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Built for childcare, by childcare

Smart daycare
management, made simple🎈

The all-in-one platform built for childcare centres that want to spend less time on paperwork and more time with children.

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Attendance ⏰ Billing 💳 Curriculum 📚 Messaging 💬 Health Records 🛡️ Reports 📈 Enrollment 📝 Staff 🧑‍🏫
Attendance ⏰ Billing 💳 Curriculum 📚 Messaging 💬 Health Records 🛡️ Reports 📈 Enrollment 📝 Staff 🧑‍🏫
Everything in one place

One happy platform for your
whole centre

Eight playful, powerful tools that handle the busywork — so your team can focus on the fun stuff.

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Attendance Tracking

Real-time check-in & out — every arrival logged the moment it happens.

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Billing & Payments

Automated invoices, ACH, card & Apple Pay — built right in.

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Curriculum Planning

100% digital lesson plans linked to every classroom schedule.

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Staff Management

Scheduling, role assignments & payroll-ready timesheets.

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Enrollment

Online applications, automated waitlists & smooth conversions.

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Parent Communication

Two-way messaging, newsletters & milestone updates in one app.

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Compliance & Safety

Digital health records, incident logs & audit-ready reports.

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Reports & Analytics

KPI dashboards, revenue trends & centre-wide growth insights.

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Built for everyone in the centre

Three friendly apps — each made for the person using it.

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Centre Admins

A full dashboard for billing, staff, enrollment and reports — your whole centre at a glance.

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Teachers

Log attendance, daily activities and incidents from a phone or tablet, right in the classroom.

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Parents

Live activity feed, milestone photos, messaging and payments — their child's day in their pocket.

Why choose Cradle

Wave goodbye to the paperwork pile

Here's what running a daycare looks like before and after Cradle.

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Paper sign-in sheets & messy registersEasy to lose, impossible to search, no real-time visibility
Digital check-in tracked live across every dashboardTeachers and admins see arrivals the moment they happen
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WhatsApp groups for parent updatesChaotic, unstructured, and no record of what was said
Friendly in-app messaging with read receiptsEvery message logged, searchable, and professionally delivered
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Spreadsheet invoicing & chasing paymentsHours every week that could be spent with the children
Automatic billing, ACH & instant payment remindersSet your rates once — Cradle handles the rest
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Folders of health records & incident notesImpossible to access quickly in an emergency
Digital profiles with allergy alerts & safety logsEvery health record one tap away, for every child
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No idea how the centre is really doingGut feeling instead of data, no time to dig into numbers
A live dashboard with attendance, revenue & enrolment trendsYour centre's health at a glance, every single day
Time + Money Saver

See how much you'll save

Most centres recover their whole subscription in the first week — just from time saved on billing and attendance.

🧒 Children enrolled40
🧑‍🏫 Staff members8
⏰ Admin hours / week15
Hours reclaimed every month
~39
freed up for the children 🎈
Monthly
$975
Per year
$12K

Switching is easier than nap time

Import your students and staff via CSV in minutes, get free concierge onboarding, and cancel any time. No contracts, no stress.

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