All CRIO ONLINE Reviews
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Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2019
Using the Professional Plan to Manage a Breeding Farm
Managing the breeding farm is now efficient and doesn't have a paper trail. I love CRIO. P.S. If you have any trouble at all or questions about the program, they get back to you right away! I messaged the company about a problem that I was having, I received their initial reply within 5 minutes. 15 minutes later, my problem was solved and I'm still smiling about their customer service.
PROSIncorporating tech into the barn is intimidating. During my search for a barn management app, I went back and forth between apps comparing features and prices. FYI, CRIO has the most features and the best price. As for features, logging and tracking breeding services was my primary concern. CRIO is one of the few that has comprehensive breeding documentation! In addition to that, the software will generate reports for you. My most helpful chart; Mares that still need to be CIF (certified in foal).
CONSFor every equine professional that doesn't have time to sit down and plug in all the data, just do it. It's tedious at first but once everything is scheduled, it's easy peasy! CRIO will send you notifications for coggins renewals, vaccinations, de worming and much more! The big flaw for me is that a mobile app doesn't exist yet (Keyword being yet). The team at CRIO has been working on an app that will hopefully be released by the end of this year (2019).
Vendor Response
Thanks for your words! It really motivates us to maintain the level of service! Thanks for trusting us!!
Replied May 2019
Lindsay
Farming, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2019
Ton of features A+ Support
I've been on the hunt for a barn management app that was geared towards breeding farm. THIS IS IT! Tons of customization, record keeping, reference horses, detailed Info for stallions and mares. They've been expending with things like boarding, invoicing, training, competitions and more. REALLY fast friendly support if something hiccups too. I can't say enough good about this software. Looking forward to a mobile app in the future to make it even better!
PROSAimed for breeding barns and sales. Still learning all the features and this software has met almost every want.
CONSWaiting for a mobile app. The feed section is complicated. Was hoping for something where I could print a stall card for each horse that had their feed, meds, turnout, information on it.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
Number of years in service, ease of use, heavy breeder barn management. Love the new additions of boarding, training and invoicing.
Reasons for switching to CRIO ONLINE
Needed software that had better support and database backups. Something that wasn't going to go away overnight.
Vendor Response
Thanks Lindsay! About the STALL CARD, we already have that feature. We will contact you to help you set it up. It includes Diet you can print a QR to display information on your phone. The iOS App is in development.
Replied November 2019
Alex
Ranching, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed December 2019
Review
I’ve been overall happy with it. Customer service is excellent.
PROSEasy to use, good price. I like the barn set up, horse tab, and the expenses tab.
CONSAlthough it’s easy to use. Configuration is difficult. Many of the tabs are useless to us. Few instructions. I’m still finding features I didn’t know it had. Boarding tab is useless for us, even that’s our main part of what we do. Invoicing is ok but need a way to delete them.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
Price
Anne
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed January 2024
BEST Farm Management Program
we love it overall, and are still learning how to use all of the features.
PROSFANTASTIC customer service!! They listen to suggestions and answer questions quickly.
CONSSome lack of flexibility, but getting better with each upgrade. I would like alternate merchant service options for payment processing, like Paypal which is dominant in the USA.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
all above answers - service, function, etc etc
Reasons for switching to CRIO ONLINE
slow customer service and functionality was not as good
Niki
Sports, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2020
Great horse records software
We use this software to keep records for over 100 horses on a breeding and competition farm, horses range from mares, stallions, foals, young horses, through to our competition team. We find the software intuitive and comprehensive, and importantly, cost effective. We can track all the things we are interested in and the dashboard is a great quick visual. Right now we are using it to record basic horse info such as name, pedigree, DOB, colour, sex, location, owner, etc, we also record breeding info, health records, competition results, horse movements, contacts, various information in the notes section, reporting, and for keeping track of horses for sale and their sold status. There is so much more we can do with CRIO (invoicing and tracking costs for horses for example) and are working towards using more features. Of course there are things we would change and enhance, nothing comes out of the box and fits everyones needs, but the support has been really great and some changes have already been made to better suit our needs. Like any records system, this software is only is good as the information entered, we think its worth the effort.
PROSIts intuitive, it was very easy to add horses and start using it effectively, it allows us to record all of the information that we are interested in for our horses. The visuals are great and easy for all stakeholders to see the information they want, love the Dashboard. Dynamic Groups are great for automatically putting horses in meaningful groups and displaying them on the dashboard In terms of horse information, there really isn't anything missing and most of the various sections can be customised to fit our requirements. Being able to add notes and pull those notes up easily via a report is also a great feature. We also love the fact that that the system will automatically show us things like siblings and offspring and we can download all information onto spreadsheets or run reports.
CONSNothing much and in our experience, there are ongoing enhancements. The main one would be that it needs an App, the system is responsive but difficult to use from a small screen such as a mobile phone. My understanding is that an App is being developed. Would also like to see enhancements to reporting and more ability to customise reports.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
Price and ease of use.
Dorota
Higher Education, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Helpful software for the management of equine business
The software offers numerous options for storing information about horses. Each horse's profile can be completed with details on its origins, physical characteristics, training and competitions, travel, dietary needs, breeding, pedigree and inbreeding percentage, shoeing, and others. The information is easy to input and update, and there are automatization features which make data entry very efficient. The program is user-friendly, in that it is thoughtfully designed, intuitive and very easy to learn to use. It is also pleasant to view.
CONSThere are some small technical elements that could be improved. For instance, once I view a theoretical pedigree, and then want to go to look at another hypothetical pedigree (cross with another mare, for example), then I cannot just go one step back, but have to start the process of making the hypothetical pedigree from absolute start. The program does not make it easy to switch between horses when looking at the horse's profile. It requires going to the main menu. Also, if duplicates of a reference horse were entered, the program does not allow for easy deletion of the extra horse profile, and replacement with the correct one. Other details, such as automatically placing the cursor in a window to type or autocomplete, would make data entry much more easy. The price is on a high side for anyone who is not a professional breeder.
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2018
The software is closed all our workflow gaps and improved overall farm/horse maintenance.
We are able to keep electronic health records of all our horses, keep track of our inventory, upload/share videos/pictures, and track all daily activities by our Farm Maintenance staff.
PROSCRIO is the only software that met all of our needs and is open to our suggestions/requests for future developments.The ability to work one on one with team to create/modify workflows and system functionality is excellent, we could not accomplish everything we have without the team.Turn around time for modifications/system questions are always realistic. The system is extremely user friendly both administrative and front-end.
CONSI have no cons regarding CRIO, everything we've added to our "wish list" was completed and is now in Production with little to no issues.
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Great Handy Program for Horse data tracking
Easy to maintian and search for all horse data, including photos, medical, shoeing, it's a great tool
PROSCloud based, easy to use, having all my data easy to access from phone, tablet or computer anytime is the best tool
CONScannot export to excel, otherwise all features are very good
Vendor Response
Thanks for taking the time to write the review!! BTW, every report can be exported to Excel, CSV or PDF... let us know what you need to be exported to excel and we will include it!
Replied June 2020
Anonymous
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2018
At last a friendly equine software!
You can enter information for multiple horses at the same time. Hability to give public access to the information of horses to sell. Embed information of your horses in my website or share in social media. Features for each area of my equine business.
CONSI needed some new report types, but they created them for me in a few weeks. Some other reports are still missing.
Anonymous
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2018
Amazing Product!
Integrated Solution
PROSI found CRIO after very long research between a lot of Farm solutions. In my opinion its the only product available in 2 languages and with all necessary features. The support is very competent and fast if you have any questions, I can highly recommend Crio for everybody who runs a Farm related to Horses.
Jonathan
Ranching, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
5 stars for Crio Online
Inventory has been a lot easier with Crio as well as recording and remembering key important dates in one central location.
PROSAlmost everything, I like being able to track health and vaccine records, diets, training records is a big one too! I like the breeding portion of it to manage broodmares. It is very helpful if, like us, you have broodmares, training horses and horses competing to track each horse to its individual needs. Very easy to use at an affordable price!
CONSOnly snag I really don't like is the boarding feature is difficult to customize. Once a horse is boarded for a couple months and then canceled that horse cannot be reinstated into boarding later if he returns and he cannot be reactivated.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
Price and features
Arlene
Farming, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Equine mgmt software
Help to track all of my horses. Their medical and breeding needs as well as maintenance
PROSEase of use. Ability to manage all aspects of my herd
CONSHard to edit from my phone and some of the time the edit screen moves around
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
Fit my needs
Vendor Response
Thanks for your words, Arlene! I can tell you that we are releasing an iPhone/Android App in the first quarter of the coming year... and you will be able to view and enter information even when you don't have access to the internet. Thanks again!
Replied December 2019
Gabriel
2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2016
Complete and easy to use
We chose CRIO because we were able to give it a try it using its fully functional free trial. It allowed us to compare it to other products and see that it has more features than most, while at the same time being friendly and easy to use. We also based our decision on the fact that we are small and didn't really have a big budget to invest in software, and CRIO offers reasonable plans according to size. If I had to highlight just one thing about CRIO is the openness and availability of its owner/main developer. Whenever we had an issue we could contact him directly and he quickly helped us and solved our problem. We also asked him for a feature that CRIO didn't have: exporting reports to CSV format (which we required for our accountant who manages everything using Excel), and he decided to develop this at zero-cost for us since he thought it would benefit other customers too, so it was a win-win and we got what we needed in short time. We've been using it for almost a year now and are quite happy. There are really nice features like being able to create barns on a canvas, and assign different permissions to different users, we use this to guard against less tech-savvy employees from deleting horses, etc. We'll have a clearer idea later this year when we measure our performance, but we all agree that CRIO has helped us improve and be more efficient and organized.
Pamela
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2019
Great experience
We have been using the system for the last 2 years and our needs have changed, so our demands on crio changed also. Crio's team seamlessly did this to accommodate our requests, multiple times.
PROSThe software is user-friendly and adaptable to the needs of the clients.
CONSIf there is something that is not working, the crio team's leader is very swift and efficent in assisting thus eliminating any stress.
Nikki
Farming, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
My crio
Crio helps me keep all my equine records in tact run reports and know my income and expenses
PROSI like the features it has and how extensive and informative it is
CONSNot much i don’t like there’s a few features I’m Sure I’m not using properly but still is a great software
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
It gave me unlimited horses without charging extra I mostly breed so it had extensive breeding options to use and it looked good
Reasons for switching to CRIO ONLINE
They closed down
Vendor Response
Thanks Nikki! Just let us know if you need help to better understand the system to maximize the benefits you get!
Replied December 2019
Camilo
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2016
Great horses software :)
We use CRIO ONLINE to track all of our horses' info, their health and farrier records, breeding, training and expenses. It has lots of ways to customize and it is very comprehensive. Our vet has access and she loves it! No need to send me reports about what she does, I can access the information from my iPad anytime I need it.
PROSWeek after week you enter and you see some new options or improvements. The last one I found is that you can create QR codes and images to share in instagram or facebook.
Bronwyn
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Functional software for the discerning breeder
A well balanced software suite obviously designed by people that understand horses and that suits both small and large breeders with functionality and ease of use at the forefront of the users experience.
PROSAs a breeder of quality Warmblood sport horses it is important to us to keep accurate pedigrees and bloodlines of our horses and this software allows us to do so and modify it considerably to our specific needs and requirements.
CONSThere are a few little quirks but nothing at all major and these I am sure will be ironed out in future updates as most already have over the years we have been using this.
Joaquin
Farming, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2017
Great help for organizing the farm
Everything we could think of was included in this software. Whatever wasn't available, they made from scratch just for us. We can even send links of the horse's profile to potential buyers! Keeping updated diets, trimmings, expenses, it's all included and so simple to use. Can't recommend Crio enough, especially for Spanish speakers
PROSSimple, reliable, esasy to use and personalized.
CONSSpending lots of time uploading information
Ana
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Every horse owner should have it
Sometimes keeping track of all health charts of too many horses is difficult, I share it with my vet and never missed a treatment again!
PROSYou can keep track of every horse born and the inbreeding percentage. As an Iberoamerican horse breeder this helps a lot to breed mares with new studs. Also, I keep track of all the health/pregnancy aspects. Simply love it!
CONSI have no complains, used it on mobile with ease as well as for desktop
Vendor Response
Thanks for the time to review our software, Ana! If you are using it on the cellphone now... imagine when we release the iPhone/Android App! It is scheduled for Feb/March 2020.
Replied December 2019
Eden
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2019
CRIO for Equine Management
CRIO helps us store important information on each of our horses, aswell as other farming notes. It is easy and reliable to use.
PROSOrganises the data well, the layout/design is easy to read, can use easily on mobile phone
CONSA little bit slow to load. Also a 'back' or 'return' button would be helpful to get back to the previous page. Finding it takes awhile to get back to pages. Maybe can have more drop down tabs from the top menus? Would be quicker to access information
Alyce
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2020
One Easy Accessible Place for Your Horses' Information and Costs
I manage a boarding and training stable. I need to keep track of all our clients' horses health and feed needs as well as our expenses.
PROSWhether you are boarding, breeding or training stable, this software puts your horse information in one easy accessible place.
CONSIt would be great if you had an app for a smart phone. My business is largely outside and the app would make info easy more accessible.
Reason for choosing CRIO ONLINE
The website for each horse is very appealing to my clients. The cost is reasonable and I like that you continue to add new features.
Vendor Response
We already released the App for iOS/Android!
Replied March 2021
Rafael
Food Production, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Hello
Amazing
PROSThe product is amazing. I just asked a lot of Times for some way thats more easy to see ALL of the weights and heights in the same report.
CONSNothing. Every thing is OK! Thank you anyway
Dee
Law Enforcement, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2019
Great for tracking expenses
I enter my expenses quarterly and then come tax time I just print it off and take to my accountant. It has made it really easy to track my expenses.
PROSI use this software to track horse expenses for tax purposes. I like the ease of finding expenses for a certain period or category.
CONSI only use the expenses section so I feel like I’m paying for a lot of product I don’t need.
Jodie
Farming, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2017
Not enough stars available
I have used a lot of equine management software over the years in an effort to manage our many horses and the multiple things that we do with them. Crioonline is absolutely second to none. But more than just the general idea and functionality, the support and continual development of the product is outstanding. The team at crioonline actively take an interest in your business and what you are trying to achieve with the software. Whether it is to manage one horse or two hundred crioonline is outstanding.
PROSIt is the complete package for managing my horses.
CONSI cannot wait for them to release an iPad/iPhone app
Vendor Response
Thanks Jodie! What a great review! We are starting with an APP for Android and iPhone/iPad... soon you will have news ;)
Replied February 2017
Tracey
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2018
Great Product
I think our experience has been excellent so far and we look forward to growing our business and the functions that we use.
PROSWe have only recently purchased this software for our Standardbred agistment and breeding farm and are still working through all the functions and its capabilities. The support given at every turn has been fast and clear with their instructions. We are very excited going forward in using and learning the many features of this product.
CONSI still don't have enough of an understanding or used enough as yet to have a least.