Compare SydaMED and Athenahealth - Feb 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SydaMED or Athenahealth?

SydaMED is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Athenahealth, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than SydaMED (71/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than SydaMED (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Athenahealth!

Looking for the right Medical Practice 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:

Sydasoft Vs. Athenahealth

Sydasoft: The founders of Sydasoft have been involved in medical billing software and medical practice management for over twelve years. Sydasoft, Inc., itself was established in 2002 as an Irvine, California-based company. Our flagship product is SydaMED, a state-of-the-art modern practice management system. Our programmers, technical writers, and suppor...

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? SydaMED or Athenahealth?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Medical Practice 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 SydaMED and Athenahealth.

SydaMED price starts at $2,495 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 SydaMED is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Medical Practice 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 Medical Practice software cost.

Bottom line: SydaMED cost is around the same cost of Athenahealth.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared SydaMED Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Medical Practice features.

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

Athenahealth: Security, Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Email, Task Management.

Target customer size

SydaMED's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses,

Athenahealth's medical software is primarily designed for medical practices, including primary care physicians, specialists, and small to mid-size practices.