Gingr opens at roughly $99 monthly per location on Standard, with Plus and Enterprise tiers stacking marketing automation and multi-site group dashboards on top at meaningful premiums. The math is fair for a mid-volume facility actually using Marketplace listings, payments, and the modern customer portal as daily surface. It flips toward an alternative when a solo shop just wants cloud scheduling, when a pet-sitting and dog-walking outfit picked Gingr by mistake, when grooming is the daily workflow rather than boarding, or when training programs sit at the centre of the business.
Where alternatives win
Time to Pet Standard at $45 monthly for one to nine staff is the canonical pet-sitting and dog-walking pick, with GPS visit verification and per-visit billing engineered for staff who travel to clients' homes.
PawLoyalty bundles grooming workflow with daycare and boarding as one stack rather than treating grooming as a bolt-on, with breed-specific service tracking and groomer commission structures native to the platform.
ProPet ships a modular base plus add-on model that lands at roughly two-thirds of Gingr Standard for a typical solo facility running boarding, daycare, and grooming on one stack.
Kennel Connection has run since 1992 and bundles training class scheduling, trainer commissions, and certificate tracking alongside boarding and daycare as first-class primitives.
By Subrupt EditorialPublished Reviewed
Dog daycare and pet boarding software splits by shop shape more than by feature parity. Most Gingr customers picked the platform because the modern UI feels like a current web app rather than a 2010s kennel database, and because the Marketplace plus payments plus texting bundle consolidates customer communication onto one stack. The day-to-day is a front-desk staffer checking pets in, a groomer or daycare attendant updating notes, and an owner running reports while a parent texts about a late pickup.
Four alternatives matter for the typical US single-shop operator. Time to Pet is the canonical pick for pet-sitting and dog-walking businesses where staff travel to clients rather than the other way around. PawLoyalty bundles grooming workflow with daycare and boarding for shops where grooming is half the revenue. ProPet runs a base plus modules pricing model that suits solo facilities. Kennel Connection is the veteran pick for shops where training programs sit at the centre of the business.
The cost story shifts by shop shape. A solo single-location operator on ProPet runs roughly two-thirds of Gingr Standard at parity scope. A mid-volume grooming-heavy shop on PawLoyalty Plus matches Gingr Plus on monthly per-location cost but bundles grooming as a primary workflow rather than a tab. Time to Pet does not price per location at all; it prices by active staff count, which inverts the math for any multi-location pet-sitting outfit. Kennel Connection lands at parity with Gingr at the Plus tier and trades modern UI for training depth.
Quick map by shape. Solo facility on a budget: ProPet base plus modules. Mid-volume grooming-bundled shop: PawLoyalty Standard or Plus. Pet-sitting and dog-walking outfit running mobile staff: Time to Pet at the staff-count tier that fits. Boarding plus training programs as the core business: Kennel Connection Cloud Standard or Plus. Mid-volume facility already tuned to Gingr Marketplace and payments: stay with Gingr and revisit at renewal.
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Quick pick by use case
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Standard at $45 monthly for one to nine staff bundles GPS visit verification, per-visit photos, and per-visit billing engineered for staff who travel to clients.
Plus at $149 monthly per location bundles groomer scheduling, breed-specific service tracking, and groomer commissions as primary primitives alongside daycare and boarding.
Modular base plus add-on pricing starts at roughly $50 monthly and adds boarding, daycare, grooming, and training modules at a la carte rates that beat Gingr Standard at parity scope.
Cloud Plus at roughly $159 monthly per location ships training class scheduling, trainer commissions, certificate tracking, and reservations as first-class primitives.
Skip these picks if: If you are mid-contract on Gingr Plus or Enterprise, Marketplace listings are routing meaningful new-customer traffic into your facility, and the modern customer portal plus payments plus texting flow is the daily surface for client communication, the migration cost is hard to justify. Revisit at renewal or when a new shape (mobile pet-sitting staff, training-program expansion, grooming-revenue tilt) outstrips the current setup.
At a glance: Gingr alternatives
Quick comparison across pricing floor, best fit, and switching effort. Tap a row to jump to the full pick.
Pet-sitting and dog-walking workflowGPS visit tracking and mobile staff
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Grooming workflow bundled native
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Training class scheduling nativeTrainer commissions and certificate tracking
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Customer portal and texting
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Marketing automation in plan
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Multi-location group dashboards
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QuickBooks and Stripe integrations
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Entry monthly per location
$45
$79
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$89
Cost at your volume
Approximate cost per pick at typical USD/mo total.
Pick
1 location1 USD/mo total
3 locations3 USD/mo total
10 locations10 USD/mo total
Time to Pet
$45/mo
$95/mo
$199/mo
PawLoyalty
$149/mo
$447/mo
$1,490/mo
ProPet
$89/mo
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Kennel Connection
$159/mo
$477/mo
$1,590/mo
Modeled at the Plus tier per location for facility-based picks. Time to Pet prices by active staff count rather than location, so the 1-location row uses Standard (one to nine staff), the 3-location row uses Plus (ten to forty-nine staff), and the 10-location row uses Enterprise (fifty plus staff). ProPet is single-location only, so the three and ten-location cells are dashed. Pricing is list-comparable ballpark; your negotiated rate will vary.
Time to Pet is what Gingr would look like if it had been built for staff who travel to clients rather than for facility floors. Where Gingr, PawLoyalty, ProPet, and Kennel Connection all assume a physical kennel, daycare, or grooming space, Time to Pet was engineered around mobile pet-care staff: GPS coordinates capture each visit check-in and check-out, the client portal shows per-visit photos and notes, and per-visit billing handles the cash flow.
The trade: Weaker facility-based boarding and daycare workflow, a smaller installed base in facility-based pet care, and less mature Marketplace and grooming integrations than Gingr. Time to Pet also does not price per location; the staff-count tiers mean a mostly-empty location with one walker pays the entry tier, but a large outfit with fifty walkers across the city pays Enterprise.
The upside: For any pet-sitting or dog-walking business, Time to Pet is the canonical pick and the swap is roughly half the monthly cost of Gingr Plus at the entry tier. GPS-verified visits also remove a category of customer disputes that facility-based platforms cannot prevent.
“My sitters can work much more independently because they have ongoing access to customer and pet information without relying on me. I save hours upon hours of administrative time on billing, processing payments, and generating paychecks.”
Strengths
+GPS visit verification with per-visit photos and notes
+Staff-count tiered pricing instead of per location
+Mobile app engineered around field staff workflow
+Strong fit for pet-sitting and dog-walking outfits
Trade-offs
−Weaker facility-based boarding and daycare workflow
−Smaller installed base in facility-based pet care
−Less mature Marketplace and grooming integrations than Gingr
Standard
$45/mo for 1-9 staff
Plus
$95/mo for 10-49 staff
Enterprise
Custom ~$199+/mo for 50+ staff
Strength
Mobile pet-sitting and dog-walking ops
Pricing verified
2026-05-11
Migration steps
Sign up at timetopet.com for a free trial of the paid tiers and load one week of real visits before talking to sales.
Export Gingr customer, pet, and scheduling history; Time to Pet onboarding maps the data into the mobile-staff model.
Configure GPS check-in or check-out, per-visit photos and notes, and per-visit billing for your service mix.
Train field staff on the Time to Pet mobile app; the facility-based Gingr UI does not translate one-for-one.
Cancel Gingr once Time to Pet carries a full quarter of pet-sitting or dog-walking visits, payments, and client communication.
Not for: Pass on Time to Pet if your operations are facility-based dog daycare, boarding, or grooming; Gingr, PawLoyalty, ProPet, and Kennel Connection fit those shapes better.
PawLoyalty is the grooming-first pick in the audited segment. Where Gingr, Time to Pet, ProPet, and Kennel Connection ship grooming as a basic add-on or a tab, PawLoyalty bundles groomer scheduling, breed-specific service tracking, post-service photos, and groomer commission structures alongside daycare and boarding as first-class primitives.
The trade: Smaller installed base than Gingr in mid-market multi-service facilities, a less mature Gingr-equivalent Marketplace integrations ecosystem, and weaker multi-location group dashboards than Gingr Enterprise.
The upside: For any shop where grooming is at least a third of revenue, PawLoyalty Plus matches Gingr Plus on monthly per-location cost while making the groomer workflow the daily surface rather than a side tab. The customer-story page lists Paw Envy Doggie Daycare and similar shops in the grooming-heavy segment that switched from generic pet-care platforms for the same reason.
“PawLoyalty has truly re-defined word-of-mouth referrals through their automated social marketing.”
Strengths
+Groomer scheduling, breed-specific service tracking, and commissions native
+Daycare and boarding workflow bundled rather than bolted on
+Plus adds marketing automation, reviews, and APIs
+Strong fit for grooming-heavy facilities
Trade-offs
−Smaller installed base than Gingr in mid-market
−Less mature Marketplace integrations ecosystem
−Weaker multi-location group dashboards than Gingr Enterprise
Standard
$79/mo for 1 location
Plus
$149/mo with marketing and APIs
Bundling
Grooming + daycare + boarding native
Strength
Grooming-bundled facilities
Pricing verified
2026-05-11
Migration steps
Sign up at pawloyalty.com for a free trial and load one week of real grooming, daycare, and boarding history.
Export Gingr customer, pet, and scheduling history; PawLoyalty onboarding handles the import including grooming service history.
Configure groomer scheduling, breed-specific service profiles, and groomer commission structures for your shop.
Train front-desk and grooming staff on the PawLoyalty UI; the grooming workflow surfaces differently than Gingr.
Cancel Gingr once PawLoyalty covers a full quarter of grooming, daycare, boarding, and payments without exceptions.
Not for: PawLoyalty falls short if your value driver is Gingr's Marketplace integrations or multi-location group dashboards; Gingr Standard, Plus, and Enterprise fit those shapes better.
ProPet is the modular pick for solo or single-employee facilities. The base Pet and Client Manager module ships scheduling, customer profiles, and basic operations at roughly half Gingr Standard, and boarding, daycare, training, and grooming modules add on a la carte at low monthly rates.
The trade: Weaker Gingr-equivalent Marketplace integrations, a smaller installed base than Gingr, and a hard cap at single-location operations because multi-location group dashboards are not in the platform. A solo facility planning a second location should look at Gingr Plus or Kennel Connection instead.
The upside: A solo facility running boarding plus daycare plus grooming pays roughly two-thirds of Gingr Standard at parity scope, the first month is free, and ProPet has remained founder-owned since 2014 with the founder still using the product to run her own kennel. The modular pricing also lets a daycare-only shop skip the boarding module entirely and land at well under half of Gingr.
Strengths
+Modular base plus a la carte modules
+Roughly two-thirds of Gingr Standard at parity scope
+First month free with founder-led support
+Strong fit for solo facilities
Trade-offs
−Single-location only; no multi-site group dashboards
−Smaller installed base than Gingr
−Less mature Marketplace integrations
Pet & Client base
$49.99/mo
Boarding module
+$20/mo add-on
Daycare or grooming module
+$10/mo each
Strength
Solo budget facilities
Pricing verified
2026-05-11
Migration steps
Sign up at propetware.com for the free first month and decide which modules your shop actually needs.
Export Gingr customer, pet, and scheduling history; ProPet onboarding handles free data migration.
Configure ProPet base plus your chosen boarding, daycare, grooming, or training modules.
Train staff on the ProPet UI; the modular UI is lighter than Gingr modern but simpler to learn.
Cancel Gingr once ProPet covers a full quarter of bookings, payments, and customer communication.
Not for: ProPet is the wrong shape for shops planning multi-location rollouts, valuing Gingr's Marketplace integrations depth, or running pet-sitting and dog-walking ops; Gingr Plus or Enterprise and Time to Pet fit those shapes better.
Kennel Connection (Blue Crystal Software) has run since 1992 and is the veteran pick when training programs sit at the centre of the business. Training class scheduling, trainer commission structures, training certificate tracking, and class enrolment are first-class primitives alongside boarding, daycare, and grooming rather than bolt-on tabs.
The trade: A dated UI relative to Gingr modern, a smaller installed base than Gingr in the mid-market multi-service segment, and a less mature Marketplace integrations ecosystem. The cloud tier also runs at parity with Gingr Plus rather than meaningfully under it, so the swap is workflow-driven rather than cost-driven.
The upside: Kennel Connection still publishes its customer roster, including K9 Tailshakers (Frankfort, IL) running on the product since the inception of the business 17 years ago and Woof House (Sheffield Village, OH) booking thousands in additional services per month after the switch. For shops where training is half the revenue, the workflow depth pays back the dated UI.
“Each month we are booking several thousand in additional services and saving about 40 labor hours in making reservations.”
Strengths
+Training class scheduling and trainer commissions native
+Reservations engine and certificate tracking built in
+Phone support during business hours plus 24/7 emergency
+Strong fit for training-heavy facilities
Trade-offs
−Dated UI relative to Gingr modern
−Smaller installed base than Gingr in mid-market
−Less mature Marketplace integrations than Gingr
Cloud Standard
Custom ~$89/mo per location
Cloud Plus
Custom ~$159/mo with marketing and APIs
Bundling
Boarding + training native
Strength
Boarding plus training programs
Pricing verified
2026-05-11
Migration steps
Book a Kennel Connection demo at kennelconnection.com (typically a 30 to 60 minute walk-through plus a customised quote).
Export Gingr customer, pet, scheduling, and training history; Kennel Connection onboarding handles the data migration.
Configure training class scheduling, trainer commissions, certificate tracking, and the boarding and daycare workflow.
Train staff on the Kennel Connection UI; the workflow is deeper than Gingr modern on training but the interface is dated.
Cancel Gingr once Kennel Connection covers a full quarter of boarding, daycare, training, and payments without exceptions.
Not for: Kennel Connection is the wrong shape for shops without training programs that value Gingr's modern UI or Marketplace integrations; Gingr Standard, Plus, or Enterprise fit those shapes better.
Paid plans from $89.00/mo
When to stay with Gingr
Stay with Gingr if your daycare and boarding operation depends on its Marketplace integrations, the modern customer portal and texting flow is doing real work for client communication, or your multi-location rollout already standardised on Gingr Enterprise group dashboards. The picks below cover the four meaningful exit lanes: Time to Pet for pet-sitting and dog-walking ops, PawLoyalty for grooming-bundled shops, ProPet for solo budget facilities, and Kennel Connection for boarding plus training programs.
Picks were scored in this order: workflow fit by shop shape (facility-based daycare and boarding, mobile pet-sitting and dog-walking, grooming-heavy, training-heavy), per-location or per-staff pricing model, breadth of bundled modules at the entry tier, customer portal and payments maturity, and multi-location group dashboards for chain operators.
Pricing was pulled from each vendor's pricing page or a Capterra listing on the review date. Pet-care SaaS often custom-quotes the entry tier, so the figures shown are list-comparable ballpark numbers and your negotiated rate will vary by location count, scope, and contract length. Last refreshed 2026-05-11.
Update history2 updates
Initial published version with 4 picks.
Backfilled to Stage 2 schema. Structured verdict with deep-links replaces the single-string verdict, intro rewritten for scannability and price discipline, Quick Verdict added (four lanes plus a skip-if), Feature Matrix added (nine dimensions), Usage Cost Table added at one, three, and ten locations, per-pick author ratings added, and three sourced operator quotes added (Time to Pet via Acton Critter Sitters, PawLoyalty via Paw Envy Doggie Daycare, Kennel Connection via Woof House). Pricing re-verified against each vendor's site and Capterra listings on 2026-05-11.
Frequently asked questions about Gingr alternatives
What does Gingr actually cost in 2026?
Gingr is custom-quoted. Standard opens at roughly $99 monthly per location for booking, boarding, daycare, customer portal, payments, and texting. Plus adds marketing automation, reviews, advanced reporting, and integrations at roughly 1.8x the Standard rate. Enterprise adds multi-location group dashboards, dedicated CSM, and custom workflows at roughly 3.3x Standard. Service-mix variants (pet spa, day service, pet resort) typically land within twenty percent of Standard depending on bundled scope.
Is there a free dog daycare and boarding management platform?
No credible free pet-care-specific management platform exists. Compliance, payments, and customer-portal infrastructure are too expensive to give away. The cheapest paid option in this comparison is Time to Pet Standard at $45 monthly for one to nine staff (pet-sitting and dog-walking focus); ProPet base plus a single module lands close behind for solo facility-based shops.
Which alternative fits pet-sitting and dog-walking outfits best?
Time to Pet. It prices by active staff count rather than per location and ships GPS visit verification, per-visit photos and notes, and per-visit billing engineered for staff who travel to clients. Standard at $45 monthly covers one to nine staff; Plus extends to ten to forty-nine staff at roughly twice the Standard rate, and Enterprise scales beyond fifty staff with custom pricing.
What replaces Gingr for grooming-heavy shops?
PawLoyalty. It bundles groomer scheduling, breed-specific service tracking, post-service photos, and groomer commission structures with daycare and boarding as first-class primitives rather than bolt-on tabs. Standard at $79 monthly fits single-location grooming-bundled shops; Plus adds marketing automation, reviews, and APIs at roughly twice the Standard rate.
Which platform fits boarding plus training-heavy shops?
Kennel Connection. Training class scheduling, trainer commission structures, training certificate tracking, and class enrolment ship as first-class primitives alongside boarding and daycare. Cloud Standard at roughly $89 monthly per location is the entry tier; Cloud Plus adds marketing automation, reviews, and APIs at roughly 1.8x the Cloud Standard rate.
Ready to switch?
Our top Gingr alternative: Time to Pet
Time to Pet Standard at $45 monthly for one to nine staff is the canonical pet-sitting and dog-walking pick, with GPS visit verification and per-visit billing engineered for staff who travel to clients' homes.
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