I have been using Brightwheel and love it for payments / billing. At present it is free for me (I signed up with them a bit ago) but I only allow bank transfers and no cc/debit cards as there is a % fee for that.

- I like that is sends invoices which reminds parents to pay
- It takes 2 days approx for the funds to reach my account (sometimes faster but it is not the same day)
- It tracks all the parents payments if they need / want it for tax purposes or if their employer pays a portion of their childcare (this also makes proving my income easier for me in terms of taxes, future loans, etc.)
- They are going to a fee for payments but I think it's $1 or some per family which would be a tax write off so I would be okay with that fee (it would be about $6-12 per month depending on my enrollment so I feel it's worth it for the ease of use)

Saying how much I like Brightwheel for Billing I feel I should also state I do not like the parent communication side of it for preschool age children. It really sells the idea of daily notes for parents and parents get giddy about the thought when the sign up for the billing side of it. For that non billing related reason I want something that just offering the features Brightwheel billing does but if you already do daily notes or want to do daily notes Brightwheel is nice!

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