Veterinary Practice Management Software · reliability comparison
IDEXX Neo vs Instinct: which is more reliable? (2026)
Instinct is more reliable than IDEXX Neo, scoring 100.0 vs 92.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days IDEXX Neo reported 3 incidents and Instinct reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | IDEXX Neo | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 92.4 | 100.0 |
| Rank (veterinary practice management systems) | #3 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 44m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where IDEXX Neo and Instinct differ
- Instinct reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while IDEXX Neo reported 3.
- IDEXX Neo had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Instinct.
90-day uptime
IDEXX Neo
Instinct
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent IDEXX Neo incidents
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 29m
Fiserv outage impacting IDEXX Payments in Neo
Affected: Neo Software
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Neo: Open consultations cannot be closed or marked "ready to pay"
Affected: Neo Software
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 28m
Neo AI Patient History Summarization Outage
Affected: Neo Software
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
- Vetstoria · #4 · 99.96% uptime
- Vetspire · #5 · 99.90% uptime
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