Home daycare camera system
Secure live camera streaming for your home daycare
CareCam's Home daycare plan gives home daycare providers a secure parent-view streaming setup for up to 4 cameras at $49/month, with no professional installation required.
Why home daycare providers offer parent camera access
Build family trust faster
Parents choosing a home daycare take a personal leap of faith. Live camera access shows transparency that large centers can't always match.
Fewer check-in calls
Parents who can peek in during the day don't need to call to ask "how is she doing?", especially in the first weeks.
Stand out from competitors
Most home daycares don't offer camera access. The ones that do have a real enrollment advantage when families are choosing.
Extra reassurance for infant families
Infant and toddler parents are the most anxious. Camera access addresses their biggest worry, especially during nap times.
The Home daycare plan, built for home daycare size
Home daycares typically need 1–4 cameras. The Home daycare plan is designed exactly for that, with no enterprise overhead or minimum commitment.
- Up to 4 cameras
- Unlimited parent accounts
- You set the viewing hours
- Enrollment-based access (each parent sees only their child's room)
- iOS, Android & browser, free for parents
- Month-to-month, no contract
How to set up cameras in a home daycare
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Choose or confirm your cameras
If you have IP cameras with RTSP enabled (Hikvision, Anpviz, UniFi, Hanwha, etc.) you can likely use them as-is. New cameras suitable for a home daycare cost $80–$150 each and install like a standard security camera.
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Connect cameras to CareCam
Enter each camera's RTSP URL in the CareCam dashboard. No specialized technical knowledge required. If you can follow step-by-step instructions, you can do this yourself.
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Set your viewing schedule
Decide when parents can view, typically your care hours. Outside those times, the stream is off. This gives you control and keeps the system appropriate.
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Approve family access requests
Families create their own free CareCam account and request access; you approve each request and they can watch from the app or any browser. They only see the room their child is in.
Encryption and reliability
A home daycare feed is your families' children. Here is exactly how CareCam keeps it private and available.
Encrypted in transit
Every connection uses HTTPS (TLS 1.2+). The video stream, parent logins, and account data all travel over encrypted connections, never in the clear.
Per-parent authentication
Each family signs into their own account, and every stream is authorized per session with a short-lived access token. Passwords are hashed, never stored in plain text.
Nothing archived to leak
Viewing is live-only and video-only (no audio). CareCam keeps no recorded footage for parents, so there is no stored archive to breach, lose, or subpoena.
99.9% uptime SLA
The service runs on managed cloud infrastructure with automatic HTTPS, backed by a 99.9% uptime target (three nines). A small UPS on your appliance keeps the feed up through short power blips.
Home daycare camera questions
Can a home daycare afford a camera system?
How many cameras does a home daycare need?
Is a home daycare camera system legal?
Do I need a professional to install cameras?
What cameras work with a home daycare setup?
Can parents watch from their phones?
Starting from scratch? See the 2-camera home daycare kit (shopping list + setup steps). Putting it in writing? Grab the free home daycare camera policy & consent templates. Concerned about state regulations? Read our guide on daycare camera privacy laws by state.
See if your cameras work
See if your cameras work with the $49/mo Home plan
Tell us your camera brand and we'll confirm compatibility and the simplest setup for your home daycare. The Home plan covers up to 4 cameras for $49/month. We reply within one business day.
Give the families you care for a live view
Home daycare plan is $49/month. Works with most cameras you already have. Parents download the app free.