Third and fourth overall — but they barely compete for the same practice.
eClinicalWorks
NextGen Healthcare
User rating
3.3/5 · 396 reviews
4.0/5 · 1,281 reviews
Practice sizes served
1 (solo), 2–5, 6–15, 16–50, 50+
2–5, 6–15, 16–50, 50+
Smallest practice served
1 (solo)
2–5
System type
Cloud-Based, All-in-One
Cloud-Based, Specialty-Specific
Specialties served
27 of 30
26 of 30
Published price
$449–$599 per provider / month
Quote only — not published
Share of identified providers
15.2% (n=5,677)
13.4% (n=5,002)
Where they stand in independent practice
Across the 37,310 providers whose EMR is identifiable in the federal registry, eClinicalWorks accounts for 15.2% and NextGen for 13.4%.
eClinicalWorks
15.2%
NextGen
13.4%
Where they meet, by specialty
Specialties in which at least one of the two is a registry top-three system. A dash means that vendor is not in the top three for that specialty — not that it is absent from the market.
Specialty
eClinicalWorks
NextGen
n
Rheumatology
—
52.4%
347
Ophthalmology
—
50.3%
592
Optometry
—
43.6%
397
Oncology
—
31.4%
299
Behavioral Health
—
30.5%
656
General Surgery
26.2%
—
1,904
Obstetrics & Gynecology
24.7%
22.6%
2,175
Neurology
24.2%
—
619
Cardiology
21%
—
1,360
Nephrology
20.5%
—
239
Internal Medicine
17.5%
—
3,659
Psychiatry
—
16.9%
622
Gastroenterology
16.9%
—
486
Pediatrics
16.5%
—
1,433
Endocrinology
15.9%
—
220
Family Medicine
15.3%
—
10,004
Orthopedics
14.5%
—
1,220
Podiatry
—
13.9%
303
Allergy & Immunology
10.7%
10.7%
75
Dermatology
—
4.5%
663
Which one to shortlist
Choose eClinicalWorks if…
Your practice is smaller than NextGen Healthcare sells to. eClinicalWorks lists 1 (solo) as its smallest tier, against 2–5.
You want charting, scheduling and billing from one vendor rather than stitched together.
You want a number before you talk to sales. eClinicalWorks publishes $449–$599 per provider / month; NextGen Healthcare quotes privately.
Choose NextGen Healthcare if…
You want templates built for your specialty rather than configured into a general system.
Users rate it higher — 4.0/5 across 1,281 reviews, against 3.3/5.
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Share figures are EMR Match Research analysis of the CMS NPPES Direct-endpoint data, July 2026 dissemination (n=37,310 identified providers) — the same source as our open data page, so the two can never disagree. This measures the EMR identified by the Direct-messaging endpoint a practice registered with the federal NPPES registry. Vendors that sell mainly to small independent practices are systematically under-represented, because small practices are the least likely to have registered an endpoint at all. Read it as a floor, not as installed base. Ratings and prices are as published by the review source and the vendor; sourcing on our methodology page.