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

Oryx Dental Software vs Dentally

The only CAD price you can read, against the biggest brand. Both are cloud, so the hosting decision is not what separates them.

Oryx Dental Software

Oryx Dental Software

Cloud all-in-one built around guided clinical workflows and automation.

Deployment
Cloud
Entry price
$699 CAD/month includes 2 providers
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations
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Dentally

Henry Schein One

Henry Schein One’s cloud practice management system — and the only vendor here that publishes a price in the UK.

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

Oryx Dental Software publishes a price ($699 CAD/month); Dentally does not, so a like-for-like cost comparison is not possible without a quote.

Choose Oryx Dental Software if…

Clinically-driven practices that want one system doing everything, and new practices exploiting the start-up tier.

It is ahead on eprescribing, ai features .

Choose Dentally if…

Canadian practices that want cloud from a large vendor and will negotiate a quote.

It is ahead on open api, multi-location, orthodontics .

Where they actually differ

Of 19 modules we track, these 5 differ. The rest match, so they are not what should decide it.

ModuleOryx Dental SoftwareDentally
ePrescribing Built in Not stated
AI features Built in Not stated
Open API Not stated Via integration
Multi-location Not stated Built in
Orthodontics Not available Not stated
Show all 19 modules, including where they match
ModuleOryx Dental SoftwareDentally
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 Built in
Patient messaging Built in Built in
Online booking Built in Built in
Digital forms Built in Built in
Recall / reactivation Built in Built in
Analytics & KPIs Built in Built in
ePrescribing Built in Not stated
Teledentistry Not stated Not stated
AI features Built in Not stated
Open API Not stated Via integration
Multi-location Not stated Built in
Orthodontics Not available Not stated

Pricing, side by side

Oryx Dental Software

Publishes pricingchecked2026-08-01
PlanPriceBasis
Oryx Pro
additional providers +$100 CAD/month each		$699 CAD/monthincludes 2 providers
Oryx Automate
additional providers +$100 CAD/month each		$899 CAD/monthincludes 2 providers
Start-up offer — Pro & Automate
until 200 patients or 12 months, whichever comes first; $1 CAD setup		$0 CAD/monthper practice
Start-up offer — AI
same start-up terms		$400 CAD/monthper practice

Oryx publishes a separate CAD price list. Claims go via CDAnet; the Canadian tiers omit SmilePay integrated payments and auto ERA posting, which the page marks US-only.

Source: oryxdental.com, read 2026-08-01.

Dentally

No published pricingchecked2026-08-01

Dentally does not publish a price. You have to request a quote, which means you cannot budget or compare before speaking to a salesperson. Dentally has a dedicated Canadian pricing page headed “Affordable pricing for every dental practice”, listing Standard, Advanced and Advanced+ tiers in a feature table — and no figure anywhere on it. Both buttons go to Contact sales. The same vendor publishes full prices on its UK page.

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

Oryx Dental Software

Strengths

  • Publishes full pricing including the per-provider uplift — rare at this end of the market.
  • Genuinely all-inclusive: imaging, forms, payments, messaging and eligibility are in the base tier, not bolted on.
  • The start-up offer removes essentially all software cost until a new practice has 200 patients.
  • Risk assessments and guided charting push clinical consistency rather than just recording it.

Trade-offs

  • The most expensive published entry price in this comparison, and it only includes two providers.
  • Only two providers included; a five-dentist group pays for three more on top of the Pro rate.
  • Opinionated, protocol-driven workflow that suits some clinicians and frustrates others.
  • No orthodontic module.

Dentally

Strengths

  • True cloud with CDAnet claims and predeterminations handled natively.
  • Backed by Henry Schein One, so it is not going away and the integration marketplace is large.
  • Sold across several countries, which usually means the platform gets sustained investment.

Trade-offs

  • Publishes a pricing page with three named tiers and no prices on it — you cannot compare it on cost without a sales call.
  • Tier boundaries are described by feature list, so which tier you actually need is decided in the sales conversation.
  • Newer in Canada than the entrenched local systems, so fewer peers to ask.

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