United Kingdom · head to head · updated 2026-08-01

Dentally vs CareStack

UK market leader against the US entrant. Both are cloud, so the hosting decision is not what separates them.

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
£125/month per site, unlimited users
Built for
Solo, 2–4 locations, Group
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CareStack

CareStack

Cloud all-in-one aimed at growing groups, with published tier pricing.

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

Dentally publishes a price (£125/month); CareStack does not, so a like-for-like cost comparison is not possible without a quote.

Choose Dentally if…

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

It is ahead on open api .

Choose CareStack if…

Multi-location groups that want one vendor for practice management, RCM and engagement.

It is ahead on eprescribing, teledentistry, ai features, orthodontics .

Where they actually differ

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

ModuleDentallyCareStack
ePrescribing Not stated Built in
Teledentistry Not stated Built in
AI features Not stated Built in
Open API Via integration Not stated
Orthodontics Not stated Built in
Show all 19 modules, including where they match
ModuleDentallyCareStack
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 Not stated Built in
Teledentistry Not stated Built in
AI features Not stated Built in
Open API Via integration Not stated
Multi-location Built in Built in
Orthodontics Not stated Built in

Pricing, side by side

Dentally

Publishes pricingchecked2026-08-01
PlanPriceBasis
Starter — 1 surgery
excluding VAT		£125/monthper site, unlimited users
Essentials — 1 surgery
excluding VAT		£220/monthper site, unlimited users
Pro — 1 surgery
excluding VAT		£320/monthper site, unlimited users
Starter — 3 surgeries
Essentials £380, Pro £510		£265/monthper site
Starter — 5 surgeries
Essentials £525, Pro £690		£395/monthper site
Starter — 8 surgeries
Essentials £720, Pro £945		£575/monthper site
9+ surgeriesContact usper site

Priced by number of surgeries per site on a slider, across three tiers, all excluding VAT. NHS integration is included on every tier. AI clinical notes are limited on Starter and are not available in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.

Source: dentally.co, read 2026-08-01.

CareStack

No published pricing

CareStack does not publish a price. You have to request a quote, which means you cannot budget or compare before speaking to a salesperson.

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

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.

CareStack

Strengths

  • Publishes tier pricing, which almost no other group-focused cloud vendor does.
  • Very broad native feature set — RCM, engagement, analytics and imaging in one contract.
  • Built for multi-location reporting from the start rather than retrofitted.

Trade-offs

  • "Starting at" means the real quote is negotiated; budget above the published figure.
  • Substantially more expensive than the on-premise options for a single small practice.
  • Breadth comes with depth trade-offs — specialist modules are less mature than dedicated tools.

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