Protect your DVMs.
Protect your practice.
Stop absorbing the cost of after-hours care.
Independent vet clinics quietly absorb $18K–$36K/year in uncompensated on-call labor and $2.4K in missed lifetime value for every after-hours caller who goes unserved. AfterHours Ally closes both gaps — and creates a defensible audit trail your liability carrier will want to see.
Port-free setup · Live in < 1 week · No PMS integration · Flat monthly pricing
30-day money-back guarantee · Cancel anytime · We'll tell you honestly if it's not a fit
Where the Money Goes — and Where It Comes Back
Four cost centers. One system that addresses all of them.
Uncompensated on-call labor — Before
$18K–$36K/year in informal DVM time
After AfterHours Ally
Pages cut 73–91% · Time freed = retained compensation
Missed client LTV — Before
$2.4K avg. lifetime value per missed after-hours caller
After AfterHours Ally
Triage link captures & books them — recovers the relationship
Answering service spend — Before
$1,500–$2,200/month for human operator service
After AfterHours Ally
AfterHours Ally: $149–$449/month with better triage accuracy
Liability exposure — Before
Undocumented verbal advice given on personal phones
After AfterHours Ally
Every session time-stamped with consent, symptoms, and decision logic
Results From Real Practices
Independent clinics. Measurable outcomes.
reduction in pages
$28K annual savings
“The page rate drop was measurable in the first two weeks. Our associate DVMs stopped dreading call weekends.”
Dr. Sarah Chen
Practice Owner · 6-DVM · Chicago suburbs
saved vs. answering service
Better triage at 25% of the cost
“Our old service cost $1,800/month and still woke DVMs for things like 'my dog ate grass.' AfterHours Ally is a fraction of that cost and handles 20× the nuance.”
Dr. Elena Oduya
Medical Director · 8-DVM · Denver, CO
to go live
No IT, no porting, no drama
“One afternoon. No code, no API keys, no PMS drama. We just configured our protocols, added our ER partner, and shared the link.”
Jessica Tran
Practice Manager · 5-DVM · Portland, OR
Questions Owners Always Ask
We've heard every concern. Here are the direct answers.
What if a real emergency slips through?
Certain symptoms trigger a hard-stop escalation that cannot be bypassed by owner input — GDV presentation, respiratory distress, toxin ingestion, urinary obstruction. These always page the DVM. Our tracked escalation rate is 4.5% (128 of 2,841 cases) with zero documented missed emergencies.
Do I have to port my clinic phone number?
No. You keep your existing number. You update your after-hours voicemail message with a triage link, and owners text or click through to the portal. No VoIP migration, no IT project, no 3-month wait.
What does my liability carrier need to see?
Every session produces a time-stamped, immutable record: owner consent acknowledgement, symptom path, urgency classification, and escalation decision. You can export full audit trails as CSV or JSON for any compliance review or incident report.
Will my DVMs actually use it?
The system is designed to make their nights better, not more complicated. They only get paged when escalation criteria are met. DVMs review and approve their own protocol thresholds. Most report adoption is immediate because it directly reduces their page burden.
How fast can we go live?
One afternoon to configure: on-call roster, protocols, and ER partner info. Most clinics go live in 3–5 hours. No code, no IT ticket, no PMS integration required. Our fastest go-live was 2.5 hours from signup to first live triage.
What happens if the system goes down at 2 AM?
Automatic failover to your designated ER partner contact info and your on-call DVM direct line. Redundant hosting on Vercel edge with 99.9% uptime SLA. Status page at citebundle.com/status with 24/7 monitoring.
What You're Getting
Everything your clinic needs.
Nothing you don't.
No PMS integration required. No phone porting. No 6-week onboarding project. One afternoon to configure, and you're live for the weekend rotation.
Full feature list →For Practice Owners
Protect what you've built. Start in one afternoon.
30-day free trial. Measurable page reduction in 30 days or your money back. No phone porting. No PMS integration. Cancel anytime.
Starter at $149/mo · Standard $299 · Plus $449 · Cancel anytime