Shlomi Lavi /
Feb 17, 2023
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - MacPractice DDS or Athenahealth?
Athenahealth is more expensive to implement (TCO) than MacPractice DDS, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than MacPractice DDS (92/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than MacPractice DDS (0).
Looking for the right Dental 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:
MacPractice Inc. Vs. Athenahealth
MacPractice Inc.: MacPractice is dedicated to developing, implementing, and supporting the premier practice management and clinical software solutions for doctors who prefer to use Macs. For more than 25 years, the developer of MacPractice has listened to clients and responded by creating applications that leverage the powerful features of each new version of Apple’...
Athenahealth: athenahealth delivers cloud-based services for EHR, practice management and care coordination. Our mission is to be caregivers' most trusted service, helping them do well doing the right thing.
Who is more expensive? MacPractice DDS or Athenahealth?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Dental 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 MacPractice DDS and Athenahealth.
MacPractice DDS price starts at $100 per host/hour , On a scale between 1 to 10 MacPractice DDS is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Dental software. Athenahealth price starts at $140 per provider/month + 4% to 7% , When comparing Athenahealth to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Dental software cost.
Bottom line: Athenahealth is more expensive than MacPractice DDS.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared MacPractice DDS Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Dental features.
MacPractice DDS: We are still working to collect the list of features for MacPractice DDS.
Athenahealth: Security, Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Email, Task Management.
Target customer size
Customers of the software include small individual clinics as well as large hospitals.
Athenahealth's medical software is primarily designed for medical practices, including primary care physicians, specialists, and small to mid-size practices.