DogBoarder vs Revelation Pets: focused records or broader operations

Revelation Pets is a broad pet-care management platform for boarding, day care and appointment-led businesses. DogBoarder is narrower and lower-priced, with its strongest emphasis on England-focused operational records and inspection preparation.

Details checked against the linked sources on 10 October 2026.

DogBoarder may fit when

Independent home boarders, day-care providers and walkers who want a focused workflow and England licensing evidence at a lower fixed subscription.

Revelation Pets may fit when

Facilities wanting a broader mature platform, including online booking, payments, automated communications, pet updates and accounting integrations.

Published UK price

DogBoarder: Licensed: £15 a month or £150 a year. Kennel plan is not yet for sale.
Revelation Pets: Silver: £50 a month or £495 a year. Gold: £62 a month or £627 a year, as published by Revelation Pets.

Business coverage

DogBoarder: Home boarding, day care and walking now; unit-based kennel features are on a separate waitlist.
Revelation Pets: Boarding, cattery, grooming and training on Silver; Gold adds the day-care module.

England licensing records

DogBoarder: Statutory-register fields, care records, consents and an annual-plan inspection pack are part of the product’s core job.
Revelation Pets: Broad operational records and vaccine management; providers should map the setup to their own English licence and council conditions.

Owner booking and communications

DogBoarder: A branded booking page, consent flow and private photo-and-note updates exist; broader two-way messaging is planned.
Revelation Pets: Online booker, email and SMS reminders, review requests and pet activity updates are published features.

Accounting

DogBoarder: Invoices and exports exist; direct Xero and QuickBooks connections are not built yet.
Revelation Pets: Published Xero and QuickBooks integrations.

Migration

DogBoarder: The founding pilot includes guided spreadsheet migration for the first ten providers.
Revelation Pets: Revelation Pets advertises free customer and pet data upload, subject to source-file quality.

DogBoarder compared with Revelation Pets
Question	DogBoarder	Revelation Pets
Published UK price	Licensed: £15 a month or £150 a year. Kennel plan is not yet for sale.	Silver: £50 a month or £495 a year. Gold: £62 a month or £627 a year, as published by Revelation Pets.
Business coverage	Home boarding, day care and walking now; unit-based kennel features are on a separate waitlist.	Boarding, cattery, grooming and training on Silver; Gold adds the day-care module.
England licensing records	Statutory-register fields, care records, consents and an annual-plan inspection pack are part of the product’s core job.	Broad operational records and vaccine management; providers should map the setup to their own English licence and council conditions.
Owner booking and communications	A branded booking page, consent flow and private photo-and-note updates exist; broader two-way messaging is planned.	Online booker, email and SMS reminders, review requests and pet activity updates are published features.
Accounting	Invoices and exports exist; direct Xero and QuickBooks connections are not built yet.	Published Xero and QuickBooks integrations.
Migration	The founding pilot includes guided spreadsheet migration for the first ten providers.	Revelation Pets advertises free customer and pet data upload, subject to source-file quality.

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