Kiroku Alternative
Looking for a Kiroku Alternative?
Kiroku is a well-regarded dental note-writing tool. Sugarbot writes your notes too, then keeps going into the clinical work itself: hands-free voice perio charting and optional FDA-cleared dental X-ray analysis, tools Kiroku does not offer. Start today from any computer or phone.
Use code GOPHER1 at checkout for your first month free.
The note is the start, not the finish
Both products are built for dentists, which is refreshing. The difference is scope. Kiroku is centered on templated note writing, with letters and consent forms around it. Sugarbot covers the notes and then reaches into the chairside work a note-writing tool leaves untouched: the perio exam and the radiographs.
Conversational AI clinical notes
Talk through the visit in plain language and Sugarbot turns it into a complete clinical note. No template picking required, though structure is there when you want it. It works alongside the dental software you already use.
Hands-free voice perio charting
Call out probing depths and readings, and Sugarbot records the perio chart for you, no keyboard, no second set of hands. Per Kiroku's public materials, Kiroku supports basic charting notation inside your notes, but it is not a hands-free perio charting workflow.
Optional FDA-cleared dental X-ray analysis
Add Sugarbot Detect, our optional FDA 510(k)-cleared software that assists in the detection and segmentation of dental caries on intraoral radiographs. Radiograph analysis is not something Kiroku offers.
One platform, with real people behind it
Your notes, your perio charting, and your imaging live in one place made for dentists, with simple transparent pricing. And because we are a small company, you can reach the founders directly with questions or feature requests.
Feature-by-feature comparison
Comparison based on publicly available information as of 24 July 2026. Product details change, please confirm current details directly with each vendor.
| Feature | Sugarbot | Kiroku (per public info) |
|---|---|---|
| AI dental clinical notes | Yes | Yes (per public info) |
| Hands-free voice perio charting | Yes | Basic charting notation within notes |
| FDA-cleared dental X-ray caries detection | Sugarbot Detect (add-on) | Not offered |
| AI letters and digital consent forms | Not offered | Yes, on Pro plan (per public info) |
| Works alongside your dental software | Yes | One-click with Dentally, Dental4Web, Aerona; copy and paste elsewhere |
| Free trial | 1 month (code GOPHER1) | 14 days |
Data sources: Sugarbot product information; Kiroku (trykiroku.com) website and publicly available materials. Kiroku states it supports basic charting as part of notes rather than full charting, so we have credited that rather than marking it "Not offered." Where details are not public, please confirm directly with the vendor.
Documentation is one job. The visit is bigger.
A great note-writing tool saves you time after the appointment. But some of the slowest moments in a dental visit happen during it: a perio exam that needs a second person at the keyboard, radiographs waiting for a careful read. Sugarbot was built for those moments too. Voice perio charting makes the exam a one-person job, and optional FDA-cleared caries detection backs up your read of the X-ray. Your notes, your charting, and your imaging, one platform.
A fair word about Kiroku
Kiroku was co-founded by a dentist, and it shows: the template library is deep, the notes are compliance-minded, and the letters and digital consent tools are genuinely useful. If templated note writing is the whole job you are hiring for, Kiroku is a solid choice. This page is for the dentist who wants the note plus the perio chart plus the radiograph read in one product. The best way to decide is to try both, Kiroku offers a 14-day trial and Sugarbot gives you a full month free.
Get started today
No app to install and no onboarding project. Sugarbot is a web app, so you can sign up and start documenting today on any computer or phone. Use code GOPHER1 at checkout for your first month free.