Casetop Alternative

Casetop alternative — lower monthly cost, payments and a production board

Casetop prices by technician count and includes unlimited cases. SimpleLabOS prices by case volume and seats, so a small or mid-sized lab often pays much less, and gets card payments (live for US and Australian labs today; other countries on request), QuickBooks and Xero export and a barcode-driven production board. If you need unlimited cases or a vendor-run migration, Casetop may fit better.

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Price at a Glance vs Casetop

Starter vs Solo (up to 2 technicians)
$720/yr less
$29/mo vs $89/mo
Standard vs Small (3–10 technicians)
$1,440/yr less
$69/mo vs $189/mo
Pro vs Mid (11–25 technicians)
$2,400/yr less
$149/mo vs $349/mo

Casetop includes unlimited cases on every tier and charges by technician count. Our Starter allows 150 cases a month with 3 lab staff seats, Standard 500 cases with 10 seats, and Pro unlimited cases and seats. Compare against your own volume. Casetop prices are as published on casetop.io/pricing, checked 2026-09-30.

Head-to-Head Comparison

FeatureSimpleLabOSCasetop
Pricing$29/mo, $69/mo or $149/mo by plan$89/mo, $189/mo or $349/mo by technician count; larger labs quoted
Cases150 (Starter), 500 (Standard), unlimited (Pro)Unlimited on every tier
Lab Staff3 (Starter), 10 (Standard), unlimited (Pro) seatsUp to 2, 3–10 or 11–25 technicians by tier; no per-user fees
Free Trial14 days, card required to start30 days, no card
Doctor PortalFree, unlimited doctor logins on every planWhite-label on your own domain, per its site
Online Card Payments and AutoPayStripe payments on every plan, saved-card AutoPay (US & Australia today, more on request)Not listed on its pricing page
QuickBooks and XeroExport to QuickBooks and XeroQuickBooks sync, per its site; Xero not listed
Production Board with Barcode Scan-to-AdvanceMobile technician queue; scan-to-advance not listed
Case IntakeScanner Inbox: scan emails become cases (Standard and up)AI-powered Rx intake, per its site
Migration HelpExcel price-list import; no case-history migration service72-hour migration, then 30 days side by side, per its site
REST APIPro ($149/mo)Not listed on its pricing page

Why Dental Labs Switch from Casetop

SimpleLabOS is built for the way modern dental labs actually work — visual, mobile, and fast.

A Lower Bill for Small and Mid-Sized Labs

Standard covers 10 lab staff seats and 500 cases a month at $69/mo. Casetop's tier for 3–10 technicians is $189/mo. If you do not need unlimited cases, the difference adds up over a year.

Get Paid Inside the Case Flow

Doctors can pay invoices by card through Stripe, and saved-card AutoPay charges when a case ships. Online payments are on every plan, currently live for US and Australian labs, with other countries on request.

A Production Board That Follows the Bench

Each production step is a column. Scan a case barcode to mark the step done, and the last step sends the case to QC.

Doctor Logins That Never Cost a Seat

Referring dentists get free, unlimited logins on every plan and never count toward your lab staff seats. Your bill follows your bench, not your customer list.

Detailed Comparison

Pricing

Casetop prices by technician count: $89/mo for up to 2 technicians, $189/mo for 3–10, $349/mo for 11–25, and a quote for larger labs, with unlimited cases on every tier, no per-user fees, and annual billing at ten times the monthly price. SimpleLabOS is $29/mo, $69/mo or $149/mo depending on case volume and seats. Against Casetop's tiers that is $720, $1,440 and $2,400 a year less at each step. The trade-off is real: our Starter and Standard plans cap cases at 150 and 500 a month, while Casetop does not cap cases at all. A lab doing more than 500 cases a month would be on Pro, which has unlimited cases and seats.

Payments and Accounting

SimpleLabOS lets doctors pay invoices by card through Stripe (live for US and Australian labs today; other countries on request), supports saved-card AutoPay, and exports to QuickBooks and Xero, all on every plan. Casetop's pricing page does not list online payments. Its site mentions a QuickBooks sync, which we have not compared feature by feature; please confirm details with the vendor.

Migration and Onboarding

This is where Casetop is ahead. It says it will migrate you off LabStar, 3Shape LMS, LabNext or Magic Touch in 72 hours and then run 30 days side by side with your current system. SimpleLabOS has no data-import tool for those systems and no migration service that moves case history. The one importer we have is an Excel price-list import. If a fast, vendor-run migration is your priority, take that seriously.

Intake, Production and Roles

Casetop advertises AI-powered Rx intake and a mobile-first technician queue. SimpleLabOS's Scanner Inbox turns scan files that arrive by email into cases; it is email-based, not a direct scanner integration. On top of that we offer a production board where a barcode scan marks each step done, plus Owner, Manager and Designer roles and, on Pro, a customer API.

You should switch if...

  • You would rather pay $69/mo than $189/mo for a lab of up to 10 people, and your case volume fits within 500 a month
  • Your doctors would rather pay by card, and you want it built into the invoice
  • You send your books to QuickBooks or Xero
  • You want a production board where a barcode scan moves the case to the next step
  • You want referring dentists to have free logins that never use a seat

Casetop might be better if...

  • You want unlimited cases on every tier without watching a monthly limit
  • You want a vendor-run migration off LabStar, 3Shape LMS, LabNext or Magic Touch (72 hours, per its site)
  • You want a white-label doctor portal on your own domain
  • You want AI-powered Rx intake
  • You would rather not enter a card to trial it: its 30-day trial needs no card

What switching actually involves

We have no data-import tool for Casetop, and no onboarding team that migrates your records for you. Here is the path labs actually take instead.

Closed case history stays in Casetop. That is the honest trade-off, and it is worth knowing before you start rather than after.

1

Bring your price list in from Excel

Products, prices, quantity tiers, and per-doctor pricing import from a spreadsheet. This is the one importer SimpleLabOS has, and it is the part that would otherwise take you a weekend.

2

Add doctors and open cases

Your doctor list and the cases still in production get entered directly. There is no importer for these, so how long it takes depends on how much work is on your bench right now.

3

Run Casetop alongside during the trial

Keep your old system live through the 14-day free trial and cut over only once SimpleLabOS is carrying your day-to-day work. Pull your Casetop exports before you cancel anything.

Still running your lab on Excel?

Spreadsheets are great for calculators, but terrible for running a business. See why small labs are upgrading to SimpleLabOS.

Feature
Excel / Paper
SimpleLabOS
Case Management
Find any case in 3 seconds
Manual entry, hard to search history
Instant search, barcode scanning, history log
Client Notifications
Reduce "Is my case ready?" calls by 80%
Manual email or phone call required
Automated SMS & Email updates
Invoicing
Save 5+ hours of billing time per month
Manual calculation, easy to make mistakes
One-click generation from case data
Access
Check schedule from home or mobile
Stuck on one computer/laptop
Cloud-based, access from any device
Photos & Files
Never lose a patient photo again
scattered in folders or email
Attached directly to the case

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SimpleLabOS cheaper than Casetop?

Usually, at the same lab size: $29/mo, $69/mo and $149/mo against Casetop's $89/mo, $189/mo and $349/mo. But our Starter and Standard plans cap cases at 150 and 500 a month, and Casetop does not cap cases. Compare the plan that fits your volume and your number of technicians.

Does Casetop have online payments or a Xero export?

Casetop's pricing page does not list online card payments or Xero, and its site mentions a QuickBooks sync. Please confirm with the vendor. SimpleLabOS takes card payments through Stripe on every plan (live for US and Australian labs today; other countries on request) and exports to QuickBooks and Xero.

Can SimpleLabOS migrate my data from LabStar, 3Shape LMS or Casetop?

No. We would rather be straight with you than sell a switch we cannot deliver. SimpleLabOS has no data-import tool for those systems and no migration service that moves your case history. The one importer we have is an Excel price-list import. Most labs enter their doctor list and open cases by hand, keep the old system running during the 14-day free trial, and leave closed case history where it is. Casetop says it offers a 72-hour migration, so if that matters most, it is a real advantage.

Does SimpleLabOS integrate directly with scanners?

No. Scan files arrive by email into the Scanner Inbox (Standard and up) and become cases; there is no direct connection to scanner software.

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