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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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    Procare

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AProcare Solutions is a child care software provider headquartered in Denver. For over 30 years, they have supported child care professionals with software designed to manage every aspect of child care centers, enrich classroom and parent interactions, and automate the payment process. Their solutions streamline core administrative functions while making life easier for administrators, teachers, and parents.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    brightwheelMiles NETProcare
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    brightwheelMiles NETProcare
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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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    Procare Solutions
    It's good for monitoring and communication, but is very clunky when it comes to billing. It's nice that all messages for a student come up in the same conversation, but it would be nice if I could send message to only Administration or only room staff and also receive notification that my message has been read.
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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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    Procare Solutions
    • Track attendance
    • Accepts monetary payments
    • Customer service
    • Responding to feedback and customer suggestions
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    Cons
    brightwheel
    • Offering a price point that does not include billing.
    • Allowing more freedom of uploading own documents.
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    Procare Solutions
    • Formatting of their home screen
    • Changing email addresses attached to accounts (staff and parents)
    • Message filtering for large group messages
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    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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    Procare Solutions
    We have used Sandbox, which was bought out by Procare and will become obsolete. The program had many good features, but in most ways we find that Procare has surpassed Sandbox. The interface as a staff person is very user-friendly, messages are more easily sent to parents, and parents have found this simple to navigate as well
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    Return on Investment
    brightwheel
    • Value add for parents
    • Saves paper
    • Benefits for teachers who fully utilize
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    Procare Solutions
    • parent communication is more fluid
    • changes in daily schedules are quickly communicated
    • child security is handled well
    • we are able to send documents and receive parent signatures through the program
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