Jump vs Cliniko
Compare Jump EHR and Cliniko for UK private practice. Jump is built for GP clinical workflows with prescribing and safety alerts, while Cliniko specialises in allied health and physiotherapy.
We think Jump is a great product, but we also respect the work Cliniko does. This page exists because we know practices want side-by-side comparisons when choosing software. We aim to be fair and factual — if you spot anything inaccurate, please let us know.
Product Overview
What is Jump EHR?
Jump EHR is a UK-built electronic health record system for private GP practices. It provides full BNF-integrated prescribing with the dm+d drug database, real-time interaction and allergy checking, automatic SNOMED CT coding, and AI-powered clinical letter generation.
Built for the UK market, Jump stores data in UK data centres with NHS-grade security, and its interface is designed to feel familiar to clinicians who trained in the NHS. Practices can be live in under a week with transparent pricing from £99 per month.
What is Cliniko?
Cliniko is an Australian-founded practice management platform that has become a global market leader for physiotherapy, osteopathy, and allied health practices. It offers excellent appointment scheduling with waitlists, customisable treatment note templates, online booking, and built-in invoicing.
Cliniko has a large international user base and offers EU/UK data hosting via AWS. However, it was not designed for medical doctors and does not include prescribing, clinical coding, or the drug safety features that GP practices need. Its strength is in allied health workflow rather than clinical medicine.
Why compare these two?
UK private practices comparing Cliniko and Jump are often multidisciplinary clinics deciding whether to use one platform for all practitioners or separate systems for different clinical needs. Cliniko excels for physiotherapy and allied health with features like body charts and exercise prescription. But for the GP arm of a practice - where prescribing, clinical coding, and drug safety are non-negotiable - Jump provides the clinical depth that Cliniko was not designed to offer.
Jump vs Cliniko
| Feature | Jump | Cliniko |
|---|---|---|
Clinical Safety | ||
| Prescribing | Full BNF-integrated prescribing with dm+d and safety alerts | No prescribing - not designed for doctors |
| Clinical coding | Automatic SNOMED CT coding | No clinical coding system |
| Drug safety alerts | Interaction, allergy, and contraindication checking | Not available |
Practice Management | ||
| Appointment scheduling | Flexible diary with online booking | Excellent scheduling with online booking and waitlists |
| Patient records | GP-grade clinical records with structured data | Treatment-focused records with customisable templates |
| Invoicing & payments | Stripe + Xero integration | Built-in invoicing with online payments |
| Multi-location support | Multi-site practice management | Strong multi-location and multi-practitioner support |
| UK data hosting | UK data centres, GDPR compliant | Australian-based company, offers EU/UK data hosting via AWS but headquarters offshore |
Clinical Workflow | ||
| Clinical letters | AI-generated letters with mail merge | Basic letter templates |
| Referral management | Structured referral workflows with letter generation | Basic referral tracking |
Other | ||
| Physiotherapy tools | Not a core focus - designed for GP workflow | Purpose-built exercise prescription and body charts |
Why choose Jump
Full prescribing with drug interaction and allergy alerts
Automatic SNOMED CT coding for clinical governance
Purpose-built for UK private GP practice workflows
UK-hosted data with NHS-grade security
AI-powered clinical letter generation
Cliniko advantages
Excellent for physiotherapy, osteopathy, and allied health
Strong exercise prescription and body chart tools
Well-established with a large international user base
Our Verdict
Cliniko is a market leader for physiotherapy and allied health practices, but it was not designed for GP-level clinical work. Jump provides the prescribing, clinical coding, and safety infrastructure that private GP practices require.