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Alternatives to Athenahealth
20 healthcare & medical tools sit alongside Athenahealth in this directory. Below is what separates each from Athenahealth on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Athenahealth starts at
- $140/month
Why people look past Athenahealth
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Athenahealth entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Athenahealth starts at $140/month. Across the 10 healthcare & medical tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $87/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Athenahealth carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 20 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.
Leading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations
- Starts $140 a custom cheaper, at Free.
Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
- Starts $140 a custom cheaper, at Free.
All-in-one medical practice management and EHR platform
Priced and rated the same as Athenahealth on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Social network and collaboration platform for physicians
- Can be used without paying; Athenahealth cannot.
Sleep, meditation and relaxation
- Can be used without paying; Athenahealth cannot.
- Starts $127.01 a month cheaper, at $12.99/month.
Simple and free telemedicine for healthcare providers
- Can be used without paying; Athenahealth cannot.
- Starts $105 a provider per month cheaper, at $35/provider per month.
Every Athenahealth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athenahealth (this page) | $140/month | - | - | |
| Epic SystemsEnterprise EHR and healthcare IT platform serving large hospital systems | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| CernerLeading healthcare information technology and cloud-based EHR solutions | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| DrChronoCloud-based EHR with practice management for small and mid-sized practices | On request | - | 4 | vs Athenahealth |
| Doximity | Free | - | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Calm | Free, then $12.99/month | - | 4 | vs Athenahealth |
| Doxy.me | Free, then $35/provider per month | - | 3 | vs Athenahealth |
| Cerner PowerChart | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| ChiroTouch | $75/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Athenahealth |
| Carestream Dental | $350/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Athenahealth |
| eClinicalWorks | On request | - | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Allscripts Professional EHR | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Cerner PowerWorks | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| athenaOne | $250/month | Subscription | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Doctor on Demand | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Cliniko | $59/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Athenahealth |
| Amwell | $99/visit | Subscription | 1 | vs Athenahealth |
| Allscripts | Free | Quote | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Allscripts TouchWorks | $200/month | Subscription | - | vs Athenahealth |
| BetterHelp | $50/week | - | - | vs Athenahealth |
| Dentrix | $299/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Athenahealth |
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 Athenahealth badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Athenahealth (12)
Entry price under Athenahealth's $140/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Epic Systems , Free
- Cerner , Free
- Calm , Free, then $12.99/month
- Doxy.me , Free, then $35/provider per month
- Cerner PowerChart , Free
- ChiroTouch , $75/month
- Allscripts Professional EHR , Free
- Cerner PowerWorks , Free
What you would be giving up
Athenahealth is most often brought in for patient care, medical records, practice management, telehealth. 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 Athenahealth is broadly right and the question is cost, the Athenahealth 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.
Athenahealth runs on web, ios, android. 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 Athenahealth alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Athenahealth?
- 20 other healthcare & medical tools are listed in this directory, led by Epic Systems, Cerner, DrChrono, Doximity. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Athenahealth?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Doximity, Calm, Doxy.me.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Athenahealth?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Athenahealth's $140/month: Epic Systems at Free, Cerner at Free, Calm at Free, then $12.99/month, Doxy.me at Free, then $35/provider per month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Athenahealth?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Athenahealth?
- Athenahealth is most often brought in for patient care, medical records, practice management, telehealth. 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 Athenahealth?
- 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 Athenahealth 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 Athenahealth against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Athenahealth 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, 20 tools beside Athenahealth. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.