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Shepherd vs Vet Radar

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Shepherd

Veterinary

Cloud veterinary practice management built by a practising vet

From
On request
Rated
-
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: Shepherd quote-only pricing with no published rates; 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: Shepherd covers Consultation-first 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 Shepherd and Vet Radar actually diverge.

Attributes where Shepherd and Vet Radar differ
AttributeShepherdVet Radar
PlatformsWeb, CloudWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), 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 Shepherd

  • Consultation-first records
  • Charges from treatment
  • Inventory
  • Cloud-based

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.

Shepherd

  • Practices losing revenue to treatment delivered but never billednot Vet Radar
  • Clinics replacing on-premise legacy systemsnot Vet Radar
  • Independent practices wanting something designed around clinical work rather than administrationnot Vet Radar

Vet Radar

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

Where each one falls short

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

Shepherd

  • Quote-only pricing with no published rates
  • A smaller vendor than the established systems, with a correspondingly shorter track record
  • Cloud-only, so consultations depend on clinic connectivity

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

Shepherd

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Shepherd review.

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 Shepherd if

  • You need consultation-first records.
  • You work on Web, Cloud.
  • You also want charges from treatment.
Shepherd 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 Shepherd or Vet Radar better?
Neither clearly leads. Shepherd 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, Shepherd or Vet Radar?
Shepherd starts at On request and Vet Radar at On request.
Does Shepherd or Vet Radar run on more platforms?
Shepherd runs on Web, Cloud. Vet Radar runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Shepherd best used for?
Shepherd is most often used for practices losing revenue to treatment delivered but never billed, clinics replacing on-premise legacy systems, independent practices wanting something designed around clinical work rather than administration. Of those, practices losing revenue to treatment delivered but never billed and clinics replacing on-premise legacy systems are not what Vet Radar is typically brought in for.
What can Shepherd do that Vet Radar cannot?
Shepherd covers Consultation-first records, Charges from treatment, Inventory, Cloud-based. Vet Radar covers Electronic treatment sheets, Charge capture, Anaesthetic records, Whiteboard view.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Shepherd: What does Shepherd cost?

Pricing is quoted per practice and not published.

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.

Shepherd: What makes it different from other veterinary systems?

It was designed by a practising vet around the consultation workflow, so charges accrue from recorded treatment rather than being entered as a separate billing step.

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.

Shepherd: Is it cloud-only?

Yes, which removes server maintenance and makes connectivity a dependency.

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.

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