Comparison
DaySmart Pet is purpose-built grooming software from a US company, used by more than 5,000 groomers, with daycare and boarding calendars most booking tools lack. Its pricing climbs with the number of users and with add-ons: five tiers from $29 to $199+ a month as published, a lower price only if you take payments through them, and extras like a website or boarding calendar charged on top. Trimsy is Australian-built and billed in AUD: $24.99 a month with one staff member, $49.99 with three, and any extra groomer is a $7 seat rather than a jump to the next tier.
Pricing and features checked against DaySmart Pet's public pages on 18 September 2026.
For Australian groomers who want breed-based pricing, pet files and reminders — and who would rather add a groomer for $7 a month than move up a pricing tier.
Every row is checked against their own published pricing and feature pages, not a summary of them.
| TrimsyAU-built — fixed monthly fee, 0% per-booking commission | DaySmart PetUS-built grooming software — tiers by user count, plus add-ons | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | AUD $24.99 (1 staff) or $49.99 (3) — extra seats $7/mo | Five tiers — $29, $69, $149, $199/mo as published, top tier by quote; currency not stated |
| Groomers / users included | Essential 1, Growth 3 — extra seats $7/mo each, on either plan | Basic 1 user, Deluxe 3, Premium 6; unlimited only on the quoted top tier |
| Price depends on their payments | No — bring your own Stripe or Square at the processor’s rate | Yes — each tier is $10–$20/mo dearer if you don’t use DaySmart payments |
| Per-booking commission | 0% — always | 0% |
| Loyalty program | Included on every paid plan | From the Deluxe tier ($69/mo as published) |
| Your own booking website | Included | Website builder add-on — $15/mo as published |
| Pet profiles + grooming notes | A file per pet — breed, weight, temperament, vaccinations, photos | Yes — pet profiles, appointment history and notes |
| Several pets in one booking | Yes — each with its own service and time | Not mentioned on the pages we checked — ask them |
| Walk-in queue + kiosk | Yes — tablet check-in and a live queue | Not mentioned on the pages we checked |
| Daycare + boarding calendars | No — Trimsy books appointments, not overnight stays | Yes — $25/mo each as published |
| Payroll + commission rules | Commission reports; no payroll | Payroll from Deluxe; sliding-scale commission and overtime rules on the top tier |
| Accounting integration | None built in yet | QuickBooks Online on Premium |
| Billing + support | AUD, GST invoices, Australian business hours | US company; pricing page states no currency |
Where Trimsy is the better fit
Where DaySmart Pet is
It depends on your team. A solo groomer pays $29 a month as published on DaySmart’s Basic plan (if they use DaySmart payments) against $24.99 AUD on Trimsy — close, before currency. The gap opens as you grow. DaySmart’s Basic covers one user, Deluxe three at $69, Premium six at $199. Trimsy’s Essential includes one staff member and Growth three, and an extra groomer on either plan is a $7 seat. Add a website ($15/mo on DaySmart) and loyalty (Deluxe and up) and a two-groomer salon is comparing $31.99 AUD — Essential plus one seat — with $84 a month as published.
No, but their pricing assumes it: every tier is listed at two prices, and the one without DaySmart payments is $10 to $20 a month higher. Trimsy’s price is the same either way — you connect your own Stripe or Square account and pay that processor’s normal rate, with nothing added by Trimsy.
DaySmart Pet. It sells daycare and boarding calendars ($25 a month each as published) that manage occupancy and length of stay. Trimsy books appointments — grooms, baths, nail trims, mobile visits — and doesn’t manage overnight stays or kennel occupancy.
Yes. You set price and duration by breed and coat, add de-matting or de-shedding as add-ons, and keep temperament warnings, vaccination expiry dates and before-and-after photos on each pet’s file. An owner with three dogs books them in one visit, each with its own service.
Anything you can export, you can bring. Trimsy imports your clients from a CSV — name, email, phone and loyalty points. Pets aren’t part of that file: each dog is added the first time it comes in, or by the owner when they book. Keep read-only access to your old system for past invoices.
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