Short answer: for a general physician, a small polyclinic or a clinic that runs its own medical store in Pakistan, HisaabPOS is the best value clinic software in 2026. It keeps patient registration and visit history, books appointments by doctor, records visit and prescription notes, invoices each visit and shows the daily collection, and the same account can run the clinic's pharmacy counter. It starts from Rs 1,000 a month with a 1-month free trial on the Starter plan. If you need deep specialty charting or a patient portal, look at HCloud; for dental clinics, jDent; and if you run a hospital with wards, a lab and an operation theatre, DoctorHAS is built around one patient record across 14 hospital modules.
Details below are as of November 2026.
Quick comparison
| Software | Best for | Pricing | Trial | Pharmacy in same system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HisaabPOS | Small clinics, polyclinics, clinic plus pharmacy | From Rs 1,000/month | 1 month on Starter, no card | Yes, full pharmacy edition |
| DoctorHAS | Hospitals and multi-department facilities | Clinic PKR 12,000/month, Hospital PKR 45,000/month | Demo | Yes, dispensing linked to the patient record |
| HCloud | Specialty clinics that want EHR templates, e-prescriptions and a patient portal | On request | Demo | Pharmacy sold as a separate module |
| jDent (Jantrah) | Dental clinics | PKR 2,000/month per clinic (Premium PKR 3,500) | 7 days, no card | No |
| InstaTibb (FutureSol) | Clinics, hospitals and labs wanting a healthcare ERP | Quote | Demo | Part of the ERP |
What should clinic software do?
Medical software in Pakistan covers three very different jobs, and many buyers pay for the wrong tier:
- Clinic management software handles the front desk and the doctor's room: patient registration, appointments, visit notes, prescriptions, invoicing and daily collection. This is what most small clinics need.
- EMR (electronic medical record) goes deeper into clinical charts, specialty templates and history. See electronic health records for the general idea.
- Hospital management systems (HMS) add wards and beds, laboratory, radiology, operation theatre, blood bank and hospital accounting.
Before you sign up, check: a single record per patient that you can search by phone number or CNIC, appointment booking per doctor, printed or WhatsApp prescriptions with the doctor's registration details, visit invoicing and a day-end collection report, multi-doctor and multi-branch support, and whether your clinic's pharmacy or lab can share the same patient and billing data.
Patient data deserves its own checklist, because these differences matter more than any feature: who can open doctors' notes (ideally doctors only), whether every change is logged, how a wrong prescription is corrected, whether you can export all your data if you leave, how backups are restored, and whether records stay separate between branches. Ask every vendor to show these in a demo. Clinics that also sell medicines or cosmetic services should ask their tax adviser which sales tax rules apply, because medical consultations and retail medicine sales are treated differently.
1. HisaabPOS: best value clinic software for small clinics
HisaabPOS is best known as a POS for shops and pharmacies in Pakistan, and it also sells clinic management software. Its clinic product covers patient registration and history, appointment scheduling, doctor visit and prescription notes, invoicing for consultations and procedures, daily collection reports, several doctors' schedules and multiple branches, with access-controlled patient records.
What makes it different is the rest of the account. A clinic with its own medical store can run the pharmacy edition (batch and expiry, formula search, strip selling, FBR invoicing) from the same login, keep a khata for panel patients, and pay staff through the built-in payroll. It runs in a browser, on Android and on a Windows app that keeps working through power cuts, in English or Urdu. Ask for a demo of the clinic workflow on the plan you intend to buy before you move patient records.
Price: from Rs 1,000 a month (Starter, 1 branch, 3 users); Growth Rs 2,500 for 3 branches and 10 users. The Starter plan has a 1-month free trial with no card needed.
Pros
- Clinic, pharmacy and accounting in one low-cost account
- Published rupee pricing and a long free trial
- Works on phone, browser and Windows; Urdu interface and Urdu tutorials
Cons
- Built for clinics, not hospitals: no wards, operation theatre or radiology modules
- No specialty clinical charts (dental, antenatal, growth charts), patient portal or video consultation, which HCloud offers
2. DoctorHAS: best for hospitals
DoctorHAS is hospital and clinic software built for Pakistan and organised around one patient record (MRN). It has 14 modules that you switch on as the facility grows: patients, front desk, queue and token screens, OPD and IPD with wards and beds, operation theatre, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy with medicine recalls, blood bank, consents, certificates, infection control and accounting. It is multi-branch, with each facility seeing only its own data and granular role-based access per department.
Price: Clinic PKR 12,000 a month (patients, front desk, OPD, pharmacy, billing), Hospital PKR 45,000 a month (adds lab, radiology, OT, wards and IPD, queue displays, consents) and Enterprise by quote, billed monthly; the final quote depends on locations and modules.
Pros
- Covers the full patient journey from token to discharge on one record
- Modular, so a 20-bed hospital does not pay for a blood bank on day one
- Published PKR pricing with granular departmental permissions
Cons
- More than a single-doctor clinic needs, and priced accordingly
- No self-serve trial; demo first
3. HCloud: best for specialty clinics
HCloud, from Lahore, sells cloud software for clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, labs, radiology, dental and aesthetics practices, and says its clinic software is used by 4,000+ doctors. Its clinic product lists electronic health records, e-prescriptions, SMS appointment reminders, e-invoicing, a patient portal and secure video consultation, with templates for specialties such as gynaecology, paediatrics and ophthalmology.
Pros
- Deep specialty templates, a patient portal and video consultation
- Separate products for labs, radiology and aesthetics clinics
Cons
- No published pricing; demo on request
- Pharmacy is sold as a separate module, so ask whether it shares patient records and billing with the clinic
4. jDent: best for dental clinics
jDent, from Jantrah in Islamabad, is dental practice software with patient records, appointments with a live queue, an interactive dental chart, examinations, treatment plans, prescriptions on your letterhead, invoicing with part payments, doctor revenue sharing, inventory and WhatsApp reminders, on web, Android and iOS. Standard is PKR 2,000 a month for one clinic and Premium PKR 3,500 a month for multi-branch practices with unlimited staff logins, charged per clinic rather than per user, with a 7-day free trial and no setup fee.
Pros
- Built specifically for dental workflows, with published rupee pricing
- Per-clinic pricing and a mobile app
Cons
- Dental only
- Multi-branch needs the Premium plan
5. InstaTibb (FutureSol): best healthcare ERP for groups
InstaTibb is FutureSol's healthcare ERP for clinics, hospitals and laboratories in Pakistan, covering patient records, appointments, billing and inventory with multi-clinic and multi-user support.
Pros
- One ERP for clinics, hospitals and labs
- From a vendor with ERPs for many other industries
Cons
- Quote-based pricing
- An ERP rollout is heavier than a single clinic needs
We have not reviewed Easy Clinic, Practo Ray and other international tools for this list. If you make clinic or hospital software for Pakistan, submit your tool or see sponsored placement options.
Clinic, hospital or pharmacy software: which do you need?
| Your setup | What to buy |
|---|---|
| One doctor, front desk, no medicine counter | Clinic software (HisaabPOS for value, HCloud for specialty charts) |
| Clinic with its own medical store | Clinic plus pharmacy in one account (HisaabPOS) |
| Dental clinic | jDent |
| Several doctors, a lab and day-care beds | A healthcare ERP or hospital system (InstaTibb, DoctorHAS) |
| Hospital with wards, OT and radiology | Hospital management system (DoctorHAS) |
| Standalone medical store | Pharmacy software |
For clinics outside Pakistan
These systems are built for Pakistani clinics. In the United States, HIPAA applies to covered providers and the vendors that handle patient data for them, so a US clinic should confirm whether a vendor will sign a Business Associate Agreement before storing patient information. HisaabPOS does not offer its clinic product in the US; for US appointment booking, see our scheduling software guide.
Our verdict
Most clinics in Pakistan do not need a hospital system. If you run a general clinic or polyclinic, especially one with its own pharmacy, HisaabPOS gives you patient records, appointments, billing and the medicine counter in one rupee-priced account. Choose HCloud if specialty charting, a patient portal and video consultation matter more than price, jDent for a dental practice, and DoctorHAS when you have wards, a lab and an operation theatre to run on one patient record.
How we ranked: we compared each vendor's published features, pricing model and trial terms as of November 2026, weighted for value to small and mid-size clinics, and had the draft fact-checked against vendor sites. Disclosure: HisaabPOS and DoctorHAS share an owner with ProductListo, so we have listed their limits as plainly as everyone else's.