Notes on building veterinary software in the open: owning your data, open APIs, and putting AI agents to work in the clinic. We publish our thinking here and we want yours back.
Eleven veterinary PIMS platforms compared honestly by a vendor that is one of them: publicly reported pricing, data ownership, API openness, and who each one actually fits.
ReadezyVet is a genuinely capable system. It is also about $260 per user per month and owned by IDEXX. Here are the real alternatives, compared honestly by a vendor that is one of them.
ReadCornerstone has run large hospitals for decades. When the server refresh, the training burden, or the bill finally forces the question, here are the real options, honestly compared.
ReadAVImark practices kept it for decades for a reason: a license you own, data in the building. Here is where that instinct leads in 2026, compared honestly.
ReadOne is a mature multi-site platform from Nordhealth. The other is a fast-moving AI-first newcomer with transparent pricing. A third-party comparison from a vendor that competes with both.
ReadHippo Manager was acquired by Shepherd in March 2025. Here's an honest comparison of where displaced practices are landing and what to look for in a new system.
ReadThe AVMA says your practice owns its data. Most PIMS contracts don't agree. A plain-language guide to exit fees, portability traps, and what open-source changes.
ReadA plain-language guide for practice owners: what open-source veterinary PIMS actually means, how managed hosting changes the cost equation, and who it's for.
ReadEvery other part of the clinic is built on standards. The software that runs it shouldn't be a locked box you rent forever.
ReadYou don't have to rip out the system you run today to start owning your data. Connect a second PIMS, one you control, alongside it.
ReadThe exciting thing about AI in veterinary medicine isn't a chatbot on the website. It's an agent that can actually do the busywork, if the PIMS lets it.
ReadNo spam, just our notes on open veterinary software as we publish them. Reply with your thoughts; we read every one.