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WCareStack vs SimplePractice
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose CareStack if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: private dental practices, dental groups and dsos
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Choose SimplePractice if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: therapists, speech-language pathologists
Side by side
Feature CareStack SimplePractice
Pricing modelContact for pricingFree trial
Starting price—$49/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and complianceHIPAAHIPAA
Ambient scribing—
Patient letters & instructions—
AI phone receptionist—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryHealthcareHealthcare
CompanyGood Methods Global Inc.SimplePractice, LLC
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
C CareStack
- Multi-location scheduling with online self-service booking
- AI coordinators that confirm appointments and collect balances
- General and periodontal clinical charting
- Treatment planning with e-signatures
- Electronic claims, eligibility verification and centralized claims management
- Patient portal, kiosk check-in and two-way texting
- Built-in teledentistry and reputation management
- Analytics, reporting and provider payroll
S SimplePractice
- HIPAA-compliant EHR and practice management
- Integrated telehealth including group sessions
- Scheduling, billing and insurance tools
- AI Note Taker drafts progress notes from sessions or dictation
- ePrescribe for prescriptions and refills (add-on)
- Client portal for clients
- Clinical documentation template library
- Advanced analytics on Plus plan
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
CareStack
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
SimplePractice
Starter$49/mo
Essential$79/mo
Plus$99/mo
Group (6+ practitioners)Custom
Strengths and limitations
CareStack
- Covers clinical, scheduling, billing and analytics in one platform
- HIPAA compliant with SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 certifications
- Two AI coordinators available now for confirmations and collections
- Mobile app for managing appointments and communications remotely
- No public pricing; requires booking a demo
- Three of five AI coordinators are still launching soon
- Built only for dental practices
SimplePractice
- 30-day free trial with no credit card required
- Free credentialing with up to two payers at signup
- Telehealth included in the core product
- Custom pricing for groups of six or more practitioners
- No free plan, and paid plans start at $49/mo
- AI notes and ePrescribe cost extra, and ePrescribe has an $89 setup fee
- Insurance Navigator is not available yet (listed as coming soon)
- Each additional practitioner on Plus costs $74/mo
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