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Head to head · Veterinary practice management software · release 2026-09

Shepherd vs ezyVet

Put the same ten veterinary practice management software questions to five engines three times each and Shepherd is named 56 times; ezyVet, 115. Shepherd was named and ezyVet was not on one question: “Shepherd vs Digitail for a small animal clinic”. All five engines named Shepherd at least once.

ezyVet is the most named checked vendor in veterinary practice management software in this release, so every other vendor in the category is compared with it.

One capture on 22 September 2026, ten fixed questions, three runs per engine. Not a ranking, and an engine can answer differently on a refresh.

The Shepherd record · The ezyVet record

Side by side

All ten buyer questions, five engines, three runs. Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.
MeasureShepherdezyVet
Named56 of 149 (37.6%, Wilson 95% interval 30.2% to 45.6%)115 of 149 (77.2%, Wilson 95% interval 69.8% to 83.2%)
Own domain cited34 of 149 (22.8%, Wilson 95% interval 16.8% to 30.2%)35 of 149 (23.5%, Wilson 95% interval 17.4% to 30.9%)

By question

Counts per question, over that question's valid answers.

Shepherd and ezyVet, named per buyer question.
Buyer questionShepherdezyVet
what is the best veterinary practice management software for a new clinic5 of 1514 of 15
what is the best vet practice management software for a small 1 to 3 doctor practice6 of 147 of 14
what is the best veterinary software for a large multi doctor hospital1 of 1515 of 15
what are the best alternatives to IDEXX Cornerstone9 of 1515 of 15
what are the best alternatives to ezyVet10 of 1515 of 15
what are the best alternatives to Covetrus Pulse10 of 1515 of 15
ezyVet vs Cornerstone, which is better for a growing practice0 of 1515 of 15
Shepherd vs Digitail for a small animal clinic14 of 150 of 15
what should I look for in veterinary practice management software0 of 154 of 15
best vet software for a multi location emergency hospital1 of 1515 of 15

By engine

Each engine's count over its valid answers to all ten questions.

Shepherd and ezyVet, named per engine.
VendorChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode
Shepherd19 of 3010 of 306 of 3011 of 2910 of 30
ezyVet23 of 3024 of 3021 of 3023 of 2924 of 30

Measured head to head

No question in this release asked the engines to choose between Shepherd and ezyVet; the counts above come from the ten buyer questions.

What the engines said about each

For a new, independently owned small-animal clinic, I’d put Shepherd first on your demo list, with IDEXX Neo as the main comparison.

ChatGPT, . Full answer text in the deposit.

I’d add ezyVet if you expect complex workflows or multiple locations.

ChatGPT, . Full answer text in the deposit.

One sentence per engine at most, chosen by a fixed rule: the first full sentence naming a checked vendor, read in run order. Every answer in full: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.

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Release
2026-09, published
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.22907695
Method
v1.1: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode; ten fixed buyer questions per category; three runs per engine
Captured
Base
149 valid answers across ten questions; 1 excluded
Licence
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Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

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