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Alternatives to Open Dental
24 healthcare tools sit alongside Open Dental in this directory. Below is what separates each from Open Dental 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
- Open Dental starts at
- $169/month
Why people look past Open Dental
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Open Dental entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Open Dental 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 $70 a visit cheaper, at $99/visit.
- 1 tier to Open Dental's 2.
Leading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations
- Starts $169 a custom cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Cloud-based medical practice management
- Starts $29 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; Open Dental cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Open Dental's 2.
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; Open Dental cannot.
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Open Dental's 2.
Every Open Dental 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Dental (this page) | $169/month | Subscription | 2 | |
| AmwellTelehealth platform connecting patients with providers | $99/visit | Subscription | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Epic SystemsLeading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations | Free | Quote | - | vs Open Dental |
| AthenahealthCloud-based medical practice management | $140/month | - | - | vs Open Dental |
| CernerHealth information technology solutions for healthcare organizations | On request | Quote | - | vs Open Dental |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Open Dental |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Open Dental |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Open Dental |
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 Open Dental badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Open Dental (3)
Entry price under Open Dental's $169/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
Open Dental is most often brought in for practice management, charting and scheduling for dental offices, dental insurance claims, billing and treatment planning, running an open source dental system with direct database access. 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 Open Dental is broadly right and the question is cost, the Open Dental 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.
Open Dental runs on windows, web, api. 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 Open Dental alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Open Dental?
- 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 Open Dental?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue, GNU Health.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Open Dental?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Open Dental's $169/month: Amwell at $99/visit, Epic Systems at Free, Athenahealth at $140/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Open Dental?
- 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 Open Dental?
- Open Dental is most often brought in for practice management, charting and scheduling for dental offices, dental insurance claims, billing and treatment planning, running an open source dental system with direct database access. 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 Open Dental?
- 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 Open Dental 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 Open Dental against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Open Dental 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 Open Dental. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.