Furbello vs GroomTower
Furbello
furbello.comGroomTower
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| Figure | Furbello | GroomTower |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $39/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Pet Grooming Scheduling Software | 9.2 (#3) | 7.7 (#18) |
| Online booking | Customers can book from a business-specific page showing live availability without creating an account. | Clients can book through a branded portal, choose services and a preferred staff member, and view available times. |
| Payments | Furbello records checkout totals, tips, split payments, refunds and receipts while the business continues using its existing POS. | Payment features include point-of-sale checkout, card-on-file, invoices, refunds, and tax reporting. |
| Pet records | Pet profiles store species, breed, weight, coat, allergies, behavior flags, grooming notes, vaccine statuses and private photos. | Pet profiles can include grooming history, medical notes, vaccination tracking, and digital consent forms. |
| Scheduling | Its calendar offers day, week, and agenda views, conflict prevention, and appointment statuses visible to the team. | Its scheduling features include a drag-and-drop calendar, multi-staff views, recurring appointments, and buffer time. |
| Security | The privacy policy says passwords use salted hashes, sessions are server-side and pet photos use private storage with short-lived signed links. | The security page states that data in transit uses TLS 1.3 and data at rest uses AES-256 encryption. |
| Support | The feature page says Furbello's team can securely assist inside a customer's workspace, with each action logged and visible to the customer. | GroomTower says real people answer support questions and that it responds quickly. |
Plans
Furbello
- Solo$39 a month
- Mobile plans$59 a month
- Studio$79 a month
- Growth$129 a month
In their own words
Furbello
Furbello provides scheduling and customer-management software for dog and cat grooming salons and mobile groomers. Its calendar offers day, week, and agenda views, conflict prevention, and appointment statuses visible to the team. Customers can book through a business-specific page with live availability and no account requirement. Pet profiles can store breed, weight, allergies, behavior flags, grooming notes, vaccination records, and private photos. Booking confirmations and email and SMS reminders include one-tap confirmation links and consent tracking. Mobile tools cover route planning, travel-aware scheduling, arrival-window messages, service areas, and route revenue metrics. Deposits and cards on file use a business's own Square, Stripe, or Clover account; grooming payments are recorded for checkout but processed through the business's existing POS. Reports cover revenue, tips, outstanding balances, and daily closeout, with spreadsheet downloads. Furbello works on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Solo costs $39 a month for up to 3 active staff members and 250 automated texts per month; appointments, customers, and pets are unlimited.
GroomTower
GroomTower has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.