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Care.com pricing
Care.com publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Care.com plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Premium | $39/month | 5 | +$39/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
FreeThe entry tier. It covers create profile, browse caregivers, post jobs, limited messaging.
Premium
$39/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Unlimited messaging
- Background checks
- Priority listing
- Caregiver verification
- Premium support
Where Care.com stops being free
Basic, Free
- Create profile
- Browse caregivers
- Post jobs
- Limited messaging
Premium, $39/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited messaging
- Background checks
- Priority listing
- Caregiver verification
- Premium support
What the product covers
The full Care.com feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Caregiver search
- Background checks
- Secure messaging
- Job posting
- Payroll services
- Tax assistance
- Reviews and ratings
- Identity verification
Security
- Background checks
- Identity verification
- Secure payments
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
People bring Care.com in for finding babysitters, hiring nannies, senior care, pet sitting, housekeeping. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Care.com are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Parenting & Family
Too few parenting & family tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care.com (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| BusyKid | $4/month | - | - | vs Care.com |
| Bark | $5/month | subscription | - | vs Care.com |
| Artkive | Free, then $75/product | - | - | vs Care.com |
| BabyCenter | Free | free | - | vs Care.com |
| Brightwheel | Free | subscription | - | vs Care.com |
| Apple Screen Time | Free | free | - | vs Care.com |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Care.com badges page.
Before you pay for Care.com
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $39/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Care.com runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Care.com, Inc. of Austin, TX. The full record is on the Care.com review, and the rest of the category is under best parenting & family tools.
Care.com pricing questions
- How much does Care.com cost?
- Care.com publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Basic up to $39/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Care.com have a free plan?
- Yes. The Basic tier costs nothing and covers create profile, browse caregivers, post jobs. Paying starts at $39/month for Premium.
- What is the difference between Basic and Premium on Care.com?
- Premium costs $39/month against Free, and adds unlimited messaging, background checks, priority listing, caregiver verification.
- Which parenting & family tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 parenting & family tools listed alongside Care.com have a free tier: Artkive, BabyCenter, Brightwheel, Apple Screen Time, Baby Tracker - Newborn Log.
- What am I actually paying for with Care.com?
- The record lists 19 features across 5 areas: core, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for finding babysitters, hiring nannies, senior care.
- Does Care.com charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Care.com prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Care.com against before paying?
- The closest parenting & family tools in this directory are BusyKid, Bark, Artkive, BabyCenter. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Care.com covering price, platforms and features.