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Alternatives to Practice Fusion
24 healthcare tools sit alongside Practice Fusion in this directory. Below is what separates each from Practice Fusion 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
- Practice Fusion starts at
- Free, then $199/month
Why people look past Practice Fusion
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Practice Fusion entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Practice Fusion publishes a single plan, Standard at $199/month. 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.
Telehealth platform connecting patients with providers
- No free tier, where Practice Fusion has one.
- Starts $100 a visit cheaper, at $99/visit.
Leading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations
- No free tier, where Practice Fusion has one.
- Starts $199 a custom cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Cloud-based medical practice management
- No free tier, where Practice Fusion has one.
- Starts $59 a month cheaper, at $140/month.
Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
- No free tier, where Practice Fusion has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- 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
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than subscription.
Every Practice Fusion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Fusion (this page) | Free, then $199/month | Subscription | 1 | |
| AmwellTelehealth platform connecting patients with providers | $99/visit | Subscription | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Epic SystemsLeading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations | Free | Quote | - | vs Practice Fusion |
| AthenahealthCloud-based medical practice management | $140/month | - | - | vs Practice Fusion |
| CernerHealth information technology solutions for healthcare organizations | On request | Quote | - | vs Practice Fusion |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Practice Fusion |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Practice Fusion |
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 Practice Fusion badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Practice Fusion (3)
Entry price under Practice Fusion's $199/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
Practice Fusion is most often brought in for small to medium medical practices, primary care clinics, independent clinicians needing electronic charting, practice management and billing workflows. 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 Practice Fusion is broadly right and the question is cost, the Practice Fusion 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.
Practice Fusion 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 Practice Fusion alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Practice Fusion?
- 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 Practice Fusion?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue, GNU Health.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Practice Fusion?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Practice Fusion's $199/month: Amwell at $99/visit, Epic Systems at Free, Athenahealth at $140/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Practice Fusion?
- 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 Practice Fusion?
- Practice Fusion is most often brought in for small to medium medical practices, primary care clinics, independent clinicians needing electronic charting, practice management and billing workflows. 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 Practice Fusion?
- 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 Practice Fusion 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 Practice Fusion against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Practice Fusion 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 Practice Fusion. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.