Healthcare · head to head
Lyra Health vs Woebot Health
Lyra Health
Healthcare
Employer purchased mental health benefit with a curated provider network and measurement based care
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Woebot Health
Healthcare
Conversational CBT chatbot that withdrew from consumer distribution and now sells only to payers and providers
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
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.; Woebot Health the company withdrew its consumer app in June 2025 after concluding FDA marketing authorisation was not achievable at acceptable cost, which is a plain signal about both regulatory position and commercial durability.
- They diverge on capability: Lyra Health covers Curated provider network, Woebot Health covers Scripted CBT dialogue.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lyra Health and Woebot Health actually diverge.
| Attribute | Lyra Health | Woebot Health |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | iOS, Android, Web |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 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 Woebot Health
- Scripted CBT dialogue
- Mood tracking
- Crisis routing
- Between-session support
- Payer deployment
- Provider copilot positioning
- Research licensing
- Population reporting
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 Woebot Health
- A company with a distributed workforce needing therapist availability outside major metropolitan areas where the health plan network is thinnot Woebot Health
- An employer wanting behavioural health outcomes measured with validated instruments so the benefit can be evaluated rather than merely offerednot Woebot Health
- A multinational standardising mental health support across several countries under one contract and one reporting viewnot Woebot Health
Woebot Health
- A health plan wanting a low intensity behavioural health option for members on a waiting list for therapynot Lyra Health
- A provider organisation offering structured between-session CBT practice to patients already in treatmentnot Lyra Health
- A research group running a trial that needs a clinically scripted rather than generative conversational agent for safety reasonsnot Lyra Health
- A payer targeting a specific population such as postpartum members where scripted CBT content already existsnot 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.
Woebot Health
- The company withdrew its consumer app in June 2025 after concluding FDA marketing authorisation was not achievable at acceptable cost, which is a plain signal about both regulatory position and commercial durability.
- It is not an FDA cleared treatment for any indication, so it cannot be positioned to members as therapy and cannot substitute for a covered behavioural health benefit.
- The scripted, non-generative design that makes it safe also makes it feel rigid next to current conversational AI, and engagement drops off quickly once users hit the edges of the script.
- Published evidence is short-horizon symptom change in selected populations, mostly young adults, with little evidence of durable benefit or effect at whole-population scale.
- With consumer distribution gone, the remaining business depends on a small number of payer and provider contracts, so a buyer should assume real vendor continuity risk over a multi-year term.
Pricing, plan by plan
Lyra Health
On request- Lyra Health$undefined/year
- Per employee per month fee across the eligible population, quoted not published
- Covered sessions per member per year negotiated separately and varying widely by client
- Dependant and household eligibility affects the rate
Woebot Health
On request- Woebot for payers and providers$undefined/year
- Contracted per member per month or as a population licence
- Sold to health plans and provider organisations, not to employers or individuals
- No consumer purchase route since the app closed in June 2025
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.
Choose Woebot Health if
- You need scripted cbt dialogue.
- You work on iOS, Android, Web.
- You also want mood tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Lyra Health or Woebot Health better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lyra Health starts at On request and Woebot Health at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lyra Health or Woebot Health?
- Lyra Health starts at On request and Woebot Health at On request.
- Does Lyra Health or Woebot Health run on more platforms?
- Lyra Health runs on Web, iOS, Android. Woebot Health runs on iOS, Android, Web.
- 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 Woebot Health is typically brought in for.
- What can Lyra Health do that Woebot Health cannot?
- Lyra Health covers Curated provider network, Measurement based care, Self guided digital programmes, Coaching tier. Woebot Health covers Scripted CBT dialogue, Mood tracking, Crisis routing, Between-session support.
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.
Woebot Health: Is Woebot still available?
Not to consumers. The consumer app closed in June 2025. The company continues to offer the product to payers, providers and researchers.
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.
Woebot Health: Is it FDA cleared?
No. It held Breakthrough Device designation but never obtained marketing authorisation, and the founder cited the cost of that pathway as the reason for closing the consumer app.
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.
Woebot Health: Is it generative AI?
Historically no. The dialogue is clinician-written and rule-based, a deliberate safety choice that limits how naturally it converses.
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.
Woebot Health: What does the evidence show?
Randomised studies reported reduced depressive symptoms over short periods in selected populations, notably young adults. That is symptom change in a trial, not demonstrated population outcomes.
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