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Alternatives to OpenMRS
22 healthcare tools sit alongside OpenMRS in this directory. Below is what separates each from OpenMRS 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
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- -
- OpenMRS starts at
- Free
Why people look past OpenMRS
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the OpenMRS entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
OpenMRS publishes a single plan, OpenMRS 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 OpenMRS has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Cloud-based medical practice management
- No free tier, where OpenMRS has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $140/month, where OpenMRS does not.
Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
- No free tier, where OpenMRS has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
Priced and rated the same as OpenMRS on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
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.
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 OpenMRS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenMRS (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| REDCapIf you need structured clinical research data capture rather than a live medical record | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| AthenahealthIf you are in a market with commercial vendors, billing requirements and want a supported product rather than a platform | $140/month | - | - | vs OpenMRS |
| CernerIf you need an enterprise hospital record with contracted support and can fund the licensing | On request | Quote | - | vs OpenMRS |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs OpenMRS |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs OpenMRS |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenMRS |
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 OpenMRS badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (5)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Bahmni , Free
- Flo , Free
- Clue , Free
- GNU Health , Free
- DHIS2 , Free
What you would be giving up
OpenMRS is most often brought in for a ministry of health standardising hiv treatment records across hundreds of facilities where per-patient licensing would be unaffordable, a hospital network in a country where no commercial vendor supports the local language, clinical forms or reporting requirements, an ngo running a tuberculosis programme that must report into dhis2 and needs the clinical record beneath it to be modifiable, a health system that wants to own its clinical data model outright rather than depend on a vendor to extend it. 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 OpenMRS is broadly right and the question is cost, the OpenMRS 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.
OpenMRS runs on linux, web, windows. 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 OpenMRS alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to OpenMRS?
- 22 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by REDCap, Athenahealth, Cerner, Bahmni. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to OpenMRS?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bahmni, Flo, Clue, GNU Health, DHIS2.
- Why do people look for an alternative to OpenMRS?
- 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 OpenMRS?
- OpenMRS is most often brought in for a ministry of health standardising hiv treatment records across hundreds of facilities where per-patient licensing would be unaffordable, a hospital network in a country where no commercial vendor supports the local language, clinical forms or reporting requirements, an ngo running a tuberculosis programme that must report into dhis2 and needs the clinical record beneath it to be modifiable, a health system that wants to own its clinical data model outright rather than depend on a vendor to extend it. 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 OpenMRS?
- 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 OpenMRS 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 OpenMRS against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against OpenMRS 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 OpenMRS. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.