Animal Friends OS does the opposite: three plans, starting at $69 a month, plus a one-time $49 activation fee, and every plan runs the whole platform. This page lays out exactly what that includes, what it does not cost extra, and why it is deliberately priced this way. From an operator who runs a busy pet care business and was tired of software bills that climbed every year.
What the $69 actually includes
Starter is $69 a month, and it is the whole platform rather than a crippled entry tier. It covers grooming, boarding, daycare, and training on one system; online booking; two-way texting; automatic reminders; billing and invoicing; deposits and no-show protection; the client app; vaccination tracking; reporting; and white-glove data migration when you switch. There is no separate plan to buy for each service and no premium tier hiding a core feature. Professional ($109) and Premium ($169) do not unlock features — they raise the ceilings: staff, marketing message volume, photo and emoji messaging, and a dedicated business number on Premium.
What does not cost extra
The things that nickel-and-dime you elsewhere are simply part of the plan. Staff are never billed per head — Starter includes up to 3, and Professional and Premium are unlimited — so hiring does not raise your software bill. All services at no extra per-service cost. Appointment reminders and confirmations never count against your marketing message allowance. Migration done for you, free, when you move from another platform. And your own payment processor with 0% platform fee, so the software does not skim a markup off every transaction you take. The one up-front cost is the $49 activation fee, which covers carrier registration for texting and moving your data over.
Why it is priced this way
The pricing is a deliberate position, not a discount gimmick. Pet care software has historically been priced to extract as much as possible from operators — per-seat fees, climbing tiers, processing markups — and the people running shops felt it. Animal Friends OS was built by an operator who lived that frustration, and this is the answer: serious, premium software where the plan you pick reflects your scale, not how much of the product you are permitted to use. Month to month, cancel any time, no notice period, and you keep your phone number. Pay yearly and you get twelve months for ten.
Premium, not cheap
Affordable does not mean basic. The $69 buys a genuinely premium platform — the same software built to run a busy multi-service pet care business, polished and complete. The low entry price is about accessibility and fairness, not about cutting corners.
Every service, on every plan.
Animal Friends OS runs grooming, boarding, daycare, and training on one platform from $69/month, plus a one-time $49 activation fee. Three plans — Starter $69, Professional $109, Premium $169 — none of them charging per staff member, all with your own payment processor and white-glove migration included.
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