GroomCard vs Pawfinity

GroomCard is a browser-based client records and online booking service for dog grooming salons. Dog profiles can hold breed, allergies, vaccinations, grooming notes, photos, and visit and price history. Clients book within salon rules for business hours, dog size, and service length, with manual or automatic approval. A calendar, visit history, and numbered receipts track appointments and transactions. Revenue can be viewed for a selected period by source, excluding no-shows. Client, dog, visit, receipt, and revenue records can be exported to Excel. The pricing page lists email reminders sent to clients the day before an appointment. GroomCard works in a browser on desktop, tablet, or phone without installation, and the maker says salons’ records are kept separate. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to 10 clients and 10 online bookings per month. Pro costs $22 a month or $190 a year, with unlimited clients, dogs, and online bookings. Subscription payments are processed by Stripe; GroomCard says it does not see or store full card numbers.

Pawfinity is a cloud business management system for pet-service businesses, including grooming salons, mobile groomers, kennels, daycare, and boarding facilities. It brings together grooming appointment scheduling, client and pet records with grooming history, expense tracking, employee organization, vehicle monitoring, and multiple locations. Kennel functions include feeding schedules, medication tracking, boarding check-in and check-out, and a separate boarding calendar. Listed plan features also include point of sale, stored payments, inventory, time clock and payroll, online booking, notifications, route mapping, and QuickBooks Connect. Two-way SMS is available; costs vary with message volume, inbound replies are free, and Royal Package includes up to 250 complimentary SMS credits per month. Flat-rate plans include unlimited calendars, appointments, employee logins, clients, pets, runs, and photos. Groom & Train and Stay & Play cost $55 a month billed annually; Royal Package costs $100 a month billed annually. A 7-day trial is available. Platforms listed are Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows.