DaySmart Pet alternative
DaySmart Pet is marketed mainly to groomers, and its daycare and boarding calendars are $25-a-month add-ons. AllPaws includes boarding, daycare and grooming at the same price per service, takes online booking requests for all three, and has AI built in that reads vaccine records and, with texting, drafts replies to customer texts.
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 AllPaws | DaySmart Pet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $29/mo, by plan tier4 |
| Services | Included: One booking flow for all three | Add-onDaycare and boarding calendars, $25/mo each4 |
| Online booking | Included: Requests your team approves | LimitedHelp center: not for boarding or daycare; staff book those7 |
| AI text replies | Add-onWith texting; your team reviews and sends | Not listed |
| Multiple locations | Included: Multi Location plan | LimitedHelp center: a separate account for each location21 |
DaySmart Pet details checked September 26, 2026Full comparison
Why AllPaws
One booking flow and one customer record for every service you run.
Vaccine-record reading, paper-form import and, with texting, suggested replies to customer texts. Your team approves every suggestion.
Published pricing for one location, with every core feature included. No quote needed.
Run your own bookings, rates and forms in AllPaws before you pay anything.
Feature comparison
24 things pet care businesses compare. DaySmart Pet’s details come from the public sources listed at the end of this page, checked on September 26, 2026.
| AllPaws | DaySmart Pet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and plans | ||
| Published pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $29/mo, by plan tier4 |
| Free trial | Included: 30 days, no credit card | Included: 14 days, no credit card4 |
| No long-term contract | Included: Cancel anytime | Included: Cancel anytime6 |
| Every core feature on every plan | Included: Both plans include every core feature | Not offered: Features vary by plan tier5 |
| AI built in | ||
| AI-suggested replies to customer texts | Add-onWith texting; your team reviews and sends | Not listed |
| AI reading of vaccine records | Included: Staff confirm the dates | Not listedHelp center describes entering dates by hand10 |
| AI conversion of paper forms and PDFs into online forms | Included: Saved as drafts to review | Not listed |
| Bookings and front desk | ||
| Boarding, daycare and grooming in one system | Included: One booking flow for all three | Add-onDaycare and boarding calendars, $25/mo each4 |
| Online booking and client portal | Included: Requests your team approves | LimitedHelp center: not for boarding or daycare; staff book those7 |
| Live capacity and room assignments | Included: With weight limits and room blocking | Included: Rooms and kennel counts, with the add-on calendars8, 9 |
| Grooming scheduling by groomer | Included: Priced and timed by breed, size, coat and groomer | Included: Appointment book by day, week or groomer2 |
| Pets, vaccines and forms | ||
| Required vaccines checked before check-in | Included: Waivers where you allow them | Included: Alerts during booking and on the appointment10 |
| Digital forms and e-signatures | Included | Included: Deluxe plan and above5, 11 |
| Customer communication | ||
| Email confirmations and reminders | Included: Included | Included: Text and email reminders on every plan4, 12 |
| Two-way texting with photos | Add-on$20/mo + 1.5¢ per text segment, 2¢ with a photo | Add-onIncluded from Deluxe Growth; photo texts not mentioned4, 13 |
| SMS marketing campaigns | Add-onWith texting | Add-onIncluded from Deluxe Growth14 |
| Review requests | Add-onBy text, with texting | Add-onFrom Deluxe Growth, or $49/mo4, 16 |
| Payments and retail | ||
| Integrated card payments and card readers | Included: Optional, with tipping | Included: Stripe or CardConnect, with card readers18, 19 |
| Use your own payment processor | Included: Record outside payments | LimitedAllowed, but plans cost $10–$20/mo more4, 20 |
| Running the business | ||
| Multi-location management | Included: Multi Location plan | LimitedHelp center: a separate account for each location21 |
| Reports with CSV export | Included | Included: With CSV export23 |
| Staff permissions and schedules | Included | Included: Time clock and payroll from Deluxe5, 22 |
| Phone, chat and email support | Included | Included: Phone on weekdays; chat and email also on Saturdays24 |
| Help moving your data | Included: Our team helps move your customer and pet data | Included: Free data migration5 |
AllPaws Single Location plan shown. Not listed means we couldn’t find it in DaySmart Pet’s public information, so it may still be available: ask DaySmart Pet. Features and pricing change, so check current details with each company.
What makes AllPaws different
AllPaws applies your rates, rules and records for you, and its AI drafts the busywork for your team to approve.
One booking flow covers every service. Grooming is priced and timed by breed, size, coat and groomer, and boarding checks live capacity and weight limits as you book.
How DaySmart Pet compares
DaySmart markets DaySmart Pet mainly to groomers. Daycare and boarding are separate calendars that cost $25 a month each, and boarding isn’t available on the Basic plan. Its help center says both are set up and used on the website only, not in the mobile or tablet apps.1, 4, 5, 8, 9
Customers request boarding, daycare and grooming from your branded booking page and client portal, where they also update profiles, upload vaccine records and complete forms. Your team approves each request.
How DaySmart Pet compares
DaySmart Pet’s booking site takes grooming appointments. Its help center says boarding and daycare aren’t available for online booking, so staff book them in the software.7
When a customer texts about hours, prices, vaccines or boarding and daycare availability, AllPaws drafts the answer from your own settings, and eligible cancellations and date changes take one click. Your team reviews every reply before it goes out. Suggested replies come with the texting add-on.
AllPaws reads the dates from uploaded and texted vaccine records for your staff to confirm. Missing or expiring required vaccines are flagged on the booking, and check-in waits until requirements are met.
How DaySmart Pet compares
In DaySmart Pet, staff check each vaccine a pet has had and set its expiration date, with an optional document attached. It shows an alert during booking and on the appointment when a required vaccine is missing or expired, and warns three months before one expires.10
Pricing
Both publish most of their prices. AllPaws charges per service type with every feature included. DaySmart Pet charges by plan tier and number of users, and adds daycare and boarding calendars on top.
AllPaws$35/mo per service type
From $29/mo
Boarding, daycare and grooming at one location
AllPaws$105/moEvery core feature included
DaySmart Pet$119/moDeluxe with both add-on calendars and DaySmart’s payment processing, or $139 without it. Before extra users and two-way texting.4
Switching
DaySmart Pet lets you download a full backup of your account from its settings, or request an export. Send us the file, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws.25
Tell us how you use DaySmart Pet today and which services you run. In 30 minutes we’ll show you AllPaws with your setup in mind.
Download or request a copy of your records from DaySmart Pet. We’ll tell you exactly what we need.
Our team helps you move your customer and pet records into AllPaws, so you start with the data you already have.
Set up your rates, forms and reminders with help from our support team by phone, chat or email, then start taking bookings.
Which is right for you?
DaySmart Pet, formerly 123Pet, is pet business software marketed mainly to groomers and sold in tiered plans, with daycare and boarding calendars added for $25 a month each.1, 3, 4
FAQ
More questions? Book a demo or email info@allpaws.com.
Yes, especially if you run boarding or daycare as well as grooming. AllPaws takes online booking requests for all three services and checks live capacity and required vaccines before check-in. DaySmart Pet is marketed mainly to groomers and sells daycare and boarding calendars as add-ons, which its help center says can’t be booked online. AllPaws also has AI built in that reads vaccine records for your team to confirm and, with the texting add-on, drafts replies to customer texts.1, 4, 7
AllPaws is $35 a month for each service type at one location, with every core feature included, so boarding, daycare and grooming together come to $105 a month. DaySmart Pet’s published plan prices run from $29 to $219 a month, depending on the tier and whether you use its payment processing, and Premium Growth is priced on request. Daycare and boarding calendars cost $25 a month each, so its Deluxe plan with both calendars is $119 a month with its payment processing, or $139 without. Extra users cost $9 a month each.4, 5
With AllPaws, yes. Customers request boarding, daycare and grooming from your booking page and client portal, and your team approves each request. DaySmart Pet’s help center says boarding and daycare aren’t available for online booking, so staff book them in the software.7
AllPaws AI works on your front-desk tasks. It reads dates from vaccine records for your staff to confirm, turns paper forms and PDFs into draft online forms for your team to review, and, with the texting add-on, drafts replies to customer texts about hours, prices, vaccines and boarding or daycare availability. Your team approves every suggestion. DaySmart markets AI for its own support assistant, for drafting customer reviews and for building websites.15, 16, 17
Yes. The Multi Location plan adds management across locations and shared customer and pet records, so a pet that visits two locations has one profile. DaySmart Pet’s help center says each location is its own separate account with its own login.21
Yes. DaySmart Pet lets you download a full backup of your account or request an export, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws. You can try AllPaws free for 30 days, with no credit card, while you decide.25
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DaySmart Pet information comes from the public pages below, last checked on September 26, 2026. AllPaws information comes from our product and our pricing page. Both products change over time, so confirm details with each company before you decide.
DaySmart Pet is a trademark of its owner. AllPaws is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by DaySmart Pet.
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