# Seedling

> Seedling is childcare management software for small daycares and preschools. Flat $40/month for unlimited children and staff — no per-child fees, no parent app. Families get a secure portal from their inbox.

Seedling covers what a center touches every day: attendance and check-in, live staff-to-child ratios, tuition billing on autopay, e-signed enrollment agreements, family messaging, photos, and health/compliance records. It is built for single centers, not enterprise chains. Month-to-month, cancel anytime. There are no AI features by design, and family data never trains an AI model.

## Key facts

- Price: flat $40/month per center — unlimited children and staff, no per-child fees, no setup fee.
- Free 14-day trial, no credit card required. Month to month, cancel anytime.
- Families use a secure web portal opened from their inbox — nothing to download, no app.
- Each center connects its own Stripe account and is the merchant of record: tuition settles straight to their bank, and Seedling never holds the funds.
- Every center gets a free public website (programs, hours, photos, and a request-a-spot inquiry form) hosted at goseedling.com — included in the $40, where competitors sell websites as a paid add-on.
- Built for single, independent centers — not enterprise or multi-site chains.
- No AI features; customer data never trains AI models.
- Company: Seedling, a Michigan LLC. Support: support@goseedling.com.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://goseedling.com): Overview and pricing.
- [Features](https://goseedling.com/features): Everything Seedling does.
- [Childcare software overview](https://goseedling.com/childcare-software): Category page.
- [Request a demo](https://goseedling.com/demo): Talk to a real person.

## Comparisons

- [Seedling vs Brightwheel](https://goseedling.com/compare/brightwheel)
- [Seedling vs Procare](https://goseedling.com/compare/procare)
- [Seedling vs Lillio (HiMama)](https://goseedling.com/compare/lillio)
- [All comparisons](https://goseedling.com/compare)

## Documentation

- [Help center](https://goseedling.com/docs): Product documentation.
- [Getting started](https://goseedling.com/docs/getting-started/welcome): Set up a center.
- [Billing & payments](https://goseedling.com/docs/billing/getting-paid-with-stripe): How centers get paid.