Honest comparison · Last verified 2026-09-29

DentsKart vs Practo, Dentee & Cliniify

Side-by-side comparison of the dental software your peers actually evaluate. Honest pricing, honest gaps, and where each is the right fit. If you spot a factual error about a competitor, email support@dentskart.com — we'll fix it within 48 hours.

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TL;DR

  • DentsKart — dental-only, published prices from ₹999/month with no contract, AI-native. Best fit if you want chairside dictation, AI review responses, and a booking page of your own.
  • Practo — best marketplace traffic in India, with Practo Ray clinic software sold on 1–4 year plans. Worth pairing with a dental-focused tool, not replacing one.
  • Dentee — dental-focused like us, with a patient directory of its own. Pricing is not fully published, and it is lighter on AI and on own-domain booking.
  • Cliniify — dental clinic software with no minimum commitment. Prices are quoted after a form, not published.
  • The honest filter: does your clinic need chairside dictation, AI workflows, and a booking page of your own? If yes — that's where DentsKart is structurally different. If you mainly need marketplace eyeballs, that's Practo.

Pricing & commercial terms

DentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify
Monthly subscription₹999–₹2,999/mo · no contract₹999–₹1,499/mo on 1–4 year plans, as publishedNot published; emailed after sign-upNot published; quote after a form
Marketplace commissionNoneNot statedNot statedNot stated
Free trial14 days7 days15 daysNot stated
ContractNo lock-in1–4 year plansNot statedNo lock-in

Pricing as publicly listed by each provider, last verified 2026-09-29. Where a provider doesn't publish something (Dentee's and Cliniify's prices, for example), we say so rather than estimate.

Feature-by-feature

Yes Partial+ Add-on No? Not listed

Core dental workflow

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

Tooth-level interactive dental chart

Visual 32-tooth chart, click to record conditions, treatments, history

Multi-visit treatment plan builder

Stage treatments across visits with per-tooth tracking

Plans per appointment

Plans; visit sequencing not described

Multi-dentist + multi-chair scheduling

Resource calendar per dentist and per chair with conflict detection

Chairs booked as venues

Dental + medical history form

History view; no dental form described

Patient communication

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

WhatsApp 24h + 2h reminders

Automated reminders via Meta WhatsApp Cloud API

Built, pending Meta approval. One-tap send works today

?

SMS reminders

?

SMS and email

24h and 2h before

Two-way WhatsApp confirm/cancel

Patient replies YES / NO and dashboard updates automatically

Built, pending Meta approval

Reschedule or cancel over SMS

??

WhatsApp invoice + UPI link delivery

Send GST invoice + payable UPI link in one tap

?

Payment requests by SMS

?

Invoices on WhatsApp; payment link not stated

SMS + email reminders

Email today; no SMS. WhatsApp pending Meta approval

AI features

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

AI-drafted Google review responses

AI writes the response in your clinic's voice; you approve and post

???

Auto-request reviews after completed appointment

Feedback goes to Practo profile

Feedback goes to Dentee directory

?

AI patient summary

One-screen summary of a returning patient's full history

???

AI-assisted treatment plan suggestions

??

AI copilot (Axon)

Chairside dictation, Hindi or English

One spoken sentence becomes a treatment record, a multi-visit plan or a history note. Mixed Hindi and English in the same sentence works

??

Voice to clinical notes

Alerts that react to the procedure

An extraction on a patient taking a blood thinner warns differently from the general medication flag on their file

??

Medical alerts before procedures

Prescription checked against recorded allergies

??

Drug-interaction checks

Patient acquisition

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

The patient sees your clinic, not ours

Your name, your logo, your address, your dentists and your hours are the page. Patients never browse a directory of your competitors to reach you

Patients arrive through practo.com, alongside every other listing

Directory listing

?

We build and host your clinic website

Business plan: we register the domain, build the site and run it. No agency, no separate bill

???

Booking page on your own domain, under your own brand

Starter: yourclinic.dentskart.com. Pro: your own book.yourclinic.com. Business: we register the domain and build the site

Booking via practo.com

Through Dentee site and app

Booking link; brand and domain not stated

Custom domain (book.<your-domain>.com)

Pro: point book.yourclinic.com at your booking page. Business: we set it up for you

Pro and Business

???

Patient marketplace listing

Your clinic shown to patients searching the provider's app

Large consumer audience

?

Lapsed-patient reactivation

Find patients who haven't visited in months and bring them back

Recall and lapsed lists, message written; one-tap send

?

Recall reminders by SMS and email

?

Billing & payments

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

GST-compliant invoices with HSN/SAC

??

UPI payment links

Straight to the clinic's own UPI ID, no gateway fee

Online payments, 1.8–2% fee

Payment gateway; UPI not named

?

Insurance / TPA claim tracking

??

Insurance details stored; no claim tracking described

No commission on bookings

Every patient is yours — provider doesn't take a cut

Practo Prime charges a fee per new patient

??

Operations

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

Dental inventory tracking

Composites, anaesthetic, endo files, etc. with reorder alerts

Consumables list with low-stock flags

Optional add-on

Dental lab case tracking

Crowns, bridges and aligners sent out, with due dates

Mobile app for the clinic

Works in the phone browser; no app-store app

Revenue + treatment analytics

Indian data residency (Mumbai region)

???

Commercial flexibility

FeatureDentsKartPractoDenteeCliniify

No long-term contract

1–4 year plans

?

No minimum commitment

Free trial (no card)

14 days, Pro tier

7 days

15 days, no card

No card; length not stated

Self-serve data export

Export all your patients / appointments / invoices to Excel

??

Each product, in detail

What each tool actually does well + where they fall short for an Indian dental clinic.

DentsKart

Dental-only. Built for Indian clinics. Talk to it.

Dental SaaS

DentsKart is a practice-management platform built for Indian dental clinics and nothing else. Chairside dictation that drafts a record from one spoken sentence in Hindi, English or both. Tooth-level FDI charting, multi-visit treatment plans, lab case tracking, GST-compliant invoicing with UPI links, per-dentist and per-chair scheduling, and an online booking page on your own subdomain. Nothing in it is shaped for a speciality you do not practise. From ₹999/month, published, with a 14-day Pro trial and no contract.

Strengths

  • Dictate one sentence in Hindi, English or a mix and it drafts the record, the plan or the note
  • Safety alerts that react to the procedure, not just the patient: extraction on a blood thinner reads differently from a general medication flag
  • Prescriptions checked against the patient's recorded allergies before they are written
  • Tooth-level FDI dental chart + multi-visit treatment plan builder with a cost per visit
  • Booking page on your own subdomain, patients never see a marketplace
  • GST invoices with UPI payment links, part payments tracked with date and method
  • Lab cases tracked from sent, to promised, to back, to fitted
  • Multi-dentist + multi-chair scheduling, free staff logins for reception
  • No marketplace commission — every booking is yours
  • Price published on the site, not quoted on a call
  • Indian data residency (Mumbai region)

What we don't do well (yet)

  • No inventory or consumables tracking
  • One clinic per account — no multi-branch view
  • Newer brand than Practo, and no patient marketplace of our own

Pricing: ₹999–₹2,999/mo · no contractNo marketplace commission. GST extra at checkout. Annual billing gives two months free.

Practo

Healthcare marketplace with its own clinic software (Practo Ray).

Marketplace

Practo runs India's best-known doctor marketplace and sells Practo Ray, clinic software that covers dental charting, lab tracking, inventory, SMS reminders and hundreds of reports. Its pull is the marketplace: patients who search Practo first. Online booking runs through practo.com rather than under the clinic's own brand, and plans are sold for one to four years.

Strengths

  • Largest consumer healthcare marketplace in India
  • Mature product: dental chart, lab tracking, inventory, 300+ reports
  • Clinic mobile app, and automatic SMS and email reminders
  • Published plans from ₹999/month on its site

Gaps for a dental clinic

  • Online booking goes through practo.com, next to other clinics
  • Plans are sold for 1 to 4 years; online payments carry a 1.8–2% fee
  • Reminders and payment requests go by SMS; WhatsApp is not mentioned
  • No AI features described on its pages

Pricing: ₹999–₹1,499/mo on 1–4 year plans, as publishedPracto's Ray plans page lists CM Atom at ₹999/month on a 1-year plan and Clinic Management at ₹1,499/month (1-year) or ₹999/month (4-year), with 1.8–2% on online payments; it does not say whether GST is extra. The page carries a 2017 copyright, so ask Practo for a current written quote.

Dentee

Dental software plus a find-a-dentist directory.

SaaS + Directory

Dentee is dental practice software with a patient directory (Dentee Discover). The clinic side is broad: tooth chart, chair and doctor scheduling, lab and inventory management, SMS and email reminders, and a clinic app. Patients book through Dentee's own site and app. Prices are not published; they are emailed after sign-up.

Strengths

  • Broad dental feature set, including lab and inventory
  • Patient directory for extra visibility
  • 15-day free trial, no card
  • Clinic app on Android and iOS; data export anytime

Gaps for a dental clinic

  • Prices not published: emailed after sign-up
  • Booking runs through Dentee's directory, next to other clinics
  • WhatsApp and AI are not mentioned on its site

Pricing: Not published; emailed after sign-upDentee says its monthly plan and running offers are emailed after sign-up. The trial needs no credit card.

Cliniify

Dental clinic software with an AI assistant.

Dental SaaS

Cliniify is dental clinic software that says it serves 2,200+ clinics. It covers a 32-tooth chart, multi-chair scheduling, GST invoices sent on WhatsApp, WhatsApp reminders 24 and 2 hours before a visit, lab and inventory tracking, and an AI assistant (Axon) for notes, prescriptions and treatment planning. Prices are given only after filling in a form.

Strengths

  • Dental-specific, with multi-chair scheduling and lab tracking
  • WhatsApp reminders and invoice delivery
  • AI assistant for notes, prescriptions and treatment planning
  • No setup fee, no minimum commitment, no card for the trial

Gaps for a dental clinic

  • Prices not published: a form unlocks them
  • Own-brand booking page and custom domain not described
  • Inventory is an optional add-on

Pricing: Not published; quote after a formCliniify's pricing page is a quote form ("Submit form to unlock exact pricing"). It states no setup fee and no minimum commitment; the trial needs no card, its length is not stated.

When to pick each one

If you're a…

Solo or 2–4 dentist clinic in India

Pick: DentsKart

Dental-specific, ₹999/month entry, chairside AI dictation included, your own booking page, no contract.

If you're a…

Established clinic relying on Practo for new patients

Pick: DentsKart + Practo together

Keep Practo for marketplace visibility. Move day-to-day operations (records, billing, recalls, reviews) to DentsKart, on a month-to-month plan.

If you're a…

Prosthetic-heavy clinic with significant lab workflow

Pick: DentsKart

Lab cases are tracked from the day the impression is sent, through the promised date, re-dos with the lab's reason recorded, receipt back at the clinic and fitting. Overdue cases raise a notification, and a booking can be marked as the fitting for a specific case.

If you're a…

Multi-specialty clinic where dentistry is one department

Pick: Practo Ray

Generic EMR is actually an advantage when you need a unified system across general medicine, dermatology, paediatrics, AND dentistry. DentsKart is dental-only by design.

If you're a…

Clinic that doesn't want to leave a paper trail

Pick: None of these — keep using paper

But every Indian state is moving toward digital records for GST + DPDP compliance. The transition is easier the earlier you start.

Frequently asked

Is DentsKart really cheaper than Practo and the other dental products?
Compare written quotes, not headlines. DentsKart is ₹999, ₹1,999 or ₹2,999 a month, GST shown, with no commission on bookings and no per-message fees; every number is on our pricing page. Practo's Ray plans page lists ₹999–₹1,499 a month on one- to four-year plans, plus 1.8–2% on online payments, though the page carries a 2017 copyright. EpikDoc publishes its prices; Dentee and Cliniify quote after sign-up or a form. Ask each for a written quote that includes add-ons, listing fees and any per-booking or per-payment charge.
Can I use both DentsKart and Practo?
Yes. Practo for marketplace visibility, DentsKart for running the clinic: your own booking page, treatment records, dictation and billing. The two do different jobs, and keeping a Practo listing alongside your own booking page is a normal setup rather than a conflict.
How is DentsKart different from the other dental-specific products?
India has a real field of dental products — Dentee, Cliniify, EpikDoc and others — and several are good. What clinics tell us they did not find elsewhere: (1) a booking page under the clinic's own name, and on its own domain from Pro, instead of a listing next to other clinics; (2) getting started by photographing the paper register; (3) one published flat price with no commission and no per-message charges. If those do not matter to you, a switch may not be worth your time.
Will I lose patient data if I switch?
No. Import your patient list from a CSV or Excel export, or photograph your paper register and DentsKart reads it in; we help on the setup call. Your data stays yours: patients, treatments, bills and claims each export to CSV from their own list.
How do I know which is right for my clinic?
Try it with your own day. You'll know within a week whether the workflow fits. If dictation, dental charting and a booking page of your own matter, you'll feel it quickly. If you mainly need marketplace traffic from people searching Practo, that is Practo's strength, not ours.
Is the comparison fair? Where did you get the data on competitors?
Every competitor verdict comes from that company's own website, checked on the date shown on this page. Where their site does not say, we show a question mark rather than guess; that is why some cells read unknown. We have corrected this page before, once for a Practo price with no source and once for a range that belonged to a different vendor. If you spot a factual error about a competitor here, email support@dentskart.com and we will fix it within 48 hours.

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