Highly recommend! The platform is easy to use. The babysitters we have had have been great. Only positive things to share so far!

You Otter Consider Otter Care I really like Otter. We often ask friends to babysit, but it's nice to have other options and to not overload friends with babysitting requests. Our kids have loved the students who come babysit. It's an easy system to use. I wish it cost less, but that's just the Bay Area deal. I'd recommend anyone to use this service.

Variety of jobs! Nice group of families! Thus far I've enjoyed my experience working for Otter. I've met some great families and kids. I like the ease of use and not having to find the variety of jobs. Love it!

We've only had one sitter but so far so… We've only had one sitter but so far so good. This was our first time having a sitter at all. We got our 2yo bathed and into her PJs, then said bye to our sitter (Marleane) and our baby. Our sitter was great at playing with our kid. We didn't prescribe our typical bedtime routine -- instead they played for a while and then somehow our sitter got her to go to bed without crying! After we got home our baby stayed asleep and slept through the night. Total interaction time with the baby wasn't all that long, but it was a pretty excellent experience and we're hoping a few more times will make this an easier thing to do regularly.

Rates need to improve/ be consistent I sometimes don’t understand the payouts and rates for Otter. Some offers are for $50 an hour due to transit fees or last minute, while others are $22 for long hours and a lot of children. I feel like this makes it so sitters incentivize the bigger payouts so they don’t accept the lower ones anymore or ones in advance that don’t get any bonuses. Also, I’m not sure how the process works for families, but a lot of the families use the platform and then ask sitters to come back for a solid rate (more than what otter offers normally), so maybe some improvements need to be made on that end too.