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Buyer’s checklist · 2026
The HMS buyer’s checklist for Indian hospitals.
Twelve questions that separate software that records a hospital from software that protects its revenue. Tick what your shortlisted vendor can show you — not what is on the slide.
Score a vendor
Twelve things to see, not hear.
Questions
Asked before every demo.
What should I look for in hospital management software in India?
Data you can export and keep in India, offline operation, deductions caught at admission rather than settlement, live ABHA and NHCX support, NABH evidence from daily work, and a written five-year cost.
How much does hospital management software cost in India?
It varies widely by beds, modules and deployment. Compare the five-year total — licence, AMC, per-user seats, SMS packs and implementation — rather than the first-year price. Drapto prices by written proposal, billed annually.
Cloud or on-premise HMS?
Choose software that offers both from one codebase, so the decision is about where it runs rather than which features you lose.
Run Drapto through the same twelve.
We will answer each one in writing, in the proposal.