SimplePractice
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run a solo therapy or wellness practice and want HIPAA-compliant scheduling, notes, and billing in one tool.
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SimplePractice vs TherapyNotes
SimplePractice and TherapyNotes both land on Worth it.
TherapyNotes
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
A safe buy for solo therapists and small-to-mid behavioral health practices that want notes, scheduling, and billing in one place.
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| Verdict | Worth it | Worth it |
| Best for | Solo therapists in private practice | Solo therapists in private practice |
| Who it's not for | Hospitals and large health systems | Non-clinical teams wanting a simple client list, pure overkill |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ |
| Support quality | No support evidence found | Trustpilot snippets show frequent praise |
| Public sentiment | Clinician community posts say peers commonly prefer SimplePractice for private-practice EHR work.⁵ | Reviews skew positive, praising ease of use and support, with cost the most common criticism.12 |
| Biggest gotcha | Only a free trial is advertised; subscription cost appears nowhere in reviewed sources . verify before committing¹ | Pricing varies by practice size and modules; confirm current per-clinician cost before signing.15 |
Pick SimplePractice when
- Solo therapists in private practice
- Health & wellness practitioners
- Small mental-health practices
When SimplePractice is not a fit
- Hospitals and large health systems
- Non-clinical teams wanting a plain CRM
- Buyers who need upfront pricing before signup
- Large group practices with complex billing operations
Pick TherapyNotes when
- Solo therapists in private practice
- Small-to-mid group therapy practices
- Practices wanting built-in insurance billing
- Note-heavy behavioral health clinics
When TherapyNotes is not a fit
- Non-clinical teams wanting a simple client list, pure overkill
- Enterprise hospital systems needing deep integrations and IT control
- Large multi-site orgs; comparison posts target group-practice growth pain
- Guess: non-US practices outside US insurance and billing workflows
Sources
- SimplePractice homepagesimplepractice.comofficial
- SimplePractice security and compliance pagesimplepractice.comofficial
- Top 6 Mental Health EHRs of 2025 . hCare Konnecthcarekonnect.comreview
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- Gridinsoft URL trust scan: simplepractice.com (71/100)gridinsoft.comsecurity
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- TherapyNotes official sitetherapynotes.comofficial
- TherapyNotes security pagetherapynotes.comofficial
- Capterra reviews (971 verified)capterra.comreview
- G2 reviewsg2.comreview
- G2 pros and consg2.comreview
- Trustpilot reviewsca.trustpilot.comreview
- Crozdesk review (cost section)crozdesk.comreview
- Therhappy pricing comparisontherhappy.appreview
- HeyPsych alternatives roundupheypsych.comreview