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Carica Pets vs. Vivetra for kennels and catteries
The short answer: Carica Pets is a cloud-based cattery and kennel booking system with published, very low pricing tiered by pen count, from £5 a month for up to five pens to £20 a month for unlimited pens. It covers boarding, daycare, home boarding, dog walking, taxi and training, with online booking and payments for your customers and a 14-day free trial. For a small kennel or cattery that just needs bookings handled, it will cost far less than Vivetra, and we’d rather say that first.
Vivetra Boarding & Grooming is a flat $200/mo, built on a real veterinary patient record, with unlimited staff. It makes sense when your kennel sits next to a vet practice, or when medication and aftercare for boarded pets need to be on a proper medical record. Every Carica fact below is quoted from Carica’s own site with a link, checked on the date shown.
Carica Pets vs. Vivetra, side by side
Carica’s cells quote its own pages, with a “source” link on each. Prices are in Carica’s own currency, pounds sterling. Vivetra’s cells describe our own product.
| Compared on | Carica Pets | Vivetra (Boarding & Grooming) |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Bronze £5/mo or £55/yr (up to 5 pens/kennels); Silver £10/mo or £110/yr (up to 10); Gold £20/mo or £220/yr (unlimited pens/kennels) source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
$200/mo flat for one service, whatever your pen count. |
| Users and locations | Bronze and Silver are "1 User" and "1 Location"; Gold is "Up to 10 Users" and "Up to 3 Locations"; every plan lists unlimited pets, customers and bookings source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
Unlimited staff at the flat price. |
| Services covered | lists Boarding, Daycare, Home Boarding, Dog Walking, Vaccinations, Taxi and Training modules, plus automated emails, online bookings, customer payments, branding, capacity statistics, reviews and optional SMS source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
Boarding, daycare and grooming, on the same patient record a veterinary practice uses. No dog walking, taxi or home-boarding modules. |
| Deployment | a "Cattery and Kennel Booking Management System"; "all cloud based and is accessible 24/7" source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
Browser-based, on a dedicated deployment that is fully managed for you. |
| Customer booking and payments | "Allow your customers to directly make booking and payments 24/7"; reminders and automated emails for bookings and vaccinations source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
Client portal with request-and-approve booking by default and real-time self-booking as an opt-in. Deposits, saved cards and online payment through your own Stripe account. Vaccine compliance gate. |
| Free trial | "Start your 14-day free trial", no credit card required source for Carica Pets (opens in new tab) |
Published price, self-serve signup, month-to-month with no long-term contract. |
About this comparison. This is Vivetra’s own comparison — we picked the dimensions and wrote the framing, so read it as an interested party’s argument checked against sourced facts, not a neutral review. Every competitor fact above is quoted from the linked vendor page (or the cited record) and was verified as of October 29, 2026. All product names and trademarks belong to their owners, who are not affiliated with and do not endorse Vivetra. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us at [email protected] and we correct or remove it within 5 business days. Competitor prices are shown in the vendor’s own currency; only Vivetra’s figure follows the currency selector, and never by conversion.
Which is right for you?
Choose Carica Pets if…
you run a small or mid-sized kennel, cattery or dog-walking business, mostly need bookings, reminders and payments handled, and want the lowest monthly cost. On price alone, Carica is the clear choice for a small operation.
Consider Vivetra if…
your kennel or cattery is attached to a veterinary practice, boarded pets regularly need medication or post-surgical care tracked on a real medical record, or you’ve outgrown user and location limits and want unlimited staff at one flat price.
Where Vivetra fits
Vivetra isn’t trying to be the cheapest booking tool for a five-pen cattery. It’s boarding and grooming built on the same patient record as a veterinary practice, so a boarded pet’s medications, history and aftercare notes are the ones the medical side already keeps. It also includes grooming report cards, stay updates and pre-arrival forms for owners. See the Boarding & Grooming service or the UK & Ireland boarding comparison.
Where Vivetra genuinely falls short
- Far more expensive for a small kennel. Carica’s published tiers run from £5 to £20 a month. Vivetra’s flat price is much higher, and it only pays off if you need what sits underneath it.
- Narrower service list. Carica lists home boarding, dog walking, taxi and training modules. Vivetra covers boarding, daycare and grooming.
- Bring your own Stripe account, plus a platform fee. A small Vivetra platform fee applies on top of Stripe’s own processing rate.
- Newer vendor. We have less production track record in UK kennels than Carica Pets.
Questions about this comparison
How much does Carica Pets cost?
Carica publishes tiers by pen count, per its prices page: Bronze £5/mo or £55/yr (up to 5 pens/kennels); Silver £10/mo or £110/yr (up to 10); Gold £20/mo or £220/yr (unlimited pens/kennels). On users and locations: Bronze and Silver are "1 User" and "1 Location"; Gold is "Up to 10 Users" and "Up to 3 Locations"; every plan lists unlimited pets, customers and bookings.
What does Carica Pets do?
It’s a cloud-based cattery and kennel booking management system. It lists boarding, daycare, home boarding, dog walking, vaccinations, taxi and training modules, plus automated emails, online bookings, customer payments, branding, capacity statistics, reviews and optional SMS. It offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.
Is Vivetra cheaper than Carica Pets?
No. For a small kennel or cattery, Carica is much cheaper. Vivetra is $200/mo flat with unlimited staff, and it’s aimed at facilities that need a real veterinary record underneath their boarding and grooming, not the lowest-cost booking tool.
Does Vivetra handle grooming?
Yes. Vivetra Boarding & Grooming includes grooming appointments, report cards with photos, and style preferences that carry from visit to visit, alongside boarding and daycare.
Is Vivetra available in the UK?
Yes. Vivetra is live for self-serve signup in the UK and Ireland, as well as the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the same flat number shown in pounds or euros.
See the flat number in pounds
One monthly price with unlimited staff and managed hosting included, shown in your own currency before you talk to anyone.
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