Source Map · Veterinary practice management · Broadcastwell Research
The pages AI reads before it names a veterinary practice management vendor
The 20 pages cited most across 149 AI answers recorded on 22 September 2026, and the Index vendors each one lists.
From 149 answers recorded on 2026-09-22 (10 buyer questions, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, three runs each; one answer did not return and is left out of the base), 318 distinct pages were cited. These are the 20 cited most often.
The plain lesson: of these 20 pages, twelve are editorial roundups, six are vendors' own pages, one is a directory or review site and one is another kind of page. The page cited most, waitwellsoftware.com, appears in 46 of the 149 answers. Roundups and directories are pages a vendor can ask to be listed on; a vendor's own pages are the ones it controls. Of the 12 third-party pages that could be read, ezyVet is listed on 12, Covetrus Pulse on 11, IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo) on 11.
The 20 pages
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| # | Page | Cited in | Engines | Page type | Index vendors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waitwellsoftware.com/resources/articles/best-veterinary-practice-management-software | 46 of 149 answers | Claude 11, Perplexity 18, Google AI Mode 11, Google AI Overviews 6 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, AVImark, ImproMed, Provet, Shepherd, Digitail, Vetspire. |
| 2 | signalpet.com/articles/the-top-10-veterinary-software-tools | 32 of 149 answers | Claude 9, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 10, Google AI Mode 10 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, Provet, Shepherd, Vetspire, Instinct. |
| 3 | layer3labs.io/comparisons/best-veterinary-practice-management-software | 26 of 149 answers | Claude 10, Perplexity 15, Google AI Overviews 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, Provet, Digitail, Vetspire. |
| 4 | vetclinictech.com/best-veterinary-practice-management-software-2026 | 23 of 149 answers | Claude 11, Perplexity 12 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed, Provet, Shepherd, Digitail, DaySmart Vet. |
| 5 | vetsoftwarehub.com/article/best-veterinary-practice-management-software-2026 | 23 of 149 answers | Claude 11, Perplexity 12 | Editorial roundup | Index vendors listed: could not check (HTTP 403). |
| 6 | provet.com/blog/best-veterinary-practice-management-software | 21 of 149 answers | Claude 14, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 4 | Vendor page | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, Provet, Digitail, Vetspire. |
| 7 | bittsi.com/blog/post/best-veterinary-practice-management-software | 19 of 149 answers | Claude 5, Perplexity 12, Google AI Mode 1, Google AI Overviews 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed, Provet, Digitail, IntraVet. |
| 8 | capterra.com/veterinary-software | 18 of 149 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 5, Google AI Mode 1 | Directory or review site | Index vendors listed: could not check (HTTP 403). |
| 9 | co.vet/post/veterinary-management-software | 18 of 149 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 12 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, Provet, Digitail, DaySmart Vet. |
| 10 | puppilot.co/resources/compare-pims/cornerstone-vs-ezyvet | 18 of 149 answers | Claude 4, Perplexity 6, Google AI Mode 4, Google AI Overviews 4 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, Shepherd. |
| 11 | aaha.org/trends-magazine/publications/view-from-the-board-considerations-for-choosing-veterinary-practice-management-software | 17 of 149 answers | Claude 3, ChatGPT 3, Google AI Overviews 11 | Other page | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, ImproMed, Shepherd, Instinct, Vetport. |
| 12 | ownerexchange.com/best-cloud-veterinary-software | 17 of 149 answers | Claude 2, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 9 | Editorial roundup | Lists ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, Provet, Shepherd, Digitail, DaySmart Vet, Vetspire, Instinct. |
| 13 | ustechautomations.com/resources/blog/automate-ezyvet-vs-cornerstone-for-veterinary-clinics-2026 | 17 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 6, Google AI Mode 5, Google AI Overviews 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, ImproMed, Vetspire, Vetport, VIA. |
| 14 | lupapets.com/us/blog/best-veterinary-practice-management-systems-in-2026 | 16 of 149 answers | Perplexity 9, Google AI Mode 6, Google AI Overviews 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed, Provet, Digitail, Instinct. |
| 15 | vetguider.com/blogs/ezyvet-vs-cornerstone-vs-shepherd-vs-digitail-vs-covetrus-pulse | 16 of 149 answers | Claude 2, Perplexity 12, Google AI Overviews 2 | Editorial roundup | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, Digitail, IntraVet. |
| 16 | software.idexx.com/top-veterinary-software-solutions-a-2025-comparison-guide | 15 of 149 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 9 | Vendor page | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, Provet, Shepherd, Digitail. |
| 17 | digitail.com/blog/best-veterinary-software-guide | 14 of 149 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 9, Google AI Mode 2 | Vendor page | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed, Provet, Shepherd, Digitail, DaySmart Vet, Vetspire. |
| 18 | shepherd.vet/features | 14 of 149 answers | Claude 1, ChatGPT 13 | Vendor page | Lists none of the Index vendors. |
| 19 | covetrus.com/covetrus-platform/workflow-and-productivity-tools/covetrus-pulse | 13 of 149 answers | ChatGPT 7, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 3 | Vendor page | Lists Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed. |
| 20 | digitail.com/plans | 13 of 149 answers | Claude 1, ChatGPT 11, Google AI Overviews 1 | Vendor page | Lists IDEXX (Cornerstone, Neo), ezyVet, Covetrus Pulse, AVImark, ImproMed, Digitail, DaySmart Vet, Vetspire. |
How to read this: a count is the number of answers that cited the page. The vendors column comes from fetching each page on 2026-09-28 (robots.txt respected) and matching the 19 Index vendors in this category by name; a vendor listed on a page is not a vendor the engines named. A page cited today may not be cited next month.
Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. Absence Index release 2026-09, method v1.1, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.
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