HomeoAxis vs Practo: An all-specialty healthcare marketplace with clinic software vs a whole-clinic system built only for homeopathy
Published by HomeoAxis, the maker of one of the 15 products compared. Competitor facts come from their public websites and are dated. · Facts checked 16 Oct 2026 · Reviewed 17 Oct 2026 by Deepika Singh (B.Sc. , BHMS , CGO, CSD)
Quick answer
Is HomeoAxis a good Practo alternative?
HomeoAxis, 1 of the 15 products compared here, is a cloud clinic system built only for homeopathy. Practo (Practo.com listings, Practo Pro app and Ray by Practo clinic software) is a healthcare platform — best for: Doctors and clinics of any speciality who want patients to find and book them on a large doctor marketplace. HomeoAxis Pro, the full clinic plan, is ₹2,399 per month billed annually (₹28,790 a year, about ₹79 a day; list price ₹4,799) for 1 clinic and up to 5 logins in all (up to 2 of them doctors). Lite, ₹1,599 per month billed annually, is the clinic-profile-and-leads plan only. Larger plans cover more clinics (Plus, Elite). There is no free plan. Pro, Plus and Elite include every module from the start; Lite opens every module for its first 14 days.
Choose Practo if…
- being listed among doctors of every speciality on Practo.com brings you new patients
- you want Patient Stories and instant online booking through Practo Prime
- you consult online through Practo and want it to collect the fees
- Choose Ray by Practo if you want general clinic software from the same company as your listing
Choose HomeoAxis if…
- you want structured homeopathic case-taking, a repertory, materia medica and AI case analysis in the visit
- you prepare and dispense your own medicines, with stock, a pharmacy POS and courier dispatch
- you want your own clinic and doctor website profile, found on Google and in AI search
- you want follow-up outcome tracking for each prescription
- you want an encrypted offline copy of the clinic's records on every signed-in device — read-only — when the internet or our server is down
HomeoAxis and Practo, feature by feature
| Feature | HomeoAxisclinic software | Practohealthcare platform |
|---|---|---|
| Clinic & patients | ||
| Patient records (EHR) | Included | Included — Patient records and history in Ray |
| Family on one phone number | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Multi-clinic / branches | Included | Included — Several practices on one Ray account |
| Staff rolesDoctor, junior doctor, receptionist, pharmacist, accountant | Included — Doctor, junior doctor, receptionist, accountant, and a pharmacist role for the pharmacy counter | Included — Staff access levels in Ray; role-based app access for consultants, receptionists and front desk (help articles) |
| Appointments + calendar | Included | Included — Calendar with SMS confirmations, reminders and follow-ups |
| Online booking | Included | Included — Instant booking on Practo.com with Prime; a free profile lists the clinic |
| Waiting room + TV queue | Included — TV board for the waiting room | Not stated publicly |
| Walk-ins | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Bring existing patients in (import)From a spreadsheet, old software or paper records | Included — CSV of up to 5,000 patients with a preview and duplicate check; old case numbers kept when that setting is on; past case histories are not imported | Included — Practo’s support team migrates data from your existing software (Ray FAQ) |
| Old records and reports on the patient fileScans, PDFs, photos | Included — Scans, PDFs, photos and other files up to 20 MB on the patient profile; files on each consultation | Not stated publicly |
| Doctor leave and blocked timeClosed times cannot be booked online | Included — Block a session, a time or whole days, or pause online booking; patients already booked are listed for the desk | Not stated publicly |
| Separate new-patient and follow-up visitsEach with its own length and fee | Included — New-patient and follow-up length and fee per doctor, worked out from the patient’s history; an optional free follow-up window | Not stated publicly |
| Case-taking & repertory | ||
| Structured case-takingGenerals, mind, modalities | Included | Not stated publicly |
| VitalsBP, pulse, temperature, weight, SpO₂ | Included — BP, pulse, temperature, weight, height, SpO₂ and blood glucose | Not stated publicly |
| Voice dictation or AI scribe for notes | Partial — Dictation into the clinical notes through the browser’s own speech recognition, where the browser supports it; no AI scribe | Not stated publicly |
| Repertory (books) | Included — OOREP repertory corpus | Not stated publicly |
| Materia medica | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Repertorisation / remedy ranking | Included | Not stated publicly |
| AI case analysis | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Similar past cases and expected recovery time | Partial — Similar past cases with known outcomes feed the AI suggestions and an expected recovery time; the matched cases are not listed to the doctor | Not stated publicly |
| Follow-up outcome tracking | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Patients report progress between visits | Included — Patients answer “how much relief have you felt?” on set days after the visit, by link, patient app or a staff call; a clinic switch in Settings, off until turned on | Not stated publicly |
| Formula / product discovery from results | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Research paper from your own cases | Included — One-click research paper PDF from a formula’s anonymised cases (3 or more) | Not stated publicly |
| Lab results tracked over timeValues by date, compared with earlier results | Included — Reference ranges by sex and age, low / normal / high flags and the change since the last result | Not stated publicly |
| Lab tests advised from the visit | Included — Tests with do’s and don’ts and a recommended lab, on the prescription or a separate slip, also for walk-ins | Not stated publicly |
| Prescription, pharmacy & dispatch | ||
| E-prescription PDF (letterhead) | Included | Partial — Prescriptions in Ray; sharing records with patients is advertised on the Ray page but not on the current plan cards; a letterhead PDF is not stated |
| Potency + dosage | Included | Partial — Dosage and frequency in prescriptions (help article); homeopathic potency not stated |
| Hide remedy names from patientsCoded names on the patient’s prescription and bill | Included — Coded names on the patient’s prescription, invoices and patient app; a clinic setting | Not stated publicly |
| Medicine preparation queue | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Pharmacy POS | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Inventory with batch / expiry | Included | Partial — Inventory with batches in Practo’s help articles (Ray Pro plan) and on the Prime page; not on the current Ray plan cards |
| Purchase orders and vendor payments | Included — Purchase orders, goods received and vendor payments, posted to accounting | Not stated publicly |
| Courier dispatch (Shiprocket) | Included — Shiprocket (automated booking and tracking); Porter local deliveries recorded in the app | Not stated publicly |
| Medical certificates | Included | Partial — Medical leave certificate PDF in a help article (May 2016); not on the current plan cards |
| AI-drafted medical certificates | Included — The AI drafts the certificate text; the doctor edits it before issuing | Not stated publicly |
| Diet charts | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Billing & accounts | ||
| Invoices + payments | Included | Included — Billing, advance payments and pending-invoice settlement |
| UPI / Razorpay online payment | Included | Included — Ray Payment Solution: patients pay online; 2% or 1.8% a transaction |
| GST | Partial — GST tax invoice on pharmacy sales and a GST summary for your CA; consultation invoices carry no GST | Partial — Ray made GST compliant from July 2017, per a help article (2017); not on the current plan cards |
| Cash book / accounting export | Included — ITR-ready cash book, CA export | Not stated publicly |
| Revenue and practice reportsBy clinic and doctor | Included — Revenue, patients, P&L by clinic and doctor, doctor performance | Included — Basic reports on CM Atom, advanced reports on Clinic Management |
| Wallet, points & referrals | Included | Partial — Membership plans in Ray’s loyalty management; points and referrals not stated |
| Patient growth | ||
| Patient app / portal | Included | Included — The Practo app for patients: booking, consults, medicines, lab tests and records |
| WhatsApp reminders & messages | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Patient WhatsApp replies in one inbox | Included — Replies, photos and voice notes in one inbox, with Call, WhatsApp back and Mark handled | Not stated publicly |
| Message campaigns to patientsAn event, camp or update sent to a chosen group | Included — WhatsApp, from approved templates, to all patients, one clinic’s or those seen recently; the count and credit cost are shown before sending | Not stated publicly |
| Patient reviews | Included | Included — Patient Stories on Practo.com |
| Clinic + doctor website / profile | Included | Partial — A Practo Profile page on Practo.com; not the clinic’s own website |
| Google Business Profile tools | Included | Not stated publicly |
| YouTube channel toolsVideos on the clinic page, replies to comments | Included — Connect the channel: videos on the clinic page, comment replies with an AI draft | Not stated publicly |
| Leads & lead forms | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Health camp planning and invites | Included — Patients within a radius, filtered by age, gender and complaint, invited by push and email | Not stated publicly |
| AI-search (SEO / AEO) profile | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Public doctor Q&APatients ask; answers publish under the doctor’s name | Included — Patients ask on condition pages; a doctor answers, a peer reviews, and the answer publishes under the doctor’s name | Partial — “Ask free health questions” is offered to patients on Practo.com; how doctors’ answers are shown is not described on these pages |
| Video consults | ||
| Built-in video consults | Included | Included — Practo Consult: video, phone and chat in the Practo Pro app |
| Pay before joining | Included | Included — Paid online consults are paid to Practo, which settles to the doctor weekly |
| Devices, offline & app | ||
| Works in the browser on any device | Included | Included — Ray runs online, hosted in the Amazon cloud |
| Installable app (PWA) | Included | Not stated publicly |
| Works offline | Included — Read-only copy during an internet outage | Partial — Practo Pro app: “Access your practice offline when phone is not connected to the Internet”, synced with cloud storage later |
| Offline copy of the clinic's records on every deviceThe records each signed-in person can open (patients, case history, invoices, appointments, follow-ups, leads, stock), readable when the internet or the server is down | Included — Encrypted, read-only; new entries wait for the connection | Partial — Practo Pro phone app: “Access your practice offline when phone is not connected to the Internet” and “synchronize practice data between cloud storage and your mobile”; which records, and other devices, are not stated |
| Desktop install | Included — Installable from the browser (PWA) | Not stated publicly |
| Mobile app (Play Store / App Store) | Not offered — Coming; the PWA installs on phones today | Included — Practo Pro app for doctors; Practo app for patients |
| Cloud backup / sync | Included — Cloud-hosted | Included — Amazon cloud with automated backups |
| Price | HomeoAxis | Practo |
|---|---|---|
| List price | Pro, the full clinic plan: ₹2,399 per month billed annually (₹28,790 a year) | Ray by Practo: CM Atom ₹999 a month on a 1-year plan; Clinic Management ₹1,499 a month on a 1-year plan or ₹999 a month on a 4-year plan (list ₹1,999); Practo Profile free; Prime and Reach priced separately (as of 16 Oct 2026) |
| Billing | Monthly or yearly; yearly saves 20% | Ray: subscription for 1 or 4 years, shown per month; Prime: a one-time fee per new patient connection, from a prepaid wallet; Reach: paid ad slots |
| Free tier or trial | There is no free plan. Pro, Plus and Elite include every module from the start; Lite opens every module for its first 14 days. | Practo Profile and the Practo Pro app are free; no free Ray plan stated; 7-day free Ray trial with all features (each new practice added later gets 15 days) |
| What the price includes | 1 clinic and up to 5 logins in all (up to 2 of them doctors) | CM Atom: up to 50 doctors, 3,000 SMS, 5 GB, basic reports, online payments at 2% a transaction; Clinic Management: unlimited doctors, 8,000 SMS, 20 GB, advanced reports, payments at 1.8%; GST not stated; Prime fee and Reach prices not published |
When the internet or the server is down
| Product | Type | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| HomeoAxis | Cloud — encrypted offline copy on every device | Patient and doctor first: even if the internet and our server are both down, every phone, tablet and PC already signed in keeps an encrypted copy of the clinic's records that person can open — every patient, and for doctors each patient's case history and past prescriptions, plus the last 12 months of invoices, appointments from 30 days back to 60 days ahead, follow-ups, leads and stock — so the consultation can go on. Read-only: new records wait for the connection; a consultation already open stays on screen with what was typed and saves it by itself when the connection returns, as long as that page is not closed or reloaded meanwhile. |
| Practo | Cloud — limited offline mode | Ray runs online in the Amazon cloud; the Practo Pro phone app says you can access your practice offline and sync with the cloud later; which records it keeps is not stated. |
Switching from Practo to HomeoAxis
HomeoAxis imports patients from a CSV file of up to 2 MB and 5,000 rows (rows beyond 5,000 are not read), with a preview before anything is saved. The file needs a name column and a phone column (a 10-digit mobile number); city, address, email, gender and an old case number are optional. If your clinic keeps its own case numbers, the old case numbers are kept as each patient's custom case number, and an old case number that clashes with one already in use is listed and skipped. Rows with no name or an invalid phone are listed and skipped; the same name with the same phone is skipped as a duplicate, while the same phone with a different name is added as a family member. Case histories, prescriptions and invoices are not imported. Pro, Plus and Elite include every module from the start; Lite opens every module for its first 14 days.
We have not compared Practo's export options, so ask Practo what it can export as a spreadsheet, and keep its backup until the new records are checked. HomeoAxis does not take over a Practo database directly.
Questions doctors ask
Practo and HomeoAxis do different jobs, and a homeopath can use both. A free Practo Profile lists you on Practo.com among doctors of every speciality, with Patient Stories; Practo Prime adds instant booking for a fee per new patient, and Practo Reach sells ad slots. HomeoAxis gives the clinic and each doctor their own website profile, built to be found on Google and in AI search, with booking, reviews and WhatsApp follow-up that stay with the clinic.
Sources for Practo
- Practo for providers — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Ray by Practo — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Ray by Practo plans — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Prime — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Reach — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Profile — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Consult — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Pro app — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- About Practo — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo patient app — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo homoeopath listings (Delhi) — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo help: Ray articles (inventory, billing, EMR, staff) — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo help: Ray and GST — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo help: medical certificate in Ray — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo help: staff access levels in Ray — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo help: role-based access on the Practo Pro app — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo app on Google Play — Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Practo Pro app on Google Play (offline access) — Checked 16 Oct 2026
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