Comparison
Fretso vs Gingr
Gingr is deep on boarding. Fretso puts boarding next to retail, grooming and the vet room on one record.
Fretso
A full ERP for pet businesses, where boarding is one of four service lines sharing a pet record.
Gingr
Long-established boarding, daycare and kennel management software with a large US customer base.
Feature by feature
The comparison table
| Capability | Fretso | Gingr |
|---|---|---|
| Boarding | ||
| Run-level reservations | YesDouble-booking refused, not flagged | Yes |
| Live occupancy across dates | Yes | Yes |
| Vaccination gate at check-in | YesReads the record against your protocol | Yes |
| Daily care logs, timestamped | Yes | Yes |
| Webcams and play-group tooling | NoBoarding-only depth we do not match | Yes |
| Everything else | ||
| Grooming tickets and commission | Yes | PartialGrooming supported alongside boarding |
| Pet retail with barcode POS and stock | Yes | Not stated |
| Veterinary consults and dispensing | Yes | Not stated |
| Double-entry accounting underneath | Yes | Not stated |
| Where you trade | ||
| GST with HSN codes, India | Yes | Not stated |
| VAT for UAE, UK and others | Yes | Not stated |
| Large US customer base for references | NoWe are strongest in India and Asia-Pacific | Yes |
Fretso's column is verified against the shipping product. Gingr's column is taken only from their own public statements (their public website, read 11 August 2026); where we have not seen a claim either way it is marked not stated rather than guessed. Products change. Check anything that matters directly with the vendor.
Honestly
Which of us you should actually buy
A comparison page that never concedes anything is worth nothing to you. Here is the real split.
Choose Gingr if
- Boarding and daycare is essentially all you do
- You want boarding-specific depth like webcams and play-group management
- You are US-based and want a vendor with a large local reference base
Choose Fretso if
- Boarding sits alongside retail, grooming or a vet room
- You want stock and accounting in the same system
- You need multi-rate tax handled per line
- You are outside the US and need local tax and payment handling
What Fretso does on boarding specifically
So you can judge whether the depth is enough for you:
- Reservations against a specific run, with double-booking refused rather than flagged
- Live occupancy across dates
- Vaccination gate at check-in, reading the pet’s record against your protocol
- Daily care logs: feeds, walks, medication, mood, incidents, timestamped and attributable
- Medication plans visible from the vet’s prescription, without a phone call
- Check-out report card for the owner
Full detail on the boarding module page, and there’s a guide on pricing boarding properly and one on vaccination policy.
The question that decides it
Is boarding your business, or one of your businesses?
One: buy the specialist. Several: buy the thing that shares a record, because the cost of two systems isn’t the second licence fee, it’s every hour someone spends reconciling them.
Test it the same way
Five daily tasks, performed live by both vendors on real software. Then the three questions: cost at your size, data on exit, who answers on a Saturday.
Written 11 August 2026. We describe Gingr from public information and don’t run it in production. Verify their current capabilities with them.
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