Anyone Use Cakechildcare.Com For Management?

[ECEVA]

Hi - Does anyone use Cake Childcare for managing their daycare? Looking for feedback on their program.

[Cat Herder]

I went to the site and kept clicking the "why free" link to answer my first question (What are they getting out of this deal?) and it won't load. :confused:

Edit: It finally loaded but only said "is a gift" although the investors section requires a login and boasts an innovative new market. :confused:

Edit again: found the "free vs member section".

Guess I will check in on this thread later... ::

[butterfly]

never heard of it. Won't load for me either.

[Blackcat31]

I went to the site and kept clicking the "why free" link to answer my first question (What are they getting out of this deal?) and it won't load. :confused:

Edit: It finally loaded but only said "is a gift" although the investors section requires a login and boasts an innovative new market. :confused:

never heard of it. Won't load for me either.

It loaded fine for me but not until I switched over and opened it using Chrome. The Explorer version just kept loading...

This is all it says on the "Why Free" page:

"Mr. Henry D, CEO said "It's a gift" to his fellow childcare providers, especially to the small childcare owners because he understood how challenging it can be to run a childcare without a good management software.

He simply wants you to try it, most if not all childcare management softwares out there have an incredibly high initiation cost or high monthly subscription fee.

Cake Desktop allows you to experience a complete childcare management software for Free, whether you have an in-home Childcare with no employees or a large center with 50 employees. Cake Desktop is 100% Free, just click the download button and
you are on your way."

[butterfly]

It loaded fine for me but not until I switched over and opened it using Chrome. The Explorer version just kept loading...

This is all it says on the "Why Free" page:

"Mr. Henry D, CEO said "It's a gift" to his fellow childcare providers, especially to the small childcare owners because he understood how challenging it can be to run a childcare without a good management software.

He simply wants you to try it, most if not all childcare management softwares out there have an incredibly high initiation cost or high monthly subscription fee.

Cake Desktop allows you to experience a complete childcare management software for Free, whether you have an in-home Childcare with no employees or a large center with 50 employees. Cake Desktop is 100% Free, just click the download button and
you are on your way."

I'm skeptical. Sounds like a scam to me.

[Cat Herder]

BC, check out the "free vs member" section.....

Text fees, payroll, auto pay, etc...

It is free to load the desktop link the rest is a monthly subscription plus "options" fees.

Read the license agreement under terms and policies. They will not provide support, updates or maintenance of the free version.

[ECEVA]

I'm on a google chromebook laptop so I thought the site just wasn't compatible with my computer. It's so confusing but I wanted to check since it says $5 per month and ProCare is going to cost me a ridiculous amount.

Thanks!

[Cat Herder]

I'm skeptical. Sounds like a scam to me.

I don't think it is a scam, just feels like predatory marketing to me. Cell phone companies are notorious for it.

( For the owners of this software: I am not a lawyer and my opinion is worth what was paid for it... )

[Childminder]

I used it free for awhile but you aren't able to make corrections, in particular to the sign in and out portion if a parent forgets to sign in. When they sign out it becomes the in time and you can't correct it. I was in discussion on multiple occasions with tech and they were very helpful but rather than wait and spend time dealing with it I quit.

[Blackcat31]

BC, check out the "free vs member" section.....

Text fees, payroll, auto pay, etc...

It is free to load the desktop link the rest is a monthly subscription plus "options" fees.

Sounds like it is $4.99 per month for the provider and 99¢ per month for each parent.

add that up and then add all the monthly and per item costs and it looks like it costs a fortune.

One-Time Setup Fee.......$5.00.........One-time charge
Service Fee.........$5.00......... Monthly
Convinience Fee..........$1.00 .........Per item
Returned Transaction / NOC Fee, Unauthorized, Authorization Revoked, Stop Payment..........$3.00..........Per item

[craftymissbeth]

Did anyone end up liking this? I just downloaded the free desktop software, but it's kind of confusing. I haven't started inputting any info or anything.

Did anyone end up paying for any of the "perks"?


I have MMK and I like it, but if Cake can do all that it says it can for free then I'd like to try use both for the remainder of the year and see which I like better come tax time.

[LysesKids]

Sounds like it is $4.99 per month for the provider and 99¢ per month for each parent.

add that up and then add all the monthly and per item costs and it looks like it costs a fortune.

One-Time Setup Fee.......$5.00.........One-time charge
Service Fee.........$5.00......... Monthly
Convinience Fee..........$1.00 .........Per item
Returned Transaction / NOC Fee, Unauthorized, Authorization Revoked, Stop Payment..........$3.00..........Per item

Yeah and that's not even getting to the taking credit cards section… that's another 100 for set up and .99 per swipe (I have a parent that uses CC for pay, I have Square on my smartphone… faster & easier by far)

[midaycare]

Well ... I use it and love it. It costs me $5 a month. That $5 allows me to have parents sign in/out electronically, gives me the capability to update parents in live time as to what's going on with their child, and lets parents log in to their own special site (no charge for them) to see their balance, notes from me, etc.

One of the best features is that I don't have to bug parents for late fees. It's all set up in the system. If a parents clocks in late, the late fee is added. If a parent clocks in early, an early fee is added. No stress to me, I don't have to inform them. They can see it.

I don't take advantage of the pay online thing. If parents want to pay online, they can pay me with an electronic check from their bank.

I will say that setting it up is a pain in the ... you know. It took me a solid 2 weeks to have it up and running. But my parents love it, and I've signed 2 new families that seemed to be really impressed with it.

[craftymissbeth]

I've been setting it up all afternoon.

Maybe you can help me with something...

I created a billing account for one of my families and I entered the wrong enrollment date. So now instead of starting to bill them from this week on, it's billing from January. That would be fine except that I also messed up on another part and the amount is soo wrong. I wanted to delete the billing account and start over, but it gives me an error of "record can't be deleted because it's in use"

Wth?!

[craftymissbeth]

Also, it won't let me log into any of the three apps. I paid for the membership and assigned myself a pin, but I can't log into them.