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

Dental4Windows vs EXACT

The two biggest installed bases in Australian dentistry. Both are cloud or on-premise, so the hosting decision is not what separates 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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Read the full Dental4Windows review

EXACT

Software of Excellence (Henry Schein One)

The long-standing UK incumbent — the system most British practices already run.

Deployment
Cloud or on-premise
Entry price
Not published
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations, Group, DSO / enterprise
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Read the full EXACT review

The short answer

Neither Dental4Windows nor EXACT 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 payments .

Choose EXACT if…

Established NHS and mixed practices that value ecosystem breadth and easy hiring over price transparency.

Where they actually differ

Of 19 modules we track, these 1 differ. The rest match, so they are not what should decide it.

ModuleDental4WindowsEXACT
Payments Built in Via integration
Show all 19 modules, including where they match
ModuleDental4WindowsEXACT
Scheduling Built in Built in
Clinical charting Built in Built in
Perio charting Built in Built in
Native imaging Built in Built in
Billing Built in Built in
Claims Built in Built in
Insurance eligibility Built in Built in
Payments Built in Via integration
Patient messaging Paid add-on Paid add-on
Online booking Paid add-on Paid add-on
Digital forms Paid add-on Paid add-on
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 Built in

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.

EXACT

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

EXACT 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 on the Australian 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.

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.

EXACT

Strengths

  • The largest installed base in UK dentistry — staff arrive already knowing it, and almost every UK dental product integrates with it.
  • NHS claiming and UDA reporting are long-established and well understood, which matters more than any feature list for an NHS practice.
  • Backed by Henry Schein One, with a large partner ecosystem.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • A mature product carrying a lot of history; the interface shows its age next to the cloud-native entrants.
  • Sold with support and hardware bundles, so the quoted figure is rarely just software.

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