What a pet tracker subscription costs

The expensive part of a cellular tracker is often the years after the box, not the box. This page will not pretend there is one UK price. It adds the pounds you copy off a checkout.

Why there is a fee at all

Tractive's help centre, opened on 14 November 2026, says a real-time tracker needs a subscription because the SIM uses mobile networks and those costs continue. Without the subscription, it says the tracker cannot communicate its location. Prices, it says, vary by plan (Premium or Basic), by billing interval (monthly, yearly, two-year or five-year), and by country. The page tells you to open the plans page for your region. It does not state a sterling amount. This guide does not convert euros or dollars into pounds, because a bank's rate and any non-sterling fee are not on that page.

What the same FAQ does state, as the maker's plan design rather than a price, is in how a cellular GPS pet tracker works: Basic is one country and 24-hour history, only in selected countries; Premium is described as 175 or more countries, 365-day history, sharing and export, and is not offered monthly. Each pet needs its own tracker and its own subscription, because only one tracker can be linked to a subscription at a time. You can pause for up to eight months. Bought on tractive.com, the maker offers 30 days to return the tracker and have the tracker and the subscription refunded. After 30 days you can cancel, the tracker stays active until the paid period ends, and the FAQ says no refunds are available. Those are Tractive's terms, not a court ruling.

A microchip database is a different bill. GOV.UK says you might be charged to update microchip details, and that an email from a database that is not on the official list, asking for money, could be a scam. Do not add that email's demand to this calculator as if it were a tracker plan.

The only shop band on this site

On 14 November 2026 the Sure Petcare UK shop listed its Microchip Cat Flap at £70, and the accessories on that page from £9 to £22. That is a cat flap, not a GPS subscription. It is here so you can see the only price band this site is willing to print: a figure from a page we opened, with the date, and a range where the page listed more than one amount. It is not a default in the form below.

Add the figures from the checkout you are looking at

Tracker price, in pounds Monthly subscription, in pounds Years you expect to keep it Other costs each year, in pounds

Add it up

Enter the tracker price, the monthly fee and a number of years.

Arithmetic on the figures you type. It is not a price from a shop, and it is not a recommendation.

Use the monthly box for a true monthly plan. If the checkout asks for a year up front, divide that year's charge by 12 yourself and type the monthly equivalent, or type the whole year into the yearly-extras box and put zero in the monthly box. The form will not do the division for you, because dividing the wrong way is how a two-year prepay gets counted twice. The note under the result is part of the answer: card fees, VAT changes and currency conversion are not included.

A cheap monthly figure is not a reason to skip the collar, the microchip or the tag. Those duties are in microchip versus a GPS tracker and dog collar, tag and a tracker.

Does the calculator know Tractive's current UK price?

No. Tractive's FAQ says the price depends on plan, interval and country, and it does not print a sterling figure. Type the number from the plans page you are shown.

Should I prepay five years because the monthly equivalent looks small?

The FAQ says longer billing periods typically offer the best value per month, and it also says that after 30 days a cancellation is not refunded. A lower monthly equivalent on a five-year prepay is money paid now. The calculator shows the total, which is the number to read before the monthly equivalent.

Can one plan cover two dogs?

Not on Tractive's account. The FAQ says each pet needs its own tracker and its own subscription, because only one tracker links to a subscription. Run the calculator once per tracker, then add the totals yourself.

Sources

• Tractive subscription plans, frequently asked questions — Tractive Help Centre, accessed 14 November 2026.
• Why do I need a subscription plan? — Tractive Help Centre, accessed 14 November 2026.
• SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap — Sure Petcare UK shop, accessed 14 November 2026.
• Get your dog or cat microchipped — GOV.UK, accessed 14 November 2026.