Smartcare vs EZcare
A Software Comparision
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See how Smartcare’s child care software performs against EZcare
We are on a mission to be the best technology partner for childcare centers. We admire what you do – caring for and educating children, dealing with parents, and doing it all with a smile even on the toughest of days! Our goal is to bring technology to help where it can. We want to make day-to-day administrative tasks easy for directors, create a delightful experience for your digitally native parents, and streamline record keeping for teachers.
When considering which child care management software is right for you, there’s a number of aspects to consider. Ease of use, implementation, training, software features, integrations and price.
This page can help you get a sense for how Smartcare compares to EZcare Child Care Software.
Smartcare Overview
Smartcare was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. We serve about 2,000 child care centers in all 50 states. Smartcare typically works best in centers with more than 60 children and in chains of two or more centers. Our highlight features include:
- Grow enrollment with lead management and online registration.
- Stay safe and secure with touchless, digital check in/out and door lock integration.
- Automate repetitive tasks with automatic billing, mobile and online parent payments, and easy reporting.
- Communicate with families in the app, email and text messages.
- Educate in addition to care with activity tracking, lesson plans and assessments.
- Do it all for an affordable and easy-to-understand price.
EZcare Overview
EZcare was founded over 30 years ago and today serves a number of school districts with their child care programs. EZcare typically works best for centers with only one location and limited child and staff turnover. EZcare’s highlight features include:
- Installed software that’s been around for over 20 years.
- Web portal for parent payments
- Field and page customizations
Software Comparision
| Smartcare | EZcare | |
| Software-as-a-Service (access anywhere) | ● | |
| Mobile applications | ● | |
| Automatic intuition billing | ● | |
| Electronic parent payments | ● | ● |
| Agency billing | ● | ● |
| Scheduling | ● | ● |
| Email and SMS | ● | |
| Reporting | ● | ● |
| Multi-location management | ● | |
| Payroll intergration | ● | |
| Door lock integration | ● | |
| Quickbooks integration | ● | ● |
| Online lead capture | ● | |
| Online enrollment | ● | |
| Meal tracking | ● | ● |
| Activity tracking | ● | ● |
| Lesson plans | ● | |
| Assessments | ● | |
| Training and implementation | Dedicated customer support management for unlimited training and support | Do it yourself |
| Customer support | Unlimited phone and email support | Phone support may cost extra. |
| Price | $99 per location per month plus $198 to start. 2.85% of credit card transactions. $0.40 per ACH transaction | $59 – $149 per locations per month, depending on plan. $195 – $495 one-time setup fee, depending on plan. Transactions fees vary per customer |
Choosing a Child Care Management Software
Choosing the right child care software platform is a big decision. We understand that you’ll want to explore your options, weigh differences, and choose the platform that best meets your needs.
To help explore all that Smartcare can do for your center, you can book a live software demo webinar with a member of the Smartcare team.
Schedule a live demo today and see how easy it is to manage attendance, communicate with parents, share photos and videos, automate billing, and more, all from one app!
Set up a time for a free demo to learn more. See what Smartcare can do for you.