How do CoVet and PetDesk Scribe differ?

CoVet is a veterinary copilot. It writes your records and helps with the admin around them, including client summaries, medical-history summaries, tasks, and client calls. PetDesk Scribe is an AI scribe that PetDesk added in 2025 within its client-engagement platform, focused on notes and visit summaries. Both generate SOAP notes and client summaries.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. CoVet offers a free 2-week trial, plus a free Support plan for non-DVM staff, so you can start without a sales call.

Can I use CoVet without leaving PetDesk?

Yes. CoVet runs on its own and exports finished records into your PMS in your format, so you can keep any PetDesk communication or booking tools and add CoVet for documentation.

Which practice management systems does CoVet work with?

CoVet exports records into your PMS in your format, so it is designed to fit the system your practice already uses.

Does CoVet do more than write notes?

Yes. Alongside notes and client summaries, CoVet includes an AI template builder, medical-history summarization, tasks and checklists, phone calling, and Consult CoVet for clinical questions during a consult.

CoVet vs PetDesk

How does a veterinary copilot compare to an AI scribe?

CoVet is a veterinary copilot that writes your records and helps with the admin around them. PetDesk Scribe is an AI scribe within the PetDesk platform. This page compares the two, so you can see how much each one covers.

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This comparison is drawn from publicly available information from July 2026

The difference between veterinary copilot and an AI scribe

PetDesk is an established veterinary client-engagement platform that offers communications, direct booking, phones, marketing tools, and AI-powered notes.

PetDesk Scribe focuses on turning veterinary conversations into SOAP notes and client-ready summaries.

CoVet is a veterinary copilot. It creates medical records and also helps with the work connected to each case, including medical-history summaries, client communications, tasks, checklists, handouts, and phone calls.

Because CoVet operates as a standalone product, practices can add it without replacing the communication, booking, or practice-management tools their teams already use.

How to choose

Six things to compare

These are the factors that most directly shape how smoothly a day in practice actually runs and how much time you get back at the end of it.

How much it covers

Does the product primarily generate medical notes, or can it also help complete the administrative work surrounding each case, like tasks, checklists, handouts, and client communications?

How much it can be customized

Can clinicians create and reuse their own templates so records remain consistent across doctors, visit types, and locations?

How well it communicates with clients

Can the product create clear, polished visit summaries, discharge instructions, handouts, and downloadable PDFs for pet owners?

How easy it is to get support

Can your team reach support through convenient channels such as chat, email, and phone?

How easy it is to evaluate and try

Can you review pricing and try the product before speaking with sales?

How easy is it to adopt

Can the product work alongside your current systems, or will you have to change how you and your team work?

CoVet and PetDesk Scribe, side by side

How the two compare across the criteria above.

CoVet compared with PetDesk Scribe across key criteria
	CoVet	PetDesk Scribe
Product type	Veterinary copilot for clinical documentation and case-related administrative work	AI scribe offered as part of the broader PetDesk veterinary-software platform
Medical notes	Generates structured records from consultations, dictation, uploaded files, and other case inputs	Transcribes veterinary conversations into SOAP notes
Custom note templates	AI template builder, reusable custom templates, and a standard template library
Medical-history and PDF summaries	Upload one or more PDFs and generate a concise medical-history summary using a selected template
Clinical decision support	CoVet’s AI Chat lets clinicians ask clinical questions and review supporting information within CoVet.
Client-friendly visit summaries	Generates client-friendly visit and discharge summaries that can include images, PDFs, and supporting materials powered by Vetlexicon
Client communications	Client calls can be made, recorded, and summarized from within CoVet	Phone capabilities are available through PetDesk Phones, a separate product
Adoption approach	Add CoVet without replacing the front-desk communication, booking, or phone products your practice already uses	Adopt Scribe on its own or combine it with other products in the PetDesk platform

This comparison reflects publicly available information from co.vet and petdesk.com as of July 2026.

The copilot

What CoVet handles across your day

CoVet is the leading veterinary copilot used by veterinary teams worldwide and supported by a team of 30+ veterinary professionals. It turns the consultation you are already having into a structured record, then helps your team complete the work connected with that case.

Step 1

Capture

Record the consultation, dictate an update, or attach supporting materials such as medical histories, images, and PDFs.

Step 2

Generate

Produce SOAP notes, client summaries, discharge materials, communications, tasks, checklists, or records based on your own templates.

Step 3

Export

Review clinical information, prepare client materials, organize follow-ups, export to your PMS, and make calls from within CoVet.

AI template builder and template library

Create templates from text, audio, or existing files. Standardize record structure across clinicians while retaining the flexibility required for different appointment and specialty workflows.

Consult CoVet clinical chat

Get patient-specific clinical answers without leaving your workflow. CoVet AI Chat reviews the record and sources, showing supporting evidence so you can verify and decide with confidence.

Medical-history summarization

Upload one or more medical histories or supporting PDFs and generate a concise summary using the template that fits the case.

Client communication and visit summaries

Create plain-language visit and discharge summaries without writing the same information a second time. Add photos, PDFs, and relevant educational materials before emailing or downloading the summary.

Tasks and checklists

Turn case details into follow-up work and structured next steps. Create reusable consultation checklists and let CoVet identify items discussed during the appointment.

Phone calling

Make client calls from CoVet and keep the recording and summary alongside the rest of the case information.

We actually used other AI scribes in the past and switched over to CoVet because we liked the way it flowed into our system better, it did better documenting the doctor’s notes, and overall it’s made my doctors’ lives so much easier.

Sarah Neeman

Practice Manager, Island Life Vets