Compare Lightning Bolt and Appointmate - Aug 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Aug 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Lightning Bolt or Appointmate?

Appointmate is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lightning Bolt, and Appointmate is rated higher (89/100) than Lightning Bolt (82/100). Appointmate offers users more features (3) than Lightning Bolt (2).

Looking for the right Medical Scheduling solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc. Vs. Data Health Technologies

Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc.: Lightning Bolt Solutions is the leading provider of medical staff scheduling software and solutions. Founded in 2002, our web-based physician scheduling software is used by thousands of physicians across a variety of specialties and practices.

Data Health Technologies: Easy-to-use online customer and employee portals designed specifically for the appointment scheduling needs of private duty providers, homecare professionals, and small and large businesses.Easy-to-use online customer and employee portals designed specifically for the appointment scheduling needs of private duty providers, homecare professionals, a...

Who is more expensive? Lightning Bolt or Appointmate?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Medical Scheduling software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Lightning Bolt and Appointmate.

Lightning Bolt price starts at $61 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Lightning Bolt is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Medical Scheduling software. Appointmate price starts at $100 per user/month , When comparing Appointmate to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Medical Scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: Lightning Bolt cost is around the same cost of Appointmate.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Lightning Bolt Vs. Appointmate based on some of the most important and required Medical Scheduling features.

Lightning Bolt: Scheduling, Medical.

Appointmate: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

The typical customers of lightning bolt are hospitals and health practices. The software is a useful solution for medical businesses and practices of all sizes and a variety of types.



Lightning Bolt

ITQlick rating
(3/5)

starts at $61 per month

Lightning Bolt software is a physician scheduling solution designed for healthcare practices and hospitals. The solution offers a number of solutions that include a request management tool that provides a centr...

Categories: Human Resources, Medical Scheduling, Medical Spa, Staff Permissions.

Appointmate

ITQlick rating
(3.3/5)

starts at $100 per user/month

Appointmate is a web based medical scheduling software solution for businesses of all sizes. It offers such capabilities as appointment management, billing and invoicing, rules-based scheduling, and others. The...

Categories: Employee Scheduling.

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Lightning Bolt: 2 Features

Scheduling
Medical

Appointmate: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Lightnin...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$61 per month
Functionality
6
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Appointmate
ITQlick rating
3.3/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$100 per user/month
Functionality
4
HALO
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$54.94 per license
Functionality
16
Review
BeeperMD
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$199 per appointment
Functionality
3
DocMeIn
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
77/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$15 per month
Functionality
4

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.