Canada · updated 2026-08-01
Open Dental publishes $137 a month. Oryx publishes $699. The other twelve — including the most-searched name in Canadian dentistry — will not say. Here is what the two published prices buy, and how to get a straight answer out of the rest.
Why this site exists
Of the 14 products we track, 2 publish a real figure and 12 make you talk to sales first. That would be a minor annoyance if the review sites filled the gap accurately. They don’t.
It is worse here than in the US. Every Canadian-built system on this page is quote-only — including Dentally, whose Canadian pricing page is headed “Affordable pricing for every dental practice”, lists three named tiers, and contains no figure at all. The only two vendors that will tell you a price are American ones that publish everywhere.
So we made a rule: we only publish a price we can see on the vendor’s own page, and every one carries a source link and the date we read it. Where a vendor publishes nothing, we say so instead of guessing.
How we compareEvery system we track, cheapest published price first. Products that publish nothing sit at the bottom — not because they are worse, but because you cannot compare what you cannot see.
| Software | Deployment | Published entry price | Built for | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Dental Open Dental Software, Inc. | On-premise | $164/month per location, up to 3 providers | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group · DSO / enterprise | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Oryx Dental Software Oryx Dental Software | Cloud | $699 CAD/month includes 2 providers | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| ABELDent ABELDent Inc. | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| ADSTRA ADSTRA Systems Inc. (Ontario) | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Akitu One Akitu Inc. | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| ClearDent Prococious Technology Inc. | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group · DSO / enterprise | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Curve Dental CD Newco, LLC (backed by Battery Ventures) | Cloud | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | 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) |
| DentiMax DentiMax | Cloud or on-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Dentitek Progitek Inc. (Quebec) | Not stated | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Dentrix Henry Schein One | On-premise | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations · Group | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| MaxiDent Mint Ops | Not stated | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Paradigm Logic Tech Corp. (Ontario) | Not stated | Quote only | Solo · 2–4 locations | Review Visit(opens in a new tab) |
| Tracker The Bridge Network Inc. (Ontario) | Not stated | 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.
There is no single best dental software — there is the right one for your size, your appetite for running a server, and your budget. These four cover most situations.
Open Dental Software, Inc.
Source-available practice management with the most transparent pricing in the category.
Best for: Practices that want maximum control and the lowest predictable running cost, and either have IT support or are willing to buy it.
Henry Schein One
Henry Schein One’s cloud practice management system — and the only vendor here that publishes a price in the UK.
Best for: Canadian practices that want cloud from a large vendor and will negotiate a quote.
The Bridge Network Inc. (Ontario)
Long-running Canadian all-in-one system with deep claims support — CDAnet v4, ITRANS 2.0 and EDI attachments.
Best for: Practices that want a Canadian vendor with claims handling as the priority.
Prococious Technology Inc.
Canadian practice management sold across solo, group, DSO, specialty and dental education.
Best for: Canadian groups and DSOs wanting a domestically-built system with a cloud path.
Side-by-side on price, deployment and every module — the two questions people actually search for before switching.