Time To Pet
$25/month lowest published plan, no permanent free tier. A stronger fit when staff scheduling and invoicing depth are already central to the business.
Comparison
Best Pet Booking Software for 2026, Compared
SitPup's Free plan never expires and never charges commission, with pet care defaults built in from day one, no matter what kind of pet care business you run. Here's how it and six other pet booking tools people search for actually compare.
- Real pricing, checked directly on each vendor's site
- The only free-forever option with no client cap
- Pet fields, date ranges and capacity in the booking flow
- No staff or room setup before your first request
- 7
- tools compared, pricing checked directly
- 0%
- commission with SitPup, on any plan
- Free
- plan, no card required
- 8
- languages for your booking page
Feature by feature
Data pulled directly from each vendor's own website.
| SitPup | Time To Pet | Booksy Biz | KennelBooker | Pet Sitter Plus | Scritches | Precise Petcare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted page, no login required | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Embeddable website widget | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Push notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email notifications on new bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multiple languages, auto-switching | 8 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multiple currencies | 4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pet care setup | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Setup simplicity | 5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| Commission on bookings | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Starting price | Free, forever | $25/mo | $29.99/mo | $49.99/mo | $18/mo | Free | $20/mo |
Checked directly on each vendor's own site, except setup simplicity, which is our own rating based on whether staff or room setup is required before you can take a booking. Pricing and features change over time, so verify before deciding.
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Where SitPup is strongest
SitPup is strongest when you want direct online booking without paying first: a hosted booking page, the widget, calendar and availability, 5 bookings a month and 3 gallery photos on the Free plan, with zero commission on any plan and no limit on how many clients you keep. 100+ pet care businesses already run bookings through it today; the feedback we hear most is that setup is quick and requests arrive with fewer missing details.
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Where the other six may fit better
A larger operation may need invoicing depth, payroll-style staff tools, GPS tracking or room inventory more than a lightweight booking page. Based on each vendor's published pages:
Booksy Biz
Aimed at salons and spas; pet care isn't listed among its supported industries. Useful if marketplace visibility and broad appointment tools matter more than pet-specific intake.
KennelBooker
From $49.99/month for up to 10 rooms. A better fit for facilities that really do manage numbered rooms and daycare spaces.
Pet Sitter Plus
From $18/month for one user in its current first-year offer, with the full feature set available. Better when invoicing depth and support are bigger priorities than a free starting point.
Scritches
Genuine free plan, capped at 5 clients and 1 intake form. Good for a very early setup that needs client profiles from day one.
Precise Petcare
From $20/month per solo operator up to $390/month for 101+ staff, with GPS tracking and live sitter maps for larger teams.
Where SitPup sits on price
The Free plan includes the booking page, the widget, calendar and availability, 5 bookings per month and 3 gallery photos, which is enough to try it on real requests before deciding. Paid plans raise limits and add profile features, and no plan takes a percentage of a booking.
- Free plan, no card to start
- No commission on any booking
- Pet care defaults out of the box
- Booking page and website widget included
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FAQ
What is the best booking software for a pet care business?
It depends on your size and the admin you need to fix first. Solo sitters and small teams often get more from SitPup's free, commission-free booking page and widget. Larger, multi-staff operations may prefer Time To Pet, Pet Sitter Plus or Precise Petcare once payroll and staff scheduling are the bottleneck.
Which of these has a genuinely free plan?
SitPup and Scritches. SitPup's Free plan has no client cap and no expiry date, just a monthly booking limit; Scritches caps its free plan at 5 clients and 1 intake form. The other four charge from day one, sometimes after a time-limited trial.
Do any of these charge commission on bookings?
No. All seven use flat monthly fees rather than a percentage of your bookings. Booksy's optional Boost add-on charges 30% on a client's first visit only, which is separate from its base subscription.
How do I test one of these properly before switching?
Set up your three most common services with real prices, send yourself a request from your phone, then deliberately try to double-book a date you already filled. Most weaknesses show up in those three steps.
Do I need a website to use any of these?
Not with SitPup. It gives you a hosted booking page at your own address, and the widget is only for adding the same form to a website you already have. Requirements vary for the other tools listed here.
Does anyone actually use SitPup yet?
100+ pet care businesses already run live bookings through SitPup. The most common feedback: setup is quick, and requests arrive with fewer missing details.
Test it against the bookings you already have
Recreate last month's bookings, overlaps included, and try to break the calendar. That tells you more than any comparison page.