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

ClearDent vs ADSTRA

Modular suite against an all-in-one cloud. ClearDent is cloud or on-premise and ADSTRA is cloud — usually the single biggest difference between them.

ClearDent

Prococious Technology Inc.

Canadian practice management sold across solo, group, DSO, specialty and dental education.

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

ADSTRA Systems Inc. (Ontario)

Modular Canadian suite — management, clinical and imaging — in English, French and Spanish.

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

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

Choose ClearDent if…

Canadian groups and DSOs wanting a domestically-built system with a cloud path.

It is ahead on payments, online booking, digital forms, analytics & kpis .

Choose ADSTRA if…

Quebec and multilingual practices that want French-language software from a Canadian vendor.

Where they actually differ

Of 19 modules we track, these 4 differ. The rest match, so they are not what should decide it.

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

Pricing, side by side

ClearDent

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

ClearDent 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.

ADSTRA

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

ADSTRA 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

ClearDent

Strengths

  • Built around Canadian billing, insurance workflows and regulatory requirements rather than adapted from a US product.
  • Offered both cloud and on-premise, so the deployment decision is reversible without changing vendor.
  • Unusually broad segment coverage for a Canadian vendor — solo through DSO, plus specialty and dental schools.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • Breadth across that many segments usually means depth trade-offs somewhere; ask which segment the current release is optimised for.
  • Several modules are not documented publicly in enough detail to compare.

ADSTRA

Strengths

  • Trilingual — English, French and Spanish — which matters in Quebec and for multilingual teams.
  • Genuinely modular: management, clinical and imaging are separable, so you can buy only what you need.
  • In the market since 1994, with imaging developed in-house rather than integrated.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • Modularity cuts both ways — the useful configuration is several modules, and the total is not visible up front.
  • Thin public documentation of the newer patient-facing features.

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