Goose alternative
Goose’s plans include every service and start at $200 a month for locations with fewer than 30 pets at a time. AllPaws costs $35 a month per service type at one location, with a 30-day free trial, and has AI built in that reads vaccine dates for your staff to confirm and, with the texting add-on, drafts replies your team reviews and sends.
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 AllPaws | Goose | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $200/mo; $300/mo above 30 pets at a time4, 5 |
| Free trial | Included: 30 days, no credit card | Not listedIts website offers personalized demos1, 6 |
| Online booking | Included: Requests your team approves | Included: Instant for boarding and daycare; grooming by request8, 10, 16 |
| AI vaccine records | Included: Staff confirm the dates | Not listedHelp center has staff enter expiration dates15, 41 |
Goose details checked September 26, 2026Full comparison
Why AllPaws
All three services at one location, with every core feature included. Texting and integrated payments are optional add-ons.
Run your own bookings, rates and forms in AllPaws before you pay anything.
Feature comparison
28 things pet care businesses compare. Goose’s details come from the public sources listed at the end of this page, checked on September 26, 2026.
| AllPaws | Goose | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and plans | ||
| Published pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $200/mo; $300/mo above 30 pets at a time4, 5 |
| Free trial | Included: 30 days, no credit card | Not listedIts website offers personalized demos1, 6 |
| No long-term contract | Included: Cancel anytime | Included: Month-to-month; no long-term contract4, 5 |
| Every core feature on every plan | Included: Both plans include every core feature | Included: Core tools on every plan; higher plans add multi-location tools4, 5 |
| AI built in | ||
| AI-suggested replies to customer texts | Add-onWith texting; your team reviews and sends | Its demo page and buying guide list AI help with customer messaging6, 7 |
| AI reading of vaccine records | Included: Staff confirm the dates | Not listedHelp center has staff enter expiration dates15, 41 |
| 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 | Included: Plus training and retail5 |
| Online booking and client portal | Included: Requests your team approves | Included: Instant for boarding and daycare; grooming by request8, 10, 16 |
| Automatic pricing rules | Included: Holiday, multi-pet and length-of-stay rules | Included: Rate adjustments by date and occupancy11, 12 |
| Live capacity and room assignments | Included: With weight limits and room blocking | Included: Room types held at booking; rooms assigned later13, 14 |
| Grooming scheduling by groomer | Included: Priced and timed by breed, size, coat and groomer | Included: Groomer calendars; priced by breed, size or coat9, 10 |
| Pets, vaccines and forms | ||
| Required vaccines checked before check-in | Included: Waivers where you allow them | Included: Alerts for missing or expiring vaccines when booking17, 18 |
| Digital forms and e-signatures | Included | Included: Online pre-registration and signed service agreements19, 20 |
| Feeding and medication schedules | Included | Included: Feeding, medication and activity task lists21 |
| Customer communication | ||
| Email confirmations and reminders | Included: Included | Included: Confirmations and reminders; 20,000 emails a month5, 22, 40 |
| Two-way texting with photos | Add-on$20/mo per texting number + 1.5¢ per text segment, 2¢ with a photo | Add-on$50/mo for 1,000 texts or picture messages; $20 per 1,000 more4, 5, 18 |
| SMS marketing campaigns | Add-onWith texting | Add-onUses the SMS/MMS add-on’s monthly allowance4, 23 |
| Review requests | Add-onBy text, with texting | Asks for reviews at check-out; Reputation Management is a paid add-on5, 7, 18 |
| Payments and retail | ||
| Integrated card payments and card readers | Included: Optional, with tipping | Included: Built-in payments with card terminals and tipping24, 25 |
| Use your own payment processor | Included: Record outside payments | Not listedPayments taken elsewhere can be recorded as “Other”26 |
| Text-to-pay links for invoices and deposits | Add-onWith texting and integrated payments | Not listed |
| Retail sales with barcode inventory | Included | LimitedRetail sales; stock tracking not yet available27 |
| Running the business | ||
| Multi-location management | Included: Multi Location plan | Included: Shared CRM on Professional and Enterprise4, 28 |
| Reports with CSV export | Included | Included: 50+ reports; exports download as CSV28, 29 |
| Staff permissions and schedules | Included | LimitedPermissions; groomer and trainer schedules; shifts via When I Work10, 30, 31, 38 |
| Phone, chat and email support | Included | Included: Chat and email daily, phone on weekdays32 |
| Help moving your data | Included: Free help from our team moving your customer and pet data | Included: White-glove migration, no implementation fee; $500 refundable deposit5, 33 |
AllPaws Single Location plan shown. Not listed means we couldn’t find it in Goose’s public information, so it may still be available: ask Goose. 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.
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.
How Goose compares
Goose lists AI workflow automation on every plan. It writes report card summaries from activity highlights and staff notes, which staff can edit and regenerate, and its marketing tools use AI to draft email and text campaigns and to build customer segments. Its buying guide also lists AI help with customer messages and AI-assisted review responses in beta. We didn’t find AI that reads vaccine records or turns paper forms into online forms.4, 7, 34, 42
AllPaws is $35 a month for each service type at one location, with every core feature included. Boarding, daycare and grooming together cost $105 a month, and texting is an optional add-on.
How Goose compares
Goose charges by plan rather than by service. Basics is $200 a month for locations caring for fewer than 30 pets at a time, Professional is $300 a month above that, and Enterprise is priced on request. Every plan includes boarding, daycare, grooming, training and retail, and texting is a $50-a-month add-on with 1,000 messages.4, 5
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 Goose compares
In Goose, staff enter each required vaccine’s expiration date on the pet’s profile, and pet owners can upload their records. Goose shows alerts for missing or expiring vaccines during booking and can remind owners before a stay. We didn’t find automatic reading of vaccine documents.15, 16, 17, 18, 41
Pricing
Both publish their prices. AllPaws charges for each service type you run. Goose’s Basics and Professional plans include every service and are priced by how many pets a location cares for at a time.
AllPaws$35/mo per service type
From $200/mo
Switching
Goose lets you export your customers, pets, bookings and payments as CSV files from its reports. Send them to us, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws.29, 39
Tell us how you use Goose 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 Goose. We’ll tell you exactly what we need.
Our team helps you move your customer and pet records into AllPaws at no charge, 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?
Goose is software for multi-service pet care businesses running boarding, daycare, grooming, training and retail, from single locations to multi-location groups. It was founded by two pet care industry veterans and is based in Chicago.1, 2, 3, 5
FAQ
More questions? Book a demo or email info@allpaws.com.
Yes, especially if you want to pay only for the services you run. AllPaws is $35 a month per service type at one location, with every core feature included, and you can try it free for 30 days with no credit card. Its AI reads 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 for your team to review and send.
AllPaws is $35 a month for each service type at one location, with every core feature included, so boarding, daycare and grooming together cost $105 a month. Goose’s Basics plan is $200 a month for locations caring for fewer than 30 pets at a time, and its Professional plan is $300 a month above that. Both Goose plans include every service. Texting is an add-on with both: Goose charges $50 a month for 1,000 messages, and AllPaws charges $20 a month per texting number plus 1.5¢ per text segment (2¢ with a photo).4, 5
Yes. Goose lets you export your customers, pets, bookings and payments as CSV files from its reports. Send them to us, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws. AllPaws setup and data migration are free.29, 39
AllPaws has AI built in. 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 for your team to review and send. Goose uses AI to write report card summaries that staff can adjust and to draft marketing campaigns and customer segments, and its buying guide also lists AI help with customer messages. We didn’t find AI that reads vaccine records on Goose’s website or in its help center.7, 15, 34, 42
AllPaws has a 30-day free trial with no credit card, then monthly billing with no long-term contract, so you can cancel anytime. Goose’s plans are also month-to-month. Its website offers personalized demos, and we didn’t find a free trial listed there. Goose collects a $500 refundable deposit during implementation and returns it 90 days after you go live.1, 4, 5, 6
No. With AllPaws, customers request boarding, daycare and grooming from your branded booking page and client portal, and your team approves each request. For boarding, AllPaws checks live capacity and weight limits as you book, and it checks required vaccines before check-in. Goose confirms boarding and daycare bookings online straight away, based on rules you set, and takes grooming by request.7, 8, 10
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Goose 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.
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