The Dental Software Index 2026
What 513 dental software products, AI tools and devices reveal about pricing, transparency, compliance and integration — measured, not surveyed. Free to cite with a link.
Key findings
- 50% of dental software vendors publish no price at all.
- Only 24 of 513 products (5%) document an open API.
- 64% of software products are offered in the cloud.
- 4% of AI tools confirm a human reviews AI output.
- 142 products have public ratings; the median is 4.4/5.
1. Pricing is still a sales conversation
Pricing transparency by category hub. Darker = more public.
50% of all products are quote-only. The most transparent hub is AI in Dentistry; the least is Imaging.
2. What software costs, by category
Median published entry price per month, categories with at least three public prices.
3. The trust disclosure gap
Share of products per hub with a citable public statement. “No statement” is not the same as “non-compliant” — but it is what a buyer sees.
| Hub | Products | HIPAA claim | BAA offered | SOC 2 Type II | Open API | Any public price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI in Dentistry | 78 | 79% | 27% | 17% | 8% | 58% |
| Practice Management | 63 | 75% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 54% |
| Patient Engagement | 59 | 86% | 19% | 10% | 8% | 68% |
| Revenue & Payments | 56 | 68% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 39% |
| Dental Lab | 24 | 33% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 42% |
| Specialty & Clinical | 58 | 26% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| Imaging | 16 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| Operations | 54 | 57% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 46% |
4. AI is spreading beyond AI start-ups
Share of products in each hub that advertise AI features (excluding dedicated AI tools).
5. Where users are happiest
Average G2/Capterra rating by hub (products with 5+ reviews).
Rating distribution
6. Cloud versus on-premise
Primary deployment model by hub.
7. The most-connected systems
Products listing each system as a verified integration.
8. Where products are sold
Products marketed in each region.
+ 54 products marketed globally.
9. Follow the money
20 companies with disclosed venture funding, totalling $838.6M.
Methodology
Figures are computed from our product database (method di-0.3). Each product record is built from vendor documentation, pricing pages, regulatory databases and review platforms, with every field tied to a source. On average 21% of tracked fields are still unknown — unknown values are excluded, never counted as “no”. Full methodology.
Cite & download
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page. Suggested citation: Denture-ID, “Dental Software Index 2026”, Nov 4, 2026.
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