A Halaxy alternative without the fee arithmetic
Halaxy's model is honest: free core, paid actions. The practices that leave are the ones whose success made the actions expensive.
Where Halaxy is strong
Halaxy is an Australian cloud practice management platform whose core software is free, with revenue from add-ons such as payment processing, SMS and some claiming features. It has strong Medicare and DVA claiming support.
Free core plan lowers the barrier to entry. Strong Medicare, DVA and health-fund claiming support. Broad feature surface for the price.
Why practices look beyond it
The add-on model means real monthly cost depends on usage — busy clinics should model SMS, payment and automation fees, which can exceed a flat subscription. Budgeting is harder when cost scales per action rather than per month. Support depth on the free tier is a common question to ask.
How Intellicore answers
The Halaxy paradox is that growth punishes you: more appointments mean more SMS fees, more payments mean more processing margin, more automation means more charged actions. At some clinic size the free platform costs more than a paid one — and worse, unpredictably. Intellicore inverts the model: communications, claiming, automation and the AI layer are the platform, quoted once per practice, with migration and training included in onboarding. Your invoice stops being a function of your busyness.
Moving from Halaxy
Halaxy data exports are accessible. We migrate patients, appointments, invoices and claim history, and reconcile totals with your team before switching.
Halaxy vs Intellicore, at a glance
| Aspect | Halaxy | Intellicore |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud (browser-based) | Cloud-native — any device, no servers, continuous updates |
| Pricing model | Free core, pay-per-use add-ons (sms, payments, certain claiming and automation features) | Quoted per practice; onboarding includes migration and training |
| Data residency & isolation | Varies by deployment — confirm hosting location and tenancy model | AWS Sydney, one isolated database schema per practice |
| Australian claiming | Established — verify your specific workflows in a demo | Medicare, DVA and health-fund claiming modelled end to end, GST invoicing |
| Automation & AI | Varies — confirm what runs unattended and what is add-on | Audited task engine + AI agents with human approval on every send |
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Common questions
What does migrating from Halaxy involve?
Halaxy data exports are accessible. We migrate patients, appointments, invoices and claim history, and reconcile totals with your team before switching. The whole process runs in five steps — demo and discovery, configuration, data migration, parallel testing, go-live — and our team does the work.
Is Intellicore built for Australian practices?
Entirely. Australian company (Intellisys Core Pty Ltd, Queensland), data hosted in AWS Sydney with one isolated database schema per practice, Privacy Act-aligned compliance posture, GST-compliant invoicing, and Medicare, DVA and health-fund claiming modelled end to end.
How does Intellicore pricing work?
Pricing is quoted per practice after a demo, and onboarding is done for you — our team installs, configures, migrates your data and trains your staff. There is no self-serve signup: every practice goes live with its data and workflows in place rather than an empty account.
How do I see it working?
Book a demo — we'll walk through Intellicore configured for your kind of practice, with your workflows. Use the form on this page and we'll reply to arrange a time that suits your team.
See it working with your kind of data
Register your interest and we'll arrange a walkthrough of Intellicore configured for your practice — your workflows, your questions, no obligation.