PawMates Rescue is built for foster homes, transport coordination, volunteer armies, and donor fundraising — with Rescue Free at $0/month and 0% Fund fees on every rescue tier.
Yes. Rescue Free is $0/month for foster-first rescues with up to 25 active pets. It includes foster home registry, placement tracking, adoption applications, and a free swipe-based adoption app — with 0% PawMates Fund fees.
Rescue Plus is $79/month and adds higher intake limits (up to 250 intakes/year), custom adoption application questions, full volunteer scheduling, auto-generated pet bios, and white-labeled adoption pages — still with 0% Fund fees.
No. PawMates Rescue is built for foster-first organizations without a physical shelter. Kennel shelter plans (Starter through Enterprise) add intake workflows for organizations with on-site housing.
PawMates Pro is built for shelters with kennels, stray-hold clocks, and Animal Control — a building full of animals to manage. PawMates Rescue is foster-first: the centerpiece is the foster-home registry, not a kennel layout. There's no Animal Control module, no stray-hold timers, and no kennel management — just the tools rescues actually use. The PawMates Fund is also free on every rescue plan with a 0% donation fee, while shelter plans charge a tier-based fee.
Rescue Free includes the foster-home registry, pet roster with photos, adoption applications, volunteer management, the PawMates adopter app with compatibility matching, and the PawMates Fund at 0% — for an unlimited number of users. The only catch is a small 'Powered by PawMates' badge on your public pages. Rescue Plus removes the badge and adds priority support.
Never. All rescue plans include unlimited fosters, volunteers, staff, vets, and admins at no per-seat cost. Add as many people as your operation needs.
Each foster home gets a profile with their housing, current pets, preferences (size, age, species, special needs, medical comfort), vet info, and references. You can match available pets to qualified fosters in seconds, track active placements, log foster supply requests, and manage foster-to-adopt transitions — all from one dashboard.
Yes. Your rescue gets a public-facing page at pawmatespro.com with all your adoptable pets, your story, donation link, and a built-in adoption application that submits straight to your dashboard. Adopters can also discover your pets through the PawMates adopter app.
Rescue plans include access to the Collaboration Portal — a shared regional hub where you can coordinate transports, request fosters from partner rescues, share medical and behavioral notes, post emergency placements, and tap into a shelter network. Especially valuable for rescues that pull from out-of-area shelters.
Every rescue plan includes the full PawMates Fund — recurring and one-time donations, foster-pet sponsorships, peer-to-peer campaigns, and matching gifts — at a 0% platform fee. Donors only pay the standard Stripe processing fee, and 100% of the rest goes straight to your rescue's connected Stripe account.
Yes. Free, white-glove data migration is included on every rescue plan. Send us your existing data in any common format (CSV, Excel, or a direct export from your current platform) and our team imports, validates, and verifies everything before you go live — including pet records, foster records, adopter info, and donation history.
No. Both rescue plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime. No setup fees, no cancellation penalties, no hidden charges. If you cancel, you can export all your data in CSV format.