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Alternatives to NextGen Healthcare
24 healthcare tools sit alongside NextGen Healthcare in this directory. Below is what separates each from NextGen Healthcare on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- NextGen Healthcare starts at
- $150/month
Why people look past NextGen Healthcare
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the NextGen Healthcare entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for NextGen Healthcare carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 24 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.
Telehealth platform connecting patients with providers
- Starts $51 a visit cheaper, at $99/visit.
Leading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations
- Starts $150 a custom cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Cloud-based medical practice management
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $140/month.
Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- Can be used without paying; NextGen Healthcare cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
Period and cycle tracking app that settled with the US FTC in 2021 over sharing health data with third parties despite promising not to
- Can be used without paying; NextGen Healthcare cannot.
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than subscription.
Every NextGen Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextGen Healthcare (this page) | $150/month | Subscription | - | |
| AmwellTelehealth platform connecting patients with providers | $99/visit | Subscription | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Epic SystemsLeading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations | Free | Quote | - | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| AthenahealthCloud-based medical practice management | $140/month | - | - | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| CernerHealth information technology solutions for healthcare organizations | On request | Quote | - | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs NextGen Healthcare |
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 NextGen Healthcare badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than NextGen Healthcare (3)
Entry price under NextGen Healthcare's $150/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Amwell , $99/visit
- Epic Systems , Free
- Athenahealth , $140/month
What you would be giving up
NextGen Healthcare is most often brought in for cloud-based ehr and practice management for ambulatory and specialty practices, ai-assisted clinical documentation to reduce after-hours charting time. 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 NextGen Healthcare is broadly right and the question is cost, the NextGen Healthcare 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.
NextGen Healthcare 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 NextGen Healthcare alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to NextGen Healthcare?
- 24 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by Amwell, Epic Systems, Athenahealth, Cerner. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to NextGen Healthcare?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue, GNU Health.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to NextGen Healthcare?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under NextGen Healthcare's $150/month: Amwell at $99/visit, Epic Systems at Free, Athenahealth at $140/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to NextGen Healthcare?
- 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 NextGen Healthcare?
- NextGen Healthcare is most often brought in for cloud-based ehr and practice management for ambulatory and specialty practices, ai-assisted clinical documentation to reduce after-hours charting time. 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 NextGen Healthcare?
- 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 NextGen Healthcare 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 NextGen Healthcare against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against NextGen Healthcare 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, 24 tools beside NextGen Healthcare. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.