Run the Day, Run Your Team, Get Paid — Your Whole Daycare in One Place
Zukeepr is the day-to-day operations platform for licensed daycares. Check children in, send daily reports, manage your staff and let monthly billing run itself — and take applications from local parents when you have room.
Free for up to 20 families · $11.99/mo for unlimited · No commission on tuition
Everything you open every day
The binder, the spreadsheet and the group chat, in one place — grouped by the job it does for you. This is the part you use whether or not you are taking on new families.
Run the day
- Roster with check-in and check-out attendance
- Daily log for meals and naps
- Daily report cards for every child
- Incident reports, with PDF export
- Events and closures calendar
- Printable emergency-contact and pickup sheets
Run the team
- Staff list and rooms
- Staff logins with Staff and Manager roles
- Staff time off
- Certification tracking with automatic expiry reminders
- Coverage planning by room (Premium)
Get paid
- Automated monthly billing
- Part-time rates
- Accounting view of what is billed, paid and owed
- Receipts in your legal business name
- Tax receipts for families
Talk to families
- In-app messaging with families, with block
- Reviews from families, with owner replies
Grow
- Verified marketplace listing
- Pause and resume your visibility at any time
- Promoted listings in your city
- Multiple locations (Premium)
- Analytics: when spots open, income and losses, costs and break-even, staffing by hour, and who pays late
Three steps to running your day on Zukeepr
From first sign-up to tuition in your account — no technical skills required.
Set up your center
Add your rooms, capacity and rates, give your staff their own logins, and add your childcare license number for review. Takes under 10 minutes.
Bring your families across
Import your existing roster by CSV or invite families by email. Children, guardians and rates come with them — you are not starting from an empty system.
Run the day and get paid
Check children in and out, keep daily logs and report cards, and let monthly billing run itself — tuition is paid out through Stripe Connect at your full rate, every time.
Start free. Grow when you're ready.
No credit card required. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
On every plan: Add staff accounts so your team can check children in and out, write daily reports and message parents.
Free
Always free, no expiry
- Up to 20 enrolled families
- 1 location
- Attendance, daily logs, report cards and incident reports
- Staff logins, rooms and certification reminders
- Automated monthly billing and receipts
- Messaging and reviews with families
- Verified listing and application management
Premium
Cancel anytime
- Everything in Free
- More than 20 enrolled families
- Up to 5 locations
- Staff coverage planning by room
- Accounting CSV export
- Photos in messages
- Per-family year-to-date revenue
Promoted Listings
Single city · $69/mo for 3 cities
- Listed ahead of unpromoted daycares in your city's search results
- Among promoted daycares, the newest promotion is listed first, up to 10 per city
- Highlighted 'Promoted' badge
$3 + 1% per invoice — charged to the parent, not you. When a family pays tuition through Zukeepr, they pay the Zukeepr service fee ($3 + 1%) and Stripe's processing fee on top of your rate. You receive your full amount — Zukeepr pays Stripe's Connect and invoicing costs out of the service fee. See the full pricing breakdown.
Why daycares choose Zukeepr
The things that matter when you are running a center, not evaluating software.
Built for childcare operators
Zukeepr is built specifically for licensed childcare providers — not bolted onto a generic booking tool. Rooms, ratios, pickups and part-time schedules are part of the product, not workarounds.
Records you can pull up
Incident reports export to PDF, emergency-contact and pickup sheets print from the roster, and certification expiry dates remind you before they lapse.
Your full tuition, every time
Stripe Connect handles collection and payouts, and receipts carry your legal business name. You set the rate — no e-transfers, no bounced checks, no commission.
Families get their own app
Families see attendance, daily logs, report cards and invoices on their phone, which cuts down the number of questions arriving at your front desk.
Free license review
We review every license document before a listing goes live — usually within 1–2 business days. Parents apply knowing a person has checked your license.
Applications when you have room
When you have space, parents searching Zukeepr in your city can apply to you directly. Pause your listing when you are full and resume it when a spot opens.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you want to know before you sign up.
What can I run on Zukeepr day to day?
The whole day. Check children in and out from your roster, keep a daily log of meals and naps, send daily report cards, file incident reports (with PDF export), publish events and closures on a calendar, and print emergency-contact and pickup sheets. For your team there is a staff list, staff logins with Staff and Manager roles, rooms, staff time off and certification tracking with automatic expiry reminders. Billing runs monthly on its own, and families get receipts in your legal business name and tax receipts at year end.
How much does Zukeepr cost for daycares?
Running your daycare on Zukeepr is free for up to 20 enrolled families — attendance, daily logs, report cards, incident reports, staff logins, billing and messaging are all included. Premium is $11.99/month USD/CAD (first month free) and removes the limits — more than 20 families and up to 5 locations — and adds staff coverage planning, accounting CSV export and photos in messages. Promoted listings start at $29/month per city.
Can my staff use Zukeepr?
Yes, on every plan. Invite each team member to their own login as Staff or Manager. Staff check children in and out, write daily logs and report cards and message families; Managers also handle applications, reviews, rooms and certifications. Billing and your center's settings stay with you as the owner. Coverage planning by room, with ratios and time off, is part of Daycare Premium.
How does Zukeepr check daycares?
You add your childcare license number and upload your license during setup. We review every license document before a listing goes live — usually within 1–2 business days. Publishing your listing also needs your pricing and a connected bank account.
How do payments work?
You connect a Stripe account during onboarding and set each child's rate, part-time rates included. Monthly billing then runs automatically: families pay through the Zukeepr app — by credit card, and US families can also pay from a US bank account (ACH) — and Stripe deposits your full tuition amount directly into your account. Your accounting view shows what has been billed, paid and is still owed. The Zukeepr service fee ($3 + 1%) is charged to the parent on each invoice, not to you.
Can I manage multiple locations?
Yes. The free plan covers one location. Daycare Premium ($11.99/month USD/CAD) includes up to 5 locations under one account. Need more? Contact us at support@zukeepr.com for a custom plan.
Do you take a cut of my tuition?
Never. Zukeepr charges parents the Zukeepr service fee ($3 + 1%) on each invoice. Your tuition goes 100% to you via Stripe Connect.
Does Stripe charge me?
No. No Stripe fees are taken from your amount — you receive your full amount. Parents pay Stripe’s payment processing fee on top of what you charge, and Zukeepr pays Stripe’s Connect and invoicing costs out of its service fee.
Do I have to take applications through Zukeepr?
No. Most of Zukeepr is for running the center you already have, and the marketplace is optional upside. Your verified listing can be paused and resumed at any time, and you can mark spots as available or unavailable whenever you like. If you keep your own waitlist, keep it — many providers use Zukeepr to fill the occasional opening alongside it.
How long does it take to set up?
Most daycares complete their profile in under 10 minutes. We review your license document, usually within 1–2 business days. Once your license is approved and your pricing and bank account are in place, you can publish your listing.
Is Zukeepr available in my city?
The tools for running your daycare work anywhere in the US and Canada, from day one. Parent search is starting in North Texas; list your daycare now and families will find you as search opens near you.
How is a family charged for their first month?
If care starts after the 10th, or after that month’s billing run, the family pays the rest of that month at acceptance. Every month after that is charged in full on the 1st. You receive your full amount. Parents pay Zukeepr’s service fee and Stripe’s processing fee. Zukeepr pays Stripe’s Connect and invoicing costs out of the service fee.
Still have questions? Email support@zukeepr.com — we reply within one business day.
Ready to run your daycare on Zukeepr?
Run the day, your team and your billing in one place — free to start, no strings attached.