Kidsoft
Kidsoft is cloud-based childcare management software for Australian early learning, kindergarten, preschool, OSHC, and vacation care services.
What Kidsoft is
Kidsoft is cloud-based childcare management software for Australian early learning, kindergarten, preschool, OSHC, and vacation care services. It brings enrolments, Child Care Subsidy, attendance, billing, and family communication into one system, with access through web, iOS, and Android. Enrol supports online registrations, waitlists, automated offers, and demand dashboards. OSHC booking tools handle room-specific rules, routine and casual bookings, promotional codes, discounts, and activity surcharges. The Parent Portal lets families manage bookings, documents, payments, and absence notifications from mobile devices. Konnect provides incident reporting, medical and emergency records, electronic sign-in and sign-out, and live attendance and classroom-ratio updates. DebitPro supplies payment updates and reporting. Kidsoft lists integrations and public APIs, Australian data archiving, encryption, access controls, AWS infrastructure, backups, training, and support.
Good
- Web, iOS, and Android access
- Online enrolments and waitlists
- Electronic sign-in and sign-out
- Parent booking and payment portal
- Incident and medical records
Watch out
- Paid product with pricing on request
- OSHC pricing depends on service size and requirements
- Some payment pricing is volume-based
Who it suits
Kidsoft is suited to Australian childcare and early learning services managing enrolments, attendance, billing, bookings, and family communication. It also fits services wanting parent mobile access and OSHC-specific booking controls.
Verdict
Kidsoft covers core childcare administration and family-facing tasks across browser and mobile apps. Prospective customers must request a personalised quote after a demo.
Plans and prices
From Kidsoft's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Kidsoft OSHC | Priced on request | Price depends on service size and requirements; personalised quote after demo |
The facts
Each one read from Kidsoft's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance and check-in
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Attendance and safety
- Konnect supports incident reporting, child medical and emergency contact records, and electronic sign-in/sign-out with real-time attendance and classroom-ratio updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The security page describes the service as available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Core functions
- The platform brings enrolments, Child Care Subsidy (CCS), attendance, billing and family communication into one system.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Enrollment management
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Enrolments
- Enrol supports online registrations and waitlists, automated enrolment offers, and dashboards for pre-registration demand.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Family communication
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Kidsoft lists supported platforms including Skylight, ChildcareNow, Humanforce, 1Place, Storypark, Tanda, LineLeader and EW, and says it offers public APIs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OSHC bookings
- Kidsoft OSHC supports room-specific booking rules, routine and casual bookings, promotional codes, bulk discounts and surcharges for activities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parent portal
- Parents can use the Parent Portal to manage bookings, documentation and payments, and to schedule or modify bookings and notify absences from a mobile device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Payment gateway
- DebitPro provides payment transaction updates and reporting, and the page says its pricing is volume-based with no long-term contracts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Kidsoft provides cloud-based childcare management software for Australian early learning, kindergarten, preschool, OSHC and vacation care services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Kidsoft says it uses encryption, access controls and AWS infrastructure, with data archiving hosted in Australia and automatic updates and backups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Kidsoft offers support resources, training sessions and contact support, and the OSHC page describes local dedicated customer support and training resources.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing and payments
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Kidsoft says it has supported early learning services for almost two decades and is backed by OWNA.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Broadbeach, Queensland, Australiachecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Kidsoft links to ParentPortal downloads for Android and Apple devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
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