Head to head · updated 2026-08-01

Adit vs Dentrix

Front-office layer vs full practice management. Adit is cloud or on-premise and Dentrix is on-premise — usually the single biggest difference between them.

Adit

Adit

Front-office platform — phones, messaging and marketing — with practice management attached.

Deployment
Cloud or on-premise
Entry price
Not published
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations, Group
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Dentrix

Henry Schein One

The on-premise incumbent — the software most US practices already run.

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

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

Choose Adit if…

Practices happy with their clinical software but frustrated by phones, messaging and marketing.

It is ahead on insurance eligibility, payments, patient messaging, online booking, digital forms and 3 more.

Choose Dentrix if…

Established practices that value ecosystem breadth and staff familiarity over price transparency.

It is ahead on clinical charting, perio charting, native imaging, billing, claims and 3 more.

Where they actually differ

Of 19 modules we track, these 16 differ. The rest match, so they are not what should decide it.

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

Pricing, side by side

Adit

No published pricingchecked 2026-08-01

Adit does not publish a price. You have to request a quote, which means you cannot budget or compare before speaking to a salesperson. Pricing page is quote-gated.

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.

Dentrix

No published pricingchecked 2026-08-01

Dentrix 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 is published anywhere on the product site. Pricing is quoted per practice and typically bundled with a Henry Schein One support plan.

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

Adit

Strengths

  • Strongest on the front-office side: VoIP, two-way texting, campaigns and call tracking in one place.
  • Runs alongside an existing PMS, so it can be adopted without a full migration.
  • Clear analytics on calls, bookings and marketing spend.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing.
  • Clinical depth is thin compared with a full practice management system.
  • Most practices end up paying for Adit *and* a PMS.

Dentrix

Strengths

  • The largest installed base in US dentistry, so hiring staff who already know it is easy.
  • Almost every third-party dental product integrates with it.
  • Deep, mature clinical and financial reporting refined over decades.

Trade-offs

  • No published pricing at all — you cannot budget without going through sales.
  • On-premise, with the server, backup and security burden that implies.
  • Heavily modular: the base product is a starting point and the useful extras are priced separately.
  • Long-standing user complaints about support cost and quality relative to price.

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