Summary
Bp Premier is close to the default clinical system in Australian general practice, and Best Practice Software publishes its licence fees. AUD $1,489.41 a year excluding GST for a full time doctor working more than 25 hours a week, $893.65 for a part time doctor at 25 hours or less, and $521.29 for allied health. Prices from 1 July 2026, read on bestpracticesoftware.com on 8 September 2026.
Publishing an annual licence fee with a part time rate is unusual and it is fair to a practice with a mixed roster. Volume discounts are available for multi user and multi site practices, which the company says are quoted by its licensing team.
wai is not a general practice clinical system and does not pretend to be one. It covers the enquiry, the booking, the note, the letter and the coding on one record, and publishes its price on one page.
A licence is an annual fee. The reception desk is a salary. Compare those.
Book a demo| What you get | Bp Premier | wai |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | AUD $1,489.41 a year, full time | Yes, on one page |
| Part time rate | AUD $893.65 a year | Per clinician and location |
| Allied health rate | AUD $521.29 a year | Per clinician and location |
| Australian general practice fit | The standard | Not built for it |
| Australian claiming and billing | Yes | No |
| Who answers the enquiry | Your reception team | Answered around the clock |
| Note composed from the encounter | Typed by the clinician | Composed, then approved |
What Best Practice is good at
Being the system Australian general practice already runs on. Prescribing, recalls, results and the local billing and claiming rails are built for that market and tested at national scale. A practice replacing it is replacing the spine of the clinic, not a tool.
A licence model that respects a mixed roster. A part time doctor at 25 hours or less pays $893.65 a year against $1,489.41 full time, and allied health sits at $521.29. Practices with sessional staff are not charged as if everyone were full time.
And it publishes, with an effective date. Prices from 1 July 2026, stated as subject to change. Dating a price list is a small thing that almost nobody in this comparison does.
Where the two models part
A clinical system holds the medicine. Bp Premier is where the script is written, the result is filed and the recall is triggered, and every one of those actions is performed by a clinician or by reception.
wai works on the layer above that. The enquiry is answered, the appointment is booked, the note is composed from the encounter and the letter is drafted for approval, with phone, email and messaging landing on one patient record.
That makes the comparison awkward and worth stating plainly. An Australian general practice is unlikely to remove Bp Premier. The real question is whether the hours around it, the ringing phone and the unanswered inbox, are costing more than the licence.
What we do not do in Australia
We do not process Australian claiming or billing and we do not carry the local prescribing rails. A practice that needs its clinical system replaced needs an Australian clinical system, and we are not one.
So the honest position is that this is not a replacement comparison. It is a comparison for a practice weighing whether to add capacity to the front of the clinic rather than change the system at the centre of it.
Which one
Choose Bp Premier if you run Australian general practice. It is the clinical system for that market and the licence is published and predictable.
Consider wai alongside it if the constraint is the front of the clinic rather than the clinical record. For the free entry point in the same market, read Halaxy vs wai.
What we are not claiming
We are not an Australian clinical system and we are not asking anyone to replace one with us. Prescribing, claiming and recall compliance in that market are built into Bp Premier over many years, and a practice that pulls them out to try something else is taking a risk with no upside we could offer.
We also cannot compare on Australian claiming, prescribing or recall compliance, because those are Bp Premier's ground and not ours.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Bp Premier cost?
Best Practice Software publishes AUD $1,489.41 a year excluding GST for a full time doctor working more than 25 hours a week, $893.65 for a part time doctor at 25 hours or less, and $521.29 for allied health. Prices from 1 July 2026, subject to change, read on bestpracticesoftware.com on 8 September 2026. Volume discounts are quoted by their licensing team.
Is there a part time rate for Bp Premier?
Yes. A doctor working 25 hours a week or less is licensed at AUD $893.65 a year excluding GST, against $1,489.41 for a full time doctor. Read on bestpracticesoftware.com on 8 September 2026. That is a fairer shape than per seat pricing for a practice with sessional staff.
Can wai replace Bp Premier?
No. wai is not an Australian clinical system, does not process Australian claiming or billing and does not carry the local prescribing rails. It covers the enquiry, the booking, the note, the letter and the coding on one record, which is the layer around a clinical system rather than the clinical system itself.
Is Bp Premier priced per doctor?
It is licensed per user with separate annual rates for full time doctors, part time doctors and allied health, and volume discounts for multi user and multi site practices quoted directly. Read on bestpracticesoftware.com on 8 September 2026. Confirm current figures with the licensing team before budgeting.
What should an Australian practice compare?
Compare the licence against the salary. Bp Premier at AUD $1,489.41 a year for a full time doctor is a small number next to a reception wage, so the useful question is whether the hours at the front of the clinic are the real cost. If they are, the comparison is not between two clinical systems.
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