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Xero vs KidKare Food Program: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 10th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,174 reviews from Accounting users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Chart of Accounts
NA
Income & Balance Sheet
4.5
Document Management
4.7
Financial Reporting
4.4
Financial Management
4.5
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Chart of Accounts
NA
Income & Balance Sheet
NA
Document Management
NA
Financial Reporting
NA
Financial Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.4
User reviews3,121
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.0
4.7
User reviews387
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.6
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Xero is an accounting software that caters to small businesses across multiple sectors, such as agriculture, construction, education, healthcare, hospitality, and more.

Designed for childcare providers, childcare centers, state agencies, CACFP sponsors, and family childcare providers, the tool helps manage food programs, claims, and operations.

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Nigel E
Managing Director
5.0

Nigel: My name is Nigel. I'm the Managing Director of my own company, D13 Solutions. We are a consultant company using Xero, which I'm rating five out of five. Xero was recommended to us by our accountants. They had options for products like Sage and some other products as well. They showed us two or three of those products, and we chose Xero from that list. We chose Xero because Xero was the most usable of the products. So the interface was very simple, but it also suited the way we work. So inability to do what we needed to do in the shortest possible time, in the easiest way. Xero gave us the best options out of all of the things we looked at. So we switched to Xero from our previous package. That was really straightforward. But for everything we use it for, which is invoicing, quotes, purchase orders, it's all really good. It's really straightforward and simple to use. We use it in multiple currencies as well, and it supports that very well indeed. But we've integrated things like the company credit cards, so everybody's credit card is integrated into the system, so it really works nice and simple. So things like my month end when I'm doing all my reconciliations, those take a matter of a couple of hours, not a couple of days. Xero has been a game changer for us. It's made my life more simple. It's kept my costs down. This means I haven't got to go and find someone external to my bookkeeping because it's all simple and easy to use within the app. I would recommend anybody to try Xero. It may not be for everyone, but it's certainly worth trying. And with a free trial available, why would you not?

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Jennifer J
Provider
5.0

Jennifer J.: Hi, my name is Jennifer and I'm an education provider and I did give KidKare five rating and for more [inaudible 00:00:07]. I switched to KidKare because it's more convenient because I used before system from [inaudible 00:00:17] department and it was too slow or sometime they don't have the flexibility to our children to get out and use. It wasn't convenient for me so that's why I switched to KidKare. I decided at the end to try KidKare and then I stay with it for more than five years now because it's more convenient for me. It's easy to use, it a lot of tools that I can improve my system with my all the children that I have and it's great. It's work easy and convenient for me. To start KidKare first I, when I knew this, it was through my agency and it's super easy. So if you download the application on your computer, you go to the website and they give you a tour, how to use everything. So you're not going to be lost. So it's quicker to learn it and it's very easy. I will advise all my colleagues maybe to switch if they're looking for something convenient, easy, and not a headache to use because we have a lot of software out there. But when you find something that it go with the job that you do it's a lot better because everything is clear. And if you don't know something there was always assistant online, so they can help you with anything that you maybe don't get. But everything's pretty clear so I would advise them to get KidKare for sure.

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Xero

Top Features
35/43
  • Audit Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Data Security
  • Encryption
  • Financial Consolidation & Close Management
  • Multi-Location
  • Reminders
  • Workflow Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Currency Conversion
  • Document Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Project Accounting
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
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KidKare Food Program

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Xero
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
KidKare Food Program
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Xero
  • By Xero
  • Located in New Zealand
  • Founded in 2006
KidKare Food Program
  • By Minute Menu Systems
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1993
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