, WhatsApp, Gmail and Office 365 integrations; Stripe powers payments. |
| Intended customers | The FAQ identifies kindergartens, preschools, councils managing centralised enrolments, holiday programs and other program organisations as suitable for EnrolNow One. | The product is built for childcare centers, including enterprise groups, franchises, and multi-branch organizations. |
| Payments | Transact is a separate EnrolNow One license for fees, invoicing, recurring and one-off payments, reconciliation, and management reports. | Parent Pay processes in-app payments through Stripe and supports cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and pre-authorized payments. |
| Purpose | EnrolNow One is a cloud-based preschool management platform that manages child records, waitlists, offers, enrolments, and family communications. | Parent is a childcare management platform for providers to manage records, communication, billing, and children’s learning journeys. |
| Support | The maker lists [email protected] as its support contact. | Official terms describe onboarding, training, troubleshooting and ongoing support through in-app live chat and email. |
Plans
Parent
- BasicPrice not published
- ExclusivePrice not published
- Basic PlanPriced on request
- Exclusive PlanPriced on request
In their own words
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.