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 Nursery in a Box
Nursery in a Box is built for UK nurseries and publishes its prices in pounds: £169 to £239 a month by number of children, or £149 to £219 billed yearly. 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 Nursery in a Box if
- Your nurseries are in the UK, which Nursery in a Box is built for
- You value software built by people who ran their own nurseries, as its founders did
Side by side
Owly and Nursery in a Box, feature by feature
| Feature | Owly | Nursery in a Box |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | €169 a site a month, or €149 billed yearly | Published in pounds for UK nurseries: £169 to £239 a month, or £149 to £219 yearly |
| Priced by | One price per site, any number of children | Number of children: up to 55, 56 to 120, or 121+ |
| Every feature in one plan | Yes, nothing is an add-on | Yes, every nursery gets the complete platform |
| Try before you buy | 15-minute demo, then a 2-week free trial | Demo |
| Setup, migration and training | Free, most settings live within a week | Free migration, training and support |
| 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 |
| Enquiries to enrolment | Website form leads, viewings and one-click conversion to a child record | Enquiries and admissions |
| Billing and online payments | Included, with one-click payments in the parent app | Invoicing included; NurseryPay managed payments optional at £49 per setting a month |
| Staff rotas and ratios | Room planning, live ratios, staff hours and payroll export | Staffing, ratios and rotas |
| Parent app | Free for every family, iOS and Android | Included |
| Main market | Malta and the UK | UK nurseries |
| 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 | Two or more sites are priced to your group |
Prices exclude VAT. Where we say not listed, we could not find it on Nursery in a Box's published pages, which is not the same as it not existing.
What sets them apart
The key differences
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 Nursery in a Box's pricing page.
Security down to the device
Owly's device-level security policies decide which devices can open what, so children's photos and records can stay on the nursery tablet while carers clock in from their own phones.
Switching
Switching from Nursery in a Box
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 Nursery in a Box: your questions
No. Nursery in a Box publishes its prices in pounds for UK nurseries: £169 to £239 a month by number of children. 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 Nursery in a Box comes from its own website, checked on 20 October 2026: https://www.nurseryinabox.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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