Healthcare · head to head
Figure 1 vs Halaxy
Figure 1
Healthcare
Medical photography and knowledge sharing platform
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Halaxy
Healthcare
Practice management for allied health that charges nothing for the software and earns on payments
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- They diverge on capability: Figure 1 covers Case Sharing, Halaxy covers No licence fee.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Figure 1 and Halaxy actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Figure 1
- Case Sharing
- Secure Messaging
- Image Upload
- Knowledge Discovery
- CME Access
- Collaboration
- HIPAA Compliant
- HIPAA
Only in Halaxy
- No licence fee
- Integrated claiming
- Credit-based extras
- Online booking
- Clinical notes and templates
- Card payments
- Multi-practitioner diary
- Patient portal
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Figure 1
- Patient Carenot Halaxy
- Medical Recordsnot Halaxy
- Practice Managementnot Halaxy
- Telehealthnot Halaxy
Halaxy
- A solo psychologist starting out who wants Medicare and private health claiming without committing to a monthly subscription before there is any incomenot Figure 1
- A physiotherapy clinic that wants patient reminders, online booking and card payments reconciled against invoices in one systemnot Figure 1
- An NDIS provider that needs claim generation and service agreement tracking built into the same record as clinical notesnot Figure 1
- A multi-location allied health group in Australia that wants one diary across sites without paying per practitioner licencesnot Figure 1
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Figure 1
Nothing recorded yet. See the Figure 1 review.
Halaxy
- The software being free does not mean the platform is cheap: a clinic taking most payments by card pays roughly 1.5 to 1.9 per cent plus a fixed fee on every transaction, which on a high volume practice comfortably exceeds what a flat AUD 60 per practitioner subscription would have cost.
- Credits are prepaid and consumed by ordinary daily activity including SMS reminders and Medicare claims, so running out mid-week silently stops reminders going to patients, which shows up as no-shows rather than as an error message.
- Features that competitors treat as standard, including two-way calendar sync, API access and a dedicated SMS number, are locked behind the credit subscription, so the headline free tier is thinner than it first appears.
- Claiming, funding and payment integrations are deeply Australian, so practitioners in the UK, Canada or the United States get the diary and notes but very little of the automation that makes the product worth choosing.
- Because the vendor earns on payment volume, its interests and yours diverge on card processing: switching to a cheaper acquirer breaks the automatic reconciliation that is the main operational reason to stay on the platform.
Pricing, plan by plan
Figure 1
Free- FreeFree
- Access to cases
- HIPAA-compliant
- Secure sharing
Halaxy
Free- HalaxyFree
- Unlimited practitioners with no subscription fee
- Diary, patient records, clinical notes and invoicing
- Online booking page
- Premium subscription$25/month
- Priced at 25 credits per month, so roughly AUD 4 to 6 depending on credit rate
- Two-way calendar sync
- White-label branding
Which should you pick?
Choose Figure 1 if
- You need case sharing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Mobile.
- You also want secure messaging.
Choose Halaxy if
- You need no licence fee.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want integrated claiming.
Questions people ask
- Is Figure 1 or Halaxy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Figure 1 starts at Free and Halaxy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Figure 1 or Halaxy?
- Figure 1 starts at Free and Halaxy at Free.
- Does Figure 1 or Halaxy run on more platforms?
- Figure 1 runs on Web, Mobile. Halaxy runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Figure 1 for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Figure 1 best used for?
- Figure 1 is most often used for patient care, medical records, practice management, telehealth. Of those, patient care and medical records are not what Halaxy is typically brought in for.
- What can Figure 1 do that Halaxy cannot?
- Figure 1 covers Case Sharing, Secure Messaging, Image Upload, Knowledge Discovery. Halaxy covers No licence fee, Integrated claiming, Credit-based extras, Online booking.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Halaxy: Is Halaxy genuinely free or is there a hidden subscription?
The core practice management software has no subscription fee for any number of practitioners. Halaxy earns from card processing fees, prepaid credits for SMS and claiming, and an optional premium subscription priced at 25 credits a month.
Halaxy: What does it actually cost a busy clinic?
Budget for card fees of roughly 1.5 to 1.9 per cent plus 75 cents to a dollar per transaction, plus credits at about AUD 0.15 to 0.22 each for every SMS, claim and telehealth session. A clinic with heavy card volume can pay more in total than a flat-rate competitor.
Halaxy: Can I use it outside Australia?
Yes for the diary, notes, invoicing and booking. No for Medicare, DVA, NDIS and Australian health fund claiming, which is where most of the value sits.
Halaxy: Does it handle NDIS?
Yes, including NDIS claim generation, service agreements and plan management alongside clinical records.
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