PracticeIQ vs Weave.
Weave is a $188M-ARR public company (NYSE: WEAV) with 30,000+ dental customers — they make texting + VoIP + payments. They're also building an AI Receptionist that's on a waitlist as of March 2026. We are an AI receptionist that's shipping today, built specifically for high-margin specialty practices (endo / ortho / implant / cosmetic).
This page exists because Weave is the most-asked-about competitor. Every number below is sourced + dated.
Pick PracticeIQ if…
- You run a specialty practice and want an AI that knows your case values aren't $89 cleanings
- You want a working AI voice receptionist this week, not a waitlist date
- You don't want to pay a $750 setup fee + $200 form-upload fee + $20/form
- You've heard the "support disappears after onboarding" horror stories
- You already have a phone system and don't want to swap hardware
Pick Weave if…
- You're a GP practice and already use Weave for texting/payments
- You want a single vendor for VoIP phones, two-way SMS, and POS in one box
- You can wait an undefined amount of time for their AI Receptionist to GA
- You're willing to swap your phone hardware to their VoIP system
The number that gets buried in the demo.
- Elite plan$279/mo × 12 = $3,348
- Setup fee$750 one-time
- Form upload (initial)$200 + $20/form
- Year-1 minimum≈ $4,298
And the AI Receptionist is still gated behind a waitlist.
- First-month onboarding$4,000 (one-time, includes everything)
- Months 2-12$1,500/mo × 11 = $16,500
- Year-1 total$20,500
- But: rate locked for lifeYear-2 = $18,000 vs Weave $4K+
Higher Year-1 because we replace your front desk during overflow + after-hours; cheaper than every additional FTE.
Sources: getweave.com/pricing, emitrr 2026 audit, costbench 2026. Setup-fee figure verified across 3+ Capterra reviews.
The pattern across 4 review sites.
Weave has a 4.0-star average. Most complaints follow the same five themes; they appear in G2, Capterra, Reddit r/Dentistry, and DentalTown over multiple years.
Support disappears after onboarding
Phone freezes that need restart
Payment write-back to PMS fails silently
Number-porting lock-in
Confirmations sent to the wrong patient
AI Receptionist still on a waitlist
Quotes are paraphrased composites of common review-site language — patterns are consistent and verifiable on G2/Capterra/Reddit.
No marketing fluff. Just yes/no.
| Feature | PracticeIQ | Weave |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous AI voice receptionist (live) Weave's AI Receptionist is on a waitlist as of March 2026 | ||
| Specialty-native (endo / ortho / implant / cosmetic) Weave is built for general dental | ||
| Setup fee | $0 | $750 one-time |
| Per-form fee | $0 | $200 initial + $20/form |
| Time to live | 4 days | 2–4 weeks |
| Live demo number you can dial right now | (223) 221-9508 | Sales call required |
| Cancel anytime, keep your phone number Number-porting issues common per r/Dentistry | ||
| Two-way patient SMS | ||
| VoIP phone hardware required We integrate with your existing system | ||
| Payments / POS terminal We integrate with Stripe Terminal or your PMS | ||
| Reviews collection + Google posting | ||
| Public uptime + status page We publish status.practiceiq.tech; Weave does not | ||
| Founder accessible by email Weave's #1 G2 complaint: support after onboarding | ||
| HIPAA BAA signed before any PHI | ||
| Pre-filled SIG Lite for IT review We publish ours at /trust/sig-lite | ||
| PMS write-back (appointments land in your PMS) | Open Dental + NexHealth shipping; Dentrix Q3 2026 | Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve, Dolphin |
| Pricing posture | Flat per-location, published | $279–349+/mo + setup + usage |
| Public company / financial transparency NYSE: WEAV, $188M ARR |
One $12K case caught after-hours pays for the whole year.
Weave's AI Receptionist will eventually ship and may be great for GP. We're built and live today for the practices losing $5K–$30K cases to voicemail.