DaycareLogix vs Lillio
Strong on curriculum and documentation. Where does the food program go?
Lillio, formerly HiMama, is built around educational documentation, curriculum kits and professional development, and families like the daily reports. Pricing is quote-only and scales with enrollment; card payments carry 2.9% plus a daily batch fee on bank transfers. Meals are recorded in the daily report, but there is no CACFP claims engine. DaycareLogix builds the claim, runs attendance, billing, incidents and medications on the same record, and publishes every price.
| What you get | Lillio | DaycareLogix |
|---|---|---|
| CACFP meal counts & monthly claim | meal tracking only | |
| Claim checked against the meal pattern before filing | — | |
| Attendance, ratios & check-in kiosk | needs check-in: Starter · kiosk: Growth | |
| Family billing, statements & online payments | needs Starter | |
| Incident reports, medication log (eMAR) & licensing records | incidents (new 2026); no eMAR | 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 | quote · scales with enrollment | $29–$149 |
| Setup fee | — | None |
Card payments 2.9% (Amex 3.25%); ACH $0.60 per transaction plus a $0.60/day batch fee.
Curriculum kits and the Academy professional-development courses are priced separately.
Lillio publishes no price list; payment fees are from the vendor's own fee FAQ, and enrollment-based scaling is as reported by third-party listings in 2026. Lillio and HiMama are trademarks of their 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 Lillio is the better fit for
Programs that lead with curriculum and developmental documentation and want the FunShine kits and CEU courses in the same ecosystem.
Who DaycareLogix is the better fit for
Centers that run CACFP and need the claim, the edit checks, medication administration and incident records in one place, at a flat price that does not rise as enrollment grows.
Moving from Lillio
The roster imports from a spreadsheet, so an export from Lillio 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.