AcornCloud or Childpaths?
What's the best choice for your crèche?

Your business deserves a modern, intelligent crèche management app that makes managing complex early years funding simple.

Your business deserves a modern, intelligent crèche management app that makes managing complex early years funding simple.

Your business deserves a modern, intelligent crèche management app that makes managing complex early years funding simple.

Moving to AcornCloud was effortless. Krish and Edita handled everything; we didn’t have to close for the day. Our parents love the messaging features and we all find the app so simple to use.

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Crèche ??

Hey there, crèches ; it's Switching Season!

Switch to AcornCloud before 31 August, and enjoy discounted pricing for 12 months.

Why are Ireland’s early years services switching to AcornCloud?

Invoicing that works for your crèche.

When an app is designed to keep your early years business profitable, it should have best-in-class, automated invoicing 

and instant payments.

Invoicing that works for your crèche.

When an app is designed to keep your early years business profitable, it should have best-in-class, automated invoicing 

and instant payments.

Invoicing that works for your crèche.

Reclaim the 30 hours per week you’d normally spend on invoicing and NCS funding.

Transparent pricing and great support.
Transparent pricing and great support.

Choose proactive and award-winning customer support on 

a platform with clear, easy-to-understand pricing that doesn’t change each month.

Make informed decisions about enrolments and staffing with ease.

Transparent pricing and great support.

Choose proactive and award-winning customer support on 

a platform with clear, easy-to-understand pricing that doesn’t change each month.

Pobal-compliant record keeping.

Don’t settle for software that’s designed for primary schools. AcornCloud means stress-free inspections and complete early years compliance.

Pobal-compliant record keeping.

Don’t settle for software that’s designed for primary schools. AcornCloud means stress-free inspections and complete early years compliance.

Pobal-compliant record keeping.

Keep team and parent messages, reports and updates in one place.

Trusted by thousands of Irish early years teachers, managers, parents and inspectors.

Trusted by thousands of Irish early years teachers, managers, parents and inspectors.

Trusted by thousands of Irish early years teachers, managers, parents and inspectors.

Want to learn more?

Get a personalised AcornCloud demo now.
No credit card. No obligation. Absolutely zero stress!😇

Want to learn more?

Get a personalised AcornCloud demo now.
No credit card. No obligation. Absolutely zero stress!😇

Want to learn more?

Get a personalised AcornCloud demo now.
No credit card. No obligation. Absolutely zero stress!😇

Goodbye calculation chaos.
Hello fast funding.

Automate your invoice creation.

Easily and accurately invoice with automated charges for meals and other deductions. It’s like magic!

Remove the uncertainty

Apply accurate State NCS 

and ECCE figures without complex manual calculations and guesswork.

Attendance-based smart billing.

Goodbye spreadsheet errors; automatically match your billing with each child’s attendance.

Make the smart choice for your business.

Is your crèche software supporting your business through today’s tough compliance and funding challenges? Modern apps lets you automate invoicing, simplify funding management and keep your business and team compliant.

Attendance-linked automatic billing

Attendance-linked automatic billing

Attendance-linked automatic billing

Translation in any language

Translation in any language

Translation in any language

Online payments

Online payments

Online payments

Itemised family invoicing

Itemised family invoicing

Itemised family invoicing

Automatic recurring weekly invoicing

Automatic recurring weekly invoicing

Automatic recurring weekly invoicing

Can I move my data from ChildPaths?

Yes! We’ve helped loads of hundreds of early years professionals move to AcornCloud. 


It’s simple, quick and completely free!

Yes! We’ve helped loads of early years professionals move to AcornCloud. 


It’s simple, quick and completely free!

Sounds great, but I have a few questions!

You both do invoicing, huh?
You both do invoicing, huh?

That’s right, and with AcornCloud you can even group invoices by family. That means parents can just pay one bill via the app with line items for each child’s charges. Snazzy!

That’s right, and with AcornCloud you can even group invoices by family. That means parents can just pay one bill via the app with line items for each child’s charges. Snazzy!

That’s right, and with AcornCloud you can even group invoices by family. That means parents can just pay one bill via the app with line items for each child’s charges. Snazzy!

Wait, so parents can pay their bills online with AcornCloud?
Wait, so parents can pay their bills online with AcornCloud?

Yup! We’re integrated with Stripe, the world’s most powerful and secure online payments platform. When a parent pays their bill, funds can be in your account within 30 minutes. In banking terms, that’s pretty instant! 🚀

Yup! We’re integrated with Stripe, the world’s most powerful and secure online payments platform. When a parent pays their bill, funds can be in your account within 30 minutes. In banking terms, that’s pretty instant! 🚀

Yup! We’re integrated with Stripe, the world’s most powerful and secure online payments platform. When a parent pays their bill, funds can be in your account within 30 minutes. In banking terms, that’s pretty instant! 🚀

But my team is already comfortable with Childpaths.
But my team is already comfortable with Childpaths.

We’ve designed AcornCloud to be simple for users to be productive within their first session. We also provide comprehensive migration support to ensure a smooth transition.

We’ve designed AcornCloud to be simple for users to be productive within their first session. We also provide comprehensive migration support to ensure a smooth transition.

We’ve designed AcornCloud to be simple for users to be productive within their first session. We also provide comprehensive migration support to ensure a smooth transition.

I’ve heard Childpaths is more established in Ireland?
I’ve heard Childpaths is more established in Ireland?

That’s what people told us too! But as a group of educators based in Tralee, we found the existing options didn’t work for us. That’s why we built AcornCloud to help us run our business, and now many, many more Irish crèches like yours.

That’s what people told us too! But as a group of educators based in Tralee, we found the existing options didn’t work for us. That’s why we built AcornCloud to help us run our business, and now many, many more Irish crèches like yours.

That’s what people told us too! But as a group of educators based in Tralee, we found the existing options didn’t work for us. That’s why we built AcornCloud to help us run our business, and now many, many more Irish crèches like yours.

I’m so ready for this! 

How do I make the switch?

Switching to AcornCloud is easy. Book a demo or talk to us if you want to learn more.

Yes! We’ve helped loads of early years professionals move to AcornCloud. 


It’s simple, quick and completely free!