
Who Uses KidKare?
Home daycare providers, sponsors, and centers.
What Is KidKare?
KidKare by Minute Menu is a childcare management software that allows you to save time and money while caring for your children. We have spent the last 25 years building a robust CACFP application to streamline the claim process while ensuring compliance with USDA requirements. In addition to the food program, KidKare offers accounting software to help home childcare providers manage their business.
KidKare Details
Minute Menu Systems
http://www.minutemenu.com/
Founded 1993
KidKare pricing overview
KidKare has a free version.
Starting Price
Not provided by vendor
Pricing Details
KidKare offers a free trial of 30 days, after which the software can be availed for specific modules, outlined below: KidKare Accounting: $9.95 per month, $99 per year KidKare Food Program: $99 per month
Free Version
Yes
KidKare deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
KidKare Features
Accounting Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Automatic Billing
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- CPA Firms
- Compliance Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Document Storage
- Expense Claims
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fixed Asset Management
- For Government
- Fund Accounting
- General Ledger
- Income & Balance Sheet
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Nonprofits
- Order Management
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Project Management
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Quotes/Estimates
- Receipt Management
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Reminders
- Sales Tax Management
- Status Tracking
- Tax Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Child Care Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Calendar Management
- Class Scheduling
- Client Portal
- Communications Management
- Contact Database
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customisable Reports
- Daily Reports
- Data Security
- Document Storage
- Electronic Payments
- Electronic Signature
- Email Management
- Employee Management
- Enrollments/Onboarding
- Event Calendar
- Immunisation & Allergy Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Live Chat
- Mailing List Management
- Meal / Nutrition Management
- Member Database
- Milestone Tracking
- Mobile Alerts
- Multi-Location
- Parent Portal
- Payment Processing
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Records Management
- Registration Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- Self Check-in/Check-out
- Self Service Portal
- Student Management
- Summary Reports
- Video Support
- Wait List Management
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Cheryl W.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support3 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 2/01/2019
"Love being able to record my childcare meals online"
Comments:
I love my experience as far as my child care business goes. I have not used the accounting software but I am considering signing up for that.
As I stated, the customer service side is the only downfall so far. I haven't had to use the customer service for a while so I hope it has improved.
Pros: I love the ease and availability on different devices to record my meals and attendance.
Cons: Customer service is very slow when you do need help...it takes days and sometimes weeks to get no answer most times. Very frustrating to say the least.
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- Reviewed on 2/01/2019
Nancy P.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality3 /5
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Customer Support4 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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- Reviewed on 29/08/2020
"Good program but needs invoice change"
Pros: Easy to use, convenient, stores all kids that have been enrolled, report features are nice.
Cons: The main one for me in the invoicing. I do not send invoices to my parents or have any need to. I would love to have the option of just recording the payments. I hate creating invoices only to record a payment and the feature of reoccurring invoices is great if you receive the same amount from a parent every month which I don't
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- Reviewed on 29/08/2020
Deshonda J.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for MoneyUnrated
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- Reviewed on 16/04/2021
"Easy and Inexpensive"
Comments: Overall it has been a great experience with KidKare. From planning meals to the accounting feature.
Pros: The different features such as expense tracking, invoicing, and printing off the reports.I like the ability to copy meals from one week to the next. This is good if you have alternating menus.
Cons: Since I have been using the software, it has helped me in my business. I currently do not have any cons.
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- Reviewed on 16/04/2021
Melissa H.
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Overall Rating1 /5
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Ease of Use3 /5
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Features & Functionality1 /5
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Customer Support1 /5
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Value for Money1 /5
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- Reviewed on 18/01/2018
"Disappointing, abysmal performance"
Comments: electronic reporting to CACFP
Pros: Web based application you can access from any device, simple data entry Nothing else to say good about this product, however, there aren't enough characters in the con category
Cons: Providers were forced to switch to this new program no later than October 2017. Once switched you quickly find that multiple features we had access to in Minute Menu were no longer available. On top of that, not all the reports work correctly, payments are not processing on time, not all invoices generate appropriately, parents have been double invoiced, parents were sent invoices from providers in other states with other children's names, child care rate, the providers name, address, and EIN number. There's also been instances of data being dropped out of the program that had been previously saved by the provider. The customer service is best described as non existent. It may take MONTHS for them to respond to a help ticket, that is if they respond at all. You will also find that your help tickets will get "closed" with zero communication and without the issue being resolved. We have been assured that the issues would get better, but in fact, the issues seem to be coming more and more regularly. This company absolutely does not provide what they promised or what we are paying for. IF you choose to use this program you will find yourself spending extra time re-entering information you've already input, calming parents down about double bills, and most likely experience getting your money late on a regular basis. There are other programs out there, I would suggest you find them because you will find nothing but frustration with KidKare.
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- Reviewed on 18/01/2018
Isah A.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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- Reviewed on 30/11/2020
"Love having an option for me to record my childcare suppers on the web"
Comments: By and large: I love my experience the extent that my youngster care business goes. I have not utilized the bookkeeping programming yet I am thinking about pursuing that. As I expressed, the client support side is the main destruction up until this point. I haven't needed to utilize the client support for some time so I expectation it has improved.
Pros: I love the simplicity and accessibility on various gadgets to record my dinners and participation.
Cons: Customer administration is exceptionally moderate when you do require help...it takes days and once in a while weeks to find no solution most occasions. Extremely baffling no doubt.
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- Reviewed on 30/11/2020