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brightwheel

4.7

(3.2K)

Childcare center, daycare, and preschool management software

Last updated: April 2025

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brightwheel Reviews (2025)

Overall rating

4.7

3.2K

Rating criteria

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend8.96/10

Reviews by rating

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Pros and cons

“I love that it is easy to navigate and allows users to control the settings. I rarely have glitches and if I do the customer support is excellent.”

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“Ease of use, great features and most of all our families love it. Brightwheel is such an amazing app to have especially in this post covid world.”

Brittni P.

Preschool Manager

“Overall, this product seems promising. The opportunity to engage families in a new, innovative way is exciting and we are hopeful to have opportunities to implement this in the future.”

Tyler Jae S.

Associate Principal, Wayzata High School

“Unfortunately, there are some issues with the Payments section. The link "Print Invoice" does not work for me, so a daycare had to send me the invoice via email.”

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“The only thing that bothered me was the billing. But they've already updated me on this point.”

Engoudou Edzimbi B.

Freelance

“After a family emergency, I had to pick up my 5-year-old grandson from school.”

Holly R.

Owner

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