Rover fee calculator — see how much you're losing to fees
Slide the numbers below to see what Rover really takes from each booking — from you as the sitter and from your client at checkout.
Lost to fees
$62per month
- You bill clients $243.72 per month.
- Rover takes $40.29 from you (20%).
- Rover takes $22.16 from the client (11%).
- You take home $181 per month.
In Canada, Rover takes 20% from sitters and adds 11% on the client side (capped at $65 per booking). Rover says some Canadian sitters are in a pilot with different fees. Rover doesn't take a cut of tips — sitters keep 100%.
Rover's published fees for Canada, checked October 21, 2026
If you switched to Walkies
Save $707 per year
How Rover's fees work
Rover takes a 20% commission from sitters on every booking in most of the US and in Canada, and 15% in the UK and Rover's other European countries. On top of that, Rover charges your client an 11% service fee at checkout in the US and Canada (15% in the UK and Europe, with a per-booking cap such as £49 or €49). A $30 walk costs the client about $33.30 and lands the sitter $24. California works the other way round: the sitter keeps the whole rate they set, and the client pays a 25% marketplace fee on top plus the 11% booking fee, so a sitter who sets $24 still costs the client about $33.30.
Where the money goes
Rover's sitter commission and client-side service fee cover the platform's marketplace costs: discovery and matching, customer support, the Rover Guarantee (vet reimbursement coverage on platform bookings), payment processing, and refund coverage. In California, Rover charges them to the client instead, as a 25% marketplace fee and an 11% booking fee.
Walkies vs marketplace platforms
Walkies is independent software for running your own pet sitting business — scheduling, invoicing, GPS walk tracking, client management, and a companion app for pet owners. It's designed for sitters who book clients directly (referrals, neighbours, local marketing, social media) rather than via a marketplace. It doesn't connect to Rover and doesn't change anything about how Rover bookings work.
Frequently asked questions
Two cuts. The sitter pays 20% out of their rate in most US states and in Canada, and 15% in the UK and Rover's other European countries. On top of that, the client pays an extra 11% in the US and Canada (15% in the UK and Europe, with a per-booking cap such as £49 or €49) at checkout. California is the exception: the sitter keeps their whole rate, and the client pays a 25% marketplace fee plus an 11% booking fee. The calculator above runs the numbers for whichever country you pick.
Rover says that for legal reasons specific to California, its fees work differently there. The rate a sitter sets is the amount they take home. The pet owner pays a 25% marketplace fee on top of that rate, rounded to the nearest dollar, and an 11% booking fee on the booking total. Pick California in the calculator above to see the numbers.
No — tips are excluded from the service fee. Anything a client tips on a booking lands in your pocket in full. The slider above lets you bake an average tip into the take-home number.
No. Rover's Terms of Service prohibit arranging a booking on Rover and then completing it off-platform, and prohibit soliciting clients to book off-platform. Doing either can result in account suspension or deactivation for both the sitter and the owner, and bookings paid outside Rover lose the Rover Guarantee and 24/7 support coverage. Anyone considering their options off Rover should read the latest Rover Terms of Service in full.
Walkies is independent software for running your own pet sitting business — invoicing, scheduling, GPS walk tracking, client management, and a companion app for pet owners. It's designed for sitters who book clients directly (referrals, neighbours, local marketing, social media) rather than via a marketplace. It doesn't connect to Rover and doesn't change anything about how your Rover bookings work.