AltoSignal vs Kelkom
Kelkom and AltoSignal both let a dental team page each other silently on tablets and computers. The difference is where they live: AltoSignal runs in the cloud, so there's no local network to build, it works across locations, and pricing is published, from $25 a month for 5 devices, with a 30-day free trial.
Kelkom is a capable non-verbal paging system, its FlexPanel software runs on Android, Windows, iOS, and Mac, with Send-and-Confirm messages and custom chimes. By design, it runs on your local network, inside your IT firewall, and the company markets that as a benefit: no internet routing, and it keeps working if your connection drops.
AltoSignal makes the opposite trade on purpose. It's cloud-hosted, so there's nothing to install on a server, no firewall rules to manage, and it reaches multiple locations and remote staff, with a self-serve free trial and published pricing. AltoSignal now delivers across your own office network at the same time as the cloud, so signaling keeps working through an outage without a local network to build. If a setup with no cloud component at all is a hard requirement, Kelkom's design may still fit you better.
| AltoSignal | Kelkom | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Native apps plus a browser version | FlexPanel software on tablets & desktops |
| Runs on | Native apps for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Amazon Fire, Windows, Mac, and Linux, plus a browser version for any computer. | Android, Windows, iOS, Mac & PC desktops |
| Hosting | Cloud and your office network | Local network only, inside your firewall |
| Across locations / remote | Works over the internet | Designed for a single office network |
| Setup | Open a link, no IT project | Configure the LAN and hardware |
| If the internet is down | Keeps signaling on your office network | Keeps running on the LAN |
| Messages | "Who · What · Where" board, history & read receipts | Send & Confirm messages, custom chimes |
| Channels | Unlimited, plus a built-in Emergency channel | See vendor |
| Multi-location / enterprise | Unlimited channels; one shared login, or a login for each person with owner, admin and member roles; SSO planned | See vendor |
| Pricing | $25 / month for 5 devices · 10 devices $45 · 20 devices $75 · two months free billed yearly · 30-day free trial, no card | Contact sales |
Based on Kelkom's publicly available product information as of July 2026 (FlexPanel runs on Android/Windows/iOS/Mac on a local network inside your firewall). "See vendor" means we don't publish a claim about a feature we can't verify, check kelkom.com for current features and pricing. Kelkom and FlexPanel are trademarks of their respective owner; AltoSignal is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Open a link and you're running. There's no server to host, no firewall to configure, and no IT project to schedule before your team can page each other.
Because it's in the cloud, AltoSignal connects multiple offices and remote staff on one login, with unlimited channels to route by doctor, room or location. User logins with roles and single sign-on, for groups and DSOs, are planned next.
Start a 30-day free trial yourself, no sales call, at a published rate: $25 a month covers 5 devices, and the per-device rate drops as you add more. Cancel anytime.
Both are non-verbal paging systems for dental offices that run on tablets and computers. The main difference is hosting: AltoSignal is cloud-hosted, so it works across locations and remote staff with no LAN or firewall setup, while Kelkom runs on your local network inside your firewall.
No. AltoSignal devices find each other on the network by themselves, so there is nothing to configure and no firewall rules to manage. You get local delivery without building a local network, and it still reaches a second location through the cloud. Kelkom is designed to run on a local network inside your IT firewall.
Yes. Because AltoSignal is cloud-hosted, it works across multiple locations and remote staff, with unlimited channels to route by doctor, room or location and an Emergency channel that reaches every screen. Separate user logins with roles and single sign-on, for larger organisations and DSOs, are planned next. Kelkom is designed for a single office network.
AltoSignal is priced per device, and the rate drops as you add devices. $25 a month covers your first 5 devices; devices 6–10 are $4 each, 11–20 are $3, 21–100 are $2, 101–200 are $1.50, and 201–500 are $1.25. Each band prices only the devices inside it, so a 12-device practice pays $51 a month. Pay yearly and you get two months free. Staff seats are unlimited: you pay for the screens that receive signals, not for people. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial, no credit card. Past 500 devices, email sales@altosignal.com.
Yes, inside the office. Devices running the AltoSignal app on the same network hand signals straight to each other at the same time as the cloud, so your team keeps signaling with nothing to switch on. Changing button labels, adding a channel, or reaching a second location waits until the connection is back. The browser version does not take part in local delivery. See how local delivery works.
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