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Healthie vs Hippo Manager

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Healthie

Healthcare

EHR, scheduling and client engagement for nutrition, wellness and virtual-first care

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Hippo Manager

Veterinary

Cloud veterinary practice management software with flat per-user pricing

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Healthie the Core plan is capped at ten active clients, which no working practice stays under, so the real entry price for anyone with a caseload is the 49 dollar Essentials tier or higher.; Hippo Manager pricing is per user, so a practice with a rota of part-time technicians and relief veterinarians pays full seats for people who log in a few times a month.
  • They diverge on capability: Healthie covers Active client based tiers, Hippo Manager covers Cloud patient records.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Healthie and Hippo Manager actually diverge.

Attributes where Healthie and Hippo Manager differ
AttributeHealthieHippo Manager
Starting price$19/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by active client countquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryHealthcareVeterinary

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Healthie

  • Active client based tiers
  • Charting and templates
  • Telehealth
  • Food and symptom journalling
  • Programmes and courses
  • Public API
  • ePrescribing
  • Insurance claims

Only in Hippo Manager

  • Cloud patient records
  • Scheduling
  • Invoicing and payments
  • Inventory
  • Laboratory results
  • Reporting

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Healthie

  • A registered dietitian in private practice who needs charting, scheduling, superbills and a client food journal in one subscriptionnot Hippo Manager
  • A virtual care startup using the API as a compliant clinical backend rather than building charting and scheduling from scratchnot Hippo Manager
  • A wellness group practice selling packaged twelve week programmes with group video sessions and course contentnot Hippo Manager
  • A health coaching business that bills clients directly and needs card payment, intake forms and messaging without insurance complexitynot Hippo Manager

Hippo Manager

  • A new clinic opening with no server, no IT provider and a need to be running within weeksnot Healthie
  • A mobile or house call veterinarian working from a tablet between appointmentsnot Healthie
  • A two doctor practice replacing a legacy on-premise system and wanting predictable monthly costnot Healthie
  • A veterinary teaching programme needing many inexpensive logins on shared recordsnot Healthie

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Healthie

  • The Core plan is capped at ten active clients, which no working practice stays under, so the real entry price for anyone with a caseload is the 49 dollar Essentials tier or higher.
  • Insurance billing is not native: claim submission runs through a separately priced ClaimMD integration starting around 30 dollars a month, so a practice that bills payers is buying and reconciling two systems.
  • Costs stack quickly beyond the headline plan, with ePrescribing at 40 dollars per clinician per month, inbound fax at 10 dollars, additional Group clinicians at 50 dollars each and card processing at 2.9 per cent plus 30 cents.
  • Client counting is based on active clients, and the definition of active is set by the vendor rather than by you, so seasonal or intermittent caseloads can push a practice into a higher tier for clients it is barely seeing.
  • It is built around ambulatory wellness and virtual care, so specialties needing lab ordering, imaging, in house dispensing or complex care coordination will find the clinical model too thin and will not find those modules to buy.

Hippo Manager

  • Pricing is per user, so a practice with a rota of part-time technicians and relief veterinarians pays full seats for people who log in a few times a month.
  • Inpatient and treatment sheet workflows are lighter than in systems built for referral and emergency hospitals, which pushes overnight care onto paper.
  • The integration catalogue is short relative to the larger cloud platforms, so a practice with an existing imaging, communications or payment preference may find no connector.
  • Multi-location reporting is basic, which limits its usefulness to a group beyond a handful of sites that wants consolidated production figures.
  • As a browser only system it stops when the internet does, and a practice without a backup connection loses records, scheduling and invoicing at the same time.

Pricing, plan by plan

Healthie

$19/month
  • Core$19/month
    • Up to ten active clients
    • Scheduling and payments
    • Charting and telehealth
  • Essentials$49/month
    • Up to 250 active clients
    • Custom forms
    • CMS 1500 generation
  • Plus$129/month
    • Unlimited active clients
    • Group telehealth
    • Online programmes
  • Group$149/month
    • Unlimited active clients
    • Shared calendar and team management
    • Roles and permissions

Hippo Manager

On request
  • Hippo Manager$undefined/month
    • Flat monthly subscription charged per user
    • Core clinical, billing and inventory functionality included
    • Data conversion and onboarding quoted separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Healthie if

  • You need active client based tiers.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
  • You also want charting and templates.
Healthie review

Choose Hippo Manager if

  • You need cloud patient records.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want scheduling.
Hippo Manager review

Questions people ask

Is Healthie or Hippo Manager better?
Neither clearly leads. Healthie starts at $19/month and Hippo Manager at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Healthie or Hippo Manager?
Healthie starts at $19/month and Hippo Manager at On request.
Does Healthie or Hippo Manager run on more platforms?
Healthie runs on Web, iOS, Android, API. Hippo Manager runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Healthie best used for?
Healthie is most often used for a registered dietitian in private practice who needs charting, scheduling, superbills and a client food journal in one subscription, a virtual care startup using the api as a compliant clinical backend rather than building charting and scheduling from scratch, a wellness group practice selling packaged twelve week programmes with group video sessions and course content, a health coaching business that bills clients directly and needs card payment, intake forms and messaging without insurance complexity. Of those, a registered dietitian in private practice who needs charting, scheduling, superbills and a client food journal in one subscription and a virtual care startup using the api as a compliant clinical backend rather than building charting and scheduling from scratch are not what Hippo Manager is typically brought in for.
What can Healthie do that Hippo Manager cannot?
Healthie covers Active client based tiers, Charting and templates, Telehealth, Food and symptom journalling. Hippo Manager covers Cloud patient records, Scheduling, Invoicing and payments, Inventory.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Healthie: Is the API available without an enterprise contract?

Yes. API access is available on standard published plans, which is why digital health startups use it as a clinical backend.

Hippo Manager: Is this veterinary software?

Yes. Hippo Manager is a veterinary practice management system for animal clinics, unrelated to similarly named products in other software categories.

Healthie: Can Healthie submit insurance claims?

Only through the separately priced ClaimMD integration. Native CMS 1500 generation is included, but submission is an add-on.

Hippo Manager: How is it priced?

As a flat monthly fee per user with the feature set included, rather than a base licence plus paid modules.

Healthie: What does an active client mean for billing?

It is a client with recent activity in the platform, not everyone in your database. Tiers are set by that count, not by seats.

Hippo Manager: Does it suit an emergency or referral hospital?

Not well. Inpatient workflow depth is limited and specialist practices should look at systems built for that setting.

Healthie: Is it HIPAA compliant?

Yes, and a business associate agreement is available. The client-facing mobile app and portal are covered.

Hippo Manager: Is there an on-premise version?

No. It is browser only, which means no server to maintain and no offline working.

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