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Hippo Manager
Cloud veterinary practice management software with flat per-user pricing
As of 30 August 2026, Hippo Manager's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Hippo Manager is veterinary practice management software, not a facilities or asset tool with a similar name. Softwr lists it under Veterinary. Hippo Manager is made by Hippo Manager Software, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Hippo Manager does
Hippo Manager is a cloud veterinary practice management system covering patient records, scheduling, treatment plans, invoicing, inventory, reminders, laboratory result handling and reporting. It runs entirely in a browser, so a practice needs no server and staff can work from a laptop or tablet in the examination room or on a house call. To be explicit, this is veterinary practice management software and shares only a name with unrelated products in other categories. The distinguishing feature is the pricing model. Rather than tiering functionality and charging separately for imaging, communications or reporting, it sells a flat monthly subscription per user with the feature set included. For a small practice that is used to being quoted a base licence and then a list of add-ons, this makes the annual cost predictable and easy to compare. It also means a practice with many part-time or occasional users pays full seats for people who log in rarely, which is the exact scenario where per-user pricing turns expensive. Buyers are start-up clinics, single and two doctor practices, mobile and house call vets, and teaching programmes that need many low-cost logins. The trade-off is depth. Referral hospitals, practices with heavy inpatient workflows, and groups wanting sophisticated multi-location reporting will find the system thinner than the larger cloud platforms, and the integration catalogue is shorter.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
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- 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.
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What people choose instead of Hippo Manager
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- Hippo ManagervsShepherd
Shepherd: Worth comparing for small practices that want the record structured around the visit rather than around billing.
- Hippo ManagervsVetspire
Vetspire: Better suited to groups and consolidators that need automation and reporting across many locations.
Pricing
What Hippo Manager costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Hippo Manager
On request
- Flat monthly subscription charged per user
- Core clinical, billing and inventory functionality included
- Data conversion and onboarding quoted separately
- Payment processing fees charged by the processor
Capabilities
Features
Cloud patient records
Browser based medical records with attachments and history
Scheduling
Multi-provider appointment calendar accessible from any device
Invoicing and payments
Charge capture from treatment entries through to client invoice
Inventory
Stock counts, reorder alerts and dispensing records
Laboratory results
Electronic result return filed against the patient record
Reporting
Standard production, revenue and reminder compliance reports
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
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.
How is it priced?
As a flat monthly fee per user with the feature set included, rather than a base licence plus paid modules.
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.
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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