Kennel Connection alternative
Kennel Connection and AllPaws both run boarding, daycare and grooming. AllPaws adds AI that reads vaccine dates for your staff to confirm, turns paper forms into draft online forms for your team to review and, with the texting add-on, drafts replies your team reviews and sends. It costs $35 a month per service type at one location, or $105 for all three. Kennel Connection’s KC Cloud plan, with unlimited modules, is $149 a month.
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 AllPaws | Kennel Connection | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $69/mo; KC Cloud, with unlimited modules, $149/mo4 |
| AI text replies | Add-onWith texting; your team reviews and sends | Not listed |
| AI vaccine records | Included: Staff confirm the dates | Not listedHelp center has staff enter vaccine dates21 |
| Forms | Included | LimitedE-signed contracts only when customers book online23, 24 |
Kennel Connection 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.
Vaccine-record reading, paper forms turned into draft online forms and, with the texting add-on, suggested replies to customer texts. Your team approves every suggestion.
Feature comparison
28 things pet care businesses compare. Kennel Connection’s details come from the public sources listed at the end of this page, checked on September 26, 2026.
| AllPaws | Kennel Connection | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and plans | ||
| Published pricing | Included: $35/mo per service type, one location | Included: From $69/mo; KC Cloud, with unlimited modules, $149/mo4 |
| Free trial | Included: 30 days, no credit card | Free demos; its software training page offers a 30-day demo7, 8 |
| No long-term contract | Included: Cancel anytime | Included: Monthly terms; 15 days’ written notice plus a cancellation form5, 6 |
| Every core feature on every plan | Included: Both plans include every core feature | Included: Core features in every plan4 |
| 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 has staff enter vaccine dates21 |
| 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 special services such as walks and pool time1, 11 |
| Online booking and client portal | Included: Requests your team approves | Included: Client portal; staff approval optional9, 10 |
| Automatic pricing rules | Included: Holiday, multi-pet and length-of-stay rules | Included: AI Engine rules by breed, weight or date; multi-pet, long-stay rates12, 13, 16, 17 |
| Live capacity and room assignments | Included: With weight limits and room blocking | Included: Runs, run-size counts and occupancy limits17, 18 |
| Grooming scheduling by groomer | Included: Priced and timed by breed, size, coat and groomer | Included: Price and length by breed or weight; groomer calendars19, 20 |
| Pets, vaccines and forms | ||
| Required vaccines checked before check-in | Included: Waivers where you allow them | Included: Warnings for missing or expired vaccines21 |
| Digital forms and e-signatures | Included | LimitedE-signed contracts only when customers book online23, 24 |
| Feeding and medication schedules | Included | Included: Feedings, medications and exercises25 |
| Customer communication | ||
| Email confirmations and reminders | Included: Included | Included: Automated confirmations and reminders26 |
| Two-way texting with photos | Add-on$20/mo per texting number + 1.5¢ per text segment, 2¢ with a photo | Add-onUnlimited texts with photos, $50/mo4, 27 |
| SMS marketing campaigns | Add-onWith texting | Add-onMass SMS, listed as a paid add-on28 |
| Review requests | Add-onBy text, with texting | Add-onPart of the $50/mo 2-Way SMS add-on4 |
| Payments and retail | ||
| Integrated card payments and card readers | Included: Optional, with tipping | Included: In-house processing, with Clover card readers29, 30 |
| Use your own payment processor | Included: Record outside payments | Portal self-pay and subscriptions need its processing31, 32 |
| Text-to-pay links for invoices and deposits | Add-onWith texting and integrated payments | Add-onPart of the $50/mo SMS add-on; email links too4, 33 |
| Retail sales with barcode inventory | Included | Included: Inventory with UPC codes and barcode scanning at checkout34, 35 |
| Running the business | ||
| Multi-location management | Included: Multi Location plan | Included: Shared data across locations, set up by its team36 |
| Reports with CSV export | Included | Included: Hundreds of reports, with Excel export4, 37 |
| Staff permissions and schedules | Included | Included: Access rights, schedules and a time clock4, 38, 41 |
| Phone, chat and email support | Included | Included: Phone, chat and email weekdays 8am–7pm ET; after-hours emergencies42 |
| Help moving your data | Included: Free help from our team moving your customer and pet data | Included: Free data transfer into Kennel Connection5, 7 |
AllPaws Single Location plan shown. Not listed means we couldn’t find it in Kennel Connection’s public information, so it may still be available: ask Kennel Connection. 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 Kennel Connection compares
Kennel Connection’s help center says its AI Engine and Dynamic Pricing Rules “automatically apply additional charges” to boarding and daycare appointments “based on criteria you define”, such as breed, weight, size classification or specific dates. For grooming, they “automatically adjust grooming appointment pricing and duration”, and can also use coat condition, mat level and temperament. We didn’t find AI that reads vaccine records, turns paper forms into online forms or drafts replies to customer texts.13, 14, 15
Upload a paper waiver or PDF and AllPaws turns it into a draft online form for your team to review and switch on.
How Kennel Connection compares
Kennel Connection’s help center says: “At this time, Kennel Connection does not have the feature to send contracts to customers for digital signature and return. Contracts must be physically printed and signed.” Signed contracts can then be scanned and uploaded to the client or pet card. It adds: “Digital signatures can be obtained through the Online Reservation (OLR) booking system.” When customers book online, you can also ask them to upload documents such as vaccine records.9, 23, 24
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 Kennel Connection compares
Kennel Connection charges by plan. KC Cloud is $149 a month with unlimited modules, the grooming-only Hello-Groom plan is $69 and Desktop plans for offline use start at $89. Unlimited 2-way texting is $50 a month more, and corporate plans are priced on request.4
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 Kennel Connection compares
In Kennel Connection, staff enter each vaccination date and it works out the expiry date. Missing or expired required vaccines show as warnings on the pet, the appointment and the schedule. Customers can upload records and enter new dates when they book online, and staff accept the dates before they’re saved. We didn’t find automatic reading of vaccine documents.21, 22
Pricing
Both publish their prices. AllPaws charges for each service type you run. Kennel Connection charges by plan, with unlimited modules in its $149 KC Cloud plan, and sells texting as an add-on.
AllPaws$35/mo per service type
From $69/mo
Boarding, daycare and grooming at one location
AllPaws$105/moEvery core feature included
Kennel Connection$149/moKC Cloud, with unlimited modules; the Hybrid plan is also $149. Before the $50-a-month 2-Way SMS add-on.4
Switching
KC Cloud’s Customer Export report downloads your clients, their pets and appointment history to Excel. Kennel Connection’s SaaS agreement gives you one final export of your data at no additional cost when you cancel, if your account is in good standing and all balances are paid. Send us the files, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws.6, 43
Tell us how you use Kennel Connection 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 Kennel Connection. 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?
Kennel Connection is software for pet boarding, daycare and grooming businesses, available as KC Cloud, a hybrid plan and a Windows desktop version that also has training and pet sitting modules. It began in 1994 and is sold by Software Connection LLC, whose parent company is 100GROUP.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 38, 39, 40
FAQ
More questions? Book a demo or email info@allpaws.com.
Yes, if you want pricing by the services you run and AI that helps your front desk. AllPaws 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. Your team approves every suggestion. It’s $35 a month per service type at one location, with every core feature included, and our team helps move your customer and pet data from Kennel Connection.
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. Kennel Connection’s KC Cloud plan, with unlimited modules, is $149 a month, its grooming-only Hello-Groom plan is $69 a month and its Desktop plans start at $89 a month. Texting is an add-on with both: AllPaws texting is $20 a month per texting number plus 1.5¢ per text segment (2¢ with a photo), and Kennel Connection’s unlimited 2-Way SMS is $50 a month.4
Yes. KC Cloud’s Customer Export report downloads your clients, their pets and appointment history to Excel, and Kennel Connection’s SaaS agreement gives you one final export of your data at no additional cost when you cancel, if your account is in good standing and all balances are paid. Send us the files, and our team helps you bring your customer and pet records into AllPaws. AllPaws setup and data migration are free.6, 43
AllPaws AI works on 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. Kennel Connection’s AI Engine works on pricing: its help center says the AI Engine and Dynamic Pricing Rules “automatically apply additional charges” to appointments “based on criteria you define”, such as breed, weight or dates, and for grooming they can also add time to the appointment.13, 14, 15
Yes. AllPaws is free for 30 days with no credit card. Kennel Connection’s website offers a free demo that its team schedules after you fill in a form. Its software training page also says “Try a free, full featured demo of Kennel Connection for 30 days!” and links to the same form.7, 8
With AllPaws, yes. Forms have e-signatures, and AllPaws turns uploaded paper waivers and PDFs into draft online forms for your team to review. Kennel Connection’s help center says it “does not have the feature to send contracts to customers for digital signature and return” and that contracts “must be physically printed and signed”. It adds: “Digital signatures can be obtained through the Online Reservation (OLR) booking system.”23, 24
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Kennel Connection 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.
Kennel Connection is a trademark of its owner. AllPaws is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Kennel Connection.
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