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Alternatives to Bahmni
22 healthcare tools sit alongside Bahmni in this directory. Below is what separates each from Bahmni on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Bahmni starts at
- Free
Why people look past Bahmni
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Bahmni entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Bahmni publishes a single plan, Bahmni at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Research data capture licensed free to non-profits, and not licensable at all to companies
- No free tier, where Bahmni has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source survey software you can self-host, with German-hosted cloud as the alternative
- Sold on a Open source, with paid cloud hosting model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to Bahmni's 1.
Offline-first case management and mobile data collection for frontline health and development programmes
- No free tier, where Bahmni has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $100/month, where Bahmni does not.
- Sold on a Per month by mobile user count model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 4 tiers to Bahmni's 1.
Period and cycle tracking app that settled with the US FTC in 2021 over sharing health data with third parties despite promising not to
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
Priced and rated the same as Bahmni on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Period and cycle tracking app owned by German company Biowink, positioned around science based tracking and a published stance against sharing data with law enforcement
- Sold on a Free with a Plus subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Every Bahmni 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahmni (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| REDCapIf the requirement is structured research data capture rather than running a hospital | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| LimeSurveyIf you only need to collect structured data from patients rather than run clinical operations | Free | Open source, with paid cloud hosting | 2 | vs Bahmni |
| CommCareIf the programme is community-based frontline care rather than facility-based hospital operations | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Bahmni |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Bahmni |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Bahmni |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bahmni |
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 Bahmni badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- LimeSurvey , Free
- Flo , Free
- OpenMRS , Free
- Clue , Free
- GNU Health , Free
- DHIS2 , Free
What you would be giving up
Bahmni is most often brought in for a mission or charitable hospital in india or east africa that cannot fund a commercial hospital information system licence but needs a real emr rather than paper, a ministry of health standardising district hospitals on one system and required by donors to use a recognised digital public good, an ngo health network wanting one clinical record across several facilities with reporting that can feed a national dhis2 instance, a hospital that needs the clinical record, laboratory, pharmacy and billing to share one patient identity rather than running four disconnected systems. 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 Bahmni is broadly right and the question is cost, the Bahmni pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare tools ranks them.
Bahmni runs on web, linux, 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 Bahmni alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Bahmni?
- 22 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by REDCap, LimeSurvey, CommCare, Flo. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Bahmni?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: LimeSurvey, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue, GNU Health.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Bahmni?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Bahmni?
- Bahmni is most often brought in for a mission or charitable hospital in india or east africa that cannot fund a commercial hospital information system licence but needs a real emr rather than paper, a ministry of health standardising district hospitals on one system and required by donors to use a recognised digital public good, an ngo health network wanting one clinical record across several facilities with reporting that can feed a national dhis2 instance, a hospital that needs the clinical record, laboratory, pharmacy and billing to share one patient identity rather than running four disconnected systems. 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 Bahmni?
- None of the healthcare 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 Bahmni alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Bahmni against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Bahmni 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 tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare category, 22 tools beside Bahmni. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.