# Aloha review (2026): is it worth $299 a month?

> Review generation and patient engagement for healthcare practices

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Aloha, formerly ReviewWave, is a patient engagement platform for chiropractic, optometry and audiology practices. It automates Google review requests alongside online scheduling, two-way business texting, digital forms and recalls, and now adds an AI receptionist. Plans run on six-month terms billed monthly.

- **Category:** Customer Review Tools
- **Made by:** Aloha
- **Website:** https://getaloha.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you only want reviews: $299 a month on a 6-month term, plus $499 setup.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Aloha is a paid product, starting at $299 per month on a 6-month plan, plus $499 setup.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Activate | $299 per month, on a 6-month plan paid monthly | Business two-way texting with 10,000 texts a month, review automation, online scheduling, apps and unlimited campaigns. |
| Elevate | $499 per month, on a 6-month plan paid monthly | Activate plus 15,000 texts a month, missed call text, website chat, online forms and a referral engine. |
| Dominate | $699 per month, on a 6-month plan paid monthly | Elevate plus 20,000 texts, CharlieAI Voice with 300 voice AI minutes and a Charlie texting agent. |

Read from https://getaloha.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Aloha before buying.

## Key features

- **Review automation:** Sends review requests to patients automatically to build Google reviews, part of every plan.
- **Online scheduling:** Patients book online at any hour, and the plans include Reserve With Google.
- **Business texting:** Two-way texting with a monthly text allowance that rises by plan.
- **Forms and recalls:** Digital intake forms, patient recalls and insurance verification are listed among its solutions.
- **AI receptionist:** A voice and texting AI agent that is part of the Dominate plan.

## Good for

- Chiropractic, optometry and audiology practices wanting reviews tied to scheduling
- Practices that prefer a monthly plan with onboarding handled by the vendor

## Worth knowing

- Plans are priced on 6-month terms and carry a one-time $499 setup fee.
- An AI website add-on costs $199 a month extra.
- The product was renamed from ReviewWave to Aloha, and its focus is now wider than reviews.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Aloha, formerly ReviewWave, automates Google review requests for chiropractic, optometry and audiology practices, alongside scheduling and texting. The cheapest plan is $299 a month on a 6-month term plus $499 setup. Its focus is now wider than reviews.

- **Value for money: D.** $299 a month on a 6-month plan, plus a one-time $499 setup fee. The category's dearest tenth starts at $250.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is on record for this listing.
- **Features: C.** Review automation, scheduling, texting, forms, recalls and an AI receptionist. Reviews are one piece of a wider patient suite.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and a setup fee suggests a guided onboarding.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Reserve With Google.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Aloha's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among customer review tools

- Aloha's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 63 other customer review tools we grade, and level with 6.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 12 of 63) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $299 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 47 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 22 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reviews

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Aloha you could make: review collection, appointment booking and forms. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 56 of the 63 other customer review tools grade higher. It costs $3,588 a year.

- You could make: Review collection, appointment booking and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Reserve With Google

**Tags:** Review collection, Appointment booking, Business texting, Forms

## Alternatives

- [Weave](https://toolgpa.com/tools/weave): Phones, texting, reviews and payments for healthcare practices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reviewwave-vs-weave)
- [Demandforce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/demandforce): Patient communication and review software for local practices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/demandforce-vs-reviewwave)
- [Birdeye](https://toolgpa.com/tools/birdeye): Review management and AI agents for multi-location local businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/birdeye-vs-reviewwave)
- [Podium](https://toolgpa.com/tools/podium): Google review requests by text, plus a lead inbox for local businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/podium-vs-reviewwave)
- [GatherUp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gatherup): Review requests, NPS surveys and review monitoring per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gatherup-vs-reviewwave)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://getaloha.com/
- https://getaloha.com/pricing/
- https://www.reviewwave.com/pricing

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