8 European alternatives · updated 11 October 2026 · How we select
Athenahealth’s percentage-of-collections pricing and long-term contracts often push practices to seek simpler, more predictable options. Smaller or independent clinics also find the platform’s complexity and implementation demands hard to justify. Switching can mean shorter contracts, clearer costs, and faster deployment.
athenahealth covers clinical records, revenue & billing, practice management, patient engagement and interoperability. European alternatives: Denteo, appointmed, Doctolib, medatixx and Delemed and 3 more. By area: appointmed, medatixx and Delemed for clinical records; Denteo, appointmed and medatixx for revenue & billing; Denteo, appointmed and Doctolib for practice management; Denteo, appointmed and Doctolib for patient engagement; medatixx, Delemed and CGM (CompuGroup Medical) for interoperability.
Swiss cloud dental practice management with online booking and treatment planning
Replaces practice management, patient engagement and billing for dental clinics.
Cloud practice management for therapists and private physicians
Replaces clinical records, practice management, billing and patient engagement for therapists and physicians.
French practice management and patient booking platform with teleconsultation and AI tools
Replaces practice management and patient engagement; lacks clinical records and billing.
German practice management software with AI copilot and FHIR integration
Replaces all core jobs of athenahealth for German practices with AI features.
Swiss practice management software for medical and dental clinics
Replaces all core jobs of athenahealth for Swiss medical and dental clinics.
German healthcare practice management with EHR, lab integration and telemedicine
Replaces all core jobs of athenahealth for German healthcare providers.
Swiss practice management software for medical teams
Replaces clinical records, practice management, billing and patient engagement for Swiss medical teams.
Open-source practice management for Swiss healthcare providers
Replaces all core jobs of athenahealth for Swiss healthcare providers.
Which part of athenahealth each alternative covers.
| Provider | Clinical records | Revenue & billing | Practice management | Patient engagement | Interoperability | From | Rating | Import from athenahealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athenahealth 🇺🇸 (the tool you are replacing) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ★ 3.8 | – |
| Denteo 🇨🇭 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 299 CHF/mo | – | ✓ service | ||
| appointmed 🇦🇹 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | €9.50/mo | – | – | |
| Doctolib 🇫🇷 | ✓ | ✓ | €79/mo | ★ 3.2 (3877) | – | |||
| medatixx 🇩🇪 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | On request | – | – |
| Delemed 🇨🇭 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | On request | – | – |
| CGM (CompuGroup Medical) 🇩🇪 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | On request | ★ 4.3 (62) | – |
| Vitodata 🇨🇭 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | On request | – | – | |
| Elexis 🇨🇭 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | On request | – | – |
Prices per user and month in the cheapest paid plan. Ratings are weighted across G2, Capterra, OMR and other portals, with the review count in brackets.
What to know about the tool you are replacing, with sources.
Sources: g2.com · capterra.com · athenahealth.com · researched 5 October 2026
athenahealth exports your data as CSV, NDJSON, XML, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and PDF, and its API can read everything out. With help from the vendor: Denteo. Every import above links its source on the product card.
appointmed, CGM, Delemed, medatixx and Vitodata cover clinical records, practice management, revenue and billing, patient engagement and interoperability. Doctolib and Denteo focus on practice management and patient engagement only.
CGM, Delemed, medatixx and Vitodata are designed for medical clinics and cover clinical records, practice management, billing and patient engagement. Denteo is tailored for dental clinics.
Doctolib, Denteo, appointmed and medatixx host data in the EU. Elexis, CGM, Delemed and Vitodata do not publish EU hosting as a guarantee.
Doctolib, Denteo and appointmed publish their prices. Elexis is open source and free to use. CGM, Delemed, medatixx and Vitodata provide pricing on request.
athenahealth is US-based and does not offer EU or German data residency. It supports standard export formats but does not guarantee EU-compliant data hosting.