Choose SitPup if
You run home boarding, independent dog boarding or a small dog hotel and mostly need requests, dog details, availability and capacity per service.
Comparison
SitPup vs KennelBooker for Dog Boarding
SitPup gives you a capacity limit per service on a Free plan, no rooms to configure and no per-room pricing. KennelBooker starts at $49.99 a month and prices you by how many physical rooms you run, whether you need that structure or not.
- No room inventory to set up first
- Free plan to start with
- Capacity per service, not per numbered room
- No commission on any booking
- $0
- to start with SitPup
- $49.99
- KennelBooker's lowest monthly plan
- 0%
- commission with SitPup
- 8
- languages for your booking page
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Set a capacity number, skip the room setup
SitPup does not ask you to set up rooms at all: you set a capacity per service, such as two dogs at a time for home boarding, and the system tracks it against your requests directly, on a Free plan. KennelBooker prices you by physical capacity instead, from $49.99 a month for up to 10 boarding rooms and 10 daycare spaces, rising to $122.99 a month for 100 rooms, whether or not you actually run a multi-room facility.
02
What each one assumes about your business
KennelBooker assumes a facility: a building with numbered boarding rooms, a cattery section, and staff on shifts to run it. SitPup assumes something smaller and far more common: a spare room, a fenced yard, or a handful of dogs in your own home, where what matters is how many you can take at once, not which numbered kennel they're in, with no facility-sized software bill to match.
03
Choose based on how you track space
The right choice depends on whether your business thinks in rooms or in a simple capacity number.
Choose KennelBooker if
You manage a facility with numbered rooms, daycare spaces, vaccination checks, staff scheduling and facility operations to track.
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What comes with SitPup
The pet care parts of the setup that stay simple by design:
Capacity per service
A limit on how many dogs you take at once, no room numbers required.
Dog details collected up front
Breed, age, weight and care notes, available as toggles instead of custom fields.
Overlap handled automatically
A date range blocks every day of a stay, so two bookings cannot silently overlap.
Boarding-friendly pricing
By night, by stay or by hour, with weekend and seasonal rates ready to use.
Where SitPup sits on price
The Free plan includes the online page, the widget, calendar and availability, 5 bookings per month and 3 gallery photos, enough to try it on real requests before deciding. Paid plans raise the limits. No plan takes a percentage of a booking.
- Free plan, no card required
- No commission on any booking
- Capacity per service, no room setup
- Booking page and website widget included
SitPup and KennelBooker side by side
Based on KennelBooker's own published pricing and feature pages. Pricing and features change over time, so check their current plans directly before deciding.
| What you are comparing | KennelBooker | SitPup |
|---|---|---|
| Starting cost | No free plan; from $49.99/month for up to 10 rooms. | Free plan with the booking page and widget included. |
| How capacity works | Numbered boarding rooms and daycare spaces you manage. | A capacity limit per service, no rooms to set up. |
| Pricing scales with | How many rooms and spaces your plan allows. | Not at all on the Free plan; paid tiers raise booking limits. |
| Getting started | Set up your room and space inventory before you take a booking. | Set a capacity number and start taking requests the same day. |
| Commission on bookings | None; flat monthly fees. | None; flat monthly fees. |
| Best fit | A facility managing a physical inventory of numbered rooms. | Any dog boarding business that wants bookings live today, with a capacity limit instead of room setup. |
This reflects KennelBooker's publicly listed pricing and features at the time of writing, not a specific plan you may be quoted. Verify current pricing on their website before comparing.
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FAQ
Is SitPup cheaper than KennelBooker?
For getting started, yes: SitPup's Free plan costs nothing, while KennelBooker's lowest published plan is $49.99 a month for up to 10 boarding rooms and no permanent free tier.
Does KennelBooker have a free plan?
No. It offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, but no permanent free tier.
Do I need to set up rooms in SitPup?
No. You set a capacity per service, such as how many dogs you can take at once, rather than assigning numbered rooms.
Which is better for a small home boarding business?
SitPup, for home boarding and dog boarding businesses alike: free to start, no rooms to configure, and a capacity limit you set in seconds. KennelBooker's room-inventory system only pays for itself once you are managing a facility with numbered rooms to track.
Can I add a booking manually if a client calls me?
Yes. Add it from your dashboard in seconds, so phone bookings sit in the same calendar as the ones from your page.
Do either of these charge commission on bookings?
No. Both charge flat monthly fees rather than a percentage of your bookings.
Are there real boarding businesses using SitPup?
100+ pet care businesses, including boarding operators, already run bookings through SitPup. The feedback we hear most: setup is quick, and requests arrive with fewer missing details.
Start without setting up room inventory
Add your boarding service, set how many dogs you can take at once, and send yourself a test request. No rooms to number, no facility to configure.