# Alternative to the Dr.wait phone assistant (Dr.wait) Source: https://terminio.ai/en/vergleich/dr-wait-alternative Dr.wait phone assistant or terminio.ai? €99 per practitioner against one price for the whole practice, practice software against booking page: compared honestly, with a worked example and sources. As of September 2026 · Sources: Dr.wait's website and price list ## Verdict - Dr.wait fits if … you run a medical practice and want scheduling, waiting-room app, prescription line and phone from one practice software, with one practitioner where the price per head does not weigh. - terminio.ai fits if … several practitioners work on one calendar, the assistant should book into the same calendar as the booking page, and one price should apply to the whole practice, with number and minutes in it. - The biggest difference Per practitioner against per practice. One practitioner: €99 against €129.99. Three practitioners: €297 against €129.99, and at terminio the number and 200 minutes are already in the price. ## Prices - terminio.ai: €129.99 a month for the whole practice · number and 200 minutes included · then €0.25 per minute · booking page, calendar and WhatsApp in the plan · cancel monthly - Dr.wait: €99 per practitioner a month for the phone assistant · practice software Basic free, Premium €19.90 plus VAT per practitioner · number and minutes not named on the price list · no setup fee · cancel monthly · 30-day free trial ## Honestly Dr.wait: - A practice software the assistant sits in: scheduling, online reception, waiting-room app, prescription line, video consultation and recall from one system. - Cheaper than terminio Pro Voice for a single practitioner, Basic free for good, 30-day trial without a credit card. - Servers in Germany, no setup fee, cancel monthly. terminio.ai: - One price for the whole practice: from two practitioners terminio is cheaper, from three clearly, and the number and 200 minutes are in the price. - Books live into its own calendar, with a duration per service and hours per practitioner; confirmation and reminder by WhatsApp instead of SMS, from your number. - Not only for the medical practice: physiotherapy, naturopathy, dentistry and 22 more trades, set up in ten minutes. ## Switching 1. Set up services and hours Tap your kind of practice, check the services and their durations, set hours per practitioner. The assistant books only what is really free in the calendar and says only what you entered. 2. Number and forwarding terminio gives you a German phone number. You forward: always, only when nobody picks up, or outside hours. Your practice number stays; the Dr.wait forwarding you remove. 3. Greeting, voice, test call Write the greeting, choose a voice, call yourself. Dr.wait can be cancelled monthly; until then both run in parallel, and in terminio you block what is still handed out there. ## Common questions **What does the Dr.wait phone assistant cost?** According to the price list in September 2026, €99 per practitioner a month, plus the practice software: Basic free for good, Premium €19.90 plus VAT per practitioner. No setup fee, cancel monthly, 30-day free trial without a credit card. Whether a phone number is included and how many minutes the price covers, the price list does not say. **Is Dr.wait cheaper than terminio.ai?** For one practitioner yes: €99 against €129.99. From two practitioners it tips: €198 against €129.99, from three €297. At terminio one price applies to the whole practice, with number and 200 minutes in it. Reckon with your number of practitioners, not the price per head. **Does Dr.wait book appointments straight into the calendar?** Yes, into the practice software's own scheduler; the assistant is a module of it. That is the same idea as terminio.ai: the assistant sits in the calendar it books into. The difference is the cut, practice software against booking page with WhatsApp, and the price per head against per practice. **What about prescription orders and the waiting room?** Dr.wait has both: the assistant takes prescription orders, and the waiting-room app is part of the software. terminio.ai takes prescription requests as a callback note and has no waiting room. If you want to digitise the whole practice, Dr.wait is the better fit; if you want appointments, reminders and the phone, terminio is. **Where is data stored at Dr.wait?** According to the website on servers in Germany. terminio.ai is hosted in the EU and stores name, mobile number and appointment, no records. **Can I use Dr.wait Basic and terminio.ai in parallel?** Yes. Dr.wait Basic stays free, terminio takes over the phone, booking page and WhatsApp. Two calendars in parallel are manual work though; in the long run one should lead, and the assistant only books into its own. --- terminio.ai is online appointment booking for small businesses with WhatsApp reminders and an AI phone assistant, from €0 a month, hosted in the EU. Provider: terminio.ai UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Großschönau, Saxony, Germany.