Vaidhya vs Practo: which is right for patients and doctors?
Practo is a large, established platform for finding doctors, booking appointments and online consultations, with practice-management software for clinics. Vaidhya organises everything by system of medicine, and adds hospital OPD queues, home care, a supplier and manufacturer marketplace and a job portal in the same app.
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| What matters | Practo | Vaidhya |
|---|---|---|
| Main focus | Finding doctors, booking appointments, online consultation, practice software for clinics | The whole healthcare ecosystem: care, hospital operations, home care, B2B supply and jobs |
| How listings are organised | Search is organised by speciality and location | By system of medicine first (Allopathy, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Yoga and more), then speciality |
| Hospital OPD | Appointment booking with doctors and clinics | Booked OPD tokens, live queue, doctors roster by department, multiple branches |
| Hospital pricing | Plans vary by product, check Practo for current pricing | Per branch and per department, never per doctor, with public prices |
| Home care | Not a focus | Home-care marketplace: nurses, physiotherapists and attendants with price ranges, online payment and visit OTP |
| Suppliers, manufacturers, distributors | Not a focus | Listed by category, with leads from hospitals and clinics |
| Jobs | Not a focus | Healthcare job portal with profiles, applications and alerts |
| Emergency | Not a focus | Ambulance, oxygen and blood-bank listings |
| Scale and track record | Large, long-established brand with a wide doctor network | Newer platform, growing city by city |
What Practo is known for
- Doctor profiles and search by speciality and location, with appointment booking
- Online consultations (Practo Consult) and a paid visibility product for doctors (Practo Reach)
- Practice-management software for clinics, sold by subscription (third-party reports have put plans from about ₹799 per month, so check current pricing)
Where Practo is stronger
Practo has a much larger and longer-established doctor network and brand awareness, and a mature product for online consultation and clinic software. If you only need to find a doctor in a major city today, Practo may show you more options.
Choose Practo if
- You want the widest possible set of doctors in a large city
- You want an established practice-management suite for a clinic
Choose Vaidhya if
- You want care across systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Siddha as first-class choices
- You run a hospital and want OPD tokens and queues with per-branch pricing
- You also need home care, B2B supply or hiring in the same app
Questions about Vaidhya vs Practo
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Information about other companies comes from their own public pages and app-store listings and from published reports, and may be out of date. It was last reviewed in November 2026. Please check each company's own website for current details. All trademarks belong to their owners. Vaidhya is not affiliated with any company named here.
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