Australia · category · updated 2026-08-01
Dental scheduling software
Every system has an appointment book. The differences are in online booking, recall automation and whether either costs extra.
The appointment book is table stakes. What separates these products is what happens around it: online booking, reminders, and — the specifically Australian pain — filling the gap when someone cancels, because a private-pay practice feels an empty chair immediately. Nobody here publishes what any of this costs, so get online booking, reminders and gap-filling priced as named lines in the quote.
Scheduling support, system by system
| Software | Scheduling | Online booking | Entry price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CareStack | Built in | Built in | Quote only |
| Dentally | Built in | Built in | Quote only |
| EXACT | Built in | Paid add-on | Quote only |
| Dental4Windows | Built in | Paid add-on | Quote only |
| Praktika | Built in | Built in | Quote only |
| Core Practice | Built in | Built in | Quote only |
| Oasis | Built in | Paid add-on | Quote only |
| Principle | Built in | Built in | Quote only |
Built in
8 systems include scheduling in the core product: CareStack, Dentally, EXACT, Dental4Windows, Praktika, Core Practice, Oasis, Principle.
All systems, by price
| Software | Deployment | Published entry price | Built for | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CareStack CareStack | Cloud | Quote only | 2–4 locations · Group · DSO / enterprise | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Core Practice Core Practice | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Dental4Windows Centaur Software | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group · DSO / enterprise | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Dentally Henry Schein One | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| EXACT Software of Excellence (Henry Schein One) | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group · DSO / enterprise | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Oasis Henry Schein One | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Praktika Praktika | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Principle Principle Dental | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
Prices are the vendor’s own published figures, each read on its source page and dated on that product’s review. “Quote only” means the vendor publishes no price at all — we do not substitute third-party estimates. How we compare.