ABELDent vs Dental4Windows
ABELDent
abeldent.com
Dental4Windows
centaursoftware.com.auSide by side
| Figure | ABELDent | Dental4Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Dental Appointment Scheduling Software | 7.9 (#10) | 7.7 (#18) |
| Company history | ABELDent says it has served healthcare professionals since 1977. | Centaur says it was established in 1992 and is a provider of practice management software for dental and allied health practitioners. |
| Deployment | ABELDent is offered as a cloud solution and as a locally hosted solution called Local Plus. | The product page describes Dental4Windows as an on-premise platform with practice-controlled backups on the practice’s servers. |
| Headquarters | Burlington, Ontario, Canada | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia |
| Purpose | ABELDent is dental practice management software for scheduling, charting, billing, imaging, and patient communication. | Dental4Windows combines patient bookings, clinical records and reporting in a dental practice management system. |
| Security | ABELDent Cloud describes encryption in storage and transit, role-based access, activity monitoring, and automated backups. | Centaur says it holds ISO 27001:2022 certification and undergoes annual audits to maintain it. |
| Support | ABELDent says support is available at any time, including holidays, and clients can select a support level suited to their office. | Centaur offers implementation and setup help, personalised training, self-paced eLearning, workshops and on-call support. |
Plans
In their own words
ABELDent
ABELDent is dental practice management software for scheduling, charting, billing, imaging and patient communication. It is available as a cloud service and as Local Plus, which stores practice data on local infrastructure. ABELDent Cloud stores and manages data in Microsoft Azure and describes encryption in storage and transit, role-based access, activity monitoring and automated backups. Its built-in patient communication includes two-way texting and broadcast messages. Insurance tools cover electronic claims, ITRANS attachments, automated benefit estimates and RAMQ submission automation for Quebec. ABELDent Scribe creates structured clinical note suggestions from provider–patient conversations for review, editing and approval. Listed imaging integrations include Dexis, Sidexis, VixWin and TigerView. The Freemium plan is free and is presented for evaluation and learning, smaller or new practices, hygiene practices and dental education programs. It uses a free Microsoft database, but telephone support, one-on-one training, ongoing updates, data migration and premium options are chargeable. Learning management system access is limited to 90 days, with month-to-month renewal available. Support is available at any time, including holidays, with clients able to select a support level.
Dental4Windows
Dental4Windows has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.