Veterinary Practice Management Software · reliability comparison
Covetrus Pulse vs Instinct: which is more reliable? (2026)
Instinct is more reliable than Covetrus Pulse, scoring 100.0 vs 74.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Covetrus Pulse reported 31 incidents and Instinct reported 0, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Covetrus Pulse | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 74.7 | 100.0 |
| Rank (veterinary practice management systems) | #8 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 31 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Covetrus Pulse and Instinct differ
- Instinct reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Covetrus Pulse reported 31.
- Covetrus Pulse had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Instinct.
90-day uptime
Covetrus Pulse
Instinct
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Covetrus Pulse incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Recent Instinct incidents
No incidents reported by Instinct in the last 90 days.
Other veterinary practice management systems to consider
- PetDesk · #1 · 100% uptime
- Otto · #2 · 100% uptime
- IDEXX Neo · #3 · 99.94% uptime
- Vetstoria · #4 · 99.96% uptime
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