Pet grooming · Updated 2026-08-06
Grooming lives and dies by the calendar: a no-show costs a full slot, and rebooking happens by text, not email. The platforms below are the ones groomers actually use — from mobile-routing specialists to multi-service pet care suites. Compared independently, no paid placements.
| Software | Best for | Indicative pricing |
|---|---|---|
| MoeGo | Mobile groomers and modern salons living on their phone | tiered plans |
| Gingr | Facilities mixing grooming with boarding or daycare | from ~$105/month |
| DaySmart Pet | Salons that want the essentials at entry price | from ~$29/month |
| Pawfinity | Independent groomers who want grooming-first design | from ~$50/month per seat |
| Groomer.io | Salons rebuilding their client communication around texting | from ~$79/month |
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Pricing : tiered plans
Mobile groomers and modern salons living on their phone
MoeGo is the modern reference for grooming businesses, especially mobile groomers: smart scheduling with routing, two-way SMS, deposits and no-show protection.
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Pricing : from ~$105/month
Facilities mixing grooming with boarding or daycare
Gingr covers grooming alongside boarding, daycare and training — the multi-service pet care platform with reservations, packages and detailed pet records.
Strengths
Watch out for
Pricing : from ~$29/month
Salons that want the essentials at entry price
DaySmart Pet (formerly 123Pet) is the established budget option: appointments, client records, POS and payroll basics for salons of any size.
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Pricing : from ~$50/month per seat
Independent groomers who want grooming-first design
Pawfinity is grooming-specific management with clean scheduling, client notifications, invoicing and a focus on protecting groomers from overbooking.
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Pricing : from ~$79/month
Salons rebuilding their client communication around texting
Groomer.io is a newer SMS-first grooming platform: online booking, automated reminders, digital agreements and payment collection with a mobile-first interface.
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Deposits, card-on-file and automated reminders are the difference between a full book and a leaky one. Make sure they are native, not manual.
If you operate a van, routing matters more than anything: look for drive-time-aware scheduling (MoeGo’s speciality), not just a calendar.
Vaccine expiries, behaviour flags, clipper settings, photos: good records make every groom faster and safer, and they are your hand-off documentation when you hire.
Grooming clients confirm by SMS. Two-way texting from the platform — with the conversation history attached to the pet — beats a personal phone every time.
Entry plans run from ~$29/month (DaySmart Pet) to tiered plans that grow with SMS volume and features (MoeGo, Groomer.io). Multi-service facilities should budget more for platforms like Gingr (~$105+/month).
Usually yes: route-aware scheduling plus deposits typically recovers more than the subscription in saved drive time and avoided no-shows. Solo-friendly tiers exist across MoeGo, Pawfinity and Groomer.io.
All five tools handle service durations by breed/size and block scheduling accordingly. Configure honest durations per service first — online booking is only as good as the timings you set.
Not on every tier. MoeGo caps SMS around 200 messages/month on its entry mobile plan, rising with each step up. A 5-dog-a-day schedule sending confirmations plus reminders can burn through that in about two weeks, so budget for the Growth tier if two-way texting is central to how you run the business — not the advertised entry price.
Its ~$29/month Basic plan covers booking, pet profiles and one-way automated reminders, but two-way texting and text marketing sit behind the ~$149/month Deluxe Growth tier. If client texting matters to you, compare that tier’s price against MoeGo or Groomer.io rather than DaySmart Pet’s headline rate.