| Fakaʻilonga | Intake.Dental | Weave |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | Jordan Thomas, DMD (practicing dentist) | Tech entrepreneurs, founded 2008 |
| Core product | Intake + AI notes + voice AI + 24/7 reception | VoIP + texts + scheduling + payments + reviews |
| Pricing | Solo $79.99 / Multi $179.99 / AI Receptionist $499.99 / Autopilot $999.99 per month | Pro starts $249/month + ~$750 setup; Elite/Ultimate custom quotes |
| PMS integrations | Every PMS — 60+ via bidirectional sync (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, CareStack, etc.); every other PMS via automatic PDF email delivery | 7 direct APIs (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve, SoftDent, Dolphin, Fuse) |
| AI languages | 29 languages with real-time voice synthesis and translation | Multiple languages on SMS; voice language count not published |
| Phone system | Works both ways — keep your existing phones and add the AI on top, or run your phones on Intake.Dental's built-in cloud VoIP (no desk hardware required) | Replaces your phone system with VoIP hardware |
| Phone analytics | AI call intelligence on every call: summary, caller intent, booking outcome, call-to-booking close rate, and per-channel marketing tracking numbers | Call analytics and missed-call reporting within its VoIP platform |
| Setup time | 60-second self-serve signup; cloud SaaS, no hardware | 2–4 weeks implementation plus ~$750 setup fee |
Multilingual conditional-logic forms, 60-second setup, $79.99/mo Solo tier includes unlimited submissions and PDF delivery.
Offers digital forms but gates them behind Elite/Ultimate tiers — Pro tier excludes them entirely.
A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers, books, and triages in 29 languages — on your existing phones or on Intake.Dental's own cloud VoIP with call recording and phone analytics. Full two-way SMS and direct email with patients from the dashboard, appointment reminders, recall campaigns, text-to-pay, and in-house membership plan signup — all included.
VoIP phones with two-way texting (1,500–15,000 messages/month depending on tier) and missed-call auto-responses.
Learns each provider's charting style over 30 days; handles voice intake, insurance verification, and clinical notes in 29 languages.
2024 AI Receptionist handles calls, texts, sentiment analysis, and payment collection — but does not generate clinical notes.
Works with every PMS. Bidirectional sync for 60+ of the most common platforms, automatic PDF email delivery for everything else — no per-integration fees.
Direct API integrations with seven named PMS vendors; support beyond that list is unclear.
ʻOku ʻi ai ʻe Intake.Dental ha ngaahi tafaʻaki moʻui ʻe tolu (Solo $79.99, Multi $179.99, Autopilot $999.99 taki māhina) taʻe ai ha ngaahi totongi taki-popoaki pe taki-tauhi, pea mo ha tui PMS kakato ʻi he $500/māhina maʻumaʻu ʻoku fakalakalaka ʻi he taimi ʻeni pea maʻu ʻi he lisi tatali. ʻOku kamata ʻa Weave ʻi he $249/māhina ki he Pro, fakalahi ha ~$750 fakatupu, pea tāpuni ʻa e ngaahi meʻa faʻu (ngaahi foʻi pepa, fakamoʻoniʻi inisiualesi) ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki Elite/Ultimate ʻoku fiemaʻu ha ngaahi kuote fakapapauʻi. Ki he ngaahi ʻofisi tokotaha lahi, ʻoku ʻave ʻe Intake.Dental Solo ha AI mahuʻinga nifo lahi ange ʻi he Weave Pro ʻi he vahe-tolu ʻo e totongi pe — pea ko e ngaahi ʻofisi ʻoku fiemaʻu ha tui PMS kakato ʻe lava ʻo kau ki he lisi tatali ke fakaongo ʻi he hoko ʻo e poloani maʻumaʻu $500.
Ko e liliu mei Weave ki Intake.Dental ko ha hiki konga — ʻoku ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi telefoni Weave (pe toe foki ki hoʻo sistemi muʻa) pea fetongi ʻa e kātoanga, ngaahi fakamatala AI, leʻo AI, SMS/ē-mēlia pasini, ngaahi totongi, mo e tafaʻaki polokalama memipā ki Intake.Dental. Polokalami ha uike ʻe taha ʻo e akonaki kau ngāue. Ko e liliu mei Intake.Dental ki Weave ko ha hiki lahi ange: ʻamanaki ki he uike ʻe 2–4 ki he hiki telefoni mo e fakatupu naunau, pea te ke mole ʻa e AI fakamatala kilinika fakanifo, kātoanga leʻo lahi-lea, mo e fakamatala akonaki-tauhi.
Yes, though the overlap is larger than it looks. Intake.Dental ships full two-way patient SMS, direct email, text-to-pay, in-house membership plans, an AI receptionist, and appointment reminders — so most practices don't need Weave's messaging, payments, or reception products alongside it. The clean stack is Weave's VoIP phone hardware (if you want it) plus Intake.Dental for everything software: intake, clinical notes, multilingual voice AI, patient communication, payments, and membership plans. And if you'd rather not run separate phone hardware at all, Intake.Dental's Front Desk AI add-on can be the phone system too — cloud VoIP with IVR routing, call recording, and call-to-booking analytics.
Intake.Dental works with every PMS. For 60+ of the most common platforms we run bidirectional sync; for everything else, completed forms and notes are delivered as formatted PDFs via email. Weave has direct API integrations with seven named vendors and no PDF fallback for others. Both cover the majors (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental), but Intake.Dental reaches every office regardless of what PMS they run.
Intake.Dental includes full 29-language voice AI with real-time translation, meaning a Spanish-speaking patient can call and complete intake entirely in Spanish. Weave supports SMS/text templates in multiple languages but does not publish equivalent voice capabilities.
Intake.Dental runs a 3-tier verification system (electronic eligibility check, AI voice calls, automated troubleshooting) on every Solo/Multi/Autopilot plan. Weave offers verification only on Elite/Ultimate tiers and the methodology is not publicly documented.
Intake.Dental is faster — you can sign up, connect your PMS, and start running forms in under an hour. Weave's VoIP rollout requires phone hardware and porting, which typically takes 2–4 weeks.
Weave is the right choice for practices ready to replace their entire phone system with VoIP hardware and want reputation management in one package. Intake.Dental makes more sense if you want AI that thinks like a dentist — clinical notes, multilingual voice receptionist, 3-tier insurance verification, two-way patient SMS and email, text-to-pay, and in-house membership plans — at a predictable $79.99–$999.99/mo, keeping your existing phones or running them on Intake.Dental's built-in cloud VoIP with full call analytics. Weave is broader hardware infrastructure. Intake.Dental is deeper software for dental operations — phones included if you want them.
Intake.Dental is a focused AI operations layer starting at $79.99/mo that drops into your existing phone system — or runs your phones itself with built-in cloud VoIP and call analytics. Weave replaces your phone infrastructure with a broader communication suite for healthcare.
Tohi ha fakamatala miniti-30 pea te mau fakaʻilo kiate koe fēfē te mau fakatātaa ʻi he ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻoku mahuʻinga ki ho ngāue.
Ko e ngaahi vāhenga kotoa ʻoku lisi, ko e ngaahi fakapōngia kotoa ʻoku totongi. ʻIkai ha “fakahokohoko ha telefoni fakatau” ke maʻu ha fika.
