Birdie's per-hour pricing starts from £200/month and scales with your care volume. KareShift charges a flat £69–£349/month regardless of how many visits you deliver. At consistent weekly volumes, KareShift costs less — and the gap widens as your agency grows.
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Birdie is a well-established UK home care platform with strong care planning and family communication features. KareShift offers flat-tier pricing starting at £69/month — predictable costs regardless of visit volume. For growing agencies where care hours fluctuate, flat-tier pricing removes the anxiety of your software bill tracking your revenue. (Source: birdie.care/blog, Aug 2026)
Last verified: 10-Aug-2026
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Per-hour-of-care pricing — scales with your care volume
| Monthly care hours | Approximate monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Entry level | From £200/mo + VAT |
| Growing agency | Scales with care volume |
| Large agency | Contact sales |
Birdie pricing based on publicly available information from birdie.care/blog/price-of-care-management-software, Aug 2026. Per-hour model means costs vary with your schedule volume. Contact Birdie directly for exact current rates.
Flat-tier pricing — same price regardless of visit volume
| Plan | Monthly + VAT |
|---|---|
| Starter (up to 5 carers) | £69/mo |
| Growth (up to 20 carers) | £149/mo |
| Scale (50 included, +£7/carer) | £349/mo |
KareShift pricing is fixed regardless of visit volume. Annual billing saves 20%: Starter £662/yr, Growth £1,430/yr, Scale £3,350/yr.
Home care agencies have variable visit volumes — bank holidays, winter illness, seasonal fluctuations. With per-hour pricing, your software bill goes up when you're busiest (and your admin pressure is highest). With flat-tier pricing, you know exactly what you'll pay each month regardless of volume.
Birdie pricing from birdie.care/blog/price-of-care-management-software (Aug 2026). KareShift prices exclude VAT (20%). Savings vary based on your actual care volume — calculate using your actual weekly hours.
✗ indicates not present in publicly accessible documentation at time of verification — Aug 2026. Verify directly with each vendor.
| Feature | Birdie | KareShift |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per-hour-of-care (from £200/mo) | Per-tier £69–£349/mo + VAT |
| Free trial | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | 90 days (no credit card) |
| GPS clock-in/out | ✓ Electronic Visit Monitoring | ✓ + geofencing |
| Care plans | ✓ Strong (core feature) | ✓ All plans |
| CQC compliance | ✓ Built in | ✓ KLOE evidence tracking |
| Family app | ✓ Birdie Family App | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 |
| Travel & mileage | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | ✓ HMRC rates built in |
| Custom forms | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | ✓ All plans (conditional logic) |
| In-app messaging | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | ✓ All plans (push notifications) |
| Shift offers | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | ✓ Broadcast to available carers |
| NLW tracking | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | ✓ Pay band management |
| Residential care | Not primary focus (home care) | ✓ Full residential module |
| Data location | Not publicly documented as of Aug 2026 | AWS Sydney (London region planned) |
Birdie's Family App lets relatives receive updates on care delivered. If family visibility is a core selling point for your agency, Birdie has this built in today.
If your service model revolves around formal outcome measurement and care quality reporting beyond CQC compliance, Birdie's care planning depth may suit complex packages better.
If you're already connected to specific payroll or finance systems through Birdie's integration ecosystem, switching has a migration cost worth weighing carefully.
See for yourself how flat-tier pricing and purpose-built UK home care features compare. No credit card, no sales call, no lock-in.
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