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Find the right PIMSfor your veterinary practice

We ask practices what they run, what works, and what gets in the way, then publish what we learn. Seven questions, about two minutes, and you get a shortlist at the end.

  • See what practices actually run, and what they think of it
  • Compare systems on how they are built, not on feature lists
  • Get a shortlist matched to what your practice is missing
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16 systems covered, grouped by who owns them. Two groups hold roughly 79% of the cloud market between them.

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SystemDeploymentPortfolio
VetportCloudIndependent
WoovetCloudIndependent
CornerstoneOn-premiseIDEXX
AVImarkOn-premiseCovetrus

Deployment and ownership are verifiable. We do not publish pricing or ratings we have not checked.

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Systems covered
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Questions asked
~2 min
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Email when we publish

Explore the site

Everything here comes from the same place: what practices tell us about the software they use.

Reviews

What each system is like to run day to day, and who it suits.

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Comparisons

Two systems side by side on the things that decide a switch.

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Alternatives

If you have decided to leave, the realistic places to go.

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Guides

Choosing, migrating and living with practice software.

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News

Funding, acquisitions and product changes across the category.

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The survey

Seven questions. Tell us what you run and get a shortlist back.

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How it works

Three steps, about two minutes.

  1. 1

    Answer

    Seven questions about the system you run, what works, and what gets in the way. Contact details come last.

  2. 2

    Get your shortlist

    Straight away, matched on how each system is built and deployed against what you said you were missing.

  3. 3

    We publish, then email you

    Your answers go into the aggregate. When there is enough to be worth reading, the findings come to you.

Systems covered

Grouped by who owns them, because that shapes what gets built, what your system connects to, and what happens when you want to leave. Why this matters

Independent

8 systems

Not owned by a diagnostics or distribution group, so no competing commercial interest in which lab or supplier you use.

  • Vetport

    Independent

    Cloud, long-running, with a multi-country footprint.

    Cloud

  • Woovet

    Independent

    Cloud, and not owned by a diagnostics or distribution group.

    Cloud

  • Vetspire

    Independent

    Cloud, designed around structured clinical records.

    Cloud

  • Instinct

    Independent

    Cloud, built with specialty and emergency workflows in mind.

    Cloud

  • Shepherd

    Independent

    Cloud, built around the flow of a general-practice consult.

    Cloud

  • Digitail

    Independent

    Cloud, with a client-app-first approach.

    Cloud

  • DaySmart Vet

    Independent

    Cloud, aimed at smaller general practices.

    Cloud

  • VetBlue

    Independent

    Cloud, aimed at smaller practices.

    Cloud

IDEXX

4 systems

Owned by IDEXX, which also sells diagnostics and equipment to practices.

  • Cornerstone

    IDEXX

    Server-based, with tight integration to IDEXX in-house lab and imaging.

    On-premise

  • ezyVet

    IDEXX

    Cloud, built for multi-site working, inside the IDEXX portfolio.

    Cloud

  • Neo

    IDEXX

    Cloud, aimed at smaller practices wanting a lighter system.

    Cloud

  • Animana

    IDEXX

    Cloud, with a strong European footprint.

    Cloud

Covetrus

4 systems

Owned by Covetrus, which also sells distribution and pharmacy services to practices.

  • AVImark

    Covetrus

    Server-based, long established in North American small-animal practice.

    On-premise

  • ImproMed

    Covetrus

    Server-based, commonly used by larger multi-doctor practices.

    On-premise

  • Pulse

    Covetrus

    Cloud, for practices staying within the Covetrus relationship.

    Cloud

  • eVetPractice

    Covetrus

    Cloud, aimed at small and mid-size general practice.

    Cloud

Other groups

1 system

Owned by a group outside the two largest.

  • Provet Cloud

    Nordhealth

    Cloud, with a strong presence in European practice.

    Cloud

Ordered by ownership, not by quality. We publish no ratings, because we hold none we have verified. Running something not listed here? Tell us on the survey and it gets added.

Your shortlist

Seven questions, then we show you what fits

About two minutes. At the end you get a shortlist based on what you told us, and we email you the findings when we publish them.

Question 1 of 70%

Which practice management system does your practice use?

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What does your practice run?

Seven questions, about two minutes. Your answers shape what we publish, and you get a shortlist at the end.

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  • See what fits your practice
  • Get the findings when we publish
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