Practo Alternative
A Practo alternative that sends patients to your clinic, not a marketplace
Practo is a marketplace: a patient searches there, sees many doctors, and books one of them. Its practice-management software runs the desk inside that world. Doctors look for an alternative when they want the patient who searched for them to land with them, on their own website and their own phone, and when they want the clinic's front desk to answer without a subscription to a directory.
Pluxo is not a marketplace. It is the clinic's own front desk and online presence: an AI receptionist on the clinic's number and WhatsApp, and a website that ranks under the clinic's name.
| Pluxo | Practo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The clinic's own AI front desk and website | A doctor marketplace, with practice software for clinics listed on it |
| Where the patient books | On your website, your WhatsApp or your phone line, under your name | On Practo, alongside other doctors |
| Answering calls | AI receptionist answers your number 24/7 in 12 Indian languages and books into your slots | Not a phone-answering product; bookings come through the app and website |
| Answers patients, books, reminds, follows up | Reminders and messaging within its practice software | |
| Your own website | Built from your listing, with condition, treatment and location pages that rank; optional add-on | A profile page on practo.com |
| Who owns the patient relationship | You: the number, the site, the records and the reviews are yours | Shared with the marketplace |
| Price | ₹2,999 a month plus GST for Core; ₹4,997 with website and Get Found | Varies by product and plan; check practo.com |
Practo's products are described from its public pages; check its site for current plans. Pluxo prices are the live price list, exclusive of GST.
When Practo is still the right choice
If you are new to a city, have no patient base, and want a stream of first-time bookings from people who do not know you yet, a marketplace listing is a fair way to be seen, at the price of sharing the page with every other doctor in the specialty. Many clinics keep a listing for that reason. Pluxo does not replace that discovery; it makes sure the patient who already found you actually gets through and books.
When Pluxo is the right choice
- You already get calls and WhatsApp messages, and too many go unanswered: during consultations, after hours, on Sundays.
- Your patients speak Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi or Gujarati, not only Hindi and English.
- You want the booking to land in your own calendar with the doctor's real hours, and a reminder to go out without anyone typing it.
- You want a website that ranks for "your specialty + your area" under your own name, so the patient does not have to go through a directory to reach you.
Using both
Plenty of clinics keep their Practo listing and put Pluxo on the phone and WhatsApp. The listing brings the stranger; Pluxo makes sure every call and message after that is answered, booked and reminded. How the receptionist works, and what it costs.
See your clinic as its own front desk
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