Australia · head to head · updated 2026-08-01

Dental4Windows vs Core Practice

Desktop heritage against cloud-native. Dental4Windows is cloud or on-premise and Core Practice is cloud — usually the single biggest difference between them.

Dental4Windows

Centaur Software

The Australian incumbent — the system most practices here already run, now with a web sibling in Dental4Web.

Deployment
Cloud or on-premise
Entry price
Not published
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations, Group, DSO / enterprise
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Core Practice

Core Practice

Newer Australian cloud platform aimed at growing practices and groups.

Deployment
Cloud
Entry price
Not published
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations, Group
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The short answer

Neither Dental4Windows nor Core Practice publishes a price, so any cost comparison between them depends entirely on the quotes you negotiate.

Choose Dental4Windows if…

Established Australian practices that value ecosystem breadth and easy hiring.

It is ahead on perio charting, native imaging, orthodontics .

Choose Core Practice if…

Growing Australian practices and small groups that want cloud and modern patient-facing tools.

It is ahead on patient messaging, online booking, digital forms .

Where they actually differ

Of 19 modules we track, these 6 differ. The rest match, so they are not what should decide it.

ModuleDental4WindowsCore Practice
Perio charting Built in Not stated
Native imaging Built in Via integration
Patient messaging Paid add-on Built in
Online booking Paid add-on Built in
Digital forms Paid add-on Built in
Orthodontics Built in Not stated
Show all 19 modules, including where they match
ModuleDental4WindowsCore Practice
Scheduling Built in Built in
Clinical charting Built in Built in
Perio charting Built in Not stated
Native imaging Built in Via integration
Billing Built in Built in
Claims Built in Built in
Insurance eligibility Built in Built in
Payments Built in Built in
Patient messaging Paid add-on Built in
Online booking Paid add-on Built in
Digital forms Paid add-on Built in
Recall / reactivation Built in Built in
Analytics & KPIs Built in Built in
ePrescribing Not stated Not stated
Teledentistry Not stated Not stated
AI features Not stated Not stated
Open API Via integration Via integration
Multi-location Built in Built in
Orthodontics Built in Not stated

Pricing, side by side

Dental4Windows

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

Dental4Windows does not publish a price. You have to request a quote, which means you cannot budget or compare before speaking to a salesperson. No figure published anywhere on the site.

We do not repeat third-party price estimates for quote-only vendors. Several widely republished figures in this category turned out to belong to a different product — see how we compare.

Core Practice

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

Core Practice does not publish a price. You have to request a quote, which means you cannot budget or compare before speaking to a salesperson. No figure published.

We do not repeat third-party price estimates for quote-only vendors. Several widely republished figures in this category turned out to belong to a different product — see how we compare.

Strengths and trade-offs

Dental4Windows

Strengths

  • The largest installed base in Australian dentistry — staff arrive knowing it, and the local integration ecosystem is built around it.
  • HICAPS integration is long-established, which is the thing that actually saves the front desk time every day.
  • Dental4Web gives an in-house migration path to the browser without changing vendor.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • A mature product carrying a lot of history; the interface shows its age next to newer cloud entrants.
  • Two products under one roof means you should ask precisely which one a quote is for, and what differs.

Core Practice

Strengths

  • Cloud-native with the patient-facing layer — booking, forms, messaging — built in rather than bolted on.
  • Built for multi-site reporting from the start, which suits a practice planning to grow.
  • Modern interface, which matters more than buyers expect for front-desk training time.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • Smallest installed base of the Australian systems here, so the peer network is thin.
  • Imaging relies on integration rather than a native module.

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