Use your actual daily fees
Families see an estimate based on your pricing, without having to find your fees elsewhere and enter them themselves.
Customised CCS calculator for childcare centres
FREE for Enrolment Boost clients
Turn questions about childcare fees into your next enrolment conversation.
Help families understand what care at your centre could cost after Child Care Subsidy, using your actual fees. Capture enquiries, give families a clear next step and help your team follow up with a more useful conversation.
- Customised to your centre's pricing
- Branded to your business
- Built into your website
Why it matters
Help families see beyond the daily fee
A daily fee only tells families part of the story. The question they need answered is: “What could our family actually pay?”
If that answer is difficult to find, they may put off enquiring or continue their search elsewhere.
Your customised CCS calculator gives them a clearer starting point, right on your website. Families can explore an indicative out-of-pocket estimate based on your centre's fees and the information they provide, then take the next step with your team.
It gives your fees page a practical role in generating enquiries and starting conversations about enrolment.
Centre pricing
Your centre. Your fees. Their personalised estimate.
The calculator is configured around the care your centre provides and the prices you charge.
Set different fees for different rooms
Where your nursery, toddler or preschool rooms have different rates, the calculator can reflect those differences. Families can select the relevant room or age group for their child.
Make it feel part of your website
Your logo, brand colour and chosen button wording create a familiar experience as families move from learning about your centre to exploring costs.
Give each centre its own setup
Operate more than one service? Configure each centre with its own fees and branding, so families explore the costs relevant to the service they are considering. Multi-centre plans are available.
Lead generation
Give your team an opportunity to follow up
A family exploring childcare costs may be interested without being ready to book a tour. The calculator gives them a useful first step and your team an opportunity to help.
Capture contact details as part of the journey
Families enter their name and email before working through the calculator. Submitted leads are available to your team, creating a way to continue the conversation.
Receive enquiries where your team works
Leads appear in your dashboard and are sent to your enrolments inbox by email. You can also export lead records as a CSV.
Start with useful context
Lead records include information from the calculation, helping your team understand the family's enquiry before responding.
Choose what happens after the estimate
Direct families to an enquiry form, your tour-booking link or a tap-to-call button. Choose the next step that suits your centre's enrolment process.
The calculator opens the conversation. Your team's follow-up helps turn that interest into a tour and, where the fit is right, an enrolment.
Growth plan
Growth features
Help families explore their options with Growth features
For families weighing up childcare costs, one estimate may be only the beginning. The Growth plan adds tools that help them explore their options and keep useful information to hand.
Compare attendance options
What-if sliders and gap-fee comparisons help families explore how different care arrangements could affect their estimated costs.
Download a branded PDF estimate
Give families an estimate they can save and discuss at home, with your centre's branding attached. The PDF download is connected to lead capture, so it also supports your follow-up process.
Tailor your enquiry form
Configurable form fields let you shape the information requested around the way your team handles enquiries.
See where families stop
Advanced funnel reporting shows how people move through the calculator and where they drop off. Use those insights to identify opportunities to improve the enquiry journey.
These features are available on Growth. Ask us which features are included with your EB client access.
Reporting
Understand what your calculator contributes
View submitted leads in one place, receive email notifications and export records for your team's follow-up.
For more detailed measurement, advanced analytics help you see how many visitors open the calculator, complete it and take the next step. Google Analytics and Meta Pixel connections are also available to support campaign measurement.
That gives you a clearer basis for improving the experience and understanding how the calculator supports your marketing.
Setup
Add it to the website you already have
You do not need a new website to introduce a customised CCS calculator.
It can be embedded into platforms including WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Webflow, as well as compatible custom websites. The family experience is designed to work on mobile, with short questions and clear steps.
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Configure your centre
Add your branding, fees and room pricing.
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Choose your next step
Decide whether families should enquire, book a tour or call after viewing their estimate.
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Add it to your website
Place it where families are considering fees and care options.
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Follow up
Use your lead dashboard and email notifications to continue the conversation.
FREE for Enrolment Boost clients
FREE for Enrolment Boost clients
Your website should help interested families take the next step. That is why access to our customised CCS calculator is included free for Enrolment Boost clients.
Bring your centre's fees, the family's estimated costs and an opportunity to enquire together in one place.
Already working with us? Contact the team to arrange your calculator and confirm the features included with your centre's access.
Not an Enrolment Boost client? Standalone subscriptions are also available.
Common questions
Questions centre owners ask
Can it use our centre's actual fees?
Yes. You can configure your own daily fees, including different rates for different rooms or age groups. This makes the estimate relevant to care at your centre.
How does it generate leads?
Contact capture forms part of the calculator journey. Submitted leads appear in your dashboard and trigger email notifications to your enrolments inbox. The result screen also gives families a next step, such as enquiring, booking a tour or calling your team.
Is it really free for Enrolment Boost clients?
Yes. Access to the customised CCS calculator is free for Enrolment Boost clients. Contact our team to arrange your setup and confirm the features included with your access.
Can families save their estimate?
The Growth plan includes a branded PDF estimate that families can download and refer to later.
Will it work on our existing website?
It can be embedded into commonly used platforms including WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Webflow. We can help you check the right setup for your website.
Can we use it across several centres?
Yes. Multi-centre options are available, with each centre configured around its own fees and branding. Speak to us about the arrangement that suits your group.
Does it guarantee what a family will pay?
No. It provides an indicative estimate based on the information entered. Actual Child Care Subsidy entitlement is assessed by Services Australia, and a family's final costs may differ. The estimate is a starting point for a conversation, not a confirmed fee quote or subsidy decision.
What happens when CCS rules change?
Calculator rules are maintained centrally, so centres do not need to update the calculation logic themselves. Your centre's own fee information still needs to be kept current.
Related services
Other ways we help.
Make your fees page the start of a conversation
Show families an estimate based on your centre's pricing, give them a clear way to get in touch and equip your team to follow up.
Your fees. Your branding. More opportunities to connect with interested families.
FREE for Enrolment Boost clients. Standalone plans available.