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# Illumine

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> Illumine is a cloud-based childcare management software designed to streamline daily operations, boost admissions, and enhance parent communication. With tools for billing, attendance, assessments, and staff management, it empowers preschools and daycares worldwide to operate efficiently.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 106 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Illumine

•Streamlined operations across all centers - The tool helps manage daily activities, including attendance, billing, and staff ratios, with ease. Illumine’s all-in-one platform simplifies administration, allowing users to focus on what matters most—quality care and education.&#10;&#10;•Manage enrollments and boost admissions - Illumine helps optimize admissions with tools such as WhatsApp marketing, lead management, and occupancy reports, turning more inquiries into enrollments seamlessly.&#10;&#10;•Improve parent engagement and satisfaction - It provides real-time updates, photos, and communication directly to parents, boosting satisfaction with an easy-to-use parent portal. It keeps parents informed and engaged.&#10;&#10;Automated billing and payment collection - Illumine’s automated billing system helps childcare centers streamline payment collection and manage finances.&#10;&#10;•Data-driven insights for decision-making - The reporting tool helps monitor occupancy, staff ratios, and payments. Businesses use these insights to make informed decisions and optimize their childcare center's operations and growth strategy.&#10;&#10;•Flexible curriculum and learning assessments - Support various teaching styles with Illumine’s curriculum-agnostic platform, offering several preloaded frameworks including EYFS and Montessori. Users can track child progress in real-time and share assessments with parents easily.&#10;&#10;•Security - Keep the center safe with cutting-edge features such as geofencing, facial recognition, and live CCTV feeds. Illumine prioritizes safety and security, ensuring businesses have complete control and oversight.&#10;&#10;•Seamless integration with existing systems - Illumine’s open API allows integration with the business's current software without disruption, including accounting, HRMS, or third-party services, &#10;&#10;•Staff retention - Illumine’s intuitive tools support higher staff retention by making administrative tasks easier, reducing burnout, and improving daily workflow for your staff.&#10;&#10;•Multi-center management - The tool helps manage multiple locations from one dashboard, ensuring consistent policies, communication, and reporting across all centers. Illumine offers bulk operations and unified analytics to optimize operations.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 106 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Illumine Labs
- **Location**: Kolkata, India
- **Founded**: 2017

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Other (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Illumine is free for new centers with up to 10 students and offers discounts for large centers with more than 80 students, after which the platform is available across 3 pricing tiers: Standard, Business, and Enterprise. Pricing starts at $0.50 / student / month and scales with each tier, outlined below: &#10;&#10;Standard: $0.50 / student / month. Designed for single centers. Features include apps for parents, teachers, and admin, unlimited staff accounts, and 20GB storage.&#10;&#10;Business: $0.99 / student / month. Designed for large centers. Includes all 'Standard' features + finance and billing, virtual classes, online payment, staff management, live streaming for up to 2 cameras, task management, bus tracking, and 100GB storage.&#10;&#10;Enterprise: $1.99 / student / month. Designed for multiple centers. Includes all 'Business' features + CRM system, live streaming for up to 16 cameras, curriculum and assessment, lesson planning, sharing and collaboration, and custom features and integrations.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan and 178 more

## Features

- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Admissions Management
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assessment Management
- Assignment Management
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Calendar Management
- Check-in/Check-out
- Class Scheduling
- Client Portal
- Communication Management
- Communications Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Curriculum Management

## Integrations (11 total)

- CCAvenue
- Dynamics 365
- Easebuzz
- Google Forms
- Gusto
- Microsoft Excel
- NetSuite
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Stripe
- Xero

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Child Care Software](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/703/daycare/software)

## Related Categories

- [Child Care Software](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/703/daycare/software)
- [School Administration Software](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/42/school-administration/software)
- [School Administration Software](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/701/school-management/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Absorb LMS](https://www.getapp.ie/software/101753/absorb-lms) — 4.5/5 (329 reviews)
2. [Canvas](https://www.getapp.ie/software/91646/canvas-lms) — 4.6/5 (4309 reviews)
3. [Kiddom](https://www.getapp.ie/software/113225/kiddom) — 3.6/5 (128 reviews)
4. [Schoology](https://www.getapp.ie/software/91647/schoology) — 4.4/5 (487 reviews)
5. [Classe365](https://www.getapp.ie/software/108389/classe365) — 4.8/5 (164 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Serves what I need" — 4.0/5

> **Amandeep** | *17 March 2020* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: Have all the required features need for me to know about my kid
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> **Cons**: Not really, I liked mostly everything about it.
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> Nice

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### "Most effective Application" — 5.0/5

> **Passant** | *14 May 2023* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: The app is easy to use and implement with a friendly UI, over the past year the system got more usable and numbers of clicks were reduced. It added more value to the nurseries we implemented the application in and saved cost and time. Parents sometimes have difficulties using applications, but we never faced that with any of the nurseries.
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> **Cons**: I think the one thing that needs to be enhanced to have all the options available on the mobile application for admins.

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### "Need improvement in the UI navigation" — 3.0/5

> **Bharath** | *29 October 2020* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10
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> **Pros**: The facility to upload pictures and videos
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> **Cons**: When I want to see a particular day's dairy, all the dairy details will come up.
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> It was a pleasant experience

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### "Very happy with the ease of implementing and working of the app" — 5.0/5

> **Nabanita** | *11 October 2023* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: User-friendly - ease of implementation; dynamism of the app- it is ever evolving
> 
> **Cons**: Frequent updation of the software and no intimation of the same

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### "The most useful app i have ever used" — 5.0/5

> **Nagham** | *14 May 2023* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The futures are very good and it’s updated daily And easy to use , and I always find support in any issue
> 
> **Cons**: I think overall my experience was good I didn’t find any problem
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> Good experience

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