Comparison
Healthixio vs Practo Ray
Outpatient practice software is not hospital software. What hospitals move to when admissions, wards and departments arrive.
Facts on this page were verified against public sources on 13 August 2026. Where a vendor does not publish a figure, we say so rather than estimating it.
Practo Ray is practice management software built around outpatient practices and individual doctors — appointments, records and OPD billing — and is billed per user. Hospitals look for an alternative at one specific moment: when admissions, wards and departments outgrow it. Beds, wards, IPD billing, discharge summaries, a pharmacy counter and a pathology lab are hospital problems, and outpatient practice software is not designed for them.
Practo Ray
Pricing via third parties onlyPer user, per month
Practo is billed on a per-user basis. Third-party directory listings have cited a figure of approximately ₹1,277 per user per month for Practo, accessible for 2 to 1,000+ users. We were unable to load Practo's own pricing page directly at the time of writing, so treat that figure as indicative and confirm with the vendor. The structural point holds regardless of the exact rate: on a per-user model, cost scales with how many people log in.
Healthixio
Publishes pricingPer bed, per year — users bundled
₹14,000 a year for OPD Only with 3 users, or ₹40,000 a year for up to 20 beds with every module included, priced by bed capacity up to 70 beds. Renewal from ₹20,000 a year. Extra staff seats ₹3,000 a year, doctors ₹1,500. Exclusive of GST.
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| Practo Ray | Healthixio | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Outpatient practices and individual doctors | Hospitals of every size — 10 to 500+ beds |
| IPD, wards & bed management | Not the product's focus | Included — admission to discharge |
| Pharmacy & pathology | Not the product's focus | Included, with GST billing and lab MIS |
| TPA / insurance & Ayushman claims | Not the product's focus | Included |
| Billing basis | Per user, per month | Per bed, per year — users bundled |
| Pricing published | Indicative figures via directories | Yes — full table, renewal rate and seat rates |
| ABDM / ABHA | Supported | Officially integrated — ABHA creation, HFR & HPR |
| Product tour before a call | Demo request | 49 screens published + downloadable PDF |
Where Practo Ray is strong
No software is right for every hospital, including ours. These are genuine reasons to put Practo Ray on your shortlist.
- Genuinely strong at what it is built for — outpatient workflow and practice management
- Well-known consumer brand, with patient discovery and online booking reach few can match
- Clean, familiar interface that front-desk staff learn quickly
- A sensible choice for an outpatient-only practice with no beds
Where Healthixio works differently
The switch usually happens when the first bed arrives
Admissions, ward and bed status, medicine schedules, IPD billing, final bills, discharge summaries and birth certificates are a different category of software from appointment management. If you are running any of those on spreadsheets alongside outpatient software, that is the signal to move.
Per-user billing at hospital headcount
An outpatient practice has two or three logins. A hospital has reception across shifts, billing, pharmacy, lab, store and admin. On a per-user monthly model that headcount is the bill. Healthixio bundles named users into the bed slab and charges ₹3,000 a year for extras.
If your hospital wants to start with the OPD
You do not have to move every department at once. Healthixio OPD Only is ₹14,000 for the first year and ₹7,000 a year after that, with 3 named users, covering appointments, queue, registration, EMR, digital prescriptions and OPD billing. Move up to the full HMIS when you bring IPD, wards and pharmacy onto the same system.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Practo Ray if…
Stay on Practo Ray if you run a purely outpatient practice with a small team, value the patient-discovery and online-booking reach of the Practo consumer platform, and have no plans to admit patients.
Choose Healthixio if…
Move to Healthixio when you run beds, when you add a pharmacy counter or a pathology lab, when TPA and Ayushman claims become part of your revenue, or when per-user charges start scaling faster than your hospital does. Healthixio runs the whole hospital, from a 10-bed hospital to a 500+ bed multi-specialty one.
Frequently asked
What is the best Practo Ray alternative for a hospital in India?+
The right alternative depends on whether you have beds. Once you admit patients you need IPD, ward and bed management, medicine schedules, IPD billing, discharge summaries, pharmacy and pathology — which is hospital software. Healthixio covers all of it at ₹40,000 a year for up to 20 beds, with pricing published in full, and scales to 500+ bed multi-specialty hospitals on an enterprise plan.
Can I move my existing patient data across?+
Yes. Data migration from your existing system is included in the Healthixio subscription along with onboarding and staff training — there is no separate migration charge.
We want to digitise our OPD first. Do we have to buy the full hospital system?+
No. Healthixio OPD Only is ₹14,000 for the first year and ₹7,000 a year afterwards with 3 named users, covering appointments, queue, registration, EMR, digital prescriptions and OPD billing, with no bed-based charge. Upgrade to the complete HMIS when you bring IPD onto the system.
Judge it on the software, not the pitch
All 49 screens are published, and the full price list is on one page. Compare both against anyone on your shortlist.
Sources
Verified 13 August 2026. Competitor pricing and features change — confirm current terms with the vendor directly. All trademarks belong to their respective owners; Healthixio is not affiliated with Practo Ray.