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Anonymous

1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2021

Great tiered system that's perfect for businesses of all stages and sizes

This software is fantastic, overall! It has made managing a business a thousand times easier and has saved me so much time. I spend less time scheduling appointments and marketing, and more time grooming! I wouldn't be without this software. I highly recommend you try it out, you won't regret it!

PROS

I LOVE this software! It has seriously been a lifesaver. There is a management option for aspects of a grooming business that I didn't even think of. There are three plans that you can choose from, depending on your business. My favorite options to use are Facebook booking and recurring marketing. These two options have saved me so much time and heartache. I honestly wouldn't be without this software!

CONS

It's hard to find a con, but if I must, I'd have to say that the pricing is a little high, especially for the starter plan. However, the flip side to this is that the software is just so useful that you really don't mind paying for it. The higher your plan, the more features you get. I'd still recommend it!

Charlene

Individual & Family Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Day smart

Reports are nice compared to others.

PROS

Easy to use and great help in organization

CONS

Notes require to many clicks to get information. Could be streamlined.

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

Pricing and customer support

Reasons for switching to DaySmart Pet

More features and better reporting

Theresa

Consumer Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2023

1st online booking system review

Once we get through the learning curve it gets easier. Above we mentioned what we would like to see change.

PROS

We like the ability to view clients and schedule, payroll feature is good, Dashboard shows the growth, Employees like to be able to view their schedules on their App.

CONS

The ability to group text customers, rebooking screen is annoying. Appointment window is also annoying as it drops down below the viewing window.

Angie

Package/Freight Delivery, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2023

Good but definitely needs improvement

PROS

Text reminders, scheduling, color coding services, reports are all great features. Setting up the program was very easy and customer service is always amazing, super helpful and friendly.

CONS

Not enough features that cater to cat's, could use more cat friendly terms. Not being able to be notified of how long it has been since last time the client visited my business when they are booking an online appointment. Waitlist feature needs major improvements, can't even use it. Online booking needs to be more descriptive and user friendly, customers get very confused

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

Price and already was familiar with product

Maria

Veterinary, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Been with Day smart since 2008

able to easily book clients and enter retail as well as run reports

PROS

easy to book and organize clients and pets. Love the credit card processing has great rates and intergrates with pos

CONS

avoiding of duplication of vet clinics when enter pet information

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

it's been so long ago I don't remember what other software I looked at.

Jaime

Consumer Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Great Software for Groomers

Very good! Stop writing down appointments. This software is an easy transition.

PROS

I love the ease of making appointments and the reminders that are sent out

CONS

Sometimes It takes awhile to.connect to wifi and the sync feature has to be manually used

Linda

Retail, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2023

My Review

It has been a good platform for the past 15 years. Some modules need work to be able to use.

PROS

Credit card integration; POS system is good; customer scheduling works well but recurring needs work;

CONS

Email marketing templates are not easily modified;

Tammy

Consumer Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2023

Grwat program! Needs more user friendly options.

PROS

Somewhat user friendly. Versatile easy to set up.

CONS

Unable to download clients address and info independently. This affects trust with the companys clients having their information not designated to where they personally choose to utilize our services.

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

Monthly payment availability.

Lydia

Veterinary, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2023

Worth it but needs improvement

So far, it has seemed to work pretty well. I get some complaints from clients here and there with the automated text messages when it's not working, but most love it. The app does run slow sometimes and will take a long time to load the appointment. Other than that, we have enjoyed the app.

PROS

I love how easy it is to find the dates quickly in 4, 5, 6 weeks time and the 15 min increments.

CONS

I would like if the search engine would show me profiles by searching the dogs name rather than only showing the customers names. Also some clients complain that when they text back "C" to confirm it won't register so they call the salon panicked we canceled their appointment.

Claire

Individual & Family Services, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2023

Good system

Really good so far!

PROS

Customer service is on point and easy to work with. I like the client profiles and the forms that’s available to send to clients.

CONS

Wish there is a way to book kenneling online and book clients without times.

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

My groomer uses this software.

Anjie

Veterinary, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed April 2022

Not open to suggestions, user needs

It was poor, and the Card Pointe credit card services was a gigantic scam.

PROS

The reports they had available were comprehensive.

CONS

Customer service treats the customer like an idiot. They also don't care what you need as far as functionality goes. After 3 years of begging for certain functions and being told at some point it might be added we gave up.

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

I was told it was the best. Unfortunately my experience wasn't the best.

Reasons for switching to DaySmart Pet

We needed more functionality and more room for customers.

Crystal

Retail, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed June 2020

123Pets

I like it but there are some very easy fixes to make it more user friendly.

PROS

I like that it is easy to use and payroll is easy.

CONS

There is no space for additional people in the household to have contact info, there is not place for legal forms that we need to have on file. I can't hover over an appointment space and see the time... sometimes we book at the wrong time because we have so many people on the schedule.

Reasons for switching to DaySmart Pet

Pawfinity was excellent but the software started loosing data from previous grooms (we had pictures of pets, knew the pet but all previous services were gone)

Aimee

Veterinary, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed September 2019

Headache, Waste of Money and Time

Disappointed, frustrating, stressful. Now have to switch to another company.... That will cost more time and money! On top of training for a new software. Not a happy customer and product user!

PROS

Price, mobile and tablet friendly, pricing based on company size and features needed.

CONS

Tech support is never able to resolve issues, app or direct web version always has glitches, lost weeks worth of inventory data I input months ago (inventory randomly disappeared) without explanation or reasoning. Email compaigns get "bugs" tech support will tell you to just make a new one. Not reliable product at all. Time spent dealing with 5 separate issues in 1 week is time wasted for clients and business. Lost sale today because I could not check out a retail CASH sale! Very frustrating to say the least.

Reason for choosing DaySmart Pet

After doing initial phone interview, free trial, testing product (my first software purchase for business) I was using Outlook for scheduling and paper records for clients. I wanted to go paperless to save time, paper and money (less time spent copying, printing, filing, writing ECT). Referred by other user.

Reasons for switching to DaySmart Pet

Read above. Product is not reliable, tech support never resolves issues or has answers for product glitches. Happens way too often!

Jason

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2016

It's polished but flawed-obviously not created with input from the grooming world.

We are a medium volume, upscale grooming salon with six employees. When we opened four years ago, we computerized the clip card client list of an old salon. They have decent customer support and It's fairly easy to use, but there are some very frustrating "quirks" that should have been addressed in updates years ago. 1. Like many salons, we have a number of dogs that drop off at the same time in the morning. The calendar does not allow the schedule to reflect this and creates confusion. 2. Everyday we have at least one client with multiple pets, but if they are assigned to two different groomers, you are unable to drag and drop the appointment. Also, it won't let you schedule them for the same time slot. 3. Because the SMS appointment reminders automatically use the time scheduled on the calendar and not the actual time the client drops off, this feature is useless. 3. There's no third party pos integration, therefore we must keep two sales registers and reconcile them daily. 4. Their cloud based system and app is a useless 5. Ditto for the QuickBooks "integration" that is not included in the monthly price.

PROS

Polished

Vanessa

Veterinary, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed November 2018

Used to be a great program

It used to be a great program 5 years ago, but I can't really say the same anymore. I tried their cloud version recently, but that was a nightmare.

PROS

This used to be such a great program, however, recently it has gone downhill tremendously. I'm not sure if it's change in management or something, but a lot has changed and it hasn't been positive changes. I am required to upgrade my version again or else they are going to stop supporting it, so I've been looking elsewhere.

CONS

The remote access is always down. The support staff isn't very helpful. I have been paying for support for the past 3 years and they haven't really answered any of my questions. They are adding features, but they never seem to work. Also, I never know how much my bill is really going to be that month.

Gavin

Retail, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING: