Soap Notes vs TherapyNotes
Soap Notes vs TherapyNotes: pricing & features compared
Both document sessions and run a practice. TherapyNotes is a clinical EHR for insurance-billing mental-health practices; Soap Notes is a simpler, lower-cost all-in-one for cash-pay therapists and coaches, with a genuinely free plan.
Pricing & features last reviewed July 2026.
The short version
Choose TherapyNotes if you bill insurance and need claims, e-prescribing, and clinical templates. Choose Soap Notes if you want an affordable, all-in-one practice tool with a free plan for cash-pay or coaching work.
TherapyNotes is a mature, well-regarded EHR built for mental-health clinicians who bill insurance, with claims, e-prescribing, and telehealth included. Soap Notes covers the everyday essentials, structured SOAP notes, scheduling, invoicing, and a client portal, in one simpler tool that starts free and is friendlier to cash-pay and coaching practices. Which fits you comes down to insurance: if you file claims and need clinical depth, TherapyNotes is purpose-built for it; if you don't, much of what you pay for goes unused.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Soap Notes | TherapyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Free planTherapyNotes offers a 30-day free trial but no free tier. | ||
| Starting paid price | $36/mo (Standard, billed annually) | $69/mo (solo practice) |
| SOAP / structured session notes | ||
| Reusable note templates | ||
| Scheduling with reminders | ||
| Secure client portal | ||
| Invoicing & card payments | Via Stripe | |
| Insurance billing & claimsTherapyNotes files claims, ERAs, and superbills; Soap Notes is built for cash-pay. | ||
| Built-in telehealth / video | ||
| E-prescribing (EPCS) | ||
| Designed for non-clinical coaches | Clinically focused | |
| Data encryption & role-based access | ||
| Pricing model | Flat plans, incl. free | Per clinician / month |
Who each one is best for
Soap Notes is best for
- Cash-pay therapists and coaches who don't bill insurance
- Solo and small practices that want to start free
- Anyone who wants flat, predictable pricing
- People who want one simple tool, not a clinical EHR to configure
TherapyNotes is best for
- Mental-health clinicians who bill insurance and file claims
- Prescribers who need e-prescribing (EPCS)
- Practices that want built-in telehealth
- Teams that want a mature, clinical EHR
Pricing compared
Soap Notes
Flat plans, including a free tier
Starter
Up to 5 active clients
Free
Standard
$36/mo billed annually · unlimited clients
$45/mo
Teams
$65/mo billed annually · team features
$81/mo
TherapyNotes
Per clinician, per month
Solo
For one clinician
$69/mo
Group
First clinician
$79/mo
Additional clinician
Per extra clinician
+$50/mo
TherapyNotes pricing shown as of July 2026 and may have changed, check therapynotes.com for current pricing. Soap Notes prices reflect our current plans.
When Soap Notes is the better choice
If you don't bill insurance, most coaches and many cash-pay therapists, TherapyNotes' claims and clinical tooling is overhead you pay for but rarely use. Soap Notes gives you the parts you use every day (structured notes, scheduling, invoicing, and a client portal) in one place, starts free, and stays cheaper as you grow. Setup is quicker too: there's no insurance configuration to work through before your first client.
When TherapyNotes is the better choice
If you bill insurance, file claims, or need e-prescribing and built-in telehealth, TherapyNotes is purpose-built for mental-health billing and does it well. For an insurance-based therapy practice that relies on those workflows, its depth is worth the per-clinician cost, and we'd rather say that plainly than oversell.
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