Gertrude vs Parent
Gertrude
gertrude-logiciel.org
Parent
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| Figure | Gertrude | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €8.33/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 4 |
| Spec score · Early Childhood Education Software | 8.9 (#6) | 8.7 (#11) |
| 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. |
| Founded | 2005 | 2015 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Mobile apps | android | Parent’s materials list the app as available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. |
| Support | L’assistance à distance est proposée par e-mail ou téléphone, avec des forfaits annuels de 2 ou 3 heures et des délais de réponse indiqués. | Official terms describe onboarding, training, troubleshooting and ongoing support through in-app live chat and email. |
Plans
Gertrude
- Gertrude (téléchargement)Free
- Programmation informatique sous licence GPLPriced on request
- Assistance à distance, option fourmi€100 a year
- Module de pointage distant€100, paid once
- Installation, paramétrage et aide à la prise en main€150, paid once
- Assistance à distance, option cigale€180 a year
- Gertrude en lignePrice not published
Parent
- BasicPrice not published
- ExclusivePrice not published
- Basic PlanPriced on request
- Exclusive PlanPriced on request
In their own words
Gertrude
Gertrude is an open-source program for managing early-childhood care facilities, daycare centers, and leisure centers. Its functions cover enrollment, childcare-fee calculations, billing, payments, and schedules for children and staff. It can produce customizable childcare contracts, invoices, tax certificates, and attendance reports, and supports CAF PSU and PAJE pricing modes as well as custom rates. The site lists TIPI payment compatibility for local authorities and statistics export to Filoué (CAF). Gertrude is intended for municipal, workplace, parent-run, and nonprofit nurseries, as well as micro-nurseries. The online service synchronizes actions to its server in real time; local installations store data in an SQLite file and create automatic backups when opened. HTTPS is used for data exchange by the SaaS and shared-database versions. An optional Android tablet module records arrivals and departures and can work offline. The download is free without a use limit, but has no support or warranty.
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.