twobabies.co

What it is

twobabies is a vertical SaaS product for Australian Family Day Care (FDC), positioned as an “operating system.” It aims to replace scattered spreadsheets, paper records, message threads, and manual reconciliation by bringing CCS subsidy claims, NQF/NQS compliance, EYLF/MTOP curriculum records, educator qualifications, parent communication, and daily care records into a single trusted source of record.

Core capabilities

The product is not a generic childcare management system; it is designed specifically around Australia’s FDC regulatory and subsidy workflows. For coordinators, it presents risks through an “intervention queue,” such as expiring WWCC checks, lapsed First Aid certificates, CCS session mismatches, QIP tasks coming due, and overdue gap fees. For educators, it covers daily workflows such as observations, attendance, incidents, and certificates. For parents, it provides an official timeline of attendance, fees, and care events. On the compliance side, it covers all seven NQF Quality Areas and links QIP maintenance and A&R preparation to NQS elements. Curriculum records are mapped to EYLF v2.0 and MTOP.

Pricing and trial

Pricing is relatively transparent: monthly billing is based on the number of active children, with unlimited educator and coordinator seats. Sapling costs AUD 14 per active child/month and is intended for 1–60 children. Riverbed costs AUD 11 per active child/month for 60–250 children, adding migration concierge support, CCS reconciliation reminders, CSV/API export, and priority support. Watershed is for networks with more than 250 children, with custom pricing, SSO, custom integrations, a dedicated success manager, and a 99.9% SLA. The official site states that there are no setup fees, migration fees, CCS submission fees, or subsidy commissions, and it offers a 30-day free parallel trial.

Pros and cons

Its strengths are its focused use case, clear pricing structure, and the way it connects subsidies, compliance, evidence, and communication into a closed loop. Free migration support from Harmony Web, Xplor, OWNA, Storypark, Kindyhub, spreadsheets, and paper records also reduces adoption friction. The drawbacks are also clear: it is highly dependent on Australia’s CCS/NQF framework, making it weak as an international general-purpose solution; and disclosure is limited around enterprise-level details such as permission granularity, self-hosting, public API documentation, encryption, and auditing.

Who it is for and access from China

It is best suited to Australian FDC service providers, coordinator teams, multi-service operators, councils, and industry organizations—especially services still relying on spreadsheets and manual reconciliation. For childcare or early education organizations in China, CCS, NQF, and EYLF/MTOP do not align well; local alternatives should prioritize childcare management systems that fit Chinese regulation, payments, and home–kindergarten communication scenarios. Access from China cannot be determined from the available text, and payment methods are not disclosed; the site only mentions Australian GST invoices and CSV/API export.