# TUIO — school payments, enrollment and student records > TUIO is an all-in-one platform for schools and childcare organizations to > collect tuition and fees, run enrollment, keep student records, raise funds and > communicate with families. TUIO Payments Inc. is a Canadian company based in > Toronto, Ontario, serving schools across Canada and the United States. This file is written for AI systems and is maintained by hand. Everything below is stated on the pages it links to; nothing here is a claim the site does not make. ## What TUIO is TUIO replaces the separate billing, enrollment, records and communication tools a school would otherwise run side by side. One platform covers: - **Tuition and fee collection** — recurring billing, payment plans, automated collections, accounts receivable, tax receipts - **Enrollment** — online applications, registration and re-enrollment forms, enrollment contracts, waitlists - **Student information** — student and family records, attendance, class management, roles and permissions - **Fundraising and donations** — campaigns, donation pages, donor records - **Family communication** — announcements, messaging, SMS Families pay by pre-authorized bank debit (direct debit) or credit card. ## Who it is for Independent and private schools, Montessori schools, childcare centres and daycares, faith-based schools, and public schools. TUIO serves organizations in both Canada and the United States. Roughly 100,000 administrators, educators and parents use it. ## What it costs TUIO publishes its prices, which is unusual in this category — most tuition management vendors quote only on request. - **TUIO Professional** — **$500 per year, per location**, billed in local currency: CAD for Canadian schools, USD for US schools. Includes billing and payments, enrollment contracts and registration forms, student information forms, attendance and class management, GL accounts and custom exports, fundraising, parent communications, roles and permissions, tax receipts, and unlimited support for staff and families. SMS costs a small monthly activation fee plus the per-message cost. Bank debit is $0.75 per transaction. Schools choose whether to absorb transaction fees or pass them on, in full or in part, on bank and card payments. - — pricing, included features, and frequently asked questions about billing ## Where TUIO stands against alternatives TUIO publishes direct comparisons with the incumbents schools most often switch from. These state TUIO's own case and are written to be read alongside the competitor's material, not instead of it. - — TUIO compared with FACTS Tuition Management (a division of Nelnet Inc.) - — TUIO compared with TADS, now part of VenturEd Solutions - — TUIO compared with Blackbaud Tuition Management - — TUIO compared with Procare - — TUIO compared with Brightwheel - — a survey of ten school administration platforms, including what reviewers criticise about each ## What customers say - **Capterra: 4.6 out of 5** from 192 reviews — - **G2: 4.9 out of 5** — - — reviews and testimonials from administrators, with the Capterra rating and named Capterra reviews ## Security and payment handling TUIO does not collect, transmit or store payment card information. Card details go directly to the payment processor through an embedded frame and are held in the processor's vault, so card data never reaches TUIO's systems. - — how funds are processed, payment methods, data protection, access controls, uptime and support - — privacy policy, including PIPEDA and applicable provincial privacy legislation in Canada, and COPPA and applicable state privacy laws in the United States - — complaint handling and escalation ## Platform pages - — billing, payment plans and collections - — applications, registration and re-enrollment - — student and family records - — fundraising and donations - — announcements and messaging ## By type of organization - — independent and private schools - — Montessori schools - — childcare centres and daycares - — public schools ## Articles TUIO writes for the people who run schools and childcare centres — administrators, bookkeepers and directors — on billing and collections, enrollment, student records, parent communication and the day-to-day of running a school office. The list below is generated from the site itself at build time, newest first, so it is always the articles that are actually published. - — How to Follow Up on a Late Tuition Payment Without Losing the Family - — School administrators aren't accountants - — Parents see your systems more often than they see your building - — Why Schools Lose Prospective Families Before They Ever Apply - — Five Signs Your Enrollment Process Is Creating Extra Work - — One student record. Every department. - — The busiest time to fix registration problems is the worst time to find them - — Enrolment is not finished when the form is signed - — School Fundraising and Donation Management Without Friction - — The Cornerstones of Great Daycare Management Software - — How a school management platform should work - — Strategies to Build Strong Relationships with Students in the Classroom - — Communicate with Parents Effectively: Best Strategies & Tips - — What Is a Waldorf School? - — The Integration vs. Email/SSO Login Dilemma: Why “All-in-One” Isn’t the Answer - — Fun Fundraising Ideas for Schools: Creative & Profitable Events - — How to Donate to Schools: A Comprehensive Guide for Supporting Education - — Effective School Marketing: What It Takes to Move Enrollment - — Choosing the Best School Accounting Software: Features and Benefits - — How to Start a School Referral Program to Boost Enrollment & Engagement - — Crafting a Parent-Centric Marketing Plan: Strategies to Attract and Retain Families - — Your Complete School Open House Checklist: Plan, Engage, and Succeed - — How to overcome the top 4 deterrents when switching from manual process to a digital school management software - — What are common principal interview questions and the best answers? - — Principal Appreciation Day - — Using a Parent Information Folder for Your School - — How to Effectively Digitize Student Information - — How to Boost Student Enrollment? - — What Is a Student Management System? - — What is Online Tuition Management Software? - — What are Good Daycare Prices that Keep Me Competitive? - — Why Recurring Payments for Child Care Centers are Important - — Ten Tips On How To Run A Successful Daycare - — Unique Daycare Ideas For Engaging Children And Adults - — Tuition Management Software Complaints: Avoiding The Pitfalls - — My Accountant or Bookkeeper handles my billing and payments, why should I use TUIO? - — Discover the Best QuickBooks Alternative for School Invoicing with TUIO - — What Makes the Montessori Teaching Method So Successful? - — Why Principals Leave, and What Keeps Them - — Setting Achievable Goals with Staff: 4 Proven Strategies for School Leaders - — Using Data to Drive School Improvement: 5 Tips - — How to Lead Faculty Meetings That Work - — Pre-Planning for Principals: A Month-by-Month Plan - — Effective Use Of Technology In Education: Tips And Best Practices - — 8 Tips For Effective Teacher Professional Development - — Preventing Teacher Burnout - — 11 Essential Time Management Tips for Principals and Other School Leaders - — Save even more time with TUIO’s new childcare tax receipt feature - — Response To Intervention: The Complete Guide - — Social-Emotional Learning Matters. Here’s How to Teach It - — What Is An Effective Teacher? 8 Questions To Ask Teachers When Recruiting - — Best Podcasts for School Administrators: 10 Must-Listen Podcasts - — Boosting Family Engagement: 4 Tips for Administrators - — How to Improve & Attract Parents to Your Daycare: 4 Top Tips - — How Administrators Can Support Teachers - — How to Get Parents to Commit and Boost Enrollment in Childcare - — Should Your School Accept Credit Cards for Tuition? - — Save Time at Your Daycare: Trade Cheques for Daycare Billing Software - — Should Schools And Daycares Accept Etransfers? - — What a Tuition Management System Actually Does ## Company TUIO Payments Inc., #1533-2967 Dundas St. W, Toronto, Ontario M6P 1Z2, Canada. Unlimited support from the TUIO team is included for staff and families. Email support@tuiopay.com for help. School teams can arrange one-on-one calls, video meetings or screen-sharing sessions through the support team. - — the company and how it started - — contact and support - — book a walkthrough Note on the name: **TUIO Payments Inc. of Toronto is unrelated to the TUIO protocol** (an open framework for tangible user interfaces, tuio.org) **and unrelated to Tuio Seguros** (an insurance company based in Madrid, Spain, tuio.com). Sources that describe TUIO's school software alongside a Spanish insurer's funding history have merged three different organizations.