Nursebuddy is a care management platform for domiciliary care/homecare providers. Operated by a Finnish company, it aims to connect care agencies, carers, family members, and relevant professionals within a single system. It is not a general-purpose CRM or project management tool, but a vertical SaaS product designed around homecare workflows.
The platform covers digital care records, care plans, eMAR electronic medication administration records, rostering, a carer app, quality and compliance, team management, finance, and a family portal. Care records can store client interests, daily preferences, medical information, emergency contacts, and more, and Nursebuddy states that it complies with the PRSB “About Me” standard. Care plans support templates, predefined tasks, priorities, locking, and automatic review reminders. For eMAR, it supports custom medication libraries, PRN medication, dosage and frequency, body maps, missed-medication alerts, color-coded MAR charts, and automatic updates after visits. For collaboration, carers can access service information via the app, managers handle planning and monitoring, and family members can remotely view progress through a secure portal. Plans also include specialised user roles.
Nursebuddy is priced by monthly care hours/visits and does not charge per-user license fees. Standard is £229/month and includes 500 hours; Pro is £529/month and includes 3000 hours, with overages charged in hourly blocks. For more than 10000 hours, Enterprise is available with custom pricing. Training, onboarding, and support are included in the price. Standard and above include Xero accounting integration and CM2000 integration. Pro and Enterprise provide API access, while Enterprise also supports custom integrations and development team support. Essentials is aimed at new providers with fewer than 300 hours/month, but the main text does not state a specific price.
The strengths are its complete operational workflow coverage, clear focus on a vertical use case, and unlimited users, which is friendly to agencies with many carers. It also supports online learning, customer support chat, video support, and training workshops. The drawbacks are limited disclosure around security and compliance: details such as GDPR, data residency, and encryption are not clearly visible. API access is only available on higher-tier plans, and there does not appear to be a self-hosted deployment option. It is best suited to homecare providers moving from paper care records, spreadsheet-based rostering, and manual MAR processes to a digital system, especially in the UK and Ireland markets.
The source text does not provide information on network accessibility from China, RMB payments, or local compliance, so china_access can only be marked as unknown. If a Chinese organization wants to use it, it should carefully evaluate access stability, time zone and language support, payment methods, cross-border data transfer, and local care-sector regulatory requirements. Alternatives to compare include Birdie, CarePlanner, Access Care Planning, AlayaCare, and CareLineLive, or China-based SaaS platforms for elderly care/care provider management.
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nursebuddy.co is an Finland SaaS Tools provider. TG4G tracks its product information, an overall rating of 7.0/10, and a China-accessibility score of Workable. Click "Visit Official Site" to reach nursebuddy.co directly.