Starter
Up to 75 bookings per month
Every feature and team access included, with SMS reminders (25 credits a month).
£19/mo
Barkway vs Bookd
Barkway vs Bookd. Same headline price. Very different booking bands.
Bookd and Barkway both start at £19 a month. Both offer a 30-day free trial, no card required. The useful difference is what that £19 includes, and which plan you would actually need.
Barkway prices by monthly booking volume and keeps core features and team access on every plan.Comparison checked 1 October 2026
At a glance
Compare the things that actually change what you pay.
At £19, Barkway includes up to 75 bookings a month, with core features and team access. Bookd’s £19 Starter includes up to 20 bookings a month. Bookd then publishes £39 for up to 60 bookings, £69 for unlimited bookings and £99 for multiple staff calendars. Figures checked 1 October 2026. Each company defines a booking itself, so treat the volumes as published limits, not an identical unit.
Entry price
Barkway
£19/month
Bookd
£19/month Starter
Bookings at £19
Barkway
Up to 75 per month
Bookd
Up to 20 per month
Next booking band
Barkway
£29/month for up to 150
Bookd
£39/month Growth for up to 60
Higher volume
Barkway
£39/month for up to 300
Bookd
£69/month Pro for unlimited bookings
Team calendars
Barkway
Team access and roles included on every plan
Bookd
Multiple staff calendars listed on Enterprise at £99/month
Feature access
Barkway
Every feature on every plan, including SMS reminders and Stripe card payments
Bookd
SMS, follow-ups and multi-staff calendars are on higher plans
SMS
Barkway
Included on every plan, from £19: 25 / 50 / 75 credits a month (10 during the trial)
Bookd
SMS reminders from Growth at £39/month
Deposits
Barkway
Card deposits via Stripe when a slot is booked, plus no-show collection where terms and saved-card permission allow. Barkway takes no transaction fee.
Bookd
Deposit taken when a slot is booked, via Stripe
Trial
Barkway
30-day free trial, no card required
Bookd
30-day free trial, no card required
Pricing & limits
Compare the plan you would actually need, not just the cheapest number on the page.
Barkway
Pricing changes with monthly booking volume.
Growth
Most popularUp to 150 bookings per month
Every feature and team access included, with SMS reminders (50 credits a month).
£29/mo
Professional
Up to 300 bookings per month
Every feature and team access included, with SMS reminders (75 credits a month).
£39/mo
Bookd
Published pricing checked 1 October 2026.
Starter
Bookd’s entry plan. Checked 1 October 2026.
£19/month
- Up to 20 bookings/month
- Online booking form
- Email confirmations
- Client and pet records
Growth
Adds SMS and a higher booking cap.
£39/month
- Up to 60 bookings/month
- SMS reminders, 24 hours before
- Google Calendar sync
- Custom branding
Pro
Bookd’s unlimited-bookings plan.
£69/month
- Unlimited bookings
- Automated follow-up messages
- Review request emails
- Client marketing emails
Enterprise
The plan where Bookd lists multiple staff calendars.
£99/month
- Multiple staff calendars
- Staff management
- Advanced reporting
- API access
Which one fits?
There should be a good reason to choose either.
Choose Barkway if…
- You want up to 75 bookings a month at £19, with core features and team access included.
- You would rather keep SMS, follow-up and staff calendars on the same plan instead of stepping up a tier.
- Pet history, recall, contracts and Smart Scheduler™ fit how you run a grooming week.
- You are moving from another system and want our help bringing your data across at no extra cost.
Choose Bookd if…
- You want Google Calendar sync, which Bookd lists from its £39 Growth plan.
- You run more than 300 bookings a month and want a published unlimited-bookings plan (Bookd Pro, £69).
- You want to import your client list yourself, free, using a CSV import tool.
The trade-offs
The useful differences show up in the working day.
01 · The £19 plan
The headline price matches. The booking band does not.
Bookd’s published Starter plan is £19 a month for up to 20 bookings. Barkway’s £19 Starter includes up to 75. A groomer needing about 60 bookings a month would be on Bookd Growth at £39, or still on Barkway Starter. These are each company’s published limits.
02 · Team calendars
Barkway includes team access. Bookd lists multiple staff calendars on Enterprise.
Barkway includes team access on every published plan. Bookd lists multiple staff calendars on Enterprise at £99 a month.
03 · SMS and deposits
SMS reminders from £19. Deposits on every plan.
Barkway includes SMS reminders on every plan: 25, 50 or 75 credits a month, and 10 during the trial. Bookd lists SMS reminders from its £39 Growth plan. Both take card deposits through Stripe when a slot is booked.
04 · Where Bookd is ahead
Self-service import, Google Calendar sync and an unlimited plan.
Bookd publishes free self-service data import, Google Calendar sync from Growth, and unlimited bookings on Pro at £69. Those are fair reasons to choose Bookd if they matter more than booking-band and team pricing.
How we compare
Checked 1 October 2026
We build Barkway, so this is not an independent review. Competitor prices and limits are taken from the companies' own published pages and we deliberately include reasons you might prefer them. If something changes, we want to correct it.
Bookd prices shown are its published monthly GBP prices. Bookd also offers annual billing.
Questions
The bits worth checking twice.
Is Barkway cheaper than Bookd?+
Both publish a £19 starting plan. Barkway’s £19 includes up to 75 bookings a month. Bookd’s £19 Starter includes up to 20. Bookd Growth is £39 for up to 60 bookings, Pro is £69 for unlimited bookings, and Enterprise is £99 for multiple staff calendars. Barkway’s published plans are £19, £29 and £39 for 75, 150 and 300 bookings.
Does Bookd include SMS at £19?+
No. Bookd lists SMS reminders on Growth at £39 a month. Barkway includes SMS reminders on every plan, including the £19 Starter (25 credits a month; 50 on Growth, 75 on Professional).
Which includes team calendars?+
Barkway includes team access on every published plan. Bookd lists multiple staff calendars on Enterprise at £99 a month.
Where were Bookd’s prices checked?+
On Bookd’s own pricing and features pages, on 1 October 2026. Links are below, including an archived copy of the pricing page. Bookd shows prices in other currencies depending on location; the figures on this page are its published monthly GBP prices, and Bookd also offers annual billing. Booking limits are each company’s published figures and may not count a booking in the same way.
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Still deciding?
Put a real grooming week through Barkway.
Use your own diary, clients and dogs. The difference is much easier to judge when the software has to survive a real working day.