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    brightwheel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABrightwheel is a platform for early education that combines SaaS, Payments, and a consumer-like daily experience, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco. With brightwheel, teachers have tools for assessment, communication, and photo sharing; administrators can manage their business with enrollment, reporting, and online bill pay; parents get a real-time view of their child’s day that helps them participate in the learning + continue it at home.N/A

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    Inno

    Score1 out of 10
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    brightwheelCARGOBRInno
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    Pricing Offerings
    brightwheelCARGOBRInno
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    brightwheelCARGOBRInno
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    User Testimonials
    brightwheelCARGOBRInno
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    brightwheel
    Any preschool can benefit from brightwheel, no matter the size. Brightwheel is also excellent for billing, which is especially helpful for schools that do not have other databases and billing systems. Because our school is a PS-12, it is a little cumbersome to have brightwheel along with another management system that we use school-wide. It would be nice to have a separate price point that does not include the things that another database system does for schools that are required to use what the older grades also use.
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
    I can think of no business or scenario that would benefit from any relationship with this company. They are horrible from the initial sale, to the installation, to the billing, to the customer service, to lies posted in response to unfavorable reviews of their company. Literally the worst company I have had the displeasure of dealing with in over 21 years in business.
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    Pros
    brightwheel
    • Recording data for students.
    • Connecting to parents with photos, videos, and messages.
    • Signing in and out electronically and saving paper daily.
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
    • switch up contracts
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    Cons
    brightwheel
    • Offering a price point that does not include billing.
    • Allowing more freedom of uploading own documents.
    Incentivized
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
    • unscrupulous contract record keeping/amending documents
    • ironclad contracts that allow no buyout for things like COVID
    • billing practices where THEY got new software and could no longer autodraft but explained it like we didn't pay on time
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    Usability
    brightwheel
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
    You can't use a kiosk within a hospital that is shut down for COVID; furthermore they put the wrong ad in the wrong place (reversed two of our ads)...the public facing ad was put in the employee break room and the one intended for healthcare providers was put in the ER waiting area. We only discovered this months later when we personally visited the hospital. They did reverse them but no concession was made for their mistake.
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    Alternatives Considered
    brightwheel
    Brightwheel does much more for the preschool level than FACTS does. The creators of this app know early childhood. The company also provides helpful webinars that are unrelated to their software, such as staff retention or ways to market. They understand the business of early childhood and exist to make the lives of providers easier.
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
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    Return on Investment
    brightwheel
    • Value add for parents
    • Saves paper
    • Benefits for teachers who fully utilize
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    CARGOBR
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    Innovare Social Innovation Partners
    • zero ROI...ZERO!
    • huge expense of over $23k for NOTHING
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