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Hippo Manager vs Vet Radar

Hippo Manager logo

Hippo Manager

Veterinary

Cloud veterinary practice management software with flat per-user pricing

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Vet Radar logo

Vet Radar

Veterinary

Cloud treatment sheets and inpatient whiteboards that push missed charges back into the practice system

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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.; Vet Radar it is not a practice management system and cannot be bought instead of one, so the subscription is additional to whatever you already pay for your core software.
  • They diverge on capability: Hippo Manager covers Cloud patient records, Vet Radar covers Electronic treatment sheets.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hippo Manager and Vet Radar actually diverge.

Attributes where Hippo Manager and Vet Radar differ
AttributeHippo ManagerVet Radar

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Veterinary).

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 Hippo Manager

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

Only in Vet Radar

  • Electronic treatment sheets
  • Charge capture
  • Anaesthetic records
  • Whiteboard view
  • Drug calculations
  • Audit trail

What people use each for

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

Hippo Manager

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

Vet Radar

  • A hospital losing inpatient charges because the paper treatment sheet never reaches the invoicenot Hippo Manager
  • An emergency and critical care centre needing a legible timed record of overnight nursingnot Hippo Manager
  • A surgical practice wanting anaesthetic monitoring recorded digitally rather than on a clipboardnot Hippo Manager
  • A multi-site group standardising nursing protocols and wanting to compare compliance between hospitalsnot Hippo Manager

Where each one falls short

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

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.

Vet Radar

  • It is not a practice management system and cannot be bought instead of one, so the subscription is additional to whatever you already pay for your core software.
  • Charge capture is only as complete as the integration, so with a system other than ezyVet some items still need manual transfer and the business case weakens.
  • It assumes a tablet at the point of care, so the real cost includes hardware, charging, cases and replacing devices that get dropped in a ward.
  • Adoption is a nursing workflow change rather than a software install, and a team that keeps a paper sheet running in parallel gets the cost with none of the benefit.
  • Buying it deepens a single-supplier relationship that may already cover the practice system and the diagnostics, which reduces leverage in every future negotiation.

Pricing, plan by plan

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

Vet Radar

On request
  • Vet Radar$undefined/year
    • Subscription quoted per site
    • Tablet hardware bought separately
    • Practice management system integration required

Which should you pick?

Choose Hippo Manager if

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

Choose Vet Radar if

  • You need electronic treatment sheets.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want charge capture.
Vet Radar review

Questions people ask

Is Hippo Manager or Vet Radar better?
Neither clearly leads. Hippo Manager starts at On request and Vet Radar at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hippo Manager or Vet Radar?
Hippo Manager starts at On request and Vet Radar at On request.
Does Hippo Manager or Vet Radar run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Hippo Manager best used for?
Hippo Manager is most often used 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. Of those, a new clinic opening with no server, no it provider and a need to be running within weeks and a mobile or house call veterinarian working from a tablet between appointments are not what Vet Radar is typically brought in for.
What can Hippo Manager do that Vet Radar cannot?
Hippo Manager covers Cloud patient records, Scheduling, Invoicing and payments, Inventory. Vet Radar covers Electronic treatment sheets, Charge capture, Anaesthetic records, Whiteboard view.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Vet Radar: Do I need ezyVet to use Vet Radar?

No, it integrates with other practice management systems, but the charge capture and patient sync are most complete with ezyVet and that is where the revenue argument is strongest.

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.

Vet Radar: How is this different from a paper treatment sheet?

A paper sheet records care. Vet Radar records care and turns each completed item into a billable line, which is the part paper cannot do.

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.

Vet Radar: Does it work offline?

It is a cloud application. Ward tablets need reliable wireless coverage, including in areas like isolation and theatre where practice wifi is often weakest.

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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