Switching from Ocean? Here's exactly what you'd save.
No per-schedule fees. No SMS charges. Booking that works in every language, for every patient — with the same EMR integrations you already rely on. See your number below, then book a demo right here on this page.
The cost differences add up fast.
No per-schedule fees
Ocean bills per schedule — a clinician with two schedules pays twice. Empower bills per clinician, once, no matter how many schedules or booking types they run.
No SMS or usage fees
Ocean charges $0.11 per SMS reminder — a high-volume clinic can rack up hundreds of dollars a month just in text messages. Empower's reminders are included, always.
Every language, not a limited list
Ocean's booking flow supports a limited set of languages. Empower's patient-facing booking works in every language — no exceptions, no missing dialect that quietly excludes part of your roster.
Higher patient adoption
Ocean's exact-record-match and health-card gating routes patients back to the phone. Empower is built to let more of your patients book online, in the first place — new, returning, rostered, unattached.
Ontario Health OAB subsidy eligible
Empower qualifies for the Ontario Health OAB subsidy, and we supply the documentation. Applied against a lower base licence fee, it goes further.
No add-on stacking
Ocean's kiosk, website-form, and Advanced Clinic Booking add-ons each carry their own monthly fee. What we quote is what you pay.
Calculate your savings vs. Ocean.
Enter your clinic's numbers below — this calculator is scoped to Empower vs. Ocean only, using each vendor's published pricing.
Your clinic
Estimates for planning purposes only, based on Ocean's and Empower's published list pricing as of July 2026. Not a quote. Subsidy eligibility is subject to Ontario Health program rules. Ocean is a trademark of its respective owner; used here for comparison only. Want the full multi-vendor calculator? See it here.
Empower vs. Ocean, feature for feature.
| Dimension | Empower Health | Ocean (OceanMD) |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per clinician, one price, no per-schedule multiplier | Per schedule — a clinician with 2 schedules pays for 2 |
| SMS / reminder fees | Included, $0 | $0.11 per SMS reminder |
| Add-ons | Included — no à la carte stacking | Advanced Clinic Booking, kiosk, and website-form add-ons each billed separately |
| Ontario Health OAB subsidy | Eligible — documentation supplied | Eligible on qualifying tiers |
| Languages | Every language | Limited language set |
| Who can book | New, returning, rostered, unattached; with or without health card | Health card + exact-record match commonly required; non-matches routed to phone |
| Design philosophy | All patients in — high uptake is the design goal | Restriction-first configuration; booking limited by status/frequency rules |
| EMR integrations | Accuro, OSCAR, PS Suite, CHR, Meditech (production hospital-EHR) | Accuro, OSCAR, PS Suite, CHR |
| Same-day / high volume | Core design — clinics run 100% online, thousands of appts/week | Supported with configuration |
| Migration support | Included — our team manages your switch and go-live | — |
Based on public information as of July 2026. If we've got something wrong, tell us: [email protected]. Full multi-vendor breakdown: compare.html.
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