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Lyra Health vs Oracle Clinical One

Lyra Health logo

Lyra Health

Healthcare

Employer purchased mental health benefit with a curated provider network and measurement based care

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Oracle Clinical One logo

Oracle Clinical One

Healthcare

Unified clinical trial data collection and randomisation on one Oracle Life Sciences platform

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On request
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lyra Health covered sessions per member per year are set in the employer contract and vary widely between clients, so employees at two companies both using Lyra can receive very different benefits and the number is never published.; Oracle Clinical One nothing about the commercial terms is published, so cost, implementation length and validation scope all emerge inside an enterprise sales process, and comparison shopping requires running parallel procurements.
  • They diverge on capability: Lyra Health covers Curated provider network, Oracle Clinical One covers Unified platform.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lyra Health and Oracle Clinical One actually diverge.

Attributes where Lyra Health and Oracle Clinical One differ
AttributeLyra HealthOracle Clinical One

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Lyra Health

  • Curated provider network
  • Measurement based care
  • Self guided digital programmes
  • Coaching tier
  • Dependant and household coverage
  • Higher acuity pathways
  • Employer reporting
  • Global delivery

Only in Oracle Clinical One

  • Unified platform
  • Data collection
  • Randomisation and supplies
  • No-code study build
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Mid-study changes
  • Integrations
  • Cloud delivery

What people use each for

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

Lyra Health

  • An employer whose legacy employee assistance programme has utilisation in the low single digits and cannot demonstrate any clinical outcomenot Oracle Clinical One
  • A company with a distributed workforce needing therapist availability outside major metropolitan areas where the health plan network is thinnot Oracle Clinical One
  • An employer wanting behavioural health outcomes measured with validated instruments so the benefit can be evaluated rather than merely offerednot Oracle Clinical One
  • A multinational standardising mental health support across several countries under one contract and one reporting viewnot Oracle Clinical One

Oracle Clinical One

  • A sponsor running a complex Phase III where randomisation errors between separate EDC and RTSM vendors have already cost timenot Lyra Health
  • A pharmaceutical company already on Oracle Clinical or InForm that needs a supported migration path off end-of-life systemsnot Lyra Health
  • A trial with adaptive randomisation and drug supply forecasting that would otherwise need custom programming per amendmentnot Lyra Health
  • A CRO standardising study build across many sponsor programmes on one validated platformnot Lyra Health

Where each one falls short

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

Lyra Health

  • Covered sessions per member per year are set in the employer contract and vary widely between clients, so employees at two companies both using Lyra can receive very different benefits and the number is never published.
  • When a member exhausts the employer funded session allowance, care transitions to the health plan network with its deductibles and copayments, or ends, and this handover is the most common source of employee dissatisfaction with the benefit.
  • The per employee per month fee is charged across the whole eligible population regardless of use, so an employer with low utilisation pays for the entire workforce to serve a small fraction of it.
  • Lyra costs materially more than a traditional employee assistance programme, and the business case depends on utilisation rising enough to justify the difference, which is not guaranteed by the contract.
  • International coverage is real but uneven, and a multinational will find provider depth and language availability in secondary markets well below what is available in the United States, which undermines the single global standard the contract implies.

Oracle Clinical One

  • Nothing about the commercial terms is published, so cost, implementation length and validation scope all emerge inside an enterprise sales process, and comparison shopping requires running parallel procurements.
  • Placing data collection and randomisation with a single vendor concentrates risk: an outage or a defect affects both of the systems your sites cannot work without.
  • Mid-study amendments are routine in trials but flow through the vendor change control process, and change orders are where the real cost of an Oracle trial platform accumulates after signature.
  • Implementation and study build require specialist staff or Oracle services, so the practical time from contract to first patient in is measured in months, not weeks.
  • It is aimed squarely at sponsors and CROs with established trial operations, and a small biotech running its first study will find the platform, the contracting and the validation burden heavier than its team can absorb.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lyra Health

On request
  • Lyra Health$undefined/year
    • Per employee per month fee across the eligible population, quoted not published
    • Covered sessions per member per year negotiated separately and varying widely by client
    • Dependant and household eligibility affects the rate

Oracle Clinical One

On request
  • Clinical One Data Collection$undefined/year
    • Pricing only through Oracle sales
    • Priced against study count, sites and subjects
    • Study build and configuration services quoted separately
  • Clinical One Randomization and Supplies Management$undefined/year
    • Quoted alongside or independently of Data Collection
    • Randomisation strategy configuration included in the service
    • Supply forecasting and kit management

Which should you pick?

Choose Lyra Health if

  • You need curated provider network.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want measurement based care.
Lyra Health review

Choose Oracle Clinical One if

  • You need unified platform.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want data collection.
Oracle Clinical One review

Questions people ask

Is Lyra Health or Oracle Clinical One better?
Neither clearly leads. Lyra Health starts at On request and Oracle Clinical One at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lyra Health or Oracle Clinical One?
Lyra Health starts at On request and Oracle Clinical One at On request.
Does Lyra Health or Oracle Clinical One run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Lyra Health best used for?
Lyra Health is most often used for an employer whose legacy employee assistance programme has utilisation in the low single digits and cannot demonstrate any clinical outcome, a company with a distributed workforce needing therapist availability outside major metropolitan areas where the health plan network is thin, an employer wanting behavioural health outcomes measured with validated instruments so the benefit can be evaluated rather than merely offered, a multinational standardising mental health support across several countries under one contract and one reporting view. Of those, an employer whose legacy employee assistance programme has utilisation in the low single digits and cannot demonstrate any clinical outcome and a company with a distributed workforce needing therapist availability outside major metropolitan areas where the health plan network is thin are not what Oracle Clinical One is typically brought in for.
What can Lyra Health do that Oracle Clinical One cannot?
Lyra Health covers Curated provider network, Measurement based care, Self guided digital programmes, Coaching tier. Oracle Clinical One covers Unified platform, Data collection, Randomisation and supplies, No-code study build.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lyra Health: How is Lyra priced?

Per employee per month across the eligible population, billed to the employer. The rate is quoted, never published, and depends on headcount, dependant eligibility and the contracted session allowance.

Oracle Clinical One: What replaced Oracle Clinical and InForm?

Clinical One is the current Oracle Life Sciences platform, and sponsors on the older Oracle Clinical and InForm products are the primary migration audience.

Lyra Health: How many therapy sessions do employees get?

It depends entirely on what the employer bought. Session allowances vary widely between clients, so ask your benefits team for the contracted number rather than assuming a standard.

Oracle Clinical One: Can I buy randomisation without data collection?

Yes. Clinical One Randomization and Supplies Management can integrate with a third-party EDC if you want to keep an incumbent capture system.

Lyra Health: Who pays, the employer or the health plan?

The employer pays the per employee per month fee and funds the covered sessions. After the allowance is exhausted, cost typically shifts to the health plan and the member.

Oracle Clinical One: Is pricing published?

No. Every element, including licence, study build, implementation and validation, comes through Oracle sales.

Lyra Health: Is there a minimum headcount?

Lyra does not publish one, but it sells primarily to mid sized and large employers and the commercial model does not suit small companies.

Oracle Clinical One: Is it validated for regulated trials?

It is delivered as a validated cloud service with GxP documentation and Part 11 aligned audit trails, but sponsor-level validation of your own configuration remains your responsibility.

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