Play-based center
Pinwheel Preschool
"A Joyful Place to Grow" beside a teacher on the floor with the kids, 'Book a Tour' as the main button and the rating, license and ratios under it.
Done by AI · not an agency
Daycare website design by AI, for centers, preschools and home daycares.
Brief Zarla the way you'd brief a web designer. Its AI designs your site in about 30 seconds, with call buttons and an enrollment form, then adds pages for the programs and neighborhoods you list, up to your plan's page limit. No sales call, no weeks-long build.
Your brief: add your town
Already have a website? Bring it across →
Sample designs
Looks like a $5,000 agency website. Judge for yourself.
Six Zarla designs, shown for made-up childcare programs, from a home daycare to an after-school club. Start from one and the AI rewrites it around yours, or let your brief decide.
Home daycare
Doodlebug Days Home Daycare
"Like Grandma's House, With a License" beside a front porch, with '8 kids, max, ever' in the top strip, for the licensed home provider.
Montessori
Juniper House Montessori
A fine serif, an abacus photo and 'Observe a Morning' as the button, with AMI-trained guides and the state license in the top strip.
Infants & toddlers
Little Fern Nursery
Soft greens, 'Ages 6 weeks–2.5 years' above the headline and a 1:3 infant ratio in the top strip, for the nursery that takes babies only.
After-school & camps
The Fort Afterschool & Summer Camp
A dark page with a scrolling marquee of clubs and camps, for the program that picks up from 12 schools and runs all summer.
Drop-in care
Sprout & Go Drop-In Childcare
A booking form in the first screen over a toy-block scene, for the center that sells hours, not months.
The checklist
What every daycare website needs
Six things a daycare website needs to win the tour, each shown on one of Zarla's designs.
- 01
A quote form that asks what the parent needs
Parents want to know two things before they visit: is there a spot, and what does it cost for the hours or days they need. A form that asks what they need, with a phone number to call back on, turns a browse into an enrollment conversation.
- 02
Your license, in the first screen
In the US, child care is licensed by each state (and in some places the county), and the license is the first thing a careful parent checks. Put the licensing body and your rating where they look first, and check with your state's child care licensing agency for what you must display.
- 03
Group size and ratios, said plainly
Parents picture a crowded room. 'Eight kids, ever' or '1:4 infant ratio' answers the worry in a handful of words, before they read a paragraph about your philosophy.
- 04
The ages you take, before the headline
A parent with a four-month-old and a parent with a four-year-old are looking for different places. Say the ages above the headline so each knows in a second whether to keep reading.
- 05
A tour as the main button
Nobody enrolls from a website. They book a tour. Make the tour the main button in the header and under the headline, with the phone number beside it for the parent who'd rather call.
- 06
Hours that match a parent's day
After-school and camp programs are bought on logistics: which schools you pick up from, when the day ends, what happens in the summer. Put those facts in the first screen, not on a programs page.
Process and turnaround
How it works, and how long each step takes
For comparison, from the pages of web designers who build daycare sites: 1–2 to 5–7 business days at a daycare-only website shop depending on the package, around 2–4 weeks at a childcare-only agency, 3–4 weeks for a managed build at a small studio, and about a month at a digital marketing agency.
- About a minute
1. The brief
Finish one sentence about your program: the ages you take and where.
- About 30 seconds
2. First design
Zarla's AI designs your home page with call buttons and a quote form, then adds pages for your programs (infants, toddlers, preschool, after-school) and the neighborhoods you serve, up to your plan's page limit.
- As long as you like
3. Change it
Click any section to swap in photos of your rooms and playground. Or type it: "add a page for our infant room."
- The same day
4. Launch
Publish on a Premium or Business plan and connect your domain.
What's included
What you get from your first brief
- The design. Layout, colors, fonts and photos picked for a daycare or preschool.
- The words. Headlines, service descriptions and FAQs written from your brief. Edit any of it.
- Service and area pages. Pages for each program (infants, toddlers, preschool, pre-K, after-school) and the areas you serve.
- Quote request form. A parent tells you their child's age and the days they need, and it lands in your leads inbox, with an email alert. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself. Then send your quote from Zarla as one link: the customer accepts it online, and Zarla drafts the invoice for what they chose.
- Tap-to-call buttons. On every page, for the parent who'd rather ask about openings out loud.
- Google groundwork. Titles, descriptions, business markup and a sitemap on every page, and fast pages on phones.
- Your Google reviews and listing. Connect your Business Profile and your rating, reviews and map show on the site.
- Hosting on Google Cloud, with SSL. Nothing to set up.Premium
- Your own domain. Connect the one you have or buy one inside Zarla.Premium
Revisions
No revision rounds. No hourly rate.
One small web design studio's managed plan covers unlimited updates while it's active, at $199 a month. With Zarla you make the changes yourself, whenever you want.
Click to edit
Change any section's words, photos, colors or order yourself. As often as you like, on every plan. No AI involved.
Or type the change
Type what you want and the AI makes the change. Typed changes use AI credits: a starter allowance on Free, a monthly allowance on Premium and Business, with a daily limit.
Change the whole design
Move to a different design any time and keep your words, photos and pages. Layout, colors and fonts change; your content isn't rewritten.
Prices
What daycare website design costs in 2026
Prices web designers publish on their own websites for daycare and preschool sites, checked 24 October 2026. Many only quote after a call. Not like-for-like: an agency's price includes people.
| Who | Upfront | Ongoing | Time to launch | Changes after launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A daycare-only website shop8, 10 or 12 pages | $199 / $399 / $699 | $19 a month for hosting, email and support | 1–2, 3–5 or 5–7 business days | Not published |
| A one-person local-search web shopHosting, updates and support on one plan | $199 setup | $49 a month, month-to-month | Not published | Updates included |
| A childcare-only web design agency5 or 15 pages | Not published | $199 / $299 a month, month-to-month | Around 2–4 weeks | Unlimited edits to existing content, within 24 hours |
| A small web design studioA managed site, or a custom build | From $4,500 for a custom build | $199 a month on the managed plan | 3–4 weeks for a managed build, once your photos, tuition and bios are in | Unlimited updates while the managed plan is active |
| A digital marketing agencyCustom site; you own the code and the domain | From $5,000 | Not published | About a month once your content arrives | No allowance published; requests solved the same or next day 95% of the time |
| A website service for local service businessesHand-built site, AI inquiry capture and hosting | A one-time build runs $2,500–$8,000 instead | $249 a month, month-to-month | A free working demo in 48 hours | Updates included |
| A childcare software companyDesign, build and hosting, with enrollment on the site | Not published | $50 a month | Not published | Not published |
| Market rangesAs published by a one-person local-search web shop | Education marketing agencies: $3,000 to $5,000 and up for a custom build | — | — | — |
| Zarla's AINot an agency | Free to design and preview | A Premium or Business plan to publish · see pricing | About 30 seconds to a first design; publish the same day | Click to edit any time; typed changes use AI credits |
The honest part
What an agency does that Zarla doesn't
Zarla does the design part of an agency's job with AI. Here's what you'd still be paying people for.
- A strategy call about your market and your competitors
- Original photos of your team, vans and jobs. Zarla uses your photos or stock.
- Copy written from interviewing you. Zarla writes from your brief, and you edit it.
- Monthly SEO campaigns, link building and ranking reports
- Running your Google Ads and Local Services Ads
- One named person accountable, on the phone
- Custom features beyond Zarla's sections
Want a person for those parts?
Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who build on Zarla and do the marketing work: SEO, ads and growth. The AI does the design; a person does the rest.
Browse Zarla partners →Questions daycare businesses ask
Is Zarla a web design agency?
No. Zarla is AI. It does the design part of an agency's job, the layout, words, pages and forms, from a one-sentence brief. There's no designer on the other end. If you want a person for marketing or SEO, Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who work on Zarla sites.
How much does daycare website design cost?
Web designers who publish prices for daycare sites charge $199 to $699 to set up with $19 to $299 a month, or from $4,500 to $5,000 and up for a custom build; one website service charges $249 a month and quotes a one-time build at $2,500 to $8,000. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
What should a daycare website have?
The ages you take and your hours in the first screen, a tour button and a form that asks the child's age, a page for each program (infants, toddlers, preschool, pre-K, after-school), your license and ratios, photos of your rooms, your daily schedule, and your reviews. Zarla adds program and area pages from your brief, up to your plan's page limit. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself.
How long does a daycare website take?
Web designers who publish timelines quote from 1–2 business days for a basic templated daycare site to 2–4 weeks at a childcare-only agency and about a month at a marketing agency. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
Can parents book a tour online?
Yes. Zarla's online booking lets parents pick a tour time on your website; bookings sync to Google Calendar, and you can take a registration deposit through your own Stripe account if you charge one.
Should my daycare website show tuition?
Parents compare on price before they tour, and a site with no numbers loses them to one with a range. Show weekly or monthly tuition by age group, or a 'from' figure, and say what's included (meals, supplies, late pickup). If your rates change with the days enrolled, the form asks for the days and you quote from there.
I already have a daycare website. Can I move it?
Yes. Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.
Before you spend $5,000 on a website and SEO agency, give Zarla 30 seconds.
Finish the sentence with your town. Zarla's AI designs your site from it.
Already have a website? Bring it across →