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DaySmart Pet vs Paw Partner Comparison (2026)

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DaySmart Pet

Paw Partner

Overview

DaySmart Pet provides business management software to revolutionize the way you manage your pet grooming, daycare, or boarding facility.

Paw Partner is software for independent boarding, daycare, grooming, and training businesses. Created and owned by independent pet care business owners, not investors. We charge what’s fair, not what we could squeeze you for. We answer to customers, not investors.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

44.99

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.3

222

138

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

68%

would recommend this app

4.8

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

93%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Additionally, the automated reminders have significantly reduced our no-show rates, and the ability to manage everything from a centralized dashboard—including marketing and reporting—is a game-changer for daily operations.”

Pedro P.

Junior dev

“The reporting and calendar features are helpful for managing staff schedules and tracking business performance.”

Yen T.

Groomer

“Overall I love it I feel like it has helped me a lot with my small business, keeping track of clients and track of my reports for the end of the year for my taxes I also like the customer service how they get to me fast and answer all my questions”

Destiny A.

Professional Dog groomer

Pros

“This does it all for my grooming salon, boarding kennels, doggy daycares, retail and front end POS. ”

Kathryn S.

Owner

“It has *very* limited customization options. ”

Lauren R.

Owner

“I ofter 5 different pet services and finding a platform that can so easily support all of them makes my business run so much smoother than it ever has.”

Mary P.

Owner, Manager, Groomer, Dog Trainer

Cons

“We have used them for over 15 yeats key features that other software offers this lack in intake forms, poor intervention, no way to preppay or charging for no call, no showes,”

Robert P.

Owner

“The constant issues with checking out customers sometimes being able to and other times not being able to even access tickets or grooming notes”

Sam A.

Groomer Owner

“It was extremely frustrating dealing with upset clients that can’t process a card because of DaySmart being down.”

Alaina T.

Dog groomer

Cons

“The ONLY thing I do not like about Paw Partner is that if I need to change a payment method to pay my monthly fee, I have to call it in.”

Ronnie H.

Owner

“The only draw back for the Paw Payments I've encountered thus far is that it takes a few days to go from client making payment to being in the bank. ”

Kathryn S.

Owner

“The only other change I would want to see that would make using it easier is to make manually reserving appointments on the calendar view easier and more intuitive when taking new clients (scheduling existing clients this way is SUPER easy, but if they aren't currently in the database, it's pretty frustrating to be on the phone with a new client-- who typically doesn't want to provide their information until after establishing an appointment date/ time-- establish an appointment date and time, then create the customer and pet profiles, go back in to reserve the time and it was swiped by another client while you were creating the customer profile). While I didn't have much need for it while I offered grooming, I know that many salons would like to be able to set up split commissions between their groomers and bathers, and Paw Partner doesn't currently offer this as an option.”

Meghan L.

Owner