Dental · head to head
OrthoTrac vs Apteryx
The short version
- Each has a real cost: OrthoTrac orthoTrac support has moved off Carestream Dental's own site to a third-party portal, gosensei.com, and OrthoTrac customer contact is now booked only through a Calendly scheduling link rather than a phone number or online purchase path, per Carestream Dental's own site.; Apteryx apteryx is now sold as the cloud imaging product inside the Planet DDS portfolio rather than as a standalone vendor
- They diverge on capability: OrthoTrac covers Orthodontic treatment planning, Apteryx covers Digital imaging.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which OrthoTrac and Apteryx actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Dental).
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 OrthoTrac
- Orthodontic treatment planning
- Contract management
- Appointment scheduling
- Insurance processing
- Imaging integration
- Progress tracking
- Appliance tracking
- Referral management
Only in Apteryx
- Digital imaging
- Cloud storage
- Practice management
- Patient charting
- Treatment planning
- Patient portal
- Messaging tools
- Business analytics
Both cover
- HIPAA Compliant
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
OrthoTrac
- Orthodontic practice managementnot Apteryx
- Treatment planningnot Apteryx
- Contract managementnot Apteryx
- Progress trackingnot Apteryx
Apteryx
- Cloud based storage and viewing of 2D and 3D dental imagesnot OrthoTrac
- Connecting sensors and imaging hardware from different manufacturers to one viewernot OrthoTrac
- Sharing radiographs between dental locations and with specialistsnot OrthoTrac
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
OrthoTrac
- OrthoTrac support has moved off Carestream Dental's own site to a third-party portal, gosensei.com, and OrthoTrac customer contact is now booked only through a Calendly scheduling link rather than a phone number or online purchase path, per Carestream Dental's own site.
Apteryx
- Apteryx is now sold as the cloud imaging product inside the Planet DDS portfolio rather than as a standalone vendor
- No price is published for Apteryx cloud imaging; Planet DDS routes all pricing enquiries to sales or a demo request
- Practice management is a separate purchase, Denticon or Cloud 9, so imaging alone does not cover charting and billing
Pricing, plan by plan
OrthoTrac
$399/month- OrthoTrac Standard$399/month
- Patient scheduling
- Treatment planning
- Billing management
- OrthoTrac Cloud$549/month
- Everything in Standard
- Cloud-based access
- Imaging integration
Apteryx
$299/month- Imaging$299/month
- Digital imaging
- Image storage
- Basic charting
- Complete$449/month
- Advanced imaging
- Full practice management
- Treatment planning
Which should you pick?
Choose OrthoTrac if
- You need orthodontic treatment planning.
- You work on Windows, Web.
- You also want contract management.
Choose Apteryx if
- You need digital imaging.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want cloud storage.
Questions people ask
- Is OrthoTrac or Apteryx better?
- Neither clearly leads. OrthoTrac starts at $399/month and Apteryx at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, OrthoTrac or Apteryx?
- OrthoTrac starts at $399/month and Apteryx at $299/month.
- Does OrthoTrac or Apteryx run on more platforms?
- OrthoTrac runs on Windows, Web. Apteryx runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is OrthoTrac best used for?
- OrthoTrac is most often used for orthodontic practice management, treatment planning, contract management, progress tracking. Of those, orthodontic practice management and treatment planning are not what Apteryx is typically brought in for.
- What can OrthoTrac do that Apteryx cannot?
- OrthoTrac covers Orthodontic treatment planning, Contract management, Appointment scheduling, Insurance processing. Apteryx covers Digital imaging, Cloud storage, Practice management, Patient charting. Both handle HIPAA Compliant, Cloud deployment, Web support.