Lillio vs MyKidReports

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.

MyKidReports is childcare management software for home providers, centers, alliances, and multi-site programs. It brings enrollment, family communication, attendance, check-in, billing, lesson planning, and reporting together, with role-specific views for parents, teachers and staff, and admins and owners. The service runs on the web and has iOS and Android apps included at no charge with every plan. MKR Lite is free forever for up to five children and includes one staff account, one room, parent messaging, daily activities, check-in, attendance reports, and family profiles. Billing and payments are on Pro, which costs $0.99 per child per month, priced in tiers of 10 children. Pro covers 1 to 100 children, allows unlimited staff, and has a 14-day free trial with no credit card required; cancellation is anytime. Pro and Enterprise include per-module staff permissions. MyKidReports says it uses role-based access, end-to-end encryption, AWS infrastructure, and data backups. Training and onboarding are included at no additional cost. Enterprise offers custom pricing for centers with 100 or more children and multi-center groups.