Open Dental
Windows practice management software from Salem, Oregon, with a published fee schedule and an open MySQL database. Most offices run it on their own server; a hosted Open Dental Cloud option is in limited release.
$149 /month per location
4.6 out of 5
6 of 6
How much does Open Dental cost?
Open Dental Software publishes its pricing. The cheapest published plan is $149/month per location (support, after 12 months). The dearest published plan is $430/month per location (Open Dental Cloud (hosted), 1 provider). New practices pay $199/month per location for the first 12 months. Setup adds $1,450 once, for data conversion, per database. Each extra provider adds $20/month per provider. One further item is billed separately: eServices bundle. Insurance eligibility checks, claims submission and online forms come with the base product; patient texting and online scheduling do not. Open Dental Software publishes nothing about what it costs to leave. Every figure here comes from opendental.com, checked Sep 26, 2026.
- Vendor
- Open Dental Software
- Deployment
- On-premise server
- Platforms
- Windows
- Specialties
- General dentistry, Pediatric, Multi-specialty
- Practice sizes
- Startup, Solo practice, Small group, Multi-location
- Website
- https://www.opendental.com
Every published price
| Line item | Price | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support, first 12 months | $199 /month per location | Covers up to 3 dentists. Rose from $179 on Feb 2, 2026. | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
| Support, after 12 months | $149 /month per location | — | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
| Each additional dentist | $20 /month per provider | — | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
| eServices bundle | $165 /month per location | Texting access is $5/month (assigned number) or $20/month (landline), plus $0.04 per message in the US. | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
| Open Dental Cloud (hosted), 1 provider | $430 /month per location | Additional providers $150/month. One-time $400 migration fee. | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
| Data conversion, per database | $1,450 one-time | X-rays $900, documents $850, each extra clinic $400. | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
Contract terms
- Term
- 12-month initial term, then month-to-month. 90-day money-back guarantee on support fees. Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
Data export & conversion
- Data export
- Data sits in an open MySQL database the practice controls. Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Conversion fees
- $1,450 per database; X-rays $900; documents $850; $400 per extra clinic. Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
What’s included
| Feature | Open Dental |
|---|---|
| Patient texting | Paid add-on Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Insurance eligibility checks | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Claims submission | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Online forms | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Online scheduling | Paid add-on Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Automated recall | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Treatment plan presentation | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Perio charting | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| E-prescribing | Paid add-on Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Reporting dashboards | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Multi-location reporting | Unclear Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| API access | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open database | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Mobile app | Included Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Each line carries the page that claim came from and the date we checked it. "Included" means the base product or the cheapest paid tier. A capability with no line here is one we have not checked on Open Dental, which is a different statement from one we checked and could not establish.
Add-ons with a published integration
Each row is one add-on joined to Open Dental, grouped by the job the add-on does. The depth is the word the source uses, and the company named is the one that published the claim. A missing add-on means we hold no record either way, which is common: most add-on vendors publish a partner directory and most software vendors do not.
Online booking
| Add-on | Depth | Published by | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NexHealth | API | NexHealth | NexHealth lists both Open Dental and Open Dental Cloud among the systems it supports, under its "Is my system supported?" checker. NexHealth does not publish the connection method per system. | Vendor-published at nexhealth.com · checked Oct 7, 2026 |
Patient forms
| Add-on | Depth | Published by | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flex Dental | API | Flex Dental Solutions | Flex states it is built for Open Dental and writes eligibility results back in real time. Open Dental does not publish a partner directory. | Vendor-published at flex.dental · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Insurance and claims
| Add-on | Depth | Published by | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DentalXChange | Native | Open Dental Software | Open Dental names DentalXChange / ClaimConnect among its recommended clearinghouses, which "also offer electronic attachments, electronic eligibility, and electronic billing". The practice signs up with the clearinghouse first, then configures it in Open Dental. | Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Ratings
| Site | Score | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capterra | 4.6 / 5 | 89 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Sep 26, 2026 |
How reviewers score it
The headline rating above is one number covering four questions. Capterra publishes each of them on its own, and the one a practice argues about in a demo is ease of use, so each gets a line here with its own review count. These are a review site's numbers, not ours.
| Measure | Score | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ease of use | 4.6 / 5 | 89 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Customer service | 4.6 / 5 | 89 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Features | 4.5 / 5 | 89 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
| Value for money | 4.6 / 5 | 89 | Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Oct 2, 2026 |
Strengths
- Published pricing and no long-term contract after year one. Vendor-published at opendental.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
Complaints
- Reviewers cite a learning curve, a dated interface, and paying for live support. Third-party source at capterra.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
Install base
Vendor claim: About 20,000 practices worldwide (2021 estimate from a third-party business directory, not vendor-audited). Unverified at thesiliconforest.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
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