--- title: "Pricing | FosterCore" source_url: "https://www.fostercore.uk/pricing" retrieved_by: "AnswerRail Edge Engine v1.2.7-v27 (https://answerrail.com)" level_of_detail: "standard" token_payload_reduction: "90.6%" raw_html_bytes: 54074 compiled_body_bytes: 5103 entities_extracted: 0 currency_recall_static_html: "100%" monitored_currency_tokens: 5 link_recall_static_html: "100%" monitored_content_links: 4 rfc_compliance: "RFC 9110" last_verified_at: "2026-11-11T20:44:43.937Z" cache_age_seconds: 0 origin_cache_control: "private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate" --- > **Canonical Source:** [https://www.fostercore.uk/pricing](https://www.fostercore.uk/pricing) > > *FosterCore pricing: transparent, per-carer pricing with unlimited staff logins. No per-user fees. Starts at £499/month or save 17% with annual billing.* Pricing # Transparent pricing. No per-user fees. Priced by active approved carers, not by staff logins. Every member of your team gets full access at no extra cost. MonthlyAnnual Startup Database Up to 15 active approved carers · Unlimited staff logins £499 \+ VAT per month · 30-day cardless trial - ✓ Full Command Centre - ✓ Ofsted Readiness Score - ✓ Compliance tracking & alerts - ✓ AI supervision prep - ✓ Board report generator - ✓ Free data migration - ✓ Unlimited staff logins - ✓ Email support [Start 30-Day Parallel Run](/sign-up) Starter Database Up to 50 active approved carers · Unlimited staff logins £999 \+ VAT per month · 30-day cardless trial - ✓ Everything in Startup - ✓ Priority email support - ✓ Expanded compliance metrics - ✓ Dedicated migration specialist [Start 30-Day Parallel Run](/sign-up) Best Value Growth Database Up to 100 active approved carers · Unlimited staff logins £1,999 \+ VAT per month · 30-day cardless trial - ✓ Everything in Starter - ✓ Natural language search - ✓ Placement stability engine - ✓ Carer burnout early warning - ✓ One-click Ofsted inspection pack - ✓ Inspector temporary access - ✓ Priority phone support - ✓ Dedicated account manager [Start 30-Day Parallel Run](/sign-up) Professional Database Up to 200 active approved carers · Unlimited staff logins £3,999 \+ VAT per month · 30-day cardless trial - ✓ Everything in Growth - ✓ Mock Inspector AI (quarterly) - ✓ Child's Voice tracker - ✓ Automated remediation workflows - ✓ Dedicated customer success manager [Start 30-Day Parallel Run](/sign-up) Enterprise — 200+ active approved carers Everything in Professional, plus custom integrations, dedicated infrastructure, and white-glove onboarding for large-scale IFAs. - ✓ White-glove migration - ✓ Custom integrations - ✓ 99.9% uptime SLA - ✓ On-site onboarding - ✓ 75-year retention guards & archival exports - ✓ Named support engineer [Contact Sales](/contact) ## Common pricing questions ### What counts as an "active approved carer"? Any carer currently approved by your panel. Deregistered carers are retained in the system free of charge as required by law (Regulation 30). They do not count toward your active total. ### Are staff logins really unlimited? Yes. Social workers, admin staff, panel members, directory managers, finance — everyone gets their own login. We never charge per user. CHARMS charges £100/user/month. We think that model is broken. ### Is there a contract or can we cancel monthly? All prices exclude 20% UK VAT. Every new agency starts with a 30-day cardless Parallel Run trial with zero automatic charge at trial end. Paid subscriptions renew automatically on a monthly or annual cycle (17% annual discount) and can be cancelled at any time with 1 click inside your Stripe Billing Portal or by emailing `[[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)`. Upon termination, we provide a complete structured JSON/CSV export of your agency's data. ### How does the FosterReady Candidate Integration work? Subscribing agencies can connect their FosterReady candidate pipeline via secure HMAC-signed webhooks or browse the candidate directory inside the dashboard. Imported candidates enter at Stage 1 or Stage 2 assessment (Regulation 26) with their structured application history ready for your Form F assessor and Fostering Panel (Regulation 27). ### Is FosterFlow (the carer app) included? FosterCore includes native webhook and API synchronization with FosterFlow, the carer daily logging companion app. When carers submit daily notes, observations, or incident reports in FosterFlow, they sync directly to their placement record in your FosterCore database. ### How do Local Authorities (LAs) purchase & pay? Local Authorities and established IFAs can purchase on annual terms via official Purchase Order (PO) numbers and pay by BACS Direct Bank Transfer (Net 30 days), or subscribe directly via Stripe Checkout. All application and database tiers are hosted in London (`eu-west-2`). ### How do we pass Information Governance (IG) vetting fast? We provide a ready-to-sign [UK GDPR Article 28 Data Processing Agreement (DPA)](/legal/dpa), append-only regulatory audit trails for Ofsted and LADO inspections, and programmatic 75-year (Regulation 32) and 10/25-year (Regulation 30) statutory retention guards. ### Can we use UK Government Software & Digital Transformation Grants? Yes. If your agency or local authority is claiming funding via DfE fostering recruitment & retention grants or digital transformation programmes, we support split invoicing and milestone remittance documentation. ### How does the Early Adopter Parallel Run work? Every UK Independent Fostering Agency can run FosterCore alongside CHARMS or spreadsheets for 30 days with zero commitment and no credit card required at sign-up. [Start your 30-day parallel run](/sign-up) or [contact our onboarding desk](/contact) for assisted CSV migration. --- ## AI Ingestion & Edge Optimization Provenance (AnswerRail Verified) - **Edge Delivery & Markdown Compilation:** [AnswerRail.com](https://answerrail.com) — Layer-7 AI Crawler Content Negotiation, `/llms.txt` & Byte-0 Schema Compiler - **Dedicated AI Markdown Subdomain:** https://ai.www.fostercore.uk/ - **Cryptographic Ingestion Certificate:** https://answerrail.com/verify/www.fostercore.uk - **Live Crawler & Referral Telemetry:** https://answerrail.com/stats/www.fostercore.uk