What can a daycare automate?

The recurring manual work: Managing waitlists by age group in a notebook or spreadsheet; Collecting enrollment packets and immunization records on paper; Scheduling tours by phone and following up manually. Each becomes software in a custom build instead of someone's weekly job.

Is automation a separate product or part of the website?

Part of the build. We design the site or platform around your actual operations, so the automation is native — not a stack of third-party tools taped together with more subscriptions.

It's included in the build tier: websites from $4,500 one-time or $499/mo for 24 months; platforms from $16,000 or $1,399/mo. The savings come from the hours of manual work removed every week.

How do you know what to automate?

One scoping pass: we map how the business runs today, find the touchpoints that eat time, and design them out. You get a fixed quote before committing to anything.

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Business automation for daycares

Updated August 2026 · Nabee Studio

The biggest savings for a daycare usually isn't the website itself — it's automating work like Managing waitlists by age group in a notebook or spreadsheet so nobody does it by hand anymore. Nabee Studio builds that automation into a custom site or platform, from $4,500 one-time or $499/mo for 24 months with maintenance included.

Daycare automation targets the enrollment funnel and the office paperwork that overwhelms it. Online inquiry and waitlist signup by age group captures families the moment they're interested and organizes the list, replacing the notebook and the phone tag. Online tour booking locks in visits before parents contact the center down the street.

Digital enrollment packets — forms, immunization records, consents — collected online and organized for licensing compliance clear the paper avalanche that buries the office, and automated tuition billing plus parent communication (closures, events) end the manual invoicing and scattered notices. We connect the enrollment and communication side to your childcare management app so it complements your daily operations rather than duplicating them.

What manual work does a custom build remove?

The typical daycare runs on manual touchpoints like these:

Managing waitlists by age group in a notebook or spreadsheet
Collecting enrollment packets and immunization records on paper
Scheduling tours by phone and following up manually
Writing daily reports (meals, naps, diapers) by hand
Invoicing tuition across families and chasing late payments
Sending closure notices, event details, and reminders by paper and email

Each of those is hours a week that a custom build turns into software:

Enrollment inquiry & waitlist — online inquiry and waitlist signup by age group that captures families instantly and organizes the list, replacing the notebook and phone tag.
Tour scheduling — online tour booking with reminders so interested parents lock in a visit before contacting another center.
Digital enrollment packets — enrollment forms, immunization records, and consents collected online and organized for licensing compliance, clearing the paper avalanche.
Tuition billing & parent communication — recurring tuition with automated reminders, plus closure notices and event communication pushed to parents in one place.

What does it cost?

One scoping pass, one fixed number — no hourly billing. Daily reporting and check-in run in childcare apps; the win is a site that wins families through enrollment, tours, and waitlists connected to that software — not a separate platform.

Website — from $4,500 one-time (standard from $7,500), or $499/mo for 24 months with the Maintenance Plan and hosting included.

The monthly plan totals somewhat more than paying up front — that's the honest trade for spreading the cost and having us operate everything for two years. Details in the payment plan guide and on the pricing page.

Start a project — one scoping pass, a fixed number within one business day.

Common questions

What can a daycare automate?: The recurring manual work: Managing waitlists by age group in a notebook or spreadsheet; Collecting enrollment packets and immunization records on paper; Scheduling tours by phone and following up manually. Each becomes software in a custom build instead of someone's weekly job.
Is automation a separate product or part of the website?: Part of the build. We design the site or platform around your actual operations, so the automation is native — not a stack of third-party tools taped together with more subscriptions.
What does it cost?: It's included in the build tier: websites from $4,500 one-time or $499/mo for 24 months; platforms from $16,000 or $1,399/mo. The savings come from the hours of manual work removed every week.
How do you know what to automate?: One scoping pass: we map how the business runs today, find the touchpoints that eat time, and design them out. You get a fixed quote before committing to anything.