If you're evaluating smile visualization tools for your dental practice, the options solve genuinely different problems. Here's an honest map of the category, including where our own product fits and where it doesn't.
Based on each vendor's public information · Updated August 2026
| Aadi Smiles | SmileSnap | Smile Virtual | Invisalign SmileView | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Embedded AI smile simulator | Virtual consultation platform | Virtual consultation platform | Consumer smile simulator (Align) |
| Lives on your own website | Yes, one embed snippet | Widget links to their platform | Widget links to their platform | No, runs on Invisalign's site |
| Instant AI preview for the patient | Yes, ~20 seconds, on-page | No, team responds later | No, dentist records a video | Yes |
| Treatments visualized | Aligners + edge bonding + whitening | Not offered | Not offered | Aligner outcomes only |
| Where the lead goes | Your booking page | Your consult queue | Your consult queue | Align's funnel |
| Patient photos stored | Never, deleted instantly | Stored for the consultation | Stored for the consultation | Handled by Align |
| Staff time required | None, fully automatic | Team reviews each request | Dentist records responses | None |
| Pricing model | $29/mo, 150-preview monthly pool, no credits, cancel anytime | Monthly subscription (see their site) | Monthly subscription (see their site) | Free for Invisalign providers |
When they're the right choice
Both are mature platforms for asynchronous consultations: a patient submits photos and information, and your team responds, SmileSnap with a structured triage workflow, Smile Virtual with personalized video replies from the dentist. If your bottleneck is handling consult requests at scale, they're built for exactly that.
What they don't do is give the browsing patient an instant "wow" moment on your website. The patient submits and waits; conversion depends on your team's response speed. They're consultation software with intake widgets, not smile simulators. Many practices run one of them alongside an on-page simulator: the simulator creates the emotional moment, the consult platform handles the follow-up.
The trade-off practices notice
SmileView is genuinely good at what it does, a free aligner simulation any Invisalign provider can link to. The catch is in the mechanics: patients leave your website for Align's platform, the experience simulates aligners only (no bonding, no whitening), and the resulting lead lives in Align's ecosystem, branded Invisalign, shareable with any provider.
An embedded simulator inverts that: the patient stays on your page, previews a fuller treatment result, and the only button at the end is your booking page. If you've ever felt that SmileView markets Invisalign more than it markets your practice, that's the difference.
This is the actual Aadi Smiles widget, the same one that would sit on your website. Upload a selfie:
Live demo · limited to a few previews per visitor per day
Built by a practicing dental team that runs it on its own clinic websites, Tannlegene på Sinsen and Flow Tannhelse. Read more about how smile visualization lifts case acceptance.
One line of code · works with any website builder · photos never stored