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Pup Notes vs BusyPaws

How Pup Notes and BusyPaws compare on price, AI help with session notes, payments and what your clients see. Each detail about BusyPaws comes from its own public pages, with a link to the page and the date we last checked it.

We build Pup Notes, so we aren’t neutral. Pup Notes is still in development: its details here are what we’ve decided for launch. Prices and features change, so check each company’s site before you decide.

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At a glance

  • Availability

    Pup Notes
    In development. Launching in the US around the end of 2026, to the waitlist first.
    BusyPaws
    Available now, for training, boarding, daycare and grooming businesses. Source: BusyPaws home page, last checked

  • Price for one trainer

    Pup Notes
    $29 a month, with every feature included. The first 100 practices keep that price while they stay subscribed.
    BusyPaws
    $35 a month on Behave, the plan for training businesses with up to 5 employees. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

  • Additional trainers

    Pup Notes
    $15 a month for each additional trainer. Seats for staff who don’t train, such as admins and front desk, are free.
    BusyPaws
    Behave includes up to 5 users. Professional is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 a month for each additional user. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

  • AI help with session notes

    Pup Notes
    Included. Talk through a session, then review AI drafts of your notes, a client summary, homework and scores. Nothing is shared until you accept it.
    BusyPaws
    Its dog training page lists no AI help with notes. The AI it lists is Kiwi, a support assistant. Source: BusyPaws dog training software, last checked

  • Card payment fees

    Pup Notes
    Stripe’s standard fees, charged by Stripe (2.9% + $0.30 for an online payment with a domestic card), plus a 0.5% Pup Notes fee. Source: Stripe pricing, last checked
    BusyPaws
    3.4% + $0.30 per payment on Behave, and 2.9% + $0.30 on Professional and Business. Memberships and recurring billing add 0.5%. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

  • Free trial

    Pup Notes
    14 days, with no card needed.
    BusyPaws
    14 days free. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

  • For your clients

    Pup Notes
    A web portal with nothing to install. Clients check in on homework from a text or email link, with no login.
    BusyPaws
    A pet parent portal on every plan, and a pet parent mobile app on Professional and Business. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

Where BusyPaws stands out

  • Recurring group classes with open enrollment, client homework and video courses. Source: BusyPaws home page, last checked
  • A built-in learning management system for online courses, on Professional and Business. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked
  • Two-way Google Calendar sync on every plan. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked
  • A CSV importer for clients and pets, and an onboarding representative for new subscriptions. Source: BusyPaws pricing, last checked

Where Pup Notes is different

  • Pup Notes is built only for trainers: private lessons, behavior cases and classes. BusyPaws also serves boarding, daycare and grooming businesses. Source: BusyPaws home page, last checked
  • Pup Notes drafts your private notes, a client summary, homework from your own library and exercise scores from what you say after a session, and you review every part. BusyPaws’ dog training page lists no AI help with notes. Source: BusyPaws dog training software, last checked

Sources

The pages the details about BusyPaws come from, and when we last checked each one.

PupManager, HeelYeah, Heeldash and BusyPaws are trademarks of their owners. Pup Notes isn’t affiliated with any of them.

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