DaycareLogix vs CenterPilot
$40 a month for the food program, plus setup, plus attendance?
CenterPilot does CACFP for independent centers and sponsors at $40 a month, with a $40 setup fee, $40 a year in maintenance, and attendance as a $20-a-month add-on; Summer Food is $200 a season. It stops at the food program — no billing, no family app, no incident or medication records. DaycareLogix is $29 a month for the food program with no setup fee, or $49 for the food program plus attendance, billing, incidents and the family app.
| What you get | CenterPilot | DaycareLogix |
|---|---|---|
| CACFP meal counts & monthly claim | ||
| Claim checked against the meal pattern before filing | not published | |
| Attendance, ratios & check-in kiosk | add-on · $20/mo | needs check-in: Starter · kiosk: Growth |
| Family billing, statements & online payments | — | needs Starter |
| Incident reports, medication log (eMAR) & licensing records | — | needs incidents: Starter · eMAR: Growth |
| Family app — messages, photos, daily reports | — | needs Starter |
| Adult day programs on the same record | — | |
| Prices published on the website | ||
| Monthly price | $40 + $40 setup + $40/yr | $29–$149 |
| Setup fee | $40 | None |
First year, food program only: $560 (CenterPilot) vs $348 (DaycareLogix Compliance).
First year, food program + attendance: $800 (CenterPilot) vs $588 (DaycareLogix Starter, which also carries billing, incidents and the family app).
Summer Food (SFSP): $200 per season at CenterPilot; included in our Compliance plan.
CenterPilot prices are from its published pricing page (2026-08-29); confirm current pricing with the vendor. CenterPilot is a trademark of its owner; no affiliation or endorsement. A dash means the feature is not in the vendor’s published materials; a short note means it is there with a condition.
Our plans: Compliance $29/mo (the food program and its records), Starter $49/mo (the center’s day: check-in, family billing, the family app, incidents), Growth $149/mo (the eMAR, the lobby check-in kiosk, rooms and beds, admissions, the time clock). “Needs Starter” or “needs Growth” in our column names the lowest plan that carries that row; a row with no note is on every plan from $29 up. Every price is published.
Who CenterPilot is the better fit for
Sponsors running many sites who want a per-site network price and phone support from CACFP specialists, and centers that truly need the food program and nothing else.
Who DaycareLogix is the better fit for
Independent centers that want the food program at a lower price with no setup fee, and any center that will need attendance, billing or a family app this year and would rather not switch twice.
Moving from CenterPilot
The roster imports from a spreadsheet, so an export from CenterPilot is enough to start: each child, their room, a guardian and any allergies come across in one pass, with every row checked before it is committed. Staff are invited by email. Attendance and meal counts begin on the day you switch. If you would rather we load it, reply to any email from us with the file attached and we do it the same day. Nothing is deleted on our side if you decide not to stay: a lapsed trial goes read-only, we keep your records, and the owner can download all of them.
See it yourself
Bring your own roster.
Your data, no slideshow, no call required. The first 14 days are free — no card.