My answer is simple.. If they were not the same price, Open Dental. If they were the same price... Hard to say. Grass is always greener on the other side. I would probably still go with OD. Reasons.
1. Transparent Company
2. Great Tech Support
3. The software rarely needs tech support to fix a bug. (Stable)
4. Open Database Access to build your own reports! (WOOT WOOT!)
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/ODQueryList/QueryList.aspx
5. More secure then Dentrix and Eaglesoft but with backend database control
6. Less Expensive
7. No Exclusive Agreements to worry about.
8. Open Source so nobody can buy it and take it away, also you can make your own changes to the program.
http://opendentalsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4892
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My Oral Surgeon wrote EASy. He was a Dentrix User. I showed him Open Dental.. THAT IS WHAT HE DID WITH IT!!!!!(Makes you wonder why even call me for help if you can write a damn program all by yourself!!!!) haha.. He did a great job on my wife’s exposure. This software records data from a vital sign monitor during surgery. I imagine this is what you would find in a hospital.
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That leaves functionality.. I prefer to grow with a good program and watch functionality grow, and be apart of that. We have enough reporting power with OD, etc. Anyone who disagrees.. IS wrong and probably a bit BIASED. We can do our own queries.. We can do anything. For instance, I wrote an IntraOral Camera plugin with the Open Dental Plugin framework. http://iocsnapshot.com/installation-manuals/open-dental/
2. Great Tech Support
3. The software rarely needs tech support to fix a bug. (Stable)
4. Open Database Access to build your own reports! (WOOT WOOT!)
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/ODQueryList/QueryList.aspx
5. More secure then Dentrix and Eaglesoft but with backend database control
6. Less Expensive
7. No Exclusive Agreements to worry about.
8. Open Source so nobody can buy it and take it away, also you can make your own changes to the program.
http://opendentalsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4892
http://www.bigideasoft.com/
My Oral Surgeon wrote EASy. He was a Dentrix User. I showed him Open Dental.. THAT IS WHAT HE DID WITH IT!!!!!(Makes you wonder why even call me for help if you can write a damn program all by yourself!!!!) haha.. He did a great job on my wife’s exposure. This software records data from a vital sign monitor during surgery. I imagine this is what you would find in a hospital.
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That leaves functionality.. I prefer to grow with a good program and watch functionality grow, and be apart of that. We have enough reporting power with OD, etc. Anyone who disagrees.. IS wrong and probably a bit BIASED. We can do our own queries.. We can do anything. For instance, I wrote an IntraOral Camera plugin with the Open Dental Plugin framework. http://iocsnapshot.com/installation-manuals/open-dental/