Getting Started
New to NestliCare? Start here. Set up your daycare, invite your team, and run your first day.
- guideAdd your first childrenCreate families, add children to them, and assign billing plans.
- overviewFind your way around the dashboardA guided map of the web dashboard for new owners and admins. What each sidebar page and its tabs do, and where to go for common tasks.
- guideGet the mobile appsWhere to download the NestliCare app, who uses it, and how logging in decides what you see.
- overviewHow to evaluate NestliCareAn honest guide to deciding whether NestliCare fits your daycare — what to try first, who it's best for, and where we're deliberately not a fit.
- overviewHow to get helpEvery way to reach NestliCare support, what each one is good for, and how fast to expect an answer. Includes the in-app support thread and NestliAI.
- guideInvite your teamAdd teachers and admins, give them the right role, and assign them to a room. Each person gets their own login.
- guideMove your data over (we do it for you)Upload your roster, staff list, and records from your old system or paper. Our team sets everything up for you, free, whatever your size.
- overviewPricing — what NestliCare costs (and doesn't)NestliCare is 100% free daycare management software. No subscriptions, no per-staff or per-child charges. The only cost is a standard online-payment convenience fee, the same kind every payment processor charges.
- overviewSecurity and privacy at NestliCareHow NestliCare protects child and family data. Encryption, who can see what, where data lives, backups, and what happens when you leave.
- setupSet up billingCreate tuition plans, get online payments turned on, and send your first invoice.
- guideSwitching from other daycare softwareMigrate your families, children, staff, and payment setup to NestliCare without losing history or disrupting your day.
- overviewWelcome to NestliCareA quick overview of what NestliCare does, who each part is for, and where to go first.
- overviewWhere NestliCare works (countries, currencies, and local features)NestliCare is free in every country and bills in any currency; online parent payments are available in 25 countries and five currencies, and everywhere else you record payments you collect yourself.
- setupYour first week with NestliCareA setup checklist that takes a new daycare from signup to a fully running center.
