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What Is PetLinx?

PetLinx is a professional and user friendly software package designed be the complete solution for pet grooming, pet boarding (kennel and cattery), and dog daycare businesses. PetLinx has been created to be as simple and clear to use as possible. You won't spend hours searching around our software to find the information you need! Backed up by FREE and friendly support, with improvements and new features being continually added, and very competitively priced. Try a free 30 day demo today!

Who Uses PetLinx?

Pet groomers (salon and mobile), pet boarding businesses, kennels and catteries, dog daycare businesses, dog trainers - any business within the pet care industry.

PetLinx Software - Record full information of your Customers, Pets, Bookings, Invoices and Payments, Retail Products, Business Contacts, and Employees.
PetLinx Software - View your grooming workload at a glance by day, week, work week, or month.  Drag and drop to change a booking date, time, or groomer.
PetLinx Software - View boarding bookings quickly for any date. Color-coded bookings easily identify check ins, check outs, occupied and full runs.  Drag and drop to change booking dates or runs.
PetLinx Software - Manage your daycare bookings in either a daily or work week view, grouped by the daycare groups that you define. Be alerted to customers or pets with warnings or customers that are running low on credit.
PetLinx Software - Completely change the look of PetLinx to what suits you best by choosing one of the themed "skins".

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Reviews of PetLinx

Average score

Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.4

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  • 201-1,000
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Sandra
Sandra
Owner in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Adaptability and value. After a year and half, we are very happy and satisfied with the program.

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

Best features are flexibility, value and service. Pet care is very often a small business that is highly individualized. Having a program that can be purchased in sections (boarding, daycare, grooming) and then having a good amount of flexibility within the program to adapt to each business is a good thing. The entire program is a good value and can be purchased outright with just service as an annual investment. The service is outstanding and responsive.

Cons:

The manual is the weakest. The manual is there as well as "help on this page". However, the help index rarely seems to actually help and most explanations are brief. Sometimes you need the long version!

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Thanks for your great review Sandra, we really value having you as a customer and appreciate your suggestions which are always helpful :-).

Megan
Owner in US
Veterinary Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Use friendly and customizable

5.0 4 years ago

Pros:

I have a new boarding and grooming business and was looking for an easy to use software to keep client and pet records organized, create and modify bookings, send reminders to clients, and allow clients to request reservations. Petlinx has it all! I started with the built in tutorials which were very easy to follow along with for initial setup and getting to know the modules. Petlinx perfectly strikes the balance between being user friendly and customizable. It's very easy to access and update client information, as well as to customize lists and options. Employee setup is easy to use as well. Petlinx connects to Quickbooks. The online registration for clients to request services is user friendly and very easy for clients. Customer service/tech support is amazing. Any questions I had were usually answered via email usually within a few hours, and sometimes within minutes. The learning curve was minimal but it does take some time to get it fully set up and practice to become fluent in the program. I'm glad I had time to familiarize myself with it, customize all the data lists and options, create all my custom emails, and test it all before needing it.

Cons:

Connecting my work email to send email confirmations and reminders to clients was not a tech skill I have done before and I needed quite a bit of help to find the settings in my email to allow Petlinx to connect. Thankfully there is a tutorial on the way!

Software Revolutions Response

4 years ago

Thank you so much for your detailed review Megan, we're glad to have you with us :-)

Blake
President in US
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

It's ok.

3.0 3 years ago

Pros:

RELATIVELY easy to use, though hard to train people on it.

Cons:

It has quirks and reservations will often disappear. it's very easy to do the wrong day. it's hard to make corrections when things are entered wrong (payments, etc). it would be better if there were another way to notate the packages that clients have. the drop down is quirky when people pay in advance and have multiple packages.

Software Revolutions Response

3 years ago

Thank you for your review. Please feel free to get in touch with our team as many of those things you mentioned may just require us to point you in the right direction :-). Reservations disappearing we have not come across before so again please get in touch so we can help you out.

Anne
Owner Partner in Australia
Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

PetLinx....... in a word GREAT!

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: This software is a reliable and easy to use product and, we believe, good value for money. It will take a lot to beat it.

Pros:

Easy to use, clear instructions, easy to transition to, fabulous timely personal support, and not a "static" product - [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and his team continue to improve, build and refine the software to include wants and needs of its users.

Cons:

I would love more financial type reports without having to upload to my accounting programme.

Software Revolutions Response

5 years ago

Thanks so much Anne, it's been our pleasure to have you as our customer :-)

Robin
Owner in US
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Petlinx

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: A+++

Pros:

Features and support is very responsive.

Cons:

None really its a really good program that I would recommend.

Software Revolutions Response

4 years ago

Thank you Robin, we're glad you chose us and very happy to have you as our customer!

Georgia
Office Manager/live-in manager in New Zealand
Veterinary Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Woofys

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: i couldnt find a catagorie for my work (boarding kennel & doggy daycare) hence why i put Veterinary. we run a luxury dog stay (kennel & daycare) in our Castle looking over the whole of Wellington. we love PetLinx!

Pros:

I like a lot of things about it. but if i had to choose would either be the range of reports you can read/print or how you can get the outstanding balances to pop up when the software is opened. and this was my google review: We use PetLinx at Woofington’s at it is great, especially after it’s latest update. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is amazing and so easy to deal with and always has an answer to any problems we have and fixes it pretty much instantly, can’t recommend this company enough, if you have a kennel, doggy day care or grooming business I definitely recommend getting PetLinx!

Cons:

We used to have more than one computer connected to PetLinx and when that was happening the software ran quite slow and would freeze regularly but now we have switched back to just the one and no network connection we have had NO problems with PetLinx. so i dont really have something a like least!

Software Revolutions Response

5 years ago

Thanks Georgia, you're always such a pleasure to deal with! Just to clarify your comment about the software running slow - you were using our Cloud edition and the slowness was due to the terrible internet you have at Woofingtons. Now that you've switched to the Desktop edition your internet is not a factor :-)

Brian
Owner in Canada
, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The best for your business

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: After downloading all the demos for all the software out there, we looked at speed and ease to use. Petlinx was by far the best all around software out there. When we noticed a quirk in the software we emailed them about it and they fixed it within days, we had not bought the software at this point. They are quick to listen to our concerns and suggestions to improve and implement them. So in 2005 we purchased Petlinx and have seen the product improve, grow and expand just as our business has grown. You can now have multiple locations from a single database and have centralized booking with the network edition. All the reports and letters that can be printed out can be totally customized to meet our needs. Through the years we have pushed this software to see what it can do as we have grown and it has always done the job for us. We are looking forward to see what's in the future for Petlinx. We do highly recommend this software to everyone.

Pros:

The ability to see your day in the calendar and to be able to just drag and drop appointments between groomer and even between days is important. There are reports for just about everything. Easy to use. Very quick tech support.

Cons:

The retail end is a little lacking - but they are working on improving that as of the time of this review.

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thanks for the great review Brian! We've appreciated having you on board for all these years and value your suggestions and know-how greatly. P.S free demo is for 30 days :-)

Jennifer
Owner in US
Veterinary Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: Its good, wont switch, but it could be better.

Pros:

Easy to keep track of pets and clients, easy to keep notes on pets and clients.

Cons:

Limited capabilites w/o spending more money to customize, ie reports, changing input fields, etc. New updates take away features that were useful in the past. System is a little pricey, especially for the renewal for multiple computers

Software Revolutions Response

5 years ago

Hi Jennifer, thank you for your review and we're happy to have you as a customer for 7+ years :-) Just want to clarify some of the items you have listed however: - customizing reports does not cost you anything! There's a complete report editor built in to PetLinx. Adding new custom fields for you will of course invoke a cost as it involves development time for us. - Not sure which features you are referring to, to our knowledge we have not removed any features and have added many since you have been with us. - Your annual support and updates payment is only $229, which includes unlimited phone, email, and remote support as well as software updates with new features. We believe this compares very favorably with competitor pricing. Happy to discuss any of these in more detail through our normal contact methods :-).

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

There are a lot of updates that could be & someone in the industry should be consulted

3.0 7 years ago

Comments: used as our schedule for bookings

Pros:

layout and colorful design and ability to add multiple employees to the calendar as well as the right click and drop down boxes i also like that it integrates so well with cayan also the ability to make dtailed groom notes on every dog

Cons:

unable to split tips between a bather and groomer on the same transaction a handful of technical glitches and i feel like an industry professional should be consulted on future updates

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

As this reviewer has chosen to keep their details private we can't verify that they are an actual customer, but it does appear suspicious and we have asked Capterra to remove it. A strange comment that we need to consult an "industry professional", we would like to think our customers that we interact with on a daily basis are industry professionals :-)

Jelle
Owner in Netherlands
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

We use Petlinx grooming module for 4 years now, and the employees are willing to help you.

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: it saves time,

Pros:

easy to use, reminder e-mails, software is also in Dutch, Petlinx helped me with the set up at the second pc.

Cons:

Not possible to fill in middle names for the customer. The reminder e-mails are not sended automaticly.

Software Revolutions Response

6 years ago

Dank Je Jelle, we appreciate having you as our customer :)

Hayley
Owner in UK
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

First class software and support, and it has consistently met all my needs for running my business.

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: It makes my life so much easier, try organising 16 kennels on a daily basis without it when customers are constantly changing dates, no thanks give me Petlinx any day.

Pros:

The developer is constantly updating and improving the software. If I have a problem the response is first rate, especially given the time difference, NZ - UK. It meets all my needs in terms of kennel allocation, invoicing and accounts management.

Cons:

I cannot change the margins when I am printing a hard copy of the calendar. Inconsequential really in the big scheme of things.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Thank you Hayley, we're grateful to have you and Lincoln Lane Kennels on board with us :-)

Donna
owner, stylist in US
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great customer support

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: Always a prompt response and takes suggestions into consideration and often implements it into next update. Thank you

Pros:

The information available at a glance and ability to customize.

Cons:

I am not really familiar with HTML code and this program allows to customize forms but I am not able to do that yet, although there is videos available to help..

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thanks for your great review Donna! The Report Designer that you're referring to doesn't use HTML code, it uses a point, click and drag interface similar to something like Microsoft PowerPoint. We'll be happy to help you this if you need further assistance.

Scott
Owner in US
Cosmetics, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Software that helps make my job easier!!

4.0 7 years ago

Comments: Ease of scheduling and a nice neat package to hold and store client information

Pros:

There really isn't much that I don't like, so I would have to say that I like everything about the software, however I feel the customer support is top notch.

Cons:

There is still glitches here and there through out the software. Most of them have work arounds, so it's never been a huge issue. One MAJOR thing I would like to see implemented, would be the ease of changing a client's information unknowingly. By using the FIND search option to find clients, if not careful, one can accidently change the client's info instead of completing a search.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Thanks for your great review Scott, we're glad to have you as our customer! BTW to prevent changing client's details by accident, you may want to turn on the "Confirm before editing a record" setting in System Options. Thanks again :-0

Raylene
Owner in Australia
Hospitality, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Petlinx Keep it all Sorted

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: Petlinx allows us to run our cattery smoothly and efficiently.
Standard emails are quick and easy to send and keep us in contact with customers.

Pros:

Ease of use and it's record tracking.

Cons:

Doesn't automatically allow for price increases from a certain date.

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thank you for your great review Raylene :-)

Sandra
Groomer in Australia
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

PetLinx is certainly a vital part of my grooming operations record keeping.

4.0 7 years ago

Pros:

I like that I am able to easily look at the invoicing and grooming history of my clients. Quick referencing is essential when you are busy.

Cons:

Would like to see more accounting reports such as yearly sales and period tracking to see where gaps are in the year on a monetary level.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Thanks for your review Sandy we appreciate having you as a valued customer, and yes we'll be adding further reports over time :-).

Nerida
business owner in Australia
Executive Office, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Amazing support. Always over and above what is expected.

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: Not that I have had many issues but the two times I needed assistance Lawrence was on the phone and working me through things within hours.
This is a great tool for boarding kennels big and small. Has a great reporting function that makes end of month super easy.

Pros:

ease of use

Cons:

need to make separate entry for each animal in boarding if in separate pens. Would be easy if it had an option to make another booking for same dates and times.

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thank you so much for your great review Nerida! BTW you can create a booking using the same date and time now with the "Duplicate" option.

Kelly
owner operator in New Zealand
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source
4.0 7 years ago

Comments: It's really hard to find a pet booking system and I was scared to purchase one then be stuck with it

Pros:

Great that it's a New Zealand made software system, easy to contact for help especelly in an emergency.

Cons:

These arn't cons just thing that would work for us; It would be good if it were colour coded for easily identify the booking details, entire male - we only take a few at a time but there is no easy way to find this out while making a booking.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Hi Kelly, thank you for reviewing us! For identifying entire males you can create a pet attribute which then displays a warning when the dog is selected for a booking, get in touch if you need help with doing that.

Sonia
Owner/Operator in New Zealand
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Finally a user friendly software....

4.0 8 years ago

Comments: We tried quite a few softwares before choosing PetLinx. Ease of use and navigation, not overly complicated stuff that is found on some other softwares are some of the features that steered us in the direction of PetLinx :)

Pros:

-user friendly -simple and easy to navigate -great technical support

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thank you for the great review Sonia :-)

Diane
Kennel owner in New Zealand
Animation Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Business owner

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Excellent to deal with

Pros:

Easy to move around from screen to screen

Cons:

I have. O issues with the software works and suits our business

Software Revolutions Response

5 years ago

Thank you Diane, we're glad to have you as our customer :-)

Raylene
Owner in Australia
Hospitality, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Keeps My Business Running Smoothly

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: I run a very busy boarding cattery with the capacity to house up to 200 cats.
Petlinx does everything I need and more.

Pros:

Ease of use

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thanks for the great review Raylene!

Teresa
Owner in US
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good product.

4.0 7 years ago

Pros:

Easy to see what is coming in and out and kennel space. Quick and easy to use, has most information that is needed.

Cons:

Freezes often. Shot records are hidden under the animal. Alerts aren't very easy to access. Invoices are confusing.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Hi Teresa, thank you for your review :-). Please get in touch with us so we can understand further the few issues you have had. Don't forget with the invoice you can customize it's appearance if needed to meet your needs.

Terry
Owner in US
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

So far so good.

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: Help make running my business a lot easier.

Pros:

Easy to customize fields and other fuctions. An intuitive interface makes learning how to use it pretty easy.

Cons:

It's not free and it won't wash dogs for me no matter how hard I try. There is not much bad to say about Petlinx Software.

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

Thanks for your review Terry! We'll get to work on that dog washing function :-)

Jacqui
Owner in Australia
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Fog grooming

1.0 8 years ago

Comments: I haven't found this s good s user friendly system . It is very time consuming and you have to go backward and forwards for entries of updates on customers . I barely use ours as it crashes all the time do I can't rely on it to get dimple information from . I'm not a fan . Sorry

Pros:

It's industry specific

Cons:

I can't retrieve customer numbers on it as it always seems to be not working . It's time consuming to keep records , do I have just been using paper

Software Revolutions Response

7 years ago

FYI this review for some reason was only approved by Capterra today (Dec 4 2017) over a year after it was first submitted. For someone who claims they're "not a fan" and gave us a 1 start rating, our logs show you've been using PetLinx consistently for over a year up to today. So you've either grown to love PetLinx since the review or you're a glutton for punishment, we hope it's the former :-).

Julie
Salon/daycare owner in US
Consumer Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

No more confusion!

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: We love Petlinx, so easy to use! I didn't even need to read the tutorial, it was so simple. I love that you can add a picture, so there's no more confusion about who is who. Our older and younger groomers picked it up in minutes! I love the rescheduling option for our weekly clients. Figuring out comps and monthly figures are a breeze now. I was also happy it had an outright price vs. monthly fees. Also had a very affordable payment plan as well!

Pros:

Financial record keeping and clientelle files

Cons:

Wish you could search for pet through the new appointment on calendar vs only clients last name.

Software Revolutions Response

8 years ago

Thanks for your great review and choosing PetLinx Julie! With regards to making a new appointment via pet name we may provide this in future :-)

Shirley
Owner in US
Used the Software for: Not provided
Reviewer Source

Everything to do with Petlinx is AWESOME!

5.0 9 years ago

Comments: I started using Petlinx in May 2011 for my cat boarding facility at Arnold Creek Cat Retreat. I have been in business since 2004 and the Petlinx Boarding Program not only makes scheduling and recording client information easier it has helped me grow my business from 400 clients to 700 clients in just 4 years. My employees and I find the program easy to use and it saves us so much time that we can spend more time taking care of our boarders instead of writing notes to each other on bits of paper. I am not computer savvy and so I have occasionally had questions for the support team at Petlinx. I have been very impressed by the speed of their replies and grateful for their patience with my lack of knowledge. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Petlinx to anyone considering starting a new pet boarding business or enhancing an existing one. It is simply the best!

Software Revolutions Response

9 years ago

Thanks for your great review Shirley! It's been our pleasure to assist you over the years :-)