Starter
Up to 75 bookings per month
Core features and team access included. 25 SMS credits per month.
£19/mo
Barkway vs Savvy Pet
Barkway vs Savvy Pet. Booking-volume pricing or feature tiers? That is the real difference.
Both Barkway and Savvy Pet are grooming-specific. Savvy Pet unlocks more capability as you move through four feature tiers; Barkway keeps its core product consistent and changes price with monthly booking volume instead.
Barkway keeps pet history, appointments, money and follow-up connected instead of treating them as separate modules.Comparison checked 18 August 2026
At a glance
Compare the things that actually change what you pay.
Savvy Pet starts at £25/month and progresses through Basic, Advanced, Extra and Salon. Barkway starts at £19/month and bases its published plans on booking volume rather than feature access.
Entry price
Barkway
£19/month
Savvy Pet
£25/month Basic
Published plans
Barkway
£19 / £29 / £39
Savvy Pet
£25 / £38 / £48 / £53
Pricing model
Barkway
Booking-volume bands; core features stay included
Savvy Pet
Feature-based tiers with more capability unlocked at higher plans
Online booking
Barkway
Included across Barkway plans
Savvy Pet
Listed from the £48/month Extra plan
Client portal
Barkway
Included across Barkway plans
Savvy Pet
Listed from the £48/month Extra plan
SMS allowance
Barkway
25 / 50 / 75 credits per month
Savvy Pet
150 on Advanced; 350 on Extra and Salon
Team tools
Barkway
Team access and roles included
Savvy Pet
Staff rota, permissions and groomer calendar views are listed from Extra
Multi-location
Barkway
Custom conversation for multi-location/high-volume setups
Savvy Pet
Salon plan at £53/month adds multi-location dashboards and switching
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
Core features and team access included. 50 SMS credits per month.
£29/mo
Professional
Up to 300 bookings per month
Core features and team access included. 75 SMS credits per month.
£39/mo
Savvy Pet
Published pricing checked 18 August 2026.
Basic
Core records and electronic calendar.
£25/month
- Customer and pet information
- Electronic calendar
- Email reminders
- Grooming notes
Advanced
Adds more day-to-day business tools.
£38/month
- Payments and invoices
- Reports and analytics
- Custom forms
- 150 SMS credits
Extra
Savvy Pet labels this its most popular plan.
£48/month
- Online booking
- Customer portal
- Staff rota and permissions
- 350 SMS credits
Salon
The multi-location tier.
£53/month
- Everything in Extra
- Multi-location dashboards
- Switch between salons
- 350 SMS credits
Which one fits?
There should be a good reason to choose either.
Choose Barkway if…
- You want online booking, team access and the client portal without moving to a higher feature tier.
- You prefer pricing that changes with booking volume rather than a checklist of unlocked features.
- Smart Scheduler™, recall and connected appointment context fit the way you organise a grooming day.
Choose Savvy Pet if…
- A larger bundled SMS allowance matters more than Barkway's lower included credits.
- You specifically want Savvy Pet's Gmail/iCal integration, forms or established feature set.
- You need a published £53 multi-location salon tier rather than discussing a custom setup.
The trade-offs
The useful differences show up in the working day.
01 · Feature gates
The headline price is only useful if it includes what you need.
Savvy Pet Basic is £25, but its own pricing page places payments, analytics and SMS on Advanced, then online booking, client portal and staff permissions on Extra at £48. Barkway's core feature set stays available across its booking-volume plans.
02 · Messaging
Savvy Pet bundles more SMS into the higher tiers.
Savvy Pet lists 150 monthly SMS credits on Advanced and 350 on Extra and Salon. Barkway includes smaller allowances of 25, 50 or 75 credits depending on booking band and lets you buy additional credits when needed.
03 · Scale
Both scale, but they express scale differently.
Barkway's public pricing scales with booking volume up to 300 bookings per month. Savvy Pet scales primarily through feature tiers, with its Salon plan adding multi-location management.
How we compare
Checked 18 August 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.
Questions
The bits worth checking twice.
Is Barkway cheaper than Savvy Pet?+
Barkway's published plans start at £19/month while Savvy Pet starts at £25/month. The more important comparison is the plan containing the features you need: Savvy Pet lists online booking and its customer portal on Extra at £48/month.
Which has more included SMS credits?+
Savvy Pet publishes larger included allowances on its higher plans: 150 SMS credits on Advanced and 350 on Extra and Salon. Barkway includes 25, 50 or 75 credits depending on plan.
Does Barkway charge extra for team access?+
No. Barkway includes team access and roles across its published plans. Savvy Pet lists staff rota, permissions and groomer-specific calendar views from its £48 Extra plan.
Which supports multiple locations?+
Savvy Pet publishes multi-location features on its £53 Salon plan. Barkway asks higher-volume or multi-location businesses to talk to us so the setup and pricing can be matched to the business.
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Coming soon
Get to know Barkway before launch.
Barkway opens to new workspaces at the end of September. Explore the product now and come back when signups open.