# Core Practice Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

> With the help of Capterra, learn about Core Practice Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Dental products and more.

Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/160123/Core-Practice

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 Core Practice Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Core Practice

## What is Core Practice?

Core Practice is a web-based dental practice management software aimed at improving patient care and transforming the way you manage your practice. We merge the commercial, clinical and clerical together into one beautiful piece of software, without lock-in contracts, up-front costs or hassles of owning and maintaining servers. The package includes everything you see on our site without hidden extras. Best of all, you can use it anywhere, anytime on any device. Book in a free demo today!

## What is Core Practice used for?

[Dental](https://www.capterra.com/dental-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 6 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

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Neutral

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Negative

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Starting price

$240

Per Feature, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Core Practice

2.7 (6)

VS.

[4.4 (285)](https://www.capterra.com/p/98688/Curve-Dental-Hero/reviews/)

Starting Price

$240

Per Feature, Per Month

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.0 (6)

Ease Of Use

4.4 (188)

Value For Money

2.6 (5)

Value For Money

4.3 (175)

Customer Service

2.6 (5)

Customer Service

4.5 (182)

## Core Practice alternatives

Highest Rated

[4.7 (112)](https://www.capterra.com/p/60250/ABELDent/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.5 (81)](https://www.capterra.com/p/160904/RevenueWell/reviews/)

Starting price

$189.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.3 (666)](https://www.capterra.com/p/141842/Weave/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[4.6 (46)](https://www.capterra.com/p/212426/Cloud-9-Ortho/reviews/)

Starting price

$500.00

Per User, Per Month

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Appointment Management

2.0 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage various aspects of appointments including booking, rescheduling, canceling

Charting

2.4 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage patient documentation describing all clinical interactions, diagnoses, procedures, medications, etc.

Imaging and X-rays

2.6 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Visual representations or pictures of objects, structures, or internal body parts, often for diagnostic or analytical purposes

Patient Records Management

2.6 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Managing different types of patient records, including paper documents, digital files, billing information, and scheduling details

Treatment Planning

1.8 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create treatment plans that document interventions and outcomes to track patient progress

Confirmations/Reminders

2.3 (4)

50.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Automated reminders and confirmations for booked appointments and events via text or email

Core Practice 23 features

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Manage various aspects of appointments including booking, rescheduling, canceling

Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Manage patient documentation describing all clinical interactions, diagnoses, procedures, medications, etc.

Process of submitting and following up on claims with insurance companies

Manage contact details and communication with clients

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Automated reminders and confirmations for booked appointments and events via text or email

Alter the layout and content of reports

Managing day-to-day operations of dental practices such as scheduling appointments, generating reports, and more.

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Electronically collect payments for goods or services

Visual representations or pictures of objects, structures, or internal body parts, often for diagnostic or analytical purposes

Manage billing and payments for a healthcare provider

Manage and support multiple locations

Managing different types of patient records, including paper documents, digital files, billing information, and scheduling details

Ability to record, store, update, and retrieve information

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources

Security protocol that ensures secure, encrypted communication over the internet, safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access

Create treatment plans that document interventions and outcomes to track patient progress

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Features

2.7 (6)

2.7

Based on 6 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

2.6 (5)

Free Trial

Basic

$240.00

Per Feature,Per Month

Value for money

2.6 (5)

2.6

Based on 5 reviews

## Integrations

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

2.6 (5)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

2.6 (5)

2.6

Based on 5 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

2.7

Based on 6 reviews

Filter by rating

5(2)

4(0)

3(0)

2(2)

1(2)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

SP

Shivendra P.

Owner

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "Half done product. Bad Support. Terrible practice to keep you locked in."

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

November 16, 2024

It started as a very nice one with lots of promises and excitement. Slowly it started turning into bad one with frequent problems with no solutions, bug that don't get fixed, blaming everything on something else. Literally no improvements for 2 years and even when there was one, we would never get it. Do not know who got it. The last straw was when we decided to switch to another platform and they are not willing to provide full data. It's been almost 6 months and we are still waiting. Just making it difficult for us. Not a very good move to keep customers locked in. So beware.

Pros

Only good thing I can say about Core practice right now is ease of use. It is fairly easy to use system compared to others.

Cons

\- Frequent problems in basic functions and full of bugs - Some features are half done and when you reach out to them they suggest not to use it. Why have it then? - Not everyone gets the updates - Lack of integrations - High SMS cost - Lack of customer service. They don't listen and their support people have no idea about anything - Worst one for our industry is that they don't give you all data if you decide to move away from them

Reasons for choosing Core Practice

They showed promise. It was a new product and the team was very nice back then

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BM

Betty M.

Dentist

Medical Practice

### "Core Practice review"

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

1/10

June 9, 2024

Find it very cumbersome and frustrating.

Pros

Ease of logging in through mobile for quick overview of day book

Cons

No ease of use at all. Too many steps and clicks required to do every little thing. Cannot rearrange items on a treatment plan in order that you want Can't click and drag items Can't have notes written up in 'unsaved' form, so that rough notes can be jotted during appointment, then checked and 'ticked through' later- so rough and often incorrect notes are 'saved'. No easy way to know which ones haven't been double checked. Notes templates too complicated- have to spend time to keep modifying templates to work better No provision to write personal patient notes- regarding family, hobbies, etc Invoicing and payments in separate tabs and so complicated. Used to use EXACT Dental and it was so simple. 'Comments' easy to select, but cannot be edited and also don't print out on pt records. 'Treatment notes' harder to select- too many clicks No prescription pad template. I still have to use EXACT template to print out prescriptions.

Switched from

[EXACT](https://www.capterra.com/p/6364/EXACT-V12/)

Accounts team found some features harder on EXACT. Reports were harder to do through EXACT.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MS

Michael S.

Dentist

Medical Practice

### "Worst software I have ever used"

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

April 23, 2024

Terrible .It doesn’t make appointments easy , makes simple tasks too complicated. Imagine having a stupid appointment book that when you click today page on Friday takes you to the previous Monday. What moron made today not today and thinks that was good

Pros

The most important part of dental software is to make dental appointments.Core practice is just plain rubbish. You lose patients, Staff hate it.

Cons

Over complicated . To manly clicks. Useless at making appointments.

Switched from

[Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)

Because the IT people believed the spiel

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JO

Justin O.

Manager

Medical Practice

### "The best Practice Management System in Australia for Dentists "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 7, 2024

Easy for the whole team to learn and use,.

Pros

It is clean with very intuitive features. Data security with iso27001

Cons

No server based solution available for people that want to manage there own data.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AS

Arash S.

Dentist

Medical Practice

### "Absolute rubbish"

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

May 30, 2023

Do my best to inform others to avoid it

Pros

Nothing good to say about it . Never use it.

Cons

Ease of use Connection to X-ray Security Support

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AB

Alanah B.

Dental Receptionist/ Assistant

Hospital & Health Care

### "The best dental software on the market! "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 18, 2019

Overall great experience working with Core Practice! very happy out surgery decided to change over!!!! best thing that we could have done!

Pros

Its so simple and easy to use. Has so many great useful features!!! Has the best perio charting system iv ever worked with integrates so welly with all the x-ray/imaging software we use cloud based & is accessible for outside of the office from your phone!

Cons

I cant fault it so far. Iv been extremely happy with it all & its got ongoing features that come out regularly

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