Bloomily vs KidKare and Parachute.
KidKare is free only through a food-program sponsor. If your sponsor requires it, keep it — and read this anyway.
Free · No card. Not a trial.
What you would be looking at · Home daycare
Good morning, Dana — 44 of 47 expected are in, and every classroom is in ratio.
- DecideAbsence requestEllis family · Thursday
- DecideLate pickup 6:12Nguyen · $15 fee
- In ratioCaterpillars8 of 8
- Who is inButterflies11 of 12
- In ratioSunflowers13 of 14
- In ratioLadybugs12 of 13
Tap a room to see who is in it.
Today so far — Finn Rossi checked in 8:02 · Ms. Ortiz clocked in · Invoice #1042 paid
| What you are choosing | Bloomily | KidKare & Parachute |
|---|---|---|
| What the price is based on | One location. Never per child. | Per provider. KidKare is free only if you have joined a sponsor already using it; direct it is $129 a month. kidkare.com · read 7 September 2026 |
| The price you can read today | Free up to 18 children. No card, not a trial. | KidKare $129 a month or $1,199 a year direct. Parachute $12.50 a month or $99 a year. Their own pricing page published no figure on the day we checked. kidkare.com · read 7 September 2026 |
| The fee on a payment | 3.5% on cards (plus $0.30 on payments under $60), 1% on bank transfers (at least $0.50, never more than $8). You choose who covers it. | Parachute’s ParaPay is $1 plus 2.95% a transaction. getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026 |
| Setup and add-on charges | None. No setup fee, no per-device fee, no module to unlock. | Not published. getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026 |
| How long you commit | Nothing to cancel. There is no subscription. | Not published. getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026 |
| Money back if it is wrong | Nothing to get back, because nothing was taken. No card, not a trial. | Parachute offers a 30-day trial. No money-back guarantee published. getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026 |
| Try it without a call | Sign up and start today. A call is offered, never required. | Parachute, yes. KidKare, only through a sponsor. getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026 |
| Filing your CACFP food-program claim | Not offered. We do not file a CACFP claim. | Yes — it is the product. KidKare exists for the food program, and four sponsors confirm the free-via-sponsor route. kidkare.com · read 7 September 2026 |
A row appears here only where both of us have published an answer, and every cell about KidKare & Parachute links to the page we read it on and the day we read it. Where their page is silent we leave the row out rather than guess — and where they win, the row says so. Last checked 7 September 2026.
$99 a month per location, or $990 a year. Free for licensed home daycares up to 18 children. See pricing
KidKare $129 a month direct, or $1,199 a year. Parachute $12.50 a month, or $99 a year.
getparachute.com · read 6 September 2026If you move, here is exactly what moves.
- Children with birthdays, allergies, dietary notes and medical notes
- Parents and guardians, with the email their invite goes to
- Emergency contacts and pickup people, each with a kiosk PIN
- Saved cards and bank details
- What families owe you today
- Past invoices, payments and receipts
- Old attendance, daily reports and messages
No system in this category hands another its saved cards or its ledger. We say it first, and we say what happens instead.
Questions, answered
Not for the food program. We do not file CACFP claims, and if your sponsor mandates KidKare you should keep it. Plenty of providers run both: KidKare for the claim, Bloomily for check-in, daily reports, tuition and their own webpage — which is free up to 18 children.
Parachute publishes $12.50 a month, or $99 a year, plus $1 and 2.95% on a payment. Bloomily’s Home plan is free up to 18 children with no card, and our payment fee is 1% on bank transfers, capped at $8.
Children, families, emergency contacts and pickup people with their PINs — from a spreadsheet, an export or a photo of your list. Past claims, balances and saved cards do not move, from any system.
Stop comparing. Start running.
Set up in an afternoon, and see it with your own program’s name on it.