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Alternatives to Talkspace
21 healthcare tools sit alongside Talkspace in this directory. Below is what separates each from Talkspace on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Talkspace starts at
- On request
Why people look past Talkspace
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Talkspace entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Talkspace carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Talkspace publishes 4 tiers, from On request up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Talkspace pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Employer and payer channel for Talkspace therapy, sold as an in-network benefit rather than a session block
- Sold on a quote model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 1 tier to Talkspace's 4.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- Can be used without paying; Talkspace cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 1 tier to Talkspace's 4.
Period and cycle tracking app that settled with the US FTC in 2021 over sharing health data with third parties despite promising not to
- Can be used without paying; Talkspace cannot.
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 1 tier to Talkspace's 4.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
- Can be used without paying; Talkspace cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 1 tier to Talkspace's 4.
Period and cycle tracking app owned by German company Biowink, positioned around science based tracking and a published stance against sharing data with law enforcement
- Can be used without paying; Talkspace cannot.
- Sold on a Free with a Plus subscription model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 1 tier to Talkspace's 4.
Free hospital and health information system from a small NGO, built on the Tryton framework
- Can be used without paying; Talkspace cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Subscription or insurance copay.
- 2 tiers to Talkspace's 4.
Every Talkspace alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talkspace (this page) | On request | Subscription or insurance copay | 4 | |
| Talkspace for BusinessIf you are an employer looking for a benefits product rather than an individual consumer sign-up | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Talkspace |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Talkspace |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Talkspace |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Talkspace badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Talkspace is most often brought in for someone wanting to start therapy without waiting weeks for an in-person appointment, a person whose insurance is in-network with talkspace, getting therapy at a standard copay, someone who prefers asynchronous messaging therapy over scheduled live sessions, a patient needing psychiatric medication management alongside or instead of talk therapy. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Talkspace is broadly right and the question is cost, the Talkspace pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare tools ranks them.
Talkspace runs on ios, android, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Talkspace alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Talkspace?
- 21 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by Talkspace for Business, Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Talkspace?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue, GNU Health.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Talkspace?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Talkspace?
- Talkspace is most often brought in for someone wanting to start therapy without waiting weeks for an in-person appointment, a person whose insurance is in-network with talkspace, getting therapy at a standard copay, someone who prefers asynchronous messaging therapy over scheduled live sessions, a patient needing psychiatric medication management alongside or instead of talk therapy. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Talkspace?
- None of the healthcare tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Talkspace alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Talkspace against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Talkspace covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every healthcare tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare category, 21 tools beside Talkspace. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.