OWNA is childcare management software for childcare centres and services, including daycare and before- and after-school programs. Its free plan includes curriculum planning, attendance sign-in and sign-out, a parent app and compliance tools. Premium, billed from $39/mo, adds bookings and enrolments, invoicing and payments, financial reporting, rostering, timesheets and CRM. Families can check routines, programs, forms and bookings, handle re-enrolments, receive photos and videos, message educators and comment on centre posts. Educators can create programs, document learning and link posts into a child’s learning journey. Staff tools cover rostering, payroll, communication and team performance management. OWNA lists weekly forecasting, roster cost analysis, AI rostering predictions, ratio and compliance tools, and vacant shift bidding. Enterprise offers custom API integration; its CRM and analytics are marked as coming soon. OWNA recommends four to six weeks for onboarding, though it says it may be completed in as little as five days, and does not require contracts or notice periods.
Who it is for
OWNA suits childcare centres and services, including daycare centres and before- and after-school programs. It may be useful to teams seeking family communication, attendance, enrolment and staff scheduling tools in one product.
What is good
- Free plan includes curriculum planning and attendance
- Families can message educators and receive photos and videos
- Staff tools include rostering, timesheets and payroll
- Premium adds invoicing, payments and financial reporting
- No contracts or notice periods required
What to know first
- Premium is billed from $39/mo
- OWNA recommends four to six weeks for onboarding
- Enterprise CRM and analytics are marked as coming soon
- Visa/Mastercard processing is 2.75%
Verdict
OWNA combines family-facing tools with curriculum, attendance and staff-management functions, with a free plan and paid Premium tier. Allow for its recommended onboarding period and listed payment-processing fees when assessing fit.
OWNA plans and pricing
All plansCompared on childcare management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $39/mo
- Enrollment forms
- Yes
- Attendance tracking
- Yes
- Family messaging
- Yes
- Billing and payments
- Yes
- Parent app
- web_and_mobile
- Staff scheduling
- Yes
