Compare Open Dental and MacPractice DDS - Jun 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jun 18, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Open Dental or MacPractice DDS?

MacPractice DDS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Open Dental, and MacPractice DDS is rated higher (92/100) than Open Dental (83/100).

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:

Open Dental Vs. MacPractice Inc.

Open Dental: Open Dental was developed and built by a dentist. We developed from a dental practice to a software company and because of that migration, we understand the needs of dentists and dental practices in ways that other software options cannot. Open Dental is Open Source. This means anyone can download our source code and develop features for Open D...

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’...

Who is more expensive? Open Dental or MacPractice DDS?

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 Open Dental and MacPractice DDS.

Open Dental price starts at $179 per location/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Open Dental is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Dental software. MacPractice DDS price starts at $100 per host/hour , When comparing MacPractice DDS to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Dental software cost.

Bottom line: Open Dental cost is around the same cost of MacPractice DDS.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Open Dental Vs. MacPractice DDS based on some of the most important and required Dental features.

Open Dental: We are still working to collect the list of features for Open Dental.

MacPractice DDS: We are still working to collect the list of features for MacPractice DDS.

Target customer size

The software is a useful product for dental practices and businesses of all sizes and a variety of types. Customers of the software include small individual clinics as well as large hospitals.

Open Dental

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $179 per location/month

Open Dental is a dental practice management solution for dental practices and businesses of all sizes. It offers such services as clinical charting, appointment management, automatic prescription logging, and o...

Categories: Practice Management.

MacPractice DDS

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $100 per host/hour

MacPractice DDS is an on-premise chiropractic software solution that offers a new option of clinical and practice management platform for all practitioners. The software is a MacOS and iOS-based software that c...

Categories: CCHIT Certified EMR / EHR, Chiropractic, Mac EMR and Medical Billing, ONC-ATCB Certified EMR, Patient Portal.

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Open Dental: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

MacPractice DDS: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
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
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Open Den...
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$179 per location/month
Functionality
3
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MacPract...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$100 per host/hour
Functionality
9
Denticon
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$549 per month
Functionality
3
axiUm De...
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
tab32
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$100 per feature
Functionality
3
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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.