Zanda vs Pabau

Goldie

Doctoralia for Specialists

Carepatron

Goldie is a comprehensive software designed for salon and beauty professionals. The platform offers appointment scheduling, automated client reminders, and integrated payment processing capabilities to help reduce no-shows and streamline business operations. Beauty professionals can manage their calendars, create branded online booking websites, and track business performance through detailed reports.

Doctoralia Pro provides solutions to manage communication between health centers and patients. It is designed for any type of clinic: therapeutic, pediatric, ophthalmology, dental, fertility, or respiratory. It helps to optimize time and increase revenue.

All your healthcare work in one place: Notes, Clients records, Appointments, Billing, Payments, Transcription, Communication & more.

Zanda is a practice management platform designed to help allied health professionals run clinic operations with calendar management tools, automated appointment reminders, treatment note templates, invoicing, online bookings, 2-way SMS chat, telehealth, secure AI-powered session transcription & more

Appointment Management

Patient Scheduling

Patient Intake

Patient Portal

HIPAA Compliant

Claims Management

EMR/EHR

Medical Billing

Charting

Physician Scheduling

The Zanda integrations most frequently cited by reviewers are: Stripe (a payment processing product rated 4.6 out of 5 for its integration with Zanda) and Xero (an accounting product, 4.9).

Integrations

By industry, Zanda reviewers are most commonly professionals in health, wellness and fitness (44%). The most frequent use case for Zanda cited by reviewers is appointment scheduling (56% of reviewers).

Zanda

Web-based

Chromebook

Windows

Linux

Android

iPad

iPhone

 Health Practice Starter Plan

 Health Practice Growth Plan

 Group Practice Growth Plan

Owner

This is despite the error logs of your browser, which you never even knew existed prior to becoming Zanda's trouble shooting staff by proxy (with well under market rate compensation mind you, IE ZERO), showing an issue which a simple Google search demonstrates is on the developer (ie ZANDA's) end, not your computer.

Allied health professional

Wide range of features including integrated telehealth, SMS reminders, customisable forms and note templates, online bookings and client portal.

See above, pretty well sums it up. When the software is working it's fantastic. When it doesn't, it's like pulling teeth to be heard or seen by the developers, while they treat you like a junior staff member in their office because they're too lazy to do anything for themselves.

There's not much left wanting, except the ability to manage and track batch numbers on herbal products.

Practice Manager

When applying a note or comment to an invoice, I do not like that the receiver can not view these. If we have sent an invoice multiple times (we record every time it is sent in this comment section), it would be beneficial if the receiver could see this as well.

Would like the option of phone support rather than only email or chat - you can book a phone session but booked out for weeks so this doesn't work for urgent issues.

Psychologist

The templates are easy to personalise, with fields I can merge into my emails. While I was setting up my business on this platform I was able to have all my questions answered through the chat function or the knowledge base.

Administrative staff

It's has complex interface find it hard at first.

Practice Administrator

There is not a simple way to do things on this app, everything has several ways to do done and is quite confusing.

Chiropractor

I love that I was able to completely customize my notes to how I practice, and there are many more customizable features that I will continue to integrate to make running and managing my chiropractic practice easier and more efficient.

Social Worker

I love that I am able to do everything in one place, it keeps me organized and on track with things that can be overwhelming with business

CBT Therapist

Although I found the learning curb steep at the beginning, I really love PowerDiary and have actually refused becoming an affiliate with various mental health services because I don't want to have to use their system instead of my PowerDiary one.

Speech and Language Therapist

Clinical notes are quick and you can make templates to speed up the admin process.

Founder

Personally don't find much dislike but I have used both desktop and mobile versions and can say that the mobile version lacks most of the amazing features which can be improved.

I wish each invoice could be done individually based on my accounting system

Clinical Psychologist

The letter/report templates don’t autosave and sometimes I have lost work.

It integrates with sms, email, and Telehealth.

Physical Therapist

Having Stripe made transactions very easy once the client's credit card information was entered.

Counselor

The calendar filters are amazing easy to use every new pops up and you only see that day (unless scheduling)

A bit tricky (as a sole trader with a bit of a social life) to use it as a personal diary, to put in the different activities, with whom etc  I just block out those times I need away and hope I remember what they were for

counselor

Not as smooth as the other similar I have for the past.

Counsellor

Zanda has proven to be user friendly, affordable, intuitive and so much better than any expectation had for it.

I like the easy navigation, calendar filters, invoicing

It has met all my needs and the customer service when first starting was so helpful!

FL Administrative

Accessibility to make bookings straight away virtually online

Therapist, Counsellor

We are still under using Power Diary, but it is easy to show others what to do to get started.

Business  Development Admin

Prior to using Power Diary I was using systems that have several disjointed parts that were not necessarily moving together in sync.

Psychotherapist

I use it for scheduling and for EMR and my Telehealth platoform.

Unable to use bulk send emails without a template, emails I send via this are unique everytime.

Nowadays we don't waste our time raising issues for most thingsThe reporting options are weakDoesn't manage "Couples" as a client well - but no competitors do eaither

Some of them seemed to be inconveniently cobbled together. Since using Power Diary, we have not seen the need for a "receptionist" or be stuck to a desk in order to manage the practice.

Therapist

I have found power diary to be really easy and useful to use. If I have ever had a problem, the support team always respond pretty quick.

Using the calendar; all of the hyperlinks to other records; the invoicing.

I don't manage the program but it seems that it is highly customizable, which is not always an option in other EHR systems.

The user interface is intuitive and usable.

Owner and LMHC 

The confidential, secure billing, communication, portal, and private mode are immaculate.

Admin

I cant import my reqs into the system to type and text

I have used half a dozen other practice management systems.

Nurse Practitioner 

I love the scheduling, records section, customisable forms, invoicing, simplicity of Medicare, client portal, everything.

Speech Pathologist

PD also have a great range of helpful staff and webinars who assisted me on setting up my practice management from the start.

President

Power Diary offers LOTS for features: built-in CRM for email & SMS marketing, appointment reminders, and client correspondence; HIPAA compliant EMR for SOAP notes; customizable templates for SOAP notes and intake/consent forms; the flexibility to create your own SOAP notes and forms; automatic invoices generated when appointments are created; easy scheduling in-person & online through a client portal; capability of clients to pay in advance when they schedule online; Stripe integration with payment processing; reporting for KPIs to understand practice management; ability to create session packages; ability to create 1-on-1 sessions or group classes

reflexologist

The appointment reminders have proved invaluable and I believe improved no-shows and forgotten appointments.

Physiotherapist

I have felt significantly more professional using Power Diary from the invoicing, to e-mailing letters and communication to referrers and colleagues.   Although my business is small, having a professional software practice management system has been a great investment.

Some of the scheduling setup is a bit clunky, and could be updated to be more intuitive.

Registered Psychologist

Ease of daily use, setup was very simple, ability to create email and letter templates for clients makes streamlining very easy.

Is it possible to use a WhatsApp interface in addition to a text messaging interface.

I use it to manage all of my clients and appointments.

I can't really think of any negatives about Power Diary other than maybe that it has so many features that I felt a little overwhelmed to start. But that's to be expected when new to any program.

This also makes your practice look professional and well-run, which instils confidence in my client base.

Customer Support

Practice Management

Ease of Use

Calendar Integration

Appointment Reminders

Note Templates

Invoicing

Payment Processing

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Freelancers

ModMed

ModMed offers a cloud-based EHR system designed specifically for medical specialty practices including dermatology, ophthalmology, and orthopedics. The platform integrates AI-based documentation tools, such as ModMed Scribe with practice management features to streamline clinical workflows and patient engagement. The solution connects clinical and administrative aspects of healthcare practices through specialty-specific interfaces and analytics capabilities.

DocVilla

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E-Prescribing

By industry, Pabau reviewers are most commonly professionals in health, wellness and fitness (36%). The most frequent use case for Pabau cited by reviewers is medical practice management (52% of reviewers).

Users and use cases

The Pabau integration most frequently cited by reviewers is Stripe, a payment processing product rated 4.8 out of 5 for its integration with Pabau.

Pabau is a medical practice management solution with key features that include patient scheduling, patient records management, appointment management, and more.

Pabau

Startup

Solo

Team

Medium

Group

Registered Nurse

The AI dictation feature has been a huge time-saver, accurately capturing my notes and reducing the amount of typing I have to do.

We are a new practice and the ease of which we can update our electronic forms and patient data be replicated in provider treatment notes or vice versa is a game changer.

Director

Automation and efficiency: Features like automated reminders, aftercare forms, and newsletters help reduce manual tasks.

Doctor

Everything is one place, marketing, clinical documentation, phototaking and also being able to book clients and send out relevant information and forms.

Founder and Adult Nurse Practitioner

Pabau has helped streamline all aspects of my practice from online bookings and consent forms, to treatment notes, photos, and marketing follow-up.

Pabau is incredibly comprehensive — it combines bookings, patient records, invoicing, consent forms, marketing, and finance into one streamlined platform.

CEO, CFO

Huge shout out to [sensitive content hidden] for the strategic guidance and sage methods of presenting our offerings in ways I had not even thought of. And of course, humongous props to [sensitive content hidden] for understanding our product from the onset, making erudite suggestions about how we should structure our EMR to maximize efficiency/minimize data entry. When we had deadlines materialize out of nowhere (things tend to happen like that when you're starting your own practice, I've come to [painfully] find out) he would find a way to fit me into his tight schedule to solve the issue swiftly and efficiently; at times, speaking directly to my web designer to expedite the process.

As a medical practitioner running my own clinic, it gives me the structure I need to manage clinical documentation, financials, and patient communication all in one place.

Aesthetic Nurse

Having changed over from one provider to Pabau there is a lot more to offer in order to make digital records easier to manage, however for a small business with 3 staff it has been time consuming and at times very slow in getting set up.

Chief I.T and Legal Officer

We have been able to manage our business like never before through the platform enabling us to track our doctors and all procedure done to our patients.

Clinic Owner and Clinical Specialist

The digital consent forms and treatment notes also allow me to go fully paperless, which is not only professional but also very efficient for keeping records secure and accessible.

It offers a wide range of great features for scheduling, patient management, and marketing—all in one place.

The App is not as intuitive as the web version, the pop up windows and navigation is not as user friendly as the web version.

As a US-based user, I occasionally need clarification on which features apply to our regulations. But the support team has been responsive and helpful whenever I’ve needed clarification.

Business Development Manager

Overall Pabau is great for what you need. when it is flowing through it works wonders, some of the features are amazing for the business, especially the braodcasts, online bookings and so much more.

Medical Director

I also love how easily Pabau lets us merge data from other workflows directly into the clinical record.

When the portal is open and being used by multiple devices, it does not update unanimously on each device until the page is refreshed. Once you know this, you get into a habit of actively refreshing the page before booking someone in to avoid double bookings.

Managing Director

We have to use lots of workarounds to track progress so we have many spreadsheets running alongside it and the reporting function is sub par to really get proper detail about what's happening in the business without paying extra for custom reports

Ability to prepopulate forms and use AI and Macros

The staff is super helpful and provides outstanding customer support and online training on all aspects, such as setting up an account, configuring Pabau to my needs, helping with Stripe integration, uploading my templates, marketing advice, tips for my practice, etc.

Aesthetic therapist

At times certain functions can glich or not allow you to save new information.

I could only have one location set up with the basic package - as a new start up with not many clients I don’t need the larger package but I am working from multiple locations to try and capture as many people as possible but have had to have different systems for that.

Aesthetic Practitioner

It makes managing appointments, client records, and communication so much easier.

The onboarding process feels quite complicated and there is a massive influx of multiple emails which makes it confusing.

Administrator

You don't need to purchase countless add-ons to access the tools that everyone values, which sets it apart from other companies.

Pabau 2 is exceptionally user-friendly and offers a comprehensive range of features designed to optimise client record-keeping and communications.

There is an initial 7-10 day delay whilst data is being migrated onto the system.

It brings together appointment scheduling, clinical documentation, and patient communication in one place.

owner medical practicemedspa

Not sure how the credit system will work for primary care as I have to use credits for daily use.

I also appreciate the excellent AI integration, which offers plenty of opportunities to explore and implement new features.

It’s not a deal-breaker, but it does add a small learning curve for American clinics using the system.

Pharmacist Aesthetic Practitioner

Following initial setup with a service advisor (which can take time) it’s by far the best system for us to take bookings, collate detail regarding patients and so so much more to come too.

Nurse practitioner

The software has lots to offer from notes and records to emails

Pabau booking system has streamlined our operations, improved patient engagement, and freed up valuable staff time.

I really appreciate that it is an all-inclusive system where everything I need is in one place, making daily operations smooth and efficient.

Managing Partner

implementaiton support, and customet service , system looks compresensiv.

Nothing liked interactive service and ability to detail query so enabled a positive response and ease of access on my outlook account.

The leads section/ reports and few section takes time to load.

A special shout-out to  [sensitive content hidden] for his thorough explanations and for taking the time to tailor the system to fit our clinic’s specific needs.

Overall, Pabau has improved both my charting efficiency and the quality of our clinic's records.

Lots of ways of informing patients about treatments and what they entail.

The pabau team is quite extensive and trying to setup as quickly as possible, did not give time to understand and think anything else.

Dermatologist

Would like more colour to differentiate between the stages of bookings

Pabau is a user-friendly and efficient software that makes managing the clinic so much easier.

Clinic Manager

easy diary management, good for patient record and concern forms, straightforward to use, helpful marketing features

Zanda vs Pabau Comparison (2026)

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