Pricing
Less time writing observations, more time with the children
Your team jots down what they saw, and Obsly writes it up — so the evening isn’t spent at a screen.
There’s a plan to suit most settings — from a single childminder to a large nursery. You pay for the staff who use it, with no limit on how many children are on your roll.
The tiers
Priced by staff accounts, nothing else
| Tier | Who it’s for | People | Per month | Get started |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Up to 5 children | One of you, trying it out | 1 login | £0 per month | Start free → |
| Childminder No limit on children | One or two of you | 2 logins | £9 per month | Start free → |
| Nursery Most settings No limit on children | Up to 15 practitioners | 15 logins | £29 per month | Start free |
| Large nursery No limit on children | Up to 40 practitioners | 40 logins | £49 per month | Start free → |
Nursery
Most settingsUp to 15 practitioners · 15 logins
No limit on children
Every tier starts on the same free account. You choose a plan inside the app when you’re ready.
The details
Three things managers ask
One account each, and why
Everyone needs their own login. A shared password makes your sign-off record worthless — if three people use one account, nobody signed anything. Your own login is what makes “she wrote it, she stood behind it” mean something.
Monthly, cancel any time
Just a month at a time. No annual contract, no “commit and save” — we’d rather earn it every month. Cancel and your plan ends when the month does.
No limit on children
On every paid tier there’s no cap on how many children are on your roll. You pay for the people writing observations, not the children they’re about.
Every plan
The same product, whatever you pay
Observations from your notes
Jot down what you saw; Obsly writes it up in your own words, ready for you to check.
Framework links, in your words
Every EYFS link quotes the words from your own note — never padded, never invented.
It won’t flatter a thin note
A note with little in it stays short. Obsly won’t inflate it into something it isn’t.
A sign-off behind every note
Each observation is created by the practitioner who logged in, and stands in her name.
A PDF for any child
Export a child’s record as a PDF whenever you need one — for a parent, a move or a visit.
Nothing sent without a press
Notes leave the server only when a practitioner presses Create, and she sees what’s sent.
Questions
The five we hear most
We already have Tapestry.
Good — keep it. Tapestry stores your observations; Obsly writes them. Different job. There's no migration, no switching, and nothing to undo if you stop.
That's more than we pay for Tapestry.
True, and the comparison to make is with staff time, not software. If everyone between them saves half an hour a week, it's covered — you can do that sum without believing anything we've told you.
We tried AI and it was generic rubbish.
Fair. The difference is that every framework link here quotes the words from your own note, and it refuses to pad a thin note into something it isn't. The worked example on our how-it-works page shows exactly that.
I'd need to ask the owner.
Then don't decide alone. Try it in one room for a month on the free plan, or forward a half-page that makes the case — and come back when you've seen whether anyone asks to keep it.
Do you need our children's data?
A practitioner's notes are sent, once, only when she presses Create — and she sees exactly what's about to go first. No dates of birth leave the server, and no other child is named in the finished record.
Start free
No card, no trial countdown, no call with anyone. Free for one practitioner and up to 5 children.
Manager, and not ready to commit? Don’t. Try it in one room for a month and see whether anyone asks to keep it.