AlpacaKeepEvery alpaca software, compared honestly.
Ten tools keep alpaca records today, from twenty-year-old desktop programs to modern web apps. Here is what each one costs, where it runs, and who it fits.
We build AlpacaKeep, so read this the way you would read any maker's comparison. Every fact below comes from each vendor's own website, checked on August 25, 2026. Where a vendor does not publish something, we write "not stated" instead of guessing, and we tell you where the others beat us.
All prices and claims were read from each vendor's own website on August 25, 2026, in the currency they publish. "Not stated" means the vendor does not say, not that the answer is no. Spotted something outdated? Tell us and we will fix it.
The tools, one by one
AlpacaKeep
The newest tool on this list, and ours. A web app built on a working alpaca farm in Val Gardena: health records with withdrawal tracking, breeding and pedigree with an inbreeding check, fibre lab history, herd register exports, a sale page for every animal and a widget that puts your listings on your own site, in English, Italian and German on EU servers. Free up to 10 animals, spreadsheet import included, in private beta now by invite code.
Epsilon Alpaca Manager
The long-serving desktop program from New Zealand, strong on registry formats (AAI, ARI, IAR, BAS, NAS) and trusted by breeders for decades. It runs on one Windows PC and needs Microsoft Access; the vendor notes the newest Apple machines cannot run it, and your records live in a local file you back up yourself. Thinking of moving? Our migration page walks you through it.
AlpacaEASE / HerdEASE
Sold since 2003 and still maintained, with finances, invoicing and a medical library built in. It is a desktop install with a one-time price plus a yearly support fee, for Windows and Mac, though the vendor notes it will not work on macOS 27 or later.
Alpacas on the Go
An Australian cloud tool with a simple yearly price and nothing to install. It covers the basics; the public changelog on its site stops in 2018, so ask how actively it is developed before you commit.
FarmKeep
A polished general livestock app for web, iPhone and Android, with a page for alpacas and llamas. Health, breeding, fibre and finance tracking are all there. It is built for every species rather than for camelids specifically, which is exactly right for a mixed farm and less deep for a breeding program.
BreederHQ
A breeder-focused platform covering pedigrees, breeding workflow and marketing, currently invitation-only with no published prices.
Alpaka Manager
An Austrian web app with one flat price and everything unlimited, in German, English and Italian, on EU servers. Simple, honest, and run by a breeder; lighter on medication withdrawal tracking.
ALPACUNA
An Austrian web app in two parts: Herds for the farm (animals, health and treatments, pedigrees, pregnancies, matings, data export) and Shows for organisers (entries, ring lists, live scoring). Site in German and English, EU servers, sold to businesses and associations only. Its site does not mention fibre or finance tracking, and offers a trial rather than a free plan. Read on its site on 15 October 2026.
ALPAKA.PRO
The broadest German product: a web app plus an iPhone app with an offline mode, breeding suggestions, pasture planning, online booking for alpaca walks, and software for running shows. The website comes in six languages, the iPhone app in German and English. Thinking of moving? Our migration page walks you through it.
Alpaca Guild
A UK platform that combines a community herd registry, management tools, a marketplace and a breeder directory. The first month is free; prices beyond that are not published on the site.
HerdMaster
One of the oldest names in alpaca software was retired after more than 25 years; its website now only says goodbye. If your herd's records are stranded in it: we import spreadsheets and exports from old programs, and the first move is free.
Where AlpacaKeep is honestly weaker
We are the newest product on this page. It is a web app, not an App Store download: you can add it to your iPhone or Android home screen in a few taps, but there is no offline mode yet. Public sign-up is not open yet, so today you ask for early access instead of clicking Buy. If you need ten years of production history or a desktop file that works with no internet, the older tools above have us beat.
See it with your own herd
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