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bbrightwheel

brightwheel

4.9/5
77shifts

7shifts

4.7/5
ROI categoryops efficiencyops efficiency
Time-to-ValueAbout 2 weeks (~14d)Under 30 days (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$0/yr$0/yr
Starting price$0/yr$0/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersPriced by licensed enrollment capacity (e.g. 1–25, 50, 75, 100+ children) rather than per seat.Free plan for basic scheduling; paid plans priced per user, monthly or annual (no public price list).
Implementation friction2/52/5
Friction meter
Best forEarly childhood education (ECE) centers and preschools that want enrollment, billing, messaging and daily operations in one platform; Multi-location childcare programs that need consistent billing, reporting and administration across sites; Owners and directors losing hours each week to paper forms, manual check-in and chasing late tuition payments; Programs that need ratio tracking, licensing, menu/CACFP logging and digital health checks alongside billing; Providers that want a parent-facing app (photos, milestones, messaging) connected to back-office operationsRestaurant operators who want scheduling, tips, payroll and training connected in one platform instead of four tools; Multi-location restaurant groups and franchisees standardizing labor compliance and labor cost control; Independent restaurants that need free scheduling and team communication to start; Full-service, fast-casual and quick-service teams with hourly staff on smartphones
Not forK-12 school districts or higher-education institutions looking for SIS or LMS functionality; Businesses outside early education, childcare, camp or after-school settings; Buyers who require a published, self-serve price list before evaluating (pricing is quote-based); Organizations needing deep custom API work, on-premise hosting or heavy IT customizationNon-restaurant businesses such as retail, healthcare or professional services; Companies that need a full corporate HRIS for salaried knowledge workers; Buyers needing a published public price list before evaluation, since plan pricing is not shown on the site

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Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
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SlackNot supportedNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot supported

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

FoundedNot recorded2014 (12 yrs)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USSaskatoon, Canada
PhonePlan not statedNot yet recorded
EmailNot listedNot yet recorded
Live chatPlan not statedNot yet recorded
Support portal / ticketsNot listedNot yet recorded
Community forumPlan not statedNot yet recorded
Help centre / docsPlan not statedNot yet recorded
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedNot yet recorded
In person / on-siteNot listedNot yet recorded
Support hoursNot recordedNot yet recorded
Response timeLive chat connects to a human in under 30 secondsNot yet recorded

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedNot supported
AI featuresAI searchNot yet recorded
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded

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Typical annual cost × Time-to-value

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