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Alternatives to Hippo Manager
19 veterinary tools sit alongside Hippo Manager in this directory. Below is what separates each from Hippo Manager on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Hippo Manager starts at
- On request
Why people look past Hippo Manager
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Hippo Manager entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Hippo Manager publishes a single plan, Hippo Manager at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
All-in-one cloud PIMS for veterinary practices with a pet owner app
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Cloud veterinary practice management built by a practising vet
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Veterinary practice management with clinical decision support
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
On-premise practice management for veterinary groups in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
On-premise Windows practice management with deep inventory and financial reporting, now inside Covetrus
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Cloud practice management from IDEXX, designed around IDEXX analysers and reference laboratories
Priced and rated the same as Hippo Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Hippo Manager alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hippo Manager (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| DigitailA stronger choice when client facing app, messaging and booking features matter as much as the clinical record. | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo Manager |
| ShepherdWorth comparing for small practices that want the record structured around the visit rather than around billing. | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo Manager |
| VetspireBetter suited to groups and consolidators that need automation and reporting across many locations. | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo Manager |
| VisionVPM | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| ImproMed | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| IDEXX Neo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| VIA Veterinary | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| RxWorks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Vet Radar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| PetDesk | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Onward Vet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Talkatoo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Vetstoria | £199/month | Per month by clinician band | 4 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Instinct Science | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| AVImark | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Animana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
| VetBadger | $99/month | Per month by user band | 4 | vs Hippo Manager |
| Covetrus Pulse | On request | Quote | - | vs Hippo Manager |
| IDEXX Cornerstone | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hippo Manager |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Hippo Manager badges page.
What you would be giving up
Hippo Manager is most often brought in for a new clinic opening with no server, no it provider and a need to be running within weeks, a mobile or house call veterinarian working from a tablet between appointments, a two doctor practice replacing a legacy on-premise system and wanting predictable monthly cost, a veterinary teaching programme needing many inexpensive logins on shared records. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Hippo Manager is broadly right and the question is cost, the Hippo Manager pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Veterinary category lists everything the directory holds, and best veterinary tools ranks them.
Hippo Manager runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Hippo Manager alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Hippo Manager?
- 19 other veterinary tools are listed in this directory, led by Digitail, Shepherd, Vetspire, VisionVPM. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Hippo Manager?
- None of the veterinary tools listed alongside Hippo Manager publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Hippo Manager?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Hippo Manager?
- Hippo Manager is most often brought in for a new clinic opening with no server, no it provider and a need to be running within weeks, a mobile or house call veterinarian working from a tablet between appointments, a two doctor practice replacing a legacy on-premise system and wanting predictable monthly cost, a veterinary teaching programme needing many inexpensive logins on shared records. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Hippo Manager?
- None of the veterinary tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Hippo Manager alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Veterinary, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Hippo Manager against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Hippo Manager covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every veterinary tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Veterinary category, 19 tools beside Hippo Manager. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.