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# Playground

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> Playground is a childcare management software that assists with billing, family engagement, digital paperwork, attendance tracking, food program management, reporting, staffing, and more.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 194 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Playground

Attendance: It offers student rosters, multiple contactless check-in/out options, carline queues, QR code sign-in/out, play dates, carpools. 

Family billing: Playground assists with automatic invoicing and offers in-app tuition payments, offline payments, autopayments, pass along processing fees. 

Enrollment: Key features include enrollment dashboard, multiple attendance plans, online applications w/fee processing, discount codes, accurate student and family data. 

Documents: Users can upload PDFs to generate fillable online forms, upload requested documentation, and automatically send enrollment forms.

Communication: Stay engaged with families through individual and group chats, announcements, photo and video sharing, record every activity and milestone with push notifications.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 194 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Playground

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**:  (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Please contact Playground for pricing details.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Canada, United States

## Features

- AI Copilot
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Attendance Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Calendar Management
- Certification Tracking
- Check-in/Check-out
- Class Scheduling
- Communications Management
- Contact Database
- Customer Accounts
- Daily Reports
- Data Security
- Document Management
- Electronic Signature
- Employee Management
- Enrollments/Onboarding

## Integrations (6 total)

- HubSpot CRM
- HubSpot Content Hub
- KinderTrack
- Kisi
- NetSuite
- Stripe

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Child Care Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/703/daycare/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Procare Solutions](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/102701/procare-child-care-management) — 4.6/5 (2802 reviews)
2. [Lillio](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/102407/himama-preschool-child-care-app) — 4.6/5 (3623 reviews)
3. [brightwheel](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/104969/brightwheel) — 4.7/5 (3255 reviews)
4. [Daily Connect](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2049771/daily-connect) — 4.8/5 (306 reviews)
5. [Famly](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/106291/famly) — 4.7/5 (264 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Playground to the rescue" — 5.0/5

> **WyKeima** | *22 September 2023* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love how responsive the Playground staff are
> 
> **Cons**: The only thing is that when a parent goes to compose a message they can see names of all enrolled students and staff
> 
> Wonderful experience from the start

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### "Glad we changed to Playground\!" — 5.0/5

> **William** | *13 October 2025* | 2128 | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: We switched from BrightWheel, because of the Predictive Enrollment Feature. This allows us to accurately and quickly see what slots we can fill. What a game changer\!
> 
> **Cons**: While Playground's Reports are much better than BrightWheel's, some key reports are missing. For example, there is a report to show expired staff documents (which is a great feature), but not a report to show what will be expiring soon.
> 
> The conversion was relatively easy; to save time, I did a lot of it myself. What made this possible was the excellent help/support. They really have a great team\!

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### "Overhyped but Underachieved" — 2.0/5

> **Jermaine** | *17 December 2024* | 2128 | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I like the idea of it being an all inclusive platform for the childcare industry.
> 
> **Cons**: The intuitiveness of the platform is subpar compared to Procare.  The interface is lacking in esthetics and its just not a very comprehensive system to use. Expense feature is able to deliver on syncing my bank transactions.
> 
> So far it has been marginal at best, but it has a lot of features that are good ideas but not well thought out or executed.  Playground is on the right track but needs to partner with high quality early learning centers that really use technology to operate their programs and would be able to give more insight on how they could potentially improve the platform.  Children of Joy would love to do it because I see the potential in Playground and that's why I made the switch from a 30+ year established system and brand like Procare to a brand new company, relative to Procare, like Playground.  I believe over time Playground will make the necessary adjustments that will put them in the lead as the number 1 recommended CCMS platform.

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### "A Game Changer for Our Daycare\!" — 5.0/5

> **Tayler** | *24 February 2026* | 2128 | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: What we love most about Playground is how it keeps everything organized in one place. Daily reports, attendance, billing, messaging, and paperwork are all streamlined and easy to manage. It saves our team so much time and helps us stay organized and professional. The communication feature makes it simple to keep families informed with real-time updates, photos, and announcements.
> 
> **Cons**: There was a small learning curve at first while getting everything set up, but once we became familiar with the system, it’s been very user-friendly and efficient.
> 
> Overall, our experience has been extremely positive. Playground has helped our center improve communication, stay organized, and operate more efficiently day to day. It has simplified administrative tasks and strengthened our connection with families. We highly recommend it to any childcare provider looking for an all-in-one management solution\!

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### "Indispensable Business Value and Owner Experience" — 5.0/5

> **Galen** | *27 September 2025* | Recreational Facilities & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Playground puts so many functions into once system: enrollment, paperwork, daily check-in and check-out, scheduling of staff, billing, and payroll. To get 90% of all operation functions covered by a single platform which is so much more reasonablly priced than the competitors makes Playground an easy choice.
> 
> **Cons**: Unfortunately having to use tryplayground for URLs is inconvenient and makes it a little harder than necessary to point families to it. Also a little frustrating that the mobile app doesn't mirror all the same functionality of the website even as an administrator. That said, the apps do most of what peoples' day-to-day needs are, and the website allows full access and ability to handle anything the mobile app either didn't allow or which didn't get handled right the first time.
> 
> I needed to set up a new business and center quickly, and if Playground hadn't been available I'd still be arguing about high prices and struggling with onboarding with the competition. Playground was fast, covered almost all my business needs, and was affordable. I probably wouldn't be up and running already if it weren't for Playground.

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