We build bridges between centers and families
Pontis — Latin for “of the bridge” — started with a simple belief: the people who care for our youngest children deserve software that works as hard as they do, without getting in the way.
Childcare runs on connection — between teachers and children, centers and parents, today's milestones and tomorrow's growth. Yet most centers were holding it all together with paper sign-in sheets, group texts, spreadsheets, and a billing tool that didn't talk to anything else.
We built Pontis to be the span that connects it all. One platform where attendance, billing, communication, learning, and compliance share the same source of truth — so directors get clarity, teachers get their time back, and families stay close to their child's day.
Today thousands of centers run on Pontis. We're still guided by the same question we started with: does this make a caregiver's day a little easier?
- 2018
- founded
- 4,000+
- centers served
- 1.2M
- daily family updates
- 98%
- customer retention
The principles behind the product
Educators first
Every feature starts with a teacher or director's real day. If it adds busywork, it doesn't ship.
Calm by design
Software for childcare should lower the noise, not add to it. We design for clarity and quiet.
Trust is the product
We protect family data like it's our own — encryption and two-factor security on every account.
Always improving
We ship constantly, listen closely, and let centers shape where Pontis goes next.
Come build calmer childcare with us
Whether you run one room or a hundred, we'd love to show you what Pontis can do.