Compare Lightning Bolt and HALO - Aug 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Aug 23, 2022

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

HALO is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lightning Bolt, and HALO is rated higher (83/100) than Lightning Bolt (82/100). HALO offers users more features (6) 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. Homecare Systems

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.

Homecare Systems: Homecare Systems, Incorporated has been a premier provider of health care software for over ten years. HCS still is family owned and still provides the friendly, personal service that we have become known for. Our staff has grown with the addition of business managers and technical resources from some of the largest privately-owned corporations...

Who is more expensive? Lightning Bolt or HALO?

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 HALO.

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. HALO price starts at $54.94 per license , When comparing HALO to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Medical Scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: HALO is more expensive than Lightning Bolt.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

Lightning Bolt: Scheduling, Medical.

HALO: Dashboard, OLAP, Data analysis, Project Budgeting, Budgeting & CPM.

Target customer size

The typical customers of lightning bolt are hospitals and health practices. and HALO's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.



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.

HALO

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $54.94 per license

HALO is a medical scheduling software that offers performance for investment dollars in healthcare facilities. With it, users can process immediate payment and save costs.

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis, Data visualization, Mobile BI.

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Lightning Bolt: 2 Features

Scheduling
Medical

HALO: 6 Features

Dashboard
OLAP
Data analysis
Project Budgeting
Budgeting & CPM
Data visualization
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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HALO
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$54.94 per license
Functionality
16
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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
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.