| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 6 |
| Spec score · Early Childhood Education Software | 9.3 (#2) | 8.9 (#5) |
| Spec score · Child Care Software | 9.0 (#1) | 8.5 (#4) |
| Spec score · Daycare Management Software | 9.0 (#2) | 8.4 (#6) |
| Attendance and check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Billing and payments | Yes | Yes |
| Child capacity | 50 | 100 |
| Enrollment management | Yes | Yes |
| Family communication | Yes | Families receive photos, videos, daily information, feedback forms and messaging through the parent app. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Headquarters | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia |
| Integrations | Illumine advertises more than 50 accounting and payment integrations, including Gusto, Stripe, PayPal, Tally, QuickBooks, NetSuite and Paychex. | Official materials list Xero, MYOB and Mailchimp integrations, with Xero/MYOB integration limited on some packages. |
| Lesson planning | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile apps | both | both |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.7 out of 5 from about 2.5K ratings for illumine for Parents. | 3.9 out of 5 from 584 ratings |
| Rating on G2 | 4.4 out of 5 from 106 reviews. | 4.8 out of 5 from 30 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.4 out of 5 from 106 verified reviews. | 4.5 out of 5 from 107 reviews |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.5 out of 5 from about 2.04K reviews, with 100K+ downloads. | 3.9 out of 5 from 822 reviews |
