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Scout

Dog walking and pet sitting solution

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Scout - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is Scout?

Scout is a cloud-based solution designed to help pet sitting and dog walking businesses with appointment scheduling and billing. Key features include custom branding, location and time tracking, document management, employee performance assessments, lead generation, and notifications.

The application helps sitters maintain multiple pet profiles, track job progress, and capture photos during check-in/check-out. Managers can use the solution to create custom bills, automate payment processes for various modes, and generate invoices. Scout comes with a vault feature, which lets staff members archive, as well as share vaccination records with owners through a clickable link.

Scout integrates with third-party calendar applications such as iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook, and more. The platform enables pet owners to create bios and provide information such as animal behavior, routine, feeding time, and medications for the sitters. Clients can use the mobile app to schedule/cancel services, as well as receive details of activities via e-report cards at the end of the visit.

Starting from

Per month

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Scout's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Scout users:

Booking Management

4.7

(3)

Client Portal

4.7

(3)

Appointment Management

5.0

(3)

Scheduling

5.0

(3)

Calendar Management

4.5

(2)

Client Management

4.7

(3)

All Scout features

Features rating:

4.6

(89)

Reporting & Statistics

5.0

(1)

Electronic Payments

4.3

(3)

Task Scheduling

(0)

Staff Management

(0)

Recurring Appointments

(0)

Records Management

(0)

Pet Grooming

(0)

Payroll Management

(0)

Invoice Management

(0)

GPS Check-in/Check-out

(0)

Drag & Drop

(0)

Customizable Forms

(0)

Customizable Branding

(0)

Customer Portal

(0)

Credit Card Processing

(0)

Contact Database

(0)

Calendar Sync

(0)

Billing & Invoicing

(0)

Automated Scheduling

(0)

Alerts/Notifications

(0)

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Scout

4.8

(89)

Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.9

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

4.9

Time To Pet

4.9

(270)

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Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.8

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

5.0

GoReminders

4.8

(189)

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Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.8

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.9

anny

5.0

(5)

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Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

5.0

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

5.0

Scout pricing

Value for money rating:

4.8

Starting from

Per month

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

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Scout integrations (7)

Top integrations

Scout support options

Typical customers

Freelancers

Small businesses

Mid size businesses

Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web

Android

iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk

Phone Support

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Chat

24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

Webinars

Documentation

Live Online

Videos

Scout reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend9.49/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“Customer support could not have been better and the transition to their platform was basically seamless. I would recommend them again and again.”

Tasha T.

Business Owner

“Great software a must for pet sitters & walkers, the GPS option is excellent and helps my clients feel at ease. The pet report could be a little more elaborate but works well.”

Ashley R.

Owner

“It’s been very helpful in my startup pet care company, my clients seem happy and have enjoyed the freedom to book via an app.”

Christin G.

Owner

Cons

“Very little bad to say, they always listen to input.”

Katie K.

CEO

“I feel like the app is running my company, not the other way around. My staff dislikes the glitches, inability to log out, etc.”

Kara D.

Owner/Operator

“Some clients have a difficult time utilizing the scheduling component of the software. Little hiccups like this are to be expected and it's mostly user error.”

Katie C.

Pet Care Professional

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