Happy Pet Tech vs petboard
Pet business software for grooming, boarding, daycare, pet stores and vet clinics
By Sahil VermanUpdated 19 October 2026
Short answer
Choose Happy Pet Tech if you also run outside India (it has region pages for the UAE, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia) or want a pet-parent app your clients can download. Choose petboard if you run in India and want depth for boarding, training and sitter networks, with updates from your own WhatsApp number, from ₹199 a month.
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Happy Pet Tech is pet business software from Excitado Innovations. Its site lists six products: salon grooming, mobile grooming, boarding, daycare, pet stores and vet clinics. It has region pages for India, the UAE, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. petboard is built for India and for how boarding, training, daycare, sitter-network, grooming and vet-clinic operators run their day on WhatsApp. For most Indian operators the choice is breadth or depth: Happy Pet Tech covers more kinds of business, including pet stores; petboard goes deeper on boarding, training and sitter networks, and gives you a one-click export of your data.
Happy Pet Tech website: www.happypet.tech. This page is based on publicly available information as of 19 October 2026.
At a glance
Side-by-side on the surfaces that matter to most pet service operators.
Primary focus
petboard
Pet boarding, daycare, training, sitter networks, grooming and vet clinics, built for India.
Happy Pet Tech
Six products: salon grooming, mobile grooming, boarding, daycare, pet stores and vet clinics. You add a customer once for all of them.
Countries supported
petboard
India only. Prices in rupees. Data stored in Mumbai, under India's DPDP Act.
Happy Pet Tech
Region pages for India, the UAE, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. Multi-currency, with country-wise reports.
Pet parent experience
petboard
A web link with your business name. No app to download.
Happy Pet Tech
A pet-parent app, Happy Pet: for Pet Parents, on Google Play and the App Store: pet records, reminders and an AI assistant.
Care updates
petboard
You send updates from your own WhatsApp number, using message templates you write for booking, check-in and ready for pickup, plus a built-in checkout bill message. Replies don't come into petboard. petboard adds no charge for it.
Happy Pet Tech
Booking confirmations, reminders and updates over WhatsApp. Its pricing page lists WhatsApp integration with extra charges.
Training module depth
petboard
A 1-5 rating each session, with the exercise worked on, plus notes and homework. Sessions counted off the package, and a progress page for the parent with every session so far.
Happy Pet Tech
Training is not one of the six products on its home page.
Sitter network coordination
petboard
Assign pets to your sitters. Each sitter gets a personal link that opens without a password, to see their pets, upload photos and log visits.
Happy Pet Tech
Staff scheduling, roles and branch-level access. Sitter networks are not one of its six products.
Migration story
petboard
Upload a spreadsheet or another tool's export: you match the columns and petboard imports it, or we do it within one working day. Free. You first sign a short statement that you may share the data. We have imported over 1,000 records for one business. One-click download of all your data from Settings, any time.
Happy Pet Tech
Free data migration, done by its team ("Free Setup in <6hrs"). An export to move your data out again is not mentioned on the pages we checked.
Boarding-specific depth
petboard
Weekend and season prices, kennel and room capacity, extra days or sessions billed once a package runs out, and daily care tasks. Staff signing off a task with a photo is switched on when you ask.
Happy Pet Tech
Kennel allocation, real-time availability, occupancy tracking, feeding and medication logs, staff tasks and add-ons.
Prepaid packages
petboard
Sell prepaid packages. petboard takes each day or session off the balance, holds your upcoming bookings, and bills extra days or sessions once the package runs out.
Happy Pet Tech
Package management on its daycare page. Services, packages and subscriptions on its pricing page.
Late checkout & discounts
petboard
A late-checkout fee added for you, which you can waive in one tap. On a GST bill, petboard makes the credit note. Long-stay and rescue discounts added for you, and your own discount on any booking.
Happy Pet Tech
Promo codes and custom discounts per service, pet or customer. Late-checkout fees are not mentioned on its billing page.
Grooming
petboard
Prices by size and coat, a saved price for each pet, and a GST invoice for each groom if you are GST-registered.
Happy Pet Tech
Two grooming products: salon grooming, and mobile grooming with route optimisation and location tracking.
Multi-location billing
petboard
Two brands or branches under one login on Pro, priced per branch, switched on when you ask. 3 or more is an Enterprise plan.
Happy Pet Tech
One dashboard for every branch: revenue, bookings, staff and stock. Priced per branch on its pricing page.
Pricing (India tier)
petboard
Solo ₹199 (up to 5 active pets), Growth ₹499 (up to 20), Pro ₹999 per branch (unlimited pets), a month; or ₹1,990, ₹4,990 and ₹9,990 a year. Pro covers all pet-care services (boarding, daycare, training, grooming and sitting) or a vet clinic. Both together are ₹1,999 a month per branch. No GST on our price. The founder cohort (first 50 operators) is closed; its members keep their locked rates.
Happy Pet Tech
From ₹499 a month or ₹4,999 a year, per branch, plus taxes.
Payment stack
petboard
Add your UPI ID and every bill gets a pay link with the amount filled in. Upload your UPI QR and it prints on the bill.
Happy Pet Tech
UPI, card, wallet or cash. Online payments through Razorpay, Mollie or Stripe.
Happy Pet Tech's pricing page: from ₹499 a month or ₹4,999 a year, per branch, plus taxes. Every Happy Pet Tech cell comes from its own website or its app-store listings; the links are under Sources.
When to choose Happy Pet Tech
- You operate in India and in other markets (it has region pages for the UAE, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia) and need several currencies.
- You want a pet-parent app your clients will download.
When to choose petboard
- You run pet boarding, daycare, training, sitter networks, grooming or a vet clinic in India, or several of these under one login.
- You run training and want a 1-5 rating each session, with the exercise worked on, sessions counted off the package, and a progress page for the parent.
- You run boarding and want weekend and season prices, kennel and room capacity, and care tasks, with photo sign-off switched on when you ask.
- You sell prepaid packages and want each day or session taken off the balance, upcoming bookings held, and extra days or sessions billed once the package runs out.
- You want a late-checkout fee added for you that you can waive in one tap, with the credit note made for you on a GST bill.
- You run daycare, grooming, or park and pool bookings alongside boarding and want each priced by its own rules.
- You want to send care updates from your own WhatsApp number, with no charge from petboard for it, and no app for pet parents to download.
- You want a documented migration path and a free import of your client list.
- You want a plan from ₹199 a month, with the limits of each plan written down.
Migrating from Happy Pet Tech
Export your client data from your current tool — Happy Pet Tech, a spreadsheet, or an older system that no longer works for you — as a CSV or Excel file and upload it under Import your clients on your dashboard. You first sign a short statement that you may share the data. You match the columns and petboard imports it. Or tap Import it for me and we import it within one working day. It is free. No per-record migration fee. The /migrate page has the full process.
Guides to choosing software
Frequently asked questions
How does Happy Pet Tech pricing compare with petboard pricing?
petboard's plans: Solo ₹199 (up to 5 active pets), Growth ₹499 (up to 20), Pro ₹999 per branch (unlimited pets), a month; or ₹1,990, ₹4,990 and ₹9,990 a year. Pro covers all pet-care services (boarding, daycare, training, grooming and sitting) or a vet clinic. Both together are ₹1,999 a month per branch. No GST on our price. The first 50 operators (cohort 1, closed 15 May 2026) locked these rates forever; new signups pay the same starting rates but are subject to change. Happy Pet Tech's pricing page shows prices from ₹499 a month or ₹4,999 a year, per branch, plus taxes. Compare the two pages for the number of branches you run and the features you need.
Can Happy Pet Tech users migrate to petboard?
Yes. Export your Happy Pet Tech clients as a CSV or Excel file and upload it under Import your clients on your dashboard. You first sign a short statement that you may share the data. You match the columns and petboard imports it. Or tap Import it for me and we import it within one working day. It is free. No per-record migration fee.
Why would a grooming business pick Happy Pet Tech instead of petboard?
petboard has grooming built in: prices by size and coat, a saved price for each pet, and a GST invoice for each groom if you are GST-registered. Happy Pet Tech has two grooming products, for salons and for mobile grooming vans, with route planning and location tracking for vans. If you run grooming vans, compare that directly. petboard fits best when grooming runs alongside boarding, daycare, or training, where its depth for stays and the updates you send from your own WhatsApp number make the difference.
Does petboard work outside India?
Not today. petboard is priced in INR, hosted in Mumbai, and governed under India DPDP. Happy Pet Tech has region pages for several countries and supports several currencies. If you operate only in India, that breadth is not a differentiator.
How does the parent app experience compare?
Happy Pet Tech's maker publishes a pet-parent app, Happy Pet: for Pet Parents, on Google Play and the App Store. petboard uses a web link with your business name, and you send photo and video updates from your own WhatsApp number. Which works better depends on your pet parents. If they already message you on WhatsApp, petboard's web link means they have nothing to install.
Sources
- www.happypet.tech/, checked 19 October 2026
- play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happypet.petparent, checked 19 October 2026
- apps.apple.com/in/app/happy-pet-for-pet-parents/id6501954174, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/integrations, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/pricing, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/staff-management, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/pet-boarding-software, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/pet-daycare-software, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/billing-invoicing, checked 19 October 2026
- www.happypet.tech/multi-branch-management, checked 19 October 2026
- petboard internal architecture: DPA v2.0, migration runbook, /migrate page
This comparison is based on publicly available information as of 19 October 2026. Features, pricing, and terms change over time.
Try petboard
Free import of your client list: you upload it and petboard imports it, or we do it within one working day. Tier pricing from ₹199/mo, published on the page.