Practice software Switzerland — comparison

Name: Practice software Switzerland — comparison
Creator: Stefan Bernhard
Published: 2026-08

TARDOC billing, Trust Center and patient records.

As of August 2026

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

Practice software

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

TARDOC / TARMEDMedical services are billed under TARMED, which TARDOC replaces from 2026. The software has to carry the new tariff and follow the transition — otherwise billing stops.
Trust CenterBilling to insurers runs through a Trust Center or a clearing office. Without that connection every invoice stays manual work.
MediDataMediData is the common channel for electronic invoice delivery in healthcare. Check whether the connection is included in the price or charged as a module.
Patient data in SwitzerlandPatient data is sensitive personal data, and physicians together with their auxiliaries are bound by professional secrecy under Art. 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code — breaching it is a criminal offence. Hosting abroad is therefore not automatically forbidden, but the vendor becomes an auxiliary and must be contractually bound just as strictly. Establish in writing where the data resides, which subprocessors are involved and whether a foreign authority could compel access.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Comparison of 8 solutions in Practice software, data from vendor sources with check date. As of August 2026. Surveyed and verified by Stefan Bernhard.
Criterion	Web-based, multilingualDetails	Cloud, Swiss hostingDetails	Cloud, geo-redundantDetails	Native for AppleDetails	Swiss data centreDetails	Browser, Swiss serverDetails	On-premise or cloudDetails	Web and iPadDetails
Tariff and billing
TARDOC billing	✓	not researched	✓	✓	not researched	not researched	✓	not researched
Trust Center	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	✓	not researched
MediData	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	✓	not researched
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendor	on request	on request	on request	on request	on request	on request	on request	on request
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	Desktop/Server	not researched	Cloud	Desktop/Server + hosted	Cloud
Payroll, VAT & law
Data location	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	not researched	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE · FR · IT	not researched	not researched	not researched	not researched	DE · EN	DE · FR · IT	not researched
Vendor	Axon Lab AG	amétiq AG	Swiss Medical Record	tomedo Praxissoftware AG (zollsoft group, Jena DE)	Vitodata AG	Vitabyte AG	TMR AG	Ärztekasse Genossenschaft
Headquarters	Baden-Dättwil AG	Pfäffikon SZ	Glattbrugg ZH	Basel BS	Seuzach ZH	Kilchberg ZH	Switzerland	Switzerland
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗

Surveyed and verified by: Stefan Bernhard · Method