Veterinary practice software

Custom veterinary practice software for independent practices, multi-location vet groups, and specialty clinics that need scheduling, medical records, and practice management built for how a veterinary business actually runs.

  • Appointment scheduling with medical, boarding, and grooming management in one system

  • Medical records with vet-specific SOAP notes, vaccination history, and prescription logging

  • Pharmacy and inventory management with controlled substance tracking

  • Client communication automation, wellness plans, and loyalty programs

What you can count on

Retention

3+ years

Average client relationship across active accounts

First milestone

Week 1

A straight read on what to keep and what to rebuild

Pricing

Fixed price

Scope and cost agreed before work starts

Team

No handoffs

The senior engineers who scope the build also ship it

4.9
on Clutch
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The problem

Sound familiar?

  • Managing boarding availability, grooming bookings, and medical appointments in separate systems that don't communicate, leading to double-bookings, missed handoffs, and a front desk making calls to reconcile three calendars?

  • Losing clients between annual wellness visits because there's no automated reminder system, no post-visit follow-up, and no wellness plan that gives them a financial reason to stay with your practice?

Short answer

RaftLabs builds custom veterinary practice software covering appointment scheduling, medical records with SOAP notes and vaccination history, prescription and controlled-substance management, boarding and grooming, pharmacy inventory, client reminders, invoicing, and wellness plans. Practices launch a working v1 in 12 to 14 weeks at a fixed price, then grow it into the full platform.

01 Diagnosis

Problems we solve for veterinary practices

  1. 01
    Problem

    Recall gaps cost you clients you should keep

    Solution

    A pet that missed last year's annual exam is a household at risk of leaving. Without automated recall, vaccine reminders, and post-visit follow-up, those gaps go unnoticed until the owner turns up at a competitor. Every unmade appointment is revenue that didn't have to walk out the door. According to AVMA and Vetsource data, client visits to US veterinary practices fell 2.7% between 2021 and 2023, and the average interval between visits rose 48%, from 57.6 days to 85.8 days. Practices without automated recall in their workflow are losing ground they can't recover without it. The fix is an automated recall system tied directly to each patient's vaccination and wellness schedule.

  2. 02
    Problem

    Slow medical records during consults cost your vets billable time

    Solution

    A vet who has to hunt across two systems for vaccination history, previous diagnoses, and current medications before starting a consult is losing billable time on every appointment. Structured SOAP note templates and a single patient record that loads everything at once cut documentation time and reduce the risk of missing something clinically important.

  3. 03
    Problem

    Manual pharmacy management creates compliance and margin risk

    Solution

    Controlled substance logs on paper are a DEA compliance risk. Manual dispensing records have gaps. Pharmacy stock that isn't automatically deducted at dispensing means reconciliation is a separate task someone has to do by hand. When an inspection happens, the preparation time reveals the problem. Dispensing linked to the patient record, with a separate controlled substance log, fixes that.

  4. 04
    Problem

    Wellness-plan upsell never scales without automated communication

    Solution

    A nurse spending an hour each morning calling clients about upcoming vaccinations isn't spending that time on clinical work. Manual reminder processes don't scale as the practice grows. Clients who don't get a reminder don't book. And clients without a wellness plan have no financial reason to return between illness episodes. Automated communication tied to a wellness plan changes both problems at once.

02 What we ship

Veterinary software we ship

  1. Appointment scheduling and calendar management

    Appointment scheduling with appointment type configuration: wellness exams, sick visits, surgery, specialist consultations, boarding check-ins, and grooming, each with different duration, room, and equipment requirements. Per-vet and per-room availability with conflict detection across all service types. Online client self-scheduling within configured appointment windows with species and reason for visit captured before the booking is confirmed. New client and patient registration with online intake forms for vaccination history, medication list, and health history completed before the appointment. Automated appointment reminders by SMS and email with confirm or reschedule links. Recurring wellness appointment scheduling at the correct interval for each patient's age and species. Waitlist management for practices with high demand and limited appointment availability.

  2. Medical records and SOAP documentation

    Patient medical records with species-specific SOAP note templates: structured fields for subjective client report, objective clinical findings, assessment and diagnosis, and treatment plan, rather than unformatted free text. Body systems review with structured fields for each system examined. Vital signs entry with automatic comparison to the previous visit and species-specific normal ranges. Problem list management with active and resolved conditions tracked per patient across the care history. Vaccination history with administered vaccine, lot number, manufacturer, and due date recorded at each visit and visible on the patient summary. Allergy and adverse reaction flags visible at the top of every patient record. Medical record access for clients through the patient portal: vaccination certificates, health records, and discharge instructions available without calling the clinic.

  3. Prescription management and controlled substances

    Prescription management with drug, dose, frequency, quantity, and refill authorization recorded against the patient record at the point of prescribing. Dispensing log tied to the patient record and the prescribing vet: quantity dispensed, dispensing date, and lot number recorded per transaction. Controlled substance log maintained separately with DEA-required fields, drug, quantity, dispensing vet, and patient, exportable for state or federal inspection. Drug interaction checking against the patient's active medication list at the point of prescribing. Prescription label generation for in-clinic dispensing. Refill request management: the client submits a refill request through the patient portal, the vet approves or declines within the platform, and dispensing is logged on approval. External pharmacy prescription generation for medications not dispensed in-clinic.

  4. Boarding and grooming management

    Boarding management with kennel and suite inventory: unit type, size, species, and occupancy. Boarding reservation with check-in and check-out date, feeding instructions, medication administration schedule, and special care notes for each stay. Vaccination verification before boarding confirmation: required vaccines checked against the patient record, with an alert flagged if any are expired. Feeding and medication administration logging during the stay with staff attribution and timestamp. Daily welfare check logging with notes and photo. Grooming appointment scheduling alongside medical appointments in the same calendar, with service type configuration: bath and dry, full groom, breed-specific styles. Grooming service notes with client preferences and coat condition observations recorded per visit and visible at the next appointment.

  5. Pharmacy inventory management

    Drug inventory management with stock level tracking per product, batch number, and expiry date. Inventory deducted automatically when a prescription is dispensed, no manual stock reconciliation. Expiry date alerts for products approaching the end of shelf life with disposal or return workflow. Low-stock alerts with reorder point configuration and purchase order generation to preferred distributors. Controlled substance inventory reconciliation: physical count versus system count, logged at configurable intervals with discrepancy flags. Supplier invoice matching against purchase orders for inventory cost tracking. Drug cost tracking against prescriptions dispensed for margin reporting per product and category. Vaccine cold chain temperature logging integration for practices with temperature monitoring hardware.

  6. Client communication, invoicing, and wellness plans

    Automated client communication: vaccination due reminders sent at the configured lead time before each vaccine expires, annual wellness exam reminders, post-visit follow-up messages, and boarding check-in and check-out notifications. Two-way SMS and email messaging between clients and the practice logged against the patient record. Invoice generation from the completed visit: services, medications, and products itemized from the appointment record without manual data entry. Payment processing with card, digital wallet, and payment plan options. Integration with Xero and QuickBooks for accounting reconciliation. Wellness plan management: monthly subscription plans covering annual vaccinations, wellness exams, and routine preventive care at a fixed monthly fee. Plan billing with direct debit, renewal management, and utilization tracking so the practice knows which plan services each client has used.

03 How we work

How we build veterinary software

  1. 01

    Discovery

    We work with practice owners, vets, nurses, and front desk staff to map the current workflow: how appointments are booked, how medical records are structured, how prescriptions are dispensed, and how boarding is managed alongside clinical work. We document the controlled substance requirements for your jurisdiction before designing anything.
  2. 02

    Architecture

    We design the data model for patients, clients, appointments, medical records, prescriptions, boarding, and inventory before writing code. The architecture connects these as one system, not as separate modules that require manual data transfer between them.
  3. 03

    Build

    We build scheduling, medical records, prescription management, boarding, and client communication as connected modules. Working software is delivered every two weeks. Vets and practice managers review real workflows at each checkpoint.
  4. 04

    Launch and support

    We support the transition from existing systems, train clinical and administrative staff, and monitor the system through the first busy boarding and wellness period. Post-launch support covers configuration adjustments as the practice adds new vets, locations, or service lines.

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04 Track record

What we bring to veterinary software

Shipping production software
Since 2015
Clutch rating
4.9/5
To launch a working v1
12-14 wk
Cost, agreed before work starts
Fixed

05 Why us

Why choose us?

  • 01
    We've seen your problem before
    Across dozens of industries and 100+ products, we recognise your situation fast, then frame the fix around your margin and your operations, not a generic template.
  • 02
    We own the number, not the ticket
    We measure success the way you do: hours saved, revenue earned, margin recovered. We stay through launch and growth, so the result is ours to own.
  • 03
    Serious businesses trust us
    Vodafone, T-Mobile, Cisco, Energia, Aldi, Nike. Building since 2015, 100+ products in production. Serious businesses keep coming back because we stay accountable long after launch.

06 Questions

Frequently asked questions

Established veterinary platforms handle medical records, invoicing, and core scheduling well for most practices. Custom software is the right choice when your boarding and grooming management, wellness plan model, or pharmacy workflow is specific enough that the platform's configuration creates friction rather than solving it; when you want to own the client experience through a branded patient portal rather than a white-label module; when you're running a multi-location group and need practice-level analytics that the standard platform doesn't provide; or when you're building veterinary management software to license to other practices. The wrong choice is building custom when a configured platform covers the same problem at lower cost. We'll tell you directly which situation applies during discovery.

Yes. Controlled substance record-keeping in veterinary practices requires specific data points per transaction: drug name and schedule, quantity dispensed, dispensing date, patient identification, prescribing and dispensing veterinarian, and DEA registration number. The log must be maintained separately from general dispensing records and available for DEA inspection. We design the controlled substance module around those requirements. Every dispensing transaction is logged with mandatory fields that can't be skipped. The log is exportable in a format suitable for inspection, and physical inventory reconciliation against system records is supported at the intervals your DEA license requires. We scope the specific state and federal requirements for your jurisdiction during discovery.

Yes. We plan the migration as a staged cutover rather than a single risky switch. We export and map patient records, clients, appointment history, prescription and controlled-substance data from your current system, then run a reconciliation pass so record counts and drug-log history match the source before anyone relies on the new system. The final switchover is scheduled outside consulting hours so you never lose a booking day, and the old system stays readable in parallel through the first billing cycle. We build the import tooling around your existing platform's actual export format, not a generic assumption about it.

Yes. Multi-location groups need a patient and client record that follows the animal across sites, per-location scheduling and inventory, role-based access scoped per site, and group-level reporting that single-clinic platforms don't offer. We build the location model, consolidated pharmacy and controlled-substance reporting across sites, and the practice-level analytics a group owner needs to compare locations. Scope depends on how many locations you run, whether inventory is shared or per-site, and your reporting requirements, all agreed during discovery.

Yes. Wellness plans are the most effective retention mechanism in veterinary practice. A client paying a monthly fee for preventive care is significantly less likely to change practices than one who only comes in when their pet is sick. The plan needs to be simple to enrol, transparent about what's included, and easy to administer without manual tracking. We build the plan configuration, the monthly billing with direct debit, the utilization tracking so the practice knows what each client has and hasn't used, and the renewal management. The client-facing experience shows plan status, included services, and upcoming appointments through the patient portal. Plan profitability reporting per plan tier and per client cohort is included so you can adjust plan pricing based on actual service utilization data.

A focused v1 covering scheduling, medical records, and basic billing launches in about 12 to 14 weeks and typically runs $40,000 to $70,000. That first release validates the workflow with your team before you invest in the rest. The full platform, adding boarding and grooming, SOAP documentation, prescription and controlled substance management, pharmacy inventory, client communication automation, invoicing, and wellness plan management, typically runs $90,000 to $160,000 and is built out in stages beyond the v1. Multi-location groups with complex reporting and shared record requirements are scoped individually. Cost depends on the number of locations, vets, species handled, pharmacy size, and integration requirements. We price every project at fixed cost, agreed before development starts.

Talk to us about your veterinary software project.

Tell us the operational challenge: scheduling, medical records, pharmacy management, boarding, or client retention. We'll tell you what we'd build and how.

  • Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.

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