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Nurture
Financial Security and Economic Mobility for Child Care Entrepreneurs
Business Automation Explorer
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Compare the functionality of apps to narrow down your choices, including reading the notes below the table.
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See pros and cons of a few app combinations. Favorite the app combination that will work for you.
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Follow step-by-step tutorials to get started with several commonly used apps.
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Attendance | Parent Invoicing | Electronic Payment Collection | Automatic Late Fee Calculation | Your Time | Meals Served | Expenses | Receipts | Budgeting | Selling Points | Drawbacks | ||
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Brightwheel | User-friendly interface | Need a computer for billing | ||||||||||
Alliance CORE | Technical assistance | Requires a computer | ||||||||||
KidKare | Automates Food Program payments | No mobile app or parent engagement; poor user interface | ||||||||||
Wonderschool | Individualized support | Cost | ||||||||||
Wave | Free | No tracking attendance, or meals | ||||||||||
Freshbooks | Mobile friendly | No tracking attendance, or meals | ||||||||||
Zoho | Integrated budgeting functionality | No tracking attendance, or meals | ||||||||||
QuickBooks | Integrates with Brightwheel & Alliance CORE | Plan that includes Budget is expensive |
NOTES:
Brightwheel and Alliance CORE: You can track expenses through an integration with QuickBooks.
Brightwheel and Alliance CORE: You can compare your budget to actual revenue & expenses via QuickBooks Online Plus ($40+ per month) or by downloading data each month to Google Sheets (free).
KidKare does not have full attendance functionality. No mobile receipt management.
Zoho Books budgeting functionality is only available with Premium plan ($60-70 per month).
QuickBooks Self-Employed is an affordable choice (under $10 per month); however, to get the budgeting functionality, you have to pay for Plus plan, which is more than $40 per month.
Automation App Tutorials
Instructions:
To view each step in the tutorials, click on the red left or right arrows. In a few seconds, it will take you to the next tutorial.
To zoom in to each image step, click on the image once. Go to the bottom right corner of the image where you will zee a zoom in and zoom out button. Click on the + magnify glass to zoom in.
Sp. Business Aut. Ex.
Explorador de automatización
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Compare the functionality of apps to narrow down your choices, including reading the notes below the table.
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See pros and cons of a few app combinations. Favorite the app combination that will work for you.
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Follow step-by-step tutorials to get started with several commonly used apps.
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Asistencia | Factura de crianza | Recaudación de pagos electrónicos | Cálculos automáticos de cargos atrasado | Su tiempo | Comidas servidas | Gastos | Ingresos | Presupuesto | Puntos de venta clave | Inconvenientes significativos | ||
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Zoho | Funcionalidad de presupuesto integrada | Sin seguimiento de asistencia o comidas. | ||||||||||
Alliance CORE | Asistencia técnica | Requiere una computadora | ||||||||||
KidKare | Automatiza los pagos del Programa de Alimentos | Sin aplicación móvil ni participación de los padres; mala interfaz de usuario | ||||||||||
Brightwheel | Interfaz amigable | Necesito una computadora para facturar | ||||||||||
Wonderschool | Soporte individualizado | Costo | ||||||||||
Freshbooks | Compatible con dispositivos móviles | Sin seguimiento de asistencia o comidas. | ||||||||||
Wave | Gratuito | Sin seguimiento de asistencia o comidas. | ||||||||||
QuickBooks | Se integra con Brightwheel & Alliance CORE | Plan que incluye Presupuesto es caro |
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NOTAS:
Brightwheel y Alliance CORE: estas te permiten monitorear tus gastos mediante su integración con QuickBooks.
Brightwheel y Alliance CORE: te permiten comparar tu presupuesto a tus ingresos y gastos reales mediante QuickBooks Online Plus (más de $40 al mes) o descargando esos datos cada mes a Google Sheets (gratis).
KidKare no tiene una funcionalidad completa para tomar asistenia. No permite administrar recibos en el teléfono.
La función para crear presupuestos de Zoho Books sólo está disponible con el plan Premium plan ($60 a 70 al mes).
QuickBooks Self-Employed es una opción costeable (menos de $10 al mes); sin embargo, para obtener la funcionalidad que permite crear presupuestos, hay que pagar por el plan Plus, el cual cuesta más de $40 al mes.
Automation App Tutorials
Instructions:
To view each step in the tutorials, click on the red left or right arrows. In a few seconds, it will take you to the next tutorial.
To zoom in to each image step, click on the image once. Go to the bottom right corner of the image where you will zee a zoom in and zoom out button. Click on the + magnify glass to zoom in.
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