A price you can see, in euros
Owly publishes its price for Europe: €169 a site a month, or €149 billed yearly, excluding VAT, with every feature included. There is no quote to request and no plan to upgrade to later.
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Owly vs Connect Childcare
Connect Childcare sells to UK settings and publishes its prices in pounds: £175 a month per setting, on a fixed-term contract. Owly costs €169 a site a month, or €149 billed yearly, with every feature included, and comes with a 2-week free trial after your demo.
Choose Owly if
- You want a price in euros you can see before talking to anyone
- You want every feature in one plan, including AI help with observations and live translation
- You want to try it free for two weeks after your demo
Choose Connect Childcare if
- Your settings are in the UK, where Connect Childcare sells
- You prefer a price fixed for the length of a contract
Side by side
Owly and Connect Childcare, feature by feature
| Feature | Owly | Connect Childcare |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | €169 a site a month, or €149 billed yearly | Published in pounds for UK settings: £175 a month per setting |
| Priced by | One price per site, any number of children | Per setting, quoted to you |
| Contract | No long contract, a fair notice period | Fixed-term contract, with the price fixed for the term |
| Try before you buy | 15-minute demo, then a 2-week free trial | Demo; no trial mentioned |
| Setup, migration and training | Free, most settings live within a week | Free setup, with support and training included |
| Learning journeys and curriculum | Observations and assessments aligned to your own curriculum framework | EYFS observations and assessments through iConnect, a separate product with no published price |
| AI help with observations | Identifies the learning outcomes an activity covered and drafts the write-up | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Live message translation | Included for every family, both ways, in 100+ languages | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Billing and online payments | Included, with one-click payments in the parent app | Card payments and Direct Debit; the Connect Cashflow add-on charges transaction fees |
| Parent app | Free for every family, iOS and Android | ParentZone, a separate product with no published price |
| E-signatures | Coming soon | E-signatures in the parent app |
| Main market | Malta and the UK | UK settings |
| Device-level access control | Photos and child records can be limited to nursery devices | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Nursery groups | Central billing and cross-site reporting included; enterprise package from 10 sites | Groups of 10 to 300+ sites are quoted |
Prices exclude VAT. Where we say not listed, we could not find it on Connect Childcare's published pages, which is not the same as it not existing.
What sets them apart
The key differences
One product, not three
Connect lists its management software, its iConnect learning journal and its ParentZone parent app as separate products, and only the first has a published price. Owly's single plan includes learning journeys and a parent app that is free for every family.
AI and translation included
Owly's AI writing tool identifies the learning outcomes an activity covered and drafts the observation, and live chat translation lets parents message you in their own language. Neither is listed on Connect Childcare's pricing page.
Switching
Switching from Connect Childcare
Our onboarding team moves everything across for you, free, and trains your staff. Most settings are live within a week.
How switching works →- Children's records and profiles
- Family contacts and permissions
- Attendance history
- Invoices and billing details
- Learning portfolios and observations
- Staff records and documents
FAQ
Owly vs Connect Childcare: your questions
No. Connect Childcare publishes its prices in pounds for UK settings: £175 a month per setting. Owly costs €169 a site a month, or €149 billed yearly, excluding VAT, with every feature included.
Where this information comes from
Everything we say about Connect Childcare comes from its own website, checked on 20 October 2026: https://connectchildcare.com/pricing/
Owly's prices are on our pricing page. Prices and features change, so if anything here is out of date, tell us at hello@getowly.com.
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