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The Modern, All-in-One Alternative to Open Dental.
Open Dental is affordable and flexible, and most offices bolt several paid tools onto it for texting, analytics and verification. CarifyOne syncs with it within minutes, runs recovery mode alongside it, then migrates you with an expert-run conversion.
Lakeside Dental StudioTuesday · production through yesterday
Live✦
Morning huddle"12 patients expected today. 9% of slots booked over the next 3 days. $18,183 in open balances across 37 accounts. 288 patients are 6+ months overdue."
Total recoverable
$128,617
$116,241Unscheduled treatment
$1,860Lapsed recall
$10,516Open balances
Every CarifyOne Feature, Side by Side with Open Dental.
85 features across ten areas. Where Open Dental has it, we say so.
CarifyOne84 of 85 Included1 through partners
Open Dental18 Included24 partial · 22 paid add-on or third party · 21 not found
| Feature | CCarifyOne | Open Dental |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule & Front Desk | ||
| Day, week and month schedule by operatory and provider | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| ASAP list: cancellations refilled automatically | ✓ | ◐ASAP list; filling the slot is manual |
| Smart waitlist ranked by pending treatment value | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Online booking with live availability | ✓ | $Web Sched eService |
| Self-reschedule link for patients | ✓ | $Web Sched eService |
| Check-in board: arrived, seated, done, live for the team | ✓ | ◐Appointment statuses |
| One-click counters: treatment due, x-rays due, recall overdue, insurance unverified | ✓ | ◐Lists and reports, not schedule counters |
| Production goals shown on the schedule | ✓ | ◐Goals in reports |
| Patient search with PHI hidden until hovered | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Clinical | ||
| Tooth chart with conditions, planned work and history | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| Perio charting | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| Voice perio charting | ✓ | ✓Native voice charting at no extra cost |
| Dictated note becomes a structured clinical note (AI) | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Note templates, typed or dictated from any page | ✓ | ✓Auto-notes and templates |
| Sign and lock restricted to providers | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Treatment plans with versions and acceptance tracking | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Patient-facing estimates with e-signature | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Treatment plan sender: plan, notes and quote by text, email or print | ✓ | ◐Print or email from the chart; texting is an eService |
| Plan Optimizer: sequencing across insurance years and benefits | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Treatment acceptance prediction per plan | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Imaging viewer opens from the chart | ✓ | ◐Basic imaging; sensors through bridges |
| AI findings on x-rays | ◐Pearl and Overjet findings open in the chart; AI reads billed by the partner | $Pearl or Overjet |
| E-prescribing with controlled substances (EPCS) | ✓ | $DoseSpot |
| Lab case tracking with a schedule alert when a case is not back | ✓ | ◐Lab cases; no schedule alert |
| Medical alerts and allergies on every patient | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Patient Records & Portal | ||
| Full profile: demographics, insurance, plans, recall, history, activity log | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| Ledger with charges, payments, adjustments and statements | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| Documents and forms stored per patient | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Pre-visit intake forms by link | ✓ | $Web Forms eService |
| Patient portal: book, pay, sign, message, view records | ✓ | $Patient Portal eService |
| Insurance card scanned from a photo | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Family linking with an unscheduled-family view | ✓ | ✓Included |
| Insurance & Claims | ||
| Real-time insurance eligibility | ✓ | $Through a clearinghouse, billed per check or per month |
| Week-ahead verification page with three honest states | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Claims built from completed procedures, reviewed before submission | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| AI claim scrubber: likely rejections and missing attachments flagged | ✓ | ◐Basic claim validation |
| Electronic claims with attachments | ✓ | $Through a clearinghouse account |
| ERAs post automatically | ✓ | $Through a clearinghouse |
| Automatic claim status checks | ✓ | ◐Manual status through clearinghouse |
| Denied-claim alerts with the reason | ✓ | ◐Claim status reports |
| Payer portal link on every claim row | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Money | ||
| Card payments at the desk and online | ✓ | $Third-party processor integration |
| Text-to-pay links | ✓ | $eServices |
| Membership plans with auto-billing | ✓ | ◐Discount plans built in; auto-billing through third parties |
| Payment plans with consent and auto-charge | ✓ | ◐Payment plans built in; auto-charge through processor |
| Financing partners recorded on the patient | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Loyalty points and rewards | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Daily financial check: collected, patient portion, insurance portion, deposit line | ✓ | ◐Daily reports |
| Card processing on the same bill as the software | ✓ | —Third-party processor |
| Communication & Reputation | ||
| Two-way texting on your practice number | ✓ | $Integrated Texting eService |
| Reminders, confirmations and recall campaigns | ✓ | $eReminders eService |
| Review requests sent the same way to every patient | ✓ | $Third-party tools |
| One inbox: text, email, chat and voicemail per patient | ✓ | ◐Text inbox |
| AI-drafted replies waiting for a person | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Incoming call opens the patient (call pop, click-to-call) | ✓ | $Phone partners |
| Consent built in: STOP handling and frequency caps per patient | ✓ | ◐STOP handling standard; per-patient caps not found |
| Morning Huddle, Reports & AI | ||
| Morning huddle screen: yesterday, today, tomorrow | ✓ | $Third-party huddle tools |
| AI morning brief written from your own numbers | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Post the huddle to team chat in one click | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Standard reports: production, collections, AR aging, payer mix, utilization | ✓ | ✓Core feature |
| Ask Carify: plain-English questions answered from your data | ✓ | ◐SQL query tool for advanced users |
| Daily AI insights | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Practice Health: benchmarks and overhead so owners see take-home | ✓ | $Dental Intelligence or Practice by Numbers |
| Revenue Recovery | ||
| Dead-revenue ledger: dollars by category, ranked recovery queue | ✓ | $Analytics add-ons |
| Automated recovery campaigns tracked in dollars | ✓ | $Third-party campaigns |
| Anna: AI treatment coordinator drafting follow-ups from the chart | ✓ | —eReminders are templated |
| Recall Outreach with one-click batches | ✓ | ◐Recall lists built in; automated messages are an eService |
| Retention Radar: risk score per patient with reasons and a call script | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Payment recall on open balances with text-to-pay | ✓ | $eServices |
| Inactive patient reactivation | ✓ | $Third-party tools |
| Unscheduled treatment follow-ups | ✓ | ◐Unscheduled list built in; messaging is an eService |
| Recovery mode: see your number on live data before you switch | ✓ | —Not offered |
| Team & Operations | ||
| Clock-in, timesheets and payroll export | ✓ | ✓Time Clock |
| Tasks with due dates, self-added and assigned | ✓ | ✓Tasks |
| Team chat with patient tagging that opens the profile | ✓ | ◐Task messaging; no patient tagging |
| HR documents with expiry reminders | ✓ | —Not found in published features |
| Predictive inventory | ✓ | ◐Supplies list; no prediction |
| Roles and permissions; controls hidden, not greyed out | ✓ | ◐Granular permissions |
| Audit log on every record access and change | ✓ | ✓Audit Trail |
| Migration, Security & Support | ||
| Live sync with your current system within minutes | ✓ | —Not offered |
| Migration and onboarding included, no setup fees | ✓ | $Data conversion is billed separately |
| Line-by-line reconciliation against your old system before go-live | ✓ | —No published reconciliation report |
| Cloud-based, works from any device | ✓ | ◐Windows desktop; hosted option at extra cost |
| Encryption in transit and at rest | ✓ | ◐On-premise; database encryption optional |
| Signed BAA available | ✓ | ◐For eServices |
✓ Included◐ Partial or basic$ Paid add-on or third party— Not available
Competitor information comes from each vendor's public website and documentation as of September 2026, and every cell says why it's marked the way it is. Add-ons and inclusions vary by plan and change often; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.
Switching from Open Dental, Plainly.
What You Keep
Every patient, appointment, procedure, plan, claim, ledger balance, note, perio chart and document. Reconciled line by line before go-live, so nothing is left behind.
What Changes
One login replaces the add-ons. No server, no per-machine licenses, no separate invoices for texting, verification or analytics. Your team learns one system.
How Long
Live sync within minutes of connecting, recovery mode from the first week, and a cutover that is scheduled and staffed once your numbers reconcile.
Ready to Make the Move?
Book a 20-minute demo and we'll map your migration from Open Dental on the call.