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Best cloud-based dental practice software

Cloud deployment means no server in the closet and updates handled for you — which also matters for CDT code updates. The trade-off is that cloud tiers often bill per provider at a premium. Every product here documents at least partial cloud availability.

Top of this list: Open Dental at 8.7/10 on the published weighted score. Read the criteria below before treating any list as "the answer" — the sort key is what decides, and it is published right here.

How this list is made

Eligible: products whose documented deployment options include cloud.
Ranked by the published weighted score (features 40% + sentiment 30% + value 20% + transparency 10%).
Read the real 3-year cost assumption on each product page — cloud tiers are computed there too where the vendor publishes them.

4 of 5 products in our database are eligible for this scenario. Eligibility and order are computed from the published data, not curated by hand.

The ranking

Eligible products for "Best cloud-based dental practice software", in computed order.
Software	Score	Starting price	Real 3-yr cost ★	Data export freedom ★	Contract lock-in ★	Claim approval ★	Deployment
Open Dental	8.7/10	$199 per location / month	$13,504	5/5 Full autonomy — open structure, self-serve export	1/5 No lock-in — cancel anytime	insufficient sample (n=0)	on-premise, cloud, hybrid
Curve Dental	7.4/10	$299 per location / month	$13,064	3/5 Moderate — operational data out, full record needs help	4/5 Heavy — multi-year, termination fees	insufficient sample (n=0)	cloud
Dentrix	7.1/10	$500 per location / month	$36,514	2/5 Limited — partial export, vendor-dependent	5/5 Very heavy — long term, high total exit cost	insufficient sample (n=0)	on-premise, cloud
Denticon	6.8/10	$280 per location / month	$33,540	3/5 Moderate — operational data out, full record needs help	4/5 Heavy — multi-year, termination fees	insufficient sample (n=0)	cloud

★ = dimensions other comparison sites don't publish. Cost figures are 3-year totals for the assumption stated on each product page, not the sticker price. Export freedom and lock-in are scored 1–5 against published criteria. Claim approval rates are withheld entirely rather than estimated when the sample is too small to be honest about.

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