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Lowest real 3-year cost dental software

Sticker prices are marketing; three-year totals are arithmetic. This list ranks products by our real 3-year cost figure, which includes licence, implementation, training, hardware and data migration for the assumption stated on each product page.

Top of this list: Curve Dental at 7.4/10 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

Ranked by real 3-year total cost (USD), lowest first, for each product's stated assumption.
Payment processing markups are excluded from the total by rule and listed separately — otherwise vendors that bundle payments carry a burden others do not.
Every figure links to its breakdown and sources on the product page.

5 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 "Lowest real 3-year cost dental software", in computed order.
Software	Score	Starting price	Real 3-yr cost ★	Data export freedom ★	Contract lock-in ★	Claim approval ★	Deployment
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
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
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
Eaglesoft	6.4/10	$200 per user / month	$34,104	2/5 Limited — partial export, vendor-dependent	5/5 Very heavy — long term, high total exit cost	insufficient sample (n=0)	on-premise, hybrid
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

★ = 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.

Read this before quoting numbers: Comparability warning: the 3-year totals use each product's own stated assumption (practice size, self-hosted vs cloud, add-on modules). Treat the table as a shortlist generator, then read the assumption lines before quoting numbers to a salesperson.

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