Argus
What Argus is
Argus is salon-management software for pet grooming businesses. It brings appointment booking, groomer scheduling, pet and customer records, staff management, checkout, and reporting into one service. A salon can offer bookings through a branded page that shows times based on its hours, staff shifts, existing appointments, and groomer qualifications. Its calendar has a day view for each groomer, drag-to-reschedule, shifts, and repeating rotas. Pet records can store details such as breed, size, birthday, microchip number, photos, notes, and grooming history. At checkout, staff can process services and consumables, apply discounts, tips, and tax, and have commissions calculated automatically.
Optional texts cover appointment confirmations and changes, grooming-due and day-before reminders, and review requests. Messages are sent through the salon’s own SMS account; Argus logs recipients, delivery status, and message content. A single account can manage multiple branches, each with its own calendar, staff, services, hours, and booking page, with reporting across locations. Argus runs in a browser, and its salon-branded app is available for iOS and Android. The staff dashboard and customer booking portal support nine languages. Usage-based pricing is $10 a month per active team member, with SMS billed separately.
Who it suits
Argus suits pet grooming salons that need booking, staff scheduling, pet records, and checkout in one service. It can also fit businesses managing multiple branches or serving customers in one of its nine supported interface languages.
What it does well
- Branded booking pages account for staff shifts and qualifications.
- Pet records can include grooming history and microchip numbers.
- Checkout calculates staff commissions automatically.
- Multi-branch accounts include reporting across locations.
- Browser access requires no download.
- Supports nine languages in staff and customer interfaces.
What to know first
- No free plan is offered.
- SMS costs 0.01–$0.15 per message segment.
- Push notifications are not available in the salon-branded app.
Limits
The usage-based plan costs $10 a month per active team member. SMS is billed separately at 0.01–$0.15 per message segment, depending on the recipient’s country; a segment is 160 characters or 70 characters for non-Latin messages.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| SMS messages | $0.01–$0.15 per message segment; rate depends on the country of the recipient’s phone. · Per message segment · 160 characters, or 70 for non-Latin messages | $0.01, paid once |
| Usage-based | $10.00 per team member, per month; SMS is charged separately at $0.01–$0.15 per message segment, depending on the recipient’s country. · Active team members · SMS segments sent · no per-location charge · all features included | $10 a month |
As argus.pet lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Argus website in a browser.
- Create an account using a one-time code sent to email or phone.
- Set up salon hours, staff, services, and groomer qualifications.
- Configure a branded booking page for customers.
- Choose the usage-based plan at $10 a month per active team member.
- Connect the salon’s own SMS account if you want to send text reminders.
Verdict
Choose Argus if your grooming salon needs booking, scheduling, pet records, and checkout together, especially across multiple branches. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or push notifications in the salon-branded app.
Questions
How much does Argus cost?
The usage-based plan is $10 a month per active team member. SMS costs 0.01–$0.15 per message segment, depending on the recipient’s country.
Is there a free plan?
No. Argus has no free plan.
Which platforms does Argus support?
The service runs in a browser and is available on Android and iOS. Argus says there is nothing to download to use the browser service.
Can one Argus account manage multiple salon locations?
Yes. Each branch can have its own calendar, staff, services, hours, and booking page, with reporting across locations.
What languages are supported?
The staff dashboard and customer booking portal support English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian, and Georgian.
How does Argus handle sign-in and organization data?
Accounts use passwordless login with a one-time code sent to email or phone. Argus says each organization’s data is kept separate from other organizations’ data.
Facts from Argus's own pages
- Account security
- The terms say accounts authenticate using a one-time code sent to email or phone, described as passwordless login. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Checkout and commissions
- Argus supports in-salon checkout for services and consumables, with discounts, tips, tax, and automatically calculated staff commissions. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Customer and pet records
- Records can include a pet’s breed, size, birthday, microchip number, photo, notes, and grooming history. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Data separation
- The terms describe Argus as a multi-tenant service that keeps each organization’s data separate from other organizations’ data. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The homepage says the staff dashboard and customer booking portal support nine languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian, and Georgian. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Mobile app
- Argus offers a salon-branded native app for iOS and Android, published under the salon’s name; push notifications are not available yet. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Multi-location
- One account can cover multiple branches, each with its own calendar, staff, services, hours, and booking page, with reporting across locations. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Online booking
- Customers book through a branded page that offers times based on salon hours, groomer shifts, existing appointments, and staff qualifications. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Platform access
- The service runs in a browser and the homepage says there is nothing to download to use it. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Argus is salon-management software for pet grooming businesses, combining online booking, scheduling, customer and pet records, staff management, checkout, and reporting. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Reminders
- Optional texts include grooming-due reminders, appointment confirmations and changes, day-before reminders, and review requests. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- The calendar provides a day view per groomer, drag-to-reschedule, staff shifts, and repeating rotas. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- SMS setup
- Messages are opt-in and sent through the salon’s own SMS account; Argus logs message recipients, delivery status, and message body. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
- Support and development
- Argus says it ships improvements on most working days and invites salons to request features, with an answer about whether and when they can be added. · argus.pet, 4 Oct 2026
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