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brightwheel vs Educa: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 4,948 reviews from Daycare users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Data Security
NA
Student Information/Records
4.6
Parent Portal
4.7
Payment Processing
4.6
Attendance Tracking
4.7
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Data Security
NA
Student Information/Records
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Parent Portal
5.0
Payment Processing
NA
Attendance Tracking
NA
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews3,254
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.6
4.5
User reviews16
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.1
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.5
Price starts from
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Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

It is designed for early care and education providers who manage childcare centers, preschool, daycare, after school, Sunday school, camps, and more.

Childcare, daycare and preschool educators in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
Angela B
Owner
5.0

Angela B.: Hello, my name is Angela. I'm the owner of Children's Dominion Daycare, LLC, and I give Brightwheel a five out of five. We use Brightwheel computer software to help manage and help our daily operations for our facility to make our classroom management much easier. We use the Brightwheel system to help better communications with our parents and also even for our financial records. It helps us with our data for taxes and for just our daily financials statements and documents. If I had to give Brightwheel a dislike, which we really don't dislike anything about the Brightwheel software system, but if I had to give a dislike, I guess I would have to say that I would love if they enlarged our spacing for our documents to make the sizes a little more accurate.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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Activity Dashboard
207
Important
Activity Tracking
388
Important

brightwheel

Top Features
24/38
  • Activity Tracking
  • API
  • Certification Tracking
  • Check-in/Check-out
  • Data Security
  • Electronic Signature
  • Incident Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Language
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Class Scheduling
  • Communications Management
  • Contact Database
  • Customer Accounts
  • Daily Reports
  • Document Management
  • Employee Management
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Immunization & Allergy Tracking
  • Meal/Nutrition Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Multi-Location
  • Parent Portal
  • Payment Processing
  • Records Management
  • Registration Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Student Information/Records
  • Wait List Management
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Educa

10/38
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brightwheel
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
Educa
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
brightwheel
  • By brightwheel
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2014
Educa
  • By Educa
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2010
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