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Alternatives to Allscripts
19 healthcare & medical tools sit alongside Allscripts in this directory. Below is what separates each from Allscripts on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Allscripts starts at
- Free
Why people look past Allscripts
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Allscripts entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Allscripts carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Social network and collaboration platform for physicians
- Can be used without paying; Allscripts cannot.
Sleep, meditation and relaxation
- Can be used without paying; Allscripts cannot.
- Starts $12.99 a month dearer, at $12.99/month.
Simple and free telemedicine for healthcare providers
- Can be used without paying; Allscripts cannot.
- Starts $35 a provider per month dearer, at $35/provider per month.
All-in-one medical practice management and EHR platform
Priced and rated the same as Allscripts on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Advanced clinical charting and documentation system within Cerner EHR
Priced and rated the same as Allscripts on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Cloud-based medical practice management
- Starts $140 a month dearer, at $140/month.
Every Allscripts alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allscripts (this page) | Free | Quote | - | |
| Doximity | Free | - | - | vs Allscripts |
| Calm | Free, then $12.99/month | - | 4 | vs Allscripts |
| Doxy.me | Free, then $35/provider per month | - | 3 | vs Allscripts |
| DrChrono | On request | - | 4 | vs Allscripts |
| Cerner PowerChart | Free | Quote | - | vs Allscripts |
| Athenahealth | $140/month | - | - | vs Allscripts |
| ChiroTouch | $75/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Allscripts |
| Carestream Dental | $350/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Allscripts |
| eClinicalWorks | On request | - | - | vs Allscripts |
| Allscripts Professional EHR | Free | Quote | - | vs Allscripts |
| Cerner PowerWorks | Free | Quote | - | vs Allscripts |
| athenaOne | $250/month | Subscription | - | vs Allscripts |
| Doctor on Demand | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Allscripts |
| Cliniko | $59/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Allscripts |
| Amwell | $99/visit | Subscription | 1 | vs Allscripts |
| Cerner | Free | Quote | - | vs Allscripts |
| Allscripts TouchWorks | $200/month | Subscription | - | vs Allscripts |
| BetterHelp | $50/week | - | - | vs Allscripts |
| Dentrix | $299/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Allscripts |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Allscripts badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Allscripts is most often brought in for electronic health records and practice management for healthcare providers, healthcare it solutions for revenue cycle management and patient engagement (now veradigm). Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Allscripts is broadly right and the question is cost, the Allscripts pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare & Medical category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare & medical tools ranks them.
Allscripts runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Allscripts alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Allscripts?
- 19 other healthcare & medical tools are listed in this directory, led by Doximity, Calm, Doxy.me, DrChrono. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Allscripts?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Doximity, Calm, Doxy.me.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Allscripts?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Allscripts?
- Allscripts is most often brought in for electronic health records and practice management for healthcare providers, healthcare it solutions for revenue cycle management and patient engagement (now veradigm). Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Allscripts?
- None of the healthcare & medical tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Allscripts alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare & Medical, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Allscripts against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Allscripts covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every healthcare & medical tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare & Medical category, 19 tools beside Allscripts. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.