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🧸 For daycares

Hands full of toddlers.
Riley has the phone.

A parent looking for a spot calls during the day, which is when nobody can leave the room. Riley answers every call, books the tour, answers the questions about ages, hours and fees, and gets a parent’s message to you.

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An early childhood educator reading to a circle of toddlers

📞 Looking for a toddler spot · 10:30 AM

🗓️ Tour · Thu 4:00

💬 Confirmation texted

24/7Every call answered

30+Languages she speaks

3 minTo set up and go live

$0Today. 14 days free, no card

What Riley handles for daycares.
From hello to the booked tour.

She answers in your business’s name, with the hours, services and prices you give her. You stay in control of what she says.

A parent dropping off a toddler at a daycare door — Tours booked without leaving the room

Toddlers doing a craft with an educator — Your eyes stay on the children

A father picking up his daughter — Parents’ messages reach you right away

Tours & enrolment

Books the tour
Takes the child’s age and the start date they want
Texts the confirmation

Spots & your waitlist

Answers ages, hours and fees, from what you tell her
Takes the family’s details for your list
Never promises a spot

Parents calling in

An absence or a late pickup is texted to you
Puts an urgent call through
Takes everything else as a clear message

The everyday questions

Meals, naps, closures and what to pack
Subsidy information you provide
Takes a message when she doesn’t know

Follow-ups

A text after the tour
Reminds families the day before
Every reply lands in one inbox

Evenings & weekends

Answers 24 hours a day, in 30+ languages
Books tours while you’re closed
You open to tours on the calendar

✋ She says what you tell her to say. Riley answers from the hours, services and prices you give her. Anything else becomes a clear message for you, and a true emergency is put through the way you set it.

A day with Riley on your line.
From the first call to the last.

A daycare playroom before opening with a phone lighting up

7:15 AM

Before drop-off

A parent calls about a late start. You have the message before they arrive.

Educators helping toddlers with their coats

10:30 AM

Coats and boots

Every educator has a child in each hand. A tour is booked for Thursday.

1:15 PM

Nap time

You read the calls quietly: two tours, one waitlist family, one question about fees.

7:40 PM

After bedtime

A parent finally has time to call. The tour is booked.

It’s 10:30 am. Twelve toddlers, twenty-four boots.

Nobody can leave the room, and nobody has to. Riley answers the parent on the phone and books the tour.

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What daycares use today.
And where Riley fits.

Four ways the phone gets answered, what each one costs, and the childcare software you can keep.

Whoever is free

Whoever has a hand free picks up. When the room is busy nobody does, and the caller gets voicemail.

Free, until it’s busy

Voicemail

It takes a message. It can’t book the tour, give your hours or tell an emergency from a question.

Free, and it books nothing

An answering service

A live service is priced by the minute or by the call, so a busy month costs more. Ruby charges $3.45–$5.00 a minute; Smith.ai starts at $150 a month for 75 calls, then $2+ a call.

From $150 a month, then per call

Riley, on ThreeDay

Answers every call, 24/7, in 30+ languages. Books the tour, texts the confirmation and puts urgent calls through.

$149/mo with 300 minutes · $0.35 after

The childcare software you already run? Keep it.

Riley doesn’t replace it. She answers the phone and books into your ThreeDay calendar with the hours and services you set, and you’re alerted for every booking, so your team adds it to your system the way they add any phone booking today. If you’d rather run the schedule in ThreeDay, it’s included.

Canada

Lillio, Sandbox or Brightwheel

United States

Brightwheel, Procare or Kangarootime

The systems named are ones daycares commonly use. All names and marks belong to their owners; ThreeDay Digital is not affiliated with them and does not claim to connect to them. Answering-service prices checked 22 September 2026 on each vendor’s own pricing page. Their prices change — check theirs before you decide.

More than a receptionist.
The whole back office, one login.

Riley is the front door. Behind her, the same app runs your schedule, your families, your invoices and your follow-ups. Front Desk Pro switches on all four.

AI Voice Receptionist

Answers every call 24/7 on its own number, books appointments mid-call, texts confirmations and transfers live when it matters — in 30+ languages.

Own numberLive bookingSMS confirmsLive transfer

Command Center + CRM

The day-to-day desk: schedule, waitlist, clients and their records, orders, follow-ups, timesheets, inventory and reports — one hub for the whole team.

ScheduleClientsTimesheetsReports

Business Hub + Money

Invoices, proposals and contracts with e-sign and pay links, recurring billing that runs itself, File Vault share links, revenue and expense tracking.

E-signPay linksRecurring billingFile Vault

ThreeDay Agent + Sidekick

The ThreeDay Agent knows your whole account — ask about your calls, invoices or clients and it answers from your real numbers. Sidekick keeps the team’s notes, to-dos, voice notes, planner and whiteboards on every page.

Ask anythingYour real dataTeam notesVoice notes

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Don’t take our word for it.
Call her.

Eight live demo linesEach one is set up for a different kind of business. Pick one, ask for an appointment and hear what your callers would get.

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Two ways to start.

Set it up yourself in minutes, or have us do it for you.

Start it yourself

Front Desk from $149/mo with 300 minutes included. 14 days free, $0 today, no card required.

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Have us do it: Concierge

We set everything up, tune it on your real calls and meet you monthly on the results. From $997/mo plus a one-time setup.

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Questions from daycares

Does she tell a parent there’s a spot?+

Never on her own. She answers what you tell her about ages and availability, takes the family’s details and books the tour. Offers come from you.

What if a parent calls about their child during the day?+

She follows your rules: an urgent call is put through, and an absence or late pickup is texted to you right away.

Will callers know she’s an AI?+

She sounds natural and friendly, and we disclose that she’s AI wherever the law requires it. You decide how she introduces herself and what she says.

Can we keep our number?+

Yes. We port your number over, or you keep it and forward calls to her: all day, only after hours, or only when you can’t pick up.

How long does it take to set up?+

About three minutes for the self-serve plans: sign up, answer a few questions about your business, and your number is live. With Concierge we set it up for you and tune it on your real calls.

What does it cost?+

Front Desk is $149 a month with 300 minutes, and extra minutes are $0.35 each. It’s month to month, with 14 days free and no card to start. Concierge, where we set it up and run it with you, is $997 a month plus a one-time $1,500 setup.