If you are looking for a Gingr alternative, the reason is usually one of two things: it takes a cut of your card payments, or it got too complex for the people who actually run the front desk. Boardly fixes both. Your money lands in your own account, and you run the whole day by typing a sentence.
A plain look at where the two differ for an independent boarding, daycare or grooming business. Where a line depends on your exact plan, we say so.
| Boardly | Gingr | |
|---|---|---|
| Cut of your customers' payments | 0%. Your own payment account, we never touch it. | A platform payment fee applies on their gateway, on top of standard card processing. |
| Where your money lands | Directly in your own account. | Through the platform's payment setup. |
| Answers your phone | Built-in AI receptionist answers 24/7 and books into your live calendar. | Not a built-in phone-answering receptionist. |
| How you run the day | Type a plain sentence and it does it, showing the action first. | Menus and forms. Common feedback: a lot to learn. |
| Booking website | Paste your current URL and it rebuilds your booking site to match. | Templated booking pages. |
| Double-booking | Blocked at the database level, even on the busiest morning. | Capacity controls in the app. |
| Vaccination control | A lapsed vaccination blocks the stay before it happens; owners reminded at 30 and 7 days. | Vaccination records with reminders. |
| Moving your data in | We move your customers, dogs and vaccination dates for you. | Import tools and onboarding. |
| Starting price | $59/mo. Free for 7 days, no card. | Quote-based, tiered by size. |
Gingr is a trademark of its owner and is named here only for comparison. We describe their product from public information; check their current terms for exact figures.
Deposits and shop sales land in your own account. Boardly takes 0% of them, ever. The only thing you pay us is the flat monthly plan, so a busier month never costs you more in fees.
The AI receptionist picks up in your kennel's name, checks the runs you actually have free, books the stay onto your board, and texts the owner a confirmation. Forward your existing line and stop losing bookings to voicemail.
There is a terminal on your dashboard. Type "book Bella for the Lab family this weekend" or "who is arriving today" and it does it. It is also your help and customer-service desk: ask it a question and it answers, or brings in a human.
Yes. You connect your own payment account, so your customers' card payments go straight to you at the standard processing rate. Boardly adds no percentage on top. You pay us the flat monthly plan and nothing on your takings.
Yes. Runs, suites, cat pens, daycare groups and grooming appointments all live on one board, each with real capacity so nothing double-books.
No. That is the point of the terminal. You type what you want in normal words and it shows you the action before it runs. Setup is paste-your-website and go, and we move your records over for you.
No. We bring your customers, dogs and vaccination dates across, so your board is full and correct on day one. If Boardly is not calmer than what you run now, we help you leave with your records. No lock-in.
Core is $59 a month, free for the first 7 days with no card. The AI receptionist is an extra $99 a month with 500 call minutes included, then $0.34 a minute. No percentage of your payments on top.
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