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Childcare Management Software For Growing Centers
Playground is a simple, affordable childcare software that grows with your childcare center. Manage billing, attendance, food programs, family communication, and more.
Playground is a simple, affordable childcare software that grows with your childcare center. Manage billing, attendance, food programs, family communication, and more.
Playground is a simple, affordable childcare software that grows with your childcare center. Manage billing, attendance, food programs, family communication, and more.
4.9 Star Rating
4.9 Star Rating
4.9 Star Rating
Join 100,000+ providers and families already on Playground
Join 100,000+ providers and families already on Playground
Join 100,000+ providers and families already on Playground
Childcare Center Billing Software
Save money with Playground and provide an amazing family experience with professional invoicing, automatic payment plans, and a beautiful family portal.
Invoicing
Collect card and ACH payments directly through Playground
Professional billing platform for your childcare business. Give families the option to pay you directly through a beautiful payment portal on their phone or desktop. Receive deposit payouts directly in your bank account.
Collect card and ACH payments directly through Playground
Professional billing platform for your childcare business. Give families the option to pay you directly through a beautiful payment portal on their phone or desktop. Receive deposit payouts directly in your bank account.
Collect card and ACH payments directly through Playground
Professional billing platform for your childcare business. Give families the option to pay you directly through a beautiful payment portal on their phone or desktop. Receive deposit payouts directly in your bank account.
Mandatory autopay options
Automatically debit families with oustanding balances each billing period without lifting a finger.
Mandatory autopay options
Automatically debit families with oustanding balances each billing period without lifting a finger.
Mandatory autopay options
Automatically debit families with oustanding balances each billing period without lifting a finger.
Set it and forget it
Create payment plans for families with one-time charges and recurring installments. You can even schedule charges to occur months in the future and Playground will automatically charge families for you.
Set it and forget it
Create payment plans for families with one-time charges and recurring installments. You can even schedule charges to occur months in the future and Playground will automatically charge families for you.
Set it and forget it
Create payment plans for families with one-time charges and recurring installments. You can even schedule charges to occur months in the future and Playground will automatically charge families for you.
Multiple billing frequencies
Let families choose to pay weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Run multiple payment plans with different frequencies for the same family, as well.
Multiple billing frequencies
Let families choose to pay weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Run multiple payment plans with different frequencies for the same family, as well.
Multiple billing frequencies
Let families choose to pay weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Run multiple payment plans with different frequencies for the same family, as well.
Program based billing
Charge for additional programs your childcare center offers. With flat fees per check-in, time based billing, and one time enrollment fees. Your childcare center can use programs to bill for private pay lunch, after school care, or enrichment classes.
Program based billing
Charge for additional programs your childcare center offers. With flat fees per check-in, time based billing, and one time enrollment fees. Your childcare center can use programs to bill for private pay lunch, after school care, or enrichment classes.
Program based billing
Charge for additional programs your childcare center offers. With flat fees per check-in, time based billing, and one time enrollment fees. Your childcare center can use programs to bill for private pay lunch, after school care, or enrichment classes.
Split sibling payments
A family can pay for multiple siblings in one transaction. The transaction is itemized per child.
Split sibling payments
A family can pay for multiple siblings in one transaction. The transaction is itemized per child.
Split sibling payments
A family can pay for multiple siblings in one transaction. The transaction is itemized per child.
Beautiful family portal
Families can manage their billing from one place, accessible on mobile or desktop. They can view their balance, current payment plans, past charges and credits, manage payment methods, manage autopay, and generate their own statements.
Beautiful family portal
Families can manage their billing from one place, accessible on mobile or desktop. They can view their balance, current payment plans, past charges and credits, manage payment methods, manage autopay, and generate their own statements.
Beautiful family portal
Families can manage their billing from one place, accessible on mobile or desktop. They can view their balance, current payment plans, past charges and credits, manage payment methods, manage autopay, and generate their own statements.
Automatic late pickup fees
Playground's overage billing will track all the time children are in your care outside of their expected schedule. Create an overage billing rate and Playground will help your childcare center collect the revenue your childcare is owed for the extra care. You can also create overage exemptions for students.
Automatic late pickup fees
Playground's overage billing will track all the time children are in your care outside of their expected schedule. Create an overage billing rate and Playground will help your childcare center collect the revenue your childcare is owed for the extra care. You can also create overage exemptions for students.
Automatic late pickup fees
Playground's overage billing will track all the time children are in your care outside of their expected schedule. Create an overage billing rate and Playground will help your childcare center collect the revenue your childcare is owed for the extra care. You can also create overage exemptions for students.
Flexible discounts & coupons
Assign discounts and credits to family balances.
Flexible discounts & coupons
Assign discounts and credits to family balances.
Flexible discounts & coupons
Assign discounts and credits to family balances.
Automatic deposit, enrollment, and application fees
Application fees are charged immediately upon application submission and does not count towards tuition. Required to submit application. Enrollment fees are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does not count towards tuition. Tuition deposits are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does count towards the first tuition payment.
Automatic deposit, enrollment, and application fees
Application fees are charged immediately upon application submission and does not count towards tuition. Required to submit application. Enrollment fees are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does not count towards tuition. Tuition deposits are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does count towards the first tuition payment.
Automatic deposit, enrollment, and application fees
Application fees are charged immediately upon application submission and does not count towards tuition. Required to submit application. Enrollment fees are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does not count towards tuition. Tuition deposits are charged if the student is accepted to your childcare center and does count towards the first tuition payment.
Refunds
Send full or partial refunds through Playground's childcare billing software.
Refunds
Send full or partial refunds through Playground's childcare billing software.
Refunds
Send full or partial refunds through Playground's childcare billing software.
Full payout visibility, 24/7
Set your own payout days each week. Track your bank desposits on a payout dashboard. Your dashboard will show payout amounts, initiation dates, and arrival dates. For each payout, view an itemized list of family payments and which payments, if any, failed.
Full payout visibility, 24/7
Set your own payout days each week. Track your bank desposits on a payout dashboard. Your dashboard will show payout amounts, initiation dates, and arrival dates. For each payout, view an itemized list of family payments and which payments, if any, failed.
Full payout visibility, 24/7
Set your own payout days each week. Track your bank desposits on a payout dashboard. Your dashboard will show payout amounts, initiation dates, and arrival dates. For each payout, view an itemized list of family payments and which payments, if any, failed.
Track offline payments
Playground helps your childcare center track family balances through the childcare billing system, even if payments aren't processed through the payment portal. Record payments made via cash, check, Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, Cashapp and more in Playground.
Track offline payments
Playground helps your childcare center track family balances through the childcare billing system, even if payments aren't processed through the payment portal. Record payments made via cash, check, Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, Cashapp and more in Playground.
Track offline payments
Playground helps your childcare center track family balances through the childcare billing system, even if payments aren't processed through the payment portal. Record payments made via cash, check, Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, Cashapp and more in Playground.
Subsidy
Manage agency payments from programs like DHS, DCFS, DFACS, and Head Start
For each payment, record the total amount your childcare center received and apply payments to specific children.
Manage agency payments from programs like DHS, DCFS, DFACS, and Head Start
For each payment, record the total amount your childcare center received and apply payments to specific children.
Manage agency payments from programs like DHS, DCFS, DFACS, and Head Start
For each payment, record the total amount your childcare center received and apply payments to specific children.
Track family copays
Compare expected payment amounts to actual family copays and make informed decisions about adjustments amounts.
Track family copays
Compare expected payment amounts to actual family copays and make informed decisions about adjustments amounts.
Track family copays
Compare expected payment amounts to actual family copays and make informed decisions about adjustments amounts.
Adjustments
Record agency adjustment amounts and reasons on a per payment and per child basis. Write off unpaid fees or transfer payment responsibility to the family.
Adjustments
Record agency adjustment amounts and reasons on a per payment and per child basis. Write off unpaid fees or transfer payment responsibility to the family.
Adjustments
Record agency adjustment amounts and reasons on a per payment and per child basis. Write off unpaid fees or transfer payment responsibility to the family.
Multiple agency support
Your childcare center can track unlimited agencies and subsidized programs. Process unlimited subsidized payments.
Multiple agency support
Your childcare center can track unlimited agencies and subsidized programs. Process unlimited subsidized payments.
Multiple agency support
Your childcare center can track unlimited agencies and subsidized programs. Process unlimited subsidized payments.
Expenses
Track and manage all your childcare expenses
Playground’s powerful and simple expense tracker makes tracking business expenses ridiculously easy. You’ll know at a glance what you’re spending, without the headache of spreadsheets or shoeboxes of receipts.
Track and manage all your childcare expenses
Playground’s powerful and simple expense tracker makes tracking business expenses ridiculously easy. You’ll know at a glance what you’re spending, without the headache of spreadsheets or shoeboxes of receipts.
Track and manage all your childcare expenses
Playground’s powerful and simple expense tracker makes tracking business expenses ridiculously easy. You’ll know at a glance what you’re spending, without the headache of spreadsheets or shoeboxes of receipts.
Automatic expense tracking with spend cards
Say goodbye to manual entry with spend management cards. Spend cards automatically categorize and log expenses as they happen in real-time.
Automatic expense tracking with spend cards
Say goodbye to manual entry with spend management cards. Spend cards automatically categorize and log expenses as they happen in real-time.
Automatic expense tracking with spend cards
Say goodbye to manual entry with spend management cards. Spend cards automatically categorize and log expenses as they happen in real-time.
Exepense categorization
Categorizing expenses is made with tax time in mind, so it’s easy for you (or your accountant) to file.
Exepense categorization
Categorizing expenses is made with tax time in mind, so it’s easy for you (or your accountant) to file.
Exepense categorization
Categorizing expenses is made with tax time in mind, so it’s easy for you (or your accountant) to file.
Mobile receipt upload
Snap a photo to log a receipt and add memo descriptions through Playground's childcare expense management portal in the mobile app.
Mobile receipt upload
Snap a photo to log a receipt and add memo descriptions through Playground's childcare expense management portal in the mobile app.
Mobile receipt upload
Snap a photo to log a receipt and add memo descriptions through Playground's childcare expense management portal in the mobile app.
Reporting
Collections
Run aging & accounts receivable reports.
Collections
Run aging & accounts receivable reports.
Collections
Run aging & accounts receivable reports.
Revenue
Pull total revenue reports, configurable by date, class, and child.
Revenue
Pull total revenue reports, configurable by date, class, and child.
Revenue
Pull total revenue reports, configurable by date, class, and child.
Transactions
Create configurable transaction & volume reports.
Transactions
Create configurable transaction & volume reports.
Transactions
Create configurable transaction & volume reports.
Tax statements
Generate monthly and year-end tax statements for families. Better yet, families can pull their own tax statements from the payment portal so you don't have to.
Tax statements
Generate monthly and year-end tax statements for families. Better yet, families can pull their own tax statements from the payment portal so you don't have to.
Tax statements
Generate monthly and year-end tax statements for families. Better yet, families can pull their own tax statements from the payment portal so you don't have to.
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See what Playground can do for you
Learn how our top-rated child care management platform can make your families & teachers happier while lowering your costs
Camp Fire Columbia
"Playground has made an effort to prioritize customer service and follow through on their promises."
Jonathan Myers
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire
"Playground’s response time is amazing! They're always available and my staff & families never have to wait to hear back."
Kaitlynn Snider
Temple Isaiah Preschool
"Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."
Dr. Tamar Andrews
Calvary Chapel Christian Preschool
"Playground is the most customer-friendly system we've used. It’s like an extension of our program."
Denisse Cardenas
Westside Neighborhood School
"Once parents started using the app, everyone was thrilled on how easy and intuitive it was."
Enjolie Gray
Full system setup
Once on board, you’ll have the option to work with a dedicated member of the Playground team to build your perfect system, from registration packets to family payment plans to communication preferences. We’ll work with you to configure your settings and tweak it until your system fits your business perfectly.
Full system setup
Once on board, you’ll have the option to work with a dedicated member of the Playground team to build your perfect system, from registration packets to family payment plans to communication preferences. We’ll work with you to configure your settings and tweak it until your system fits your business perfectly.
Full system setup
Once on board, you’ll have the option to work with a dedicated member of the Playground team to build your perfect system, from registration packets to family payment plans to communication preferences. We’ll work with you to configure your settings and tweak it until your system fits your business perfectly.
Dedicated team member
Every Playground customer is paired with a member of our Customer Experience team who have helped 48,000+ providers, staff, & families create a childcare management system they love.
Dedicated team member
Every Playground customer is paired with a member of our Customer Experience team who have helped 48,000+ providers, staff, & families create a childcare management system they love.
Dedicated team member
Every Playground customer is paired with a member of our Customer Experience team who have helped 48,000+ providers, staff, & families create a childcare management system they love.
Playground Help Center
Forgot how to run an attendance report or adjust a discount? No worries. You, your staff, and your families have access to explore our knowledge base that includes 250+ training videos and step-by-step instructions for seamless guidance through the best childcare management software.
Playground Help Center
Forgot how to run an attendance report or adjust a discount? No worries. You, your staff, and your families have access to explore our knowledge base that includes 250+ training videos and step-by-step instructions for seamless guidance through the best childcare management software.
Playground Help Center
Forgot how to run an attendance report or adjust a discount? No worries. You, your staff, and your families have access to explore our knowledge base that includes 250+ training videos and step-by-step instructions for seamless guidance through the best childcare management software.
Partnership from Day 1
Kick-off call to create plan and system configuration
Partnership from Day 1
Kick-off call to create plan and system configuration
Partnership from Day 1
Kick-off call to create plan and system configuration
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© 2024 Carline Inc. All rights reserved.
© 2024 Carline Inc. All rights reserved.
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire
Playground’s response time is amazing! They're always available and my staff & families never have to wait to hear back.
Kaitlynn Snider
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire
"Playground’s response time is amazing! They're always available and my staff & families never have to wait to hear back."
Kaitlynn Snider
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire
"Playground’s response time is amazing! They're always available and my staff & families never have to wait to hear back."
Kaitlynn Snider
Camp Fire Columbia
"Playground has made an effort to prioritize customer service and follow through on their promises."
Jonathan Myers
Camp Fire Columbia
"Playground has made an effort to prioritize customer service and follow through on their promises."
Jonathan Myers
Camp Fire Columbia
"Playground has made an effort to prioritize customer service and follow through on their promises."
Jonathan Myers
Temple Isaiah Preschool
"Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."
Dr. Tamar Andrews
Temple Isaiah Preschool
"Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."
Dr. Tamar Andrews
Temple Isaiah Preschool
"Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."
Dr. Tamar Andrews