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Fastest-growing rescue and shelter management platform

Join a rapidly expanding network of shelters and rescues using a modern system that's actively improving based on real-world needs.

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Medical depth
Website widgets
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Pet Records & Veterinary Care

Search, filter, and manage your entire pet population with medical timelines, prescriptions, documents, and data import.

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Adoptions, Outreach & Website Integration

Manage adoptions from application to placement. Reach adopters through Petfinder, embeddable widgets, and the developer SDK.

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Foster, Volunteers & Daily Operations

Foster coordination, volunteer scheduling, Kanban task boards, and a unified calendar for your whole team.

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Forms, Reporting & Data Freedom

Custom forms, branded emails, reports, agreements, and full exports. Your records stay yours.

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Matching, Profiles & Team Security

AI matching, public profiles, microchip registration, and permissions for confident placements.

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Events, Transport & Customization

Event planning, transport coordination, adoption flyer design, and personalized dashboards.

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Pet Records & Veterinary Care

Search, filter, and manage your entire pet population with medical timelines, prescriptions, documents, and data import.

Pet Search & Filtering

Find any animal by name, breed, age, species, status, or custom fields. Filter across thousands of pets and jump to any profile in one click

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Veterinary Care & Prescriptions

Track exams, prescriptions, vaccinations, procedures, diagnostics, conditions, weights, preventatives, and treatments per pet. Manage vet relationships, monitor costs by provider, and schedule follow-ups from a complete medical timeline

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Document Storage

Organize adoption paperwork, medical records, photos, and files in a folder-structured system, like Dropbox but built for shelters. Rename, move, and share documents between pet profiles and people

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AI-Powered Data Import

Import pets, adopters, fosters, volunteers, donors, and surrenders from CSV, XLSX, or XLS. Exact and partial matches help map fields, AI can suggest pet column matches when enabled, and every upload is reviewed before saving

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Adoptions, Outreach & Website Integration

Manage adoptions from application to placement. Reach adopters through Petfinder, embeddable widgets, and the developer SDK.

Adoption Management

Track every adoption from application to placement. Build adopter profiles, manage application history, collect fees via QR codes or payment links, and record every handoff

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Embeddable Website Widgets

Add live pet listings, adoption applications, and donation forms to your website with no-code embed widgets. Paste one script tag and your site stays in sync with PawPlacer

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Developer SDK & REST API

Build custom adoption pages or integrations with the typed PawPlacer SDK on npm and REST APIs. Trusted backends can read account pets and people, fees, contracts, and custom field metadata; write keys can create pets, adopters, fosters, surrenders, and volunteers

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Petfinder Integration

Publish eligible pets to Petfinder from the records your team already updates. Status rules control which pets go public, and listing validation catches issues before every sync.

Foster, Volunteers & Daily Operations

Foster coordination, volunteer scheduling, Kanban task boards, and a unified calendar for your whole team.

Foster Management

Manage foster caregivers, capacity, assignments, applications, and notes in one shared record. Public foster forms feed the same status flow your rescue already uses — no spreadsheet handoffs.

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Volunteer Management

Track volunteer hours, schedule recurring shifts, manage references, and match volunteers to opportunities based on skills and availability. Keep detailed records of every volunteer's service history

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Task Boards

Organize daily operations with drag-and-drop Kanban boards. Link tasks to pets or people, assign team members, set priorities, and run multiple boards for different departments

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Unified Calendar

View all medical appointments, tasks, and events in one centralized calendar. Filter by pet, staff member, or type, and switch between calendar and list views for the planning style that works best

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Forms, Reporting & Data Freedom

Custom forms, branded emails, reports, agreements, and full exports. Your records stay yours.

Email Templates & Notifications

Send branded emails automatically when applications arrive, adoptions are confirmed, or fosters are placed. Edit subject lines and body, insert dynamic variables, preview before sending, and restore previous versions

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Custom Form Builder

Customize adoption, foster, volunteer, surrender, donor, and pet forms with a drag-and-drop editor. Add supported fields, reorder sections, preview live, and manage templates

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Reports & Data Export

Generate custom reports on outcomes, population trends, length of stay, and event history. Export full pet, adopter, foster, and volunteer records plus reports so your data is not locked in

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Contracts & Agreements

Create and manage digital contracts for adopters, fosters, volunteers, and partners. Use customizable templates to standardize agreements across your organization

Matching, Profiles & Team Security

AI matching, public profiles, microchip registration, and permissions for confident placements.

AI Pet Matching

Review calibrated adopter and foster rankings with factor breakdowns, confidence, readiness, side-by-side comparison, and organization learning—while keeping your team in control of final placement decisions

Public Shelter Profiles

Give your organization a public page where adopters can browse pets, submit applications, and donate. You control exactly what information is shown

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Microchip Registration

Register microchips through PetLink without leaving PawPlacer. Validate chip numbers, submit owner and pet details, and track registration status from draft through confirmed

Team Permissions

Role-based permissions enforced at the database level. Team members only see and do what their role allows. No guesswork, no over-permissioning

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Events, Transport & Customization

Event planning, transport coordination, adoption flyer design, and personalized dashboards.

Event Management

Plan adoption events, fundraisers, and meetups with times, locations, statuses, and public visibility controls. Save frequent destinations for quick creation, and view everything in table, 5-day, week, or month calendar views

Transport Coordination

Plan and track animal relocations with driver assignments, Google Maps distance calculation, mileage, and cost breakdowns. Calculate per-pet and total transport expenses, and keep a record of every mission

Flyer & Template Designer

Design professional adoption flyers and marketing materials with a drag-and-drop editor. Start from pre-made templates or build from scratch, add pet photos and info, and customize every element with no PawPlacer branding

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Personal Dashboard

See upcoming tasks, medical follow-ups, and events on one calendar. Search pets, adopters, fosters, and tasks from a single input. Personalize the dashboard to your liking

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Free for animal welfare teams

The whole platform. Free.

Every organization gets the same complete PawPlacer workspace, with no feature tiers or usage-based limits.

Every feature includedFull record and report exportsSDK & API access includedNo contracts, no ads, no data brokering
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Social proof

Rescue teams are making the switch.

PawPlacer is replacing scattered spreadsheets, shared drives, and rigid legacy workflows for teams that need calmer operations.

Trustpilot reviews
“From spreadsheets to structure”

We switched to PawPlacer about 8 months ago after years of running everything out of Google Sheets and shared folders. The migration tool surfaced almost 500 duplicate or outdated records we did not even realize were there. Intake to adoption is now closer to two and a half weeks, and monthly numbers no longer take hours to rebuild manually.

Rick

US · Feb 18, 2026

What teams are saying

More adoptions with less stress

Carly

US · Feb 16, 2026

“We moved 300+ active animal records and years of adoption history without losing data. Within three months, intake-to-adoption dropped from about 21 days to closer to 14 because everyone could see the same information in real time.”

Currently using this app for our shelter

Chris

US · Feb 15, 2026

“The program is intuitive, functional, innovative, properly sized, and comfortable for our users. When I have had questions or suggestions, the support team was fantastic.”

Wholeheartedly recommend

Jaci

US · Jan 31, 2026

“Best decision our rescue has made. Our volunteers genuinely enjoy using the website, and as an admin I have noticed how customizable it is. We change settings to fit our workflow instead of adjusting our workflow to a rigid platform.”

I am continuously impressed by PawPlacer

Alex

US · Jan 24, 2026

“When we ask about features that do not exist currently, they build them for us. PawPlacer has facilitated over 140 adoptions for us and we can testify to their no-fee structure.”

Straight answers

Free because the priorities are clear.

PawPlacer stays free through careful product decisions, modern infrastructure, and independence from ads, data sales, and venture pressure.

About UsFunding Philosophy

Mission-driven team

Built from a personal commitment to animal welfare, not investor pressure.

Modern technology

A current stack helps us ship useful features without extra maintenance overhead.

Organic growth

Word of mouth keeps the product focused on teams already doing the work.

Built to last

Independent, sustainable, and built for the long-term needs of rescue teams.

Privacy first

No ads, no data brokering, and payments stay with your own processor.

Free for rescues

Every organization gets the complete platform without feature tiers or usage limits.

Before switching

Common questions from rescue teams.

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Can we import our existing data?

Yes. You can import spreadsheets and map your fields during setup.

Can different volunteers have different levels of access?

Yes. Permissions are role-based, so each person only sees what they should.

How long does setup usually take?

Most teams can configure their core workflows in a day or two, then quickly roll them out to the wider team.

Will this work for large foster networks?

Yes. Foster coordination is built in for distributed, foster-heavy teams.

Does PawPlacer integrate with Petfinder or PetLink?

Yes. PawPlacer supports Petfinder and PetLink in its standard workflows.

Do we need formal training before getting started?

No. You can start exploring immediately after signing up, and our team is available whenever guidance would help.

Ready when your team is.

Create your free account, explore the workspace, and bring the real workflow when you are ready. No sales gate or required demo.

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