Families & students
Households, contacts, students, and per-subject enrollments — with assessment and level history that follows each student over time.
One platform for the whole center
Run your entire center
from one place.
CenterSuite replaces the tangle of tools learning centers run on — email marketing, scheduling, attendance, time tracking, texting, billing reminders, spreadsheets — with a single platform built around how Center Directors actually work.
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One platform instead of seven.
Every separate tool is another login, another monthly bill, another export that doesn't line up. CenterSuite brings the whole front desk together.
What you're juggling now
- Email marketing tool
- Scheduling app
- Attendance tracker
- Staff time clock & payroll tool
- Texting service
- Billing & reminder spreadsheets
- A pile of Google Sheets
What you run instead
CenterSuite
One login. One bill. Everything connected.
See exactly what one tool replaces.
The others each do a slice. CenterSuite does the whole job of running a center.
| What it does |  CenterSuite |
Constant Contact | Homebase | Zoho | QuickBooks Time | SimpleTexting | Excel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family & student management | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Class scheduling | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Attendance & check-in | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Staff scheduling & time clock | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Payroll prep | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Email & text to families | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| Billing reminders | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Reports across everything | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| One login, one bill | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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CenterSuite wasn't dreamed up by a software company guessing at your day. It was built with Center Directors who live it — pressure-tested against the real chaos of a busy center: front-desk check-ins, last-minute schedule changes, parent texts, payroll. Every feature earned its place.
Shaped by people who run centers, refined release after release.
Everything the front desk touches, in one place.
Organized around the jobs you actually do — not a list of modules.
Scheduling & attendance
A single classroom schedule that drives check-in and a live attendance board, so the floor always matches the plan.
Staff & payroll
Staff scheduling, a real time clock, timesheets, and payroll prep — instead of a separate app and a spreadsheet.
Communication
Email and SMS from one inbox, with templates, two-way texting, and automation that sends the right message at the right time.
Billing reminders
Per-family billing reminders and follow-up tasks, so nothing slips — set it once and let it run.
Reports & lists
Build any list of families, students, or staff, export it, and reuse it — your data, answering your questions.
See how little it takes to run a busy day.
A 90-second tour of a real workflow, start to finish.
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Switching is the scary part. We do it with you.
You don't have to rebuild your center by hand. We import your families, students, schedule, and staff — and we don't flip the switch until everything's right and you're comfortable.
- We bring your existing data over for you.
- We set it up to match how your center already works.
- You run both side-by-side until you're confident.
- Real help from people who understand the work.
Transparent pricing. One bill.
Priced against the stack it replaces — most centers pay more than this today, spread across separate tools.
Center
$PLACEHOLDER/ month
Everything one center needs to run.
- Families, students & enrollments
- Scheduling & attendance
- Staff, time clock & payroll prep
- Email & SMS communication
- Billing reminders & reports
Multi-center
Let's talk
Running more than one location? We'll tailor it.
- Everything in Center
- Multiple locations
- Priority onboarding & migration
Questions, answered.
How hard is it to switch?
Easier than staying on the patchwork. We migrate your families, students, schedule, and staff for you, set things up to match how your center runs, and keep you on your old tools until you're confident. You're not doing this alone.
Is our families' data private and secure?
Yes. Every center gets its own isolated database — your data is never mixed with another center's. Connections are encrypted, and sensitive fields are encrypted at rest. You can export your data at any time; it's yours.
Is CenterSuite affiliated with any particular learning brand or curriculum?
No. CenterSuite is an independent software company. We're not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any single curriculum, brand, or organization — it's a tool for running an enrichment center, whatever you teach.
Can we text families from it?
Yes — two-way SMS and email are built in, with templates and automation. Texting uses a dedicated business number and follows carrier registration requirements, which we help you set up during onboarding.
Can we get our data out if we leave?
Always. Your families, students, staff, and history export to standard files whenever you want. No lock-in.
What does support look like?
Real help from people who understand a busy center — onboarding, migration, and ongoing support. Start with a demo on your own data and see for yourself.
See it on your center's data.
Book a guided walkthrough, spin up your own live demo, or jump straight in.