Best Dental Appointment Scheduling Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Open Dental is ranked #1 of 42 as of 5 October 2026, ahead of CareStack and Dentalink. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Dentella. The lowest first paid tier on this page is MolarPlus at $4/mo.
Appointment scheduling touches patient booking as well as the calendars and processes a practice uses to organize its day. Compared on patient self-booking, online intake forms and appointment reminders, the options can be weighed against your pre-visit workflow. Provider calendars and location support offer further ways to assess scheduling fit, while deployment, free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide additional comparison points. Open Dental, CareStack and Dentalink are among the entries, alongside DentinCloud and Oryx Dental. Consider how each listed feature corresponds to the way patients book and your practice coordinates providers and locations.
42 dental appointment scheduling software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Dental Appointment Scheduling Software, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 4 of the 25 on this page have a public API.
- 01 Open Dental API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$89/mo
- 02 CareStack API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$829/mo
- 03 Dentalink API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7
- 04 iDentalSoft API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$395/mo
- 05 Dentella API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0₹299/mo
- 06 DentinCloud API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9$11/mo
- 07 Oryx Dental API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9$400/mo
- 08 ABELDent API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 09 Curve Dental API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
- 10 Practice-Web API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.4$35/mo
- 11 DentiMax API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3
- 12 MolarPlus API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3$4/mo
- 13 ClearDent API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 14 Cloud 9 API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 15 Dental4Web API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 16 Dental4Windows API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 17 MOGO API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 18 AeronaDental API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 19 axiUm API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 20 CareCru API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 21 DentalPin API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 22 Dentrix API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 23 Dentrix Ascend API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 24 Eaglesoft API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 25 ExACT Medical & Oral API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Patient self-booking | Provider calendars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Dental | 7.3 | Free plan | $89/mo | Yes | 89 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | CareStack | 6.7 | No | $829/mo | No | 829 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Dentalink | 6.7 | No | — | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | iDentalSoft | 6.7 | No | $395/mo | No | 395 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Dentella | 6.0 | Free plan | ₹299/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | DentinCloud | 5.9 | Free plan | $11/mo | Yes | 11 /mo | — | Yes |
| 7 | Oryx Dental | 5.9 | No | $400/mo | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | ABELDent | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 9 | Curve Dental | 5.5 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Practice-Web | 5.4 | No | $35/mo | No | 149 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 11 | DentiMax | 5.3 | No | — | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 12 | MolarPlus | 5.3 | No | $4/mo | No | 5 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 13 | ClearDent | 5.2 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 14 | Cloud 9 | 5.2 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 15 | Dental4Web | 5.2 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 16 | Dental4Windows | 5.2 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 17 | MOGO | 5.2 | No | — | — | 250 /mo | No | Yes |
| 18 | AeronaDental | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 19 | axiUm | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | — | Yes |
| 20 | CareCru | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 21 | DentalPin | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | — | Yes |
| 22 | Dentrix | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 23 | Dentrix Ascend | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 24 | Eaglesoft | 5.1 | No | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 25 | ExACT Medical & Oral | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | — | Yes |
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Questions about this list
Which dental appointment scheduling software is ranked first on Inferse?
Open Dental is ranked #1 of 42 with a score of 7.3. CareStack is second and Dentalink third.
How many of these have a free plan?
4 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, MolarPlus has the lowest first paid tier we found: $4/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.