A letter from the founder

Hi there,

I'm Alex, and I built NannyKeeper because I couldn't find a nanny payroll service that felt worth the price.

When my wife and I hired our first nanny, we discovered that doing it “the right way”—with proper tax withholding, pay stubs, and a W-2 at year end—meant paying $75/month to a payroll service. For one employee.

I'm a software engineer, so I understood what these services actually do under the hood: apply a few tax rates, subtract withholdings, generate a PDF. Important work, but not $900-a-year work. It felt like there should be a better option.

The interfaces didn't help either—most looked like they hadn't been updated in years. Clunky dashboards, confusing workflows, and support that took days to respond.

So I started building the tool I wished existed. Something modern, accurate, and priced fairly. I read IRS Publication 926 cover to cover. I learned what Schedule H was. I figured out all 50 states' tax rules. I built it, tested it, and started using it for my own family.

NannyKeeper is a small, independent product. I built it because I needed it, and I keep building it because other families need it too.

My nanny gets her pay stubs on time. Her W-2 was ready in January without me scrambling. And I pay a fraction of what those big services charge.

If you're a family who employs a nanny, a housekeeper, a senior caregiver, or anyone else who works in your home, NannyKeeper does the tax math so you don't have to think about it. That's really all it is.

Thanks for considering NannyKeeper. I hope it saves you as much stress as it saved me.