Sessions Health

Sessions Health vs CoralEHR

Sessions Health is the budget favorite among therapist EHRs — $39/month, honest pricing, and warm support. CoralEHR starts lower at $29 and goes deeper on clinical tools. Here's an honest look at how they compare.

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Choose Sessions Health if…

  • You bill insurance — Sessions Health includes e-claims, ERA auto-posting, and eligibility checks
  • You want the lowest-risk budget choice with a track record of never raising prices on existing customers
  • You only see a few clients — its free plan covers up to 3 active clients
  • You want simple, clean software and don't need modality tools, analytics, or interoperability
  • Email-based support that responds quickly is enough for you

Choose CoralEHR if…

  • You want telehealth included — Sessions charges $10/practitioner/month extra; CoralEHR includes group-capable video on every plan, even the $29 Starter
  • You want AI documentation included — Sessions' AI Assist is a $35/practitioner/month add-on; CoralEHR includes the AI scribe, reports, treatment-plan suggestions and a form builder on Pro
  • You want auto-scored assessments (PHQ-9, GAD-7 and more) with safety alerts on every plan
  • You practice EMDR or play therapy and want a detailed EMDR template, bilateral stimulation and a virtual sandtray inside the EHR
  • You want a lower entry price — CoralEHR Starter is $29 with telehealth included, vs Sessions at $39

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

O Overview

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Best For Budget-conscious solo & small groups Private-pay solo and group practices
Scheduling & Reminders ✓ Email, text & voice included at no extra cost ✓ Reminders on every plan
Key Integrations Stripe (only processor), Google Calendar Stripe, Google Cal, Stedi (Pro)
Data Export Free inbound migration; export details unpublished Export your data anytime

P Pricing

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Starting Price (Solo) $39/mo $29/mo
Per Additional Clinician $29/mo per additional $35/clinician
Free Trial ✓ 30 days, no credit card ✓ 30-day free trial, no credit card
No Setup Fees ✓ ✓ No setup fees
Annual Discount ✗ ✓ 20% off annual billing

B Billing & Claims

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Insurance Billing ✓ E-claims, batch & secondary claims ~ Pro, via Stedi: eligibility checks and out-of-network claims; in-network claims in January
Electronic Claims ✓ $0.19-$0.25 per claim ~ Pro, via Stedi: out-of-network now, in-network in January
Superbills ✓ Automatic superbills ✓
ERA/EOB Processing ✓ ERA auto-posting; eligibility $0.15/report ~ Pro: the payment remittance is included with each claim
Integrated Payments ✓ Stripe only; 2.9% + $0.30 ✓ Stripe integration
Cost Per Claim $0.25/claim $0.55
Client Invoicing ✓ Automatic invoices, Autopay ✓
Revenue Dashboard (30/90/365-day, AR aging, payouts) ~ Limited reporting - no custom date ranges or per-provider income views ~ Pro. Owner dashboard: revenue, sessions, no-shows and overdue notes per clinician.

T Telehealth

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Built-in Video ~ $10/mo per practitioner add-on ✓ Individual, couples and group sessions
Included in Base Price ✗ $10/mo add-on ✓ All plans
HIPAA-Compliant Video ✓ ✓ Encrypted in transit and at rest on HIPAA-eligible AWS infrastructure
Screen Sharing ✓ ✓
Group Video Sessions ~ Capped at 4 participants ✓
Mobile Telehealth ~ Browser-based; no native app ✓

D Documentation & AI

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Progress Notes ✓ SOAP, DAP, BIRP, Narrative + custom templates ✓ Progress, chart and private psychotherapy notes
Note Type Coverage ✓ SOAP/DAP/BIRP/Narrative + custom ✓ Detailed EMDR and other modality templates; build your own
Treatment Plan Templates ✓ Custom templates; objectives carry into progress notes ✓ Treatment plans with ICD-10 diagnoses; AI suggestions on Pro
AI-Powered Notes ~ AI Assist $35/practitioner/mo add-on (GA April 2026) ~ Pro. AI scribe drafts the note; no session recordings stored; you review and sign.
AI Features Beyond Note-Drafting ~ Notes from typed summary or telehealth transcription; in-person scribe "coming soon" ~ Pro. AI reports, AI form builder and treatment-plan suggestions.
AI Form Builder (plain-language → form) ✗ ~ Pro. Describe a form in plain language.
AI Progress Reports (PDF, date-ranged) ✗ ~ Pro. Clinician-reviewed summaries. AI does not replace clinical judgment.
Custom Forms ✓ Form builder (reviewers find custom forms fiddly) ✓ Form builder, ready-made intake, consent and HIPAA forms, packets
E-Signatures ✓ ✓
Wiley Treatment Planners ✗ ✗ Own templates instead

I In-Session Therapy Tools

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Digital Sand Tray (play therapy miniatures) ✗ ✓ Virtual sandtray live in telehealth; clients place, recolour and create objects
EMDR Bilateral Stimulation Tool ✗ ✓ Live inside the telehealth session; configurable shape, direction and speed

C Client Portal

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Online Scheduling ✓ Request-based; clinician approves ✓
Digital Intake Forms ✓ ✓
Secure Messaging ✓ No read receipts ✓
Client Payment Portal ✓ ✓
Document Sharing ✓ Unlimited document storage ✓
Appointment Reminders ✓ Email, text & voice included ✓

S Security & Compliance

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
HIPAA Compliant ✓ ✓
BAA Provided ✓ ✓
Two-Factor Auth (2FA) ✓ ✓ Optional MFA
Data Encryption ✓ AES-256 ✓ AES-256 at rest and TLS in transit. Not end-to-end encrypted.
Audit Logs ✓ ✓
SOC 2-aligned controls ✗ Tracks HITRUST CSF annually; no SOC 2 attestation published ✗ SOC 2-aligned controls. Not SOC 2 certified.

S Support

Feature Sessions CoralEHR
Phone Support ✗ Email-only, M-F 8am-5pm CST ~ 24/7 support on every plan. No published phone line.
Live Chat ✗ ✗
Email Support ✓ Praised as fast and human ✓ 24/7 support on every plan
Knowledge Base ✓ ✓
Onboarding Assistance ✓ Free data migration ✓ We set up your practice, team and roles when you join
Dedicated Account Manager ✗ ✗ 24/7 support on every plan instead

Pricing Snapshot

Sessions Health charges $39/month for the first practitioner (unlimited clients) and $29/month per additional practitioner, with unlimited free admin staff. A free plan covers one practitioner with up to 3 active clients. The add-ons matter: integrated telehealth is $10/practitioner/month (capped at 4 participants), AI Assist is $35/practitioner/month, e-claims run $0.19–$0.25 each, eligibility checks $0.15, and Stripe processing is 2.9% + $0.30. A solo therapist using telehealth pays $49/month; add AI and it's $84/month. There's a 30-day free trial, no contracts, and no annual discount.

CoralEHR is $29/mo (Starter) or $79/mo (Pro, with the AI scribe, insurance billing and group tools). Groups pay $35 or $85 per clinician, owner seat included, and less past 10 clinicians; interns are free. Every plan includes a 30-day free trial with no credit card, a 30-day money-back guarantee, a 20% annual billing discount and 24/7 support. Telehealth, scheduling, and Stripe payments are on every plan.

The head-to-head: for a telehealth practice without AI, Sessions is $49/month vs CoralEHR Starter at $29. For an AI-powered practice, Sessions is $84/month vs CoralEHR Pro at $79 — and CoralEHR's AI includes treatment-plan generation and a form builder, not just note drafting. Sessions' genuine edge is mature insurance billing; CoralEHR's insurance tools are on Pro, with in-network claims arriving in January.

Overview

Sessions Health, founded by a team that includes a practicing psychotherapist, has earned a loyal following as the value pick in therapy EHRs: $39/month for solo practitioners, $29/month per additional clinician, free admin staff accounts, and a reputation for never raising prices on existing customers. Its support — email-only, but fast and human — is consistently praised, and it covers the essentials well: notes, scheduling with included SMS reminders, a client portal, Stripe payments, superbills, and real insurance e-claims with ERA auto-posting.

For years, Sessions also marketed itself as the deliberately AI-free choice. That changed in April 2026, when it launched AI Assist — a $35/practitioner/month add-on that generates notes from typed summaries or telehealth transcription. The "no AI on principle" positioning is gone; AI is now simply another paid add-on, and its ambient scribe only works inside Sessions' own telehealth, which itself costs $10/practitioner/month extra.

CoralEHR competes from a different angle: it starts below Sessions at $29/month with telehealth included, and its Pro tier ($79) adds optional AI documentation with no per-seat fee. Where Sessions covers the basics economically, CoralEHR adds a detailed EMDR template, bilateral stimulation and a virtual sandtray in session, therapy tools like the DBT diary card, and auto-scored assessments with safety alerts.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Sessions Health Strengths

  • Honest, stable pricing — $39/$29 per practitioner with a track record of grandfathering existing customers' rates; no contracts
  • Fast, human support — email-only but consistently praised for replies within hours
  • Insurance billing included — e-claims with volume pricing, batch and secondary claims, ERA auto-posting, real-time eligibility
  • Included reminders — email, text, and voice appointment reminders at no extra cost
  • Free data migration in — switchers from SimplePractice call the transition smooth
  • Therapist-designed — co-founded by a psychotherapist; clean, easy-to-learn interface with 2-way Google Calendar sync

Sessions Health Weaknesses

  • Telehealth costs extra — $10/practitioner/month add-on, capped at 4 participants; reviewers report connection hiccups, some moving sessions to Zoom
  • AI is a $35/practitioner add-on — AI Assist (GA April 2026) reverses the old "intentionally no AI" stance, and its ambient scribe only works inside Sessions' own paid telehealth; in-person transcription is still "coming soon"
  • Thin clinical tooling — no modality-specific tools, treatment plans are manual text entry, and the custom form builder is described as fiddly
  • Limited reporting — no custom date ranges, weak per-provider income views; group practices report a ceiling around ten clinicians
  • No native mobile app, no public API, no Wiley planners, no e-prescribing
  • Missing table-stakes touches — no read receipts on secure messages, no daily agenda email, occasional lost note text from mid-session errors

CoralEHR Strengths

  • Lower entry price with more included — $29 Starter includes group-capable telehealth, email reminders, and Stripe payments
  • AI included on Pro — the AI scribe, reports, treatment-plan suggestions and form builder with no per-seat add-on (the AI scribe stores no session recordings)
  • Measurement-based care — auto-scored PHQ-9, GAD-7 and more, with safety alerts
  • Treatment plans with goal tracking — objectives tied to assessment scores, 22 templates, AI-assisted generation
  • Modality templates and in-session tools — a detailed EMDR template; bilateral stimulation, a virtual sandtray and therapy tools built into telehealth
  • 24/7 support — on every plan
  • 24/7 support — not a ticket queue

CoralEHR Weaknesses

  • Insurance is newer — out-of-network claims on Pro now, in-network from January; Sessions is more mature for insurance-heavy practices
  • Newer platform — Sessions has been earning its reputation since ~2019
  • No free plan — CoralEHR offers a 30-day trial; Sessions' free tier suits 1–3 client caseloads indefinitely
  • No native mobile app — like Sessions, CoralEHR is a responsive web app

Migration Notes

Moving from Sessions Health to CoralEHR is straightforward:

  1. Export your data — Sessions Health support can help you export client records and notes; their support team is responsive to export requests.
  2. Import to CoralEHR — CoralEHR's onboarding team imports your client demographics, appointment history, and documents free of charge.
  3. Update your scheduling — Replace booking links on your website, Psychology Today profile, and email signature.
  4. Re-collect consents — Use CoralEHR's digital intake forms to gather updated consents under the new platform.

Most solo practices complete the migration in a single onboarding call with the CoralEHR founder.

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Reviewed by Arhaan Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of CoralEHR Pricing and features last verified September 19, 2026.

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