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Alternatives to Nookal
23 healthcare tools sit alongside Nookal in this directory. Below is what separates each from Nookal on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Nookal starts at
- 49/month
Why people look past Nookal
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Nookal entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Nookal carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 23 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.
Clinic management software for health practitioners
- Can be used without paying; Nookal cannot.
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $45/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 6 tiers to Nookal's 3.
Practice management and EHR for mental health and therapy
Priced and rated the same as Nookal on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Clinical management software for allied health professionals
- Starts $5 a month dearer, at 54/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 8 tiers to Nookal's 3.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- Can be used without paying; Nookal cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Nookal's 3.
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; Nookal cannot.
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Nookal's 3.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
- Can be used without paying; Nookal cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Nookal's 3.
Every Nookal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nookal (this page) | 49/month | Per user per month | 3 | |
| ClinikoSimpler flat per practitioner pricing with fewer separately billed add-ons | Free, then $45/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Nookal |
| SimplePracticeDeeper documentation and telehealth if Australian claiming is not your constraint | $49/month | - | 3 | vs Nookal |
| Jane AppBetter fit if charting depth and an integrated patient experience matter more than Australian claiming rails | 54/month | Subscription | 8 | vs Nookal |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Nookal |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Nookal |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Nookal |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Nookal |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Nookal |
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 Nookal badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Nookal (1)
Entry price under Nookal's 49/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Cliniko , Free, then $45/month
What you would be giving up
Nookal is most often brought in for a three to ten practitioner physiotherapy clinic in australia that wants medicare claiming and published pricing rather than a quote process, a new zealand practice that needs acc claim submission integrated with its clinical notes and billing, a chiropractic group opening a second location that wants shared patient records and one reporting view across sites, a uk or irish allied health clinic that wants an australian-style clinical workflow with gbp or eur billing. 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 Nookal is broadly right and the question is cost, the Nookal 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.
Nookal 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 Nookal alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Nookal?
- 23 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by Cliniko, SimplePractice, Jane App, Bahmni. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Nookal?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Cliniko, Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Nookal?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Nookal's 49/month: Cliniko at Free, then $45/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Nookal?
- 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 Nookal?
- Nookal is most often brought in for a three to ten practitioner physiotherapy clinic in australia that wants medicare claiming and published pricing rather than a quote process, a new zealand practice that needs acc claim submission integrated with its clinical notes and billing, a chiropractic group opening a second location that wants shared patient records and one reporting view across sites, a uk or irish allied health clinic that wants an australian-style clinical workflow with gbp or eur billing. 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 Nookal?
- 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 Nookal 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 Nookal against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Nookal 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, 23 tools beside Nookal. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.