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Ginger vs Therapixel

Ginger logo

Ginger

Healthcare

Digital mental health platform with coaching and therapy

From
On request
Rated
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Therapixel logo

Therapixel

Healthcare

French mammography AI with FDA clearances for 2D and tomosynthesis breast screening

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Ginger no longer sold as Ginger. It is part of Headspace, and ginger.com redirects to the Headspace organizations site; Therapixel european and American regulatory positions were established under different regimes, and under the EU Medical Device Regulation this class of diagnostic AI faces a higher classification and notified body scrutiny, so European buyers must verify the current MDR certificate and expiry rather than relying on a legacy CE reference.
  • They diverge on capability: Ginger covers Mental Health Coaching, Therapixel covers MammoScreen 2D.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Ginger and Therapixel actually diverge.

Attributes where Ginger and Therapixel differ
AttributeGingerTherapixel
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, MobileWeb
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Ginger

  • Mental Health Coaching
  • Therapy
  • Psychiatry
  • Meditation
  • Crisis Support
  • Wellness Content
  • Health Plans
  • Employers

Only in Therapixel

  • MammoScreen 2D
  • MammoScreen DBT
  • One to ten suspicion score
  • Summary report
  • Workstation and PACS delivery
  • Reading workflow configurations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Ginger

  • Employer-funded mental health coaching for staffnot Therapixel
  • Therapy and psychiatry access through an employee benefitnot Therapixel
  • Self-guided meditation and sleep content alongside clinical carenot Therapixel
  • Workplace mental health workshopsnot Therapixel

Therapixel

  • A European breast screening programme running mandatory double reading that wants to evaluate AI as a concurrent or second reader within what national guidance permitsnot Ginger
  • An American breast centre that has moved to tomosynthesis and needs reading support on DBT specifically, which Therapixel holds a clearance fornot Ginger
  • A screening service wanting a graded suspicion score rather than a binary flag so readers can calibrate their own thresholdnot Ginger
  • A radiology group evaluating multiple mammography AI vendors head to head on their own historic case set before committingnot Ginger

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Ginger

  • No longer sold as Ginger. It is part of Headspace, and ginger.com redirects to the Headspace organizations site
  • Bought by employers, health plans and consultants rather than by individuals
  • Pricing is not published

Therapixel

  • European and American regulatory positions were established under different regimes, and under the EU Medical Device Regulation this class of diagnostic AI faces a higher classification and notified body scrutiny, so European buyers must verify the current MDR certificate and expiry rather than relying on a legacy CE reference.
  • MammoScreen does mammography only, so a hospital wanting AI across head CT, chest and breast needs several vendors and several PACS integrations, or an orchestration layer bought from someone else.
  • Therapixel is a small French company competing against Hologic and iCAD, which have incumbency inside the mammography reading workstation, so integration into an American breast centre is more work than it is for the workstation vendor own AI.
  • Detection performance is sensitive to the mammography unit vendor and acquisition protocol, so published results do not transfer between estates and each site needs local validation it must fund itself.
  • Whether AI can substitute for one of two human readers is a national workforce and liability question, not a product capability, so the labour saving that justifies the purchase in one country is not permitted in another.

Pricing, plan by plan

Ginger

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Ginger review.

Therapixel

On request
  • MammoScreen$undefined/year
    • Priced per examination or by annual screening volume
    • 2D and tomosynthesis licensed by the versions cleared for each
    • Cloud or on premises deployment quoted differently

Which should you pick?

Choose Ginger if

  • You need mental health coaching.
  • You work on Web, Mobile.
  • You also want therapy.

Choose Therapixel if

  • You need mammoscreen 2d.
  • You also want mammoscreen dbt.

Questions people ask

Is Ginger or Therapixel better?
Neither clearly leads. Ginger starts at On request and Therapixel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Ginger or Therapixel?
Ginger starts at On request and Therapixel at On request.
Does Ginger or Therapixel run on more platforms?
Ginger runs on Web, Mobile. Therapixel runs on Web.
What is Ginger best used for?
Ginger is most often used for employer-funded mental health coaching for staff, therapy and psychiatry access through an employee benefit, self-guided meditation and sleep content alongside clinical care, workplace mental health workshops. Of those, employer-funded mental health coaching for staff and therapy and psychiatry access through an employee benefit are not what Therapixel is typically brought in for.
What can Ginger do that Therapixel cannot?
Ginger covers Mental Health Coaching, Therapy, Psychiatry, Meditation. Therapixel covers MammoScreen 2D, MammoScreen DBT, One to ten suspicion score, Summary report.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Ginger: How is Headspace for Organizations priced?

Headspace for Organizations uses a custom pricing model based on company size, employee count, and specific services needed. Detailed pricing is not available on the public website.

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Therapixel: Is MammoScreen FDA cleared?

Yes. It holds 510(k) clearance K192854 for two dimensional mammography from July 2020, a November 2021 clearance for digital breast tomosynthesis, and two further clearances in October 2024 for later versions.

Ginger: Do you offer a trial for Headspace for Organizations?

To learn about trial availability, you must request a demo through the website or contact Headspace directly at [email protected].

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Therapixel: Is it CE marked?

Yes, but European buyers should ask specifically for the current certificate under the Medical Device Regulation and its expiry date, because this class of diagnostic AI moved to a higher classification under MDR.

Ginger: What services are included in Headspace for Organizations?

Headspace for Organizations includes EAP (Employee Assistance Program), Care services, coaching, therapy, and psychiatry support, though specific features included at each pricing level are not detailed on the website.

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Therapixel: What does the one to ten score mean?

It is a graded suspicion score per finding and per study, designed to be integrated alongside a radiologist BI-RADS assessment rather than treated as a positive or negative result.

Therapixel: Does it cover anything besides mammography?

No. It is a mammography product only, including tomosynthesis. Other body regions need a different vendor.

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