OpenVPM Review 2026: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons

OpenVPM is a veterinary practice management system for small animal clinics and mobile practices. It covers the daily work of a practice: appointment scheduling, patient records and SOAP notes, invoicing and payments, appointment reminders, consent forms with e-signatures, and documents attached to each visit. OpenVPM is API first and open source at its core. Clinics can use the hosted cloud edition with a free trial, or self-host the software on their own servers. Either way, the clinic owns its data. Records can be exported at any time, and the full API is available for reporting, integrations, and migration in or out. AI is built in to help draft records and summaries, so the team spends less time typing and more time with patients. OpenVPM is built by a small team that has been working in animal health for several years, with new features shipping every week.