Product Features Comparison

Key to abbreviations
Lite RescueConnection Lite
RC RescueConnection
SC ShelterConnection
AC ShelterConnectionAC
Plus 7.0 AC Plus 7.0
Animals
Lite
RC
SC
AC
Plus 7.0
Import animals data No No No No Yes
Unlimited animals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Petfinder/Pets911 export Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Adoptions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Success stories Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kennel cards No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Custom kennel card forms No No No No Yes
Veterinary visits and services No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic calculation of availability dates No No Yes Yes Yes
Animal key-word search No No Yes Yes Yes
Foster-home tracking No No Yes Yes Yes
Animal advertisements and auto-generated flyers No No Yes Yes Yes
User-definable animal statuses with "Show in Adoptables" flag No No Yes Yes Yes
Non-adoptable animals area No No Yes Yes Yes
Lost and found animals No No Yes Yes Yes
Animal Journals (complete history) No No Yes Yes Yes
Intake and returns No No No Yes Yes
Redemptions and surrenders No No No Yes Yes
Approvals for adoptions, hold, euthanasias, and medical No No No Yes Yes
Animal profile and attributes No No No Yes Yes
Vaccinations No No No Yes Yes
Medications No No No Yes Yes
Unlimited photos for each animal No (3) No (3) No (3) Yes Yes
Moves and transfers with scheduling No No No Yes Yes
Quarantine No No No Yes Yes
Euthanasia with selection and scheduling No No No Yes Yes
Outcomes/dispositions No No No Yes Yes
Kennel management/inventory by shelter No No No No Yes
Automatic age calculation No No No No Yes
Multiple-animal intake No No No No Yes
Batch-print program for kennel cards No No No No Yes
Check intakes against lost and found list No No No No Yes
Merge duplicate animals No No No No Yes
Clone (copy) animal record No No No No Yes
Daily scheduling (for behavior evaluations, spay/neuter, and so on) No No No No Yes
Vaccination scheduling No No No No Yes
Daily Medications Report No No No No Yes
Associated files of any kind No No No No Yes
Receipt/payment history No No No No Yes
Merge documents for pending vaccinations and spay/neuters No No No No Yes
Vaccination and spay/neuter certificates No No No No Yes
Unlimited user-defined behavioral evaluation forms; multiple forms per animal No No No No Yes
Standard vaccinations, vet visits, and scheduling items that can be applied on intake, return, adoption, redemption, and move/transfer No No No No Yes
Animal IDs, Licenses, and Permits Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
License, rabies tag, and microchip information No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Issuance and renewal of animal IDs, licenses, and permits No No No Yes Yes
Permit/license compliance-checking No No No Yes Yes
Merge documents for renewals and reminders No No No Yes Yes
Inventory and resellers No No No No Yes
On-line renewals and payments No No No No Yes
People and Companies Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Import unlimited people and companies No No No No Yes
Mailing list names Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mailing list export, labels Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mailing list export, CSV No No Yes Yes Yes
Distribution lists and merge documents for mailing or e-mailing No No Yes Yes Yes
Duplicate-names checker No No Yes Yes Yes
E-mail address export, CSV No No Yes Yes Yes
Organization membership and renewals No No Yes Yes Yes
Member attributes No No Yes Yes Yes
DO NOT ADOPT list No No Yes Yes Yes
Activity log for staff, volunteers, board, fosters, and mailing list names No No Yes No Yes
QUESTIONABLE PET OWNERS list No No No Yes Yes
Unlimited AKAs, IDs, addresses, phones, e-mails, roles No No No Yes Yes
Association with unlimited animals No No No Yes Yes
Associated animals, cases/enforcements, receipts, donations, permits/licenses No No No Yes Yes
History by address (cases, enforcements, receipts/donations, permits, dispatch/calls, IDs, associated people) No No No Yes Yes
Association with unlimited other people and addresses No No No No Yes
Merge duplicate people/companies No No No No Yes
Mapping of address(es) No No No No Yes
Multiple people at same address No No No No Yes
Donor merge documents with optional receipts No No No No Yes
Filtered distribution lists: donors, adopters, employees, more No No No No Yes
Associated files of any kind No No No No Yes
Legal Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Cases and investigations No No No Yes Yes
Case-specific violations, enforcements, and calls No No No Yes Yes
Warnings, citations, other enforcements No No No Yes Yes
Unlimited associated animals and people for cases No No No Yes Yes
Violation history No No No Yes Yes
Dispatch; calls No No No Yes Yes
Call history by address No No No No Yes
Time-tracking and statistical reporting for dispatch/calls No No No No Yes
Multiple violations and fines per enforcement No No No No Yes
Directions and map for associated addresses in dispatch/calls, cases, and enforcements No No No No Yes
Associated files of any kind (photos, documents, et al.) No No No No Yes
Financial Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
On-line donations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Income-tracking by date No Yes Yes Yes Yes
General ledger No No Yes Yes Yes
Transaction export with user-defined fields No No Yes Yes Yes
Vendors, bank accounts, G/L numbers, payment methods No No Yes Yes Yes
Automated insertion of transactions into G/L No No Yes Yes Yes
Donations of goods No No No Yes Yes
Fee receipts with fee items and payments No No No Yes Yes
Inventory with shrinkage, history, and restock reporting No No No No Yes
Insufficient funds (NSF) notifications No No No No Yes
Chart of Accounts No No No No Yes
Taxable items with automatic calculation of tax in fee receipts No No No No Yes
Batch-printing of donation acknowledgment letters (with receipt if desired) No No No No Yes
Custom documents that print with receipt No No No No Yes
Custom receipt forms No No No No Yes
Trap inventory and rentals No No No No Yes
Administration Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Volunteers, foster homes, board members No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calendar of events No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Customizable user-level permissions No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Staff/volunteer hours with approvals and totals No No Yes Yes Yes
Staff/volunteer interests and activities No No Yes No Yes
Project/event planner with tasks, vendors, costs No No Yes Yes Yes
Multi-day and recurring events for calendar No No Yes Yes Yes
Phone-call log No No Yes Yes Yes
Multiple user-access levels with customizable permissions structures No No No Yes Yes
Multiple facilities No No No Yes Yes
Notifications and reminders No No No Yes Yes
Number Generator (your own numbering systems) No No No Yes Yes
User audit: tracks date, time, and user who last added or updated No No No No Yes
Employee timesheets; automatic clock-in, clock-out, and time calculation No No No No Yes
Shelter history and statistics by facility No No No No Yes
User Favorites No No No No Yes
Documents and Forms Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
"Build your own" adoption application and contract No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic e-mailing when a new adoption application is received No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Associate adoption applications with animals, people, and contracts No No Yes Yes Yes
Custom forms No No Yes Yes Yes
Custom merge documents No No No Yes Yes
Public and private shelter forms No No No Yes Yes
Automatic e-mailing of completed shelter forms No No No No Yes
Donor merge documents including receipt if desired No No No No Yes
Animal-specific merge documents No No No No Yes
Custom forms that automatically print on intake No No No No Yes
Merge documents for case statements No No No No Yes
Custom forms that automatically print with receipt No No No No Yes
Text-boxes, check-boxes, dropdown lists, and radio buttons in all custom forms No No No No Yes
Custom kennel cards No No No No Yes
Custom receipt forms No No No No Yes
Public Web Site Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Unlimited user-defined Web pages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
User-defined adoptables categories and totals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Color Palettes program (colors for your public Web site) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
User-defined meta tags for search engines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Configurable navigation menus and menu items Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Your logo in your public Web pages No Yes Yes Yes Yes
External links (hsus.org, petco.com, etc.) in your navigation menus No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Organization/staff directory No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiple layout styles for public Web pages No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Animal Search No No Yes Yes Yes
Lost and Found Animals No No Yes Yes Yes
Animal Match with instant match results No No Yes Yes Yes
Organization membership and renewals No No Yes Yes Yes
Animals by Location No No No No Yes
On-line license renewals and payments No No No No Yes
Upload and link to documents and files (like PDFs and Word docs) No No No No Yes
Charts and graphs in public Web pages No No No No Yes
Custom layout styles and fonts No No No No Yes
WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") HTML editor No No No No Yes
Charting and Graphing Suite; Visual Reporting Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Hundreds of reports, hundreds of styles, all customizable No No No No Yes
PDF Creation Tool Lite RC SC AC Plus 7.0
Create PDF documents from any screen or report No No No No Yes