How we compare

Practice software vs. a practice built online.

Generic practice tools like Bookem, Navitas, and EZMed solve admin — they don’t solve being found and chosen by patients. Their web presence is a booking widget embedded in a DIY site. We build the polished public face of the practice and the system behind it, shaped to how one practice actually works.

Generic practice software

Pocket Architects

Professional website

A booking widget on a DIY site

Custom-designed site, your brand

How patients find you

You bring the traffic

Built for search from day one (SEO)

Booking requests

Included

Request straight from your own site, confirm in one tap

In-person bookings at the practice

Included

Admin adds & manages appointments directly in your calendar

WhatsApp appointment reminders

Mostly SMS/email

One-tap WhatsApp reminders included — fully automatic sending available as an add-on

Patient records & notes

Generic templates

Shaped to your workflow

Invoicing

Included

Medical aid switching/claims

Their strength

Works alongside your existing switch

Fits your exact workflow

One-size-fits-all

Built around how you actually work

Ownership

Rented — cancel and lose it

Own it outright, or subscribe — your choice

Cost model

Monthly forever, per practitioner

Once-off build or monthly plan

Support

Ticket queue

The person who built it

Flexible pricing

Own it, or subscribe.

Practice software subscriptions run R300–R700/month and never include a website. From R600/month, you get the system and a custom site — or pay once and own it all.

7-day free trialon all monthly plans — demo setup, no card required. Continue, and we personalise it to your practice.

Landing Page

R3,000

once-off

Hero, about, services, contact. Hosting free for year one, then R100/month — hosting only. Want us to keep it updated too? Add the Care Plan, R300/month for up to 5 hours of changes & support (R350/hour after that).

Practice System

R400/month

+ R1,000 once-off setup

7-day free trial

Bookings, patient records & notes, and invoicing — with one-tap WhatsApp reminders included. 12-month minimum, starting after your trial. Your data is always exportable if you cancel. Fully automatic WhatsApp reminders available as an add-on (R1,000 once-off, from R150/month depending on message volume).

System + Website

R600/month

+ R1,000 once-off setup

7-day free trial

Everything in Practice System, plus a custom 5-page website: Home, About, Services, Contact + one page of your choice. Complete your first 12 months and the website is yours to keep — even if you cancel the system later (hosting then R100/month; included while you’re on this plan). Extra pages R300 each — simple content pages; custom-designed or interactive pages quoted separately.

System + Website

R15,000

once-off

You own everything outright. 60-day warranty. R100/month hosting only, or R300/month Care Plan for up to 5 hours of changes & support (R350/hour after that).

Personalisation & Setup — R1,000 once-off

(after your free trial)

Your logo and brand colours across the system
Branded PDF invoices and statements
Your own domain connected, with SSL
Services, pricing and practitioner details loaded
Existing patient list imported
Google Calendar linked
Onboarding walkthrough call

Many of our clients keep their existing medical aid billing switch — we build everything patients see, and the system behind it.

Ready to be found and chosen?

Tell us about your practice and we’ll show you what the public face plus the system behind it would look like.