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Updated December 13, 2025
Hippo Manager vs Instinct Science: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$119.00
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Patient Records Management
3.36
Charting
3.17
Appointment Scheduling
3.0
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Reporting & Statistics
5.0
Self Service Portal
5.0
Treatment Planning
4.85
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Pros / Cons
- I anticipate the new software, whichever one I decide to switch to, to save a huge amount of time and allow us to provide much better client communication and documentation.
- Hippo Manager didn’t have many integrations compared to other veterinary softwares like Shepherd.
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- Love the ability to generate drug doses based on patient weight, flag doses that may be inappropriate, and ability to pull up plumbs page for a given drug in plumbs.
- i.e. when you attach an auto charge it can be difficult to capture the charge appropriately if the treatment is marked off sooner or later than scheduled
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Ease-of-Use
3.8/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.9/ 5in the comparison
Value for Money
4.1/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.8/ 5in the comparison
Customer Support
4.2/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.9/ 5in the comparison
Functionality
3.6/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.8/ 5in the comparison
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
N/A
N/A
Advisor
Recommendations
Recommendations
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Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
