Childcare management software you can start today
Ashby is childcare management software for small US centers and in-home daycares: attendance, tuition billing, parent communication, enrollment, and more — stand it up yourself in minutes.
What childcare software should include
Table stakes done well — plus subsidy reconciliation, compliance, and AI drafts with guardrails.
Attendance & check-in
Staff- or guardian-mediated check-in with signatures, authorized pickup, and late pickup that feeds billing.
Daily & incident reports
Naps, meals, diapers, activities, and mood — bulk entry for a whole room, plus structured incident reports.
Roster & child records
Child and guardian profiles, emergency contacts, allergies, and authorized pickup lists — built for privacy.
Rooms, waitlist & enrollment
Rooms with capacity, waitlist position, and inquiry-to-enroll. Rooms collapse entirely for in-home providers.
Parent app
Phone-first parent PWA: today at a glance, daily reports, photos, payments, and multi-child switching.
Consent-gated photos
Photo sharing off by default. A child appears only when photo consent is on — trust before convenience.
Messaging & announcements
Center-to-parent threads scoped to guardians, plus center-wide announcements. Staff visibility follows rooms.
Billing & tuition
Stripe Connect, tuition plans, ACH and card, invoicing, autopay, dunning, statements, and year-end tax docs.
Subsidy & CACFP
CCAP and food-program reconciliation — the workflow most incumbents leave as manual spreadsheet work.
Start now — be live in 5 minutes
Ashby is built for small US centers and in-home daycares. Open an account, set up your rooms, and run the day — without a long onboarding project.