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# Gingr User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.5/5
- Total reviews: 223

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.4/5
- Customer support: 4.4/5
- Value for money: 4.3/5
- Functionality: 4.3/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 158 reviews (71%)
- 4 stars: 43 reviews (19%)
- 3 stars: 5 reviews (2%)
- 2 stars: 4 reviews (2%)
- 1 star: 13 reviews (6%)

### Most mentioned pros

- Great, we moved from a previous software and Ginger has more features and flexibility and has been easy for employees to learn
- Ease of use of software, easy to train staff but the customer portal could be a bit easier to interact with
- Meanwhile, Gingr had absolutely no trouble processing our monthly subscription payments.

### Most mentioned cons

- We've checked our internet, restarted equipment, cleared cookies and cache, tested from multiple locations and networks, and provided Gingr with everything they've requested. Despite all of that, virtually nothing has been resolved.
- It won’t allow some of the employees calendars to remove users and shows multiple schedules when only trying to see their own.
- We are a large grooming salon with over 6,000 clients and 12–14 stylists and support staff. Since June 17 (today is July 15), the software has become almost unusable.

## Gingr customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 223 (page 1).

### [sensitive content hidden] -complaint Contact us BAD customer service told us it was our fault when I told him we don't do that he stopped replying.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Marketing and Advertising
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

He stopped communicating with us when the issue was not fixed. I would like manager to contact me...

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

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#### Cons

Customer Service with [sensitive content hidden] was horrible. He was first helping me with my issue and blame us

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### awesome days in gingr

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Computer Hardware
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: less than 1 year · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

has been great! so far I had requestd help and every time I get a solution that I am happy with and satified

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

the support and energy of all the employees and willingness to assist I felt supported and assisted ♥

#### Cons

the time they take to help in ocation it may take a while but at the end of the day they resolve all my dubs and concerns

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### Gingr groom

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Arts and Crafts
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: less than 1 year · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Good I like the boarding and daycare aspects it has some glitches but not more than others

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Checking in and out daycare dogs is easy.its quick and simple the packages make it very easy.

#### Cons

Grooming booking needs a place to show request dogs or more colors for the calander ex daycare dogs in one color

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### Rachel’s review

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It’s ok but ginger really needs to fix their customer support issues so they are more responsive when necessary.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Connivence is very nice, easy to use and all my coworkers enjoy using ginger and we use it everyday.

#### Cons

Customer support isn’t very good hard to reach and that can get pretty frustrating at times when we need to reach support.

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### Gingr is the best.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

The best thing our company did. We are now organized, tracking grooming notes, know who is coming and going in our salon.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The ease and efficiency of being able to navigate through customer and pet portals. Can make changes and update accounts. Ability to communicate with employees and owners.

#### Cons

It won’t allow some of the employees calendars to remove users and shows multiple schedules when only trying to see their own.

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### Outstanding

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: less than 1 year · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

The best software out there. If you are looking for an appointment software this is it! Would recommend to everyone in industry

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Everything, they are the best. We like how it is a one stop shop platform: online booking, reporting, vaccine tracking

#### Cons

Nothing, I love the system. It is very user friendly and simple for my customers to book. It has been a blessing for my business

#### Vendor response

Misty, thank you for such a kind review — we're thrilled Gingr has been such a great fit for your business!

Replied August 2026

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### Gingr review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We have been using it since march of 2019, it’s a life saver

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Ease of use, organizing capabilities, price is good

#### Cons

Nothing

#### Vendor response

Jed, thank you so much for the review and for being with us since 2019 — loyalty like that means a lot to us!

Replied August 2026

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### Gingr…YES!

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 1-3 years · daily
- Reviewed: August 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Great, we moved from a previous software and Ginger has more features and flexibility and has been easy for employees to learn

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Ease of use of software, easy to train staff but the customer portal could be a bit easier to interact with

#### Cons

Want deeper reporting features. Would like to get more customer driven specifics including better boarding accuracy

#### Vendor response

Tammy, thank you for taking the time to share this level of detail. We're glad Gingr has been a great fit for your team, and good news on the reporting front: we have exciting updates coming soon - keep an eye on your email for more information!

Replied August 2026

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### The Worst Software Support Experience We've Ever Had.

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 1-3 years · daily
- Reviewed: July 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have never left a review like this before, but after more than a month of dealing with this situation with Gingr, enough is enough. We are a large grooming salon with over 6,000 clients and 12–14 stylists and support staff. Since June 17 (today is July 15), the software has become almost unusable. Nearly every click takes 9+ seconds. We're missing client data, Notes have disappeared, and entire phone/text histories are gone in countless cases. Conversations, important client information, and records that help protect both our clients and our business have simply vanished. At this point, I cannot confidently trust anything in the system to be accurate. We've documented everything with videos, screenshots, internet speed tests, and detailed descriptions. We've checked our internet, restarted equipment, cleared cookies and cache, tested from multiple locations and networks, and provided Gingr with everything they've requested. Despite all of that, virtually nothing has been resolved. The customer support has been even worse than the software. For the last month, I have called hundreds of times, and that is not an exaggeration. Every call says the average wait is 6–7 minutes, yet after about 11 minutes on hold, I'm disconnected and sent to voicemail. Think about that. Even assuming only 20 calls a day over 24 business days, that's roughly 88 hours spent on hold, only to be sent to voicemail. I've also left 10+ voicemails. ** Not one has ever been returned to date.** On July 9, I finally reached someone, only the 4th time I'd spoken to a person since June 17. I was told they were discussing my case "right then" and that I would absolutely receive a callback. I even gave them until 12:00 p.m. the following day. They promised someone would call. They never did. It's now July 15. No callback. No email. No update. No accountability. To make matters worse, they've now removed the option to even wait on hold. You're immediately directed to voicemail, which, based on my experience, they simply don't return. Meanwhile, Gingr had absolutely no trouble processing our monthly subscription payments. They're happy to collect subscription fees while existing customers are left with unreliable software, disappearing client records, and customer support that is effectively nonexistent. Our staff have been brought to tears. Our clients are frustrated by unreasonable checkout delays, or long hold times while we're trying to process things. I am completely at my wits' end. The amount of time, stress, lost productivity, and disruption this has caused is beyond unacceptable. In my opinion, Gingr seems more focused on signing up new customers than supporting the ones already paying them. If they don't have the capacity to answer phones, return voicemails, or resolve business-impacting issues, why continue bringing on more businesses? This comes after switching from DaySmart just over a year ago. I invested hundreds of hours setting up Gingr, manually moving thousands of pre-booked appointments, customizing the system, and training my team. What wasn't made clear was how much of that burden would fall on us, or how little support we'd receive. When I inquired on the possiblility for assistance setting up the points program, the email responses were surprisingly rude. I don't enjoy posting negative reviews because I know they can make or break a business. I told Gingr on July 9 that if I didn't receive the promised callback by July 10 at noon, I would post an honest review. I waited another five days. I still haven't heard a single word. If I hadn't already invested so much time into this platform, and if my team wasn't already beyond exhausted from dealing with its ongoing problems, we would have switched providers already. The only thing keeping us here is the enormous amount of time and effort it would take to start over while trying to keep our business running. If your business depends on reliable software and responsive customer support, I cannot recommend Gingr.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 1/5

#### Pros

- The interface is clean when it's working. - The platform has useful features and good potential. - The software easy to navigate when it functions properly. - The platform seemed promising when we first switched.

#### Cons

- Broken software, disappearing client data, and customer support that simply doesn't exist. - Critical software issues ignored for a month while support never returns calls or voicemails. - Unreliable software, lost client records, and the worst customer support I've experienced. - Over a month of broken software, lost data, and repeated broken promises from support. - They take payments promptly, but fail to support customers when their software breaks. - Critical business issues, missing client data, and weeks of unanswered calls and voicemails.

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### Gingr is the name on the door, but not who's sitting in the office

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: May 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Honestly? It feels like betrayal. Would you believe I just received a response to Gingr's online "chat"? What if I told you I submitted that question back in December 2025? Today is April 30, 2026.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

The operative word, what DID you like about Gingr? We hired Gingr four years ago because we thought they understood the boarding business.

#### Cons

<No longer "Gingr"; was purchased by a corporate conglomerate or private equity (joined the pet industry investor greed train) <nonstop pricing increases <manipulation of merchant card provider (unfairly forcing you to pay more if you want their app to work correctly) <self-help text only; timely and reliable support was removed <customer portal is junk (our customers hate it and avoid it) <we use a workaround registration system, works better than Gingr <they changed all of our customers' SMS text option selection to No without our permission, then denied it even though we have previous backup copy of our database. The reason? Looks to be to back you into a corner to subscribe to a third party app they have partnered with for SMS texting; that costs an additional $250+/mo. <Sofware tools like Quickbooks don't charge as much as these guys do, and Quickbooks is 5x the software!! Greedy greedy. Time to hire a developer to create our own internal software. These subscription (leased) kennel management software's are getting fat and abusive off our hard-working pet industry backs.

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### Worst software company ever

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: March 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 2/5

#### Pros

I cannot wait to switch from Gingr to Goose or MoeGo later this year. Everything has gotten worse from five years ago to today. Nothing has improved. It only gets worse over time

#### Cons

It has gotten much worse. They won't let you use your own merchant services firm and their response times have gone from 20 minutes to three days

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### Couldn’t run our business without it

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Steve G.
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: April 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

We’ve had Gingr for approx 5 years now and could not do our daily business without it. Customer service on chat has always been pretty good and the onboarding and setup was very thorough.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Being able to check in from anywhere is invaluable to me. The software is incredibly deep with a lot of settings and options etc.

#### Cons

Gingr is really glitchy. There’s constantly small things here and there that are issues or aren’t working correctly or whatever which is frustrating, especially considering what we pay per month.

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### Gingr for Animals

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: April 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We are satisfied overall with Gingr and only have a few things (mentioned above) that we would love to see changed to help things run more smoothly here.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The software is very user-friendly compared to similar programs. It is easy to train new employees how to use it, even if they have never worked with a comparable software.

#### Cons

It does not always assign dogs to the selected room type which causes issues later on when we are full and selling out of rooms. The list of animals on the dashboard refreshes every time you update one of them which gets frustrating when you are trying to update multiple animals for one owner. The dog detail page does not show all of the information for that dog (color, room type, etc.).

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### Long Time User - I Highly Reccomend!!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: September 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I love Gingr and am currently on a mission to convince my new employer to switch. If you have a dog care facility use them.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

All inclusive, multi-functional, customize-able, and intuitive. You can become an expert by simply clicking around. The included staff training is very useful and effective. Customization is a 4/5, you can do almost anything you want within the confines of their general set up. The system is reliable and updates in the background with little to no impact on user experience.

#### Cons

The client portal isn't the most aesthetically pleasing and can be confusing at times. The customer support hours are stringent, and they lack a phone support option; but after you go live you need to contact support so infrequently it makes little impact. In my 5+ years working with their software I have needed to contact support maybe half a dozen times. My one big issue is the implementation team. At a previous employer, that was in the process of opening a daycare, I knew more about their software than half the team helping. BUT if you have any technological literacy it shouldn't be that major of an issue, just annoying.

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### Booking with ease

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: April 2022
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall Gingr has been a great asset to our company, and was such an ease to transition into when we switched from our old Booking system. So many features, and so easy to use.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

I like most that it's easy to use, serves for so many purposes in our Company such as booking Grooming Appointments, walk in services, daycare stays, daycare Evaluations, classes, and now we can use it in our multiple locations as well

#### Cons

The only cons lately have been inconsistent customer service with longer wait times, and the Phone Number search feature not working lately has made some booking over the phone take longer. Phone number search is usually our go to Customer look up. It leaves us with less room for error and less time on the phone with the customer for easier booking

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### Run! Don't use this software.

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: June 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

We hate this program. We have used it for over 6 years and if we could switch without large business interruptions we would leave this program far behind us. Colleagues have cancelled their subscription and moved to Gingr competitors and have been much happier. We plan on switching within the next 12 months.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I can appreciate that the program has a great dashboard. It's easy to take a quick glance and get an overview of what is going on in the facility on any given day. Additionally, the credit card integration is (while very expense) convenient.

#### Cons

The reports and financial accounting are NOT accurate. The company is well aware of this, has tried to fix the issues, but continue to fall short. If you want accurate accounting I would not use this product. Additionally, there are always bugs. The Gingr team will make updates which affect random parts of the software and they do not catch these bugs. These have cost not just our business but colleges as well thousands of dollars. Gingr doesn't care as a company and considers the monetary loss to our business as a cost of doing business.

#### Vendor response

Hi there, Micaela. Thank you for choosing Gingr to partner with your pet business. Reading through your concerns, this is absolutely not the experience we want you to have while using our platform. We would love to connect with you to discuss these problems and work towards a resolution. Our team will be reaching out to you soon. Thank you for your honesty.

Replied June 2025

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### Not for Grooming

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: less than 1 year · daily
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Gingr is not a good system if you have a multichannel business. We offer grooming training retail etc as well as daycare and boarding. This seems like a daycare software that tried to add more things and failed. My biggest issue was that when we first made the switch, which is absolutely hard and expensive, we had an issue with clients saying they could not log in to the portal, that they got caught in a "loop" of password reset emails. When we spoke to support, they indicated that this was user error. When we sent screenshots, they yold us we were mistaken and our clients were just not understanding whst to do. It caused a significant drop in online bookings, close to 40%. After escalating to a client retention person, it was disclosed that they in fact knew about the issue. We lost thousands of dollars, and customer trust. They offered no recompense. "Sorry" really wasn't enough. When we first started our journey with them i explicitly said that i did not want to switch to a software that wasn't going to be a good fit. Sales, implementation, and development do not have any idea what the other is doing or saying. We were told by the sales team that the software could do things that the implementation team said it could not do. We were told by the implementation team thst we wpuld see updates that the developers were not even planning. They handle frustration by directing you to a reddit-style "up vote" system for usability requests. Software is expensive, and i dont mind paying for it. I mind very much paying for unusable software that caused a significant decrease in business. I can never recommend them.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 1/5

#### Pros

Automated reminders, stored credit cards

#### Cons

Unusable client portal, hard to reach support

#### Vendor response

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your experience with Gingr. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you and your customers have faced. Your feedback is essential to us, we would greatly appreciate the opportunity to learn more about your specific situation and how we can better assist you. Please contact us via email at support@gingrapp.com, and we can schedule a time to discuss your concerns in more detail. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Gingr Support

Replied January 2024

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### Great Appointment Scheduling Software

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Lena V.
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: a free trial · daily
- Reviewed: September 2022
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall the software is easy to use, customer friendly, and not that expensive. Out of other comparable software we feel that this one has more functionality and more customization options.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I like that there are so many features and that they are easily accessible for both our customers and our stuff. I like that we are able to customize our customers experience and communicate with them easily.

#### Cons

It is very hard to implement and set up new software, it is also hard to export data if needed.

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### Don't use this software!!

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 1-3 years · daily
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

BEWARE!!! If I could give negative star rating, I would. Gingr and it's venture capital [sensitive content hidden] blatantly ignore their clients. The only reason my business is with them now, is because they buy other software companies and force you to switch. I have spent decades in the IT and computer software industry before changing to the pet industry. I strongly recommend you do your best to avoid Gingr! Do some homework and research. Search the user groups. They have a private group on Facebook. There group members have the same complaints about this software.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 1/5

#### Pros

They are good with billing businesses for their service. Software has many service features...some even work.

#### Cons

This software is owned by a venture capital firm. They [vc firm] don't care about the software or service and are very arrogant. They just buyout other better softwares and make them disappear. Revelation Pets is their UK counterpart, owned by the same firm. It's fairly well known that the support staff ignore calls and other communication. Impossible to speak with support and/or sales! Most of the available features don't work properly. Very complicated system to setup and maintain. The software is full of software bugs. They don't ever tend to fixing the software!!! Our customers find the portal and phone app very difficult and confusing - they HATE IT!! We have lost business as a result of this garbage software.

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### 1-Star Review for Gingr: A Software Company in Serious Decline

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Layamon B.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: November 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We recently took over a new site and were encouraged by Gingr to migrate from PetExec as soon as possible. The day after taking over, I was hit with an unexpected $2,000 “gateway fee” on my credit card, but was told it would be refunded once we switched to Gingr. Nearly a month later, we were still stuck on PetExec because Gingr couldn’t complete the migration, and the refund still hadn’t arrived. What followed has been one of the most frustrating software experiences of my business career. Support is practically non-existent. Emails go unanswered for days. Phone support is impossible to reach. Staff routinely set out-of-office replies for long weekends while critical issues remain unresolved. Every day during this transition something else stopped working or glitched. For example: when owners upload vaccination records through the customer portal, these files never appear on the business dashboard. The system accepts the files, says they’re uploaded, but they vanish. We've used Gingr with our other locations for the past five years. It’s astonishing how far this software has fallen in such a short period. Gingr used to be an excellent platform with reliable support. Today it feels like a company in steep decline, and we are seriously reconsidering our long-term future on the platform. If you are evaluating pet-care software, I strongly recommend treading carefully. Our experience has been costly, stressful, and well below the standard a professional operation should expect.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 1/5
- Value for money: 1/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

It has a lot of features, and if they all worked consistently the potential is huge. It is good at the basics, but there are several ongoing issues that they refuse to acknowledge as problems. You will see from some reviews, that they used to be quite good. However, I would urge anyone reading this to filter by 'most recent', to get a more accurate reflection of where they are currently at.

#### Cons

Customer Support is virutally non existent. They refuse to acknowledge the needs of customers outside of the US.

#### Vendor response

Hi Layamon, thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about the long support wait times you experienced since switching to Gingr. That’s not the level of care we aim to provide, and we appreciate you bringing it to our attention. Our team will be reaching out directly to ensure you’re fully taken care of moving forward. We appreciate your patience and the chance to make this right. If there’s anything else you need, we’re here to help.

Replied December 2025

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### An EXCELLENT Decision - Gingr Continue to Impress Me!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Recreational Facilities and Services
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 1-3 years · daily
- Reviewed: November 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I love how I can keep a good eye on everything that's happening within our facility from wherever I am. With the tools in Gingr we've restructured our daycare rates and packages and have seen an overall increase of 25% in daycare revenues. It's a tighter system than the one we had before, and revenues don't fall through the cracks as with the old system. It's so easy to customize in so many ways. The manner in which they strive to add additional features and make existing ones even more usable continues to impress me. Built in communication tools are everywhere so that all the information is readily available for whoever needs access to it. It's state of the art and they strive to keep it so.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

This is so much more than just a reservation and POS system. It's a very comprehensive program that facilitates excellent communication, organization, and streamlines processes. If they haven't thought of it yet, they likely will, as they continue to add features as fast as they can think of and integrate them within the program. I was skeptical at first about tech support being entirely online, and that's proven to work very well. They excel at customer service and have been very responsive to the handful of requests I've made for features. The integrated tip feature has increased employee tips tenfold to the point they're a significant contribution to our employee's paychecks.

#### Cons

The financials took a little getting used to, and their integration with QBO is taking awhile. I understand that though and appreciate their position of wanting to be certain they do it well. I've had experiences with other programs that integrate poorly and leave messes to clean up. It's worth waiting if it's done well. I don't like how their credit card processing rates are set up. They will match existing rates, and if we go out and look for better rates they will match the best we can find. As anyone who's ever gone shopping for credit cards knows, that is such a hassle, and I find it very disingenuous that we have to pretend to shop around in order to be offered better rates. If I'm going to go through that trouble, I will simply switch processors or divert some of my processing in another direction.

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### Like the software very much hate the lack of customer service.

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: July 2018
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

We like the basic functionality and speed of use especially vs. software that sits on the hard drive. The portal is nice and out clients enjoy it. The help articles for the basic set up and functionality are well done.

#### Cons

When there is a big issue outside of basic functionality the chat support is a waste of time. A typical chat takes about an hour just to get to the point that they kind f understand what your talking about. For example my company Voxy Canine Camp recently reorganized and we opened a new merchant id account. The back end sent me the wrong merchant id #. I Ofcourse did not know it was wrong and after an hour on chat the person had no idea what was the problem because they did not have access to all of the information. It's a week later and aim trying again and still having issues. After introducing myself and business name/ 30 min into chat the rep from Gingr asks me what company Im with, Real problem solving should not be done by chat so this part of Gingr is horrible. Horrible enough that we are looking into switching this winter.

#### Vendor response

Laura, We appreciate your candid feedback, and are sorry to hear that your most recent chat experiences have not been favorable. I called you directly last week to clear up the merchant account issue, which was a simple misunderstanding between how/why you were updating your merchant accounts. Once we got to the bottom of it, we resent the correct merchant number to be updated in your app. I also suggested that if you needed anything moving forward, to ask for me specifically and I would give you a call. In regard to this most recent issue, our staff was prompt in responding and in inquiring about the issue you were experiencing, and although it did take a bit to understand why you couldn't process payments (the merchant ID had been typed incorrectly - chat records show the correct ID was sent on 6/28) we were able to get this resolved and get you back up and running. Please let me know if you have any concerns moving forward. Michelle Ober Director of Operations

Replied July 2018

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### Gingr from day one

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Facilities Services
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: November 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall, it has been a positive experience and I can say that as an early adopter of the software before it was improved to where it is now. Yes, there was growing pains, but the support team helped us through every issue until we rarely need to ask for help. There is also a vibrant community on FB. What I would like that I haven't seen is a way to see how other businesses are using Gingr. Some way to snapshot other peoples' processes to see if we could improve ours.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

- the people behind the product are very responsive, especially the support team. Chat support has answered every question we have ever posed and on many occasions have gone above and beyond by following up with additional information and support after the initial contact - the software has a good amount of flexibility and customization to tailor it to the business rather than change business procedures to adapt to the software - frequent updates and improvements to the software - good knowledge base with lots of video reference. In fact, on many occasions the great support team has made custom videos to show me how to do something

#### Cons

- would like a bit more flexibility in customizing reports - client portal needs a bit more work, but there is a webinar next week, so that might be improved - would also like some customization control for run cards - not sure if this is a pro or con, but there are many features that we do not use in Gingr and still have enough to run a busy business. I expect other businesses use some features we don't but not all the ones we do. Bottom line is that with that much to offer there are a lot of features you can use to adapt Gingr to your specific business needs

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### Gingr - Pro-Cons

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: October 2022
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Initially Gingr revolutionized our operation from how easy it was to learn and use. There support was superb and quick, the dashboard gave you a great overall of the day.

#### Cons

The financial reports within gingr never tallied with the income received and didn't take online payments nor did it have a subscription model and wasn't GDPR compliment. These issues, made us leave Gingr in 2019/20

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### Good software but read the cons

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: 3-5 years · daily
- Reviewed: May 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 2/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Easy set up Easy to navigate at times Results are easy to pull Since it’s web based it making it easier to use on any device Checking out can sometimes be easy Better than most doggie kennel softwares. Much better !!

#### Cons

Some updates are not needed and make things more difficult to do. When asking support why end of day is different on different days, they weren’t able to explain why. Features that were promised are now being told aren’t taking place Promises for new products coming out are not met When website is down not easy to find a number for contact

#### Vendor response

Thank you for your review Gisselle! We are pleased that you enjoy Gingr's speedy check out features! Yes, you may not need all of the new features we release, but these are always 'opt in'. Many customers do have special needs, which drives us to develop new features for them. Our uptime is 99.99% over the past 12 months - better than any pet-care software on the market. We have auto backups for your software, so be sure to know how to login to your back up in case of any (infrequent) downtime. Do let us know what features you are wanting that we have not released yet. There are many priorities among our broad customer base, but we do listen to what is your priority!

Replied December 2019

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