Optomate alternatives
Optomate alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Optomate: A$300 a location a month before tax, A$3,600 a year per store, plus add-ons.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
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The options
What people compare Optomate with
Optomate charges A$300 a location a month before tax, so a single store costs A$3,600 a year, with Medicare and DVA claiming, health fund claiming and web bookings billed on top. Owners look elsewhere when a second store means paying the whole fee again, when the claiming that gets the practice paid is sold as an add-on, and when years of exams and prescriptions sit inside someone else's system.
Often compared
Sunix
A sister product to Optomate, from the same optometry practice management family sold across Australia and New Zealand.
Often compared
Ocelot Pro
Another sister product to Optomate, from the same practice management family.
Yours to own
Optometry Practice for Claude Code
The open-source optometry practice management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Optomate data brought across.
See how it worksHow to choose
How to choose a Optomate alternative
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What the bill actually tracks
Optomate charges per store, then adds claiming, web bookings and messaging as separate line items. Check whether a second location, more claiming or growing message volume raises the bill on top of the base fee, and whether that fits how your practice actually grows.
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Whether your records stay yours
Years of exams, prescriptions and recalls build up inside the vendor's screens. Ask how you get that history out if you ever leave, and whether it takes running reports and asking, or whether you already hold the record yourself.
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Whether it fits your own rules
A recall interval for glaucoma patients, a field your lab needs, or a report you want may sit behind every other practice's request on a shared roadmap. Decide whether you can wait for that, or need it built around how you actually run.
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What the switch actually involves
Moving patients, prescriptions, recalls, jobs still at the lab and a stock take is real work, whoever does it. Ask exactly what moves across, what stays behind as a retention copy, and who is doing the work of moving it.
The option that fits
A version of the practice you actually own
Instead of renting screens over your patients' records, Enterprise DNA builds a version of Optometry Practice for Claude Code around how your practice actually runs. Your Optomate history, including prescriptions still active and jobs still at the lab, comes across when Enterprise DNA installs it. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, not a fee for every store or every extra you switch on. There is also a free version an owner can run themselves.
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, no per-store fees.
- check Your Optomate history and lab jobs come across when installed.
- check Built around your practice's own rules, not a shared roadmap.
Make it yours
Design your own Optomate replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Optomate. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Optomate data across and run it for you.
Questions
Optomate alternatives, answered
How much does Optomate cost a year for one store? expand_more
Optomate's Core plan is A$300 a location a month before tax, so a single store costs A$3,600 a year. Medicare and DVA claiming and health fund claiming are each A$25 a month on top, web bookings are A$10, and three stores can run to between A$11,000 and A$14,000 a year.
Will we lose years of patient history if we move off Optomate? expand_more
Not if you plan for it. Your history sits inside Optomate's own screens today, and getting it out means running reports and asking for it. When Enterprise DNA builds your version, your patient list, recalls, prescriptions and each patient's last consult come across, and old exam records stay as a retention copy rather than being re-typed.
Can an alternative be built around our own recall rules and fields? expand_more
A recall rule or a field your lab asks for usually waits behind every other Optomate practice's request on a shared roadmap. Enterprise DNA builds Optometry Practice for Claude Code around how your practice actually runs, including the recall intervals, clinical fields and reports you already use, rather than fitting your practice to a fixed system.
Is there a free way to try an owned alternative first? expand_more
Yes. The free version of Optometry Practice for Claude Code is released under an MIT licence, so you can run it yourself, change anything in it and use it without an account with Enterprise DNA. If you want it built around your practice, your data brought across and run for you, that is the paid setup and retainer.
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