Don't know anything about childminders, need to make a choice. Can anyone advise?

[Natmat1]

Hello, I am looking into options for childcare and it is between a nursery and a childminder. I have experience with the nursery and understand what options they are offering, but cannot seem to find much info on childminders.
I only seem to see posts that say £6 per hour or of sort.
Do they offer reduced full day fees or is it always calculated by hour? Is there a difference if a child goes full time and a full week? Is there a charge for additional resources (apart from food/nappies) What happens if they go on holiday, do parents still pay them and do parents take same dates as the CM off. I know that every CM will be different, but just wanted to figure out what is generally acceptable.
It seems to imply that CM care is just that bit less expensive, but with £6 an hour plus food nappies possible other fees etc, for the hours that I work nursery works out cheaper with all inclusive. So not sure if I just don't know something?
Thank you

For me, childminder worked out much cheaper for a number of reasons:
I work 2 ‘half’ days - I collect at 1.30. I don’t think most nurseries offer this, or if they do the half day would finish at 12.30 which is no good for me, so I’d have to pay a full day while only being paid for the morning myself.
I’m a teacher so don’t need school holidays. Hardly any nurseries near me offered term time only. My CM charges me nothing during my holidays. If I take a holiday, I pay half fees (unlikely as I can’t take holidays in term time anyway!)
If my daughter was there 5 days a week, 52 Weeks a year, I think it would be a similar cost between the 2.

I provide nappies and milk, CM provides wipes. Mine also offers all meals for a small additional charge - tbf she could charge 3x as much for this and I’d pay for not having the hassle of providing packed lunches/tea!! I have heard most CM don’t offer food though.

I love my CM, she is someone I could imagine being friends with and she seems to really like my child. As someone mentioned earlier, it’s a personal service with a catch up at pick up and drop off - I like this but I can see some people would prefer a drop and go.
I get almost daily photos texted, not sure if nurseries would offer this.

My CM has 2 of her own primary age kids. It’s been great for my daughter to be around older children, and one of them loves playing with her which is lovely.

As a bonus, my CM lives really close to our catchment school, so in a few years she may be the perfect person to offer after school care too.