Compare Pet Friend Plans
Rescue vs Shelter vs Shelter Plus — see exactly what's in each version
Every plan runs the same core software — higher tiers add the tools bigger organizations and animal control agencies need. All prices are monthly; annual billing is available.
| Feature | Rescue$25/month | Shelter$50/month | Shelter Plus$100/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core shelter management | |||
| Animal records, intake & care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exact age from date of birth live, never stale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cage cards & printable intake records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adoptions & e-signatures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote signing by email & text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Foster matching & board | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk / litter intake | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online donations & payments (your Stripe, Square or PayPal) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Calendar & reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60+ built-in reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Notifications & alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staff operations | |||
| Tasks & workflow automation | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accounting | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| People / donor / volunteer management | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| File manager module | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom fields intake, adoptions & fosters | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Required & hidden form fields | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom printouts choose what prints per animal | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom form builder | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document e-signing send PDF/Word to sign | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag-to-place signature & signed PDF | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduled report delivery | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single sign-on — Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoho & Okta | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enterprise, compliance & AI | |||
| Animal control officer module | – | – | ✓ |
| Animal registration / licensing | – | – | ✓ |
| Analytics dashboard | – | – | ✓ |
| Partner API & webhooks | – | – | ✓ |
| Audit log | – | – | ✓ |
| Shelter Animals Count export | – | – | ✓ |
| AI assistance — Shelter Plus add-on ($20/mo) | |||
| Photo-assisted intake fill fields from a photo | – | – | ✓ |
| Document extraction PDF & scans | – | – | ✓ |
| Fill-from-text & field cleanup | – | – | ✓ |
| AI adoption-bio writer | – | – | ✓ |
| Returning-animal detection included free | – | – | ✓ |
| Data storage & data usage — on every plan | |||
| Data storage then $20 / +10 GB mo | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| Data usage (downloads) / mo then $20 / +100 GB mo | 50 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| Included on every plan | |||
| Full data export — no lock-in | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shelterluv / PetPoint migration import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two-factor authentication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Login lockout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic nightly backups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS & Android apps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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