Pigeonhole vs Ovivio (formerly Blossom)
Ovivio, formerly Blossom Educational, is £79 to £199 a month per setting, ex VAT, and its terms add RPI plus 3.9% to the fee every year. Pigeonhole is from £4.13 a month, and £16.50 for 40 children, with every feature included.
£750 a year less than Ovivio.
| Children | Pigeonhole, a year | Ovivio, a year | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | £49.56 | £948 | £898.44 |
| 30 | £99 | £948 | £849 |
| 60 | £198 | £948 | £750 |
| 90 | £297 | £948 | £651 |
| 120 | £396 | £948 | £552 |
| 150 | £495 | £948 | £453 |
| 200 | £660 | £948 | £288 |
Ovivio: Essentials, its cheapest plan, at £79 a month billed yearly, ex VAT. Invoicing and funding are listed from Professional, £129 a month billed yearly. The yearly RPI-plus-3.9% rise in its terms isn't drawn. Source
A year is twelve months of each provider's cheapest published plan at that size. All prices exclude VAT. One-off setup or training fees are left out of the chart and listed below. Checked 10 November 2026; prices change, so please check before deciding.
Where Pigeonhole stands out against Ovivio (formerly Blossom)
No fixed yearly rise
No set yearly increase in our terms: any change to our prices is notified before your renewal, and you choose whether to renew.
Ovivio (formerly Blossom): Its terms raise the subscription fee every year by average RPI plus 3.9%, or 3.9% if RPI is negative. Source
Invoicing and funding in every size
Invoicing and council funding forms are in the one price, whatever the size of your nursery.
Ovivio (formerly Blossom): Invoicing and funding are listed from Professional, £129 a month billed yearly. Source
Try it before you pay
A 30-day free trial with every feature, and no card needed.
Ovivio (formerly Blossom): No free trial; a free 60-minute demo. Source
The price, line by line
| Ovivio (formerly Blossom) | Pigeonhole | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Ovivio (formerly Blossom): Essentials £79, Professional £129 and Business £179 a month billed yearly, or £89, £149 and £199 billed monthly, per setting, ex VAT. Multi-site groups by quote. Source | Pigeonhole: From £4.13 a month, set by the number of children; £16.50 a month for 40 children. Every feature in every size, billed annually, ex VAT. |
| Contract | Ovivio (formerly Blossom): The term and notice period are set in each customer's own plan and renew automatically. Giving notice makes the whole term's fee payable within 10 business days, and the fee rises each year by RPI plus 3.9%. Source | Pigeonhole: A year at a time, and it doesn't renew automatically. Cancel within 30 days for a full refund, or later for a refund of every whole month left. |
| Setup | Ovivio (formerly Blossom): No upfront costs, with free migration and onboarding. Source | Pigeonhole: No setup fee for standard onboarding. |
| Free trial | Ovivio (formerly Blossom): No free trial; a free 60-minute demo instead. Source | Pigeonhole: 30 days with every feature switched on, no card needed. |
| What's included | Ovivio (formerly Blossom): Invoicing and funding are listed from Professional, in-app payments and the Tax-Free Childcare integration on Business. CPD, Activities and Websites are paid add-ons. Source | Pigeonhole: Everything: registers, learning journals, invoicing, council funding forms, custom forms, safeguarding, occupancy, the parent app and more, at every size. |
Ovivio (formerly Blossom)'s details are from its own website, checked on 10 November 2026. Where it doesn't publish something, we've said so rather than guess. Prices change, so please check before deciding.
What every nursery gets with Pigeonhole
Everything, at every size
No modules and no add-ons. The register, learning journals, termly reviews, invoicing, council funding forms, custom forms, safeguarding and occupancy are in the one price, so the only thing that changes it is the number of children.
Council funding forms, done for you
Parents fill in and sign their council's funding declaration online, and you get a correctly completed form every term. If your council isn't set up yet, upload its form and we'll add it.
Invoices from the sessions children attend
Invoices are worked out from each child's sessions, funded hours and extras, then synced to Xero or QuickBooks.
A parent app with nothing to set up
Families get photos, the care diary, news, invoices and forms on iPhone or Android, with a Face ID or fingerprint lock. It already works for every family at your nursery.
Learning journals written faster
Staff capture a photo and a rough note or a voice note, and AI turns it into a written observation for a manager to approve.
Built for a shared room tablet
The staff app signs people in with a PIN, so a key person can do observations and termly reviews on the room's tablet in a quiet moment.
Where Ovivio (formerly Blossom) is strong
Ovivio has a long history: it says it serves over 15,000 nurseries across the UK and Europe, with 35 years' experience through Blossom and KidsKonnect, UK-based support, and Montessori and SEND frameworks. Source
Moving from Ovivio (formerly Blossom) to Pigeonhole
Ovivio's terms say that if you give notice, the whole fee for your subscription term becomes payable, and terms renew automatically. Check your plan's notice period and end date, and plan the move for when your term ends. Source
Start a free trial
30 days with every feature switched on, and no card. Run it alongside your current system until you're happy.
Bring your children and families across
Upload a spreadsheet or an export from your current system, and AI matches each column for you to check. Children come across with their parents, carers and emergency contacts; staff and funding forms import the same way.
Or copy records straight from your old system
The Pigeonhole Chrome extension reads a child's page in your current software and adds them to Pigeonhole, with no export needed.
Switch over between terms
Most nurseries move at the start of a term or month, so invoices and funding claims start cleanly in Pigeonhole.
“Pigeonhole has been the most intuitive and useful software I have used in my career in Early Years.”
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Try Pigeonhole beside Ovivio (formerly Blossom)
30 days with every feature, no card, and no setup fee. Run it alongside your current system until you're sure.