Parent
Parent · Copenhagen, Denmark · founded 2015
What it is
Parent is a childcare management platform for providers coordinating records, family communication, billing, and children’s learning journeys. It is built for childcare centers, including enterprise groups, franchises, and organizations with multiple branches. Educators can log meals, naps, and diaper changes, share photos and videos, and create daily summaries. A newsfeed and in-app messaging support communication, with automatic translation in 198+ languages. Enrollment tools include digital waitlists, custom forms, digital signatures, and QR code or link sign-ins. The platform also covers attendance, check-in, billing, payments, and lesson planning. It connects with WhatsApp, Gmail, Office 365, Zoom, QuickBooks, Zoho, and Sage. Parent is available through a browser-based web app and Android and iOS apps. Pricing is available on request, and a free 14-day trial is offered; there is no free plan. Parent states that it is SOC 2 Type II compliant and lists MFA, TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, and role-based access controls. Its stated privacy compliance includes GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA, with data residency in the EU, UK, Canada, and GCC.
For and against
For
- Automatic translation in 198+ languages
- Digital waitlists, forms, signatures, and sign-ins
- Educators can share daily updates, photos, and videos
- Android, iOS, and browser access
Against
- Pricing is available on request
- No free plan
- Trial lasts 14 days
The verdict
Parent covers childcare administration alongside family communication and child updates. Request pricing and use the trial to assess whether its workflows fit your center.
Who it suits
Parent suits childcare centers that need shared enrollment, communication, attendance, and billing workflows. Its stated audience includes larger groups, franchises, and multi-branch organizations.
Plans and prices
Basic
Instant messaging · Media sharing · Newsfeed · Children's scheduling
Read 22 Sep 2026 · parent.app
Exclusive
Everything in Basic · Surveys · Automated invoice dashboard and reporting · Automated invoices and reminders
Read 22 Sep 2026 · parent.app
Exclusive Plan
everything in Basic · surveys · registration forms · Zoom
Read 15 Oct 2026 · parent.app
Basic Plan
instant messaging · media sharing · newsfeed · child and staff check-in/out
Read 15 Oct 2026 · parent.app
On the record
- AI features
- Parent advertises AI assistance for drafting posts, observations, learning stories, follow-up ideas and family communications.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Attendance
- Digital check-in/out records children and staff, tracks attendance in real time and monitors room ratios.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Attendance and check-in
- Yesparent.app · read 22 Sep 2026
- Billing
- Parent automates tuition invoicing, payment reminders, subsidy tracking and agency billing.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Billing and payments
- Yesparent.app · read 22 Sep 2026
- Child updates
- Educators can log meals, naps, and diaper changes, share photos and videos, and generate daily summaries.parent.app · read 11 Oct 2026
- Communications
- The platform provides a newsfeed and in-app messaging, with automatic translation in 198+ languages.parent.app · read 11 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- LinkedIn lists Parent as founded in 2015.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- LinkedIn identifies the maker as Parent, a privately held education-management company with 51–200 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Curriculum
- The Curriculum Builder lets centers align activities with EYFS, Montessori, Reggio Emilia or blended frameworks and customize their pedagogy.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Daily reports
- Educators can record meals, naps, bathroom events, activities, incidents and observations for families.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Google Play reports that Parent data is encrypted in transit and that users can request deletion.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The product provides an online help center, chat support, blogs, webinars, guides and an Early Years Academy resource library.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Enrollment
- The platform manages inquiries, digital waitlists, applications and enrollment forms across locations.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Enrollment management
- Yesparent.app · read 22 Sep 2026
- Family communication
- Families receive real-time updates, photos, videos, secure messages, forms, permissions and billing information in the app.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Exclusive plan lists Zoom, QuickBooks, Zoho, Sage, WhatsApp, Gmail and Office 365 integrations; Stripe powers payments.parent.app · read 15 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- The product is built for childcare centers, including enterprise groups, franchises, and multi-branch organizations.parent.app · read 11 Oct 2026
