What it is
SimplePractice is a HIPAA-compliant EHR that consolidates scheduling, telehealth, billing, and documentation for therapists, counselors, and psychiatrists. The all-in-one structure is what reviewers most often praise — appointment reminders, video sessions, insurance claims, and client intake forms run through a single login. Built as a hybrid system with AI-assisted documentation and workflow automation layered into the core EHR. The audience is solo practitioners and small group practices managing 10 to 50 clients weekly, based on 21.2 million monthly visits.
At a glance
SimplePractice automates scheduling, billing, telehealth, and documentation in one workflow without requiring you to prompt each step separately. It integrates with insurance clearinghouses and payment processors. The AI Note Taker add-on is a third-party transcription wrapper, not proprietary. The tool does not have proprietary data, specialized fine-tuning, or transformative UX — it's a solid workflow tool, not a breakthrough.
Strong evidenceQuality score
SimplePractice streamlines therapist scheduling, notes, and billing, but insurance-heavy workflows can be clunky.
This score is our editorial judgment, computed automatically from the sources, weights, and dates shown above. It reflects the data we could verify as of October 25, 2026, not a guarantee or statement of fact about SimplePractice. Third-party ratings and quotes belong to their original platforms and authors. Thin data lowers our confidence label, and we say so instead of guessing. Work on SimplePractice? Dispute any datapoint and we will review it, publish your response, and correct verified errors.
Plans
Paid only; starts at $49/mo (Starter plan)
Based on 85 classified review complaints about rate limits, credits, and billing.
Community feedback
Ratings and quoted comments below are aggregated from third-party sources and reflect those users' views, not SearchTools.ai's.
themes inside the Sentiment pillar — not score ingredients
“I have used many EHR systems but Simple Practice has been by far the easiest to use. It has every feature you can possibly ask for — it’s user friendly, has an app which is even easier to use and now you can write notes on the app on your phone! Wow! Their video streaming is flawless, the billing feature and the group session integration and other features have made me hooked to it! Just get this and you won’t regret! ”
“I do not recommend this system to prescribers. It can take up to 8 weeks before they have you approved for prescribing. The invoicing is extremely difficult. The insurance verification is incorrect. It is good for keeping chart notes but that is it. ”
“Simple Practice WAS a great tool. Then they increased their rates with very little warning. Recently they also changed their policies on PHI and User Data in very concerning ways. Steer clear! They are very ambiguous about third party involvement and what they DO with data. (They will tell you what they don't do, but are unclear about the things they do, do with client and user data). They also tried to push this through in a very short time. Only when users pushed back did they give us more ti”
“I have been remarkably impressed with SimplePractice! It is going to be a staple in my practice for years to come without a doubt. It is convenient, intuitive, customizable, and sleek. I love how much it offers from continuing education credits, to the mobile app, scheduling widget, and more and more. I am grateful I found this tool and tell every clinician I know that SimplePractice is the way to go! Thank you! My two wishes for the platform are: 1. Having a waiting room/admit feature in the t”
“I find SimplePractice to be a great service that charges a fair price for a product that focuses on the basics of uptime and clarity for client use.”
“There is no customer service. I was bombarded by "online suggestions" only.. I was trying to cancel my subscription and could not find it on the site; only when I received a bill could I get to the page of cancellation. It is a FRAUD ”
“I've used three EMR systems and Simple Practice is the worst. It is nearly impossible to speak to a person even after you've written them many times. As someone with a neurological disability covered by the ADA, and as a 30 year clinician, I was disgusted by their lack of support. It was a painful experience working with them because many of those who were supposed to help did not know their product/ system well enough to answer questions. And they charged me for three months after I cancelled. ”
“Just wanted to share that I am in the same boat. I love the utility of SP, but I have 9 total staff on my team and the price is becoming untenable. It's my second highest expense outside of my rent. I would also love something that worked similarly that I didn't have to pay $1,000/month for.”
“I have used many EHR systems but Simple Practice has been by far the easiest to use. It has every feature you can possibly ask for — it’s user friendly, has an app which is even easier to use and now you can write notes on the app on your phone! Wow! Their video streaming is flawless, the billing feature and the group session integration and other features have made me hooked to it! Just get this and you won’t regret! ”
“Since I joined Simple practice in September of 2024, rates have increased twice. Fine, I'll deal with it. Out of nowhere ERAs stopped posting for one of the insurance companies I accept. I waited three weeks for it to resolve itself, but all claims were stuck in the "received" status. I tried to chat with a live agent and was told by AI to submit an e-mail ticket. I submitted two, separated by 5 days, and saw that both had had their statuses changed to "solved" one of them within 10 minutes of t”
“Great for Solo Therapist — I have had Simple Practice for over 3 years. At first things were lovely, little connection and tech issues and the it was a very reliable system to use. Once SP increased there prices, the quality of the telehealth functions severely decreased. Even my clients make jokes about how unreliable the telehealth features are. I am almost embarrassed to continue using the software. Effective 1/1/2025, I will be leaving SP and going to Carepatron. I am excited about this chan”
“Application Will Not Sync: Nearly every time I open the app on my iPad I have to delete it and redownload it.”
“SimplePractice has been great with support on how to best use their platform. I was able to call and speak with someone last week and they easily answered my questions around submitting my first insurance claim. They went above and beyond with helping me adjust a few other things in my settings as well. I'm still adjusting to using SimplePractice (and comparing it to other EMR's that I've used), but overall it's going well. There are a few things I wish were different (like the client messag”
“I've been using SimplePractice for maybe 10 years now. I have a group practice with eight providers and pay about $600 a month. Everything is fine until something comes up and you need customer service - which doesn't exist. The last time I tried - you have to go through a long ridiculous text message menu to get to a place where you can send and email - and they didn't answer. This is not the first time that happened. 10 days later, they send an email saying they can't help me because I didn't ”
“There is no customer service. I was bombarded by "online suggestions" only.. I was trying to cancel my subscription and could not find it on the site; only when I received a bill could I get to the page of cancellation. It is a FRAUD ”
“Initial set up was easy. However, poor customer service--I get the same answer from all of them, addresses for insurance were wrong costing me $/rejected claims, you are virtually left trying to figure out billing and their answer to not communicating with insurances--you get to manually add payments in your free time. The EMR is very basic, no area for vital signs etc. 100$ a month so I can teach myself billing, claims and scheduling. Fun times-not! ”
“I have used many EHR systems but Simple Practice has been by far the easiest to use. It has every feature you can possibly ask for — it’s user friendly, has an app which is even easier to use and now you can write notes on the app on your phone! Wow! Their video streaming is flawless, the billing feature and the group session integration and other features have made me hooked to it! Just get this and you won’t regret! ”
“I do not recommend this system to prescribers. It can take up to 8 weeks before they have you approved for prescribing. The invoicing is extremely difficult. The insurance verification is incorrect. It is good for keeping chart notes but that is it. ”
“I have been using Simple Practice since 2018. It seems cliche to say that this platform makes running my practice simple, but in this case that really is the best word. I think for me there are 3 things that make running my solo private practice almost too easy. 1. Scheduling. I love that I can schedule clients for weeks at a time. I can properly schedule clients who are every other week and weekly and be able to add in one-time sessions in between and minimize the problem of double booking mys”
“I finally became licensed on Friday 1/3/25 and opened my own simple practice account. I spent the whole weekend (72 hours+) setting it up which was an absolute nightmare because I had to manually transfer each and every one of my clients (with all thier information) to my new account from my advisor's old account. I also had to send intake forms to each of my clients on at a time because there is no option to do a mass email. Yesterday evening I went to thier online form and wrote a complaint ab”
A composite of the quality dimensions weighted by mention volume, then capped by predator / abuse-detection rules.
Reviewers on web_crawl, g2, capterra, trustpilot, reddit report recurring billing concerns with this tool, including unexpected charges and difficulty cancelling subscriptions. 39 billing-related complaints were identified across 5 platform(s). Review the billing terms carefully before subscribing.
Based on flagged reviewer reports across public review platforms — details in the evidence panel below.
Reviewer billing complaints crossed our detection thresholds, but this tool also has strong verified review evidence — so it is warned, not flagged Do-Not-Recommend. Here is exactly what the system saw.
| Source | Category | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Operational | 13 |
| Trustpilot | Quality | 5 |
| Trustpilot | Predatory access | 1 |
| Trustpilot | Predatory billing | 1 |
| G2 | Quality | 6 |
| G2 | Operational | 1 |
| Capterra | Operational | 12 |
| Capterra | Quality | 7 |
| Capterra | Predatory billing | 1 |
| Capterra | Predatory access | 1 |
| App Store | Operational | 17 |
| App Store | Quality | 5 |
| App Store | Predatory deception | 1 |
| App Store | Predatory billing | 1 |
| Google Play | Operational | 15 |
| Google Play | Quality | 4 |
| Operational | 21 | |
| Predatory deception | 10 | |
| Quality | 9 | |
| social_sentiment | Quality | 3 |
| social_sentiment | Operational | 3 |
“I don't know why anyone continues to attempt to use Simple Practice for billing. The billing functionality is terrible and they expect their users to know how to manage databases. Do yourself a favor and find a billing company to submit your claims and just use Simple Practice as”
“therapystack is decidedly anti-AI and there's 2 plans, $25/month for basic functionality and $35/month to include things like insurance billing”
“[WTF] why do they keep trying to change the interface.... wtf is this new billing tab instead of the insurance where it was cleanly laid out. Now I have to click 3x more, slows me down inefficient. What is the obsession by programs to constantly change stuff? let it be???? makes ”
“They had to make the billing more difficult to make their new “insurance navigator” tool more valuable. Created a problem so they can sell the solution.”
“[Billing Changes- Awful] Oh my! I have been a SimplePractice user since 2022 (in my own practice. 2020 in another practice). What they have done with billing and insurance pages has been AWFUL! Something that took 2 steps now takes 4+ steps to do. Instead of being simpler, it has”
Watch & learn

You’re Using SimplePractice WRONG! (Simplepractice Tutorial 2026)
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Capabilities
Supports clinical documentation, triage, and health questions with AI assistance
The honest take
Distinct themes surfaced across 38.3K reviews from 4 sources — each grounded in real review text, ranked by how often it comes up.
Questions
SimplePractice is a HIPAA-compliant practice management platform designed for healthcare practitioners like therapists, psychiatrists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists. It consolidates scheduling, telehealth, billing, documentation, and client management into a single system to reduce administrative burden and allow practitioners to focus more on client care.
SimplePractice offers three main plans: Starter at $49/month with basic features, Essential at $79/month adding appointment reminders and calendar sync, and Plus at $99/month including group appointments and advanced analytics. All plans include unlimited clients, telehealth, and online payments, with a 30-day free trial available and 50% off for 3 months if you convert within 7 days.
The AI Note Taker generates comprehensive progress notes from recorded telehealth or in-person sessions, or from dictation. It's available as a standalone add-on for $35/month or included in the Care Aide package at $59/month, which also includes Session Sidekick, Treatment Planner, and Client Summaries.
Yes, all SimplePractice plans include Insurance Essentials for managing insurance billing. There's also an upcoming Insurance Navigator add-on at $1.79 per claim that provides expert guidance from insurance specialists, automatic benefits verification, claim error detection, and client cost estimates.
SimplePractice is available as a web application, iOS app, and Android app. Clients can also access their information through the Client Portal via website or mobile app to request appointments, view documents, and communicate securely with their practitioner.
Yes, SimplePractice offers an ePrescribe add-on specifically for psychiatrists at $49/month plus an $89 one-time setup fee. This feature enables medication management, prescription ordering, and refills directly within the platform.
Yes, the Plus plan at $99/month allows you to add additional clinicians starting at $74 per clinician per month. This plan includes group appointments, group telehealth, and advanced analytics capabilities suitable for managing multi-clinician practices.
SimplePractice is certified for HIPAA, HITRUST, and PCI standards, ensuring that client data, video sessions, and payment processing meet healthcare security and privacy requirements. The platform serves over 250,000 practitioners and 20 million clients.
Yes, SimplePractice offers free credentialing services to help practitioners get paneled with up to two insurance payers when signing up for the platform. This helps new practitioners start accepting insurance more quickly.
Care Aide costs $59/month for the account owner and includes four features: Note Taker for AI-generated progress notes, Session Sidekick for live support during telehealth sessions, Treatment Planner for creating treatment plans, and Client Summaries that provide client-ready session recaps. It comes with a 45-day free trial.
SimplePractice includes automated appointment reminders on the Essential and Plus plans, along with calendar synchronization to keep schedules updated. The Client Portal also allows clients to request appointments online and receive secure communications, helping maintain engagement and reduce missed appointments.
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